Today, NIS America announced a release date for Happy Birthdays. The game is slated for June 5 in North America, and June 8 in Europe.
Happy Birthdays was previously released on other platforms, but will have UI and game element improvements on Switch. These include:
Nintendo added new functionality to its website last week, allowing Switch users to review games they played for more than two hours. But after just a few days, it was taken offline.
Nintendo put up a notice on its website regarding the reviews system, but now we have an official statement directly from the company. The feature says that the feature saw a “positive” response, and reiterated that its future is being evaluated. Nintendo says it has “no estimate on when an update will be provided on the status of this initiative”.
Update: Bumped to the top. The Trail: Frontier Challenge will launch in the Americas on March 8.
Original: Last year, The Trail: Frontier Challenge from Kongregate and 22cans released on Steam. Much like with Outlast yesterday, out of nowhere, the exploration-driven simulation game has now unexpectedly landed on Switch. This case is even stranger as we previously had no idea that The Trail would be making its way to Nintendo’s console.
The Trail: Frontier Challenge is a reworked version of 22cans’ mobile title that first appeared a couple of years ago. Peter Molyneux, the creator of Fable, Populous, Black & White, and other games, founded 22cans in 2012.
Sons of a Bit has announced that Islabomba is coming to Switch. The 2.5D puzzle-platformer is slated for later this year.
Islabomba has Torito Rabbit, Dany Turtle and Alex Penguin combining their skills to put bombs out before they explode in over 100 levels. The game promises “hilarious enemies, collectible items, crazy skins, amazing cut-scenes and spectacular boss battles”.
Little Triangle will be out on the Switch eShop tomorrow as one of the latest digital downloads. Take a look at some footage below.
Nintendo has published the latest entry in its Nintendo Power podcast series. Episode 3 can be listened to in full below.
In the latest podcast, host Chris Slate discusses Celeste with creators Matt Thorson and Noel Berry. Reiko Ninomiya and Tim O’Leary from the Nintendo Treehouse also stop by to talk about the games that defined the first year of Switch system and more.
Another new piece of DLC has come out for Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2. Fans can purchase the Anime Music Pack, which features 11 songs from the original anime of Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, and Dragon Ball GT.
Most of the pieces are the opening and ending songs. That being said, the pack also includes some iconic background music.
Announced earlier in the week, the bullet hell shooter Danmaku Unlimited 3 is releasing for Switch on March 13. Have a look at the new launch trailer below.
Alex Kidd in Miracle World was intended to be SEGA’s answer to Super Mario Bros. Yet even before that, there was a very different plan in mind for the project.
Kotaro Hayashida, who created Alex Kidd, revealed in the new Untold History of Japanese Game Developers book that the game started out as a Dragon Ball title. However, SEGA was forced to make a major change when it lost the license. Hayashida said that when the project restarted, that’s when the team “started thinking about Mario, and looking for ways in which to differentiate the title from it.”
Nintendo isn’t done with updates for Super Mario Odyssey. It’s unclear if the game will be getting any additional free modes or paid DLC in the future, but there are at least new costumes on the way.
Thanks to last week’s update, which added Luigi’s Balloon World, we may have a pretty good idea as to what Nintendo has planned. Dataminers have plucked through the files from version 1.2.0 and have found many new hats and costumes – complete with their descriptions.
