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The Banner Saga 3 will launch for Switch on July 24, Stoic and Versus Evil announced today.

Here’s a brief overview:

“In Banner Saga 3, players will embark upon the final journey beyond the wall of Darkness to traverse a world unlike anything encountered in previous sagas. The games compelling story driven narrative will continue to encourage the character building and strategic aspects which were essential to the previous games popularity with fans. Story secrets will be brought to light and character motives will be made clear. The end has come.”

The Banner Saga 3 was announced for Switch during the latest Nindies Showcase. Switch will also be getting The Banner Saga 1 and 2 at some point.

Source: Versus Evil PR

Agatha Knife

Agatha Knife is coming to Switch, a listing on the North American eShop reveals. Pre-load is already live stateside – the same option should be available tomorrow in Europe as well.

Agatha Knife is a satirical narrative point-and-click adventure. You’ll play as seven-year-old Agatha, “an insomniac who finds herself conflicted between friendship with the animals in her mother’s butcher shop and her unwavering love for eating meat.”

Here’s some additional information and a trailer:

With Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs hitting the Switch eShop today, Crunching Koalas has shared a launch trailer for the game. We’ve posted the video below.

GameSpot has posted a lengthy gameplay video for Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire. Below, you can view 25 minutes of footage from the game showing character creation, ship combat, and questing.

Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition

Nintendo has shared the first English character highlight series trailer for Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition. You can see it below.

SimFabric has revealed that it’s porting Rise of Insanity to Switch. It’s due out in Q3 2018.

Originally released on Steam just last month, Rise of Insanity is a first-person psychological horror game. It takes inspiration from psychological horror movies including The Shining, The Exorcist, and Silent Hill.

Nintendo Switch

According to Bloomberg, Nintendo has created a Switch-related partnership with Scrum Ventures “to scout startups working on new ways to play or use” the system.

The site reports:


Update (4/12): Ninja Striker! is now listed for April 19 on the European eShop, so it should be the same day worldwide.


Original (4/11): Several months ago, Flyhigh Works announced plans to bring Ninja Striker! to Switch. We can now say that it’s launching very soon.

In Japan, Ninja Striker! will be out via the eShop on April 19 for 500 yen. It’s also confirmed for this month in the west.

Here’s a trailer:

This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Switch Retail

Gal*Gun 2 – €49.99 (available April 13)

This week, Atlus published a massive developer Q&A for Shin Megami Tensei: Deep Strange Journey. Director Eiji Ishida, world setting investigator / level designer Tatsuya Watanabe, and Alex’s character designer / new demon designer Masayuki Doi fielded all sorts of questions from fans.

The developers spoke about the game itself, including setting, characters, and difficulty. Other topics like the series’ future and more were touched on as well.

You can read the full Q&A below.


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