A new launch trailer is available for The Karate Kid: Street Rumble, which came to Switch this week. Fans can now relive the original The Karate Kid trilogy in retro-stylized, pixel-art glory.
Catch up on everything you need to know in the following overview:
In celebration of Hobbit Day, the release date for Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings Game was just announced. The game heads to Switch on March 25, 2024.
Today’s news follows the recent delay announcement that came in a few days ago. After it was originally slated for this year, the title was pushed back to early 2025. Now we have a proper date.
Nintendo’s latest maintenance schedule for the week of September 22, 2024 is now available.
As of now there’s one session officially scheduled for this week. However, there’s another a bit of downtime planned a bit further down the road.
Below is the full Nintendo maintenance schedule for the week of September 22, 2024:
Thousands of games are currently available on Switch, and there are a ton of demos out there for many of them. Not just Nintendo, but also third-parties are offering demos. We’ve now put together a comprehensive list of what’s out there.
Since our reader base is English-speaking, that’s what we’re focusing on here. In other words, we’re highlighting Switch demos that you can find in North America and Europe. Japan has a few extra demos on its end, but a majority of them are for titles that are not currently being sold in the west and are only playable in Japanese.
A good chunk of gameplay is available for Loddlenaut, one of this week’s Switch eShop releases. 37 minutes of footage highlights the underwater adventure experience.
For more information about it, read the following overview:
Listings on the eShops provide file sizes for a bunch of Switch games. These include Reynatis, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed, Iron Meat, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
MythicOwl, the developer behind Harmonee’s Odyssey, has confirmed that it will release Planetiles on Switch in just a few days. The title arrives on September 30, 2024.
Planetiles, a serene city builder with roguelike elements, has players building and transforming barren planets into flourishing worlds. More resources will be made available as the biomes grow.
Further details about the game can be found in the following overview:
For those looking to save on Bandai Namco games, a huge Switch sale started this week with multiple games at their lowest prices ever, including Digimon World: Next Order and Tales of Symphonia Remastered – just to name a couple. Other franchises like Dragon Ball and Katamari are also included.
Here’s the full roundup:
Nintendo has spoken about how the Depths in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom came to be, including how it was formed late in development. It also turns out that the area came as a surprise to producer Eiji Aonuma. Once again, this information comes from the recently-released art book in Japan.
Outside of Aonuma, director Hidemaro Fujibayashi also participated in the discussion. You can read our translation of the excerpt below.
