Weekend Update: Toadette Statue, Cosen Games, Celeste DLC, Sega Trademark, Plus More News!
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● Cosen announced the pixel-art platform action game Rotating Brave for the Japanese Switch eShop in February priced at ¥500. Trailer posted here.
● Cosen also announced the music rhythm game Yáng Chūn Bái Xuě Lyrica (just Lyrica for the localised versions) for the Nintendo Switch eShop this Spring priced at ¥2,000. Trailer posted here.
● The final Cosen announcement was the martial arts action puzzle game Monkey Wall for 24 January release on the Japanese Switch eShop priced at around ¥500. Playable monkeys posted here.
● Matt Thorson (Matt Makes Games) mentions some new Celeste DLC Chapter details:-
-It won’t be ready for the anniversary on Jan 25th, sorry!
-It’s all one continuous chapter, no B-Side
-It’s after the current hardest levels in difficulty
-No strawberries
-There are some new items/mechanics
-Free on all platforms
● Nomada Studio tweeted that “GRIS has been out for nearly a month and our team has been blown away by the reception and are working on a small thank you to the fans, more on that in a few weeks!”
● Fire Emblem Heroes saw the new Beast-type Hero Naesala: Sky’s Shadow from Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance here for a Grand Hero Battle. Naesala artwork posted here. Tomorrow will see Summoning Focus: Heroes with Sword Valor.
● Super Mario Run players received the pictured free Toadette Statue and 10 x Rally Tickets today to celebrate the release of New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe. There’s also a Weekend Spotlight on Toad and Toadette. Check out the appearance rates here.
● Nintendo New York will see the second floor closed for a private event until 11:30 am on Tuesday 15 January.
● First 4 Figures shared a teaser trailer for their upcoming Metroid Prime – Meta Ridley Statue.
● Sega Games have applied for a 電子メダル (Denshi Medal) trademark in Japan including for “Program for home video game machine”.
● See this week’s adverts from Weekly Famitsu magazine for New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (here), Haikara Walker by Splatoon 2 (here) and Sengoku Musou 4 DX here.
● A Kimijima Kou promo video for Robotics;Notes DaSH here.
● Thanks to naruki for news tips and to Haken who had me on their Animal Crossing podcast today – it airs next Tuesday!
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