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News '80s Arcade Classic Toki Makes A Comeback On Switch With Physical Arcade Cabinet
Part of the 'Retrollector' edition
Microids has re-affirmed the news that Toki is headed to Nintendo Switch later this year with an awesome looking special edition that features a physical arcade cabinet. Initially released in 1989 on arcade machines, Toki had players flinging their coins into cabinets to help a warrior - who had been turned into a...
News Super Volley Blast Smashes Onto Nintendo Switch On 12th July
Life's a beach
Nintendo Switch might not be getting a Madden, a new NFL game or the next instalment in the WWE 2K series (which is probably something of a blessing in disguise), but it is getting another new sport simulation in the form of Super Volley Blast. Okay, 'simulation' might be a bit of a stretch, but that doesn't mean this colourful indie...
News Intense Top-Down Shooter Solstice Chronicles: MIA Is Headed To Switch This Year
Tactical decisions on the go
CIRCLE Entertainment has announced that Solstice Chronicles: MIA, developed by Ironward, will be arriving on Switch later this year. The game combines its intense, top-down shooter action with strategic play, tasking players with making the best use of their accompanying drone. Should you scavenge for supplies, or...
News RPG-Board Game Hybrid Hand Of Fate 2 Will Be Dealt To Nintendo Switch Next Week
Action RPG meets card game
Defiant Development has announced that its acclaimed action RPG Hand of Fate 2 will be playing its hand on Switch next week. The game tasks players with collecting cards and building a customisable deck of equipment, enemies, encounters, and loot which all gets shuffled in with extra challenges from the Dealer...
News Devolver Digital Has 12 Games Lined Up For Switch This Year
No joke
No, it’s not April Fools; it’s just Devolver Digital making a post on its Twitter account again. Borrowing some hilarious footage from the 1989 film The Wizard, the US-based publisher recently proclaimed it would be releasing over a dozen games on the Switch before the end of this year. Being a publisher, the figure attached to...
News Masahiro Sakurai Isn't Concerned About Competitive Aspect Of Super Smash Bros.
It's about "playing the game"
The competitive nature of Super Smash Bros. may not interest everyone who likes the series, and long-time director - Masahiro Sakurai - completely understands this. During an interview with The Washington Post around the time of this year’s E3, Sakurai-san said he didn’t really consider professional players or a...
News Dragon: Marked for Death By Inti Creates Arrives Exclusively On Switch This Winter
Use special powers to seek revenge
Inti Creates hasn't wasted any time familiarising itself with the Nintendo Switch. Since the launch of the system, the Japan-based company has released charming games like Blaster Master Zero and more recently Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon. The first time we heard about its newest title, Dragon
News Panic Button Is Porting Online Co-Op Hit Warframe To Nintendo Switch
Ninjas play free - on Switch!
Canadian developer and publisher Digital Extremes has revealed that Warframe is in development for Nintendo Switch thanks to a partnership with Panic Button. The news comes from this year's TennoCon - the third annual convention for the game. Warframe is a third-person, free-to-play online action game set in an...
News Sonic Mania Plus Art Director And Sonic Team's Kazuyuki Hoshino Discuss The Creative Process
"A collaborative effort"
SEGA’s Sonic The Hedgehog YouTube channel has uploaded episode one of its Sonic Mania Plus developer diary. In a brief chat with Sonic Team Creative Director, Kazuyuki Hoshino, and Sonic Mania Plus Art Director, Tom Fry, the pair discussed how certain art and design choices came to fruition. In reference to Mighty...
News My Hero One's Justice Arrives In The West On 26th October
Pre-order for an exclusive fighter
Bandai Namco's video game adaptation of the popular Weekly Shonen Jump manga and anime franchise, My Hero Academia, was already locked in for an October release in the west and now a new clip has revealed the exact date of its arrival. My Hero One's Justice is officially scheduled for 26th October. Anyon
News Two Spooky Titles Published By Aksys Games Are Coming To Switch
Are you afraid of ghosts?
During the same panel at the 2018 Anime Expo in Los Angeles, Aksys Games revealed the scary 2D side-scrolling adventure, Ghost Parade, would arrive on the Nintendo Switch in 2019. Developed by the Indonesian-based studio, Lentera, Ghost Parade tells the story of a girl named Suri who is lost in a forest and must find her...
News Aksys Games Announces Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax For Switch
Unleash bullet-hell with your friends
During a panel at the 2018 Anime Expo in Los Angeles, Aksys Games announced the positively-received shmup - Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax - would be making its way across to the Nintendo Switch in the near future. As a member of the new Galactic Police Force, your task is to restore peace and order...
