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Gimmick Special Edition

Sunsoft today revealed that it’s bringing back Gimmick!, a platformer the company first launched in 1992. A release is planned for this winter on Switch where it will be called Gimmick! Special Edition.

Gimmick! has players maneuvering the tiny green toy Yumetaro through punishingly difficult levels to save its lost owner. New features are planned for the upcoming release, including achievements, time attack mode, save, load and rewind functions, a gallery mode, and more.

Kirby's Dream Buffet

This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Switch Retail

Slaycation Paradise
Two Point Campus

Ooblets release date

Glumberland has nailed down a final release date for the Switch version of Ooblets, its creature collecting, farming, dancing, and life sim game. Console owners can pick up the title starting on September 1, 2022.

While Ooblets has been in early access since last summer, it’s gained a ton of content since then. This includes new regions, ooblets, crops, story content, systems, and many quality of life updates. Ooblets will launch on Switch as version 1.0 and includes everything previously released as well as multiple new locations to visit, new quests/clothes/ooblets, and the conclusion to the game’s main storyline.

Vengeful Guardian Moonrider

Publisher The Arcade Crew and developer JoyMasher (Blazing Chrome) today revealed Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider, a side-scrolling action platformer channeling the golden age of classic 16-bit action games in a refined, full-throttle quest for revenge. It will be available this fall on Switch.

Learn more about the game in the following overview:

Them's Fightin' Herds release date

Them’s FIghtin’ Herds, a fighter from Modus Games and Mane6, now has a final release date. The game will be available for Switch on October 18, 2022, it’s been announced.

Here’s an overview of Them’s Fightin’ Herds:

RPG Time: The Legend of Wright

It’s time for the latest North American Nintendo Download report for the week of August 18, 2022. The latest releases include Cursed to Golf, RPG Time: The Legend of Wright, We Are OFK, and more.

Here’s the full lineup:

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Famitsu are as follows*:

Hakoniwa Bokujou Hitsuji Mura

Today, Success Corporation announced that it’s developing Hakoniwa Bokujou Hitsuji Mura for Switch. A release is planned for November 10, 2022 in Japan.

Although it’s not a big name in the west, the Hitsuji Mura series has been around since 2003. There was only one entry on a Nintendo platform previously – specifically Hakoniwa Seikatsu Hitsuji Mura DS (for DS) in 2008.

Cursed to Golf trailer

Thunderful and Chuhai Labs have prepared a launch trailer for Cursed to Golf, their new golf-like adventure title. The game lands on Switch today.

We have more information about it in the following overview:

Labyrinth of Zangetsu English

Original (8/16): According to various retailer listings, Labyrinth of Zangetsu will be receiving an English release in the west. PQube will be localizing the game and it will launch in North America and Europe in Q1 2023.

Labyrinth of Zangetsu was first announced for Switch in January 2021. The game will make its debut this September in Japan. 


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