Nintendo has announced that a new version 2.1.0 update for Splatoon 3 is arriving this week. It will be available tomorrow, January 17, in North America. This will be late in the day, so it’ll be January 18 in Europe and Japan.
Nintendo is focusing on battle adjustments here, including main weapons, special weapons, and more. Plenty of bug fixes are also included.
Also announced is that the next update for the game will focus on new features and weapon balance. The update, which is planned for the end of the current season, will be released for the start of the new season in March.
The full patch notes for the Splatoon 3 version 2.1.0 update are as follows:
We have an early look at Onion Assault ahead of its launch next week with new gameplay. This is the latest title from Hörberg Productions, the creator of Gunman Clive.
A bit of additional information can be found in the following overview:
Nefasto’s Misadventure: Meeting Noeroze was recently announced for Switch, and it’s now been confirmed that there’ll be a physical release. Pix’n Love is in charge of distribution.
Two different editions are planned that are inspired by computer game boxes: one representing the United States and another for Japan. There’ll be 500 copies made of each containing a strategy guide, the soundtrack in CD format, and a poster hand-signed by the Aurora Game Studio team.
Fire Emblem Engage won’t be around until later this week, but there’s been a leak for the game’s ROM and it’s circulating online (which we won’t be sharing here). Unfortunately, this appears to be fairly typical for Nintendo. Most of the company’s major Switch titles tend to leak at or before launch.
While that isn’t exactly the best news, there is some interesting information that did emerge from the Fire Emblem Engage ROM leak. It turns out that the game is built with the Unity engine, which is something that most probably wouldn’t have guessed. To compare, Fire Emblem: Three Houses was developed with the Dynasty Warriors engine.
Thanks to data from the NPD Group, we have a look at the best-selling games of 2022 in the United States.
It was a good year for Pokemon with two entries on the list. Pokemon Scarlet and Violet land at #6 while Pokemon Legends: Arceus is at #8. Also, keep in mind that this is without Nintendo reporting digital data unlike most companies.
NPD Group has released a listing of the top ten best-selling games in the U.S. for the month of December 2022.
Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet had another strong month, coming in at #2 after debuting at #3 in November. Other notable appearances include Sonic Frontiers at #6, Mario Kart 8 and #9, and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion at #10.
The results can be found below.
Original (11/30): Front Mission 1st: Remake is making its initial appearance on Switch today, but Forever Entertainment has now confirmed that a physical release is in the works. Fans can choose between three different editions.
There’ll be “unLimited”, limited, and exclusive versions. Each one comes with different physical goodies.
Here’s the full rundown on the Front Mission 1st: Remake Switch physical releases:
YouTuber RebelTaxi has managed to secure an early build of de Blob DS, which was originally being made by Helixe. This version of the game was ultimately cancelled.
THQ ended up publishing one version of de Blob for Wii (which is on Switch by the way), and also had plans for another on DS. Blue Tongue Entertainment was in charge of the former. Helixe was planned to handle the DS version, but their work was ultimately scrapped entirely.
A new round of data has been revealed for France, and it includes a significant tidbit: Switch is now the best-selling home console ever in the country.
Switch sold another 987,000 units in France during 2022. To date, the system’s total sales are at 7.09 million in the region. In comparison, the Wii sold 6.3 million units in its lifetime while the PS4 sits at six million. The DS still tops everything (handhelds and consoles) at 10.6 million.
