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Skate City

In celebration of Skate City’s release, a new launch trailer has come in. We’ve included the video below.

Skate City can be purchased digitally for Switch on the eShop. Learn more about the game here.

Rise Eterna

The tactical RPG Rise Eterna will make its debut on Switch next week. Some footage of the title has now come in, which you can see below.

Rise Eterna will be accessible digitally as an eShop download on May 13. In case you missed it, we have further details as well as a trailer here.

Tattoo Punk

No Gravity Games and VARSAV Game Studios have announced Tattoo Punk, a story-driven management title in which players customize a tattoo studio, make futuristic tats, and grow their business and brand. The project will be released on Switch.

Here’s some additional information and a trailer:

The Caligula Effect 2

FuRyu and Historia issued a new trailer for their RPG The Caligula Effect 2. Get a look at the video below.

The Caligula Effect 2 is lined up for June 24 in Japan. In North America and Europe, the game is slated for this fall.

Fire Emblem Heroes has a new Summoning Focus and more new content, check it out here:

The arcade puzzle shooter Flowing Lights releases soon, and footage from the game is now live on YouTube. This over 24 minutes of gameplay shows off the beginning of the game and gives a good glimpse of the strategic shooting gameplay.

Check out the full gameplay preview below.

Flowing Lights releases on Switch on May 7, 2021. 

It turns out that Level-5 isn’t done with Layton’s Mystery Journey. The company has announced Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and The Millionaires’ Conspiracy Deluxe Edition Plus for Switch, which is on track for July 8 in Japan.

Based on what we know thus far, it’s largely the same as the original. However, players can switch between the original voice acting or new voice acting from the anime at any point.

The tactical rogue-lite Crying Suns is on the way to Switch, Humble Games and Alt Shift Studio have announced. It will launch digitally on May 27.

Here’s an overview of Crying Suns, along with a trailer:

Chris Meledandri

Earlier today, we heard that Chris Meledandri will be selected as an outside director at Nintendo. Nintendo elaborated on the move during its financial results call.

Nintendo explained that Meledandri “will appropriately supervise our companyʼs management from an objective perspective, while providing valuable advice to our organization, based on his broad experience and insight gained as a leader in the field of entertainment.” Also mentioned, “We believe that the addition of Mr. Meledandri will help to ensure our balance of diversity, including global perspective, knowledge, and experience, further enhancing the effectiveness of our Board of Directors.”

Here’s the full bit on Meledandri’s role at Nintendo:


Nintendo briefly touched on its IP expansion plans as part of its latest financial results.

Super Nintendo World recently opened at Universal Studios Japan (though it was temporarily closed due an increase in coronavirus cases) and a new Pikmin app is in the works. The company also teased that it is “continuing to work on various other initiatives to expand the number of people who have access to Nintendo IP.”

Nintendo’s full words:



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