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GungHo Online Entertainment America today announced that a crossover collaboration with Playtonic Games’ Yooka-Laylee is on the way to the real-time strategy RPG Volta-X. It’ll arrive in November.

The Yooka-Laylee collaboration will include an original story mission and unique abilities. Yooka can use “Slurp State” to take on any environmental effects in a room and imbue his next attacks with that effect. Additional information about the collaboration will be provided later.

There’s also a new update for Volta-X going live today. Here’s what it includes:

East2West Games and Puppet Depot Game Studio have announced that Wonder Blade, an arcade hack-and-slash game, is landing on Switch today. It can be found digitally on the eShop.

We have the following overview and trailer for Wonder Blade:

Tracks: Toybox Edition

Excalibur Games has sent out the second developer diary for Tracks: Toybox Edition on Switch. Below, lead developer Tom talks about some of the more visual aspects of the game such as how you can create different styles with the props, weather effects and time of day.

Tracks: Toybox Edition is due out for Switch in late November. In case you missed it, watch the first developer diary here.

Poker Club

Poker Club was announced for Switch in September. Originally, the game was on track to launch later this year on the system. That’ll no longer be happening with Ripstone confirming that the Switch version has been pushed back to 2021.

Aside from the delay, Ripstone also published a new gameplay video. We’ve included that for you below.

A few classic Turrican titles are making a comeback on Switch. ININ Games has teamed up with Factor 5, and we’ll be seeing Turrican, Turrican II: The Final Fight, Mega Turrican, and Super Turrican in a single package. The titles will be sold together as Turrican Flashback with reworked controls and presentation.

Here are all of the relevant details:

No More Heroes

This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Switch Retail

Instant Chef Party
Mad Rat Dead
My Universe: Fashion Boutique
Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty
Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty
Pikmin 3 Deluxe
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Cultist Simulator

The roguelike narrative card game Cultist Simulator is heading to Switch, Playdigious and Weather Factory announced today. A release window has not yet been provided.

Here’s an overview of Cultist Simulator, along with a trailer:

Cthulhu Saves Christmas

Yesterday, the fast-paced turn-based JRPG comedy Cthulhu Saves Christmas landed on Switch. Take a look at some footage below.

Cthulhu Saves Christmas is out now on the Switch eShop. A physical release is coming soon from Limited Run Games.

Pikmin 3 Deluxe

This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Switch Retail

Bakugan: Champions of Destroia – $49.99 (available November 3)
Hunting Simulator 2 – $39.99 (available November 3)
Mad Rat Dead – $39.99 (available October 30)
My Universe: School Teacher – $29.99 (available November 3)
Pikmin 3 Deluxe – $59.99 (available October 30)
Umihara Kawase BaZooKa! – $29.99 (available October 30)

The Last Blade: Beyond the Destiny

The NeoGeo Pocket game The Last Blade: Beyond the Destiny saw a surprise release on Switch yesterday. Get a look at some footage below.

The Last Blade: Beyond the Destiny can be purchased worldwide from the Switch eShop.


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