Thursday News Update with Springtron added to ARMS, My Hero Academia announced plus more news!
● Nintendo updated ARMS to Ver.4.1 adding the ‘new’ fighter Springtron pictured above! The second Party Clash starts on 8 December too with Ninjara VS Min Min.
● Bandai Namco’s recent mystery website is for My Hero Academia: One’s Justice which is planned for both Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
● Pure Wish will be publishing the love adventure game Song of Memories for Switch in February 2018.
● JContents sugoroku game Platinum Train will release on the Switch eShop this Winter. It’s currently available on iOS and Android.
● Xenoblade 2 is now available in Japan and comes with a Ver.1.1.0 update. Check out the review from the friends of Japanese Nintendo, Source Gaming here.
● Plantera Garden Life DX Edition will receive a free Christmas update to coincide with the Western release. Check out the update trailer here.
● Watch the Japanese introduction video for Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle here.
● And the launch trailer for Biohazard Revelations: Unveiled Edition and Biohazard Revelations 2 here.
● And Yoiko’s Minecraft Survival Life season 2 episode 8 here.
● And the final Switch video: Gal☆Gun 2 TV #01 here.
● A new Kirby 3DS theme has been added to My Nintendo entitled Kirby Battle Deluxe! May the Best Kirby Win! priced at 100 Platinum Points and available until 28 February 2018.
● And a Suichara ～Sweets chara mode～ Sweets Gakkou e Youkoso! 3DS theme is now available too (although Theme Shop only) and priced at ¥200.
● Fire Emblem Musou has been updated to Ver.1.2.1 which theoretically fixes the problems with the New Nintendo 3DS version.
● Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp saw the Holiday Event begin (until 26 December 2017) with candy canes earned which can be used to craft special holiday furniture plus you can unlock special holiday clothing too!
● Fire Emblem Heroes saw Quests for the Arena and Arena Assault added where players can earn Orbs and Refining Stones.
● Miitomo saw new items added to Miitomo Drop – Daily Decorations, with seven new wallpapers and three new floorings all pictured here.
● Super Mario Run has the Gold Goomba Lite event still running where players can play to earn Rally Tickets, Poinsettia, Sparkly Christmas Tree and Sparkly Snow Globe.
● The Game Bakers announced the frenzied boss fight game Furi for Switch in early 2018. Trailer here too.
● PQube Games announced the top-down racer Street Heat will be coming to Switch in early 2018. Trailer here.
● Nintendo Co., Ltd. are looking for a Game Planner for an unspecified 3D Action Adventure game including game event, dungeon and field planning duties.
● The Pokémon Company are opening a Pokémon Center Tokyo DX and also a Pokémon Cafe in Tokyo in March 2018.
● New eShop sales include Monster Hunter XX on both Nintendo 3DS and Switch plus 24 Cosen titles on 3DS and Wii U. Check out the full list here.
● Nintendo will be releasie a ¥4,000 Minecraft prepaid card on 4 December featuring a pixellated Mario on the cover.
● Nintendo also released a set of 24 Splatoon 2: Animated Antics stickers on the LINE app priced at 100 LINE coins. Pictures here.
● There will be a Mega Man 30th Anniversary livestream on 4 December at Twitch.tv/capcomunity and apparently we “won’t want to miss it”.
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