Unlike last year at this time, Nintendo’s upcoming slate of games for 2019 is pretty well known. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe just came out, Yoshi’s Crafted World drops at the end of March, and we’ll also be getting games such as Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Daemon X Machina, and a new Pokemon title in 2019. Third-parties will help fill out the schedule with the likes of Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen, Final Fantasy releases, Mortal Kombat 11, Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, and more. 3DS will understandably be quieter, but we did just see a Mario & Luigi remake release and Kirby’s Extra Epic Yarn is coming in just a couple of months.
Based on what we know so far, what are your most anticipated games of 2019? Is there one title more than any other that you’re looking forward to? Let us know what you’re excited about in the comments below.
Japan is about to receive the special Stardew Valley Collector’s Edition. It includes the game, a town map, mini-guidebook, and soundtrack.
Play-Asia has now opened pre-orders for the Stardew Valley Collector’s Edition here. As of now, there are no plans for it to be distributed outside of Japan. A release is planned for January 31.
Towards the end of 2018, THQ Nordic announced a few different games for Switch. These include the return of the GameCube action-adventure title Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy and Rad Rodgers.
Thanks to listings on the eShop, we appear to have release dates for THQ Nordic’s upcoming Switch releases. Two are planned for this month while another couple will follow in February.
5pb. has come out with a new Robotics;Notes DaSH gameplay trailer called “Kou Kimijima Declares War.” We’ve included it below.
Fire Emblem Heroes has kicked off a new event. Naesala: Sky’s Shadow, featuring from Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, can be found in Special Maps.
Grand Hero Battle: Naesala will be live until January 20.
Cosen has announced two more games for Switch. The platform action game Rotating Brave and the rhythm title Lyrica are both on the way.
Below are overviews for both plus trailers:
The RPG Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force lands on the Switch eShop next Thursday. Watch a trailer for the game below.
Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark is due out on January 17.
Final Fantasy X / X-2 HD Remaster and Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age were both dated for Switch this week. The west are getting the RPGs on April 16 and April 30 respectively while Japan will have them on April 11 and April 25. Coinciding with the latest news, we have a look at the Japanese boxarts for both titles.
First up, here’s the one for Final Fantasy X / X-2 HD Remaster:
We finally have an update on the Meta Ridley statue from First 4 Figures, which was last mentioned a year ago. First 4 Figures has put out a teaser, which we have below. It shows off the near-final look of the statue.
Usually these teasers are soon accompanied by pre-orders. If we had to guess, reservations will go live next Friday. We’ll be sure to give you a heads up when that happens.
Another video for Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition is in, this time showing how the Switch and PlayStation 4 versions compare. Check it out below.
