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News Dungeon Crawler Unexplored: Unlocked Edition Secures August Switch Release
All DLC included
A little while ago, we exclusively revealed that top-down roguelike title Unexplored: Unlocked Edition was making its way to Nintendo Switch. The game has now received a confirmed release date for the platform, heading your way on 9th August. The game features intense melee combat with players fighting off goblins, trollers,...
Video SNK Heroines Story Trailer Reveals Cast Are Being Held Captive
Fight for freedom
We already knew SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy contained suggestive themes, and now a new trailer highlighting the game’s story reaffirms this. It turns out the all-female cast of fighters have been kidnapped by a mysterious individual a few months after The King of Fighters tournament. Waking up in a mansion, the girls are now...
News PAW Patrol: On A Roll Brings Nickelodeon's Hit TV Series To Switch And 3DS This October
Based on the popular show
Bandai Namco and Outright Games have revealed that PAW Patrol: On A Roll - a game based on the popular pre-school TV series - will be heading to Switch this October. With 16 daring adventures featuring all eight beloved heroic rescue pups and Ryder, this game will no doubt please the little ones in your life who are glued...
News Keep Up The Pace In Speed Brawl, A Momentum-Based Fighter Coming To Switch
New gameplay trailer has arrived
Kongregate has revealed the first gameplay trailer for Speed Brawl - a "fisticuff brawling" game that we first reported on just a couple of months ago. Speed Brawl is said to be fast and hard-hitting in its combat, with players needing to focus on building and keeping momentum while simultaneously managing their...
Video New Trailer Shows Off LEGO DC Super-Villain's Bonkers Character Customisation
And exclusive gifts for US buyers
Warner Bros. has released a brand new trailer for LEGO DC Super-Villains, giving us a good look at some of the crazy character customisation options we can expect to see in the game. As you can see above, the trailer focuses on the character creator feature present in the game. A player’s character becomes the...
News "Brutal" FPS Polygod Gets Fired Up For August Release On Switch
With a minimalist design and gyro controls
Krafted Games has announced that its minimalist, randomly-generated FPS Polygod is headed to Nintendo Switch next month. The game is set to feature a "brutal" difficulty curve, epic boss fights, and arena-shooter style action in local multiplayer and online vs/co-op multiplayer modes. Polygod offers a...
News Gal Metal's Physical 'World Tour' Edition Will Add Extra Songs And Characters
Rock on
XSEED Games has revealed some fresh details for Gal Metal's upcoming western release on Nintendo Switch, detailing exactly what fans can expect in the physical edition. For anyone not in the know, Gal Metal is a rhythm game exclusively designed for Switch that turns your Joy-Cons into drumsticks. You can hold a Joy-Con in each hand to...
News Taiko Drum Master Edges Closer To Official Western Release With New Trademarks
Bringing the beats
Just a couple of weeks ago, an Australian classification board listing appeared for Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘N’ Fun! (known as Taiko: Drum Master in the west), suggesting that the game would be making it out of Japan to other territories. Now we have even more cause for excitement, however, as a whole new batch of...
News Masahiro Sakurai Says That Super Smash Bros. Ultimate "Could Ruin" Future Games
But he's not thinking about what's next
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is a ridiculously ambitious project, cramming in perhaps the largest, most diverse, yet surprisingly well-rounded character roster of superstar video game names that we've ever seen. While being a fantastic prospect for gaming fans at the moment, it no doubt causes...
News Memorrha, A Puzzle Game In The Style Of The Witness, Is Coming To Switch In 2019
Challenging and beautiful
It was only yesterday our hopes were shot down when it was revealed the team behind the critically-acclaimed title, The Witness, had moved onto new projects. Fortunately, it appears Korion Games is more than happy to fill the void with its own beautiful and challenging 3D puzzle game, Memorrha, when it arrives on the...
News Crazy Doodle-Art Shooter State Of Anarchy: Master Of Mayhem Is Headed To Switch
"Intense run and gun action"
Indie game studio Lapovich has announced that State of Anarchy: Master of Mayhem will launch on Nintendo Switch on 1st August. The game is a light-hearted shooter that aims to put a smile on your face as you play. Your town is on fire, anarchy reigns the streets, and aliens are going crazy in the sky - it's up to...
News Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Will Be Playable At Evo 2018 Alongside Melee Tournament
So much Smash Bros. action!
Nintendo has revealed that it will be bringing a demo of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate to Evo 2018 this year, alongside the Super Smash Bros. tournaments already scheduled to take place. Evo, or the Evolution Championship Series, is a yearly esports event that has players battling it out in the...
News N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure Brings Gorgeous Storytelling To Switch
Coming later this year
Game publisher Soedesco has announced that N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure, which previously launched on Xbox One, PC, and PlayStation 4, is headed to Switch this October. In the game, players assume the role of a young boy, wandering through a mysterious dreamlike world to explore the touching story of his...
News Digimon Survive Is A Brand New Digimon Game Coming To Switch Next Year
With Bandai Namco at the helm
It appears that the Nintendo Switch is getting its first dose of Digimon-shaped goodness, with a brand new game from Bandai Namco called Digimon Survive expected to launch sometime next year in Japan. The game has reportedly been announced in this week's Famitsu magazine, with details now being circulated among...
News The Good Old Wii U Lives On As A Virtual Boy Replacement In WarioWare Gold
You can't keep a good console down
Recently, we covered some newly released trailers for the upcoming 3DS release of WarioWare Gold in Japan. Eagle-eyed Twitter user SMWikiOfficial spotted something in the main WarioWare Gold trailer which gave us a good chuckle: This scene is from the 'Gamer' minigame in WarioWare Gold. Fans of the...
News Game Freak Says Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu And Eevee May Be Forward Compatible
Also comments on 2019 RPG
With Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! still a handful of months away, there's still an awful lot that we don't know about the latest pocket monster-catching titles. One of these unknown areas is how the games will connect to other titles; we know that there will be interaction with mobile sensation Pokémon...
News Super Rare Games Announces A Whopping Nine Physical Switch Releases
Goodbye bank balance
Super Rare Games has announced an avalanche of partnerships with indie developers, bringing a grand total of nine wonderful games into the world of physical releases. Working in a similar way to Limited Run Games, all of these titles will have a limited number of copies available to buy. Each of these nine games will be...
Video Japanese WarioWare Gold Trailer Is Four Minutes Of Microgame Insanity
Weird, wacky and wonderful
WarioWare Gold is out next month on the 3DS and in preparation for the release, Nintendo’s Japanese YouTube account has uploaded a new four-minute overview trailer of the game. The recent demo made available on the 3DS eShop at the start of this month allowed players to go hands-on with Wario's latest outing, and this...
News Second Story DLC For South Park: The Fractured But Whole Arrives On 31st July
Includes new campaign and a new class
In addition to the news about South Park: The Stick of Truth arriving on the Switch eShop some point before September, Ubisoft and South Park Digital Studios have announced the second story DLC pack for South Park: The Fractured But Whole will be released on the Nintendo Switch on 31st July. ‘Bring the...
News No Joke, South Park: The Stick Of Truth Is Heading To The Switch eShop This Year
Embark on an epic quest
Earlier this year in April, Ubisoft released South Park: The Fractured But Whole on the Switch. As satisfying as the bad-mannered turn-based RPG might have been, it didn’t hide the fact the original game was still unplayable on Nintendo’s latest device. Now, in its latest financial report, Ubisoft looks to be rectifying...
News BAFTA-Nominated Interactive Drama 1979 Revolution: Black Friday Hits Switch Next Month
Based on true events
Indie publisher Digerati has announced that 1979 Revolution: Black Friday will be coming to Switch following its initial PS4 and Xbox One-only reveal. Created by iNK Stories, 1979 Revolution: Black Friday immerses players in the turbulent real-world events of the Iranian uprising. Based on true stories and historical...
News A Digital Copy Of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Will Use Up Over Half Of Your Switch's Memory
Bigger than Smash on Wii U
Nintendo fans around the world are positively bursting with excitement about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate at this point; the latest entry to the series will re-introduce every character that has ever graced the franchise's games and we only have a handful of months to wait until it releases. If you're hoping to buy...
News Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Will Be Playable At San Diego Comic-Con This Week
And you might be able to skip the queues...
Nintendo will be making an appearance at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con from 19th July to 22nd July, bringing several awesome games along for the ride for attendees to enjoy. The star of the show will no doubt be the highly anticipated Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, but other titles available to...
News Runbow Deluxe Edition Sprints Towards 10th August Release Date On Switch
Includes that wonderful soundtrack
Runbow finally made its way over to the Switch on 3rd July, bringing its chaotic multiplayer mayhem to a whole new audience, and the long-promised Deluxe Edition is now just around the corner, too. This fancy boxed version contains a physical version of the main game, the Satura's Space Adventure DLC, all four...
News '80s-Inspired Side-Scrolling Shmup Black Paradox Is Headed To Nintendo Switch
With a synthwave soundtrack
Italian indie developer Fantastico Studio has revealed that its synthwave-styled, sci-fi shoot 'em up Black Paradox will be making its way to Switch later this year. In the game, you play as Black Paradox, a fierce bounty hunter who must defeat the biggest criminal organization in space, The Hellraisers. The game blends...
