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.
As part of its latest community update, the team behind Spintires: MudRunner has announced that a Switch version is in development. Specifics are mostly unknown at the moment since we only have this brief blurb:
Finally, a Nintendo Switch version of Spintires: MudRunner is currently being worked on. We don’t have much more to say about this right now, but it is coming, and we’ll have more news about it in the future!
The Men of Yoshiwara: Ohgiya launched on Switch earlier this month. Its counterpart, The Men of Yoshiwara: Ohgiya, will also be out in a few days.
A listing on the Japanese Switch eShop shows that the visual novel is scheduled for March 8. D3 Publisher should end up releasing it in North America and Europe during the same timeframe, if not the same day.
We have more information about The Men of Yoshiwara: Ohgiya below.
A listing on the Japanese eShop confirms next week’s NeoGeo game on Switch. On March 8, Real Bout Fatal Fury will be available.
Here’s a brief overview:
This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlights include Urban Trial Playground, Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition, Valkyria Chronicles 4, and The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince. Scans of all games are below.
Auroch Digital and Ripstone are collaborating with the award-winning table top team at Modiphius to bring Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics – The Forest of Fear to Switch and other platforms. The strategic role-playing game launches later this year.
Here’s more on Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics from Ripstone:
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
Switch – 39,696
PS4 – 29,392
New 2DS LL – 6,693
PS4 Pro – 5,383
Vita – 5,017
New 3DS LL – 3,693
2DS – 850
Xbox One X – 139
Xbox One – 135
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
PS4 – 41,496
Switch – 39,303
PS4 Pro – 8,006
New 2DS LL – 5,778
Vita – 4,959
New 3DS LL – 3,423
2DS – 959
Xbox One X – 133
Xbox One – 57
And here are the software charts:
Koei Tecmo sent out the latest Attack on Titan 2 video today, highlighting Eren Jaeger and Levi Ackerman in their “Civilian Clothes” outfits. We’ve posted it below.
