Tuesday Update: Pocket Camp Bonuses, New JRPG Announced, Sega Trademarks, Nintendo Lawsuit, Plus More!
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● There’s no top story today, but the lead image is of special log-in bonuses coming to Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp on 16 November (15 November PST) to celebrate the approaching first year anniversary since its worldwide release. The six countdown gifts are teased to form something special when placed together!
● Nippon Ichi Software announced a brand new RPG DESTINY CONNECT for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 releasing on 28 February 2019. More information will be in issue No.1563 of Weekly Famitsu. Check out the teaser scan and the first screenshots here.
● Capcom‘s upcoming action adventure game Onimusha (Onimusha: Warlords) is now available to preload priced at ¥3,490, requiring 9.6 GB with English language support confirmed.
● Raw Fury will likely release Kingdom: Two Crowns in Japan on 11 December also as the localisation (by Kakehashi Games) is complete. No price has been announced.
● Hamster have distributed an update patch to ACA NEOGEO STRIKERS 1945 PLUS with adjustments to make the game closer to the arcade original.
● The advantages of the 3DS version of Neko Tomo were made public today with the ability to take photos using the 3DS camera, the ability to pet the cats on the bottom screen (Switch only allows in handheld mode), gardening is made easier with bottom screen operation, plus more benefits. Read the full differences (in JapanesE) here.
● Sensor Tower report that Fire Emblem Heroes gross revenue is an estimated $17.4 million worldwide for October across iOS and Android platforms. The report also states that the game has been responsible for approximately 72% (almost $200 million) of net revenue from Nintendo’s mobile games thus far in 2018.
● Nintendo of America posted a video of the limited-edition hardware bundles arriving in time for Black Friday which sees both a Nintendo Switch with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for $299.99, and a Nintendo 2DS with Super Mario Maker for $79.99.
● SEGA Games Inc. applied for a number of classic console related trademarks in Japan with Mega Drive, Sega Saturn and Dreamcast (plus controllers for each!). Images used in the applications added here.
● SEGA Games Inc. also applied for a trademark for Puyo Puyo Champions in Japan. View this actual application here.
● Imagineer opened up a countdown for the 20th anniversary of the Medarot (Medabots) series on 28 November which may see a new game in the series.
● Torrent Freak report that the owners of former ROM sites LoveROMS.com and LoveRETRO.co have agreed to a $12,230,000 million judgement in favour of Nintendo, which ends their legal battle.
● Watch the story trailer for Tales of Vesperia REMASTER (Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition) here.
