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Kill la Kill the Game: IF is coming to Switch, Arc System Works has revealed. The news was just shared today at ArcRevo Japan 2018.

APlus Games is developing Kill la Kill the Game: IF, which features fighting gameplay based on the popular anime. The title is planned for a 2019 release.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

The Legend of Zelda series has experimented with many different visual styles over the years. Nintendo aimed for realism with Twilight Princess, but before that, Wind Waker offered a completely opposite feel with its cel-shaded look.

As part of an interview published in the newly-translated Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Creating a Champion book, art director Satoru Takizawa commented on the series’ ever-changing visual style. Takizawa had this to say on the topic:

Three more characters are joining Mario Tennis Aces. Luma, Pauline, and Boom Boom will be added to the game in early 2019, the company revealed today.

Based on how they’re presented in a new trailer, Luma will seemingly be first up in January. Boom Boom will then follow in February, and finally Pauline in March.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is poised for a huge debut when it arrives on Switch next month. Thanks to Nintendo, we now know that it’s the best pre-selling game in the series. Additionally, it’s the best pre-selling Switch title – beating out Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu / Eevee.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate launches December 7. Expect news regarding the game’s sales to trickle in shortly after release.

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Starlink: Battle for Atlas

We’ve known that Virtuos worked on the Switch version of Starlink: Battle for Atlas. But as it turns out, the studio was extremely involved and handled a significant amount of development on Nintendo’s console. GamesIndustry spoke with senior technical director Jonathan Boldiga about what the process was like.

According to Boldiga, creating Starlink for Switch wasn’t easy. Ubisoft apparently “had very high standards in terms of what they wanted on the Switch platform” and the team had to do what it could to maintain visual parity across Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. In the end, Boldiga believes they were able to deliver “one of the best-looking Switch titles out there.”

This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Switch Retail

ATV Drift & Tricks – €34.99
Bendy and the Ink Machine – €29.99
Moto Racer 4 – €34.99
Panda Hero – €29.99
Youtubers Life: OMG Edition – €29.99

Nintendo kicked off a set of eShop Cyber Deals in North America yesterday. Meanwhile, in Europe, a similar sale has started with a few different games.

Switch owners can save up to 60% on titles like Super Mario Odyssey and Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Third-party and indie games like Enter the Gungeon and Wonder Boy are also included.

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Where Breath of the Wild sits specifically in the Zelda timeline is something that has been a big question since the game’s release last March. However, series producer Eiji Aonuma has indicated that Nintendo will never place it in the chronological timeline.

In the newly-translated Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Creating a Champion book, Aonuma explained that “people were enjoying imagining the story that emerged from the fragmental imagery we were providing.” If Nintendo were to say where Breath of the Wild sits in the timeline, “then there would be a definitive story, and it would eliminate the room for imagination, which wouldn’t be as fun.”

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

Switch Retail

ATV Drift & Tricks – $34.99
Bendy and the Ink Machine – $29.99
Spintires: MudRunner – American Wilds – $39.99 (available November 27)

SEGA has the first trailer up for Blade Arcus Rebellion from Shining, its new Switch fighter featuring characters from the Shining franchise. View it below.

Blade Arcus Rebellion from Shining is due out on March 14 in Japan.


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