It’s time for the newest North American Nintendo Download report for the week of June 6, 2024. The latest releases include Kamaeru: A Frog Refuge, Rider’s Spirits, Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked, and more.

Here’s the full roundup:

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Octopath Traveler II update out now (version 1.1.0), patch notes

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As a surprise to fans, Square Enix just released a new version 1.1.0 update for Octopath Traveler II.

The main draw of the update is an extra battle mode. Here players can “take on formidable enemies, including the heroes of the first Octopath Traveler”.

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Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble SEGA Pass: Sonic Team revealed

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Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble is getting Sonic DLC with its SEGA Pass, it’s just been announced.

Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy will all appear in the game. All four characters will be playable in Adventure Mode as well as Battle Mode. Worth noting, each character has unique stats. Additionally, all in-game pick-ups will switch from bananas to Gold Rings in further homage to the classic franchise – but only with these characters.

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RPG Maker With release date set for October in the west, new trailer

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NIS America has come through with a final release date for RPG Maker With in the west. In both North America and Europe, it launches on October 11, 2024.

RPG Maker With is already available in Japan. NIS America confirmed plans for localization back in March.

As a reminder, here’s what to expect from RPG Maker With:

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Yacht Club Games Presents 2024 showcase announced

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Yacht Club Games has announced the 2024 edition of Yacht Club Games Presents, its online showcase. Fans can tune into the event on June 14 at 11:30 AM PT / 2:30 PM ET / 7:30 PM in the UK / 8:30 PM in Europe.

The 2024 Yacht Club Games Presents celebrates the 10th anniversary of Shovel Knight. The show will include announcements, special events, merchandise, and surprises.

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SteamWorld Heist II announced for Switch

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April 17: Thunderful is making SteamWorld Heist II, the company just announced. A release is planned for August 8, 2024 on Switch.

SteamWorld Heist first appeared on 3DS in 2015 and Wii U the following year. A Switch version debuted at the end of 2017.

As for SteamWorld Heist II, here’s the first details:

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Google incident report indicates previous Nintendo leaks tied to employee accessing private videos

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According to a report from 404 Media, Nintendo was by previously impacted by leaked information obtained by a Google employee who accessed private YouTube videos. Google held an internal review and deemed that the activity was “non-intentional”.

404 Media says its article is based on “a copy of an internal Google database which tracks six years worth of potential privacy and security issues”. The thousands of incidents were actually reported by the company’s employees. The database covers a ton of other incidents as well, ranging from accidentally collecting children’s voice data to Google Street View transcribing and storing license plate numbers from photos.

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Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom devs share messages for game’s first anniversary

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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom just celebrated its first anniversary. In honor of the milestone, Japanese magazine Nintendo Dream caught up with series producer Eiji Aonuma and Hidemaro Fujibayashi, and both of them shared special messages.

Here’s our full translation:

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[Let’s Talk] What are you playing? – June 2024

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A new month just started up today. Now that we’re in June, we want to know what you’ve been playing.

Have you been finding your way through Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door? What about some of the other recent releases that have come to Switch? No matter the case, let us know in the comments.

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Nintendo’s hardest Switch games to 100 percent complete

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Given the scale of the games that have released on Switch, it’s safe to say that the first-party titles on the console are lengthier and more involved than any generations of games we’ve seen from Nintendo. Today, we’re going through a big list of some of the hardest Switch games to 100 percent complete, plus small tidbits on what that completion entails.