Wednesday News Update With Captain Toad Demo, Mobile Ball Announced, Kuma Tomo Teased, And More!
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● Demos for Susume! Kinopio Taichou (Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker) are now available on both the Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo 3DS eShops with the game available to preload for ¥4,298 on each system..
● Nippon Ichi will be publishing the RPG Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk in Japan as Refrain no Chika Meikyuu to Majo no Ryodan on 27 September priced at ¥7,538.
● Sega will publish the tactical RPG Senjou no Valkyria 4 (Valkyria Chronicles 4) on 27 September priced at ¥8,089 with Senjou no Valkyria for Nintendo Switch also available on the same date as digital only for ¥2,149.
● The Pokémon Company announced that the Nintendo Switch version of Pokémon Quest has been downloaded 2.5 million times worldwide.
● Nippon Ichi will publish the open-world adventure game Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles on the eShop in Japan on 05 July as Yonder: Ao to Daichi to Kumo no Monogatari priced at ¥2,700.
● Teyon Japan will publish the action stealth game Serial Cleaner on the Japanese eShop next week (28 June) as Serial Cleaner: Jouji no Ura Shigoto priced at ¥1,000. Japanese trailer added here.
● Playdead will publish the 2D puzzle platform games INSIDE and LIMBO on the Japanese eShop next week (28 June) with both priced at ¥980 apiece. Japanese trailers added here and here.
● Atypical Games today published the survival adventure game Radiation Island on the Switch eShop in Japan priced at ¥1,050.
● Flyhigh Works will publish the racing game Mantis Burn Racing on the Switch eShop in Japan next week (28 June) priced at ¥2,000. Trailer added here.
● And Hamster will publish the puzzle game ACA NEOGEO Money Idol Exchanger (Money Puzzle Exchanger) on the Switch eShop in Japan next week (28 June) priced at ¥823.
● Monster Strike studio Mixi announced a new action game Mobile Ball, which allows for multiplayer among Nintendo 3DS and smartphones, for release in Winter 2018.
● Mebius will publish the RPG dreeps: Alarm Playing Game on the Japanese 3DS eShopnext week (27 June) priced at ¥864. Trailer added here.
● The official Kuma Tomo Twitter account posted its first tweet in over three years on the fifth anniversary of the game’s original release on Nintendo 3DS, teasing an announcement in the near future.
● Capcom are holding an ‘Early Summer Sale’ on the Japanese 3DS eShop until 27 June with huge savings on Monster Hunter XX (¥3,990 → ¥2,394), Monster Hunter Stories (¥3,990 → ¥2,194) and Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Airou Village DX (¥3,990 → ¥1,795).
● Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp saw reissued Rover items available from Stamp Trade at the Fortune Cookie Shop.
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● Fire Emblem Heroes will see Special Heroes (Summer’s Arrival) starting tomorrow featuring Cordelia: Knight Paradise, Noire: Shade Seeker, Innes: Flawless Form, and Tana: Noble and Nimble. Japanese and English trailers here.
● Pre-registration has opened up on both the iOS and Android versions of Pokémon Quest with a simultaneous 28 June worldwide release planned.
● Nintendo’s official Twitter account (@Nintendo) has exceeded one million followers and thanked each and everyone of them with the illustration posted here.
● The key art for the Yokai Watch 5th Anniversary game reveal on 27 June has been posted here. The announcement will be 90 minutes.
● Nintendo Co., Ltd. are recruiting for game development director and art director for smartphone game(s) (here).
● This week’s Media Create charts saw Splatoon 2 as the best-selling game for the week with 15,715, God Wars: Nihon Shinwa Taisen (God Wars: The Complete Legend) opened with just 2,967. Full Nintendo charts posted here.
● Yoku’s Island Express scored 33/40 in this week’s issue of Weekly Famitsu with FRAMED Collection scoring 30/40.
● Watch the 117th episode of NyaNyaNya! Neko Mario Time featuring Neko Mario and Peach looking at E3 2018 here.
● An introduction video to Susume! Kinopio Taichou (Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker) here and a new series of Yoiko playing the game here.
● And the second trailer for Psyvariar Delta here.
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