Nintendo has opened the North American 1-2-Switch teaser website. You can find it right here. Even though the full site is coming later, there’s actually quite a bit here. It even notes that the title will include over 20 mini-games.
Update: Very quick update for you. Nintendo’s Japanese Twitter page says the Fire Emblem mobile game will be revealed.
Original: A Fire Emblem Direct was announced last week as part of the Treehouse Live stream. The presentation has now been officially confirmed, with Nintendo stating that multiple titles will be featured.
You can expect the Fire Emblem Direct to begin at the following times:
– 2 PM PT
– 5 PM ET
– 10 PM in the UK
– 11 PM in Europe
A Fire Emblem Nintendo Direct is arriving this Wednesday, Jan. 18 at 2PM PST. Prepare yourselves! pic.twitter.com/waTBdNEPmN
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) January 17, 2017
The Treehouse Live stream indicated that Fire Emblem Warriors would at least be featured. Another possibility is the inclusion of the Fire Emblem mobile game.
This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:
Resident Evil 7 (PS4/XBO) – 9/9/9/9
Touhou Genso Wanderer: Reloaded (PS4/PSV) – 8/8/8/8
Twin Star Exorcists (PSV) – 8/8/8/8
Twin Star Exorcists (PSV) – 8/8/7/7
Orfleurs (PSV) – 7/7/7/6
Drive Girls (PSV) – 7/7/6/7
Drone Flight (3DS) – 7/7/6/7
A new report from App Annie suggests that Pokemon GO made over $950 million in revenue in 2016. Since the game launched in July, this was only a six month period, making the number even more impressive. The game was No. 3 in total revenue for 2016, behind Monster Strike and Clash Royale. The full report is over at Venture Beat.
A new Minecraft: Wii U Edition update is out now, though it’s not terribly important. The developers have addressed three small issues within the game.
The full patch notes are as follows:
– Fix for Mob Spawners not spawning anymore, and showing a Pig inside them.
– Fix for previously created signs being censored for players with restrictive Privacy settings.
– Fix for being able to escape the boundaries of the world by exiting a Boat at the edge.
Pokemon Shuffle’s weekly update has landed, and not only are there regular stages, there is a Mega competition for Houndoominite. The stage will run until January 24 and will pit players against Mega Houndoom. Prizes for the top players are listed below:
- Houndoominite, 5 Raise Max Level, 5 Mega Speedup: Top 200 EU/300 NA
- Houndoominite, 4 Raise Max Level, 4 Mega Speedup: Top 500 EU/700 NA
- Houndoominite, 3 Raise Max Level, 3 Mega Speedup: Top 1,000 EU/1,500 NA
- Houndoominite, 2 Raise Max Level, 2 Mega Speedup: Top 2,000 EU/3,000 NA
- Houndoominite, 1 Raise Max Level, 1 Mega Speedup: Top 4,000 EU/6,000 NA
- Houndoominite, 1 Mega Speedup, 1 Skill Booster M: Top 6,000 EU/9,000 NA
- Houndoominite, 1 Disruption Delay, 1 Exp. Booster L: Top 9,000 EU/13,000 NA
- Houndoominite, 1 Disruption Delay: Top 12,000 EU/18,000 NA
- Houndoominite, 1 Attack Power, 1 Disruption Delay: Top 16,000 EU/24,000 NA
- Houndoominite, 1 Attack Power: All other players
Four non-competitive stages are also featured in the update. Chikorita (Winking) and a special Tyranitar stage will run until Januray 24, while Politoed and a special Celebi Escalation battle will run until the 31st.
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 Professional is coming out on February 9 in Japan for 3DS, and Square Enix has released details on some of its special monsters, the Incarnus. These details have been translated by Gematsu, and show the four basic Incarnus as well as upgraded forms of them.
Windyo
– Wind based
– Small white tiger
– Turns into a large tiger, Emperor WindyoFreysha
– Looks like a small owl
– Despite its cute appearance, it controls flames
– Turns into a fierce owl, Empress FreyshaGaogaia
– Earth based
– Looks like a small bear
– Turns into the Righteous Emperor GaogaiaAckle
– Water based
– Resembles a turtle
– Specializes in defense
– Turns into War Emperor Ackle
You can also see screenshots of all these Incarnus below:
Update: This may unfortunately just be an error on Nintendo’s website. As one example, the Ultra Street Fighter II page has “Pokemon Moon with Lunala Figure for Nintendo Switch”, which linked to a 3DS pic.
Original: Nintendo is holding a Fire Emblem based Nintendo Direct this week, but one bit of news from it might have dropped early. NeoGAF user Mr. Pointy found evidence that a version of Fire Emblem Fates: Revelation may be making its way to the Switch. Searching through the source code for the Fire Emblem Warriors page from Nintendo’s website reveals a hidden image/link for “Fire Emblem Fates: Revelation for nintendo switch”. There is no listing for either Birthright or Conquest, but that doesn’t rule them out. Hopefully this shows up in this week’s Direct!
At the beginning of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Link awakens following a 100-year slumber. Clearly something big happened beforehand that led to him being in that state.
Now we have a decent idea about that backstory surrounding Breath of the Wild. During last week’s Treehouse Live stream, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime showed off a map from the game’s limited editions, the back of which contains cryptic tapestry with Hylian/Sheikah language. What’s stated there has been revealed after fans went through a lengthy decoding process.
Since this may fall into spoiler territory for some, we’ve posted the transcript after the break.
Super Mario Odyssey received a stage show at the Nintendo Switch Experience this past weekend. Aside from the brief bit of footage highlighting Mario’s moves, a few tidbits about the game were also shared.
Development on Super Mario Odyssey is considerably finished, so producer Yoshiaki Koizumi wants people to get their hands on it. But since the release isn’t close, Nintendo didn’t offer Mario as playable demo.
