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Alisa: Director's Cut

Top Hat Studios and Casper Croes are bringing Alisa to Switch with a new Director’s Cut version, the two sides announced today. It’ll be out for Switch on February 6, 2024.

Alisa is a cult-classic 90s homage survival horror game with pre-rendered backgrounds, fixed camera angles, and the ability to choose between classic tank controls or modern controls. We’ve got some additional details in the following overview:

Lil' Guardsman release date

Lil’ Guardsman just received a release date on Switch, and it’s only a couple of weeks away. The game will be hitting the eShop on January 23, 2024.

Lil’ Guardsman was first confirmed for Switch last April. It was originally planned for 2023, and while that target was missed, we’re less than a month into 2024.

One Piece Pirate Warriors 4 Shanks and Coby DLC

December 18: Two more characters have been revealed for One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 with Shanks and Coby both now confirmed as DLC.

Shanks and Coby will be included in the One Piece Film: Red Pack. That same wave of DLC includes Uta, who was previously announced.

New GSD data has revealed the best-selling games of 2023 in the UK.

EA Sports FC 24 took the top spot followed by Hogwarts Legacy in second place. In terms of Nintendo-published games, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is at #9 with Super Mario Bros. Wonder at #11. Keep in mind that Nintendo’s placements are only based on physical sales as the company does not provide digital data, so its games could have reached higher with that information.

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Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 1 update 1.4.0

December 20: Konami has announced a new version 1.4.0 update for Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 that will be going live on Switch soon.

The package is adding new features such as smoothing, game screen settings, and screen filter for the original game and bonus content. An audio settings feature will also be available.

Here’s the full rundown:

Fire Emblem Heroes New Heroes & Rearmed Reinhardt

New Heroes & Rearmed Reinhardt is the next summoning event for Fire Emblem Heroes, Nintendo and Intelligent Systems have announced.

Rearmed Hero Reinhardt: Thrud Reborn, along with three other new Heroes from Fire Emblem: Thracia 776, will be included. Tina: Playful Scamp, Safy: Font of Piety, and Lara: Step Lively make up the rest of the lineup.


Arcade Archives Mighty Guy gameplay

Hamster kept up its string of Arcade Archives releases on Switch with Mighty Guy this week, and we now have gameplay. Footage comes from the company’s latest live stream as usual. 

Here’s a bit of information about the game, courtesy of the eShop listing:

Hogwarts Legacy sales

According to Warner Bros. Games, Hogwarts Legacy sales have surpassed 22 million copies worldwide.

It’s unclear how many of those sales are from Switch – especially given how that version launched at the end of 2023. However, based on recent eShop charts, U.S. data from Circana, and more, it seems to be doing very well on the platform.

Regarding the sales success for Hogwarts Legacy, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment president David Haddad told Variety:

Pokemon TV app discontinued

The Pokemon Company today announced that it will be discontinuing its official Pokemon TV app.

It will not longer be available for download on January 8, 2024 – that’s today. This applies to the Switch eShop, App Store, Google Play, Roku Channel Store, Amazon Appstore, and Pokemon.com.

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Violet Wisteria

Publisher Eastasiasoft, in collaboration with developer Kanipro Games, today announced plans for a Switch version of Violet Wisteria. It’s scheduled for March 2024.

Violet Wisteria is a retro-styled action platformer with a unique tri-color attack system. Additional information is included in the following overview:


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