And it’s out tomorrow.
Microids is bringing a cute turn-based RPG to Switch tomorrow based on the hugely popular French web series, Noob.
Noob – The Factionless has been in Early Access on Steam since June 2021, but the full release is dropping tomorrow, 29th June, on the eShop for $39.99 / £32.99. If you pre-order it today, however, you can get an extra 10% off.
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Tatsu-zilla.
Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival‘s Spring & Summer Update is here to keep the party going over the summer months. Bandai Namco shared a trailer for the new content, which features brand new DLC and a new party game mode.
The first half of the update is the Shin Japan Heroes Universe pack, a new DLC package which gives the adorable little Don-Chan some new outfits fashioned after characters from the popular Japanese collaborative project, Shin Japan Heroes Universe.
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Classic Amy is here.
Sonic Origins Plus made its debut on the Nintendo Switch and multiple other platforms last week – adding Amy as a playable character along with 12 Game Gear titles.
Now, as part of the game’s launch, the critic reviews have been released. Here on Nintendo Life, we gave the DLC six out of ten stars. While the overall package is strong, this update is admittedly a bit light on content:
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Furukawa says company will bolster stock & take “other” measures.
Console manufacturers have struggled with supply shortages since the pandemic, and what made the situation even worse at the time was scalpers buying out whatever was in stock and reselling it online at much higher prices.
The Switch has also been the victim of this, and now Nintendo wants to make sure history doesn’t repeat itself with its “next generation machine”. In the same shareholder Q&A, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa acknowledged past situations with worldwide shortages.
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Ghouls ‘n Ghosts and more!
Nintendo has just added four more games to the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive app for the Switch Online Expansion Pack service. The latest editions include The Revenge of Shinobi, Ghouls ‘n Ghosts, Landstalker and Crusader of Centy.
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Drop dashing into Origins.
With the release of Sonic Origins Plus on the Switch, Sonic fans can now not only play as the severely underutilised Amy in all four mainline titles, but there are now 12 Game Gear Sonic games to peruse and play at your leisure from the compilation’s ‘Missions’ menu.
Now, we’re probably never going to recommend playing the Game Gear games over the superb Genesis originals, but as a handful of curiosities, they make for an interesting addition to what is already a decent package with Sonic Origins.
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Here we go again…
About this time last year, Sega released Sonic Origins—a compilation release that aimed to collate the first four (five if we count Sonic & Knuckles as a totally separate game) Mega Drive/Genesis Sonic games in one ultimate package with a bunch of extras thrown in. Though it wasn’t without its issues, Sega more or less managed to do what it set out to do, but there was a lingering sentiment amongst fans that it could’ve done much more. Now, a year later, Sega has decided to release a ‘Plus’ update — available as a DLC expansion or in physical form — that throws in a dozen new games and some other additional features to make the collection all the sweeter. Unfortunately, Sonic Origins still feels somewhat incomplete even after this update, but this new expansion is just about worth the money.
First, a brief overview of what’s been added. The headlining new addition here is the inclusion of 12 8-bit Sonic games made for the Sega Game Gear, the colour handheld which once upon a time directly competed with Nintendo’s first Game Boy. Elsewhere, Amy has been added as a playable character in the headlining four games for this collection, and Knuckles has been added as a playable character to Sonic CD after his rather odd exclusion in last year’s release. On top of that, Plus throws in all the previously released DLC with the additional missions to tackle, and content for the museum. Check out our review of the base game if you want to hear about the base offering:
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Phone a friend.
A sequel to the Switch launch title, 1-2-Switch, might not have made it onto our bingo cards for Nintendo’s post-Tears of the Kingdom 2023, but the rumours have been around for so long that we shouldn’t have been all the surprised when Everybody 1-2-Switch! was announced with little fanfare in the early hours on a Friday morning. Except we were.
The first game delivered some harmless fun when the Switch was all fresh and new. It showcased some of the cool features that the console promised and filled a gap when there weren’t all that many games available. But now, six years on and with enough games available to keep us going until the end of time, we couldn’t help but wonder: do we really need a sequel any more?
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Timey wimey.
Publisher and developer Rusty Lake has revealed that the point-and-click co-op puzzler The Past Within will be crossing time and space to make its way onto Switch from 6th July.
Released on mobile and PC last year, The Past Within will see you teaming up with a buddy to unravel a sinister plot. Sounds simple enough, right? but there’s a catch: one of you will be exploring the events from the past, while the other will watch from the future.
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A smooth transition to the “next generation machine”.
Despite ongoing rumours and speculation, Nintendo still hasn’t revealed its successor to the Switch. While there doesn’t seem to be any sign of an announcement, company president Shuntaro Furukawa has now provided some details about the transition from the current hybrid platform to the “next-generation machine”.
According to comments made by Furukawa during Nintendo’s recent shareholder Q&A, the plan is to utilise the existing Nintendo Account system to make the jump to the next generation as smooth as possible for customers. Here’s part of what Nintendo’s president had to say, courtesy of a translation by Twitter user Genki:
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