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Freedom Wars Remastered review

System: Switch
Release date: January 10, 2025
Developer: Dimps
Publisher: Bandai Namco


Despite the overwhelming and uncontested success of the Nintendo 3DS, I have always felt as though Sony gave up on the PlayStation Vita far too soon, and Freedom Wars is a fine illustration of this point. Originally released in 2014, the game went on to become one of the most successful first-party published titles for the system in Japan and easily filled the void left by the departure of Capcom’s Monster Hunter franchise to Nintendo systems. With its post-apocalyptic dystopian setting, more detailed narrative, and varied mission structure that went beyond simply hunting large single targets over and over again, it felt like the next step for hunting-style action RPGs, limited only by its chosen platform. Playing through the game again over a decade later, Freedom Wars Remastered holds up surprisingly well.

Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered bosses

Aspyr is back with a new Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered trailer today that focuses on bosses players will encounter. Cleopatra’s Guard, Set, Brother Obscura, Mechanical Head, and Mechanical Horseman are shown off here.

Thanks to Aspyr, we have the following information about the remasters:

Rage of the Dragons Neo physical

Piko Interactive today announced that its new physical release imprint dubbed Physical Mania is kicking off with boxed versions of Rage of the Dragons Neo on Nintendo Switch. Shipping is estimated for Q2 2025.

Rage of the Dragons Neo will have a standalone release and special edition. The latter features a shock-box with double-sided artwork, two A4 posters, a double-sided 12-inch LP original soundtrack, and a Blu-ray featuring an hour-long interview with one of the creators. For those looking to go all out, we’ll also mention that there are $400 bundles featuring AES and MVS cartridges.

Lunar Remastered Collection release date physical

GungHo Online Entertainment just set a release date for Lunar Remastered Collection. The package is confirmed to launch for Nintendo Switch on April 18, 2025.

GungHo previously announced Lunar Remastered Collection last year. We initially had a Spring 2025 launch window.

The Hundred Line Last Defense Academy Darumi, Eito, Ima, Kako, Kurara

Aniplex, Too Kyo Games, and Media Vision issued a new trailer for The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy which focuses on Darumi Amemiya, Eito Aotsuki, Ima Tsukumo, Kako Tsukumo, and Kurara Oosuzuki. This is the first characters trailer for the game.

Here’s some information about the ones featured in today’s video:

Soma, Amnesia Rebirth, Amnesia The Bunker

Soma, Amnesia: Rebirth, and Amnesia: The Bunker have all been announced for upcoming release on Nintendo Switch. This comes as part of a new partnership between Abylight and Frictional Games. Release dates weren’t announced, but they’ll presumably be arriving later in 2025.

Soma, Amnesia: Rebirth, and Amnesia: The Bunker are all horror games. Here’s a bit of information about each one:

Malik Tales of Graces f Remastered

The latest character trailer for Tales of Graces f Remastered was posted today, and the latest video highlights Malik.

Malik, previous a revolutionary leader in Fendel, is Asbel’s instructor at Barona’s Knight Academy. According to Bandai Namco, he “sees a lot of himself in Asbel.”

Super Mario Party Jamboree

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Famitsu are as follows:*

The latest UK software sales chart for the week ending January 11, 2025 is now available.

This time around, EA Sports FC 25 and Hogwarts Legacy swap positions with the former coming out on top. Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana also just manages to squeak in at #38.

Here’s the full UK software sales chart for the week ending January 11, 2025:

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Developer HEADLOCK and publisher Bushiroad Games have announced that visual novel title Virtual Girl @ World’s End will be releasing on Nintendo Switch this year in Japan. The game will release on June 12, and will support English, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese language options.

You can get an overview of the game below:


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