The Pokemon Company has released 8 separate animated Pokemon shorts on their official YouTube channel in celebration of Pokemon day. The animations range from Pikachu and the Pokemon Sun & Moon starters taking a selfie to some target practice with Rowlet. They’re quite cute, and available to watch below.
Update: Circle Entertainment deleted its original tweet, and has now clarified that the company is indirectly involved with the western release:
Need to clarity sth, Voez made by Rayark, global publishing will be @FlyhighWorks our Japanese team. Not directly by CIRClE this time. pic.twitter.com/IHedeGNH41
— CIRCLE Ent. (@CIRCLE_Ent) February 27, 2017
Voez is one of Japan’s launch games on the Switch eShop. Thankfully, we haven’t had to wait long for a localization announcement. Circle confirmed on Twitter earlier today that the company will handle Voez in the west.
The brief tweet reads:
This is our first Switch game, and more titles on Nintendo platforms will comes in this year! pic.twitter.com/Oz9V8jcaCy
— CIRCLE Ent. (@CIRCLE_Ent) February 27, 2017
Voez doesn’t have a release date for North America or Europe yet, though we’ll keep you informed as the situation develops.
Update (2/27): The update should now be live on iOS and Android.
Original (2/24): A new update is rolling out for Pokemon GO. However, it won’t be as significant as the last one that introduced a bunch of Pokemon and features.
iOS users will soon have access to version 1.27.3. On Android, the game’s update will be 0.57.3. Niantic says the patch will “implement performance improvements.”
During the 2017 Game Developers Conference today, Niantic announced that its hit mobile game Pokemon GO has exceeded 650 million downloads.
Niantic chief technology officer Phil Keslin mentioned that trainers have now walked roughly 8.7 billion kilometers (5.4 billion miles) while playing Pokemon GO. Keslin said that distance is “just shy of Pluto”, but it’s actually closer since Pluto is about 7.5 billion kilometers (4.67 billion miles) away even at its farthest distance from Earth.
Keslin added that Niantic intends to keep Pokemon GO fresh with regular content updates.
Amazon UK is now taking pre-orders for the new Snipperclips Joy-Con bundle. This is the standard Neon Red/Blue bundle, but with a special code included for Snipperclips. If you were planning on buying both, it’ll save you a bit of extra cash. Place an order here if interested.
Just Dance 2017 is one of a few third-party Switch games coming to retail for launch this week. Take a look at some footage below.
Super Bomberman R will run at 30 frames per second, according to Konami. The game is also confirmed to run at the Switch’s full resolution in both console and portable modes.
Super Bomberman R’s Battle Mode only supports online, whereas Cooperative Story Mode is only for local play. Regarding online, matchmaking through lobbies will be used so that players can easily connect to friends and random online participants.
A couple of new Japanese Pokemon Sun/Moon commercials have just landed on the series’ Japanese YouTube page. The clips star Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt. See the adverts below.
Developer FDG Entertainment has added a new entry on its blog consisting of some questions and answers about Monster Boy. Topics include how the game is related to the classic Wonder Boy in Monster Land, how long will it be and whether or not there will be a physical copy of the game .
Check it out after the break.
Fire Emblem Heroes adding in a bunch of content earlier today. New heroes are available, as well as Paralogue Maps: Sibling Bonds and related special quests. Watch some footage below.
