Yasha: Legends of the Demon Blade has been delayed and will now release on April 24, 2025, Game Source Entertainment announced today. The game was first planned for this October, then March 2025.
Additionally, Yasha: Legends of the Demon Blade is confirmed to be receiving a physical release in Japan and Asia. This includes a special edition as well, which comes with Hanafuda playing cards, a letter opener based on Shigure’s signature weapon “Sakura Blossom”, a digital card for the original soundtrack and single, and an art book. Pre-orders for the physical release are two postcards.
December 4: Live Wire is set to publish DoDonPachi Saidaioujou on Nintendo Switch, the company revealed today. Only a release is confirmed for Japan, where it will launch on December 19, 2024.
DoDonPachi True Death, a bullet hell shoot ’em up game, originally came to the arcades as DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou in 2012 with a worldwide debut happening in 2020. An Xbox 360 version was also made available in 2013.
The Splatfest events in Splatoon 3 will continue next year, with Nintendo announcing the “Frosty Fest” due to take place in January
For the latest theme, players will be asked what would make them happiest out of money, experiences, and presents.
September 30: Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact is the latest game to have been hit by a delay. The title is now planned to launch in early 2025, according to a statement sent out on social media.
Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact was previously on track to arrive on Switch and other platforms by the end of the year. However, the team now intends to use extra development time to implement rollback netcode. It’s unclear if the Switch version will support that functionality, but regardless, the fighter is now launching on all platforms in 2025.
The full statement regarding the delay for Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact reads:
The latest expanded Japanese software sales from Famitsu are as follows:
1. [NSW] Super Mario Party Jamboree – 95,817 / 701,543
2. [NSW] Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake – 54,924 / 856,583
3. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 25,537 / 6,122,159
4. [NSW] Minecraft – 17,985 / 3,721,540
5. [NSW] Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom – 14,964 / 338,468
6. [NSW] Mario & Luigi: Brothership – 14,893 / 126,143
7. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 13,742 / 5,650,315
8. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 13,563 / 7,992,807
9. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru – 12,330 / 1,188,938
10. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports – 11,678 / 1,490,940
Starting today, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are hosting a 5-Star Shiny Rayquaza raid event that’s accessible to all players. Previous raid events we’ve reported on have been 7 stars, which are significantly more difficult. In other words, even though this is a Legendary Pokemon raid, it shouldn’t give you quite as much trouble as the other raid events Pokemon Scarlet and Violet have hosted in the past. Here’s how to take down and catch the Shiny Rayquaza raid before the event ends on January 5, 2025.
Garten of Banban 7 is now available on Nintendo Switch with the game getting a surprise launch on the system today. Note that this is technically only for North America as of now – the European equivalent will follow soon.
Garten of Banban 7 is another survival game in Euphoric Brothers’s franchise. We’ve got some information about it in the following overview:
December 12: SuperAuthenti has announced Catly, and it’s heading to Nintendo Switch. A release window has not yet been confirmed.
Catly is an open-world adventure game, and as the name implies, it’s all about cats. More information can be found in the following overview:
It’s been announced that Sandrock Online, the multiplayer component to My Time at Sandrock, is now available on Nintendo Switch.
Up to four people can play together online, and cross-play between console and PC is supported. Here’s some additional information:
We previously saw Killing Time: Resurrected digitally on Nintendo Switch, but now there’s a physical release happening as well. This comes courtesy of Limited Run Games.
The company currently has plans for just a standard version. No special editions have been announced at this time.
