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Palworld Pocketpair Nintendo lawsuit

Nintendo has filed a lawsuit against Pocketpair – the studio known for Palworld – together with The Pokemon Company.

Those that have been keeping up with Palworld since it burst onto the scene this year may not be overly surprised by the news. The lawsuit is seeking “injunction against infringement and compensation for damages”. Nintendo and The Pokemon Company believe that Palworld “infringes multiple patent rights.”

Nikoderiko: The Magical World release date

August 20: Nikoderiko: The Magical World almost has a release date, as the game has now been confirmed to arrive in October. We should be given the exact day closer to launch.

Nikoderiko: The Magical World, a side-scrolling platformer with music from David Wise, was only just revealed a couple of months ago. We were given a vague 2024 launch window at the time.

Here’s an overview of the game:

Button City Soccer Days Among Us

Collaborations are all the rage these days, and it’s now been announced that Among Us is joining Button City Soccer Days. In the game, players will go up against rival teams, including a group of Crewmates.

Here’s an overview of the game:

Achilles Legends Untold

Following its original launch last year, Achilles: Legends Untold is now getting a new version for Switch. It’ll be ready to go before the end of the year.

Achilles: Legends Untold, an action RPG with an isometric story and Souls-like combat, has players taking on the roll of a warrior who goes on a journey to save the world. More information is attached in the following overview:

The Fable: Manga Build Roguelike

Kodansha and Mono Entertainment are bringing The Fable: Manga Build Roguelike to Switch, the two sides revealed today. The game launches in 2025.

The Fable: Manga Build Roguelike is a roguelike deckbuilder based on the manga series The Fable. In the game, players  place panels on the manga page in battle.

Here’s some additional information:

Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot release date

It’s been a little while since we last heard about Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot, but the game secured its release date today. Switch owners can grab it on October 31, 2024.

You may recall that we originally reported on the game back in March 2023. The game has been in Early Access on PC for some time, but will now see its full launch on multiple platforms.

Here’s some information about it for those that need a refresher:

Minecraft update 1.21.30

Minecraft is back with another sizable update, and players can download version 1.21.30.

The update lets villagers sleep soundly and foxes are getting a parity change. Plus, bundles are now available as an experimental feature. There are other bug fixes, made parity changes, and more as well.

The full rundown is as follows:

Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars Reforged

August 16: Revolution Software today confirmed that it’s working on a Switch version of Broken Sword – Shadow of the Templars: Reforged and shared a release date for the game. The title will be available for Nintendo’s console on September 19, 2024.

Broken Sword – Shadow of the Templars: Reforged is an updated version of the classic point-and-click adventure game. Redone graphics and enhanced audio are a couple of the highlighted features. In fact, you can easily swap between the new visuals of the original and Reforged.

A bunch of additional information about the game can be found in the following overview:

SNES Mouse Switch Online

Based on a recent datamine, it’s possible that Nintendo Switch Online could add support for the Super NES Mouse in the future.

Dataminer LuigiBlood has been poking through the latest Nintendo Switch Online update for the SNES app that went live last night. Four more games were added, which you can read about here.

Arsene Lupin: Once A Thief

May 27: Today, publisher Microids and developer Blazing Griffin announced Arsene Lupin: Once A Thief. The title is on track for a late 2024 debut on Switch.

Arsene Lupin: Once A Thief is a mystery game that “offers an immersive journey into the world of the iconic gentleman-burglar.” Players can experience “iconic tales drawn from the work of Maurice Leblanc to discover how the legend was forged.”

Here’s some additional information:


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