It’s a show to remember.
We’re all waiting for the next mainline Persona game, but there’s a reason SEGA and Atlus have sat pretty with Persona 5 for so long: Because it just won’t stop selling.
Sega Sammy has published its latest business report (via Persona Central, Push Square), and the Persona 5 series has sold over 13 million units since its debut in 2016. That’s up from 10 million back in December 2023.
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For the clicks.
Updated with Simon the Sorcerer Origins. Enjoy!
Nintendo’s Switch and its successor host classics from across the gaming spectrum, including an array of old-school point-and-click adventure games, a genre that flourished on PCs in the old days and one which Nintendo’s hybrid consoles offer a convenient way to play.
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Good on you!
Dragon Quest is a remarkable, enduring game series, and now its creator, Yuji Horii, has received the recognition he well and truly deserves from the Japanese government (thanks, VGC).
In its Autumn decorations, the government has awarded Horii the Order of the Rising Sun 4th Class: Gold Rays with Rosette, one of the country’s highest honours. The only awards higher than this are the Order of the Chrysanthemum, and Order of the Paulownia Flowers, both of which are generally reserved for monarchs, prime ministers, senior statesmen, etc.
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Kiryu need some space.
Sega and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio are expanding the Yakuza / Like A Dragon franchise on the Switch 2 with the upcoming releases of Kiwami and Kiwami 2, and thanks to updated store pages on the eShop, we now have the file sizes.
Interestingly, neither game comes close to Yakuza 0: Director’s Cut, which takes up a whopping 45.3GB, but if you’re looking to purchase both, then you’ll still need a fair bit of storage.
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Includes other Switch platform improvements.
Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga made its debut on the Switch in October and this week the team behind it has rolled out a new update, which enhances the overall experience on Switch platforms.
Here are the details about this, courtesy of the developer’s official social media account. As you can see, there are adjustments, fixes and specific updates for Switch, which also includes resolution enhancements, HD rumble support and more.
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Florges? For Spring? Groudonbreaking.
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. The second one this week! You lucky people.
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Our picks for the best eShop games on Switch and Switch 2 in October!
Hello, hello, hello! you know what time of the month it is? Oh yes, it’s eShop Selects. And we’ve got some fireworks in here.
Spooky season has passed and many of us are now looking ahead to the ‘H’ season (or perhaps there’s some Turkey in the near future for you for those of you in the US). So it’s time to load up on the best games you can get on the eShop for the chilly months ahead.
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Someone’s Nooking at your door.
Testing, testing. Is the Animalese-to-English translator up and running? It is? Good. Welcome back to another edition of Box Art Brawl!
Last time, we put Metroid Prime 2: Echoes under the microscope, and it was a pretty close-run contest. The North American / European design just clinched the win, in the end, with 58% of the vote, leaving the Japanese variant with 42%.
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Online Arcade is also “coming soon”.
Digital Eclipse launched its Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection this week, and while it’s a good history lesson, the team already has plans to improve certain aspects of it.
This starts with a patch dropping today on Steam, with “other platforms” to follow next week. This update will come with audio improvements, improvements for Mortal Kombat 4 and some stability improvements for the Genesis titles.
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And where it is now.
It began with a Zelda T-shirt.
I was wearing my “It’s dangerous to go alone! Take this.” shirt while running a quick errand at the bank. The teller spotted it. He was at least 20 years younger than me, but his “Nice shirt!” comment kicked off a lengthy conversation about our shared Nintendo fandom.
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