Christmas Day Update: Style Savvy And Advance Wars Trademarks, Steins;Gate Collection, Plus Much More News!
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● 5pb. announced STEINS;GATE Divergences Assort for Nintendo Switch releasing on 20 March and including the first three games on a Nintendo console for the first time with STEINS;GATE: 0, STEINS;GATE: Hiyoku Renri no Darling (Darling of Loving Vows) and STEINS;GATE: Senkei Kousoku no Phenogram (Linear Bounded Phenogram).
● 5pb. also announced that Kono Yo no Hate de Koi o Utau Shoujo YU-NO (YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World) will release for Nintendo Switch on 14 March with the early purchase benefit, the 8-bit game Famicolle ACT YU-NO no DaiBouken. Promo video posted here.
● Level-5 owner Akihiro Hino explained today in a video broadcast that the reason for the Inazuma Eleven: Ares no Tenbin delay is due to the game being outsourced and the outside development team who were dishonest about their employee size. The game could now release after May 2019.
● Sega Games confirmed that SEGA AGES Gain Ground will release on the Japanese Switch eShop on 27 December priced at ¥999.
● Acquire (Akiba’s Trip and Octopath Traveler) will release their Bomberman-sequel SCRAP RUSH!! on the Japanese Switch eShop in 2019. More information will be in this week’s issue of Weekly Famitsu.
● Check out the box art for Lulua no Atelier ～Arland no Renkinjutsushi４ (Atelier Lulua: The Scion of Arland), which launches on 20 March 2019 in Japan, at this post.
● Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp will see a new gardening event soon featuring Japanese style furniture and clothes as rewards. Teaser image here.
● Dragalia Lost saw the purchase count restriction for the Welcome Pack changed from one to two times. Lily, Naveed, Louise, and Lucretia are also added to the roster of adventurers you can summon with a 5★ Summon Voucher.
● Nintendo Co., Ltd.’s latest two trademarks are for both STYLE SAVYY and ADVANCE WARS which include both video game and smartphone program purposes. Check out the actual applications here and here.
● Nintendo Co., Ltd. shares dropped heavily by 4.32% to close trading at 27,770.00 – their new lowest number of 2018, after heavy losses on Wall Street had a knock on effect on Japan.
● The latest My Nintendo rewards in Japan are for the Splatoon 2 Ikasu Postcard Collection (featuring eight postcards) which just requires domestic postage paid (and 400 Platinum Points). Check out images at this post.
● And check out our translated reviews for both Dairantou Smash Bros. SPECIAL (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate) and Dragon Quest Builders 2: Hakaishin Shidoo to Karappo no Shima here and here.
● Watch the official upload for the Level-5 multimedia project Megaton-kyu Musashi from Jump Festa here.
● The TV commercial for Super Dragon Ball Heroes World Mission here.
● A promo video for Yunohana SpRING！ ～Mellow Times～ for Nintendo Switch here.
● And DLC event videos for Kiniro no Corda Octave here.
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● And thanks everybody for following. Hope you all have a great Christmas!
