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Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Switch Retail

Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time – $39.99
Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning – $39.99 (available March 16)
R.B.I. Baseball 21 – $29.99 (available March 16)
Saviors of Sapphire Wings / Stranger of Sword City Revisted – $49.99 (available March 16)
WRC 9 The Official Game – $49.99

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Famitsu are as follows:

Monster Hunter Rise

Capcom has gone live with a new “Kamura’s Hope” trailer for Monster Hunter Rise. Have a look at today’s video below.

For those interested in Monster Hunter Rise, the game is coming to Switch on March 26.

Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin

Capcom has released a second trailer for Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin. Get a look at the new video below.

Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin launches for Switch on July 9 worldwide.

Capcom announced Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin for Switch last September, but we haven’t seen anything of the game Switch. It finally reemerged during today’s Monster Hunter Digital Event.

A new trailer was released that shows a number of new elements, including co-op quests, amiibo, and more. It’s also now confirmed that Monster Hunter Stories 2 is launching on July 9.

Monster Hunter Stories 2 will also have a Deluxe Edition, pre-order bonus, and bonus with Monster Hunter Rise:

Capcom will soon be hosting the next Monster Hunter Digital Event, which will feature Monster Hunter Rise as well as Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin. The broadcast begins at 6 AM PT / 9 AM ET / 2 PM in the UK / 3 PM in Europe.

You can watch today’s presentation as it happens below. If there’s anything particularly noteworthy, we’ll be sure to share the news on the site.

Professor Layton and the Curious Village

In a recent interview with Yahoo Japan, Level-5 CEO Akihiko Hino spoke at length about the company’s beginnings, reminiscing about memorable moments in his career and sharing insight into the origin of some of the company’s most famous works. Once Hino announced his intent to get into self publishing back in the day, the pressure he faced fueled him to make the Level-5’s first self published title a hit, leading to the birth of Professor Layton.

We’ve translated Hino’s comments about self publishing, as well as the inspirations he borrowed from to create Professor Layton after the jump.

A new month rolled right on in this week. Now that we’re in March, we want to know what you’ve been playing.

Are you playing through Bravely Default II, which just dropped last week? How about some of Switch’s other new releases like Persona 5 Strikers? No matter the case, let us know in the comments below.

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Level-5 has had a storied history with many iconic series on Nintendo systems, from the Professor Layton series to Inazuma Eleven among many others. One of the company’s earliest claims to fame however was Dragon Quest VIII.

In a recent interview with Yahoo Japan, Level-5 CEO Akihiko Hino detailed the events that led the company to developing a mainline entry in the iconic franchise. After expressing his disappointment with how certain aspects of Dragon Quest VII were handled, he was challenged by a producer to take on the project himself, leading to the development of one of the series’ most iconic entries.

We’ve translated Hino’s full comments after the jump.

Blaster Master Zero 3

Inti Creates announced Blaster Master Zero 3 today, and we now have the first gameplay from the New Game+ Expo. Get a look at the footage below.

Blaster Master Zero 3 is due out for Switch on July 29.


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