How many Rainbow Road courses can a single Mario Kart game have?! (Not that we’re complaining!) In this week’s episode of Nintendo Everything Refresh, join your hosts Nick, Nicolas and Dennis as we discuss the new tracks hitting Mario Kart 8 Deluxe in Wave 3 of its Booster Course pack next week. We’ll also discuss the impending release of Switch Sports golf, new Fire Emblem Engage details, a tease from Mr. Sakurai about a potential Kid Icarus Uprising port, and much much more!
Also: we’re doing another giveaway! This week we’re giving away five copies of Front Mission 1st: Remake, the Switch-exclusive remake of the original Front Mission game! To enter, just head over to the YouTube version of this episode and leave a comment with the word “STRATEGY” in it to enter, as well as your Twitter handle. We will select winners on Sunday, Dec. 4 and announce them on the next episode of the podcast! Winners will have codes DM’ed to them via Twitter, so keep an eye out! (You can also enter a second giveaway for this game over on our Twitter page.) Thanks to Forever Entertainment for providing the codes for this giveaway!
BPM: Bullets Per Minute will have a physical release on Switch, Limited Run Games announced today. The title will be offered as part of its distribution line.
BPM: Bullets Per Minute originally appeared on Switch this past September. The game was originally published only as an eShop download.
Original: Nintendo and Illumination have released the official second trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Fans were treated to the video during a Nintendo Direct that just wrapped up moments ago.
Today’s trailer highlights new characters and explains more of the plot. Princess Peach (played by Anya Taylor-Joy) and Donkey Kong (played by Seth Rogan) were both present. Luigi (played by Charlie Day) was in the previous trailer, but had actual spoken dialogue this time around. Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto said during the Nintendo Direct that Donkey Kong was changed for the first time since Donkey Kong Country in order to give him a more comical personality and design similar to how his original character.
Sonic Frontiers will be receiving a few free updates in 2023, SEGA has revealed. More content will be added to the game with three different drops.
New features, modes, character skins, and more are in the works. Each update will be free to all Sonic Frontiers owners.
Here’s the content update roadmap for Sonic Frontiers:
Koa and the Five Pirates of Mara has been delayed, publisher Chibig announced today along with developers Talpa Games and Undercoders. It’s now planned for a 2023 debut on Switch.
Koa and the Five Pirates of Mara was announced for Switch at the start of 2022. Originally, the goal was to have it out sometime this past summer.
Today, publisher QUByte Interactive and developer Cadabra Games announced that they’re teaming up on the upcoming Switch title Adore. There’s no word on release timing currently.
Adore is an action creature game starring Lukha, who is capable of summoning and controlling creatures to fight alongside him. Further information can be found in the following overview:
Bandai Namco and Red Games Co have announced a new “Jingle Brawls” update for LEGO Brawls.
Players will be able to get their hands on special limited-time content for the month of December. The update includes 22 festive LEGO Minifigures, a Winter Wonderland level featuring a new toy grab game mode, and other holiday-themed content.
A pretty major 1.0.1 update has gone live for Trifox on Switch.
The patch includes performance improvements, design and balance changes, and more. Of course, things wouldn’t be complete with general fixes as well.
The full patch notes for the Trifox version 1.0.1 update are as follows:
Bandai Namco is back with another trailer for Tales of Symphonia Remastered, this time focusing on the RPG’s story.
Here’s some information about the game, which goes a bit into the plot:
Children of Silentown is heading to Switch, publisher Daedalic Entertainment announced today along with developers Elf Games and Luna2 Studio. It will be available on January 11, 2023.
Children of Silentown is a dark point-and-click-adventure game with a story about fear and separation. Read more about it below.
