You may be familiar with the World of Nintendo toys. Jakks Pacific is the company responsible for them and in a recent press release announcing their first quarter financial results, they have highlighted that the launch of Switch has boosted their sales (probably refering to their World of Nintendo brand).
Additionally, the Chairman and CEO Stephen Berman has confirmed that they are planning more Splatoon products, which will probably benefit from the launch of Splatoon 2 for Switch this July:
“As we look ahead to the next few quarters, we will continue to focus on margin improvement and our long term strategic goals. Our fall lines are moving forward as planned and we have a strong line-up of new product introductions that are a balanced mix of owned IP and licensed brands, including Real Workin’ Buddies™ Mr. Dusty, XPV® Extreme Performance Skateboard RC, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Disney/Pixar’s Cars 3, DC Superhero Girls and Nintendo Splatoon.”
Minecraft: Wii U Edition is receiving a Glide Beast Track Pack today. Three new maps are being added: Kraken, Yeti, and Dragon.
Here’s a look at each:
The Glide Beast Track Pack should be available when Minecraft: Wii U Edition updates later today. Patch 21 will be distributed, which encompasses the following:
This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:
Little Nightmares (PS4) – 9/7/8/9
Owaru Sekai to Birthday (PSV) – 8/8/8/9
Attack on Titan: Escape from Certain Death (3DS) – 8/8/8/7
Dangun Feveron (PS4) – 7/7/8/8
Koi (PS4) – 7/7/8/8
Agatha Christie’s The ABC Murders (PS4) – 7/7/7/7
Cup Critters (Wii U / 3DS) – 5/5/5/4
When Mario Kart 8 Deluxe drops on Friday, a Joy-Con Wheel accessory will also be available. Take a look at a few photos below.
Kamiko will be released in Europe and North America this week on the Switch eShop, and as such, publisher Flyhigh Works has prepared an English trailer for the game. Check it out:
The sixth Global Mission in Pokemon Sun & Moon has begun. This time, players need to collect Poke Beans in Poke Pelago. The goal is to collect 3,000,000 or more Poke Beans by May 9th, 23:59 UTC. If the mission is a success, all players get 2000 FC; if the mission fails, all players get 200 FC. As always, these rewards are doubled if the game is tied to a Global Link account. If a player collects 30 or more Poke Beans, they get one Rare Candy. If all players collect more than 6,000,000 Poke Beans, everyone with a Global Link account gets a Level Ball.
The preview images of this week’s Famitsu magazine have revealed a new game for the Switch: Nobunaga’s Ambition: Taishi (Aspiration), the latest entry in the long-running Nobunaga’s Ambition series. We don’t know much beyond that at this point, but expect more info once we get our hands on this week’s issue of Famitsu.
It’s Tuesday, which means it’s Pokemon Shuffle update time, and it’s a fairly significant one this time as several Pokemon from Sun & Moon have been added to the game. First of all, new main stages are now available, starting with stage 551, Gastly.
Several new event stages have also been added. All of those will be available until May 9th:
- a new Pokemon Safari featuring Salandit, Togedemaru, Alolan Geodude, Alolan Graveler and Alolan Golem
- a Cosmog stage that can only be attempted once per day that can drop Skill Boosters and Exp. Boosters L
- a Mimikyu stage that can drop Mimikyu Skill Boosters and Raise Max Level
- a Litten stage
Only available until May 2nd is a “Try ’em Items” Oranguru stage. Finally, a new set of daily stages is now available:
- Monday: Oricorio Pom-Pom Style
- Tuesday: Wishiwashi
- Wednesday: Komala
- Thursday: Fomantis
- Friday: Torracat
A couple of updates from the ARMS Twitter account: first of all, they revealed another alternate costume, namely the dark-colored Ribbon Girl you see above. They also posted a screenshot of the “Arms Lab” stage as well as the next weapon showcase video, featuring the shocking Sparky:
電気のアーム「スパーキー」！
チャージすると、内部の発電装置があらわになるアブネー逸品！
リボンガールも愛用中で、身も心もシビれるパンチを放ちます！
旧型「サンダーパンチ」を改良した、最新モデルです。 pic.twitter.com/9Cl9CcHKq7— ARMS（アームズ） (@ARMS_Cobutter) April 25, 2017
The Greil Mercenaries are coming to Fire Emblem Heroes – the “World of Radiance” content update tomorrow will add Ike, Mist, Soren and Titania to the game. They will be available on a special Summoning Focus with increased appearance rates. In addition to that, new story chapters featuring them will also be added, as well as new quests. Check out the trailer below to get a sneak peek at their abilities:
