Thursday Update: Famitsu Stop Tracking Wii U, Octoling Amiibo Gear, New Taito & Bandai Trademarks, And More News!
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● The Splatoon 2 Octoling amiibo will see players get the Enchanted, Steel and Fresh Fish gear for the Girl, Boy and Octopus respectively. Pictures and video added here.
● Mario Tennis Ace(s) updated to Ver.2.0.1 with the slice shot’s power being reduced slightly, changes to several character abilities and more.
● Famitsu have stopped tracking Wii U hardware numbers in Japan. The final numbers we have for Japan are 3,303,541.
● Dr. Serkan Toto reported that two Nintendo-published apps are in the top 10 top grossing in Japan for the first time with Fire Emblem Heroes at #4 and #6, and Dragalia Lost at #10 and #4 on iOS and Android respectively.
● Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp will see a Poké Ball Scavenger Hunt featuring cuddly Eevee-themed items start in a few hours. The game was also updated to Ver.1.9.0 today adding ‘Sky Viewing Mode’ and more detailed here.
● Fire Emblem Heroes saw Summoning Focus: Tempest Trials+ begin featuring Myrrh: Great Dragon, Dorcas: Serene Warrior and Mia: Lady of Blades.
● Pokémon GO will see a greater number of female Pokémon along with Shiny Nidoran, Nidorina, and Nidoqueen for the next 24 hours.
● Japanese studio G-mode announced the card game SpiderSolitaire BLACK for the Switch eShop next week (18 November) priced at $5. A Japanese release is expected.
● Bandai’s latest trademark application for たまごっちみーつ (Tamagotchi Meets) includes ‘program for home video game machine’.
● And Taito applied for an image trademark for The Ninja Warriors in Japan.
● All the Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth character trailers with today’s addition being Margaret here.
● A promo video for the new San-X character game Gesshi~zu: Gajigaji Nakama wo Sodateyou here.
● A promo video for the Jake Hunter prequel Daedalus: The Awakening of Golden Jazz here.
● A promo video for PEACH BALL: Senran Kagura here.
● And a promo video for Saikyo no Mahjong 〜Mannin no Tame no Mahjong Dojo〜 here.
● Thanks to naruki for several news tips again today.
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