It’s time for the newest North American Nintendo Download report for the week of January 16, 2025. The latest releases include Donkey Kong Country Returns HD, Tales of Graces f Remastered, Blade Chimera, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
Illam has passed along word that its new game Mirage: Ignis Fatuus will be on Nintendo Switch in a few months. Expect it on April 18, 2025.
Mirage: Ignis Fatuus is a puzzle RPG in which reality shifts with every glance. Players will control a cuboid as they look to save the town of Mirage, which is running out of Mana.
We’ve got more information in the following overview:
If you checked out the just-released announcement trailer for Nintendo Switch 2, you may have noticed something interesting about the Mario Kart game shown: there’s an updated design for Donkey Kong, and it seems pretty similar to his look in The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
Just one game was shown alongside the reveal of the hardware. That was indeed Mario Kart, and given how it’s the best-selling title on the current Nintendo Switch by far, that probably makes sense.
Nintendo has finally made an official announcement regarding its next gaming system, the Switch 2. It is confirmed to launch later in 2025.
Tesura Games and JanduSoft have announced a new partnership involving a physical release of Kemono Heroes on Nintendo Switch. It will be available in Q1 2025.
The physical release will be sold standalone and as part of a collector’s edition. With the latter version, you’ll get a special box, Kodama reversible keychain, original soundtrack CD, and a 100-page full color art book.
Today, Dust Storm Mercs was announced as the next summoning event for the mobile game Fire Emblem Heroes.
Special Heroes with keen eyes even amidst swirling sands are coming soon. Nintendo and Intelligent Systems are also confirming that Hero Saber: Dune Walker will appear as a Score Reward in the next Tempest Trials+ event.
January 5: Another alleged Nintendo Switch 2 leak has taken place which may give us one of the best looks we’ve had thus far at the new Joy-Con.
Images were apparently posted on Chinese social media and have since spread to Reddit. The exact source is unclear, but it could have come from anywhere such as a factory production line. As we’ll always caution, nothing is confirmed until we see and hear something from Nintendo itself.
Dragami Games has announced a new update for Lollipop Chainsaw Repop that will add a Photo Mode and Goth Outfit to the game. Nintendo Switch players will be able to download it in early February.
Similar to other games, players will be able to pause the action whenever they please and take in-game photos. There are ways to change the camera angle, depth of field, poses, and facial expressions. Filters and frames will be supported.
Digital Eclipse just came out with a new update for Morphin Power Rangers: Rita’s Rewind update which brings along online play. After the patch is installed, it should show as version 1.0.5.
Morphin Power Rangers: Rita’s Rewind did technically have online play, but that was based on your platform. Nintendo Switch and Xbox missed out on the feature with Digital Eclipse promising that the functionality would be added in later. Thankfully, the wait for its arrival was only about a month.
