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Kotaro Uchikoshi is best known for the Zero Escape franchise. Across three different games, he acted as series director.

Uchikoshi could choose to support Nintendo’s newest platform in the future. When asked about Switch, he said the following:

“I think it’s a very interesting piece of hardware. If the opportunity presents itself, I’d love to put out something on the Switch.”

Uchikoshi is in the very early stages of a new game tenatively known as Project Psync. It remains to be seen if it will end up on a Nintendo platform.

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There’s been a somewhat confusing situation surrounding Namco Museum. The collection of games, announced for Switch, was revealed during a Nintendo Direct in April. In the presentation, Nintendo clearly states that Namco Museum is a digital title. That’s why it didn’t make much sense when boxart for the game surfaced. We’ve been trying to reach out to Bandai Namco, and may finally have an answer.

We did attempt to contact Bandai Namco in North America, but unfortunately did not receive a response. However, Bandai Namco Europe made things pretty clear to us. We were explicitly told that Namco Museum is a digital release.

That doesn’t explain why Bandai Namco went out of its way to create a boxart image. Still, despite that, we have no reason to believe it will be placed on store shelves.

Earth Atlantis, listed for Switch on the BitSummit website, is now officially confirmed for Switch. It’ll be Switch-only in Japan, and it’ll also be distributed in the west on the system alongside other platforms.

One segment of the official BitSummit stream showed Earth Atlantis in action. Check out a bit of footage below from the recording.

After several years of development, A Hat in Time is finally starting to wrap up. Gears for Breakfast announced a release window of Fall 2017 for the 3D platformer just a few days ago.

Over on Twitter, the developer has expressed interest in making a Switch version happen. There’s just one issue: Nintendo of America isn’t responding to the team’s inquiries.

The official Twitter page for A Hat in Time posted a few hours ago:

A Hat in Time seems like the type of game that would be a great fit on Switch. Hopefully Gears for Breakfast will find a way to make it happen, and hopefully Nintendo will eventually respond. Showing your support certainly couldn’t hurt.

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Miitomo has been updated with more content. Users will find returning stages with more items.

“Roses are rad! Flower Power” is the returning theme. The stages provide the following:

– Cherry blossom tiara
– Lacy cherry-blossom dress
– Cherry blossom slip-ons
– Flower hat (set)
– Flower suit (set)
– Rose bouquet dress
– Rose-seam tights
– Rose dress shoes
– Tulip hat
– Tulip-sleeve shirt
– Tulip capri pants
– Tulip slip-ons

The returning stage will be available until May 23 at 6 PM PT / 9 PM ET.

Miitomo’s North American teaser site is open, accessible here. Like most of Nintendo’s teaser sites, you can view some previously-released screenshots and read up on a general overview. It should be fully updated prior to launch.

The Girl and the Robot, first announced for Wii U in 2013, is finally landing on the eShop next week. Nintendo’s website lists it for May 25 in North America. The game will set you back $9.99.

Here’s an overview of The Girl and the Robot:

“The Girl and the Robot is a unique third person action/adventure game set in a fairy tale world. You take on the role of a young girl trying to escape from a castle ruled by an evil queen. On her way, she meets a mysterious robot that can be controlled remotely and together they encounter many challenges that test the strength of their new found friendship. This game is the first act of the fairy tale.”

And some Wii U screenshots:

Flying Carpets Games said in March that the team was “exploring” a Switch version of The Girl and the Robot. Nothing is set in stone just yet, however.

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Sonic isn’t the only new character modders are bringing into Mario Kart. Recently, Twitter user SmashingRenders showed that he was able to get Kirby into the game.

Here’s a look:

SmashingRenders paid extra attention to the small details. When on the anti-gravity portions of the track, the star lights up.

You can download the mod here. It replaces the BiddyBuggy with the WarpStar kart and Koopa with Kirby.

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Some off-screen footage of Kingdoms: Two Crowns running on Switch has emerged from BitSummit. Take a look at the video below.

Nintendo had a big blowout of ARMS this week with its own dedicated Nintendo Direct. It really touched on almost everything we’ve wanted to know about the game. New characters were revealed, new modes were shown, and we even found out about ARMS Global Testpunch – an opportunity to try things out before launch.

Has Nintendo sold you on ARMS now, or were you already skeptical? Perhaps you’re waiting until the ARMS Global Testpunch until you really make up your mind. Who’s your favorite character? What mode interests you the most as of now? Share your thoughts about ARMS with us in the comments below.

Highlights from last week’s topic: What are you playing? – May 2017

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