Topic: Switch Physical Boxed Games List & Release Dates (US & CA)

After the LRG showcase I was only interested in Wolfenstein II The New Colossus (re-release), Star Wars Dark Forces Remaster and Beyond Good and Evil.

I visited my local GameStop to get my preorders in for Marvel vs. Capcom Collection, LOZ: Echoes of Wisdom, and Mario & Luigi Brothership, but nothing is listed yet! I thought they’d have everything set up in their system by now! Or maybe I’m just being impatient.

They did have Wild Byasturds* listed, so I signed up for a copy of that, at least.

@Zuljaras
Thanks for reminding me about the LRG presentation today! Star Wars: Dark Forces is definitely on my radar, but I’ll have to watch their show and see if there’s anything else I’ll want.

@Teksetter yeah it's weird how only play Asia has Mario and Luigi, Metroid Prime 4, and LoZ. They always want to be first even if a game isn't confirmed. I imagine it works out for them for people who want to lock in their preorders.

There's like a dozen games in the last two weeks that I'm so so excited about. Balatro, Slay the Princess, Cassette Beasts, the new Life is Strange, Outer Wilds, Animal Well, Cocoon, Chants of Sennaar, Umbraclaw. And of course the aforementioned.

Exciting times!

@Zuljaras 'only' lol.

@GrailUK I was expecting more exciting releases.

Preorders for Balatro are popping up at retailers in Murica.

Still the highest-rated indie game of 2024? Probably a shoe-in for an award or two at TGAs.

I am absolutely certain I would become addicted to Balatro, and so I'm avoiding it!

Yesterday I had better luck at Gamestop: I was able to preorder the Marvel vs. Capcom collection. And what wonderful news that the game reportedly is complete on the cart!
Still no Mario & Luigi Brothership or LoZ: Echoes of Wisdom listings yet, though...
I'll have to check and see if I can reserve my copy of the expanded Atari 50 steelbook, next time I visit.

Yes I've noticed that, too: Playasia always seems to open up preorders very early. I guess they've found some very reliable suppliers and haven't been forced to cancel peoples' preorders often?

I agree we're living in exciting times for game releases! Of those games you listed, I've ordered Animal Well and Outer Wilds, and I'm tempted by Umbraclaw and Cocoon. So much for a quiet sendoff for the Switch! Thus far in 2024 I've ordered 59 games. I might overtake the 90 games I bought in 2023!

I meant more like they'll put up a preorder instantly to get all the sales from people looking to buy day one of an announcement. They'll literally be the only search result for shopping.

They've listed games that turn out to never get made. It's so much easier to cancel everyone's preorder of a game that ends up not happening physically and apologizing (What else are they gonna do? There's no game!) but for every game they guessed right, they got all those upfront sales.

It's like how certain media outlets want to be the first to announce things like election results or breaking news. If you report on something first, everyone is watching you because all the other media is either quiet or unsure. You have to weigh that with the risk of being wrong and having to walk it back. People want instant gratification. I'm struggling to not buy my NA games from play Asia just from being impatient.

@Hamstrman
I catch your drift! Playasia seems deliberately "optimistic" when they open their preorders way out ahead of everyone else. I'm sure they like that visibility at the head of the line!

...And now I hear of another physical I'll need to preorder! Astral Ascent preorders opened up on Limited Run yesterday, and it's a title I've been waiting for.

EDIT: Actually, I goofed... Astral Ascent preorders on LRG don't open up until tomorrow, June 28th.

@Teksetter hell yeah! I've been waiting for Astral Ascent too! And now Virgo vs the Zodiac. It just doesn't stop.

Seems that Outer Wilds got silently delayed. Was planned to release tomorrow (June 27th) but now retailers are showing August 30th.

@Grumblevolcano Hopefully that's due to the recent patch and it will be complete on the cart...

Keeping my eye out for Little Big Adventure remake physical, as they did show it at the end of the trailer:

Fall 2024 supposedly, also Microids are good for physicals

@Hamstrman
Yeah, Astral Ascent looked excellent in the review here on NL and I was hoping it would get a physical. I will hold off on preordering for a few weeks, though, in case LRG announces anything else that I could bundle into a shipment. That definitive "all on the cart" version of Wolfenstein 2 is going to get me to buy.

I hadn't heard of Virgo vs. the Zodiac before, but it looks entertaining, too! These astrological games are a thing now, I guess...

Sure, XSEED are publishing Ys Oath in Felghana in the west, but they still can't be bothered with Trails in Cold Steel I & II? So mad I could spit.

Here I've been waiting all this time for the Ys X limited edition...

...and all I can think is, "I don't need a backpack."

Instead I suppose I'll throw down a preorder for deluxe edition after work today.

Red Art Games summer sale. Everything I had been waiting on a sale for was opted.

https://www.redartgames.com/38-summer-sale

I didn’t exactly need a mini-backpack either, but I preordered from Japan last year anyway. The game is pretty good so no regrets there, though the backpack is tiny! It’s the size of a fanny pack but you can’t wear it as such.

July is a busy month for games in Japan, probably because it’s summer vacation for the kids. I ended up preordering a few titles to hopefully ship with my Nintendo Championships Famicom Special Edition later this month:

Schim (pronounced “skim,” that shadow-hopping indie game),
Ace Combat 7 (since no physical release in NA, apparently),
Bō and the Moonlit Lotus (not sure of English title; nice-looking yōkai platformer),
and finally,
Omega 6 The Triangle Stars: the Black Whole Box edition (sci-fi adventure/GN by Takaya Imamura, artist of Star Fox, F-Zero, and Tingle fame, so I expect it will be a slightly off-beat story I’ll enjoy).

Hopefully with that, I’m done preordering for a while. I’ll just need to reserve copies of Astral Ascent and Atari 50 Expanded Edition in the near future.

@Teksetter I wish Schim was in English. It looks really cool.

Is Nocturnal a soulslike or a soulsborne? I see it says action platformer, but I don't love soulslikes. Just wanna check before I order it.

@Hamstrman
Schim is listed on the Japanese eshop as having like 12 languages, including English. My guess would be the physical release there will have the same language options, unless you've heard differently?
I'm fine either way - I play Japanese titles often, and I doubt this shadow-skipping game will be heavy on text or dialogue anyway.

I forgot about Nocturnal! I thought it looked pretty interesting and moved nicely, beating back the darkness with your burning sword. I haven't played it, but from what I've read, it's an action platformer with some light puzzle elements. It doesn't seem to advertise itself as having punishing soulslike difficulty.