Devolver Digital published the latest trailer for I Hate Running Backwards, which is on track for a late summer launch on Switch. View the video below.

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This Friday, Limited Run Games will be taking pre-orders for a mystery Switch title. The publisher hasn’t elaborated with any specifics about the game in question.

Limited Run will be offering a collector’s edition, which will be limited to 2,500 copies. However, the standard version will be open to everyone.

We’ll bring you more details about the surprise game as soon as we have them – likely not before Friday.

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This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlights include Warriors Orochi 4, Jake Hunter Detective Story: Prism of Eyes, Dragon Quest Builders 2, and The Liar and the Blind Prince. Scans of all games are below.

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Vertical Strike Endless Challenge is on the way to Switch, according to the latest issue of Famitsu. Playism will be publishing the game this summer on the eShop. Pricing is set at 461 yen.

This will be one of many games Playism is bringing to Switch. The company is also working on Angels of Death, Kero Blaster, and Croixleur Sigma.

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A demo for PixelJunk Monsters 2 is now available on the Japanese Switch eShop. It should be offered in other regions soon as well, but if you can’t wait, you simply need a Nintendo Account to access it early. The eShop listing for the full game mentions English support, so we assume that applies to the demo as well.

The PixelJunk Monsters 2 demo takes up 853MB of space. Look for the full game on May 24.

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A number of new listings have popped up on Walmart Canada, possibly tying in to E3.

In terms of brand new games, NBA 2K19 is listed for Switch. LEGO DC Villains also has pages for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions, though assuming the game is legitimate (and it has been rumored before), a Switch release is almost certainly happening.

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Playism will release Angels of Death on Switch, the company has confirmed.

In Japan, the title will be available this summer for 1,389 yen. It has previously been localized into English, though it’s currently unclear what plans are in place for the Switch version in other regions.

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Later this week, Hyper Sentinel will finally be arriving on Switch through the eShop. Check out some footage from the final build below.

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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

Switch – 53,113
PS4 – 25,064
PS4 Pro – 9,930
New 2DS LL – 6,545
Vita – 5,502
New 3DS LL – 3,509
2DS  – 731
Xbox One – 161
Xbox One X – 27

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

Switch – 38,752
PS4 – 25,005
PS4 Pro – 10,004
Vita – 4,562
New 2DS LL – 4,377
New 3DS LL – 2,840
2DS – 516
Xbox One – 123
Xbox One X – 56

And here are the software charts:

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Mario had a series of different cartoons way back in the day. The Super Mario Bros. Super Show, The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, and Super Mario World all ran on television in the late ’80s and early ’90s.

Phil Harnage was directly involved with the different cartoons. As a writer, he played a prominent role in determining how the different episodes would play out.

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