NASCAR games have been pretty much absent from Nintendo consoles over the past couple of generations, but that’s about to change. Motorsport Games has confirmed that it will be putting its first title on Switch sometime in 2021.
Motorsport Games Dmitry Kozko teased in an interview with Motorsport.com:
After a stint in arcades, Pokken Tournament was brought over to Wii U. Nintendo and Bandai Namco later created an upgraded “DX” version for Switch. There’s no word on a sequel currently, but that doesn’t mean such an idea is off the table.
Bandai Namco actually seems rather open to working with Pokken Tournament again. Katsuhiro Harada, who was a producer on the game, expressed interest in developing a follow-up when asked by a fan about making a sequel. However, Harada indicated that it’d be up to Nintendo and The Pokemon Company to move forward with a new entry.
D3 Publisher is back with a new round of details and screenshots for Maglam Lord, its upcoming action RPG for Switch. This time around, new details and screenshots have been shared pertaining to the game’s dating system.
Here’s the full roundup, courtesy of RPG Site:
Takahisa Taura was given his first shot at directing a game with Astral Chain. He had worked as a designer for a full decade prior, but that wasn’t enough to offset a bit of the uneasiness he felt.
Taura spoke about the distress he experienced while developing Astral Chain in a previous issue of Famitsu, which also featured supervisor Hideki Kamiya from PlatinumGames and Yoko Taro from Square Enix. It was Kamiya who ended up guiding him through while the team was “trying to nail down the action mechanics.”
Here’s our full translation of the interview excerpt:
A new update recently went live for the Switch version of Sam & Max Save the World Remastered. The game is now at version 1.0.3.
Below are the full patch notes:
EpiXR and RedAndroid are bringing the open world action game Flying Hero X to Switch, according to an eShop listing. The title will be available digitally on February 4.
We have the following overview for Flying Hero X:
Listings on the eShops provide file sizes for a bunch of Switch games. These include Skyforge, Marchen Forest, Gods Will Fall, Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town, Blue Fire, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
Nintendo has updated its maintenance schedule for the coming week, with more downtime planned. Aside from a session for the Switch eShop, Nintendo Switch Online save data will be briefly impacted, and another period is lined up a few days from now involving network services.
Here’s the full schedule:
There’s no doubt that if you played the original Hollow Knight, you’ll be interested in Hollow Knight: Silksong. However, Team Cherry is hoping to grab new players as well.
The studio told EDGE this month that Silksong is intended to test players in a “comparable” way to the first game. At the same time, co-director Ari Gibson mentioned that the new title, with its own lore and characters, is intended to be “a perfect jumping on-point for new players.”
Gibson added:
2021 will be bringing along the best and brightest games. Switch is in the prime of its life cycle currently and will surely offer many more memorable experiences over the next twelve months.
From Nintendo itself, the company’s lineup is actually a bit of a mystery at the moment. We know that Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury will be dropping along with Bravely Default II (published in the west) in February and New Pokemon Snap is planned for the very end of April, but there’s much that’s up in the air. You would think that Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 would have a good chance of a 2021 launch, though nothing is for certain. There are other question marks as well like Bayonetta 3.
While Nintendo is keeping its cards close to the vest, there are some heavy hitters from third-parties on the way. The lineup for 2021 already includes Monster Hunter Rise, Monster Hunter Stories 2, No More Heroes 3, Persona 5 Strikers, Atelier Ryza 2, Little Nightmares II, Ghosts ‘n Goblins Resurrection, Capcom Arcade Stadium, Balan Wonderworld, Rune Factory 5, Story of Seasons: Friends of Olive Town, Disgaea 6, Cyber Shadow, and Axiom Verge 2. We definitely didn’t name everything here, and you know that we’ll be seeing plenty of announcements throughout 2021.
Based on what we know so far, what are your most anticipated games of 2021? Let us know in the comments below.
