In addition to Nintendo’s financial results for August 2022, the company’s latest release schedule has been provided. It highlights upcoming projects from both a first and third-party perspective.
There’s not too much news to go around, which is mostly a good thing. Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 is still planned for Spring 2023 while Advance Wars 1 + 2: Re-Boot Camp is still without a release date.
Here’s the complete schedule:
Other than sharing an overview of its financial results today, Nintendo has also provided an update listing of its million sellers. The latest set of data is available regarding Switch games that have reached that mark.
It’s worth noting that Kirby and the Forgotten Land and Nintendo Switch Sports are both over four million units each. Additionally, Mario Strikers: Battle League is at almost two million.
Here is the full lineup of Nintendo million sellers on Switch for August 2022:
THQ Nordic appears to be preparing a re-release of Risen, and a Switch version could be in the cards.
A rating for the title has now surfaced from USK, the official ratings board in Germany. Switch has its own classification, but no further information is provided on the page.
D3Publisher and developer Shade have revealed Samurai Maiden, which is officially described as a girls sword-fighting action game. A release is planned for this winter on Switch.
The game focuses on a young woman from the 21st century with sharp swordsmanship skills who finds herself in Honnō-ji during the Sengoku period. She’ll venture through the Underworld with a trio of newfound ninja friends.
Nezuko Kamado (Advanced Demon Form) was known to be arriving in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles in a new DLC character, and we now have a first look. Publisher Aniplex and developer CyberConnect2 just issued a trailer showing her in action.
You can check out the full video below. Remember that the character will be made available as DLC later this month.
Nintendo has continued to to drip-feed exciting new announcements over the past few weeks, and that trend continues with the recent reveal of Wave 2 of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe’s DLC courses. Join Nick, Nicolas and Luiz as they discuss all the exciting throwback tracks arriving in the game in only a few days, and whether or not all these Mario Kart Tour corses being ported over is a good thing. Then, stick around for our impressions of Xenoblade Chronicles 3, some exciting new ports coming to Switch from publisher Annapurna Interactive, and more!
Our show is available on most major streaming platforms, including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music and Audible, or you can check out the video version below. Direct downloads are available here.
Got an idea or suggestion for the show, or want to submit a fan question or topic for a future episode? Let us know in the comments, or drop us a line at [email protected]. And as always – thanks for listening!
Nintendo has updated the Japanese release schedule on its platforms for the week of August 11, 2022. Here’s a look at the upcoming digital download schedule:
