Earlier this year, SEGA said that it delayed Sonic Frontiers internally in order to improve quality. The company apparently planned for it to be ready earlier, but wanted to have it launch in the best possible state.
Quality is something that SEGA again stressed while speaking about the game during a financial results Q&A recently. When asked if the company sets facts such as target scores of an outlet like Metacritic, the following was said:
Another new trailer has surfaced for Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, with Nintendo and Koei Tecmo highlighting the Adrestian Empire.
Edelgard leads the way for the Black Eagles. Hubert, Dorothea, Bernadetta, Ferdinand, Caspar, Petra, and Linhardt are also featured in the video.
Guild of Dungeoneering released today on Switch eShop, and to celebrate publisher Gambrinous have shared a launch trailer for the game. The Ultimate Edition of the game has been fully remastered, and also includes the DLC Pirates Cove and Ice Cream Headaches.
Here’s an overview of the game:
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards has launched on Nintendo Switch Online for Expansion Pack members, and 37 minutes of gameplay footage have emerged, showing off the title and the visual improvements made.
In case you missed it, check out an overview of the game below:
A third batch of weapon trailers have come in from Capcom for Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, this time detailing the Charge Blade, Bow, and Gunlance weapons. The Charge Blade gains a new stance that blends sword and axe mode together, whilst the Bow gains a new ability that increases damage if the same spot is hit repeatedly. Finally, the Gunlance gets a new, close range ability that unleashes all of its ammo at once for massive damage.
Here’s some more information about Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak
PLAYISM has revealed a new English trailer for Idol Manager. This video gives a good overview of the story and characters, with tons of footage from the gameplay in English.
Idol Manager will be launching on Switch on August 25 for $24.99. More details about the game can be read from the official Nintendo store listing included below.
The newest version of Pikmin Bloom has been released, and this update adds a couple of features and fixes some bugs. The new features include the ability to change the time of the daily lookback and recharge the detector at the shop.
A new countdown website has been uncovered (originally by Gematsu) for an upcoming Action RPG called “PROJECT-TRITRI.” This game is inspired by the classic RPGs in the 90’s and has a stellar group of RPG professionals developing for it as well.
The development team includes:
- Nobuteru Yuuki (Trials of Mana, Chrono Cross) as a World Designer
- Raita Kazama (Xenoblade, Puzzle & Dragons) as a Character Designer
- Yuura Kubota (Octopath Traveler, Bravely Default II) working on the Scenario
- Hiroki Kikuta (Secret of Mana, Trials of Mana) composing the Music
- Atsuko Nishida, Tomohiro Kitakaze, Megumi Mizutani (Pokemon series) all designing on the game
Additionally, domerica will be handing the animation and Three Rings is labeled as the development studio.
This is an impressive lineup, and that is not all this website has revealed. The full reveal of the game will be announced on May 26, 2022 but in the meantime, there is a game design document that has been released on the teaser website that includes details such as the genre, story, concept, and character designs.
Details from that document have been included below (the translation courtesy of Gematsu).
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards just debuted on Nintendo Switch Online, and we now have a look at how this version compares to the N64 original and Wii U Virtual Console release courtesy of GameXplain. Switch vs. N64 is shown first, followed by Switch vs. Wii U.
Like all Nintendo Switch Online classics, Kirby 64 now has the highest resolution possible. And while Wii U made things darker, the brightness is more true to the original on Switch.
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
1. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports – 47,525 / 352,113
2. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land – 14,903 / 710,714
3. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 11,127 / 4,632,554
4. [NSW] eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2022 – 10,372 / 164,305
5. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure – 6,839 / 3,151,727
6. [NSW] Minecraft – 6,553 / 2,641,949
7. [NSW] The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story – 6,409 / NEW
8. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 5,849 / 4,879,799
9. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars – 4,360 / 964,133
10. [NSW] Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 4,245 / 2,025,606
