Monday News Update with Valkyria Chronicles 4 and otome title announced for Switch, Animal Crossing releases this week, plus much more!
● Sega Games today announced Valkyria Chronicles 4 for Nintendo Switch to release in Summer 2018 with both standard and limited editions (latter with DLC, OST CD and Artbook) Announcement trailer here.
● The first otome game was announced for Switch with a Gyakuten Yoshiwara (Otoko Yuukaku) title consisting of both The Men of Yoshiwara: Kikuya and The Men of Yoshiwara: Ohgiya. D3 Publisher are expected to publish..
● Raw Fury released the classic 2D puzzle platformer Uurnog Uurnlimited on the eShop earlier today priced at ¥1,690.
● Marvelous will publish Shinobi Refle: Senran Kagura on the eShop on 24 November (Friday!) in Japan priced at ¥1,000.
● Inti Creates will bring Gal☆Gun 2 to the Switch on 15 March 2018 priced at ¥7,538 for the standard edition and ¥10,778 for a limited edition.
● UNTIES have announced that Tiny Metal has been delayed until 21 December for both Switch and PlayStation 4.
● Watch the Japanese trailer for Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle here.
● Rico Brzenska, Mitabi Jarnach, Ian Dietrich, and Hannes have all been added to Shingeki no Kyojin 2 (Attack on Titan 2).
● Both Pokémon Bank and Poké Transporter have been updated to Version 1.4 adding Pokémon Ultra Sun Moon and Pocket Monsters: Gold & Silver compatibility respectively.
● Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp will be releasing worldwide on Wednesday 22 November. The game has also been updated to Version 1.0.0 adding iPhone X support and the ability to add a different region’s Nintendo Account. Add me too using the ID 5504 6289 353.
● Miitomo saw new items added to the line-up in Miitomo Shop including a Sleeveless Houndstooth Dress, Short-Sleeved Hoodie & Dungarees and the Citrus Fruit Print Maxi Skirt all pictured here.
● Niantic announced the Pokémon GO Travel event from 20-26 November with the goal to catch three billion Pokémon with rewards including Farfetch’d and Kangaskhan spawns appearing worldwide. Watch the trailer here.
● The Super Mario Run and Super Mario Odyssey collaboration is currently running until 28 November. Check the full list of available statues during the event here. Today’s statue is Wedding Suit Bowser.
● And check out my review for HAL Laboratory’s first smartphone game Hataraku UFO here.
● Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon debuted at #4 and #5 respectively in the UK charts. Super Mario Odyssey is down to #9.
● Nintendo Co., Ltd. have applied for a trademark for Pikachu Talk, the upcoming app for Google Home, Google Home Mini, and Amazon Alexa devices. Check out the full lengthy application here.
● The Pokémon Company have teased a Project Eevee reveal tomorrow at 21:00 JST and opened a new Twitter account.
● COMG! sales saw collective Pokémon Ultra Sun Moon at 1,744 with pre-orders of Yokai Watch Busters 2 at 54 and Xenoblade 2 at 47.
● Weekly Famitsu this week saw Xenoblade 2 score 35/40. Check out all the scores here. This week’s issue will also feature Shinobi Refle: Senran Kagura, Gyakuten Saiban 4, Wolfenstein II, Gal☆Gun 2, Xenoblade 2 and both the 3DS and Switch Shingeki no Kyojin 2 games.
● Arc System Works have opened up a BlazBlue 10th Anniversary website here.
● Finally, the best way of supporting this site is by shopping at japanesenintendo.com/shop. And remember to use the code JPNINTENDO at checkout for $3 USD off your order!
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