Nintendo president Shuntaro Furkawa has commented on the initial sales performance of Nintendo Switch Sports, noting that the game is “off to a very good start” worldwide.
Thus far we only know that the game sold nearly 200,000 physical copies in Japan in its first week. The game has since moved 300,000 units in the country as of May 8.
XD and Sunborn Network today unveiled a new CG trailer and gameplay preview for Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery, their upcoming tactical RPG.
Starting with the CG video, XD says it “transcends the player into the Reverse Collapse universe, where, Jefuty, the protagonist sets foot on a treacherous journey to survive the war. The animated trailer sheds light on Jefuty’s backstory that undertakes in the depth of winter and introduces the new character, Sugar, who may look amiable and cute in the front, but her spiked tail discloses her actual character in the back, malicious and fierce.”
Oxide Room 104 now has a confirmed release date of June 17 on Switch, and publisher Perp Games and Wildsphere have released a new trailer to celebrate, showing off more of the gameplay and atmosphere of the psychological horror title.
Learn more about the game and see the new trailer below:
The annual Atlus survey is now live until May 15, inviting North American residents to share their opinion on Atlus developed and published games. Whilst the website states that the survey is for North American residents only it is accessible for everyone, and only requires an e-mail address to access to ensure multiple responses from the same person aren’t submitted, so fans in other parts of the world are able to participate if this wish.
Atlus have released a short video to promote the survey (see below) and you can access the website here. The survey contains 49 questions, and includes questions about titles released on the Switch, and what platform players would like to see future titles in series such as Persona, Shin Megami Tensei, and Etrian Odyssey appear on, as well as potential remakes and ports of existing titles such as Odin Sphere Leifthrasir and Dragon’s Crown Pro.
Will you be participating in the survey this year?
To celebrate the release of fitness training game Let’s Get Fit on Switch, Ravenscourt, Voxler, and Exkee have released a new trailer of the game.
Find out more about the game and see the new trailer below:
Let’s Get Fit allows players to experience the best combination of training and gaming by using the Joy-Con controllers during workouts with the Let’s Get Fit Connect fitness bands. Thus, players benefit from precise motion tracking, which helps them to perform the exercises correctly and safely get the most out of their fitness routines. The wide range of training options includes a variety of ready-made workouts and also allows players to create their own challenges by individually combining some of the 100 exercises included in Let’s Get Fit.
“The health benefits of physical activity for the heart and circulation, muscles, skeleton and psyche are well known. Let’s Get Fit makes it easy for everyone to train at home thanks to a very well-designed game that adapts to the fitness level of beginners and advanced players with a fun and motivating virtual trainer,” explains sports physician and expert Dr. Yann Mossler, who has worked closely with the developers of Let’s Get Fit.
“The exercises have been developed in collaboration with sports and health experts and are designed to be performed safely by the whole family. Improving the physical condition as well as optimizing weight or sleep, simply the general well-being – all this is possible with a simple and entertaining game even from home,” says the sports physician from Marseille, France.
Let’s Get Fit includes a comprehensive tutorial as well as detailed instructions that allow the player to view the exercises from any angle. This overview as well as the large selection of workout routines make Let’s Get Fit the ideal training partner.
Let’s Get Fit is out now on Switch. The physical version of the game is available in Europe and comes with fitness bands, which can also be purchased separately.
GrimGrimoire OnceMore, the Switch remake of the PS2 classic GrimGrimoire, has received a new characters trailer. In this trailer, all the students and teachers are introduced alongside the voice over cast for the game.
The video is entirely in Japanese, but it shows off the beautiful art from developer Vanillaware as well as some gameplay for story segments.
The full list of Voice Actors/Actresses with their voiced character can be found in the list below.
The Metroidvania F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch has received a release date for the upcoming Switch release. This is the Japanese release date, but it will be coming to the system on July 14, 2022. The game price is set at 3,828 yen (about $30), and there will be a physical edition.
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch previously released on September 7, 2021 for other systems, and the Switch version was announced recently. It has also been revealed that the game will be localized for the west and Switch physical editions will be coming to Europe and North America Q3 2022.
For more information on the game, check out the details from the official Steam page below.
Following this week’s news that Sword of the Vagrant is arriving on Switch next month, publisher Rainy Frog and developer O.T.K. Games have come out with a debut trailer. This provides a proper look at the upcoming fantasy action RPG.
As previously mentioned, Sword of the Vagrant is the final name of The Vagrant, which was first made known for Switch in 2020.
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards will be the next N64 game being made available for Nintendo Switch Online, with Nintendo just announcing that the title is launching next week. Those with an active subscription to the Expansion Pack tier can begin playing the game on May 20, 2022.
Nintendo has been keeping up its tradition of adding one new N64 game to Switch Online each month. This year has seen Banjo-Kazooie, Zelda: Majora’s Mask, F-Zero X, and Mario Golf.
