Friday News Update with Nintendo and cardboard manufacturers share prices sky rocket plus more news!
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● Artdink announced the strategy game Neo Atlas 1469 will be coming to Nintendo Switch at retail on 19 April 2018 priced at ¥6,458 or ¥6,998 for a Guidebook Pack. Box art and introduction video added here.
● The official website for Happy Birthdays has now opened up here.
● Splatoon 2 was updated to Ver.2.2.1 today which fixed the problems that arose from the recent update.
● Xenoblade 2 was also updated to Ver. 1.2.0 with the New Quests Pack and Helpful Items Pack 3 DLC both also available.
● My Hero Academia: One’s Justice will see All Might as a playable character.
● The ARMS Party Crash has now begun with Lola Pop and Misango facing off.
● Pygmy Studio announced that LUNAXXX is currently at 72% complete and should release this Spring.
● World to the West is on sale on the eShop. See the full list of 88 Switch, 3DS and Wii U games on sale here.
● Stardew Valley was the best selling Japanese Switch eShop game for the past week (and the best selling overseas eShop game for the past year!). Check out the full top 10 here.
● Watch the first promo video for Zelda Musou Hyrule Allstars DX (Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition) here.
● A gameplay trailer for the Switch version of Shingeki no Kyojin 2 (Attack on Titan 2) here.
● The second promo video for Anata no Shikihime Kyouikutan (Your Four Knight Princesses Training Story) here.
● A PlayStation 4 DLC (likely exactly the same for Switch too) trailer for Senjou no Valkyria 4 (Valkyria Chronicles 4) here.
● And a Combat! Search & Rescue (Dustoff Heli Rescue 2) launch trailer here.
● Persona Q2 was again the most wanted Nintendo platform title in the most recent Famitsu Most Wanted. Check out the list of Nintendo titles here.
● Monster Hunter Frontier Z will be updated on 7 February (including the Wii U version which is being considered to have its support dropped in 2018) adding a new monster, a new skill and more! Check out the update website here.
● Fire Emblem Heroes will celebrate its one year anniversary on 2 February with four events planned to take place (Log-In Bonus, Starter Support Pack, Welcome-Back Gift and the Choose Your Legends, Round 2).
● Miitomo saw “The prettiest flock in the land! Miitomo Bird Fashion [A]” stage available on Miitomo Drop featuring the Owl Hat, Owl Jumper, Owl Long Dress and Owl Rucksack all pictured here.
● Super Mario Run saw the appearance rate of 5★ items in the Bonus Game in Remix 10 increased with more chance to get a 5★ Mario, Peach, Bowser and more statues until 2 February.
● Nintendo Ibérica announced that the Nintendo Switch is the fastest-selling Nintendo console ever in Spain beating the Wii.
● Impact Gameworks announced their 16-bit roguelike dungeon crawler Tangledeep will come to Switch in Q2 2018. Check out a trailer here.
● Infinite Dreams will bring the vertical shooter Sky Force Reloaded to the Switch eShop on 1 February. Check out the first 20 minutes here. Thanks to Contra Network.
● Nintendo Co., Ltd. shares closed trading up another 4.23% from yesterday and are now at ¥48,320, which is the highest level since September 2008. In related news, cardboard manufacturers Omura Printing Co., Ltd. saw their stock price increase by 27.27% (not a typo) and Rengo Co., Ltd. by 2.61%.
● Warren Ellis announced that Castlevania will return to Netflix for eight more episodes in a second season this Summer.
● And Kotobukiya will be re-release the Mega Man 1/10 Scale Plastic Model Kit: Mega Man Repackage Edition figure on 28 February. Pre-order here and add JPNINTENDO at checkout for $3 USD off!
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