Video Get Ready For An Action-Packed Holiday With The New Go Vacation Trailer
Off on your hols
Go Vacation is fast approaching, so it's time to get in the mood for a good holiday with a new video that shows off the game's impressive 50+ events. With up to three other players you can do practically every pastime known to man, ranging from surfing and skydiving to off-road racing and golf. With a whole island to explore, you...
News Trailblazers Will Blaze A Trail With A Physical Edition This September
The need for speed (and paint)
Trailblazers, the upcoming co-op shooter that combines the speed of WipEout with the paint-madness of Splatoon 2, is heading to Nintendo Switch this September. It's also making the jump to retail as well, so all you physical collectors will have one more case to add to your shelves. The Nintendo Switch version will...
News NIS America Announces Three New Games Coming To Switch In 2019
Three game announcements for the price of one
NIS America has officially announced three upcoming titles that are scheduled to land on Nintendo Switch in 2019: The Princess Guide, The Caligula Effect: Overdose, and RPG Maker MV. Without further ado, here's all the info we have on each of the three titles so far...
News Zero Escape Director Unveils AI: The Somnium Files, A Detective Adventure Coming To Switch
Confirmed for worldwide release
Zero Escape series director and scenario writer Kotaro Uchikoshi has unveiled AI: The Somnium Files, a detective adventure game that will be released worldwide on Nintendo Switch. In the game, you'll be investigating the mystery behind a series of murders in a technologically-advanced modern day Tokyo,...
News Go On An Atmospheric 2D Puzzle Adventure In The Mooseman On Switch
Out this month
Publisher Sometimes You has announced that The Mooseman will be arriving on Nintendo Switch later this month. The game is an atmospheric 2D puzzle adventure where players take on the role of the Mooseman, a character that has the ability to see all that is hidden to the mortal eye. As the Mooseman, players...
News Super Destronaut DX Brings Some Classic Arcade Action To Nintendo Switch
Ah, the memories
Developer Petite Games is bringing the Space Invaders-esque retro shooter Super Destronaut DX to Nintendo Switch, adding a new and colourful skin to an arcade classic. The new version boasts 30 different challenges to complete; three modes in the form of Classic Mode, Time Attack & Hardcore; two-player multiplayer;...
News Fresh Details Are Shared For Futuristic Racer GRIP's 'Carkour' Mode
Fine-tune your style
Wired Productions has shared some more details for its upcoming futuristic racer GRIP, including a shiny new trailer which can be seen above. Releasing in "fall 2018", GRIP will feature, among other modes that have already been explored, nineteen challenging ‘Carkour’ maps in which players are tasked with...
News Scratch That Pilotwings Itch With Pilot Sports, Coming To Switch Later This Year
With four-player splitscreen
Pilot Sports, a colourful, cartoon-style arcade flight game that is positively bursting with Pilotwings vibes, has today been announced for Nintendo Switch. The game places an emphasis on local multiplayer, combining that arcade feel with a Wii Sports Resort-style party attitude. There are over 50 courses to explore and...
News A Free Demo Of WarioWare Gold Is Available To Download Right Now
Game will feature a fully-voiced story
A free demo for WarioWare Gold is now available to download from the European Nintendo 3DS eShop. Coming exclusively to 3DS, WarioWare Gold has players pressing buttons, tilting the system, using the touchscreen, and blowing into the microphone through 300 typically-wacky microgames in what has been described...
News Square Enix Aims To Shorten The Slow Localization Process For Dragon Quest Games
You can't rush art
Dragon Quest is one of those series’ that remains a known name for fans of RPGs, but it is still very much a niche franchise when viewed from a broader perspective. Though the games have historically sold incredible numbers in Japan, western audiences are a little more cool towards them, and this is likely due in no small part...
News Get Shaken (Not Stirred) As Hamster Brings The Super Spy To Switch On 12th July
Another ACA Neo Geo addition
Hamster continues its odyssey to port practically every game that ever appeared on the humble Neo Geo with the news that the action adventure of The Super Spy will be bringing its license to kill to the Switch eShop next week (12th July). First released in 1990, it was actually well ahead of its time mixing first-person...
News Curve Digital Is Bringing Velocity 2X And Manual Samuel To Switch In August
Something for everyone
Curve Digital has today announced that it's bringing not one, but two indie games to Switch this August - Velocity 2X and Manual Samuel. Being the ever-helpful folk that we are, we've gathered some tasty info and shiny trailers for you to check out on both titles below. Velocity 2X Velocity 2X follows the...
News Taito Is Resurrecting Ninja Warriors For Switch And Has More Classic IP In Development
"We might also make something original"
On Monday we reported that Taito is releasing a Darius collection on Switch, but it would seem that the company has other retro-themed projects in the works, too. The latest issue of Japanese magazine Weekly Famitsu reveals Ninja Warriors Again - a tentative title at this point - is in development...
