SEGA has dated the new Switch release of SEGA Ages Alex Kidd in Miracle World. The game will launch in Japan on February 21, the company announced today. Pricing is set at 925 yen.
SEGA Ages Alex Kidd in Miracle World is also confirmed for the west, but a release date for North America and Europe hasn’t been announced. We’ll bring you that information as soon as we have it.
A number of new deals are up and running on the North American Switch eShop. These include the trilogy of Atelier games, Civilization VI, Diablo III, Ms. Splosion Man, Mulaka, NBA 2K19, and more.
Here’s the full roundup of sales:
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Nintendo has started to update its maintenance schedule for the coming week. Fortunately, only one session is planned thus far, and it should be over after tonight.
Here’s a look at the schedule as of now:
Nintendo published an interview this week with Toby Fox. Fox, who created Undertale, answered a few questions about his latest project Deltarune. He spoke about its origins, gave an update (sort of) for the second chapter and beyond, plus more.
We’ve transcribed the full interview below. Note that it contains some potential spoiler-related information for Deltarune Chapter 1.
Spanish developer Xaloc Studios has announced that the fantasy-football game Super Kickers League is planned for Switch. It will be appearing on the eShop “soon.”
Here’s an overview:
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has been revealed, which was painted by ArtPlay’s Mana Ikeda. Get a look at the packaging image above.
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night launches on Switch this summer.
Rune Factory may not be the biggest franchise around, but fans have been clamoring for its return. It’s been several years since the series’ last entry, Rune Factory 4. As we found out in this week’s Nintendo Direct, Rune Factory is coming back in a big way starting this year.
Rune Factory 4 Special kicks things off for 2019. The Switch version of the 3DS title drops later this year in the west, but Japan has a confirmed release date of July 25.
Rune Factory 5 was also announced in this week’s Nintendo Direct. Unfortunately, almost no information has been said about the game thus far. The Nintendo Direct didn’t mention it, but we do actually know that it’s due out sometime in 2020. A teaser site can be found here.
Earlier in the week, Game Informer senior editor Imran Khan stopped by the Kinda Funny Games Daily show. Khan ended up sharing what sounds like a pretty interesting rumor regarding Nintendo reviving a “dead and buried” game.
He stated:
