Super Mario Run’s revenue “did not meet our expectations,” Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima told Asia Nikkei. However, don’t expect the company to ditch the pay-once-and-play model, despite the success of Fire Emblem Heroes.
One senior company official at Nintendo said that “Heroes is an outlier.” This person also mentioned, “We honestly prefer the Super Mario Run model.”
Fire Emblem Heroes’ new Grand Hero Battle with King Michalis was added in earlier today. Footage showing the latest event can be found below.
Nintendo released another new image from Splatoon 2 today that gives us a look at the shooter’s camera options. See the screenshot above.
Rime was one of the first instances of a multiplatform game costing $10 more on Switch. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like it will be the last.
Amazon and GameStop both have pre-orders open for the Switch version of Minecraft: Story Mode – The Complete Adventure. Both listings have the collection down for $40. On other platforms, the asking price was $30. So much like Rime, Minecraft: Story Mode – The Complete Adventure will cost $10 more on Switch.
Koei Tecmo published a pair of commercials for Attack on Titan: Escape from Certain Death today. Both are attached below.
Our first real look at the Mega Man animated series has come through via a brief video that has surfaced online. It’s only about 30 seconds long, but shows Aki Light transforming into Mega Man through nano-core technology. See the teaser below.
Thanks to Jack for the tip.
Update: Here’s the Japanese boxart as well:
Original: Arc System Works have released a new (Japanese) trailer for their upcoming 3DS game Cube Creator DX, which gives a nice overview of the game’s various features:
All of Nintendo’s online services on Switch, Wii U and 3DS will undergo maintenance for two hours early next week and will not be available during that period. Thankfully, the Splatoon 2 Global Testfire will not be affected by this. Below are the exact times:
- 3 PM PT (March 27) – 5 PM PT (March 27)
- 6 PM ET (March 27) – 8 PM ET (March 27)
- 11 PM in the UK (March 27) – 1 AM in the UK (March 28)
- 12 AM in Europe (March 28) – 2 AM in Europe (March 28)
The Grand Hero Battle against Michalis is now live in Fire Emblem Heroes, as well as a new Summoning Focus, Battling Michalis. Winning the challenging Grand Hero Battle will unlock Michalis for your army, with 3 and 4 star versions available for the different difficulties. The Focus will give a higher chance of rolling 5-star versions of Eliwood, Minerva, Gordin, and Selena. Both of these will run until March 28.
