Bonus Update with no FF15 for Switch, new baseball game for 3DS, Joy-Con trademark, Fire Emblem Musou DLC and more!
● Square Enix developer Hajime Tabata spoke to Famitsu and told them emphatically “There are no plans to release Final Fantasy XV on the Nintendo Switch" Read the full interview (in Japanese) here.
● Culture Brain Excel announced the latest game in the Choujin Baseball/Baseball Simulator series which began on the Famicom/NES with Choujin Baseball Stadium ~Nekketsu Story~ scheduled for October release on Nintendo 3DS priced at ¥500.
● Nintendo Co., Ltd. have applied for Joy-Con image trademarks for the purpose of video game controller and storage etc. Images of the full application posted here.
● Koei Tecmo Games announced DLC for Fire Emblem Musou (Warriors) with packs for Fire Emblem if (Fates), Fire Emblem: New Dark Dragon and the Sword of Light (Shadow Dragon) and Fire Emblem Awakening.
● The Lost Sphear demo is now available in Japan requiring 793 MB and is in Japanese only.
● The total attendance for Tokyo Game Show 2017 (which has now finished) was 254,311 visitors with Tokyo Game Show 2018 announced for 20-23 September 20 to 23.
● Miitomo today saw the three “Terrific tours! Explorers Assemble” Miitomo Drop stages return for three days including Zebra and Lion outfits pictured here.
● Watch the Monster Hunter Stories Tokyo Game Show footage here.
● And footage for Dragon Quest Builders: Alefgard o Fukkatsu Niseyo here.
● Friends of Japanese Nintendo The Famicast have some excellent coverage of the Tokyo Game Show over on their YouTube Channel. You really should subscribe to their podcast btw!
● That’s all for now, hoping to work on a couple of reviews later today, and thanks for following!
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