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Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD comes to the Switch in just under a month, on June 27th, 2024. Ahead of its upcoming launch, Nintendo have revealed another pre-order bonus for players in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Those who pre-order the upcoming title will receive a 92 x 277 mm glow-in-the-dark door sign, pictured above.

In this visually enhanced re-release of the 3DS original, you’ll guide Luigi through the eerie locales of the Evershade Valley to uncover the mystery of the missing Dark Moon. Use wacky tech to fight ghosts and solve puzzles in a single-player adventure or a multiplayer co-op mode when the title releases on Switch next month.

A new Legendary Hero is coming to Fire Emblem: Heroes in the form of Corrin: Child of Dawn. Nintendo has announced via a new trailer showcasing all of their accompanying mechanics. You can watch the trailer above to see what the new hero looks like in action. They’ll be available from May 31st at 12:00 AM PT to June 14th at 11:59 PM PT, so don’t wait too long if you’re interested.

A Street Cat’s Tale: NekoNeko edition, a bundle of the two A Street Cat’s Tale adventure games, is seeing an Asian physical release come June 27th, and publisher CFK has shared a new trailer. You can watch it above.

A Street Cat’s Tale is a story of a baby kitten left alone at the town, while A Street Cat’s Tale 2: Out side is dangerous is a story of a cat who follows a butterfly to the perilous outdoors. Guide these cats through their adventures when the bundle, alongside the first digital release of A Street Cat’s Tale 2, hits Switch on June 27th.

Splatoon 3 will be updated to Ver. 8.0.0 on May 30th, 2024. Ahead of that update, Nintendo has shared the full patch notes. You can find those detailed patch notes below. It’s worth noting that the actual Sizzle Season 2024 won’t kick off in-game until June 1st.

With the recent release of the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door remake, Nintendo will be adding new icons themed around the game for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers throughout the next few weeks. The second wave is available now, with two more waves to come; one per week throughout June 19th.

As per usual, the character icons themselves are 10 Platinum Points, while the borders and backgrounds are 5 Platinum Points a piece. The current wave will be available until June 5th.

New Switch icons themed around Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Super Mario Odyssey and Super Mario 3D World are now available via the Nintendo Switch Online for users who have played the associated game. You can see all of them pictured in the Tweet below:

As per usual, the character icons themselves are 10 Platinum Points, while the borders and backgrounds are 5 Platinum Points a piece. Each of the four waves will swap out once again on June 3rd. For these particular icons, fans will have needed to play the associated game across 3 or more sessions separated by at least 24 hours within the last month, so, if you’re hoping to grab a future wave, it may be time to start your latest Mario playthrough.

Fans have been eager for any crumb of news about the upcoming Sonic 3 movie, and they’ve finally found the smallest bit of news. At the ongoing Licensing Expo in Las Vegas, the SEGA booth featured a poster with a new promotional image for the movie. You can see the picture in full via the Tweet below:

While the Shadow render featured seems to be the same as that from the end of the second Sonic movie, it’s nice to see any indication of promotion for the film ramping up. Hopefully we see a more informative trailer sometime soon.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is getting a lavish Switch remake in just a couple hours, and Nintendo have shared another commercial to promote the game. You can watch the commercial above to see 30 seconds of the game in motion.

In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, the nefarious X-Nauts are after the treasure behind the Thousand-Year Door! With a map from Princess Peach, and the help of a few locals, Mario journeys through a colorful world made of paper to find them first. To prevail in this quest, you’ll have to level up Mario and his friends, master timing-based attacks and badges to impress the audience on the stage of combat, and make use of all the abilities that come with being made of paper, like folding into a plane to cross big gaps or turning sideways to slip through narrow openings. The GameCube classic finds new life on Switch next month, on May 23rd, 2024.

The launch trailer has been shared for Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2, the upcoming voxel-based entry in the popular Earth Defense Force franchise. You can watch the 18-second trailer above to see it in action, or just play it for yourself starting tomorrow. Along with that is a trailer that shows off some of the many vehicles you’ll be able to pilot in the game. You can find that trailer below.

In Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2, players will have to fight off the Gaiark, monsters who come pouring out from inside the planet. This puts the future of Earth in great danger, and you’ll have control one of four new classes from Earth Defense Force 6 in order to save the planet. You can fight to restore peace to a voxel Earth when the game launches in the west this September, or in Asia, complete with English language support, on May 23rd.

Throughout the month of May, Nintendo has been releasing Endless Ocean: Luminous icons to celebrate the release of the new title. The fourth and final wave is available now.

This wave only features character and background combo elements, each for 10 platinum points a piece. The final wave will be available until May 29th.

With the release of the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door remake right around the corner, Nintendo have announced that new icons themed around the game will be available for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers. The first wave is available now, with 3 more waves to come; one per week throughout June 19th.

As per usual, the character icons themselves are 10 Platinum Points, while the borders and backgrounds are 5 Platinum Points a piece. The current wave will be available until May 29th.

Throughout the month of May, Nintendo will be releasing Endless Ocean: Luminous icons to celebrate the release of the new title. The third wave is available now, with one more wave to come next week.

This wave only features character and background combo elements, each for 10 platinum points a piece. The current wave will be available until May 22nd.

Boys love visual novel The Town of Nie will be releasing on Switch on September 19th, developer √ZOMBILiCA and publisher dramatic create have announced. It will launch with Japanese, English, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese language support. You can check out the opening movie above.

Here’s an overview courtesy of publisher dramatic create:

The opening movie for The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak II for Nintendo Switch has been shared, alongside confirmation that an release with Korean and Traditional Chinese subtitles will be dropping on August 29th. The game is releasing in Japan on July 25th, with no English release confirmed. Regardless, you can watch the opening, complete with English subtitles, above.

Here’s a blurb about the game, courtesy of Asian publisher Clouded Leopard Entertainment:

Famed game-leaker Midori (@MbKKssTBhz5 on Twitter) has largely gained a following thanks to their accurate leaks about ATLUS games such as Persona 3 Reload and Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance, but, as of late, they’ve been sharing a bit of information on Nintendo. Last week, they shared that a game with the codename ‘Banquet’ was in development, and today they’ve added a couple new details:

NDCube is primarily known for developing every Mario Party title since 9. Super Mario Party, in particular, had SmileBoom’s assistance and the similar codename of ‘Buffet’, so it seems like we’re probably looking at a follow-up to their 2018 Mario Party title rather than 2021’s Superstars. Hopefully we hear more about this game soon, perhaps in the already-confirmed June 2024 Nintendo Direct.