Rising Star Games News Articles
Sunday19th Nov 2023
Poll Box Art Brawl - Duel: Contact
No, it's not Mother 3
It's time for another clash of the covers as we dive into the latest edition of Box Art Brawl! Last week, we matched up a duo of box art from the 3DS' Hey! Pikmin and, let us tell you, it wasn't even close. The friendlier European cover walked away with a whopping 73% of the vote, leaving North America and Japan in the...
Wednesday8th Mar 2023
News Thunderful Games' 3DS And Wii U eShop Sale Is Now Live
Update: Now open for NA too
Update [Wed 8th Mar, 2023 14:45 GMT]: Thunderful Games' final 3DS and Wii U eShop sale is now available in North America too, offering 80% off a series of titles from both Thunderful and Rising Star Games. It looks like the list of discounted games is slightly different on the North American eShop to those on offer in...
Friday8th Jan 2021
News Get A Peek At A New Harvest Moon: One World Bachelor And His... Camel?
Rural romance
Every month or so, the Harvest Moon: One World website gives us a look at one of the eligible bachelors and bachelorettes that will be available to woo in the game. With the advent of a new year, that means a new boy or girl ready for us to feast our eyes upon, and decide whether or not they will make the cut. Harvest Moon is a...
Tuesday14th Jul 2020
Video Digital Foundry's Technical Analysis Of Deadly Premonition 2 On Switch
"You have to see this to believe it"
As you've probably heard by now, there are some technical issues with the latest Nintendo Switch release, Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise. The game's director has already said he intends to get the awful frame rate sorted out, and publisher Rising Star has confirmed the development team
News Game Director Swery Will Rewrite At Least One Scene In Deadly Premonition 2
"I am really sorry"
Update: Version 1.0.2 is now available. Original Article: Deadly Premonition 2 was released on the Switch last week, and as you might have heard, the frame rate isn't the best. Now, along with this, the director and writer Hidetaka 'Swery' Suehiro has taken to Twitter to apologise for his
Monday26th Aug 2019
Video Exclusive 'Making Of' Decay Of Logos - Amplify On Avoiding Zelda And Dark Souls Labels
"We strive to be unique and create something different"
Releasing later this week on 29th August across multiple platforms, on the face of it, Decay of Logos draws plenty of parallels with something like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. According to Amplify Creations, though, you'll discover a focus on narrative and a darkness that you might...
Sunday11th Aug 2019
News Cooking Mama For Switch Will Feature A Vegetarian Mode And Blockchain Tech
Mama knows best
It turns out Cooking Mama has been actually been preparing her next game for quite a while now. After Australian and German classifications were thought to have lifted the lid on the new Switch game, Cooking Mana: Cookstar, it's now been discovered this same title was originally announced way back in February. In a press release...
Wednesday10th Apr 2019
News Giga Wrecker Alt. Is Receiving A Limited Run Physical Release
Pre-orders open later this week
Limited Run has announced it will be handling the physical release of Game Freak's Giga Wrecker Alt. for the Nintendo Switch. Pre-orders go live on 12th of April (aka. this Friday). Below is the official announcement tweet along with a few extra details: The 2D action side-scroller first arrived on the Steam...
Wednesday3rd Apr 2019
News Giga Wrecker Alt.'s Japanese Delay Won't Impact The Western Launch
Still coming to the west on May 2nd
After the Taiwan Digital Game Rating Committee revealed Giga Wrecker Alt. would be released on the Switch, it was then confirmed the Game Freak developed title would be arriving on Nintendo's hybrid platform on 2nd May 2019. Unfortunately, "due to various circumstances" the publisher Rising Star Games has now...
Saturday12th Jan 2019
News Management-Sim Holy Potatoes! We’re In Space?! Arrives On Switch eShop Next Week
Starch Wars
Last year in July, potato lovers worldwide rejoiced when Daylight Studios and Rising Star Games released Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?! on the Switch eShop. In this wacky potato-themed game, you had to grow a weapon shop while expanding your business across the universe. Now, the second entry in the trilogy series will arrive on the...
Thursday10th Jan 2019
News Game Freak Registers Trademarks For Giga Wrecker And Giga Wrecker Alt.
