SEGA and Atlus are hosting a sizable Switch eShop sale for February 2023, with games such as Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 and Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania at their lowest prices ever. The same also goes for a few SEGA Ages titles – namely Sonic the Hedgehog, Phantasy Star, Virtua Racing, Shinobi, and Alex Kidd in Miracle World. Other games on sale include Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Mega Mix, Persona 5 Royal, Sonic Frontiers, and more.
Here’s the full lineup:
Super Nintendo World is the Big N’s take on theme parks – in partnership with Universal of course – but it’s easy to notice how there’s a big focus on Mario. Shigeru Miyamoto has now spoken on that decision.
In an interview with Polygon, Miyamoto did share that other IPs were considered for Super Nintendo World like Splatoon. However, in the end the decision was made “to start with something focused” since “it would be easier”.
Pokemon Unite received its latest update this week, moving the game up to version 1.8.1.7.
This update is largely focused on Comfey, who “has been comprehensively buffed.” There’s also a fix with Sableye and text fixes.
The full patch notes for the Pokemon Unite version 1.8.1.7 update are as follows:
Original (2/14): The news for Splatoon 3 continues, as it’s just been announced that an art book and soundtrack will be released in Japan.
The art book will cover the culture and stages players encounter in the Splatlands plus a look at other elements like weapons and gear, the single-player Hero Mode, Salmon Run, Tableturf Battle, and more. While the art book has only been announced for Japan currently, it’s very possible that a western release will happen later on – we’ll keep an eye out for news on that front.
Publisher HandyGames and developer SandBloom Studio provided an update on De-Exit: Eternal Matters today and also shared a new story trailer.
The title is now confirmed to be launching this spring. We previously reported on the project in October, but a release window wasn’t shared at the time.
You may recall that Bill & Ted’s Excellent Retro Collection was announced for Switch last June. We haven’t heard a peep about it since then, but as it turns out, you can pick it up right now on the eShop. Limited Run Games just dropped it out of nowhere.
The collection includes Bill & Ted’s Excellent Video Game Adventure and Bill & Ted’s Excellent Portable Adventure. These games came out in 1991 for the NES and Game Boy respectively.
Publisher QUByte Interactive, in partnership with developer Robotizar Games, today announced plans to release Midnight is Lost on Switch next week. The launch has been penciled in for February 23, 2023.
Midnight is Lost is a puzzle game with Sokoban challenges in which puzzles need to be solved backwards. More information can be found in the following overview:
Super Rare Games, in partnership with Sluggerfly and Headup, today announced a physical version of Hell Pie for Switch.
4,000 copies will be produced in total, split between 2,000 standard editions and 2,000 steelbook editions. The standard version comes with all current content on its cart, a full-color manual, interior artwork, an exclusive sticker, and trading cards. The steelbook edition contains everything we just mentioned plus the stylish steelbook
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund now owns 8.3 percent of Nintendo, making it the largest outside shareholder of the company.
This all started in May 2021 when the PIF obtained 5.01 percent in stock. However, that amount has been increasing quickly throughout 2023. The PIF raised its stake to 6.07 percent in January, and then 7.08 percent just yesterday.
