Tag: Upcoming Releases
Feature "I Was Actually Inside Jerry Bruckheimer's Office, Accused Of Being A Megalomaniac"
The Last Worker director on ambitious ideas and striving to do cool things on Switch
Recently, publisher Wired Productions unveiled its own ‘Direct’ in which it revealed a sizeable number of games, five of which are coming to Nintendo Switch. One that caught the eye, in part because its teaser was also visually arresting and rather vague, was...
News Konami's Next Yu-Gi-Oh! Game Arrives In Japan This August
It's time to duel, again!
Update #2 [Sun 18th Apr, 2021 09:30 BST]: While there's still no mention of a local release, Konami has now locked in an official Japanese release date for its next Yu-Gi-Oh! game, Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel. The game will arrive on 12th August, with pre-orders opening this month on 22nd April. Interestingly, first-print copies...
Feature Final Fantasy Veterans Discuss Their Upcoming JRPG, Astria Ascending
"Maybe remote collaboration is the best way after all!"
Announced initially in Famitsu in March and unveiled for worldwide release shortly after, Astria Ascending is a JRPG in the classic mould that has a bevy of veterans from the genre — and the Final Fantasy series in particular — involved, including narrative by Kazushige Nojima (whose...
News Team Reptile Shows Off The Fluid Movement In Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
The spiritual Jet Set sequel you need
Sega has seemingly abandoned the Jet Set Radio series, but its spirit lives on in the upcoming release Bomb Rush Cyberfunk. As you might recall, it's being handled by Team Reptile - the developer behind titles such as Lethal League and Lethal League Blaze, and features music from Jet Set Radio composer, Hideki...
News Super Rare Games Announces Five New Physical Releases For Nintendo Switch
Clear some space on your shelf
Super Rare Games has announced not one, two, three, or even four physical games for Nintendo Switch, but five - yes, five brand new hard copy releases for the hybrid platform. In order, there's one from 505 Games, one from Daedalic Entertainment, another from Chucklefish, a fourth from Vertex Pop and last but not...
News Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice Releases On Switch In May
Larry On Regardless
Note: The following trailer contains mature, sexual imagery. No, please don't make me write about Leisure Suit Larry - yeah, I said I was sorry about not rinsing out my mug in the sink, but I hardly think this is fair punishment, just - ugh. Ok. Fine. Hello, dear Nintendo Life readers! What a wonderful Friday it's turning out...
News New Pokémon Snap's Latest Trailer Shows Off Six Minutes Of Gameplay Footage
Update: Now available in English!
Update (Fri 16th Apr, 2021 11:30 BST): This trailer has now been uploaded in English, so we've swapped out the Japanese version. Enjoy! Original Article (Fri 9th Apr, 2021 11:45 BST): April is now well and truly underway, which means one very important thing: yes, we're finally in the launch month of New Pokémon...
News Youtubers Life 2 Will Dodge DMCAs On Switch Later This Year
The first one sold 1.4 million copies, so like and subscribe
For some individuals like this writer, who is older than they'd care to admit, trends and #content on YouTube make it a scary place of loud noises and annoying adverts for protein drinks. For others, however, it's a primary source of entertainment and can be an incredibly inspiring and...
News Sam & Max Save The World Remaster Getting A Limited Run Games Release
Pre-orders open 30th April
Late last year, the comic book crime-fighting duo Sam and Max returned to the spotlight in Sam & Max Save the World Remastered. This remaster was handled by Skunkape Games - a small indie dev comprised of former Telltale employees, who acquired the rights for Sam & Max Season One when Telltale shut down. If...
News The Local Switch Release Of Fighting EX Layer: Another Dash Has Been Delayed
Will now arrive in May
Update #2 [Fri 16th Apr, 2021 01:00 BST]: If you've been wondering what's going on with the release of Fighting EX Layer: Another Dash, apparently its launch has been delayed in North America and Europe. While the development team didn't reveal exactly why this has happened, it's now been confirmed by th
News Skate City Kickflips Onto Switch In May
Aims to share the 'heart and soul of street skating'
This truly is the comeback generation for skateboarding games, with another promising entry in the genre now getting a firm release date on Nintendo Switch. Agens and Snowman have confirmed that Skate City arrives on 6th May; its standard price will be $14.99USD, but pre-orders and the first week...
News Strategic Deck-Builder Rise Of The Slime Scores A Spring Release On Switch
"A unique mix of roguelike and deck-builder"
Following its recent Early Access run on Steam, strategic deck-building game Rise of the Slime is slithering onto the Switch eShop this spring. The game has you helping poor old Slime to defy the odds in turn-based, positional combat. You'll be doing a bit of deck-building here, a bit of side-scrolling...
