Wednesday News Update with Fatal Fury 3 coming to Switch, Labo trademark, plus much more news!
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● Hamster will publish the ACA NEOGEO Garou Densetsu 3 〜Harukanaru Tatakai〜 (Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory) on the Switch eShop next week (15 February) priced at ¥823.
● D3 Publisher will publish the billiards game Billiard on the eShop next week (15 February) priced at ¥800.
● D3 Publisher will also publish the escape game THE Misshitsukara no Dasshutsu ～Unmei o Tsunagu 35 no Nazo～ (Escape Trick: 35 Fateful Enigmas) next week priced at ¥1,980.
● Sengoku Ace for Nintendo Switch (Samurai Aces) is confirmed for next week priced at ¥864 courtesy of Zerodiv.
● Cross Function will publish Unbox: Newbie’s Adventure next week priced at ¥3,240.
● Starsign will publish EnjoyUp Games’ runner Tower of Babel too for next week priced at ¥1,000.
● Regista will publish the visual novel Dear My Abyss on the eShop on 22 February priced at ¥972.
● Broken Rules will publish Old Man’s Journey on the eShop too on 22 February priced at ¥1,000. It is currently available to pre-load.
● Pure Wish have changed the release date for the visual novel Song of Memories from February to Spring 2018 citing problems with development.
● Arc System Works announced that BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle will add both Yang Xiao Long and Blake Belladonna as free DLC characters.
● Nintendo updated Splatoon 2 to Ver.2.2.2 fixing a glitch with the recently added Arowana Mall.
● Jan Navi Mahjong Online, which released today, will soon see a Version 2 adding a Chat Game mode (change the rules) and a Pro Game mode (you can play Mahjong with famous professionals).
● Flyhigh Works updated VOEZ to Version 1.4 adding 14 new songs.
● Some Fire Emblem Musou Shadow Dragon DLC Pack details from Weekly Famitsu revealed that Linde, Navarre, and Minerva will be added to the game.
● Brawlout Version 1.1.0 has been approved with online matchmaking improvements and huge performance optimisations, with no more ‘frame stuttering’.
● Order Land! will soon be updated to Version 1.1.0 adding two additional scenarios as DLC.
● Pokémon Ultra Sun Moon has been updated to Version 1.2 fixing a number of bugs.
● Arc System Works confirmed that Chronicles of Teddy: Harmony of Exidus will release on 14 February priced at ¥1,500.
● Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp saw the guys at OK Motors roll out some special new designs with the desert mist, painter’s palette and southwestern flair.
● Fire Emblem Heroes saw a new summoning event with a focus on Heroes with the skills Flier Formation 3, Guidance 3, and Armor March 3.
● Miitomo saw the “A dangerous temptation! Impish Series [B]” stage added featuring Horned Wig, Devil Rider Biker Jacket, Diabolic Wings and Devil Boy Outfit all pictured here.
● Nintendo Switch has sold just over total 700,000 units in the UK already out-selling the Wii U with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Super Mario Odyssey and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild selling more than one million copies combined as reported by Games Industry.
● A LinkedIn posting by a supposed Bandai Namco Singapore employee supposedly reveals Ridge Racer 8 as a Switch exclusive along with an unannounced IP FPS/adventure.
● Natsume announced that Harvest Moon: Light of Hope Special Edition will release in May with Rising Star Games publishing in Europe..
● Soedesco announced a retail version of Owlboy on 29 May 2018 in North America and Europe.
● Milky Tea Studios will release Coffin Dodgers on Switch at some point in 2018.
● Invincible Cat will release Guilt Battle Arena on Switch later this month. Website here.
● And Tikipod will release Aqua Kitty DX on Switch on 15t February. Website here.
● Nintendo Co., Ltd. have applied for a further Labo trademark (just ‘Labo’ as opposed to ‘Nintendo Labo’ like the previous ones). Actual application added here.
● Both Super Smash Bros. Melee on the GameCube and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U have been confirmed for Evo 2018 at Las Vegas on 3-5 August 2018.
● This week’s Media Create charts (posted here) saw a steady start for Skyrim (selling 13,922). I’ve also posted the Famitsu charts (here).
● Watch the Zelda Musou Hyrule Allstars DX Character Introduction Movie ① introducing Link, Princess Zelda, Impa, Linkle, Lana, Volga, Wizzro, and Cia here.
● The Dragon Quest X Version 4.1 promo video here.
● The VOEZ Version 1.4 promo video here.
● The promo video for Tower of Babel here.
● And the Bayonetta and Bayonetta 2 Overview Trailer here.
● Thanks to Contra Network for a lot of the worldwide news.
● Thanks too to RiruKiria for some of the worldwide news.
● Sorry if I missed anybody! And thanks for following!
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