Kirton is confident about the appeal of Japanese games in the west and upbeat about demand in Japan, too, which has arguably suffered in recent years due to the popularity of
mobile games in the region.
The squid - kid shooter now sits at 753k copies sold in Japan and is the best selling first party Nintendo
Switch game in the region.
Nintendo is pleased with the news, as Nintendo UK representative James Honeywell reaffirms that releasing
new games in the region provided the jump start the company hoped to see with such a big release for the system.
Platforms: 3DS Likely Western publishers: Bandai Namco Why we may get it: We may not have gotten the previous Gigant Battle brawlers in North America, but this new game shows off the New 3DS» NFC integration and the portable's Amiibo support, and those could be great selling points for a platform suddenly primed for arena
battle games in the region.
The title has not been announced for a western release yet, but it is highly probable to happen due to the recent success of previous
Miku games in the region.
The conclusion of the IMGA SEA awards was also held in Level Up KL, the first award geared towards aimed at discovering the best
mobile games in region.
We even got the full tracklist for the soundtrack album, included in the Limited Edition of
the game in all regions.
As such, Koei Tecmo has started ramping up promotion of
the game in the region, starting with this new, fully featured trailer.
With the release of the Animal Crossing New 3DS Bundle that day,
gamers in the region will finally be able to pick up the standard sized system — and grace it with the beautiful cover plates for personalization!
Although the game received poor critique, it is still heralded as a good
game in some regions.
Releasing
the game in these regions is our topmost priority right now.
Microsoft is already out of
the game in the region so Sony is Nintendo's only competitor in the console space.
The Steam page for
the game in regions like Germany and the U.K. have updated with a trailer that now says «August 15» instead of «Summer.»
In the early days, the naming scheme for
these games in each region was all over the fucking shop.
However, after we had announced
this game in all regions, we received a lot of feedback from people requesting a Switch version.
«After we had announced
this game in all regions, we received a lot of feedback from people requesting a Switch version.»