News Nintendo's Long Lost Arcade Game Sky Skipper Flies Onto Switch This Week
A slice of history
During the Nintendo Treehouse Live events at E3 this year, Nintendo revealed that Sky Skipper - an almost-forgotten arcade game from the '80s - would be coming to Switch. The time has finally come for us to try the game out for ourselves, with a 20th July release date now confirmed for Japan. In case you haven't heard the story...
News Guts And Glory Brings Bonkers Death-Defying Action To Switch This Week
And the "deadly Kangaroo Avengers"
tinyBuild Games has revealed that Guts and Glory is making its way to Nintendo Switch this week, probably taking the title of being the most bonkers game on the platform to date. Guts and Glory describes itself as "the craziest game show on earth" and essentially features a cast of very ordinary people competing...
Video Check Out The Story And Mission Modes In My Hero One's Justice On Switch
Wham!
Bandai Namco has released a brand new trailer for the quirky anime fighter My Hero One's Justice, giving us more info on the game's story and mission modes. In Mission Mode, players will face a variety of different scenarios and challenging opponents, competing under special rules for each. As you fight through and complete these...
News Retail Release Of The Banner Saga Trilogy Requires Net Download And microSD Card
A struggle with constraints
The Banner Saga games have been positively received on the Nintendo Switch thus far, so it’s no surprise last week’s announcement of the retail version - The Banner Saga Trilogy - was welcomed with open arms by fans of the turn-based RPG. Now, the box art for the retail version of the game has
News Story-Driven Puzzle Game WILL: A Wonderful World Is Aiming For 2018 Switch Release
A mature story
CIRCLE Entertainment has announced that it will be bringing WMY Studio's WILL: A Wonderful World to Nintendo Switch, targeting a 2018 release. WILL: A Wonderful World is a story-driven puzzle game featuring a unique mechanic that has you influencing the game's tale through viewing and altering letters. As a ‘god’ you...
News Co-Op Party Shooter NoReload Heroes Is Firing Onto Switch This Week
"No friends? No problem."
An eShop listing has revealed that Forever Entertainment's NoReload Heroes is making its way to the Nintendo Switch this week. Developed by Stupid Stupid Games, NoReload Heroes is a chaotic co-op party shooter that has you fighting your way through randomly generated rooms filled with various types of enemies. As a...
News The Shapeshifting Detective Will Bring Murder Mystery FMV Action To Switch This Year
Shapeshift to solve the crime
Wales Interactive has announced The Shapeshifting Detective for Nintendo Switch with an expected release window of "Q4 2018". The game is a supernatural, noir, murder mystery FMV, created by the team behind The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker. Dorota Shaw is dead, and the prime suspects are...
News Pixel-Art Escape Thriller STAY Will Be Breaking Out On Switch This Summer
Can you escape in real time?
PQube has announced that STAY, an award-winning, pixel-art escape adventure, will be arriving on Nintendo Switch "this summer". The game, which launched on Xbox One and PC this spring, follows the path of Quinn - a therapist who wakes up alone in a strange, locked room with nothing but a computer hooked up to an...
Rumour Go Vacation For Switch Might Include Online Play Based On eShop Listing
Multiplayer madness
Since Bandai Namco's Go Vacation was announced earlier this year, there's been a number of retailers listing online multiplayer. It's already been confirmed the title has co-op and competitive local multiplayer for up to four people, and now the Switch eShop is also noting online play for two to four players. The title is due...
Much-needed clarification
When Japanese mobile developer, Colopl, announced a new White Cat Project game (also known as Shiro Neko Project) for the Switch last week during its 4th anniversary live stream, there was widespread confusion as to how it even got the go-ahead. At the start of this year in January, Nintendo filed a lawsuit against this...
News Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 And 2 Has Got Rookies Covered With New Easy Mode
Mega Easy
As fun as Capcom's Mega Man series is, it's never exactly been a forgiving platformer. With this in mind, a recent post by Siliconera suggests the company's upcoming Switch titles, Mega Man X Legacy Collection and Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2, will make play sessions less of a struggle this time around with the inclusion of a new 'Rookie...
News The Bat Looks To Be Back On Switch As Batman: The Enemy Within Receives M Rating From The ESRB
Return to Gotham City
Earlier this year we reported Batman: The Enemy Within had received a rating by Germany's USK. While there's still no official word from Warner Bros. about the game coming to the Switch, there's now another rating for the title, this time from the ESRB. The dark and gritty game was originally released in 2017 and...
News Daemon X Machina Producer Believes A Lot Of Modern Games Look The Same
Is this the case?
The annual video game convention E3 is commonly associated with dark, gritty and seemingly cutting-edge reveals. Whilst many of these titles do in fact go on to be huge successes, the producer of Daemon X Machina, Kenichiro Tsukuda, is of the belief there's nothing particularly distinctive - from a visual standpoint - about a...
News Mega Man 11 Developers Wore Robot Armour To Get In The Right Frame Of Mind
Creativity at its finest
In the lead-up to the release of Mega Man 11 on multiple platforms including the Nintendo Switch, Capcom has been running a video series providing an insight into the game’s development. In the final episode sound design was the topic, with the attention on how a suit of armour was actually worn by staff to help them...
Feature Talking Super Smash Bros. Ultimate With Nintendo's Bill Trinen And Nate Bihldorff
Ridley, Sakurai and defusing the 'happy accident' myth
We've known about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for quite some time ahead of its reveal at E3 2018. What we didn't know was just how massive it would end up being, featuring every character from the series' history, all wrapped up in a conveniently portable package. We recently had the...
News Koei Tecmo Confirms Western Release For The Next Atelier Title, Due Out This Winter
Welcome to Westwald
Following the game’s reveal in the Japanese publication Famitsu last month, Koei Tecmo has now confirmed Gust’s new entry in the Atelier series for Switch will receive a physical release in the west this winter. As previously noted, Nelke And The Legendary Alchemists is more of a spin-off about top-down town building an
News Break Some Balls When Spheroids Arrives On The Switch eShop Later This Month
Save the world from alien blobs
Eclipse Games will release its platform title Spheroids on the Switch eShop later this month. The game will be made available to download in America on 20th July, with the European release a week later on 27th July. If you haven’t heard about this game before, it was originally released on the Wii U eShop last...
Collector's items
If you like having physical boxes of games to add to your ever-growing, beautiful collection of joy, but also like the convenience of having your games stored within your Switch's internal memory for quick and easy access, you'll likely be pretty jealous of Nintendo's latest offerings in Japan. On the official Japanese Nintendo...
News Panic Button Says It Has "Tons" Of Switch Projects Coming Up
That's a lot of projects
Panic Button's name is one that has seemingly popped out of almost nowhere, suddenly grabbing the attention of gaming fans around the world thanks to a series of high quality, and rather surprising, Switch ports from the studio. We've already seen the likes of Rocket League, DOOM, and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus arrive...
Video Jessie And James Are Confirmed For Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu And Eevee
Prepare for trouble...
Another brand new trailer has arrived for Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, this time revealing that fan-favourite antagonists Jessie and James will appear in the game. Yesterday we shared a video that showed off an utterly gorgeous new rendition of the Kanto region map, alongside other feat
News Psikyo Collection Vol. 1 Will Bring Four Arcade Shooters To Switch In One Package
Currently confirmed for Korean release
Arc System Works has revealed that Psikyo Collection Vol. 1 is heading to Nintendo Switch, squeezing four currently available eShop titles into one juicy bundle. The four titles included are Strikers 1945, SOL Divide, Samurai Aces, and Gunbird, all of which are classic, arcade-style...
News Fall Of Light Brings Action-RPG To Switch With A New Darkest Edition
Brightest day, darkest knight
Nintendo Switch will be getting a new action-RPG in the form of Fall of Light: Darkest Edition. This isometric adventure sees a brave knight fighting through a world of darkness to protect his daughter. There 20 different battle stances to choose from, 10 weapon classes and new enemies that are exclusive to the Darkest...
News Futuristic Thriller State Of Mind Secures A 15th August Release Date On Switch
And a brand new trailer
Daedalic Entertainment has announced that its upcoming 'futuristic thriller' State of Mind will launch on Nintendo Switch - and other platforms - on 15th August. The game delves into the technological promise of the world we live in by jumping forward to Berlin in 2048. You'll be taking on the role of Richard Nolan, a...
News Cosmic Star Heroine Brings 2D RPG Action To Switch Next Month
Pre-order available now
Limited Run Games and Zeboyd Games have announced that Cosmic Star Heroine will arrive on Nintendo Switch next month. The game takes inspiration from the classic 16-bit era, but mixes things up by adding features seen in more modern RPGs. There are three exotic planets to explore containing aliens, robots, and magic, and...
News An Inazuma Eleven Ares Presentation Is Coming, Original Game Releasing For Free To Celebrate
Original Inazuma Eleven to be available as free download
This month’s CoroCoro magazine has revealed that a presentation for Inazuma Eleven Ares will be held on 26th August, potentially meaning that we'll finally find out the game's Japanese release date. The game is currently planned to release in the west sometime next year, but the...
