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Hello Kitty Island Adventure review

System: Switch
Release date: January 30, 2025
Developer: Sunblink
Publisher: Sunblink


What exactly makes a “cozy game” these days? In many cases it seems to be a bit of a misnomer: for every one that transports you into a relaxed world with a gameplay loop that you can take at your own pace, you’ll find two more that will thrust you into a hellscape of seasonal crops, timed events, and needy NPCs that all require more time management and organizational skills than your actual life does. Hello Kitty Island Adventure is thankfully not one of these latter titles, but it hasn’t quite escaped unscathed from its time trapped on Apple Arcade, and this holds it back from being the experience that it feels like it should be on Nintendo Switch.

Another Arcade Archives game is about to drop on Nintendo Switch, with Marchen Maze due to release worldwide tomorrow, February 6.

Marchen Maze is an action game originally released by Namco in 1988. In the game players will take on the role as Alice as she journey through various fantasy realms to save them from the evil Queen.

Check out a trailer for the game below:

Announcement trailer

Arcade Archives Marchen Maze will cost $7.99 / €6.99 / £6.29 on the Nintendo eShop. You can find coverage of past games in the series here.

The latest Famitsu review scores for the week of February 5, 2025 are as follows:

Neptunia Riders VS Dogoos review

System: Switch
Release date: January 28, 2025
Developer: Compile Heart
Publisher: Idea Factory


Pick up any JRPG and the chances are good that one of the first enemies you’ll encounter on your adventure will be some kind of slime. The gelatinous mass of vaguely sentient ooze has been an unspoken staple of the genre since its foundation, but it is still often little more than a stepping stone on our heroes’ journey to greatness. The Neptunia series variation of this creature is the Dogoo, and it has usually served much the same role as an early game encounter that you quickly forget about. Neptunia Riders VS Dogoos puts the questionably adorable canine-based blobs in a more active role, and unfortunately the result is about what you would expect if you ran over a small blob with a motorcycle.

Star Wars Episode I Jedi Power Battles review

System: Switch
Release date: January 23, 2025
Developer: Aspyr
Publisher: Aspyr

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, many of the long-standing franchises that now dominate the industry were either still in their infancy, or hadn’t even been conceived yet. Consequently, there was significantly less choice for the young gamer when compared to modern times. But one thing we did not suffer from a lack of, and which filled that empty void, was movie tie-ins. With the release of The Phantom Menace, there were few franchises as ripe for exploitation on this front as Star Wars, and over the course of the mid-to-late-2000s we were bombarded with video game adaptations and spin-offs of the still highly divisive prequel trilogy. Star Wars: Episode I: Jedi Power Battles is an unfortunate example of the less civilized part of that age.

The Summer Game Fest 2025 showcase will take place between June 6 -9, it has been announced today. It will be hosted once again at YouTube Theater in Los Angeles at 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET / 10 PM in the UK / 11 PM in Europe. Those not attending will be able to watch it live online.

These showcases tend to have varying level of Nintendo Switch news, and we may also be able to expect some Nintendo Switch 2 news this year too. We’ll be sure to keep you updated on everything when the event happens later in the year.

Thanks to the official X account for today’s news.

With the arrival of Hello Kitty Island Adventure on Nintendo Switch today, a launch trailer has been released to commemorate the occasion. Although the physical release won’t be available until later in the spring, the game is available to purchase digitally now via the Nintendo eShop.

Catch up on the game with the overview below:

Side-scrolling shooter Snezhinka: Sentinel Girls 2 will release on Nintendo Switch next month, publisher PLAYISM and developer hinyari9 have announced. The title, released on PC last year, will arrive on February 13, 2025.

For further information, check out the overview below:

Publisher PLAYISM and developer Bombservice have announced that they will be bringing Momodora: Moonlit Farewell to Nintendo Switch, with the game due to arrive on February 7. The game is the latest in the series, and was released on PC last year.

Get an overview of the game below:

Ratalaika Games and Shinyuden have announced the release of RPG Sugoro Quest: Dice Heroes for Nintendo Switch for Western audiences, with the board game-style turn-based title due to arrive on February 7, 2025.

Get an overview of the game below:


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