Monday Update With Splatfest Results, Phrasefight Announced, Nintendo Lawsuit, Plus More News!
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● Team Squid defeated Team Octopus 2 -1 in the 12th Splatoon 2 Splatfest. Check out the percentages and results announcement video here.
● Play,Doujin! announced the rhythm fighting game Phrasefight for Nintendo Switch from developers veryOK, although no release date as of yet. Check out the trailers here.
● Play,Doujin! also announced the circle action game Umi no Kakera (Fragment of Marine) will release later this week (26 July) priced at ¥500. Check out the promo video here.
● Check out the Digimon Survive website here and new screenshots here. A livestream is planned for 29 July where we should hear more.
● Check out screenshots for Base Goku and Base Vegeta from Dragon Ball FighterZ, and Kefla from Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 here.
● Datamining of the Japanese version of Taiko no Tatsujin: Nintendo Switch Version! has uncovered the Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ’n’ Fun logo (source).
● Bandai Namco Entertainment are holding a One Piece Day sale with One Piece: Unlimited World Red Deluxe Edition reduced by 26% (from ¥5,184 to ¥3,800) and One Piece Kaizoku Musou 3 Deluxe Edition reduced by 23% (from ¥6,264 to ¥4,800) until 09 August.
● Koei Tecmo Games announced a free update to Shingeki no Kyojin 2 (A.O.T.2) on 09 August with Kenny’s hat. new ‘Heaven’ difficulty setting and more.
● Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp saw Reissued Winter Sports items now available from Stamp Trade at the Fortune Cookie Shop.
● Fire Emblem Heroes saw Leo: Sorcerous Prince and Elise: Budding Flower from Fire Emblem Fates for Bound Hero Battle: Leo & Elise, with the two joined by Camilla: Bewitching Beauty for Summoning Focus: Bound Hero Battle over the weekend. Today saw New Event: Forging Bonds and 20 free Orbs.
● Nintendo of America filed a lawsuit against the owners of two rom sites (LoveROMs and LoveRETRO) for “mass-scale infringement of Nintendo’s intellectual property rights” with damages estimated at $100 million. Read the full details here.
● All three Japanese stores that provide early data (COMG!, Tsutaya and GEO) all have Taiko no Tatsujin: Nintendo Switch Version! as this week’s number one with Nintendo Switch software mostly dominating the charts.
● Check out last week’s Famitsu Most Wanted here.
● Watch over 10 hours of Dairantou Smash Bros. SPECIAL and Mario Tennis Ace gameplay footage from Jump Victory Carnival 2018 here.
● The TV commercial for the Nintendo Switch version of Dragon Ball FighterZ here.
● The TV commercial for Dragon Quest X All-in-One Package: version1-version4 here.
● And the Dash Parr character trailer for LEGO Incredible Family (LEGO The Incredibles) here.
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