Laura Kate Dale is back with another brief report about Switch on LetsPlayVideoGames.
Speaking with a source with Nintendo who has provided accurate information in the past, the Dock will be included with all packages for Switch in every region. Nintendo is said to focusing on the system’s hybrid nature as part of its marketing efforts. Including the Dock is the company’s way of ensuring that there won’t be brand confusion.
Apparently, Nintendo considered selling the handheld unit as a standalone product, but ultimately decided against doing so. There were some concerns that consumers who purchased the portable device without the Dock may still think they could connect it to a television. Also unsurprisingly, Nintendo has no plans for the Switch handheld to be able to connect to a TV without the Dock.
This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:
Rez Infinite (PS4) – 9/8/8/10
Atelier Firis (PS4/PSV) – 9/8/9/8
Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration (PS4) – 9/9/8/8
Summer Lesson: Hikari Miyamoto (PS4) – 8/8/8/9
Until Dawn: Rush of Blood (PS4) – 8/8/8/8
Batman: Arkham VR (PS4) – 7/8/9/8
RIGS: Mechanized Combat League (PS4) – 8/8/7/8
Thumper (PS4) – 7/7/8/9
VVVVVV (3DS) – 7/8/8/7
PlayStation VR Worlds (PS4) – 7/7/8/8
The Playroom VR (PS4) – 7/8/8/7
Battlezone (PS4) – 7/7/8/7
Lumo (PS4/PSV) – 7/7/7/7
Fly to Kuma (PS4) – 6/7/7/7
Catlateral Damage (PS4) – 5/6/6/5
Miko Gakkou Monogatari: Kaede Episode (PS4) – 5/5/5/6
Japan has been receiving a bunch of interesting 3DS themes as of late, including Super Mario, Re:Zero, Monster Hunter Stories, Pokemon, Animal Crossing and Sonic. You can view footage of them below.
System: 3DS
Release date: October 25, 2016
Developer: Marvelous
Publisher XSEED Games
Halloween is around the corner ladies and gentlemen, and as far as I’m concerned, there’s no better way (or game) to get you in the spirit of all things creepy and dead than Corpse Party. A series that I love dearly is finally making its way over to 3DS for the western audience to enjoy, and it brings along extra chapters not before seen in any of the previous ports and iterations.
The Nintendo UK store is carrying a new round of stock for the Pokemon GO Plus accessory. Get it here. Quantities are “limited”, so we’ll have to see how long this lasts!
It’s a big day for Minecraft: Wii U Edition, as the game is being updated with a bunch of new content. You’ll be able to get your hands on the following:
– Halloween Battle Map DLC
– Campfire Tales Skin Pack
– Battle Map Pack 4 DLC
– Spooky Bundle, containing the Halloween Mash-up Pack, Campfire Tales Skin Pack and Halloween Battle Map
Minecraft: Wii U Edition is also getting patch 14. Head past the break for the full patch notes.
All of Animal Crossing: New Leaf’s online services will undergo maintenance early next week. Here are the exact times:
- 6 PM PT (October 31st) – 8 PM PT (October 31st)
- 9 PM ET (October 31st) – 11 PM ET (October 31st)
- 2 AM in the UK (November 1st) – 4 AM in the UK (November 1st)
- 3 AM in Europe (November 1st) – 5 AM in Europe November 1st
Given that next week, a special Animal Crossing-focused Nintendo Direct will air on November 2nd, it seems likely that this maintenance is to prepare for the big update that was announced earlier this year, which, among other things, will add amiibo support to New Leaf. The update will probably go live after the Direct.
Momotaro Dentetsu 2017: Tachiagare Nippon!! will release December 22 for 3DS in Japan. The news comes from its official website, which just opened. There are also multiple screenshots of the game, which you can view below:
Continuing from last week’s Halloween celebrations, Pokemon Shuffle is bringing more Ghost-types to its Special Stages. The main feature is a new Mega competition, centered around Mega Banette. To earn the Banettite Mega-stone, you need to be in the top 13,000 in Europe, 20,000 players in North America, or 60,000 in Japan. Other prizes are as follows:
There is also a new stage featuring a Spooky version of Gengar which can only be played once a day, a new Escalation battle for Giratina Altered Form, and a returning stage for Duskclops. Gengar (Spooky) will run until November 1, and Giratina and Duskclops will run until November 7.
Megami Meguri is primarily a free-to-play title. That being said, as previously mentioned, Capcom is preparing a couple of limited editions. A new trailer introducing the Collector’s Package and Complete Edition can be found below.
