January2024
News Top Racer Collection Hits The Brakes On Switch, Delayed To March 2024
False start for the classic SNES racing series
After being revealed last October, publisher QUByte Interactive has today announced that the Top Racer Collection will no longer be coming to Switch later this month, but will instead be returning to the pit lane until 7th March 2024. The collection comprises the three SNES titles in the Top Gear...
October2023
News SNES Racer Series Top Gear Is Being Revived As A Switch Collection In 2024
Includes crossover with Horizon Chase, Top Racer Crossroads
If you ever played Kemco's Top Gear series, which started out on the Super Nintendo in 1992, you might be interested to know QUByte Interactive has announced it will be bringing a whole collection to the Switch next year on 11th January 2024. And just to clarify, this series obviously has...
July2023
News Adore Mixes Monster-Taming Action And Real-Time Battles On Switch Next Month
He did the Monster Mash
After getting the formal console announcement last year, publisher QUByte Interactive and developer Cadabra Games have now revealed that Adore will be battling its way onto Switch from 3rd August. The game launched to early access on Steam back in 2020 and has since racked up a good number very positive reviews. In Adore,...
January2023
News Breakers Collection Update Coming This Week, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
The classics get some tweaks
QUbyte's Breakers Collection, a rerelease of two of Visco's Breaker games, is getting an update on 26th January on all platforms, Switch included. The first update for the game brings with it the usual quality-of-life tweaks and updates, including an armful of little bug fixes. But Qubyte Interactive also took the time...
October2022
News The Samurai Collection Brings Two Classic Beat 'Em Ups To Switch This Week
Crouching Tiger Hidden Release
Around this time last year, we heard of the formation of QUByte Classics - a partnership between Publisher QUByte and Piko Interactive - and we have subsequently seen a whole host of classic 8- and 16-bit titles brought back to the Switch (The Humans, Tinhead, Jim Power: The Lost Dimension, amongst others). Well,...
News Neo Geo Fighter 'Breakers Collection' Locks In January 2023 Switch Release
But will it land the blow?
Apart from Glover, one of the many other games on display at QUByte's recent showcase was Breakers Collection. We first covered the revival of this arcade and Neo Geo fighting series here on Nintendo Life a number of years ago, and since then it's skipped quite a few of its targeted release dates. Now, in the latest...
News The Nintendo 64 Platformer Glover Is Coming Soon To Switch
A blast from the past
Move aside Mario and Sonic, because Glover is back! Yes, during the latest QUByte Connect 2022 broadcast, it was revealed the Nintendo 64 3D platformer would be making its way to the Switch "soon". This title was originally released on the N64 in 1999 and earlier this year got a Limited Run re-release on the same platform and...
August2022
News Sonic Meets Tron In 'Chameneon', A Speedy New Neon Runner
Chameleon twist
If you are looking for another animal-based runner to fill a Sonic-shaped hole in your heart then look no further. QUByte Interactive has recently revealed that their chameleon neon platformer, Chameneon (see what they did there?), is coming to the Switch eShop on August 18th. The game sees you play as a chameleon who rides along...
July2022
News Classic 2D Fighter 'Breakers Collection' Will Support Rollback Netcode & Cross-Play
Bringing the fight to Switch in 2022
Fighting fans will be pleased to hear the upcoming Breakers Collection will support both rollback netcode and cross-play compatibility. This classic collection, which started out in arcades and on the Neo Geo, includes Visco Corporation's Breakers (1996) and Breakers Revenge (1998) and is apparently "still...
May2022
News SNES Platforming Shooter 'Jim Power: The Lost Dimension' Returns On Switch
With multiple physical releases
In another obscure retro rerelease, publisher QUByte Interactive and developer PIKO Interactive have announced the return of the SNES platformer Jim Power: The Lost Dimension in 3-D in the form of a brand new release — Jim Power: The Lost Dimension. Released in 1993 on the Super Nintendo, Jim Power is an action...
News Japanese Neo Geo Classics 'Breakers Collection' Return With Limited Editions
Break out of obscurity
It's been a while since we've had any news on Breakers Collection, the compilation of three Neo Geo beat 'em ups that never saw light outside of Japan. The release has seen a fair few delays, but it did get an open beta last year. Now, Strictly Limited Games has announced that it will be releasing physical versions of...
