The Great Ace Attorney 2 is featured in this week’s issue of Famitsu. In the magazine, some new details are shared.
Here’s the lowdown:
– Follows Ryunosuke Naruhodo in late 19th century Japan and London
– Pursues the truth behind a mysterious case
– Sherlock Holmes and other fascinating characters will also appear
– Will feature cases and mysteries not discussed in the first game, as well as new episodes
– The “World Fair” and “Cursed Lodging” are the keys to the story, as well as a grave visiting scene with Ryunosuke’s partner Susato Mikotoba
– 35% complete
While we still don’t have a concrete date beyond “late January” for the update that will implement Pokemon Bank compatibility with Pokemon Sun & Moon, we at least have some news about the transfer process from the generation 1 Virtual Console games to Pokemon Bank. This comes to us via Nintendo Hong Kong and Serebii.
One big question about this transfer process was how it would handle IVs, Natures and Abilities, since these didn’t exist (Natures & Abilities) or worked differently (IVs) in Pokemon Red, Blue and Yellow. It seems like, when transferring a generation 1 Pokemon to Pokemon Bank, it will have 3 maxed out IVs and receive a random Nature and Ability (out of the ones it can have), with the possibility of it receiving its Hidden Ability. Transferred Pokemon will also receive a special Game Boy mark on their summary page, to indicate that they have been transferred from a generation 1 game.
A handy new feature is that you don’t need to transfer Pokemon to your games in order to register them in the National Pokedex. If you have all of your various games connected to Pokemon Bank, the Bank will sync them all up and combine all the Pokemon you own across your games into one list. You can also track various in-game statistics directly via the Bank, such as the total number of eggs you have hatched.
It will also be possible to send Battle Points again.
The latest previews for this week’s issue of Famitsu revealed that Cube Creator DX for Nintendo 3DS is in development. This seems to be an improved version of Cube Creator 3D, rather than a true sequel. We will bring you more infos once we have access to full scans of this week’s issue of Famitsu.
Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers’ web page has updated with new information on how the various network modes will work. There will be an Arcade mode where you face against CPU’s to reach the end of the game, but players can cut in and challenge you, as if it is an arcade machine. The regular online mode will be divided between Casual and Ranked play. Ranked mode will have players winning or losing two types of points (Player and Battle) as they fight. It will feature Quick and Custom matches, as well as the ability to play with friends. Players can even create their own lobbies, setting personal rules and waiting for interested players to join. Casual mode will be a way to play without risking points. The game will also feature a local mode that will let you connect to other Switch consoles.
The page also indicates at the bottom that there will be the option for simplified Lite commands, allowing players to assign more complicated button combinations to single presses. It should be noted that this feature appeared in the 3DS version of Street Fighter IV, and players could make sure they were not matched up against players who used the Lite controls.
This week’s Pokemon Shuffle update brings new stages for a Winking Totodile and Wailord, returning stages for Groudon and Kyogre, and a safari. Totodile (Winking) will run until January 31, while the rest of the stages run until February 7. The safari is mostly old, featuring Shellder, Cloyster, Shiny Magikarp, Shiny Gyarados, Pidove, Tranquill and Unfezant, and also adds in Snorunt (Winking) and Glalie (Winking).
The third Global Mission in Pokemon Sun/Moon is almost here. When it goes live, players will be tasked with trading Pokemon through the Pokemon Global Trade Station.
The mission will run between January 31 and February 14. We should know what the target is for trading by then.
A new update is out now for Pokemon GO. On iOS, the game is being updated to version 1.23.2 while Android users will have version 0.53.2.
Pokemon GO’s update adds support for Korean, as it just launched in South Korea today. Other than that, not much has changed.
Fans picked up on some footage from the Mega Man animated series during the weekend. Film Roman shared the first look, but it wasn’t intended for public consumption. Dentsu Entertainment informed Rockman Corner that the footage wasn’t final, and was based on internal animation tests.
Mega Man’s look in the show is apparently still evolving. The design shown in the clip doesn’t represent the final product.
One other note: despite what we heard previously, the Mega Man animated series doesn’t have a set network. It isn’t guaranteed to air on Disney XD.
Ahead of its release at the start of March, IGN has managed to get its hands on the new Link figure based on his appearance in Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Check it out below.
The Super Mario Odyssey debut trailer has now been seen over ten million times on Nintendo’s North American YouTube page. It’s the third most-watched video on the channel, following only behind the initial Switch reveal and Zelda: Breath of the Wild trailer from E3 2016.
Speaking of Zelda, the new video is the fourth most-watched item on Nintendo of America’s YouTube page. It’s done well for itself with 6.5 million views.
Other view counts from the Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 are as follows:
– Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: ~ 3 million
– Sonic Mania: ~ 2.5 million
– Splatoon 2: ~ 2 million
– Arms: ~ 1.75 million
– Xenoblade Chronicles 2: ~ 1.25 million
– Super Bomberman R: ~ 1.2 million
– 1-2-Switch: ~ 1.1 million
– Puyo Puyo Tetris: ~ 400,000
