Tuesday News Update with Xenoblade 2 Direct details, Rex costume for Link, Bamco promise new Switch titles, plus more news!
● Today’s Xenoblade 2 Direct saw dual (Japanese and English) audio announced with a free DLC voice pack. A retro Tiger Tiger mini-game will be playable in order to enhance blades. An Expansion Pass was announced priced at ¥3,000 with items in December, quests in January, a blade in Spring, challenge mode in Summer and new Story content in Autumn. Pre-load of Xenoblade 2 is available today. Watch the Direct and character trailer here.
● Also announced at the Xenoblade 2 Direct, there will be a The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild tie-in with a special ‘Rex’ costume for Link in a special side quest on Thursday for both the Switch and Wii U versions.
● From Takashi Mochizuki of The Wall Street Journal: Nomura Securities expect 23 million Nintendo Switch consoles sold in the next financial year and 115.8 million by March 2023.
● The Wall Street Journalist also reported Bandai Namco Entertainment President Mitsuaki Taguchi admitting surprise at the success of the Switch so expect more software from them in 2018 with three big exclusive Switch titles from Spring to Summer already confirmed!
● 5pb. will publish the visual novel game Steins;Gate Elite for Nintendo Switch (and both PS4 and Vita) on 15 March 2018 priced at ￥8,424.
● There will be three free IC Card stickers with the retail version of VOEZ.
● ARMS JAPAN GRAND PRIX 2017 Osaka Competition and Tokyo Competition tournament videos re-uploaded here and here.
● Gyakuten Saiban 4 (Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney) ‘Apollo Justice’ and ‘Klavier Gavin’ music video trailers here.
● CoroCoro gameplay video of Beyblade Burst God here.
● Fire Emblem Heroes will see a Fall Log-In Bonus during 7-21 November with up to 10 Orbs able to be received by the players
● Drakhar Studio announced the adventure platformer Ginger: Beyond the Crystal for the Switch eShop on 17 November with a physical release planned for 2018. Trailer here.
● Super Mario Odyssey opened with around 115,000 sales in France which is higher than Super Mario 3D World (80,000) and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (97,000).
● Grezzo are currently recruiting for a new project with ‘Legend’ in the title of at least the recruitment process. They also did something similar with The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D.
● Destructoid translated the top ten Shin Megami Tensei demons with Mara, Alice, Cu Chulainn, Mastema, Jack Frost, Mothman, Decerabia, Beelzebub, Mom Shuvuu and Loki. The full loooong video here.
● And the only Nintendo platform games confirmed for tomorrow’s Weekly Famitsu thus far are Pokémon Ultra Sun Moon, Sonic Forces and a Sonic series retrospective. Order a physical copy of the magazine here.
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