Even more Racing Suits are on the way.
Nintendo’s mobile racing game Mario Kart Tour is beginning to wrap up its Space Tour and that means a new event is about to begin. Starting next week on 25th January, racers will be able to participate in the new Winter Tour.
As part of this, there’ll also be a new round of Mii Racing Suits. The suit already teased is the Roaring Racer. It seems this will be followed by a 25th wave of suits on 7th February:
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Champing at the bit.
Pocket Card Jockey, Game Freak’s strange little 3DS mashup of solitaire and horse racing, recently came out on mobile devices, to the delight of anyone who enjoyed the game (e.g. anyone who played it). Nevertheless, it was a little disappointing not to see it come to Switch, since it was a 3DS exclusive to begin with, and Game Freak’s relationship with Nintendo is pretty tight.
But in a recent interview with Polygon’s Oli Welsh, programmer Masao Taya spoke about the possibility of Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On! coming to Switch after all — as long as it does well on Apple Arcade.
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The second price increase in 5 years.
It’s no secret that things are costing more these days — and games have been hit just as hard as groceries, rent, and medication, with base prices for new, AAA releases steadily climbing up to (and sometimes past) the $100 mark.
But it seems like those price increases are also affecting older games, as the developers behind strategy management game Factorio today announced a price increase on their game, which has been out in early access since 2016.
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Drainus, from Team Ladybug.
Remember how we were begging for Team Ladybug’s gorgeous-looking shmup Drainus to make its way to Switch? Well, it looks like someone was listening! PLAYISM is bringing the 2D side-scrolling shooter to the eShop on 2nd February.
The port was announced a few months ago, but publisher PLAYISM only revealed the game’s release date today. The stunning visuals should be no surprise to anyone who’s played a Team Ladybug game — this is the team behind Touhou Luna Nights and Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth, two pixel art games that look breathtaking in motion.
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“Drop in with no hassles”.
Gaming accessory company Gulikit has released a new ‘Hall Joystick’ for Switch Joy-Con controllers, promising no drifting or wear and tear with easy “drop in” installation.
We’re currently in the process of procuring a set for ourselves, so look out for our verdict in the near future, but for now you can check out the product for yourself via the link at the bottom of the article. The Hall Joystick itself costs $29.70 / £29.70, but that might be worth it for the reassurance that drifting may become a thing of the past.
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Launching early February.
Publisher Astrolabe Games and developer ISVR have announced that Brave’s Rage, an “active-time” deckbuilding game, will be launching on the Nintendo Switch on February 2nd, 2023.
The game will combine an action-time bar (ATB) system that’s commonly seen in traditional JRPG titles with standard deckbuilding gameplay. It’s been in early access for around 8 months and is now ready for the prime time, boasting gorgeous cartoon visuals and plenty of depth if you’re looking to get stuck into some solid RPG action.
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It all makes sense now.
In surprising news, Nintendo has announced a manga adaptation of the new Switch release Fire Emblem Engage.
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“Sustained demand” expected for at least another year.
The Switch is still selling like there’s no tomorrow and it seems Nintendo won’t be slowing down production any time soon.
According to a new report from Bloomberg, the Kyoto-based video game giant actually plans to “increase production” of the hybrid machine in its sixth year after shifting roughly 21 million systems in the previous fiscal year. Although it lowered its sales forecast to 19 million last November, the company is now apparently “convinced” it can manufacture more units.
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Super Mario RPG… Sonic the Hedgehog, Donkey Kong 3.
Update Day! We all love Update Day, don’t we? Every Wednesday, we all love to shop for the best Wii games when the Wii Shopping Channel gets updated with new games to buy. And, of course, that was the genesis of sketch comedy group Nirvana The Band The Show‘s little skit about surfin’ the Wii Shopping Channel and singin’ along. Refresh your memory if you will:
Since November 2020, one person named Quinn has been operating a Twitter account called “Wii Shop Wednesday”, which tweets out the sketch every Wednesday, accompanied by “Wii Shop Wednesday Wisdom”, an additional tweet that imparts wise words to its followers. Wise words like this:
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No link cable needed!
For those of us who didn’t have a link cable or a Game Boy Advance, the GameCube era sometimes felt like you were getting locked out of content that all the richer kids on the playground would boast about. There was the Tingle Tuner in Wind Waker, new content and secrets in games from Harry Potter to Crash Bandicoot, and an entire new town in Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life.
Back on the GameCube, A Wonderful Life had a path near the farm that went up a hill, but it didn’t go anywhere. Trying to go up the path would lead to a cutscene where the Harvest Sprites would halt you, saying that you could find out “what’s going on” by linking up with Friends of Mineral Town on the Game Boy Advance, which required the link cable, a GBA, and a copy of the game.
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