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Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot The First Cases release date

Agatha Christie – Hercule Poirot: The First Cases, which was first announced for Switch in July, now has a release date. Publisher Microids and developer Blazing Griffin today announced that it will be available for Switch on October 5 in North America, September 28 in Europe, and October 12 in Australia / New Zealand.

In addition to the release date, Microids is celebrating Agatha Christie’s birthday with a new developer diary for Hercule Poirot: The First Cases, which explores the game’s inspirations and ambitions and contains new behind-the-scenes footage. Neil McPhillips and Justin Alae-Carew (both co-heads of Games) explain how they tackled the creation of a brand-new and original Hercule Poirot experience yet stayed authentic to the franchise. 

Here’s the full video:

metroid dread commercial

Nintendo is ramping up its advertising efforts for Metroid Dread and has now come out with the game’s very first North American commercial. Also, seeing how it’s coming out on the same day, the Big N is using the advert as a way of promoting the new Switch OLED model as well.

Here’s an overview of Metroid Dread:

Battle Spirits: Connected Battlers

Battle Spirits: Connected Battlers was announced for Switch back in April. Today, FuRyu confirmed that the game will release on January 20, 2022 in Japan. Pricing is set at 6,980 yen.

Battle Spirits: Connected Battlers, a digital trading card game, will contain over 1,000 cards. Other elements include tutorials, online play, and more.

A brief teaser trailer was shared as part of the announcement earlier this year, but we now have a proper gameplay trailer. You can check it out below.

The Wild at Heart release date

Publisher Humble Games and developer Moonlight Kids have announced a final release date for the Switch version of The Wild at Heart, their action-adventure game. It’ll be available starting on November 16.

Fore more on The Wild at Heart, check out the following overview:

Good Smile today announced that it will be producing two new Nendoroids based on the Undertale series. In addition to a figure for Sans, there’ll be one for Papyrus as well.

Additional specifics were not shared. It’s looking like things are early on in the production process as we only have concept images at this time.

Developer Onfire Games and publisher CFK have announced that side-scrolling action game Brain Meltdown: Into Despair is set to launch on the Switch eShop next month. Check out a trailer and overview for the game below the break.

Leading up to the release of Shin Megami Tensei V, Atlus has been sharing videos each day going over the details of many of the games’ demons. Today’s daily demon video highlights the demon Dakini. Check out the video and additional details on its lore and history below the break.

Visual novel Lovekami: Healing Harem arrived on Switch last week. Check out some gameplay with the video below.

Hamster has published an increasing number of arcade classic ports to the Switch eShop through its Arcade Archives label. This week, they are adding the puzzle game Soldam.

Here’s a brief description of Soldam from International Arcade Museum:

Metallic Child arrives digitally on the Switch eShop tomorrow, and a day one update has already been made available for players who pre-purchased the title. In addition, Studio HQ has offered patch notes for updates coming to the title in the future. Here’s what’s changing according to translations by Perfectly Nintendo:


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