Levels+: Addictive Puzzle Game is out now on the Japanese Switch eShop, and tomorrow in North America / Europe. View some footage below.
Next week’s NeoGeo game has been confirmed through a listing on the Japanese Switch eShop. On July 20, Hamster will publish Samurai Shodown.
Samurai Shodown is an SNK fighter originally released in 1993. The game has come to a number of platforms since then, including the original Virtual Console on Wii.
Samurai Showown will cost $7.99 / €6.99 / £6.29.
Source: Switch eShop
Update (7/12): Pre-orders now live on Amazon UK.
Original (7/10): Last month, Nintendo and HORI revealed a special Splatoon 2-themed headset for Switch. We now know that it’s coming west thanks to a listing on Amazon.
The Switch Splatoon 2 Splat & Chat Headset is based on an in-game item. By using it, you can experience in-game sound and voice chat at the same time while playing online. It has a removable mic and interchangeable decorative plates.
Pre-orders are open on Amazon here. The headset releases on July 21, just in time for Splatoon 2.
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This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlights include Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2, The Great Ace Attorney 2, Fire Emblem Warriors, Hey! Pikmin, and Layton’s Mystery Journey. Scans of all games are below.
A bunch of videos are in showing this month’s new 3DS game Hey! Pikmin. Find all of the gameplay rounded up below.
Farming Simulator: Nintendo Switch Edition is set for release in November, according to retailer listings. GameStop has it listed for November 14. We’re hearing that the release date is the same in Europe as well.
Here’s the official description for Farming Simulator: Nintendo Switch Edition:
Take on the challenges of the modern farmer! Explore a huge open world including a detailed North American environment, loaded with farming activities, over hundreds of acres of land. Drive over 250 authentic farming vehicles and equipment from over 75 manufacturers, including brands such as Challenger, Fendt, Massey Ferguson and Valtra.
Farming Simulator: Nintendo Switch Edition will be priced at $49.99.
An extended version of one of Splatoon 2’s recent ads is here, showing a mix of live action and gameplay. Have a look at the video below.
Natsume CEO on the split between Harvest Moon and Bokujo Monogatari, putting Light of Hope on Switch
The Harvest Moon series went through a shakeup a few years ago. Marvelous took back ownership of the franchise – known as Bokujo Monogatari in Japan – and had XSEED publish future releases under the Story of Seasons name. Meanwhile, Natsume began to develop its own games under the original Harvest Moon title.
In an interview with GamesIndustry, Natsume CEO Hiro Maekawa reflected on the situation, calling it “a big surprise” and “really scary”. He said:
“That was a big surprise to us, especially to me. It was a really scary thing to me because we’d spent time and effort to establish a no-name farming simulation game to become one of the best-known farming simulation games for the entire family. We had tons of loyal Harvest Moon fans, but we couldn’t simply say to those loyal fans that there’s no Harvest Moon in the future. Fortunately, we learned and accumulated lots of know-how as to what Harvest Moon fans like and what makes them happy by localizing and publishing Harvest Moon games for the past 16 years, so we took that goodbye as a good opportunity for us, based upon our own experience, to take this franchise to the next step so we could continue to make all Harvest Moon fans very happy.”
