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Fire Emblem Warriors 2

Fire Emblem Warriors 2 was an idea Nintendo and Koei Tecmo considered before settling on development of Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, it’s been revealed. 

That nugget of information comes from an interview published by Japanese magazine Nintendo Dream with development producer Hideo Suzuki, producer Yosuke Hayashi, and director Hayato Iwata. Hayashi said the team “wanted to make a sequel to Fire Emblem Warriors” and “called it Fire Emblem Warriors 2 as a placeholder name and discussed various directions we could take it in”.

QUByte Classics: Zero Tolerance Collection release date

QUByte Interactive, along with Piko Interactive, today announced a final release date for QUByte Classics: Zero Tolerance Collection. The package will initially debut digitally on July 7, 2022.

Here’s an overview of the collection:

Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II Switch update

A new update has just gone live for the Switch version of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords. 

Aspyr has confirmed that this addresses the game-breaking bug that was previously reported, though there was a bit of a workaround built in already. On top of that, a couple of other issues have been fixed.

The full patch notes for the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords update on Switch are as follows:

Rabbids: Party of Legends trailer

Ubisoft has gone live with a launch trailer for Rabbids: Party of Legends. Switch owners around the world can get their hands on the party title starting today.

For more on Rabbids: Party of Legends, read the following overview:

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R Jolyne Cujoh

Another character trailer has come in for JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R, and we’ve got a look at Jolyne Cujoh. She uses her Stand, Stone Ocean, in battle.

Below is some information about JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R:

Cult of the Lamb Sermons from the Lamb Starting Your Cult

Devolver Digital and Massive Monster have gone live with a new “Sermons from the Lamb: Starting Your Cult” trailer for Cult of the Lamb.

Here’s the official introduction to the video:

F.I.S.T. Forged In Shadow Torch

Original (6/16): Today, bilibili and Astrolabe Games announced that they’re working together to put TiGame’s 2.5D dieselpunk Metroidvania game F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch on Switch, and have set a final release date in the west. The game will be available in North America and Europe on July 12, 2022.

Here’s some information about F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch:

Sea of Stars delayed

Sea of Stars has been delayed to 2023, developer Sabotage Studio has announced. The game was originally planned for this year on Switch and other platforms.

A message from Sabotage reads:

Sword Art Online Alicization Lycoris

Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris isn’t on Switch at the moment, but that could be changing in the future.

EB Games Australia issued a marketing email to consumers earlier today regarding news shared from this week’s Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase. However, Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris was included despite not being announced for the platform.

Wreckfest frame rate resolution

Wreckfest recently made it to Switch, and Digital Foundry has now offered up a technical analysis, which includes details about the frame rate and resolution. Overall, while there are some compromises, there aren’t massive cutbacks and the team has done a pretty admirable job.

Here’s the full roundup of tidbits:


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