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● Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze is now out in Japan although is only #7 on the eShop at time of writing.
● Ittaro today published the excellent little card battle game Kadobat Wars! on the Nintendo Switch eShop priced at just ¥390.
● Pikii announced they will be publishing Ikaruga for Nintendo Switch in Japan on 30 May 2018 priced at ¥1,620. Japanese trailer added here.
● Onion have announced the shooter Black Bird for Nintendo Switch, releasing on the eShop this Summer. Trailer added here.
● Arc System Works announced the card game Okiraku Daifugo SP (Family Card Games SP) for Nintendo Switch releasing on the eShop next week (10 May) priced at ¥500.
● Touhou Sky Arena: Gensokyo Kuusen Hime -MATSURI- CLIMAX (Touhou Sky Arena: Matsuri Climax) should release in Japan this Summer. Unsure whether UNTIES will be publishing. Trailer added here.
● Warner Bros. Japan will publish Rocket League Collector’s Edition at retail in Japan on 26 July priced at ¥3.996 with all past DLC included.
● Hamster will publish the football game Tokuten Ou 2: Real Fight (Super Sidekicks 2: The World Championship) on the Nintendo Switch eShop next week (10 May) priced at ¥823.
● Hamster will also publish the vertical shooter Arcade Archives Terra Cresta next week (10 May), and again priced at ¥823.
● Enhance Games announced that Lumines Remastered will finally release on 26 June (previously it was slated for May).
● Rainy Frog will publish Shinka no Himitsu (Sparkle 2 EVO) in Japan on 17 March priced at ¥500. Watch the Japanese trailer here.
● Urban Trial Playground is now available to preload in Japan at the reduced price of ¥3,693 (from ¥3,888 – just 5% off!)
● Nintendo have encouraged all Nintendo Labo creators to use the hashtag #ラボ作品 when posting content on Twitter. Labo also saw more than a 70% drop in sales in its second week.
● Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp saw the problem fixed where the new animals weren’t added frequently to the rotation via a small in-app update.
● Fire Emblem Heroes will dry a Ver. 2.5.0 update on 09 May in Japan (08 May in North America) with updates to the Arena, new weapon skills, new options in Weapon Refinery, and other improvements.
● The first promo video for Makai Senki Disgaea Refine (Disgaea 1 Complete) here.
● The Hero Class trailer for Sekaiju no Meikyuu X (Etrian Odyssey X) here.
● A wall climbing trailer for Human: Fall Flat here.
● And the Japanese trailer for Yono, which launched today, here.
