Differently-colored costumes for characters are a staple in fighting games and ARMS will be no exception. The official ARMS Twitter account revealed the pink-colored Ninjara seen above. Obviously, other characters will also have different color variations available.
The next weapon showcase video was also released – take a look at the Chakram weapon:
ショックのアーム「チャクラム」！
古来のニンジャ用武具を、最新テクノロジーで量産化！
薄く鍛え上げられた円月輪型のアームは、鋭いカーブを描いてのびーる！
チャージすると高速回転して、サイズアップが可能です！ pic.twitter.com/8lzZZUewhA— ARMS（アームズ） (@ARMS_Cobutter) April 24, 2017
As was announced yesterday, two previously held Grand Hero Battles, featuring Female Robin and Navarre are available once again in Fire Emblem Heroes. They will be available until May 2nd.
If you already got Robin and Navarre when they first available, you can’t receive them again by beating their Grand Hero Battles a second time. However, you can receive a second copy of each Hero at both of their available rarities by clearing special quests that are available for the duration of this event. Finally, the Helping Hand quests are available once again for the next two weeks. By clearing those, you can get Universal Shards to level up your characters.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is just a few days off. To remind folks about the big Switch title, Nintendo sent out a notice to Swapdoodle users and Mario Kart 7 players. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe’s art director specifically wrote the message. For the full thing, continue on below.
Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap came out this week as a digital title on Switch. Lizardcube, the game’s developer, isn’t ruling out a physical version.
A new blog post states that the team is “investigating the possibility of doing a physical release later, however if it happens it probably wouldn’t be for all platforms/regions and may be in limited quantities.” Right now it “may or may not happen.”
Lizardcube said:
“The game is a digital download only. We are investigating the possibility of doing a physical release later, however if it happens it probably wouldn’t be for all platforms/regions and may be in limited quantities. We are looking into it; please bear we us that physical goods may not be at our reach and few studios at this point know how to manufacture them e.g. Switch games. So it may or may not happen.”
Super Mario Maker will be undergoing three hours of maintenance later today / tomorrow. Both versions will be impacted – Wii U and 3DS.
The maintenance schedule is below:
– 5 PM PT – 8 PM PT
– 8 PM ET – 11 PM ET
– 1 AM in the UK – 4 AM in the UK
– 2 AM in Europe – 5 AM in Europe
It’s time for the latest Famitsu‘s most wanted games chart. Splatoon 2 is now back in the top five.
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between April 6 and April 12.
As previously announced, Monster Hunter XX’s Zelda: Breath of the Wild collaboration has kicked off in Japan. 7-Eleven stores will be distributing the new content through the end of May. It encompasses special gear, quests, and more. Take a closer look at the collaboration below.
Monster Hunter Stories was finally announced for the west during the most recent Nintendo Direct. However, it was only discussed briefly with a confirmed fall launch in North America and Europe.
In Japan, a number of different amiibo were created for Monster Hunter Stories. Although nothing has been said about the figures in the west, they’re likely heading coming over with the game itself.
The official boxart for Monster Hunter Stories was revealed alongside the overseas announcement. And as you can see, while it seems to have slipped by most people, the packaging image has the traditional amiibo logo tucked away in the top-right corner. As far as we’re aware, only the Monster Hunter Stories amiibo are compatible with the game. So even though folks have been wondering about the Monster Hunter Stories figures, this should mean that we’ll be seeing them in North America and Europe.
Thanks to Jake for the tip.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is largely based on the Wii U game, but Nintendo did implement several new additions and small changes. For instance, for this version, Nintendo included a few new title screens – such as the one included above. Who would have thought that we’d see Link on the title screen of a Mario Kart game?
Below are a few more snapshots:
All submissions are now closed. To those who showed interest in the position, we will need your writing samples no later than this Wednesday (4/26). We’re looking to make a final decision by the end of this coming week!
We are still accepting submissions, but will be closing things off on Wednesday (4/19). Please keep the times below in mind. Also note that this is a non-paid position.
All initial emails have been responded to. If you haven’t seen any messages, check your spam folder!
Hello!
Jake has been doing a standout job since he joined us over a year ago. However, some personal changes are taking place, which is requiring him to relinquish his role. Jake is still on board with us, but we’ll have a rare vacancy with the night shift very soon.
The times we’re looking to fill are as follows:
– 9 PM PT – 12:30 / 1 AM PT
– 12 AM ET – 3:30 / 4 AM ET
– 5 AM in the UK – 8:30 / 9 AM in the UK
– 6 AM in Europe- 9:30 / 10 AM in Europe
– 2 PM GMT+10 (Sydney, Australia) – 5:30 / 6 PM GMT+10
The ideal person we bring in would be available Monday – Friday at the times listed above. That being said, we’re not entirely opposed to having two people tackle the position and split up the days. It’ll really come down to interest in the position, who’s applying, etc.
If you’d like to apply, please send a brief message here (select “Other”). I’ll follow up with everyone in the coming days.