News thatgamecompany's Award-Winning Sky: Children Of The Light Soars Onto Switch In June
Includes cross-play with mobile players
thatgamecompany is a studio that is rightly held in the highest regard, with titles like Flower and particularly Journey being stand-out releases. For a time it worked solely on PlayStation platforms, but after going its own way it released Sky: Children of the Light on iOS and Android; pleasingly that...
Round Up All The Games From The Nintendo Indie World Showcase - April 2021
Each and every title featured in the show!
Yesterday, we were treated to a brand new Nintendo Indie World Showcase, giving us a glimpse at some of the brightest indie games set to launch on Switch. More than 20 games were shown in what felt like a particularly strong presentation all around. If you missed it, or just want to keep track of...
News You May Get Lost In Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective This Spring
Finding its way to the eShop
Nintendo's Indie Showcase included a range of intriguing titles, and pleasingly there was creativity on show not just in concepts but in visual styles. Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective was definitely eye-catching, and with a 'Spring' release window on the eShop it's not far away. It's based on the children's...
News The Forgotten City, A Midas-Touched Time-Loop Mystery, Comes To Switch This Summer
Such a cold finger
Previously announced for Xbox and PC release (and originally scheduled to launch last year), developer Modern Storyteller's The Forgotten City is now lined up to launch on Switch and other consoles in Summer 2021. A Roman murder mystery described as a 'mature narrative-driven game' by publisher Dear Villagers, the game began life...
News Metroid Prime 4 Developer Hires DreamWorks Talent As A Lighting Artist
Has also worked with Disney and Sony's God of War studio
Over the past year, Retro Studios has been on a mass hiring spree for its highly anticipated release Metroid Prime 4. While this important process seems to have slowed down in recent months, apparently the studio isn't done just yet. Metroid fan site Shinesparkers reports a "Lighting and...
News Skul: The Hero Slayer Is Getting A Switch Release This Summer
A bone-a-fide Metroidvania to test your skulls
What do you get when you fuse elements of Dead Cells, Hollow Knight, and Hades? Probably a game that's too hard for any human to ever complete, but also, you get Skul: The Hero Slayer, a roguelike about a diminutive skeleton who has to kill a bunch of bad guys. Just your usual, you know. The stylised...
News Konami Is Bringing GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon To Switch In 2022
A remake developed by indie studio GuruGuru
And you thought Konami didn't make games any more! GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon is being developed primarily by indie studio GuruGuru 'alongside' Konami Digital Entertainment, and it turns out it's a remake of a 1987 Famicom game. Who knew? Well, a particular stalwart staff member reminded us all, actually,...
News Art Of Rally Drifts Onto Switch In The Summer
Includes all updates + upcoming Kenya content
Art of Rally has been a rather charming hit on PC over recent months, drawing in a happy audience of rally fans with its soothing but also faithful top-down recreation of the sport. It's no surprise it's coming to consoles, but pleasingly it popped up in today's Indie World Showcase as a Summer release...
News Aztech Forgotten Gods Blends Mexican Storytelling With Anime-Inspired Action-Adventure
"There’s such a rich history behind the Aztecs"
Another title revealed during today's Nintendo Indie World Showcase, Aztech Forgotten Gods is a new "cyberstone colossus fighter" from Mexican studio, Lienzo. Launching on Switch later this year, the game follows soon-to-be heroine Achtli as she joins her archaeologist mother Nantsin on an...
News Annapurna Interactive Confirms Last Stop Release Date, Unveils Hindsight for Switch
Something a bit different
Annapurna Interactive is undoubtedly one of the premier publishers in the Indie space, and it's also been pretty supportive of Nintendo Switch. Today the publisher confirmed release details and a Switch version of Last Stop, and also unveiled a new title called Hindsight. Last Stop was revealed previously for other...
News Aerial_Knight's Never Yield Dashes Onto Switch In May
Demo out today
The Indie World Showcase introduced us to some new developers, one of whom was Aerial_Knight, who revealed their rather intriguing debut. Aerial_Knight's Never Yield is being published by Headup Games and looks like a particularly stylish take on the Runner genre, and it's out on 19th May with a demo launching today. It takes place...
News OlliOlli World Grinds Onto Nintendo Switch This Winter
Takes the board out into a bigger world
The OlliOlli games are certainly among the royalty of early-ish Indie games, with publisher Roll7 also showing love for Nintendo hardware over the years. You may have played the neat combination of the first two games, OlliOlli: Switch Stance, in more recent times. Pleasingly it was confirmed today that an...
News Oxenfree Gets A Surprise Sequel, Coming This Year
This one is Oxentwo, the next one is Oxenthree
We weren't blown away by Nintendo's long-awaited Direct back in February, but it turns out that they were keeping a lot of their Hot News under their hat for today's Indie World presentation instead. One of the biggest surprises - and we know it was a surprise, because they kept it until the very end...
News House Of The Dead: Remake Shoots To Switch Later This Year
Heads up
Announced as part of Nintendo's Indie World Showcase, Forever Entertainment is bringing Sega's light gun horror classic to Switch in the form of The House of the Dead: Remake. Described as "a remade version of the game introduced in 1997 in arcade platform", you can check out the trailer for this arcade on-rails shooter above. The PR...
News Road 96 Is An Intriguing Procedurally-Generated Story Game Where You Call All The Shots
No two roads are the same
Road 96, a new narrative game from award-winning French indie studio DigixArt, has been announced for Nintendo Switch. Opening up today's Nintendo Indie World Showcase, Road 96 has you trying to escape from a country on the brink of collapse. Your goal is to reach the border, thousands of miles away from your starting...
News Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge Confirmed For Switch, New Trailer
Inspired by the Turtles’ iconic 1987 design
We first heard about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge last month, but today's Nintendo Indie World Showcase has confirmed that the game is indeed coming to Switch. Cowabunga! Developed by Scott Pilgrim vs. The World studio Tribute Games and distributed by
News Picross S6 Launches On Switch Next Week, And The Whole Series Is Going On Sale
Your next puzzle fix
The next title in the Picross series is just days away from launching on Nintendo Switch, as Jupiter announces a 22nd April release date for Picross S6. Picross, Mega Picross, Color Picross, and Clip Picross modes all feature in the new release, with new puzzles across each category and a bonus 'Extra' mode being included, too...
News King Of Seas Confirmed To Set Sail On Nintendo Switch In May
Ready to plunder your SD storage
Pirate RPG King of Seas has been attracting attention for quite some time, which only picked up further when Team17 stepped in as publisher earlier this year. Now it's been confirmed that the 3DClouds-developed title will arrive on Switch - and various other platforms - on 25th May, priced at £24.99 / €24.99 /...
News New Pokémon Snap Director Explains How They Decided Which Pokémon Would Make The Cut
“The selection of Pokémon was truly hard”
Pichu and Grookey confirmed! One of the biggest controversies surrounding the launch of Pokémon Sword and Shield on Nintendo Switch was its incomplete Pokédex. At the time, game producer Junichi Masuda explained that competitive balancing issues and development deadlines were to blame for some of the...
News Lawson Will Offer New Pokémon Snap Photo Printing Services In Japan
Gotta print 'em all
If you were around during the Nintendo 64 era, you might remember special Snap Station kiosks in-store allowing you to print out your photos in Pokémon Snap. It was quite a novelty at the time. To make the upcoming Switch release New Pokémon Snap just a little bit more nostalgic, Lawson (a local convenience store chain in...
News Nacon Announces WRC 10, Speeds Onto Switch At A "Later Date"
Wait, didn't we just get WRC 9?
As you might recall, publisher Nacon released WRC 9 The Official Game on the Nintendo Switch last month. Despite this, Nacon has now gone and announced WRC 10. Fortunately, for Switch owners, it seems you'll have plenty of time to play through WRC 9, as the tenth entry is arriving at a "later date" on Nintendo's...
News Sword-Fighting Action-Platformer Fallen Knight Slashes Its Way To Switch This June
Your choices matter
PQube and FairPlay Studios have revealed that Fallen Knight, a futuristic sword-fighting side-scroller, is headed to Switch on 23rd June. The game sees players jumping and slashing their way through a new adventure as they take on the role of a descendant of King Arthur's close companion, Lancelot. You'll have to face off...
News Nintendo Indie World Showcase To Air Tomorrow, 14th April
There she is!
Nintendo has dropped its latest indie bombshell in the form of an Indie World Showcase announcement. Yes, a new presentation will air tomorrow, 14th April 2021. The show is set to start at 9:00 PT / 12:00 ET / 17:00 BST / 18:00 CEST and will feature "roughly 20 minutes long, focused on fresh and new indie games coming to Nintendo...
News Space Grid Tournament Is Bringing Futuristic Fast-Paced Tactics To Switch
"The most spectacular sport of the future"
Indie developer Rookiez from Warsaw has announced its latest project, Space Grid Tournament, a futuristic blend of strategy and sports. The game has you taking part in "the most spectacular sport of the future," as you spawn your robotic players and have them fight to take control of every tile on the...
News Hitchhiker Gives A Thumbs-Up For An Imminent Switch Release
Here, for whatever reason, is the game
Gaming is full of off-beat and intriguing experiences, and another that's heading to Switch this week is Hitchhiker, from development studio Mad About Pandas. It's being published by the prolific Versus Evil, which is known on the eShop for bringing us titles like Faeria and The Banner Saga Trilogy.
News Nintendo Of America Releases Two Commercials For New Pokémon Snap
Journey to the Lental region later this month
The big release for the Nintendo Switch this month is New Pokémon Snap. In case you didn't know, it's a follow-up to the original game, which first arrived on the Nintendo 64 in 1999. If you're eager to see just a little bit more of this game in action before its release, Nintendo of America has now...
News New Pokémon Snap Gets Its Very Own Custom Twitter Emoji
For a limited time
Looking forward to New Pokémon Snap launching later this month? Want to show off your passion for the game in style? Well, it looks like Nintendo has you covered. Yes, just like the custom Tom Nook emoji which appeared on Twitter for last year's Animal Crossing: New Horizons launch, a new Meganium emoji is now available for this...
News Doc Cosmos Is On The Way To Game Boy Color, In 2021
Doc, you built a time machine?
As regulars here on Nintendo Life know, we like retro games, and we like new retro as well. It's an ever popular area in which older games or products are revived and given new life; for example, a new Game Boy Color game is coming in 2021. That is happening courtesy of Bitmap Soft and developer Simon Jameson, who can...
News The Skylia Prophecy Begins Its Quest On Switch Soon
Follows the 'kill the player' philosophy, which seems harsh
The sidescrolling 'Metroidvania' is a style of game that's been very well served on Nintendo Switch, which is especially useful as Konami doesn't seem interested in making any games like that. Another to join the ranks soon, on 23rd April, is The Skylia Prophecy by 7 Raven Studios. This...
Feature 30 Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games To Look Forward To In 2021
Our most anticipated Switch games
We've updated the list below with some new announcements and removed the 2021 Switch games that have come and gone already. Still lots to look forward to! 2020 is now but a dim and distant memory (at least, we wish it was!) and it's time to look to the future. We saw some fantastic games come to Switch last year...
News Shantae's Game Boy Color Adventure Arrives On Nintendo Switch This Month
Take a trip back in time
WayForward has revealed the original Shantae for Game Boy Color will be released on Switch eShop on 22nd April. Along with an announcement on social media, it's also released a trailer showing off the original game in action on Nintendo's hybrid hardware. Notably, this version of the game will also include the standard GBC...
News Square Enix Celebrating SaGa Frontier's Return With Special Launch Stream
Game arrives next week
To celebrate the release of SaGa Frontier Remastered on the Nintendo Switch on 15th April, Square Enix has announced it will be airing a celebratory live stream broadcast featuring multiple members of the development team. This will include the series producer Masanori Ichikawa. It will air at 7 pm JST on Square's YouTube...
News Unrailed! Is The Next Switch Limited Edition From Super Rare Games
Take a look at the goodies included
There are a number of limited run / special edition stores that cater to the physical copy addiction many of us Switch owners share, and one of the more established outlets is Super Rare Games. The UK-based company has teamed up to do 'super rare' releases with a variety of small Indies and also bigger publishers...
News The Darkside Detective: A Fumble In The Dark Will Haunt Switch This Month
Back to Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city
Back in early 2018, The Darkside Detective brought its humorous point and click adventure to the eShop. We quite liked it, though felt that its heavy focus on pop-culture and jokes from the '80s and '90s would fly over younger gamers' heads. It's full of personality, and its sequel - initially...
News Slapstick Comedy Rain On Your Parade Could Be Switch's Next Untitled Goose Game
Ruin everyone's day
Launching on Switch next week is Rain on Your Parade, a slapstick comedy title that looks like an ideal fit for fans of 2019 eShop hit, Untitled Goose Game. The game has you playing as a mischievous cloud that appears to have a single wish in life: to create absolute mayhem. You'll need to take this cloud through a number of...
News KEMCO RPG Asdivine Cross Arrives on Switch Very Soon
Save the world, you know the drill
If any publisher has cornered the eShop market in affordable download fantasy RPGs, it's KEMCO, and it has supported developer EXE-CREATE with seven releases, five of them on Nintendo Switch. The latest to be confirmed for Switch eShop is Asdivine Cross, which was actually previously released on the 3DS eShop;...
News NEO: The World Ends With You Hits Switch This July
And I feel fine
The World Ends With You was a bit of a cult hit back in the DS days, which is why it was such good news when the smart device iteration was improved and ported to Nintendo Switch as The World Ends With You: Final Remix. Square Enix gave the quirky premise a chance to find a bigger audience, and evidently it worked. As promised last...
News Legend Of Mana's Physical Switch Release Will Include English Language Support
Arriving this June
During Nintendo's Direct presentation earlier this year, it was announced Square Enix would be bringing a "fully remastered" version of Legend of Mana to the Nintendo Switch this June. While there is currently no sign of a physical release here in the west, according to online listings, the Asian region's hard copy of the game...
