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Lizzie Freeman has had a number of different voice roles in gaming and anime over the past few years, including JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Sword Art Online, Fire Emblem Heroes, and Dragalia Lost. She’s also voicing Zas in Cris Tales, one of the RPG’s main characters.

We recently had a chance to speak with Freeman about her role in Cris Tales and other topics. Outside of the upcoming Switch game, she spoke about how she became involved with voice acting, shared advice for those aspiring to get involved in the same field, spoke about her love for Nintendo, and more.

Here’s our full discussion:

Island

Following its debut on PC, the visual novel Island will be appearing on Switch in April. A physical release is confirmed for Japan, and English will be supported.

Play-Asia recently opened pre-orders for Island. If you’d like to secure a copy, head on over here.

Island launches for Switch on April 8.

Nintendo eShop

Nintendo’s upcoming maintenance schedule has been updated. Aside from a session involving all eShops within the next day or so, there’s more downtime planned for the following week.

The full schedule is as follows:

RetroMania Wrestling

RetroMania Wrestling, a fast-paced pick up and play 2D arcade wrestling game, finally made it to Switch this week. You can find some footage in the video below.

RetroMania Wrestling is out now on the Switch eShop. We have some additional coverage here.

SturmFront - The Mutant War: Übel Edition

Earlier this week Red Art Games and Andrade Games released SturmFront – The Mutant War: Übel Edition on Switch. Get a look at some footage below.

SturmFront – The Mutant War: Übel Edition is out now on the Switch eShop, with a physical version to follow. We have more details about the launch here.

Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos

Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos received a fairly sizable update on Switch this week. There are many improvements relating to the game’s classes, quality of life, and balancing. A ton of fixes have also been implemented.

The full patch notes are as follows:

Poison Control

Listings on the eShops provide file sizes for a bunch of Switch games. These include Death end re;Quest, Poison Control, Say No! More, and more.

Here’s the full roundup:

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Hot Wheels Unleashed

Hot Wheels Unleashed was announced for Switch back in February. We already have quite a few gameplay details, but the debut trailer was only CG.

Fortunately, we now have screenshots that offer up a look at how the title is actually shaping up. Check out the full set in the gallery below.

Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection

Following its announcement in the February 2021 Nintendo Direct, Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection received new coverage in a recent issue of Famitsu. The Japanese magazine was able to speak with Team Ninja’s Fumihiko Yasuda to learn more about the trilogy re-release. There was discussion about the collection itself as well as other topics, including how the first Ninja Gaiden took inspiration from Zelda: Ocarina of Time (not to mention scrapped plans for a fishing system), the possibility of Ryu in Smash Bros., and more. 

We’ve gone ahead and prepared a complete translation of the interview. Continue on below to read it in full.

Bond of Trust has been announced as the latest summoning event in Fire Emblem Heroes. It will feature Farina, Louise, Erk, and Pent. A new story chapter is planned as well.

Fire Emblem Heroes will kick off Bond of Trust on April 6. View a trailer for the event below.


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