LE(t’s)GO.
Black Friday is (almost) here, and My Nintendo Store UK is already getting into the savings spirit with a host of tasty discounts across a range of LEGO sets.
Naturally, the one that caught our eye first and foremost was the LEGO Legend of Zelda Great Deku Tree 2-in-1 set, which has been cut down from £259.99 to £181.99 — okay, it’s still a little eye-watering, but at least it’s slightly easier to stomach.
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Plus over 30 minutes of gameplay footage.
Following a release date announcement earlier this year, Koei Tecmo has now released its second official trailer for Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land. It’s also released some key art and more than 30 minutes of new gameplay footage, which you can check out below.
This game stars the new alchemist Yumia Liessfeldt and is scheduled to bring “vast open world” RPG action to the Switch and multiple other platforms on 21st March 2025. Although it’s in Japanese, this new trailer shows off more gameplay, the battle mechanics, and exploration.
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“If you’ve got a cool idea for a game, you can pitch your cool idea for a game.”.
Raise your hand if you haven’t played a Jackbox game… okay, trust us, if this were a real room, this would have created a pretty solid visual for how prolific the Jackbox party games have become over the years. Almost everyone has played one, and this week, believe it or not, marks the 10th anniversary of the entire Jackbox series.
Besides kicking off the franchise as we know it today, The Jackbox Party Pack console release (which would come to Switch in 2017) cemented the standard for how players connected to a home console without a controller (as well as how players could brutally lie to each other).
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Two-point(-and-click) perspective.
Back in 2018, the Switch’s touchscreen functionality made point-and-click games, once best played on PC, much more accessible for console players. In fact, many games on our list of Best Point And Click Adventure Games launched in the hybrid console’s second year – NAIRI: Tower Of Shirin among them. Six years later, Dutch developer HomeBear Studio continues the story with Nairi: Rising Tide. So does it rise to the occasion? Almost.
We’ll elaborate in a moment, but first a quick warning that mild spoilers for Tower Of Shirin lie ahead. The first instalment isn’t a prerequisite; if you haven’t played it or need a recap, Rising Tide has an optional narrative section in which Nairi tells the story of her previous adventure. That said, Tower Of Shirin players will come equipped with advantageous knowledge of the lore.
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Double trouble.
We are back, back, back with another edition of Box Art Brawl!
Last time, we matched up two Game Boy covers for the weird Tetris sequel, Hatris, and oh boy was it a close contest! The colourful Japanese design just about clinched it in the end, taking 51% of the vote over North America’s 49%. Talk about a photo finish!
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“Another patch” is also scheduled.
Vampire Survivors recently rolled out new DLC titled ‘Ode to Castlevania‘ on the Switch. It seems there were some bugs in the initial build, but a patch has now been released addressing some of the problems.
There are some fixes for crashes, respawns, missing unlocks and more. Here’s the full rundown from the official Vampire Survivor’s account:
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This also includes remakes, remasters and new seasons.
Ahead of the nominees being revealed for ‘The Game Awards’ this year, it seems there’s some debate online about the new eligibility rules.
According to the FAQ on the official website, “expansion packs, new game seasons, DLCs, remakes and remasters” are now eligible to be nominated across “all categories”. This also factors in if the jury deems it “worthy of a nomination” and also considers the overall “newness” of the content, price and value.
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Feel the beat in 2025.
Earlier this year, it was announced the team behind the Patapon would be releasing a new rhythm side-scroller roguelike on the Switch in 2025 called Ratatan.
Following the successful Kickstarter, we’ve now got a brand new reveal trailer showcasing a good chunk of gameplay.
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“If the original fans aren’t satisfied, the remake will ultimately be considered a failure”.
Booting up Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake and hearing the Overture — known as Loto / Erdrick’s Theme in Dragon Quest III — played by the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra for the first time, it’s hard not to be washed over by a wave of warmth.
Whether you’ve played DQ III before or not, there’s a real sense of magic, history, and nostalgia that comes with the game. The beautiful HD-2D visuals and the game’s cosy narrative structure lend themselves to a bygone era of classic RPGs, and this remake faithfully recreates that experience over 35 years after the original’s release.
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Time to rewrite history.
Running a budding kingdom is hard, but it is made even more difficult by being surrounded on all sides by a host of potential enemies, all vying for land, resources, and power. Few video games have managed to recreate that pressure as well as Koei Tecmo’s Romance of the Three Kingdoms series, with Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8 Remake becoming the most balanced version of one of the best games in that franchise. Somehow, they’ve made the tedium of bureaucracy feel fun and addictive.
Like the rest of the series and the novel that inspired it, Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8 Remake — which originally launched in Japan on PC in 2001 before arriving in the West a couple of years later on PS2 — follows a heavily romanticised version of Chinese history. The period from around 220 to 280 AD was a time of huge upheaval for the region, with multiple figures competing for control. That conflict gave birth to figures such as Lu Bu, Dong Zhuo, and Cao Cao, all of whom have become immortalised in novels, films, and, most relevant for us, video games.
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