News Taiko: Drum Master Appears To Be Getting A Full Western Release On Switch
No need to import
An Australian classification board listing has revealed that Taiko: Drum Master will be receiving a western release. We recently had confirmation that Bandai Namco's rather excellent rhythm game would be getting an English language option in Japan, allowing western players to play through a Japanese copy of the game, but...
News Deck-Building Survival Card Game Frost Is Headed To Switch This Month
Dealing up a treat
Digerati has announced that Frost, a deck-building survival adventure game, is coming to Switch later this month. Frost is a solo survival card game set on a harsh, frozen world ravaged by a lethal storm. You must lead a group of nomads in search of the Refuge – a haven away from the Frost’s icy grip. As well as the...
News SNK 40th Anniversary Collection Will Hit Your Switch In Time For Christmas
Save those coins
SNK has revealed that its 40th Anniversary Collection - which includes some of the company's earliest arcade hits, such as Alpha Mission, Athena, Ikari Warriors, Guerrilla War, P.O.W., Prehistoric Isle, Psycho Soldier, Vanguard, and Victory Road - will arrive on Switch on November...
News The Next Dream Friend For Kirby Star Allies Has Been Teased
Who could it be?
Those of you that check up on the News tab on the Nintendo Switch have likely seen something about the impending summer update for Kirby Star Allies, one which will add in a new batch of characters to the cutesy 2D platformer. We already have seen footage of Daroach and Dark Meta Knight, but there will apparently be more Dream...
News Meet Blast Man, One Of The Explosive New Bosses Coming To Mega Man 11
Having a blast, man
Mega Man 11 may only be getting a digital release in Europe (boo, hiss!), but following our recent hands-on at E3 2018, we're confident it's going to bring the series back with a bang. Talking of bangs, Capcom has unleashed a slew of new details on the upcoming platformer, including a glimpse at one of the brand new bosses -...
News Limited Run Games' Night Trap Collector's Edition Is Open For Pre-Order
It's a trap!
Night Trap - 25th Anniversary Edition returns to consoles this month, including Nintendo Switch, and to celebrate one of the oddest games of the '90s, publisher Limited Run Games has created a retro-themed collector's edition. Spooky! Available for pre-order with a price tag of $69.99 you get a working VHS tape with game's entire FMV...
News Fast-Paced Mech Battler Assault Gunners HD Edition Arrives On Switch This Week
With a 10% launch week discount
Game publisher Marvelous has announced that the mech-based third-person shooter Assault Gunners HD Edition is boosting onto Switch this week. Previously released on PS4 and PC, Assault Gunners HD Edition is set to retain all of the intense mech combat action and high levels of customisation in this latest Switch...
News Team17's Mugsters Will Invade Your Switch On 17th July
And there's a new trailer to celebrate
Team17 has announced that Mugsters, an upcoming physics-based, action puzzle game, will arrive on Nintendo Switch on 17th July. Taking place inside a variety of sandbox-like levels, Mugsters has players experimenting with a whole host of different vehicle types, environmental traps, and usable...
News Semblance Will Bounce Its Platforming Puzzles Onto Switch On 24th July
Another squishy indie on the eShop
It was way back in March that we learned independent South African developer Nyamakop was planning to bring its debut title - the calm and charming puzzle world of Semblance - to Nintendo Switch in 2018. Following a hands-on with the bouncy platformer at BitSummit 2018, it's been revealed the indie curio will...
Video Take a Peek at Some of the Best Switch Games Coming in July
13 to be precise
We laugh in the face of superstition here at NL Towers. We couldn't care less if a black cat crosses our path, dramatically smashes a mirror and runs away underneath a raised ladder. That's absolutely the reason we've dug up 13 of the loveliest looking games coming to Switch in this fair month of July, it's definitely not just a...
News All-Star Fruit Racing Will Support Online Play On Nintendo Switch
Grab your five-a-day online
Remember just over a month ago where All-Star Fruit Racing developer 3DClouds said it wouldn't be bringing online play to Nintendo Switch, and that it was all the Unreal Engine's fault? A karting game you couldn't play online, released over a year after Mario Kart 8 Deluxe? It wasn't a good look, to say the least.) ...
Hands On Going Into Battle With Arena Of Valor, Switch's New MOBA Sensation
League of Legends, only accessible
Nintendo Switch hasn't even hit the 18-month mark and it's already been acquiring all manner of popular new genres. It's jumped onto the hero shooter bandwagon with the excellent Paladins and ticked the battle royale box so hard with Fortnite it's gone right through the paper and snapped the pen for good measure...
News Namco Museum Arcade Pac Is A 2-in-1 Bundle Coming Exclusively To Switch
Very nice indeed
Bandai Namco has announced that it will be bringing Namco Museum Arcade Pac exclusively to Nintendo Switch this September. This 2-in-1 bundle will contain both Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 Plus and Namco Museum, bringing both titles together in a retail release. We loved both of these titles when they first launched, scoring them...
News Mercenaries Wings: The False Phoenix Will Offer A Separate Story To Saga Chronicles On Switch
"A standalone Mercenaries game"
CIRCLE Entertainment has announced Mercenaries Wings: The False Phoenix for Nintendo Switch, a new game coming to the eShop later this year. Once again developed by RideonJapan, Mercenaries Wings: The False Phoenix is not a direct sequel to the tactical RPG trilogy in Mercenaries Saga Chronicles (which was...
News Square Enix’s Business Division 8 Is Working On An Action RPG For Switch
Job listing searching for project assistant
Square Enix has recently posted a job listing in search of a project assistant for an upcoming Switch/PS4 action RPG. The listing, which understandably refrains from going into too much detail, reveals that the position is at Square Enix's Business Division 8, the studio behind the PS4's Secret of...
News Warning! Darius Cozmic Collection Is Approaching Switch Fast!
Something fishy is going on here
Shooter fans, rejoice - Taito is bringing its classic Darius series to the Switch in the form of Darius Cozmic Collection. It's expected to launch in Japan on February 28th 2019 and will cost 5,200 Yen. The collection includes four of the arcade entries, but a limited edition - costing 16,800 Yen - will add five...
News Dragon Quest And Legend Of Zelda-Inspired RPG Tanzia Is Headed To Switch This Month
With a pre-order discount
Tanzia, a single-player RPG that was confirmed to be in development for Switch towards the end of last year, has now received an official release date of 19th July. Inspired by genre classics like Dragon Quest and The Legend of Zelda, Tanzia combines fast-paced strategic combat with elements traditionally seen in...
News Reggie Reveals Metroid Prime 4 Development Is "Proceeding Well"
N64 Mini is mentioned, too
Reggie Fils-Aimé provided a brief update about Metroid Prime 4 during an interview with Game Informer at this year's E3. Despite the absence of the highly anticipated game from the main video presentation, Nintendo of America's president said development of the title was making steady progress. Last year was...
News Pichu And Ice Climbers Receiving Ultimate amiibo Makeover For Super Smash Bros.
All returning classic fighters expected to get the same treatment
When Nintendo finally unveiled Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for the Switch during its special E3 2018 Direct, it didn't hold back. The entire cast in the history of series was confirmed for the line-up, with both classics and fan-favourites alike returning. Now that the dust...
News EA Sports Vice President Says FIFA 19 Will Be Upfront About FUT Card Pack Odds
A better tomorrow
With governments worldwide now cracking down on loot boxes and other forms of micro-transactions within video games, various companies have been required to make adjustments to key franchises in order to pass the new rules and regulations. Speaking to Eurogamer at the Gamelab conference in Barcelona, EA Sports vice president and...
News Devolver Digital’s Broforce Is “En Route” To The Nintendo Switch
Lock & load
Free Lives' popular run-and-gun multiplayer platform shooter, Broforce, appears to be "en route" to the Switch according to a tweet by the game's publisher, Devolver Digital. The affirmation is a surprise considering there was no mention the game was Nintendo-bound during the publisher's E3 video event in June, even though it was...
News Don't Worry, Galak-Z Variant S Is Still Coming To Switch Despite Mysterious Delay
So what happened?
Yesterday was supposed to see the release of Galak-Z Variant S on Switch - a space-shooting action-RPG full of dangerous combat and laser swords - but the game never appeared on the eShop. There was no reason to believe that the game wouldn't arrive as expected, so what exactly happened? And is it still coming to Switch in the...
Video Check Out This New Gameplay Trailer For Upcoming Action-Adventure Unruly Heroes
It's looking very nice indeed
Last summer we reported on the announcement of Unruly Heroes - an action-adventure game from Magic Design Studios that is destined for Switch. Now we have a brand new gameplay trailer for you to feast your eyes on, as well as some tasty details to go with it. Inspired by the famous Chinese novel Monkey King...
Video Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle And The Millionaires’ Conspiracy Gets New Switch Trailer
Releases in Japan this August
Fans of Professor Layton rejoice: a new trailer has appeared for the Switch version of Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle And The Millionaires’ Conspiracy. As you can see, the trailer is celebrating the game's upcoming release in Japan where it is scheduled to launch on 9th August. There's still no word of a...
