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Today is Nippon Ichi Software’s 30 year anniversary, and the studio has made a special 30th anniversary website to celebrate. This site contains loads of neat little details and information, including a teaser page for four upcoming 30th anniversary games.

Of these, only one is confirmed: Hayarigami 1-2-3 Pack, a horror visual novel collection releasing on Switch in Japan later this July. The other three titles are complete mysteries which will likely be announced in the coming months.

Original (12/15): Falcom had previously announced that the next installment in the Ys series would be making its way to Switch, and we now have a few more details on the title. The game is officially titled Ys X: Nordics, and will be releasing on Switch in Japan in 2023.

Ys X: Nordics is releasing to celebrate the series’ 35th anniversary. It’s set to expand gameplay in new directions for the franchise, such as by offering expanded control of multiple characters through a new “Cross Action” system or introducing sailing and naval battles as a core feature.

For more information on Ys X: Nordics, check out the following overview and associated screenshots.

With the Bowser Tour soon to end, Nintendo has announced the next event coming to Mario Kart Tour. Said event will be a new Mii Tour and will feature the addition of new driver and kart elements, as well as the new GCN Mushroom Bridge course. This new Tour will go live on May 16, at 11 PM PST.

Check out more information on the upcoming Mii Tour in the trailer below.

Nintendo has announced that the next event coming to Mario Kart Tour will be a 2023 version of a Bowser Tour. This Tour will feature the addition of new driver and kart elements, as well as the new SNES Bowser Castle 3 course.

You can learn more about the upcoming Bowser Tour in the trailer below.

Square Enix has announced that Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Offline will be receiving a substantial paid content expansion very soon. Said expansion, titled “The Sleeping Hero and the Guiding Ally”, will release on May 26 in Japan for 4,400 yen.

This expansion will apparently provide an amount of content equivalent to that of the base game, with players being able to experience new adventures in the land of Rendashia via luxury cruise ship rides or even the ability to fly through the sky on a dragon’s back. Additionally, this version will feature new story content not present in the original Online release, revolving around the expansion’s new party member Anlucia.

You can check out a trailer for Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Offline’s “The Sleeping Hero and the Guiding Ally” expansion below.

Original (12/13): Developer Sting has announced that Blaze Union: Story to Reach the Future Remaster will be releasing on Switch in Japan. It will release in the region sometime in 2023.

Blaze Union: Story to Reach the Future Remaster is a remaster of the original Blaze Union: Story to Reach the Future, a strategy RPG released originally on PSP in 2010. That game was itself a prequel to Yggdra Union: We’ll Never Fight Alone, a 2006 Game Boy Advance game that received a Switch rerelease a few years ago.

Falcom has issued a new gameplay trailer for the Switch version of Tokyo Xanadu eX+, showing off in-game footage of the title alongside its theme song, “Seize the Day”.

Here is some more information on the game:

Nintendo has announced the next event coming to Mario Kart Tour, a new Yoshi Tour which will go live on April 4. This event is set to add a hefty amount of new content to the game, including two new courses in the form of Yoshi’s Island and GBA Yoshi Desert, as well as Poochy as a new playable driver.

Here is a trailer showcasing the upcoming Yoshi Tour:

Gemdrops has announced that Kizuna AI: Touch the Beat! will be delayed slightly. Rather than releasing in late April, the game will now be made available on May 25, 2023.

Regarding the delay decision, Gemdrops has stated that it was made “in order to improve the quality of the content” of the game.

This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:


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