February 28: Stardew Valley’s new 1.6.15.1 update came out this week, but if you’ve been playing it, you may have run into some problems. ConcernedApe has confirmed that “there are a few crashes, and some text will be garbled.”
Players are advised to avoid artifact troves and the back room of adventure guild. The good news is that the game is mostly playable otherwise and the developer is already working on a fix. We’ll update this post when it’s made available.
Special Heroes: Past Preconceptions is shaping up to be the next summoning event for Fire Emblem Heroes.
Special Heroes having heart-to-heart chats amidst the joys of spring are coming soon in the Special Heroes summoning event: Past Preconceptions. On top of this, 5-star Hero Lon’qu: Spring Jitters will appear as a Score Reward in the next Tempest Trials+ event.
Fire Emblem Heroes will kick off the Past Preconceptions summoning event on March 6 / March 7. We have the official trailer below.
Previously released on PC, Abyss Seeker: What Do You See Deep in the Abyss is now seeing an imminent launch on Nintendo Switch. The game is due out tomorrow, March 6.
Abyss Seeker: What Do You See Deep in the Abyss is a twin-stick survival shooter. While the Nintendo Switch version will be largely the same as the original release, the “Plasma Beam” and “Zantetsu Protocol” Grimoires have been swapped out in favor of the “Rapid Laser” and “Magic Missile” Grimoires. This is intended to help with performance.
Find some information about the game in the following overview:
There’s more to come for Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, and this week, it was revealed that Dragon Ball Daima is joining the game with Super Saiyan 3 Vegeta joining the roster.
Super Saiyan 3 Vegeta will appear just as he did in the anime. There’s another character to come, though the identity has not yet been revealed. We also know that costumes / accessories, equippable skills, Super Soul, and more are a part of the DLC.
Former Nintendo of America advertising manager Gail Tilden has revealed that there was at least some discussion about turning Pokemon into a gritty baseball RPG outside of Japan.
Well before the franchise became the mainstream success that it is today, Nintendo was grappling with how to localize things for the west. Feeling that it wouldn’t be easy to sell in the west, Tilden said that the company’s advertising agency suggested doing something different by essentially turning it into a gritty baseball game. Thankfully that didn’t come to be, and Nintendo ended up with a localization that was faithful to the original Japanese version.
January 20: Publisher kawaiinium and developer Frontier Works have announced that they will be bringing a remastered version of the romance visual novel Tayutama: Kiss on my Deity to Nintendo Switch, with a targeted release window of Spring 2025. The game will support English, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese language options.
Check out an overview of the title below, which comes via its Steam page:
Mika and the Witch’s mountain developer Chibig just launched a Kickstarter campaign for its next project Elusive, and in just a few hours, the funding goal was reached – so far the total is getting close to $50,000. As a result, the project will be made available on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 in 2027.
Elusive is an adventure and exploration game with Metroidvania elements. You’ll play as the young raider Zoe, and across both 2D and 3D sections, you’ll explore a world as a small person in a big world.
Here’s some additional information:
Today, publisher Purple Play and Thunder Ray developer Purple Tree, along with TMS Entertainment, revealed Baki Hanma: Blood Arena. The game launches on Nintendo Switch in September.
Baki Hanma: Blood Arena is inspired by the Baki anime, which is currently streaming on Netflix. The title takes inspiration from Nintendo’s Punch-Out!! series for its gameplay.
Here’s some additional information:
November 20: Casual Brothers is working on Hot Rod Mayhem for Nintendo Switch, the studio revealed today. It’s on track for a 2025 release.
Hot Rod Mayhem is a fast-paced racing game. Players will be spending their time in Racing and Campaign modes.
Lots of additional details can be found in the following overview:
