Famitsu sales data was reported earlier this week, revealing that Kirby and the Forgotten Land released in Japan with nearly 400,000 physical copies sold. As it turns out, that’s the series’ best debut ever.
The next closest game, Kirby Super Star Ultra, sold 260,867 units in its first week. For another title comparison, Kirby Star Allies moved 223,811 copies. Kirby and the Forgotten Land holds the strongest lead by far at 380,060 units, and that’s without counting digital sales.
Here’s the full listing of Kirby debuts in Japan based on information provided by Game Data Library:
Horgihugh and Friends was only just announced for Switch in the west about a month ago, but it’s already scored a release date. Aksys Games just revealed that the title will be available on June 16, 2022.
PM Studios and developer Crescent Moon Games have announced The Courier, “an open world game about running a mail delivery business on a mysterious island.” A release is planned for 2022 on Switch.
Players will be able to uncover more of the island’s secrets as they deliver more letters. The game lets users “explore a vibrant living world, make use of various vehicles to travel around, do tons of challenges, and complete a compelling and mysterious main storyline.”
A release date for Azure Striker Gunvolt 3 has been announced, with Inti Creates confirming that the Switch title will be out on July 28, 2022. The most recent window we had prior to today was Summer 2022.
Inti Creates also published a whole bunch of information pertaining to the gameplay, story, and more. We have the full rundown below.
Idea Factory today announced that Amnesia: Memories and Amnesia: Later x Crowd, a pair of visual novels, are heading west for the first time. Both Switch titles will release this fall.
Amnesia: Memories has players going on a romantic adventure to find the truth behind their memory loss and features five romantic paths that branch off into over 20 endings. Amnesia: Later x Crowd is a companion compilation.
Below is some additional information about both games:
Samurai Bringer now has a release date on Switch. The rogue-lite action game will arrive on April 21, 2022, publisher Playism and developer Alphawing have announced.
In case you missed it, here’s some information about the game:
The 2D action RPG Unsouled is in the works for Switch, publisher Neowiz and developer Megusta Game have announced. It will be available this spring.
Here’s an overview of the game:
Original: Today, Acquire revealed that it’s bringing back Kamiwaza Tourai on Switch with a remaster.
The game, a stealth action experience, originally released in 2006 for the PlayStation 2. It only released in Japan and never made it to the west.
New Game+ Expo is back for a third consecutive year, and with the March 2022 show starting not too long from now, we’ve set up a live stream.
Participants for the event include Aksys Games, Idea Factory, Inti Creates, Natsume, NEOWIZ Games, NIS America, Playism, PM Studios, Rocket Panda Games, and Skystone Games. Viewers can look forward to new announcements and other news.
Nintendo put up another piece on its website with Masahiro Sakurai today, and the Smash Bros. director is now looking back on all of the new fighter reveals for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. He starts out with the addition of Ridley, going through the announcements for the main roster. All DLC characters are covered as well ending with Sora.
You can read the full piece below.
