Ghostpia Season One started out digital-only, but over in Japan, a physical release is planned. It will launch on March 13, 2025.
Ghostpia previously came out in English, and that will be supported in the new boxed version. Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese will also be included on the cartridge.
TrampolineTales brought Luck be a Landlord to came to consoles this week, and we have gameplay. The roguelike deckbuilder just landed on Nintendo Switch.
We’ve got a refresher on what to expect via the following overview:
System: Switch
Release date: January 23, 2025
Developer: Passtech Games
Publisher: Nacon
“Once upon a time” is an almost universally recognised phrase, beginning tales that many of us will have heard before, and will almost certainly follow a familiar pattern. There will be a hero, a villain, and in the end the former will defeat the latter, and the tale will have a happy ending. In modern interpretations of these classic tales at least, it’s rare that you’ll find one that doesn’t have a happy ending, unless it has been deliberately contrived for the sake of provoking shock in the audience, which it typically fails to do, being so exaggerated as to feel more cliche than original. Ravenswatch, the second game to be developed by Passtech Games, is an extremely rare example of this inversion of fairy tales done right, with some solid roguelike gameplay to back it up.
Today, publisher Kinda Brave and developer Ember Trail announced Distant Bloom for Nintendo Switch. A release window has yet to be provided.
Distant Bloom is described as a “serene management game” that “lets you explore an alien planet where things have gone amiss.” You’ll be using plants to restore the world and build a community with your crewmates.
Pokemon Unite is back again with another update and players can download version 1.17.2.10.
For the most part, the update is all about the latest balance adjustments. The team made changes to Pokemon stats as well as moves.
Retroware will be publishing Neon Inferno for Nintendo Switch, the studio confirmed today. A release is planned for Q3 2025.
Neon Inferno offers a mix of 2D run-and-gun and gallery-shooter gameplay. Zenovia Interactive, the studio behind Steel Assault, is handling development.
January 26: Progress Orders, which was previously announced for Nintendo Switch in Japan, is now confirmed for English release in the west. This also appears to be a simultaneous worldwide launch. According to the eShop listing, the game launches overseas on April 9, 2025.
Progress Orders is a guild management RPG from Yoshifumi Hashimoto’s studio Hakama. Hashimoto is known for his past work on the Story of Seasons and Rune Factory titles.
Sometimes You and Studio Elan are finally bringing Please Be Happy to Nintendo Switch, the two sides shared today. The title is due out on February 21, 2025.
Please Be Happy, a yuri visual novel, was first announced for Nintendo Switch way back in 2020. It was expected that year, but the launch never happened. We’ll now finally be seeing it in a couple of weeks.
Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake sales surpass two million worldwide [update: sales better than expected]
December 5: Square Enix just gave its first official sales update on Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake, revealing that the game has sold over two million copies worldwide. That’s based on worldwide shipments and digital downloads across all platforms combined.
Square Enix didn’t provide any further specifics. However, based on the latest data from Famitsu, we know that about one million copies were sold in Japan at retail.
January 28: Splatoon 3 will be running back its Chocolate-themed Splatfest next month: once again, players will be asked their preference between milk chocolate, white chocolate, and dark chocolate.
