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Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

Listings on the eShops provide file sizes for a bunch of Switch games. These include Crash Bandicoot 4, Everhood, Paperball Deluxe, and more.

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Dragon Quest XI S

Plans for games often change during development, and Dragon Quest XI is no exception. In a recent interview published by Square Enix, 3D art director Yoshiko Hiyama revealed that for Heliodor, there was originally “an idea to include a well that connects to an underground area – an element that follows traditional gameplay found in Dragon Quest games.”

That plan was scrapped, though it did end up elsewhere. As for why it didn’t make sense in Heliodor, Hiyama said the city “was already quite voluminous” and there was already a secret passage.

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Monster Hunter Rise

Best Buy has revealed a special pre-order bonus for Monster Hunter Rise. By reserving the game, you’ll get the steelbook pictured above. We’re hearing that those who reserved Monster Hunter Rise before the steelbook offer was announced should have their orders automatically updated.

Also remember that there’s another pre-order bonus planned for Monster Hunter Rise. Retailers are giving out a pack containing the Palamute Golden Retriever Costume (layered armor), Palico Forest Cat Costume (layered armor), and Stat Boosting Novice Talisman.

Monster Hunter Rise releases for Switch on March 26. You can pre-order on Best Buy here.

Akiba's Trip: Hellbound & Debriefed

Update (2/13): Amazon has opened pre-orders for the Akiba’s Trip: Hellbound & Debriefed 10th Anniversary Edition here.


Original (2/10): XSEED Games made it official today that it will publish the Switch version of Akiba’s Trip: Hellbound & Debriefed in the west. The title is slated for this summer.

Akiba’s Trip: Hellbound & Debriefed will have a special 10th Anniversary Edition for $49.99 featuring an art book with over 60 pages of newly commissioned art and original illustrations from both games in the series, and the official soundtrack containing 47 tracks across 2 CDs. The digital version will cost $39.99.

We have the following overview and trailer for Akiba’s Trip: Hellbound & Debriefed:

Touhou Hyoibana: Antinomy Of Common Flowers

It’s been around two years since we first heard that Touhou Hyoibana: Antinomy Of Common Flowers would be released on Switch. A new update was finally shared today.

Phoenixx has picked up Touhou Hyoibana: Antinomy Of Common Flowers for publishing, the company announced. The game also now has a release window of Spring 2021 on Switch. It will be distributed as a digital-only release.

Touhou Hyoibana: Antinomy Of Common Flowers is a Touhou Project fighting title. Twilight Frontier handled development.

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Healer's Quest

Yesterday, the lighthearted comedy RPG Healer’s Quest was made available on Switch. Get a look at some footage in the video below.

Healer’s Quest is available for Switch via the eShop. We have more details and a trailer here.

The Taiwan Digital Game Rating Committee has outed what appears to be several upcoming Switch games.

The lineup includes:

Dangen Entertainment and Unspeakable Pixels have quietly been updating Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials. The action-adventure puzzle game, which came out towards the end of 2020, received various improvements, adjustments, and fixes.

The most recent update for Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials dropped a few days ago. Dangen Entertainment was kind enough to share the patch notes for version 1.1.17 as well as other updates released thus far. You can find them in full below.

Halloween Forever

The retro-platformer Halloween Forever made it to Switch yesterday. For a look at some footage, check out the video below.

Halloween Forever is available for Switch via the eShop. Additional information and a trailer can be found here.

This week’s Switch eShop charts are as follows:

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