Coinciding with next week’s release, Entergram and 07th Expansion have sent out the launch trailer for Umineko When They Cry Blossom: Symphony of Dream and Cat Box, their serial murder fantasy visual novel. We have it below.
Umineko When They Cry Blossom: Symphony of Dream and Cat Box arrives for Switch in Japan on January 28. A western release has not yet been announced.
NUTS, a single-player surveillance mystery, will be out on the Switch eShop next month. Take a look at some footage below.
NUTS will be available for Switch on February 4. We have more information and a trailer here.
A Western release date has been confirmed for action adventure collection Turrican Flashback. ININ Games has announced that the title will be releasing on January 29 in Europe and North America.
Turrican Flashback includes Turrican, Turrican 2, Super Turrican, and Mega Turrican. You can find our initial coverage of the title here.
Source: ININ Games PR
GeminiArms has received a new update. Here are the full patch notes:
Implements online leaderboard
A new update has been released for Missile Dancer. Here are the full patch notes:
Implements online leaderboard
A Korean rating for SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium on the Switch has popped up. First reported by Gematsu, this rating is dated today (January 22, 2021) and has been registered with the official Game Rating and Administration Committee of Korea by SNK and Capcom.
The original version of SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium released on the Neo Geo Pocket Color in 1999, but now it could be seeing a re-release on the Switch soon. Nintendo has released a few Neo Geo Pocket Color games on Switch in the past, so it makes sense that an announcement for the release of SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium could be coming soon.
Fire Emblem Heroes is bringing back New Heroes summoning events and their corresponding Forging Bonds in a new vote. This vote is decided through the FEH official Twitter page (included below), and it will bring back the winner’s New Heroes in a summoning event and also revive the related Forging Bonds.
Which of these New Heroes (and accompanying Forging Bonds) events do you want to see return in March? The choice with the most combined votes across the official EN and JP Twitter accounts will win! Voting is open for five days and closes Jan. 26, 11 PM PT. #FEHeroes
— Fire Emblem Heroes (@FE_Heroes_EN) January 22, 2021
This week Dark Burdens has the featured summoning event and Forging Bonds. Dark Burdens features a summoning event with the characters: Ike (Zeal Unleashed), Julia (Heart Usurped), Lyon (Demon King), and Corrin (Bloodhound Beast) and also the Forging Bonds: Peaceful Ends. Both of these will available until January 29 at 10:59pm PT.
Cygames has announced the name for the Dragalia Lost X Persona 5 Strikers crossover event along with the release date. This new event will be called “Caged Desire” and it will come to the game on January 30, 2o21 at 9:59pm PT.
This announcement also comes with a two minute trailer that gives a glimpse of Joker and the Phantom Thieves in action in Dragalia Lost. Check it out below.
The Pokemon Company has put out a new statement regarding the modification of save data in Pokemon Sword/Shield and Pokemon Home. According to Serebii.net, they call out the fact that some players have been using save data that has been altered, and suggest that it is ruining the experience for other players. They mention specifically the three games Pokemon Sword, Pokemon Shield, and Pokemon Home, and say that a new wave of bans is coming for those using hacked save data.
The bans being issued will not allow players to access Pokemon Home any longer, and will also restrict the online and trading features in Pokemon Sword/Shield. These bans can be permanent or temporary depending on the case, and no refunds will be issued for any content that was purchased in these games.
After being announced last year, the strategy RPG Lily: Shiroki Yuri no Otome-tachi S has released today on the Switch in Japan. Alongside its release, Nintendo Hall has put out a first look video of 20 minutes of gameplay.
The full video is included below.
Lily: Shiroki Yuri no Otome-tachi S is out now on the Japanese eShop, but there has been no word on a western localization at this time.