Now make it official
Yesterday, the Taiwan Digital Game Rating Committee lifted the lid on Giga Wrecker Alt. Originally arriving on Valve’s Steam platform in 2016 as Giga Wrecker, the game is now seemingly headed to multiple platforms, including the Nintendo Switch. If the game rating alone wasn’t convincing enough, Game Freak has now...
Wednesday9th Jan 2019
News Game Freak's Giga Wrecker Alt. Has Been Rated For The Switch In Taiwan
Published by Rising Star Games
Game Freak's lesser-known 2D action-adventure puzzle sidescroller Giga Wrecker Alt. appears to be making its way across to the Nintendo Switch and multiple other consoles in the near future, after being rated by the Taiwan Digital Game Rating Committee. Giga Wrecker was first revealed in 2016 and debuted on Valve's...
Friday2nd Nov 2018
News Co-Op Arcade Racer Trailblazers Screeches Onto Switch On 15th November
Start your rocket engines!
Great news for speed demons! Rising Star Games, in partnership with UK-based independent game developer Supergonk, are bringing the co-op arcade racer Trailblazers to the Switch eShop on 15th November after a short delay. The game features an innovative on-track game mechanic. Racing in teams of up to three-versus-three,...
Friday19th Oct 2018
News Rising Star Brings Platform Puzzler Storm In A Teacup To Switch eShop Next Week
Enter a dream-like world
If you're in need of a platform puzzle fix, Cobra Mobile and the publisher Rising Star Games are bringing the magical title Storm in a Teacup to the Switch eShop next week, on 25th October for $2.99. Here's the full description below: Storm in a Teacup takes place in a dream-like world that Cloud, the brother to main...
Thursday6th Sep 2018
Feature Harvest Moon Creator Yasuhiro Wada Serves Up Details On Little Dragons Café
Recipe calls for two twins, one dragon egg
If you’re a millennial – and had an enjoyable childhood whatsoever – you're surely familiar with the Harvest Moon games. Yasuhiro Wada, the original mastermind behind this series, has dabbled in many areas throughout his career – specifically focusing on simulation games. However, his most recent...
Tuesday29th May 2018
News Physical Release Of SteamWorld Dig 2 Gets Delayed In North America
The wait continues
One of the best indies available on the Nintendo Switch eShop right now is SteamWorld Dig 2, the seminal follow up to Image & Form’s popular 3DS Metroidvania. A couple months ago, Rising Star Games revealed that it had partnered with Image & Form to bring SteamWorld Dig 2 to retail, releasing it on 27th April in Europe...
Thursday26th Apr 2018
Video Use Colour And Co-Ordination To Win In The Wacky Races Of Trailblazers
A lick of paint
Trailblazers is shaping up to be one of the most exciting and - more importantly - unique racers on Nintendo Switch. And the latest gameplay trailer sells its co-operative concept to a tee, showcasing how using paint fired from the front of your floating vehicle can either be used to create a trail your racing partner can boost on...
Thursday15th Mar 2018
News Co-Op Shooter RICO Is Bringing Door-Busting And Bullet Time To Switch This Year
"An arcade-paced, action-movie inspired, sensory onslaught"
Rising Star Games is bringing Ground Shatter's RICO to Switch later this year. The title - which stands for the “Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations” Act, an actual US federal law relating to criminal organisations - sees you kicking down doors in a host of procedurally...
Thursday8th Mar 2018
News The Holy Potatoes Trilogy Is Coming To Nintendo Switch
Weapons, space and hell?!
We love a good spud-themed game here at Nintendo Life, so we were delighted to hear that publisher and developer have mashed together to digitally publish the first three titles in the fan-favourite Holy Potatoes! series, which will wing their way onto Nintendo Switch later this year. Yes that's right, Rising Star...
Wednesday27th Sep 2017
News Ninja Shodown Throws A Shuriken At Switch eShop Soon
Go Ninja, GO!
Who doesn't love a good old ninja game? Rising Star Games has confirmed that it will be bringing Ninja Shodown to the Switch in the not-too-distant future. To celebrate it has released a gloriously ’90s inspired live-action trailer for the game, which you can view above. Developed by UK-based studio Bitmap Bureau, the game...
