Pokemon is about to ring in its 21st anniversary. To celebrate, Pokemon GO will be holding a special promotion.
Between February 26 and March 6 at 1 PM PT, when you encounter a Pikachu, it’ll come wearing a festive party hat. The Pikachu caught during that time will keep its party hat forever.
Fans have been wondering how the new Zelda: Breath of the Wild amiibo would work with the game since they were announced last week. Images of the boxes are now beginning to surface, revealing the functionality – at least for a couple of the figures.
It seems that the new Link amiibo unlock new items and weapons. Apparently the Archer version provides rare bows and Rider Link gives treasure for riding horses such as saddles and large swords.
Nintendo’s European accounts on YouTube have uploaded another brief commercial for 1-2-Switch, showing three minigames that can be played anywhere, even in the office. Take a look:
Nintendo has given Super Mario Run another small update. As of today, version 1.1.2 is available. Nintendo says that the patch simply implements bug fixes.
Square Enix has announced that Dragon Quest X will launch in Japan between roughly summer and fall.
Square Enix also intends to end service for the Wii version of Dragon Quest X. With the Version 3 period of the game, service is coming to a close in order to update the game to levels that cannot be done on the old system.
Nintendo is looking to showcase Switch’s new style of console gaming on the go “with highly visual, interactive living room-inspired spaces in places you would never expect, bringing surprises to every stop.” The company will be hosting a series of experiences starting this week in the desert at Blue Cloud Movie Ranch on February 23. Those who stop by will be able to “enter the interactive space and experience different Nintendo Switch games, as well as delight in the novelty of playing these games in a completely unexpected locale.”
WWE Superstar and actor John Cena will be the special guest at at Blue Cloud Movie Ranch. Cena will be on hand to showcase the face-to-face off-TV functionality of 1-2-Switch. He’ll be playing the game with invited fans and YouTube influencers.
Harvest Moon 64 is set to arrive on the Wii U Virtual Console this week in both North American and Europe. We’ve posted the official trailer below.
Update: We’ve learned some new details about the game thanks to Gematsu. The Switch version will feature over 100 songs, including ones that weren’t present in the smartphone version. The game will launch in March in Japan for a price of 2,314 Yen.
A new Switch game was just revealed via Famitsu – Voez, a rhythm game developed by Flyhigh Works, in which you get to play various songs and get to experience the lives of the six youthful members that make up the titular band. The game is actually not new, but seems to be a port of a smartphone game that was released a while ago. According to Famitsu, development on the game is 99% complete, so it’ll likely be released fairly soon. While it has only been announced for Japan at the moment, the smartphone version also has English language support, so a Western release does not seem unlikely.
Nintendo put together another brief trailer for 1-2-Switch that shows off three of its minigames – this time, Sword Fight, Milk and Telephone. Give it a watch:
This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:
Horizon: Zero Dawn (PS4) – 9/9/9/9
Subara City (3DS) – 9/8/8/8
Winning Post 8 2017 (PS4/PS3/PSV) – 8/8/8/8
Doraemon the Movie: Nobita no Nankyoku Kachikochi Daibouken (3DS) – 8/7/8/6
