Thursday News Update With Toki Remake Announced For Switch, Plus Much More News!
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● Microïds announced a remake of the excellent arcade platformer Toki (JuJu Densetsu in Japan) for Nintendo Switch releasing worldwide in 2018. First screenshots added here.
● Nintendo have confirmed that even more costumes are planned for Super Mario Odyssey over the coming months in addition to last week’s Satellaview and Baseball themed outfits.
● Rainy Frog will publish Forever Entertainment’s Sparkle 2 EVO under the new name of Shinka no Himitsu (literally Secret of Evolution) in Japan next month priced at ¥500.
● Fiery Squirrel will also be releasing their upcoming 2D shooter Cosmos Defenders for Nintendo Switch in Japan and will have some more information to share shortly.
● Kakehashi Games are localising the breakdance battle game game Floor Kids for release on the Nintendo Switch eShop in Japan.
● PLiCy will release the visual novel Buddy Collection if -Shukumei no Akai Ito- on the eShop on 26 April priced at ¥864.
● The next ARMS Party Crash event has been announced as between Min Min and Helix (DNA Man in Japan) with a theme of ‘Stretch to the Limit’, and taking place between 13 and 16 April.
● Chorus Worldwide will reduce the price of the single-screen action platformer De Mambo to just ¥500 (from ¥1,500) from the period of 11 April to 11 May.
● The Nintendo UK Online Store had a listing for Spyro the Dragon Remastered although Switch wasn’t listed as one of the platforms in today’s Spyro Reignited Trilogy game collection reveal. The listing has since been taken down.
● The Nintendo UK Online Store also have opened up preorders for Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition coming with a Green Rupee Light. Go here to see the light!
● The Detective Pikachu Special Demo Version is now available in Europe and today in North America if not up already! It’s been available in Japan since the close of the last Nintendo Direct.
● This week’s Famitsu Most Wanted (posted here) saw just two votes separating first and second place, plus two new entries!
● More videos in the Nintendo Labo – Invent New Ways To Play With Toy-Con Garage series here.
● A set of six new TV commercials for The Snack World: Trejarers Gold here.
● And six trailers for Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Hou (Higurashi When They Cry) here.
● Finally, a bizarre Portal Knights rap video with ARU-R here.
