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This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider physical

Pix’n Love Games has announced some extensive plans for physical versions of Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider on Switch.

The game will be receiving a standard release alongside a Collector’s Edition and Deluxe Edition. Full details about the latter two can be found below.

Minecraft update 1.19.60

Minecraft has been given its latest update, with players having access to version 1.19.60.

This patch is mainly about quality of life improvements as well as some new experimental features. Also noteworthy, over 70 community-reported bugs have been fixed.

The patch notes for the Minecraft version 1.19.60 update are as follows:

Lacuna physical

Thanks to a new partnership between Red Art Games and Assemble Entertainment, Lacuna physical will be receiving a physical release on Switch.

Only a standard edition is planned, but it sounds like an unlimited number of copies will be produced. Each unit includes a double-sided poster.

Raiden III x Mikado Maniax

NIS America has passed along a final release date for Raiden III x Mikado Maniax. The game is confirmed for launch on June 6, 2023 in North America. It will follow on June 9 in Europe and Oceania.

Raiden III x Mikado Maniax was revealed back in October, and was confirmed for the west last month. Players will be able to relive the original arcade experience with vertical screen play and choose from gameplay modes such as Score Attack, Boss Rush, and Double Play, the ability to pilot two ships at once. There’s also support for world rankings and the ability to choose between the original or remixed background music.

Nintendo Direct February 8

The next Nintendo Direct will air on February 8, Nintendo just announced. The event will take place at 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET / 10 PM in the UK / 11 PM in Europe.

Tomorrow’s presentation will cover about 40 minutes of information “mostly focused” on games planned for Switch in the first half of 2023.

Bramble: The Mountain King release date

Bramble: The Mountain King today received a final release date from publisher Merge Games and developer Dimfrost Studios. The two sides confirmed that the game will arrive on April 13, 2023.

Below is an overview of the title with more information:

Switch outsells Game Boy PS4

Based on the latest sales data provided by Nintendo, Switch has now become the third best-selling gaming system of all time.

Total sales of the console now stand at 122.55 million, according to the company’s newest financial results. Having reached that mark, Switch has outsold the Game Boy and PlayStation 4, which stand at 118.69 million units and 117.2 million respectively.

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Nintendo reported its February 2023 financial results today, and also provided an updated list of million sellers on Switch. While it doesn’t include every single game that hit that mark, the data is always pretty interesting to look at.

Here is the full lineup of Nintendo million sellers on Switch for February 2023:

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Nintendo release schedule February 2023

As part of Nintendo’s latest financial results for February 2023, the company’s latest release schedule has been provided. Fans can get another overview as to what’s planned for Switch from a first and third-party respective.

The document doesn’t have too many surprises this time around. Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom remains on track for May, while Metroid Prime 4 and Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp are still without release windows.

Here’s the complete schedule:

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