● Capcom confirmed Mega Man 11 (as Rockman 11: Unmei no Haguruma!! will release in Japan next year along with Rockman Classics Collection, Rockman Classics Collection 2 and all eight Rockman X series games. A History of Rockman video added here.
● Koei Tecmo Games will release the horse racing simulation game Winning Post 8 2018 for Nintendo Switch on 15 March 2018 priced at ¥8,424, along with PlayStation 4, Vita and PC versions.
● DMM Games have dated Gal Metal! for 8 February 2018 priced at ¥5,378. A couple of new videos added here.
● Fire Emblem Musou (Fire Emblem Warriors) will add Azura, Niles, and Oboro as playable characters in the game’s first update available in Japan on 21 December 2017.
● Take-Two Interactive Japan have just published WWE 2K18 on the Japanese Switch eShop priced at ¥7,580.
● Nintendo Switch has a system update to Version 4.1.0 and “Resolved an issue that caused motion controls to respond incorrectly when playing games that use the feature”.
● A promo video for the Hebereke DLC in Penguin-kun Gira Gira WARS (which is available tomorrow) here.
● Four new videos for the super cute Suichara ～Sweets chara mode～ Sweets Gakkou e Youkoso! here.
● Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp saw Bluebear, Antonio, the pictured Phoebe and Raddle arrive as new campers along with new furniture and a ‘Host the Most Initiative’ event! Animals pictured here.
● Fire Emblem Heroes beat both Super Mario Run and Pokémon: Magikarp Jump to win the Google Play Best of 2017 award in the Games category.
● Super Mario Run has the Gold Goomba Lite event still running where players can play to earn Rally Tickets, Poinsettia, Sparkly Christmas Tree and Sparkly Snow Globe.
● This is HUGE news and deserving of a full blog post, as select (officially licensed) Wii and GameCube games are coming to the Nvidia Shield in China including New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Punch-Out!!, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and Super Mario Galaxy. We recommend this Engadget article.
● Blowfish Studios announced the 3D pixel art adventure The Deer God for 21 December on Switch. Trailer here.
● Rumours abound of a Yokai Watch 4 reveal soon as next week’s issue of Weekly Famitsu will come with a new announcement of some sort!
● In official Twitter Japan trends: #nintendoswitch is the fifth most popular hashtag in Japan in 2017, #splatoon2 is the ninth and #スプラトゥーン2 (Splatoon 2 again) is the tenth.
● This week’s issue (#1514) of Weekly Famitsu features Rockman 11, Fire Emblem Musou DLC, 24 pages of Splatoon 2, Xenoblade 2 tips, Valkyria Chronicles 4, Winning Post 8 2018 and Gal Metal!. Order a physical copy of the magazine here and check out this week’s review scores here.
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