Friday Update With Pocket Camp Fishing Tourney, Poké-Lun TV Trademark, And More News!
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● Nintendo Co., Ltd., Creatures Co., Ltd. and Game Freak Inc. have applied for trademarks in Japan for Poké-Lun TV and Poké-Lun. Applications posted here.
● Nintendo updated Mario Tennis Ace to Ver. 1.1.1 adding Online Tournament ratings plus some adjustments to Adventure Mode and Online Tournament bug fixes.
● Nintendo have announced that preorders for Dairantou Smash Bros. SPECIAL (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate) will open up from 13 July 2018 in Japan.
● Splatoon 2 will see the Bamboozler 14 Mk II, Tenta Sorella Brella, Ballpoint Splatling and Explosher weapons and the new map New Albacore Hotel added on 01 July (30 June in North America). Pictures posted here.
● Hamster will publish the fighting game ACA NEOGEO Samurai Spirits Zero (Samurai Shodown V) on the Nintendo Switch eShop worldwide next week (05 July) priced at ¥823 in Japan.
● Chip is back in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp for the third Fishing Tourney. This is the first to take place in Lost Lure Creek as the previous two were in Saltwater Shores.
● Fire Emblem Heroes saw a Grand Hero Battle Revival with Lyon: Shadow Prince, plus a Summoning Focus: Fated Battles featuring Marth: Altean Prince, Hardin: Dark Emperor, Sigurd: Holy Knight and Zelgius: Jet-Black General.
● IGN report that Hollow Knight has sold over 250,000 copies worldwide on Nintendo Switch in its first two weeks.
● Two short Japanese TV commercials plus a longer version for Susume! Kinopio Taichou (Captain Toad Treasure Tracker) posted here.
● And the first Japanese TV commercial for OCTOPATH TRAVELER here.
● My Hero Academia: One’s Justice (My Hero One’s Justice) will see both Gran Torino and Muscular as playable characters.
● And Minecraft beat Mario Tennis Ace in this week’s eShop charts. View the full Switch top 10 (plus 3DS and Wii U) here.
