Mages has announced, via the Laid-Back camp special event “Stay Tent” on April 11th, that a new Laid-Back Camp title will be released for Switch this fall in Japan. Along with the title announcement, a teaser website has been released. Laid-Back Camp: Have a nice day! will be available with a standard and a limited edition release, with the limited edition version including a Choro-Q pullback car toy of Rin Shima as well as a copy of the soundtrack from the game. Pre-orders will open on the Japanese eShop on April 23rd.
It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart. Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 slips a spot but remains in the top five, Pokemon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl move up several spots, and Pokemon Legends: Arceus makes its first appearance.
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between March 25 and March 31.
A number of new deals are up and running on the North American Switch eShop. These include various games from Bandai Namco, Graceful Explosion Machine, Jenny LeClue: Detectivu, West of Loathing, and more.
Here are the full highlights:
Good Job! will be offered as the next Nintendo Switch Online Game Trial in Japan, Nintendo has announced. The full title can be played for free between April 19 and April 25. Save data can be used in the full version.
Additionally, Good Job! will be sold at a discount to promote the offer. It’ll be on sale between April 19 and May 2.
We’ll let you know if Nintendo announces any similar plans for the west. If the Game Trial is only for Japan, anyone can participate with an active Switch Online subscription. You simply need to create a Japanese Nintendo Account and download the trial from the Japanese eShop.
Team17 and Moi Rai Games announced a massive update for Monster Sanctuary this week. There’ll be new features, highlighted by the inclusion of New Game Plus.
A trailer has now come in to promote the update. We’ve included it below.
Torchlight III has been updated to version 1.7.104930 on Switch. According to Echtra, it “turns off the Snow & Steam contract and includes an engine update which further prepares us for the next upcoming content patch.” A few fixes are included as well.
Here are the full patch notes:
Ravensword: Shadowlands, an RPG from Crescent Moon Games and Ratalakia Games, landed on Switch a couple of days ago. Have a look at some footage in the video below.
Ravensword: Shadowlands is out now on the Switch eShop. In case you missed it, we have further details and a trailer for the game here.
HandyGames and Seed by Seed have shared a new trailer for Pile Up! Box by Box, an upcoming 3D platformer for Switch. Watch it below.
Pile Up! Box by Box is due out for Switch this summer. We have more details about the game here.
System: Switch
Release date: March 30, 2021
Developer: Ghost Dog Films
Publisher: Wales Interactive
FMVs, much like visual novels, have always had that sort of stigma where those that weren’t open-minded enough wouldn’t really consider them to be true games, yet I guarantee every genre, regardless of what one’s feeling towards them are, has at least something for everyone that may surprise you – it’s just a matter of finding that right piece of media that’ll open the doors to help further spark an interest. While I haven’t played many FMVs, I can count quite a few that have all been fairly different from each other. Even if its live-action foundation may make it seem like a movie more than anything else, games like Erica, the controversial Phantasmagoria, and more set revolutionary ideas into place that made them much more than an interactive film. When it comes to the new Switch release I Saw Black Clouds, it finds itself in an odd in-between that goes from being mostly pure film to one with quite a few neat ideas that make it much more than a simple “choose an option” experience, and while I wouldn’t necessarily consider it fun in the traditional sense, as a film it can be immensely enjoyable.
