Original (9/6): One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 has announced its next wave of DLC characters, with Yamato and Kaido joining the fray.
Both will be included in the game’s “The Battle of Onigashima Pack”. The same DLC will add Onigashima Battle Luffy, who was previously announced. All of these characters will be available in September.
Publisher Meridiem Games announced today that it will produce a physical version for Spirit of the Island on Switch. It will be available this fall.
Meridiem Games will be responsible for the creation, publishing and European distribution of the special boxed Paradise Edition of Spirit of the Island. It will include a special cover with new artwork, an exclusive set of stickers featuring some of the island’s inhabitants, and a tour guide so you don’t miss any of the wonderful activities on your island.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom won’t be getting DLC. That’s according to series producer Eiji Aonuma, who shared the news in an interview with Famitsu.
Aonuma told the outlet that Nintendo believes “we have already fully explored and exhausted the gameplay possibilities in this world.” You can read his full comments below, courtesy of VGC:
Hamster has announced Zing Zap as the latest Arcade Archives game on Switch. A worldwide release is planned for September 7, 2023.
A shooter released by Allume in 1992, the objective is to defeat the evil empire by operating a 1P aircraft with fast vertical movement speed and a 2P aircraft with fast horizontal movement speed. The game will also give you various power-ups and special moves to clear stages.
Arcade Archives Zing Zap will cost $7.99 / €6.99 / £6.29 on the Switch eShop.
Four more games have just been added to Nintendo Switch Online, with Kirby’s Star Stacker, Quest for Camelot, Downtown Nekketsu March: Super-Awesome Field Day, and Joy Mech Fight having been made available.
This is an especially notable update as three of the games were originally released just in Japan and never translated to English. Out of the bunch, Quest for Camelot was the only one that was made available in the west.
Focus Entertainment and Rundisc have prepared a launch trailer for Chants of Sennaar. The game, a puzzle adventure experience, lands on Switch today.
Learn more about it in the following overview:
Original (8/30): Sea of Stars has only just come out, yet it seems to be doing quite well for itself. Reviews for the title have been favorable, and Sabotage Studio have just announced that the game has sold 100,000 copies across all platforms within one day of its release.
Sea of Stars is an indie turn-based RPG, inspired by many older JRPG classics such as Super Mario RPG, Illusion of Gaia, and Chrono Trigger. For being a relatively small production, reaching this milestone on the first day of release is something to be celebrated, with the developers having gone online to thank fans for their support of the game.
You can check out their thank-you message below.
Original (8/19): Unbound Creations, the developer behind Rain on Your Parade, has unveiled Just Crow Things as its next project – and it’ll be on Switch. The studio is still figuring out launch timing, but 2024 is “likely”.
Just Crow Things is officially described as a “sandbox-y adventure game” and “a wholesome yet mischevious birb simulator”. Additional information can be found in the following overview:
System: Switch
Release date: August 24, 2023
Developer: The Game Kitchen
Publisher: Team17
Blasphemous was a smash hit when it released in 2019, two years after a highly successful Kickstarter campaign. Two years after the first game wrapped up with The Wounds of Eventide DLC, developer The Game Kitchen is back with this direct sequel. At this point you probably know if the Soulslike Metroidvania genre is one you enjoy, and Blasphemous II won’t be changing your mind. However, it stands out from the crowd and is a marked improvement on the original game, and one I would definitely recommend that you pick up if you’re on the fence.