April2022
News 'Zero Tolerance Collection' Brings Classic Mega Drive Arena Shooters To Switch This Year
Update: Plus a special edition Mega Drive / Genesis cartridge
Update [Thu 21st Apr, 2022 19:30 BST] Strictly Limited Games has shared more details of their planned physical editions for the Zero Tolerance Collection, but with an extra surprise. First, we've got some more details about the rerelease from a fresh press release: First released in...
January2022
News 'Unlock The Cat', A Minimalist Block Puzzler, Slides Onto Switch This Week
Cat quest
Qubyte Interactive and MiniCactus Games have announced that their brand new game, Unlock the Cat, will hit Switch this Thursday 13th January. Taking inspiration from classic Klotski puzzles — that's sliding block puzzles to us layfolk — the game sees players attempt to rescue a cute little kitty by moving a variety of objects around a...
September2020
News QUByte Interactive Is Bringing More Than 15 Games To The Nintendo Switch
The full round up of QUByte Connect 2020
Brazillian publisher and developer QUByte Interactive recently broadcast its all-digital event, QUByte Connect 2020, showcasing 15+ games that are en route to the Nintendo Switch. For your convenience, we've thrown them all into a single post. Enjoy! Project Colonies: MARS 2120 Project Colonies: 2120...
August2019
News QUByte Acquires Classic 2D Fighting Series Breakers, Collection Arrives In 2020
Two games in one
QUByte – the developer behind the recently released VASARA Collection on the Switch eShop – has announced it has acquired the worldwide publishing rights to the fighting franchise, Breakers. If the name rings a bell, this was a 2D fighting game developed by Visco Corporation (also responsible for Vasara) in 1996 and released in...
May2019
News Strictly Limited Releasing Brazil-Inspired Beat 'Em Up 99Vidas In Physical Form
Bring it!
Last November, the developer and publisher QUByte released 99Vidas on the Switch eShop. The 16-bit title was created in conjunction with 99Vidas - Brazil's most popular video game podcast - and aimed to recreate the magic of the beat 'em up golden era, when games such as Final Fight, Double Dragon,
November2018
News 99Vidas Brings Brazil-Inspired Beat 'Em Up Action To Switch eShop On 27th November
Channelling the greats
Despite the fact 2018 is nearly over, there are plenty of publishers and developers in recent months who are still announcing their games will be arriving before the end of the year. It's arguably crazy, as this period is best known nowadays to be dominated by AAA industry releases. The developer and publisher QUByte doesn't...
March2018
News Bullet Hell Shooters Vasara And Vasara 2 Are Coming To Switch Next Year
Visco Corporation's classic titles live again
Brazilian firm QUByte Interactive has revealed that it has gained the console rights to Visco Corporation's Vasara series. Originally released in arcades in 2000, Vasara is a bullet hell shooter set in 17th century Japan. Its visuals made it unique for the time, but it would be the dual attack...
August2017
News Brazilian Brawler 99Vidas Is Bringing Old-School Arcade Combat To Switch This Year
Inspired by Double Dragon, Golden Axe and Final Fight
QUByte Interactive has confirmed that it is bringing its side-scrolling fighter 99Vidas to the Switch eShop later this year. Created in conjunction with 99Vidas, Brazil's most popular video gaming podcast, the fighter has 4 player co-op, 11 characters, a 6-level story mode, 2 bonus levels,...
May2014
News HTR High Tech Racing 3DS Development Update Brings Good News
Vroom vroom
In summer 2013 we told you about HTR High Tech Racing, which aims to recreate Scalextric-style fun on the 3DS eShop. It's not a concept that's particularly common in the video game market, which may mean it'll be unique and fun enough to grab the attention of download game fans. There's a '+' version approaching release on PC and Mac,...
July2013
News HTR High Tech Racing Will Turn Your 3DS Into A Pocket-Sized Scalextric
Minus the smell of burning metal, of course
Back in the days before video games ruled every young child's life, there was Scalextric. Here at the Nintendo Life office — where we're all rather old and wrinkly — we can fondly recall playing with a battered old Scalextric track handed down by older relations, before finally getting our very own...
