Thursday Update: Pokémon Let’s Go Releases, ARMS Tournament Announced, Plus Much More News!
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● The biggest Nintendo Switch game of the year (well, until Smash Bros. releases!) is now available for Nintendo Switch with Pocket Monsters: Let’s Go! Pikachu／Eevee launched on the eShop in Japan and at retail shortly after press time! Check out the advert from Weekly Famitsu here.
● An ARMS Party Crash tournament was announced for Switch beginning 23 November with Min Min taking on Lola Pop in the opening first round match-up. 15 fighters are taking part in the elimination tournament with Dr. Coyle receiving a bye. Check out the graphic for the tournament here.
● Bandai Namco Entertainment officially announced the RPG Ninja Box for Nintendo Switch. No release date has been set. Check out the website and trailer in this post.
● Nippon Ichi Software also opened up the teaser website for the RPG DESTINY CONNECT for Switch and PS4. The game releases on 28 February 2019 priced at ¥7,776. Check out the website and box art in this post.
● FuRyu opened up the teaser website for Doraemon: Nobita no Getsumen Tansa-ki (Doraemon: Nobita’s Chronicle of the Moon Exploration) which releases for Nintendo Switch on 28 February 2019 priced at ¥6,458.
● Frozenbyte announced that Trine Enchanted Edition, Trine 2: Complete Story and Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power are all confirmed for Japanese release. Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince is expected in 2019 too. Check out the trailer for Trine Series 1 -3 here.
● Akupara Games announced the racing RPG Desert Child will also release on the Japanese Switch eShop on 11 December although no price at the moment. Trailer added here.
● Pikachin-Kit Game de Pirameki Daisakusen！ from FuRyu failed to chart in the Dengeki top 50 which means less than 603 units sold at retail in its opening week (source).
● Square-Enix have reduced the price of both Dragon Quest X: All In One Package (from ¥5,184 to ¥4,147) and Dragon Quest X: 5000-Nen no Tabiji Harukanaru Furusato e Online (from ¥4,104 to ¥3,283) until 25 November on the Japanese Switch eShop
● MissX is now available as DLC for SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy priced at ¥500 (not ¥600 as the other two characters have been priced at). Trailer added here.
● RED FLAG SHIP have updated EVE Burst error R to Version 1.0.1 and fixes the issue with unread settings in skip mode.
● And check out the box art for Dragon Quest Builders 2: Hakaishin Shidoo to Karappo no Shima here.
● Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp saw K.K. Slider’s prize guitar available as a free gift for every player. Place it in your campsite and party-style K.K. will pop up from time to time! Image added here. Filbert’s rocket cookie also returned with the full details and images posted here.
● Dragalia Lost saw A Wish to the Winds facility event and the Winds of Hope Summon Showcase both begin. Full details posted here.
● Fire Emblem Heroes saw Arena Quests and a new map in Tactics Drills: Skill Studies.
● eastasiasoft announced a physical release for Reverie: Sweet As Edition in Q1 2019 with the Limited Edition containing game, Reverie branded yo-yo, OST, map, manual, certificate and collector’s box. A Japanese eShop release is also planned. I’ll do a separate post as soon as preorders open on Play-Asia (22 November!).
● Strictly Limited Games announced a physical release for Fox n Forests for Switch on 18 November priced at 49.99 Euros.
● Check out this week’s Famitsu Most Wanted here. I also post Famitsu software and hardware charts each week on this page.
● Check out the first promo video for Zoids Wild: King of Blast and the box art here.
● The first promo video for THE Nameko no Puzzle ～Nameko Dai Hanshoku～ (Funghi Puzzle Funghi Explosion) here.
● Two more trailers for Kiniro no Corda Octave here.
● And the theme song for Neko Tomo here.
● Thanks to naruki for more news tips again today.
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