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Thursday Update：Megaton Musashi, One Piece, Mega Man, Pokémon, Animal Crossing at Jump Festa, Plus More News！

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● The Jump Festa ’20 line-up on 21-22 December is beginning to take shape with unverified reports that Level-5’s ARPG Megaton-kyu Musashi to be playable at the event. Games confirmed to be playable include One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 and Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection with Pokémon Sword／Shield also at the event (presumably playable) and Nintendo promoting Animal Crossing: New Horizons via the characters Tom, Timmy, and Tommy Nook, Isabelle, and KK Slider.

● The Wild Area of Pokémon Sword / Shield is “Two regions from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild according to a company rep to the Metro (via GoNintendo).

● Nintendo updated the Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE webpage which intimates that the Japanese release will be inline with the western Wii U version and thus censored.

● The Switch version of Chou no Doku Hana no Kusari ～Taishou Tsuya Koi Ibun～ will feature an additional event and other new elements.

● Android 21 will be coming to Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 for Nintendo Switch as playable DLC this Winter.

● And confirmed for My Hero: One’s Justice 2 are both Minato Shido and Minoru Mineta.

● FuRyu have updated Cardfight!! Vanguard EX to Version 1.0.2 fixes some bugs and made some improvements to make the game more enjoyable.

● Humble Bundle’s 3D platformer A Hat in Time released today priced at ¥2,980 with the Seal the Deal DLC also available priced at ¥2,980529. The Nyakuza Metro DLC is coming soon but won’t add online (thanks Flip’nFlop).

● illuCalab announced that the Switch version of the Touhou Project racing game Gensou SkyDrift has gone gold and should release soon where it will be published by UNTIES.

● Teyon Japan have updated Moonlighter to Version 1.0.0.1 with a number of bug fixes.

● Teaser images for the new Inside System Nintendo Switch game here.

● Dr. Mario World added stages 310 through 320, saw the return of the Collect Clear Stars event, and players were gifted 10 x Hearts.

● Dragalia Lost will see the facility event revival, Trick or Treasure! begin tomorrow along with the next Summon Showcase, Halloween Fantasia 2 with featured adventurer Mym and dragon Maritimus. Dedicated posts coming then!

● Fire Emblem Heroes saw a new map, Refined Above All, available in Tactics Drills: Skill Studies.

● Mario Kart Tour updated to Version 1.1.0 adding a Badge List, Grand Stars list, and more.

● This week’s Famitsu software and hardware charts saw new entries for Disney Tsum Tsum Festival (with 30,350 units sold), Yo-kai Watch 1 for Nintendo Switch) (with 9,426), Alliance Alive HD Remastered (with 2,433), and Gensou Kissa Enchanté (with 1,921).

● The DENGEKI TOP50 also had Arc of Alchemist for Nintendo Switch selling just 753 with Trine 4：The Nightmare Prince not charting, and thus selling under 617 units.

● This week’s Famitsu Most Wanted saw Pokémon Sword／Shield again on top with new entries for both Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE and Super Robot Taisen X.

● Nintendo Co., Ltd. stock dropped today by -1,100 (2.74%) in Japan to close trading for the day at 39,060.00 JPY.

● Aksys Games announced that Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r] will release for Switch in North America on 20 February 2020.

● Watch the second Japanese TV commercial for Luigi’s Mansion 3 here.

● The first promo video for the Atelier Dusk Trilogy here.

● Japanese launch trailer for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Complete Edition here.

● Japanese launch trailer for Overwatch Legendary Edition here.

● Battle promo video for Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth Hacker’s Memory Complete Edition here.

● Commentary trailer for Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince here.

● An Onion Games livestream for moon here.

● And a Counter Stop TV episode featuring Haruna Iikubo playing Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition here.

● Thanks to Naruki for news tips, BlackKite for translations, Brion Furnell Creative for design, and to everybody for following.

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