As of today, Nintendo Switch Online members have the chance to earn new icons from Yoshi.
Each month, a new classic game gets their own designs on the service. Yoshi is that title for January 2025.
System: Switch
Release date: January 7, 2024
Developer: Falcom
Publisher: Marvelous
Despite arguably being dethroned as Falcom’s flagship series over the years by the Trails series, Ys has nonetheless seen a rising amount of success since the release of Lacrimosa of Dana. The standalone nature of the games make it an easy series to jump onto at any point, and although it’s a difficult series to access in its entirety outside of PC ports thanks to several of the games being decades old and trapped on outdated platforms, it’s gradually making its way onto modern consoles through remakes and remasters. Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana is the latest chapter in Adol’s expansive adventures to come to Nintendo Switch, and is another strong instalment despite its age and notably different gameplay style from its successors.
Abebe Tinari, the director of Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon, has left PlatinumGames.
Tinari updated his LinkedIn profile recently, confirming the news. He spent nearly a decade at PlatinumGames before exiting in November, but is now with the PlayStation studio Housemarque.
An unfortunate trend has been happening at retail in which consumers hoping to get a new Nintendo Switch game are instead receiving googly eyes inside the case, rather than the actual cartridge.
Reports appear to have picked up during the holiday season even though it’s been an ongoing issue. Posts on places such as Reddit and X note that this is happening despite getting the games new and still sealed.
September 24: Today, Idea Factory shared the release window for Neptunia Riders VS Dogoos in the west. Switch players in North America and Europe can get their hands on the game starting in January 2025. An exact date will be provided later.
Also confirmed today is that Neptunia Riders VS Dogoos will be offering a Deluxe Edition. The latter includes the digital game, digital art book (35 pages), soundtrack (ten tracks), and Costume Set offering a costume per set for Uzume Neptune, Noire, Blanc, and Vert (swimsuit, apocalyptic, and race queen). Note that the Costume Set will also be available as a standalone DLC on launch.
Today, Limited Run Games revealed a physical release for Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered on Nintendo Switch.
Copies will be sold as standalone and a collector’s edition. You’ll get a Soul Reaver sword replica with a Sarcophagus Stand, mini comic, Kain metal medallion, and more with the latter.
The latest UK software sales chart for the week ending January 4, 2025 is now available.
There are a few shifts this week with Hogwarts Legacy taking the top spot. In terms of Nintendo Switch exclusives, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is still the game that’s charting the highest.
Here’s the full UK software sales chart for the week ending January 4, 2025:
At one point in time, Retro Studios apparently had a project in development as a music RPG.
The company shipped Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze on Wii U in 2014. After that, there was essentially a decade-long gap without a new game from Retro Studios. Tropical Freeze was ported to Nintendo Switch a few years ago and Metroid Prime Remastered dropped in 2023, but outside of that, nothing made it to market.
September 17: Freedom Wars Remastered is in development for Switch, Bandai Namco just revealed. A release is planned for January 10, 2025.
Freedom Wars originally came to the PlayStation Vita in 2014. Sony published the original version, but the publisher has shifted to Bandai Namco this time around.
The previously-announced reboot of Carmen Sandiego just secured a release date. Gameloft will be bringing it out on March 4, 2025.
The upcoming title was previously revealed last September. Gameloft initially shared a Q1 2025 launch window.
Here’s an overview of the project:
