Sprite shared some encouraging news about the new Switch version of Aokana: Four Rhythm Across the Blue. Ahead of its release, the company confirmed that the title is already profitable on Nintendo’s console.
As Aokana: Four Rhythm Across the Blue doesn’t launch until the end of this month, we won’t have sales data for several weeks. But what this tells us is that pre-orders are strong enough to provide Sprite with a solid return. Visual novels don’t tend to light the sales charts on fire, but reservations are good enough where Sprite won’t lose money on the port, and should be able to receive a decent amount of revenue in the end.
Steredenn: Binary Stars is coming to the Switch eShop today, and we now have some footage of the title. Check out the gameplay video below.
Arc System Works has posted a few different videos for the Switch game Cube Creator X. We’ve rounded them up below.
Aside from news about Mario Tennis Aces and Sushi Striker, Rakuten also appears to have leaked Japanese release dates for The Dead Heat Breakers and the upcoming Pearl / Marina amiibo. These two appear to be on track for April 26 and July 13 respectively.
Note that these dates have not yet been officially announced. Nintendo should be sharing the news during its presentation later today.
D3 Publisher has announced Enchanting Mahjong Match to Switch. As you might’ve guessed, this is a mahjong game, featuring 140 levels and a lot of special artwork that you can unlock by beating those levels. The game supports five languages (English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean). Enchanting Mahjong Match will be available on the eShop on March 15th.
A bunch of DLC is dropping for the Japanese version of Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings today, including a new playable character in Lucia Voltaire. Watch the trailer for her below.
The game will finally be released in the West later this month. Koei Tecmo hasn’t revealed its DLC plans for the English version yet.
Fire Emblem Heroes received a major update today: version 2.3 adds quite a few new modes and other additions, most of which had been announced previously. Let’s go over them one by one.
In addition to Mario Tennis Aces, Rakuten Books also leaked something else: Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido, a 3DS game that was announced at last year’s E3 and hasn’t been heard from since, seems to be coming to Nintendo Switch as well, as you can see by the game’s boxart. Rakuten Books listed the game as releasing on June 8th this year. The 3DS version is also supposedly launching on the same day.
We will likely hear something official about this, including a Western release, in today’s Nintendo Direct.
Ahead of today’s Nintendo Direct, Japanese retailer Rakuten Books has leaked several details regarding Mario Tennis Aces. The store page has since been taken down, though we suspect it’ll go live again after the Direct. You can see the game’s Japanese boxart above; Rakuten also listed the game’s release date as June 22nd. Some screenshots could also be found on the store page, which revealed several new playable characters. Head past the break to find out more.
Arc System Works has just announced that “Eat Beat Deadspike-san” will be coming to the Switch. Eat Beat DEadspike-san is a “food gobbling rhythm game” featuring BlazBlue characters and it will be out on the Switch eShop worldwide on March 22 for $6.99.
Below we have the overview of the game, via from Gematsu and the official website:
Story
Once upon a time, in an unnamed Hierarchical City, was Ragna and Dead Spike-san. Ragna, as hard as he fought, never seemed to win…
Dead Spike-san, witnessing defeat after defeat, had a bright idea. If he ate more, maybe he could become stronger…?
Dead Spike-san and Ragna set off on an epic (?) journey.
Songs
Ragna=The=Bloodedge Battle “Rebellion II” Noel=Vermillion Battle “Bullet Dance II” Tsubaki=Yayoi Battle “Condemnation Wings II” Taokaka Battle “Catus Carnival II” Bang=Shishigami Battle “Reppuu II” Litchi=Faye=Ling Battle “Oriental Flower II” Rache=Alucard Battle “Queen of Rose II” Hakumen Battle “Susanooh II” Boss Hazama Battle “Endless Despair II” Jin=Kisaragi Battle “Lust Sin II” Hazama Battle “Gluttony Fang II” Iron Tager Battle “Motor Head II” Carl=Clover Battle “Marionette Purple II” Relius=Clover Batle “Plastic Night II” Platinum=The=Trinity Battle “Active Angel II” Makoto=Nanaya Battle “Alexandrite II” Kokonoe Battle “Science Fiction” BlazBlue: Central Fiction “Opening” Susanoo Battle “Must Die” Mai=Natsume Battle “Variable Beat” System
The controls are simple! Groove to the rhythm and eat as much as you can.
Gobble up the food item incoming from the right with the L and R buttons!
Charge the Burst Gauge by eating more itemes! Activate Overdrive once the gauge is full! Make use of Overdrive to earn High Calories (score)!
Aim for the higher rank!!
Obtain “Rank S” by capitalizing Overdrive and achieving a Full Combo! You might be able to receive an Award depending on your play result…!?
Characters
Ragna and Dead Spike-san Ragna – The main protagonist of the 2D fighting game BlazBlue. His only purpose in this game is to be dragged around by Dead Spike-san. Dead Spike-san – Ragna’s reliable special attack and the main character of this game. Determined to become stronger for Ragna’s sake by eating more. Hazama and Ouroboros Hazama – Captain of the Novus Librarium’s Intelligence Department. His only purpose in this game is to be dragged around by Ouroboros. Ouroboros – Hazama’s Drive ability. Decided to join in the fray so that he will not lose to Dead Spike-san. Carl and Nirvana Carl – A young bounty hunter. Obsessed with his sister. His only purpose in this game is to chase after his rampaging sister. Nirvana – The Nox Nycrtores in Carl’s possession. “Deus Ex Machina: Nirvana.” On a rampage for some reason. Dishes (?)
Tentama Udon – Udon with kakiage and an egg. Ragna’s favorite food. Boiled Eggs – Soft-boiled egg with the perferct firmness. Hazama’s favorite food. Fish Sausage – A large and thick fish sausage. There are more food items that await within the game…
