A new Mario board game is coming from USAopoly, titled Super Mario Level Up!. You and a group of friends will “Join Mario and his pals as you advance them up the Mushroom Kingdom while challenging other players to gather the most coins and reach the castle at the top.” A 3D game board, 13 Character Movers, Power Up cards, and ? Block Chips are all included.
No word yet on a release date, but it’s “coming soon” in North America. It’ll set you back just $20.
Several months after it appeared on the Wii U eShop, Twisted Fusion is getting an update. Version 1.1 is already in Nintendo’s hands for approval.
The update adds new features such as a Retro Zoom mode, crouching and sliding, and more. RPG damage indicators have also been added in along with updated HUD graphics, more detailed towers, and a performance boost.
Leuvsion didn’t say when the patch will be ready. Since it has already been submitted though, the wait shouldn’t be too long.
Twisted Fusion 1.1. has been submitted to Nintendo! Lots of new stuff to enjoy! What are you looking forward to? pic.twitter.com/X4js7L6RVq
— Leuvsion (@leuvsion) April 10, 2017
Another Neo Geo game has been dated for Switch. Over on the European eShop, Over Top is listed for April 27. The Neo Geo titles tend to launch worldwide, so North America and Japan should be getting it on the same day.
Here’s an overview of Over Top:
Over Top is a racing game released by SNK in 1996. Players will participate in breathtaking races through urban areas, mountainous regions, and snowy roads. The courses also feature weather variants to add more variety to the game. In addition to the various vehicles with different performance factors which players can use, they can also enjoy the thrill of drifting their way through corners to clear courses.
The ACA NeoGeo series has faithfully reproduced many classic NeoGeo masterpieces. Players can change various game settings such as game difficulty and also reproduce the atmosphere of arcade display settings of that time. Players can also compete against each other from all over the world with their high scores.
Please enjoy the masterpiece that built a generation for video games.
ACA NeoGeo Over Top will cost $7.99 / €6.99 / £6.29.
Source: Switch eShop
At the end of February, Zoink announced a brand new game for Switch called Flipping Death. Topics include connections to Stick it to the Man, a rough estimate of length, physical release, other potential Switch games, and more. Check out the full video below.
SEGA brought the first Bayonetta to Steam today. To celebrate, the first in a series of new developer diaries was published. Aside from the opening minute or so talking about the Steam version, the rest of the video touches on how the game initially came together with commentary provided by director Hideki Kamiya and more.
Here’s part 1 of the developer diary series:
Powerhoof is “looking into” a potential Switch version of Crawl, the developer said on Twitter today. When asked by a fan about the possibility, the indie studio wrote:
@swikc yup, we're looking into it 🙂
— Powerhoof (@Powerhoof) April 11, 2017
Crawl just came out today. It’s a local multiplayer dungeon crawler in which your friends control the monsters. Combining bullet-hell beat-em-up gameplay with old-school RPGs, the “arcadey party-game” supports up to four players.
Here’s the premise:
“One player is the hero, exploring a randomly generated dungeon full of traps and monsters – all controlled by the other players. If you slay the hero you take their place and it’s your turn to crawl! Then it’s a race to gain enough XP and loot to reach the final battle, where it’s all on one as the other players collectively control the hulking final boss!”
And a trailer:
After announcing the Fighter Kirby statue last week, pre-orders have now opened. As usual, two versions are up for grabs: the regular ($250) and exclusive ($270) version. Both are online here.
The two versions are pretty similar. However, the exclusive edition has LEDs in the Spin Kick, “truly bringing the entire piece to life.”
An update can now be downloaded for Urban Trial Freestyle 2. Version 1.1.0 is out for all players who own the game.
Official patch notes are below:
– Corrected position of the stunts and adjusted scoring in Stunt Mode
– Reworked Decors and the Camera in the Level Editor
– Tweaked difficulty of the Challenge Tracks
– Minor bug fixes
Urban Trial Freestyle 2 has only been distributed in Europe thus far. The title should be releasing in North America soon, though it’s unclear if and when the update will be offered.
Nintendo has followed up on yesterday’s “Battle” trailer for Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia with another video highlighting the story. Watch it below.
This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:
Fire Emblem Echoes (3DS) – 9/9/10/9
Pro Yakyuu Famista Climax (3DS) – 9/8/9/9
Dungeon Travelers 2-2 (PSV) – 9/8/7/8
88Heroes (PS4) – 7/7/8/9
Darknet (PS4) – 8/7/7/8
Albedo: Eyes from Outer Space (PS4) – 7/7/7/8
Minna de Waiwai! Spelunker (NSW) – 7/6/7/9
Revenant Saga (PS4/PS3/PSV) – 6/7/8/6
Blasting Agent (3DS) – 5/6/7/5