Monday11th Sep 2017
News Conga Master Party is Dancing Its Way Onto Switch Very Soon
What could possibly go wrong?
The Switch eShop is gradually picking up more funny and intriguing games that have previously made their mark on other platforms - we can add Conga Master Party! to the list, due out this week. Developed by Undercoders and published by Rising Star Games, it's a Snake-like game where you try to dance around various...
Thursday7th Sep 2017
News Lumo is Bringing Isometric Platforming Fun To Switch Next Month
We're head over heels about this news
Do you have fond memories of isometric platformers such as Knight Lore, Head Over Heels, and Alien 8? If so, Lumo might just be the game for you. This love letter to the popular isometric platformers from the '80s has received acclaim from many sources for its intuitive and engrossing play mechanics,...
News Don't Fear, 88 Heroes: 98 Heroes Edition Is Coming To Save Your Switch Next Month
Rusty from SteamWorld is coming along for the ride, too
Rising Star Games is bringing Bitmap Bureau's 88 Heroes: 98 Heroes Edition to the Nintendo Switch eShop in October. The title will be the most complete version of 88 Heroes yet released, packing in the DLC expansions RSG Champions and H8 Made Activate. The former...
Thursday27th Jul 2017
News Acclaimed Isometric Adventure Lumo Is Coming To The Nintendo Switch
Basically the same as the PS4 version, says developer
Lumo creator Garth Noyce has revealed that his critically-acclaimed isometric adventure is coming to the Nintendo Switch. Inspired by the likes of Knightlore and Equinox, Lumo has already met with a rapturous reception on Steam, PlayStation 4, PS Vita and Xbox One, and will make another welcome...
Tuesday16th May 2017
News Harvest Moon: Light of Hope to Brighten Up the Nintendo Switch
Natsume promises 'depth' and a 'robust story'
The launch of the Nintendo Switch brought a bit of land management-sim gameplay to the eShop with New Frontier Days: Founding Pioneers, but fans of the genre will no doubt want more extensive retail options. Perhaps Natsume and Rising Star Games will deliver that, as they've released a joint press...
Wednesday10th May 2017
News Harvest Moon: Skytree Village Gets New Trailer Ahead of June EU Release
Summer lovin'
Sometimes localisation to Europe can drag out a little longer than we'd like, but Harvest Moon: Skytree Village has almost arrived. Released by Natsume in North America in 2016, this '20th Anniversary' entry in the series was picked up by Rising Star Games for the EU and has evidently almost crossed the line. Now given a firm release...
Tuesday7th Feb 2017
News Cooking Mama: Sweet Shop Will Be Open For Business On 3DS This April
Over 160 mini games, yum
Rising Star and Office Create have announced the next entry in the popular Cooking Mama series, Sweet Shop. The title is expected to launch on the 3DS eShop and at retail this April, and includes more than 160 different mini-games to master - with the focus this time around being sweets and puddings. Here's the official PR:...
Monday3rd Oct 2016
News SteamWorld Collection Physical Retail Release Slips to Early November in North America
eShop version of Heist still targeting October arrival
SteamWorld Heist is out now as a download and retail release (as part of SteamWorld Collection in the latter case) in Europe, with the region's Nintendo subsidiary publishing the disc version. Those awaiting the HD version in North America are still waiting, however, and those planning to grab...
Monday13th Jun 2016
Video Take a Good Look at Harvest Moon: Skytree Village
Rising Star Games confirms European release in Spring 2017
We've known for some time that Natsume is showing off new 3DS title Harvest Moon: Skytree Village at E3, and now it's released an extended trailer. It helps to visualise a lot of the details that were recently confirmed, as this one clearly aims to get the series back on the front foot...
Friday12th Feb 2016
News Rising Star Games Is Bringing 3DS Action RPG Sadame To Europe And North America This Month
"Sadame's release is the perfect example of what we've always done well"
Rising Star Games has branched out in recent years to become a prolific publisher of indie titles, but it began life as a company which focused on bringing the best Japanese games to western players. It's going back to its roots with Mebius' action RPG Sadame, which it's...
