Super Mario Odyssey and more to be playable at the Insomnia gaming festival in the UK in late August
Today, Nintendo has detailed its plans for Insomnia61, the biggest gaming festival in the UK. Taking place 25th–28th August 2017 at the NEC in Birmingham, the biggest draw for fans will likely be Super Mario Odyssey, which will be playable at Nintendo’s booth. Attendees can also try out other Switch games, such as Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle and Pokken Tournament DX.
In addition to that, Nintendo is also putting a big emphasis on competitive gaming. Nintendo is hosting a Mario Kart 8 Deluxe tournament on Friday, August 25th, and a Splatoon 2 tournament on Saturday, August 26th. If you want to take part in them, you can sign up for them right there on the show floor. Finally, Nintendo is hosting the Nintendo Players UK ARMS Invitational on Sunday, August 27th. This one isn’t open to everyone, but instead will feature 16 of the UK’s best ARMS players.
Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2 will be packaged with a special bonus soundtrack when it’ll be released in Japan on August 31st. The “User’s Best Album” features a variety of tracks from all of the main Etrian Odyssey games on two discs. Atlus released a sample video that lets you listen to some of the tracks on the album. Check it out:
Cordelia and Female Robin have just been revealed to be coming to Fire Emblem Warriors, but the official Twitter account for the game is already teasing what’s next: sometime this month, a male archer and a female rider will be revealed.
The male archer is likely to be either Virion or Takumi, but the female rider is a lot harder to predict. Camilla, Hinoka or Caeda all seem like likely targets, though it could also be Elise, Est or a number of other characters.. What are your predictions?
Just in time for the Splatfest, another new weapon is being added to Splatoon 2. The Sploosh-o-matic, a returning weapon from the first game, it’s a short range and low-accuracy shooter with a high rate of fire and high attack power. It comes with the Curling Bomb sub-weapon and the Splashdown special. It will be added to the game tomorrow.
Another summoning focus has been released for players to try and get characters with unique abilities, this time the focus is on characters with life and death. Minerva, Hana and Jaffar are all part of this latest focus. The focus will last until August 18th.
GameXplain has uploaded a video from their stream showcasing 2 hours of gameplay for the 3DS version of Dragon Quest XI. Check out the video down below.
A new deluxe box for Pokemon GO has just been announced to hit Japan on August 9th. The set will go for 8,550 yen and will include:
– Pokemon GO Plus
– Pokemon GO Plus Ring Accessory
– Pokemon GO Plus Customizable Stickers
– PokeBall Philips Screwdriver
– PokeBall Power Bank Anker 10,000 maH Watch battery CR2032
The mixup preventing TumbleSeed to be on sale seems to be fixed now. TumbleSeed is now on sale on the eShop, you can grab this roguelike for $9.99 instead of the usual $14.99. The sale ends August 17th.
This week’s Switch eShop charts are as follows:
Software
1. Splatoon 2
2. Overcooked: Special Edition
3. Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition
4. Namco Museum
5. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
6. Snipperclips
7. Zelda: Breath of the Wild
8. Infinite Minigolf
9. Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
10. Implosion – Never Lose Hope
11. Mighty Gunvolt Burst
12. NBA Playgrounds
13. Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star
14. ARMS
15. Kamiko
16. Death Squared
17. Oceanhorn
18. Blaster Master Zero
19. GoNNER
20. Has-Been Heroes
Source: Switch eShop
The next update for ARMS will make its way out to players next week, Nintendo has announced.
Specifics about the patch are mostly under wraps. However, we do know that balance adjustments will be implemented. The update will be pushed out in the middle of the week.
The most recent update for ARMS released about a month ago. It was rather significant, adding in Max Brass as a playable character, his ARMS and stage, the “Hedlok Scramble” mode, and more. Next week’s update may not be as big, but will still be worthwhile.
