Today, Limited Run Games revealed a physical release for Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered on Nintendo Switch.
Copies will be sold as standalone and a collector’s edition. You’ll get a Soul Reaver sword replica with a Sarcophagus Stand, mini comic, Kain metal medallion, and more with the latter.
The latest UK software sales chart for the week ending January 4, 2025 is now available.
There are a few shifts this week with Hogwarts Legacy taking the top spot. In terms of Nintendo Switch exclusives, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is still the game that’s charting the highest.
Here’s the full UK software sales chart for the week ending January 4, 2025:
At one point in time, Retro Studios apparently had a project in development as a music RPG.
The company shipped Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze on Wii U in 2014. After that, there was essentially a decade-long gap without a new game from Retro Studios. Tropical Freeze was ported to Nintendo Switch a few years ago and Metroid Prime Remastered dropped in 2023, but outside of that, nothing made it to market.
September 17: Freedom Wars Remastered is in development for Switch, Bandai Namco just revealed. A release is planned for January 10, 2025.
Freedom Wars originally came to the PlayStation Vita in 2014. Sony published the original version, but the publisher has shifted to Bandai Namco this time around.
The previously-announced reboot of Carmen Sandiego just secured a release date. Gameloft will be bringing it out on March 4, 2025.
The upcoming title was previously revealed last September. Gameloft initially shared a Q1 2025 launch window.
Here’s an overview of the project:
According to Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club producer Yoshio Sakamoto, getting the project approved wasn’t too big of an issue.
Famicom Detective Club had been a dormant franchise for Nintendo until the Switch remakes of the original titles back in 2021. Then last August, Emio – The Smiling Man launched on the console. That was the first new Famicom Detective Club story in 35 years.
Developer Armonica LLC have announced that they will be bringing Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved to Nintendo Switch. The game is an ADV/Visual novel inspired by classic titles such as the Famicom Detective Club series, and has a targeted release date of 2025.
You can find out some more information about the game below, which comes via its Steam page:
A number of new deals are up and running on the North American Nintendo Switch eShop. These include the lowest prices ever for Finding Paradise, To the Moon, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
Nintendo’s latest maintenance schedule for the week of January 5, 2025 is now available.
After some time off for the holidays, a new session has been added to the docket. Nintendo Switch Online will be impacted just slightly a few days from now.
Below is the full Nintendo maintenance schedule for the week of January 5, 2025:
