Tuesday News Update With Pocket Camp Updated, Psyvariar, Yuppie Psycho Announced, Plus More!
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● Nintendo’s latest mobile game Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp received a huge update today adding Fortune Cookies, Memories, New Bugs and Fish and much more. See the full contents here. The most noteworthy aspect is that for those players that wish to 100% everything in the game will now need to spend lots of money due to the fortune cookies now available which contain random items of furniture and clothing to collect.
● Nintendo updated Nintendo Switch to Version 5.0.2 with “General system stability improvements to enhance the user’s experience” more specifically fixed an issue where the Facebook friend icon was not displayed correctly and a stability issue when playing games that use motion controls.
● City Connection announced they will resurrect the vertical shooter Psyvariar as Psyvariar Delta for both Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4, adding HD graphics, new features and modes. More details in tomorrow’s Famitsu.
● The Count Lucanor studio, Baroque Decay, will also be bringing their survival horror adventure game Yuppie Psycho to Nintendo Switch where it will be published in Fall 2018 by Another Indie. Reveal trailer added here.
● Arc System Works announced they are bringing the Fallen Legion: Rise to Glory collection to Japan in Summer 2018 as Fallen Legion -Eikou e no Keifu-. The collection includes the action RPGs Fallen Legion: Sins of an Empire and Fallen Legion: Flames of Rebellion. Trailers for both games added here.
● Another Indie announced they will be bringing Home Bear Studio’s cute graphic adventure NAIRI: Tower of Shirin to Japan in Fall 2018. Announcement trailer added here.
● Another Indie also announced they will be bringing Dark Star’s action RPG SINNER: Sacrifice for Redemption to Japan in Q3 2018. Announcement trailer added here.
● From Software have postponed the release of both the Switch version of Dark Souls Remastered and the Solaire of Astora amiibo from 24 May 2018 until the Summer due to “various circumstances”.
● Sprite/Fairys have said that Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm for Nintendo Switch has achieved the sales target and that physical copies have almost entirely sold out and soon it will be digital only.
● DualShockers shared a few more details into why the Nintendo Switch version of Dragon Quest XI: Sugisarishi Toki o Motomete is delayed and that: “we [Square-Enix] can’t quantify the time frame yet based on the current situation”.
● Live2D Inc. today released Live2D Cubism SDK for Nintendo Switch which is a software development kit that allows game developers to integrate 2D assets into Nintendo Switch software.
● Fire Emblem Heroes saw a Grand Hero Battle with Saias: Bishop of Flame from Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 added to Special Maps. Artwork added here.
● Pokémon GO was updated where the Nearby Pokémon indicator now prioritises Pokémon that are not registered to your Pokédex and are at PokéStops near you.
● Nintendo also updated the Nintendo Mimamori Switch (Nintendo Switch Parental Controls) app to Version 1.6.0 with just bug fixes.
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● Watch all eight Japanese videos including the latest overview trailer for OCTOPATH TRAVELER here.
