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Tying in with April Fools’ Day, Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield are hosting a special Max Raid Battle event. It’s all about Magikarp, though you can’t actually catch the creature. The good news is that you can still obtain items by going through the battle.

Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield’s latest Max Raid Battle will last for just a single day. After that, things will return to normal.

Potion Party

The fast-paced party game Potion Party will be appearing on Switch next week, Top Hat Studios and RPGames have announced. It will be available on April 8.

Here’s an overview of Potion Party, along with a trailer:

This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Earth Defense Force: World Brothers

D3Publisher has nailed down a final release date for the western version of Earth Defense Force: World Brothers. The game will launch digitally in North America and Europe as well as Asia on May 27.

Earth Defense Force: World Brothers originally debuted on December 24, 2020 in Japan.

Here’s an official overview of the game:

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Famitsu are as follows:

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion, an action adventure game first confirmed for Switch last October, has secured a final release date. It will be available digitally on April 22, Graffiti Games and Snoozy Kazoo confirmed today.

Here’s a refresher on Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion:

Fire Emblem Heroes

Nintendo and Intelligent Systems have announced a new 5.4.0 update for Fire Emblem Heroes, which should be going live around April 4. It’ll include the Celestial Stone item, new weapon skills and weapons to refine, and changes for various parts of the game.

Here’s the full roundup of details:

Switch has received a few different entries in the Oddworld series, and it now looks like they’ll soon be bundled together. Over on Amazon France, the retailer is listing Oddworld Collection. The package will contain Munch’s Oddysee, New ‘n’ Tasty, and Stranger’s Wrath.

There hasn’t been an official announcement yet, so we’re waiting on the finer details such as whether this will be a worldwide release. Regardless, Amazon France lists Oddworld Collection for May 27. Pre-orders are open here.

Sol Cresta

At this time last year, PlatinumGames “announced” Sol Cresta, which many assumed was an April Fools’ Day joke. The same game has now returned and it turns out that the project is moving forward.

Sol Cresta is a shoot ’em up title for Switch modeled after Moon Cresta and Terra Cresta. It will also be the first part of the new “Neo Classic Arcade” series in collaboration with Hamster.

Here’s the first trailer:


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