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To coincide with its release on Switch today, gameplay footage for Little Friends: Puppy Island has appeared. We have a total of 32 minutes of the title available.

In case you missed our previous coverage of the game, check out the overview below:

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has revealed that the successor to the Switch will utilise the same “Nintendo Account” system when it releases.

Furukawa shared that information during Nintendo’s recent shareholder Q&A. He stated that the desire was to ensure as smooth a transition for customers as possible. Over 290 million Nintendo Accounts have been made worldwide, so it is unsurprising that Nintendo would want to continue to support this system.

Koei Tecmo have today announced that the combined shipments for the Secret sub-series of Atelier titles has exceeded two million worldwide.

Soulvars trailer

Soulvars has officially landed on Switch, and a final launch trailer has come in. The video shows off the deckbuilding RPG from Shueisha Games and Ginolabo.

For more information, read the following overview:

The Last Hero of Nostalgia gameplay

If you’re interested in seeing how The Last Hero of Nostalgia turned out on Switch, we have gameplay to satisfy your curiosity. The action adventure game just debuted on Switch this week.

Learn more about it in the following overview:

We Love Katamari Reroll + Royal Reverie review

System: Switch
Release date: June 2, 2023
Developer: Bandai Namco / Monkey Craft
Publisher: Bandai Namco


Sometimes, the biggest challenge we face as reviewers is in describing simple concepts – take Katamari, for instance. You play as a tiny green man called the Prince, and you’re tasked with rolling around a comically large and sticky ball. You navigate contained levels with the aim of rolling stuff up into that ball, and growing larger as a result. It sounds closer to a cheese-dream than a compelling gameplay loop, doesn’t it? Despite the outlandish premise, Bandai Namco’s Katamari series has garnered a sizable fanbase over the last two decades. While us super-fans collectively pine for a brand new entry in the series, a re-release of the franchise’s phenomenal second outing We Love Katamari has found its way into our lives courtesy of developer Monkey Craft. Out of all of the base expectations you can have for a remake or a remaster, matching or exceeding the original title in every metric is paramount. When it comes to We Love Katamari Reroll + Royal Reverie, we get a couple of hits, and a whole bunch of misses.

Kudzu

Kudzu is coming to both Switch and Game Boy following a successful run on Kickstarter. Things just wrapped up a little while ago and over $45,000 was raised. The primary purpose of the campaign was to fund the Game Boy release, but after reaching a stretch goal, Switch is also now in the picture.

For those that haven’t heard of it previously, the game is a non-linear adventure experience that has players taking on the role of Max, the apprentice gardener, who goes on an adventure trek through fields, gardens, forests, villas, and mountains covered with Kudzu, a known globally invasive plant species.

Here’s some additional information:

Xaladia: Rise of the Space Pirates X2

Aquire today announced Xaladia: Rise of the Space Pirates X2, a new twin-stick shooter for Switch. The game is on track to launch later in 2023.

Xaladia: Rise of the Space Pirates X2 is notable as it’s the first self-published release from Acquire. The company previously worked on the Octopath Traveler series, Tenchu, Way of the Samurai, and Akiba’s Trip.

Mugen Souls Z

Original (6/19): Eastasiasoft, Idea Factory, and Compile Heart announced today that Mugen Souls Z is seeing release on Switch. It will be available this September.

Mugen Souls Z is a sequel to the original game, which is also on Switch. The RPG features multiple open worlds to explore, extensive character customization, and strategic turn-based combat on free-roaming battle maps. On Switch, the game includes all prior extras, content true to the original Japanese release such as hot springs mini-games and additional CG gallery images, plus full English language support for both text and audio.

Sword and Fairy Inn 2 release date

Eastasiasoft and Softstar have shared a release date for Sword and Fairy Inn 2, their life simulation RPG. Switch will be getting the game on July 27, 2023.

Sword and Fairy Inn 2 was first made known for Switch last September. We knew it was targeting a 2023 launch, but we didn’t know when exactly.


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