Do the roar.
After being revealed in last month’s Indie World showcase, FuturLab and Square Enix have today announced that PowerWash Simulator‘s paid Shrek DLC will be making a mess on Switch on 10th October.
Adding to a long list of impressive PowerWash collaborations with the likes of SpongeBob, Final Fantasy and Back to the Future, the Shrek Special Pack offers up a collection of mucky locales from Far, Far Away, and it’s up to you to clean ’em.
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Gotta redraw ’em all.
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Pokémon Emerald for the GBA, 130 artists have collabrated on a project to redraw the sprites for all 386 Pokémon included in the game (thanks, gamesradar).
Not only that, but the revised sprites have been implmented into a fully playable ROM hack called Pokémon Emerald: Respirited, so you can try it out yourself and check out the new representations (we won’t provide a link to the download directly here, but locating it won’t prove particularly difficult).
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Progress carries over to the full game.
The upcoming Square Enix Switch release Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven – a 3D remake of the original 1993 role-playing game – has today received a Switch eShop demo.
It’s available now and will allow players to transfer their save data over to the full game when it arrives on 24th October 2024.
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Including “never-before-seen game drops”.
Minecraft Live is returning once again to celebrate all things related to the blocky world, and the next big event will air on 28th September 2024.
This year’s event will be a bit different, with Mojang and co teasing a “new look and feel” but one a show that is still packed with the “latest and greatest” Minecraft-related news. This will include, “never-before-seen game drops”, exclusive insights into everything on the way to the main game and much more.
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Complete with music from David Wise.
Publisher Knights Peak and developer VEA Games have announced that their upcoming platformer Nikoderiko: The Magical World will be launching on the Switch eShop on 15th October 2024.
Looking like a bit of a cross between Donkey Kong Country and Crash Bandicoot, Nikoderiko sees you follow the story of Niko and Luna as they face off against the villainous Grimbald of the Cobring Gems Company (y’what?). There are all the hallmarks of a classic DKC game here, including side-scrolling platform levels, flying barrels, and ridable creatures.
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Come get some jetsam.
Anyone who’s played PowerWash Simulator for too long while in a feverish state from having eaten too many fish fingers knows the feeling. You cease being a sanitary entrepreneur and find yourself submerged in the water, wearing a spacesuit, shooting the dirt off with a laser in a Zen-like trance while you nurture sea creatures. And now, finally, someone’s made a game about it.
Well, it’s sort of about that. In Loddlenaut, Moon Lagoon has produced a peaceful ocean purification quest in which you zip around with an underwater jetpack tidying up rubbish and un-gooping gooped-up scenery. On the way, you meet and care for little fish-like critters called loddles, then do a bit of crafting to top things off.
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Bring it, Shogun.
Publisher 3D Realms and developer Point N’ Sheep have revealed that the pixel art Soulslike Bloodless will be bringing the school of “non-lethal combat” to Switch on 10th October.
Yes, we did just say “non-lethal”. You see, this Soulslike is all about tackling foes in a slightly less stabby manner. You play as Tomoe, a ronin who has given up her blade and sworn to never use it again. You’ll have to utilise dash counters and powerful ki-attacks to overpower foes and bring the fight to Shogun Akechi, the bloodied leader responsible for bringing Tomoe’s homeland to its knees.
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“Jazzy jumps, humongous hammers, and boisterous Bros”.
Mario & Luigi: Brothership has this week received a new trailer focused on “enjoying the action in Concordia”.
It’s brief, but if you haven’t been keeping up with the updates, it’s another great look at what exactly you can expect from the battle mechanics in this latest entry. It also follows on from a separate video, welcoming fans to the new location.
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Update: Physical release confirmed.
Update #2 :
It’s been confirmed a physical version of Raiden NOVA will be released for the Switch. It will be arriving at some point in November this year. Once again, the digital version of the game will arrive on the Switch eShop on 31st October 2024.
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Patch notes galore.
Digital Eclipse has released a substantial update for Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord on the Switch, adding in a bunch of new features and bug fixes.
Released on 23rd May 2024, Wizardry is a complete remake of the original 1980 classic, adding in revamped visuals and modern conveniences, yet retaining the same brutal difficulty and unmatched depth. We gave it a resounding score of 8/10 in our review, noting a few pacing issues and an inability to skip certain combat animations (which, by the looks of things, seems to have been resolved entirely with the new update).
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