January 31: According to this week’s issue of Famitsu, Riviera: The Promised Land is heading to Switch. Thus far it’s only confirmed for Japan where it’s set to launch on February 28, 2024.
Sting first revealed the Riviera: The Promised Land last July. However, there was no word on platforms at the time.
The latest issue of Weekly Famitsu magazine has revealed that Compile Heart plans to port three games in the Hyperdimension Neptunia series over to Switch.
The three games in question will be Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1, Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2: Sisters Generation, and Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 3: V Generation. All of these titles were originally PlayStation Vita remasters of the first three Hyperdimension Neptunia games, now making their appearance on Nintendo systems for the first time.
One announcement from the recent Pokemon Presents was new 7 Star Tera Raid Battles for Scarlet and Violet. One such event is 7 Star Venusaur, which is currently live.
Venusaur is a tough one – certainly one of the toughest yet. Even with adequate preparation, it took us a few tries to take it down. At the beginning of the match, Venusaur uses Sunny Day to activate its Chlorophyll Ability, and then it uses Growth to sharply boost its offenses. From there, it knows Giga Drain, Sludge Bomb, and Earth Power as its attacking moves, plus Amnesia to boost Special Defense. The event lasts until March 5.
System: Switch
Release date: March 1, 2024
Developer: Sunsoft
Publisher: Red Art Games
Back in 1991, video game developer Sunsoft – perhaps best-known these days for its Blaster Master series – was trying to get a new franchise off the ground, in part to help cement a new mascot for the company. Ufouria: The Saga was the result – a quirky 2D platformer whose main gimmick was its ability for players to swap between four different characters. While the game did well enough to spawn a series of puzzle games featuring the same oddball cast and charming presentation, the original title been almost entirely unavailable for western players outside of a now-inaccessible Virtual Console rerelease and a limited run in Europe. That’s why it’s such a delightful surprise that now, over thirty years later, Sunsoft has released a sequel – and fortunately, an excellent one. Ufouria: The Saga 2 not only tightly modernizes the satisfying gameplay of the original, but imbues its world and characters with a sense of whimsy and humor that had me smiling from start to finish.
Publisher Sometimes You, in partnership with developer Uncle Frost Team, today announced that Cybertrash Statyx is set for release on Switch. The game is due out on March 13, 2024.
Cybertrash Statyx is a tactical 2D action platformer that takes place in a cyberpunk world. Additional details are available in the following overview:
Dungeon Drafters is just a couple of weeks away with the game’s release date now revealed. As provided by an eShop listing, Dangen Entertainment will be publishing the title on March 14, 2024.
Dungeon Drafters was confirmed for Switch way back in 2020. Dangen Entertainment then announced in 2022 that it had picked up the game for publishing.
A physical release of Outer Wilds was first teased when the game was first launching for Switch digitally at the end of last year, but now we have full details.
iam8bit will be handling the physical version. The Outer Wilds: Archaeologist Edition includes the base game and Echoes of the Eye expansion as well as a foldout planetary chart poster by Mobius Digital concept artist Ian Jacobson. Additionally, available via the iam8bitstore is a collector’s edition containing a canvas traveler’s adventure bag, explorer’s journey + game sleeve, Chert’s bandana, set of seven planetary patches, bonus item from a doomed timeline, and eye of the universe clasp.
A new February 2024 update has gone out for Mortal Kombat 1.
The highlight is the addition of Peacemaker as a DLC character and Janet Cage as a Kameo Character (launching in March). Elsewhere there’s a new round of balance adjustments, fixes, and more.
Here’s the full rundown:
Atlus and Vanillaware are back with another trailer for Unicorn Overlord, titled “Josef’s Guide to Combat”.
In the video, Josef details some of the finer points of combat, including how Alain can trigger a First Strike to gain an advantage over their foes, as well as how to correctly utilise the various different types of skills that underpin the game’s combat systems.
Some information about the game can be found in the following overview:
Ahead of its arrival on Switch at the end of the week, we have some gameplay footage of Ufouria 2: The Saga. A total of 24 minutes of footage of the reboot of the classic 1991 Famicom action game are now available.
