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Passpartout 2 The Lost Artist

Passpartout 2: The Lost Artist has been made official for Switch today, with publisher Happinet and developer Flamebait Games making the announcement just a short while ago. The game will be available for Nintendo’s console on October 19, 2023.

The original game came to Switch way back in 2018. It’s currently up on the eShop.

As for Passpartout 2: The Lost Artist, here’s what to expect from the title:

Bunhouse trailer

Digerati and Reky Studios have issued a launch trailer for Bunhouse. We have a new look at the gardening sim.

Further information can be found in the following overview:

Arcade Archives Ark Area gameplay

Arcade Archives Ark Area dropped on Switch this week, and per usual, we have gameplay. Hamster showed off the classic title during a live stream this week.

You can find more details about it in the following overview:

LEGO 2K Drive gameplay

Now that LEGO 2K Drive has officially launched, we have gameplay from the Switch version. A few minutes of footage shows the title running on Nintendo’s console.

You can find more details about LEGO 2K Drive in the following overview:

This week’s Switch eShop charts are as follows:

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Baten Kaitos III cancelled

Yasuyuki Honne, the director at Monolith Soft for the Baten Kaitos series, has again commented on Baten Kaitos III – which never released. He also once again confirmed that there were plans for a title on DS that was scrapped as well.

According to Honne, Baten Kaitos III was targeted for next-gen platforms – so if anything, it would have been on Wii and not GameCube. Unfortunately, things weren’t meant to be “due to Bandai Namco’s restructuring and budget review, as well as tri-Crescendo’s financial struggles”. Honne added that “Baten Kaitos is a complicated series with lots of circumstances involved.”

Onigo Hunter

Another Kemco RPG is incoming for Switch, with the company announcing Onigo Hunter for the platform today. It will be available on May 26, 2023.

Onigo Hunter, developed by Exe Create, has players taking on the role of a hunter who goes on a pursuit of a king gone missing. More details can be found in the following overview:

Mortal Kombat 1 DLC characters

Amazon Italy put up a new listing for Mortal Kombat 1 today that appears to leak several unannounced characters for the game that are planned as DLC.

The fighting title, which was officially revealed this week, will be getting a bunch of additional characters as part of Kombat Pack 1. News about this has not been made known officially.

We have more on this after the break. Keep that in mind before proceeding if you’re looking to maintain the surprise.

Super Smash Bros Melee Wii port

Had things gone in a different direction and Super Smash Bros. Brawl never came to be, Super Smash Bros. Melee could have been ported to Wii instead.

It’s well documented at this point that series director Masahiro Sakurai didn’t initially know that Nintendo planned to make a Smash Bros. game for that console. The news was shared during a pre-E3 press conference in 2005, and president Satoru Iwata announced to the world that a new entry would be released for its upcoming system with online play. Iwata and Sakurai met shortly after, and Sakurai ended up agreeing to make a Smash Bros. game for Wii. But something else Nintendo was considering was a straight port of Melee – we could have seen this if Sakurai “turned the work down”.

Zelda Link relationship

Zelda voice actress Patricia Summersett has weighed in on the connection between Link and her character, stating in a recent interview that she believes the two “are in a relationship”.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has its own story for Link and Zelda that continues in Tears of the Kingdom. In the sequel, there’s even one element further hinting at their connection beyond just friendship that we won’t mention here just to be cautious for those that are especially sensitive to spoilers.


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