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Hamster has announced Finest Hour as the latest Arcade Archives game on Switch. A worldwide release is planned for September 28, 2023.

A side-scrolling action game first released by Namco (now Bandai Namco Entertainment) in 1989, the player takes the role of a robot named Cygnus and must aim to reach a goal within the time limit. The game features jump and lock-on functions that the player will need to utilise to accomplist this.

Arcade Archives Finest Hour will cost $7.99 / €6.99 / £6.29 on the Switch eShop.

Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster review

System: Switch
Release date: September 14, 2023
Developer: Monolith Soft / tri-Crescendo / logicalbeat
Publisher: Bandai Namco


Those who knew of Monolith Soft before their rise to fame with Xenoblade Chronicles will no doubt know them for their work on Xenosaga instead. Few will have heard of Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean and its prequel Baten Kaitos Origins, two titles that were released in the early 2000s on the Gamecube and were generally well-received, but failed to make a lasting impact with sales, and were largely forgotten about beyond occasional rumors of a third game being in the works or canceled that would surface from time-to-time over the years. Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster brings these two games to the Switch with enhanced visuals and quality of life features, and while both games are a product of the times and beginning to show their age in places, they hold up remarkably well and are worth experiencing for any fans of Monolith Soft’s later titles.

An extensive new update has gone live for TemTem, bringing the game up to version 1.5. on Switch. This kicks off the Endless Night season in the game, and brings a wide variety of adjustment and bug fixes.

Full details can be found below:

Fresh Start review

System: Switch
Release date: September 14, 2023
Developer: Awaken Realms
Publisher: Merge Games


Growing up, I never really believed that cleaning up could be a game. That was just a painfully transparent lie that my parents (no doubt inspired by Mary Poppins) told me in some effort to get me to tidy up, even knowing as I did that it was only going to get messed up again within five minutes. But as I grew older I learned that there was something very satisfying and rewarding about accomplishing a simple task, and Merge Games’ latest title, Fresh Start, aims to capitalize on that feeling through its cozy and relaxing gameplay. While it succeeds admirably on that front, it could have used a little more cleaning and polishing before it was brought over to the Switch, and the end result is a muddied experience that is tough to recommend.

Rocket Panda Games has announced that Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate, a remastered version of the side-scrolling beat ’em up, will be coming to Switch next year. No exact release date was announced. The game has been rebuilt in Unreal Engine 5, and will feature enhanced visuals and new features.

Here’s an overview of the game and a trailer, courtesy of Rocket Panda Games:

Today marks the arrival of arcade brawler sequel Bud Spencer & Terence Hill – Slaps and Beans 2, and publisher ININ Games have dropped a launch trailer to commemorate the occasion.

Catch up on the game below:

The latest Famitsu review scores for the week of September 20, 2023 are as follows:

System: Switch
Release date: August 24, 2023
Developer: Colorgrave
Publisher: Colorgrave


It would be fair to say that while Capcom hasn’t entirely abandoned the Mega Man franchise, it has been somewhat lax with support for it within recent times, favoring collective releases of past series rather than making entirely new games. It has fallen to smaller studios to carry the torch and deliver new experiences, and Battery Staple Games has risen to the occasion magnificently with 30XX, a follow-up to their previous take on the formula.

Fae Farm Frost Thistle

In this guide for Fae Farm we’ll tell you where to find Frost Thistle. You’ll need this material to craft many different items later during your adventure.

Once you’ve completed “A Way to Clear the Air” and restored life to the Elven Village, it will be time to move on from the Fae Realm to new areas you haven’t been able to explore yet. Back in town, Frida will give you the quest “A Refreshing Favor” after you’ve spoken with her, and will ask you for a Frost Thistle. As you might have guessed, you’ll find this item at the Frozen Plateau, an area you won’t have been able to access before now due to the blizzard freezing your character after a few seconds.

A new update has been released for Nobunaga’s Ambition: Awakening, bringing the game to version 1.0.4 on Switch. This update is quite extensive, providing a number of small additional features designed to improve the overall gameplay experience. The usual bug fixes are also present. You can get the full details below:


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