June 30: A new leak has revealed that Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana is receiving an English release in the west.
XSEED recently teased that it will be showing off an unspecified title at Anime Expo 2024 next week. It turns out this game is Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana. While the news was intended to be announced in a few days, posts that went up on social media share the announcement. Those posts have since been deleted.
Reel Fishing: Days of Summer, which was revealed earlier in the year, was given a release date today. Natsume confirmed that Switch owners can pick it up on October 28, 2024.
While not mentioned by Natsume directly, it looks like the game saw a delay. The company was originally planning a summer launch.
Here’s the latest information about the game:
Following an initial Early Access period, Bare Butt Boxing secured a final release date today. The game arrives for Switch on August 1, 2024.
Bare Butt Boxing was first announced for Switch in 2022. Despite being planned for the following year, the team took some extra time to get the game ready for launch.
Learn more about it in the following overview:
Ahead of the upcoming launch, Maximum Entertainment and Zero Games Studio unveiled the full car roster for Hot Lap Racing. Over 50 playable cars will be included in the simcade racer.
Here’s the full lineup:
Transcenders Media passed along its announcement that its upcoming project Truer than You is planned for Switch. It’ll be hitting the console sometime in 2025.
Truer than You is a visual novel and spiritual successor to the studio’s previous release, Knife Sisters. Players will guide gig worker Rin through a new job at a secretive company specializing in renting out actors for real-life situations, and face the challenge of balancing when to stick to the script or going full improv across a catalogue of unique situations.
Additional details can be found in the following overview:
Transformers: Galactic Trials is in development for Switch, publisher Outright Games and developer 3DClouds announced today. Fans can purchase the title starting October 11, 2024.
Transformers: Galactic Trials features a mix of arcade racing and rogue-lite combat. You’ll look to defeat Nemesis Prime as an Autobot or Decepticon, but you can also battle a friend in Versus Mode.
Here’s some additional information:
May 8: Gundam Breaker 4 just received a release date. The title launches for Switch on August 29, 2024, Bandai Namco announced today.
Gundam Breaker 4 was first revealed during a Nintendo Direct this year. Bandai Namco said it would be out sometime this year, but didn’t provide more specific timing.
Here’s a bunch of information about the game:
Publisher JanduSoft, in partnership with developer Pow Pixel Games, today announced a new Switch version of Abathor. It will be available on July 25, 2024.
Abathor is a 2D platformer “with action roguelite influences”. For those interested in playing with friends, up to four people can experience the game locally.
Here’s some additional information about what to expect:
June 19: Nintendo has announced a new boxed release for Splatoon 3 in Japan, specifically titled Splatoon 3 + Expansion Pass. It will be available on July 18, 2024.
The main game and all DLC content will be included. Additionally, a three-month subscription to Nintendo Switch Online is packed in, which is needed for online play.
Gameplay footage has popped up for Battle Crush, a free-to-play arena-based multiplayer fighting game which released on Switch last week. We have about 20 minutes of footage focused mostly on the game’s Battle Royale mode.
Here’s some more information on the game, courtesy of the Switch eShop:
