Category: Nintendo

Phew!

Last month, the beloved JRPG Octopath Traveler was banished forthwith from the Kingdom of the Switch eShop. Okay, if you’ll excuse the dramatics, it was temporarily delisted with no official explanation as to why. Well the good news is that it’s back, as confirmed by Square Enix itself.

Now, the general consensus as to why it was delisted is that the publishing rights to the game had reverted from Nintendo back to Square Enix in December 2023, but this hasn’t been confirmed by either Nintendo or Square Enix. Regardless, it’s back now, so if you’re thinking of picking it up, then you can – hooray!

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If we build it…

If you’re a fan of city builders, then buckle up, because we can exclusively reveal that Imagine Earth, a sci-fi city builder from indie developer Serious Bros. is heading to the Switch on 9th May, 2024.

Originally released on Steam and Xbox to positive reception, Imagine Earth combines laidback strategic gameplay with themes of sustainability as you look to establish new homes in the cosmos in the year 2084. Corporate greed has led your own planet to ruin, so it’s your job to build propserous cities in a more eco-friendly, sustainable manner.

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“A free 7-day trial for NSO is included with purchase”.

In between some Mario games, a new Endless Ocean game is arriving for Switch next month on 2nd May 2024.

While we’ve already got a decent idea of what to expect from Endless Ocean Luminous, Nintendo has now uploaded an overview trailer – providing an extended look at this upcoming release. The video details the mysterious region known as the Veiled Sea, which changes with every dive.

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Scheduled to arrive in cinemas next year.

In January, there were reports the Minecraft movie had cast actor and musician Jack Black as the famous character “Steve”.

Now, in an update, this has seemingly been confirmed by Jack Black, who has also recently starred in Kung Fu Panda 4, reprising his role as Po, and voiced Bowser in last year’s hit The Super Mario Bros. Movie.

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Nine new trailers and announcements.

Today’s Indie World Showcase gave us a rather delightful little basket of release dates, shadow drops, and ports for games we’ve been wanting to see on Switch.

As is often the case with these presentations, however, Japan’s Indie World was a fair bit different from our own. There was some overlap, of course, but we’ve rounded up a list of everything that was exclusive to the Japanese showcase. Lots of these are also coming out in the West, too, and we’ve even got a date for one or two of them. Enjoy!

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Counting syllables. How many in ‘Kyoto’? Dang, I’ve run out of–.

In the magazine business, the Back Page is where you’d find all the weird goofs that we couldn’t fit in anywhere else. Some may call it “filler”; we prefer “a whole page to make terrible jokes that are tangentially related to the content of the mag”.

We don’t have pages on the internet, but we still love terrible jokes — so welcome to our semi-regular feature, Back Page. Today, we take a seat outside the cafe, place our cigarette case on the gingham tablecloth, light up a dainty smoke, and compose an ode or two while sipping a minuscule coffee…

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All games and trailers from the April 17th presentation.

Nintendo’s April 2024 Indie World Showcase was a 20-minute presentation of games from independent developers coming to Switch sometime in 2024, with several previously announced games getting release dates.

It was a fairly low-key showcase overall, although there were definitely some choice nuggets in there.

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Don’t say it…

Here we go everybody, it’s time for another Indie World showcase!

Yes, after February’s Partner Direct, Nintendo is back with another look at the games heading to Switch in 2024, this time focussing on the indie scene. The showcase kicks off at 7am PT / 10am ET / 3pm BST / 4pm CEST / Thursday 12am AET and promises to bring us 20 minutes of news and announcements.

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SaGa Emerald and new Demon Slayer tag along too.

We are rapidly closing in on the release date of Rabbit & Bear Studios’ Suikoden spiritual successor, Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes. Set to land on Switch on 23rd April, this upcoming RPG dazzled us when we went hands-on with it last month and we have been excited to see more ever since.

As that all-important release date closes in, we can start to get an idea of what the full game has in store as the first critical review from Famitsu is now in. In short, it’s looking rather good.

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20 minutes of announcements incoming.

Here we go, folks. Yesterday, Nintendo announced that an Indie World showcase will be coming our way today, Wednesday, April 17th, 2023 at 7am PT / 10am ET / 3pm BST / 4pm CEST.

The showcase will last for around 20 minutes and will focus on indie games that are coming to Nintendo Switch in 2024.

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