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Sentimental Death Loop

Recently announced, Sentimental Death Loop arrives on Switch on July 6, 2023. Check out the new trailer from Qureate below. If you missed our first coverage of the game, you can see that here, including an overview of the story and some details about the various characters and systems you can look forward to.

Original (5/25): Starting today, Nintendo Switch Online members can access new user icons for the Xenoblade Chronicles series.

Icons were previously made available last year, but that was specifically for Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Now the entire series is being represented, including the first two games.

This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:

1. [NSW] Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – 31,151 / 1,672,070
2. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 7,489 / 5,336,478
3. [NSW] Minecraft – 5,753 / 3,165,440
4. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports – 5,550 / 1,101,167
5. [PS5] Diablo IV – 4,902 / 29,277
6. [NSW] Front Mission 1st: Remake – 4,891 / NEW
7. [PS5] Street Fighter 6 – 4,766 / 33,630
8. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Violet – 4,362 / 5,053,556
9. [NSW] Splatoon 3 – 4,315 / 4,038,838
10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 4,309 / 5,215,546

Just before the latest Nintendo Direct aired, we decided to wrap up all the exciting announcements for Switch this summer prior to the big event.

After a long few days of showcases from companies not named Nintendo, Sam breaks down all the notable announcements from the week including those from the Summer Game Fest, Devolver Digital, Future Games Show, Ubisoft Forward, and Capcom to see which amazing looking games are coming to Nintendo’s platform.

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Sonic Origins Plus trailer

SEGA has readied a new trailer to celebrate the launch of Sonic Origins Plus. The updated release features twelve Sonic Game Gear titles, playable Knuckles in Sonic CD, and Amy Rose as a playable character in Sonic the Hedgehog 1, 2, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, and Sonic CD for the first time. The pack also contains previously released add-on content: Extreme Missions, Mirror Mode, new character animations, and additional backgrounds and music.

Here’s an official overview of Sonic Origins Plus:

Fae Farm preview

It’s becoming more difficult for games in the increasingly crowded farming/life-sim genre to stand out from the pack. Fae Farm – the next release from Phoenix Labs, who previously released Dauntless – is trying to carve its own niche by embracing a magical setting and promising exciting features like drop-in-drop-out online multiplayer and combat-focused dungeons. The game has had some prominent marketing, but it would be unfair not to mention that several thematically-similar indies have also been announced recently, including Garden Witch Life, WItchbrook, and Fields of Mistria. After getting hands on with Fae Farm, though, I was surprised at just how massive this game’s scope appears to be – it seems poised to be one of the densest, most mechanically rich attempts at this type of game that we’ve seen in a while.

Sprout Valley

Publisher RedDeer Games and developer Vadzim Liakhovich are teaming up on Sprout Valley, “an upcoming farming simulator game where you can step back from the busy life and grow the garden of your dreams.” We know that it’s planned for Switch, but there’s no word on a release window at this time.

Players will take on the role of the cat Nico “who tries to find peaceful place to live in.” Along with finding friends and discovering interesting events, they’ll also learn about the secrets of Ostara.

Enchanted Portals

Xixo Games Studio will release Enchanted Portals on Switch, it’s been confirmed. The title will head to the console this summer.

Enchanted Portals is a co-op 2D platformer in which rookie magicians Bobby and Penny enter an adventure to get back to their dimension and retrieve the Magic Book. Further details are included in the following overview:

The Past Within

Today, Rusty Lake revealed that it’ll soon be bringing The Past Within to Switch. The title is scheduled to launch on July 6, 2023.

The Past Within will be the first Rusty Lake game available on Nintendo’s console. It’s an asynchronous point-and-click puzzle adventure title in which players must work together and communicate across time and space to solve the mystery left behind by Albert Vanderboom.

This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Switch Retail

Pikmin 1
Pikmin 2
Pretty Princess Magical Garden Island
Railway Empire 2
Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story 2


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