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Splatoon 3 update 9.1.0

Nintendo is sneaking out another update for Splatoon, which will bring the game to version 9.1.0. This will be available in just under an hour – 6 PM PT / 9 PM ET / 2 AM in the UK / 3 AM in Europe.

For those participating in the imminent Grand Festival event, you’ll need to access the latest patch as data for it has been added. Also, a few bug fixes have been implemented as well.

Here’s the full overview of the update:

Team Zutsuu

Spooky season is almost upon us, and Team Zutsuu will be joining in on the festivities with Atama. The game launches for Switch on September 19, 2024.

Atama, a stealth horror game, has players investigating a cursed rural Japanese village. The main hook involves using psychic powers to see through the eyes of your pursuers to avoid detection.

Get more information in the following overview:

Keeper's Toll

Stingbot Games is readying Keeper’s Toll for Switch, and has confirmed that it’s set to launch next month. A release is scheduled for October 25, 2024.

Keeper’s Toll is an action arcade roguelite. Throughout the experience, players will face off against hordes of enemies and grueling bosses with action RPG combat.

For further details, check out the following overview:

Toy Tactics

Today, publisher Joystick Ventures and developer Kraken Empire announced a new Switch version of Toy Tactics. It should be ready at the end of this year.

Toy Tactics is a physics-based real-time strategy game. Players personalize battle tactics by hand to defend against enemy hordes of minifigure units like Roman soldiers, Samurai warriors, raptor-riding skeletons, and more.

Additional information is available in the following overview:

Sonic Advance remaster

SEGA has started to remaster and bring back a number of different games in the Sonic the Hedgehog series over the past few years, but the same can’t be said of the Sonic Advance titles. However, it sounds like the company has at least some interest in doing so.

For those that are unaware, Sonic Advance saw three different entries on the Game Boy Advance. Each one was largely handled by Dimps. The thing is, they’ve never return after originally launched on the GBA.

8-Bit Adventures 2 release date

Critical Games today provided a release date for the console versions of 8-Bit Adventures 2, including Switch. It’ll be ready to go on October 16, 2024.

8-Bit Adventures 2 has been a long time coming as we first reported on it nearly three years ago. Now after the PC version debuted, Switch players will be able to get their hands on the RPG in a matter of weeks.

We have the following information about the game:

XSEED and Marvelous have come through with a final release date for Potionomics: Masterwork Edition. The game is confirmed to launch for Switch on October 22, 2024.

We previously reported on Potionomics: Masterwork Edition in April. At the time, we only had a vague fall release window.

Here’s an overview of the game:

Shikhondo: Youkai Rampage

CFK and Deerfarm are working together on a new Switch version of Shikhondo: Youkai Rampage, the two sides announced today. No release window is available at this time.

Shikhondo: Youkai Rampage is a vertically scrolling shoot ’em up (bullet hell) game in which players need to avoid the attacks of Youkai escaping the depths of hell, acquire souls, and defeat waves of enemies with strong attacks. This follows Shikhondo: Soul Eater (read about it here), which came to Switch a few years ago.

Sunsoft is Back: Retro Game Selection gameplay

Sunsoft is Back: Retro Game Selection gameplay has surfaced showing the different titles in the package. You can get a look at The Wing of Madoola, Firework Thrower Kantaro’s 53 Stations of the Tokaido, and Ripple Island.

Further information is attached in the following overview:

Piczle Cross: Rune Factory

Piczle Cross: Rune Factory is in development for Switch, publisher Rainy Frog and developer Score Studios just announced. A release is planned for 2025.

Piczle Cross: Rune Factory will offer 300 nonogram puzzles. The game has a few other aspects to it as well, including fighting and capturing monsters, customizing your farm, and more.

Here’s a full overview with all of the details:


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