March 19: Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition is almost here (or is already here depending on your region), and to tie in with the launch, new icons are going up on Nintendo Switch Online. The first set should be made available later today in North America (or early tomorrow in Europe).
The game will be featured on the service over the next few weeks. Fans can obtain characters, backgrounds, and frames based on the game. Characters cost 10 Platinum Points each on My Nintendo. Everything else goes for 5 Platinum Points each.
March 4: Today, RedDeerGames announced Sunseed Island and shared the release date. The title arrives digitally on April 24, 2025.
Sunseed Island is a farming experience at its core. In the game, players will be tasked with restoring the Tree of Life.
For more information, check out the following overview:
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
1. [NSW] Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition – 14,401 / 89,090
2. [PS5] Monster Hunter Wilds – 12,905 / 776,395
3. [NSW] Winning Post 10 2025 – 10,297 / NEW
4. [PS5] Venus Vacation Prism: Dead or Alive Xtreme – 9,568 / NEW
5. [NSW] Super Mario Party Jamboree – 8,594 / 1,246,356
6. [NSW] Minecraft – 6,418 / 3,845,257
7. [PS5] Winning Post 10 2025 – 6,193 / NEW
8. [PS5] Assassin’s Creed Shadows – 5,565 / 23,266
9. [NSW] Donkey Kong Country Returns HD – 5,340 / 243,193
10. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 4,820 / 6,293,477
Hook: Complete Edition has been announced to be heading to Nintendo Switch tomorrow, April 10 for $3.99. The game will include both Hook and Hook 2.
Soley developed by Maciej Targoni and being published to consoles by Ultimate Games S.A, Hook is a relaxing minimalist puzzle game from 2015. The game received overwhelmingly positive response on Steam, and its 2022 sequel received similar praise. Both games are making their way to Nintendo Switch as Hook: Complete Edition tomorrow.
Here’s some additional information about the game:
Shmupulations recently released a translated 2003 Nintendo Dream interview with the lead developers of Mario Kart: Double Dash. Producers Tadashi Sugiyama and Shinya Takahashi, as well as chief director, Kiyoshi Mizuki, all discuss the development of Double Dash as well as their concern over the two-driver mechanic.
Sugiyama suggested that the staff wasn’t very confident in the feature, as to not harm what made Mario Kart unique. The team was even simultaneously developing a single-driver version in the early stages, in case two drivers didn’t go over well. After they gained confidence, they discuss that most of the games’ development time was placed into tinkering with the two-driver mechanic.
Here’s what they said, as shared by Shmupulations:
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD is still only on Wii U, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it will never receive a Nintendo Switch 2 port.
Tim Gettys of Kinda Funny Games was recently able to get some hands on time with the new system during a press event. He also spoke with a representative and asked about the status of The Wind Waker HD. Wind Waker will be launching on Nintendo Switch 2, but that’s through Nintendo Switch Online with the new addition of GameCube classics.
A third round of DLC is heading to Disney Illusion Island, with the game today revealing a new “C.A.S.H.” update. Nintendo Switch players can access it on May 30, 2025.
We’re waiting for full details, but this will apparently involve some sort of cave adventuring scavenger hunt. It’s also confirmed that the update will feature Scrooge McDuck.
Publisher Untold Tales, along with solo developer Michał Wikliński, today announced that Bearnard is making the jump to Nintendo Switch. The title launches on May 9, 2025.
Bearnard features a mix of turn-based combat, archery, and card-enhanced battles alongside action-adventuring inspired by the 8-bit era. It’s set against the backdrop of an adventure in which a master archer and reluctant hero attempts to reclaim a legendary bow and defend his woodland home.
Learn more in the following overview:
This week, Gangbusters will be the latest Arcade Archives game from Hamster. The company has plans to release it globally tomorrow, April 10.
Gangbusters, which comes from Konami, first debuted in 1988. The top-view shooter is all about going after a gang that robbed a bank.
Hamster’s official details can be found in the following overview:
