Idea Factory made a number of new announcements at Anime Expo 2023, highlighted by the Switch version of Neptunia Game Maker R:Evolution.
While Neptunia Game Maker R:Evolution was previously revealed for the platform, this is the first time we’re hearing about localization. It will be available in 2024.
Also planned are My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! – Pirates of the Disturbance (slated for Winter 2023) and Sympathy Kiss (planned for early 2024).
Here’s an overview of each game as well as trailers:
Nintendo’s latest maintenance schedule for the week of July 2, 2023 is now available. As of now, only one session has been penciled in officially. This will affect the Nintendo Switch Online voice chat functionality.
The full maintenance schedule for the week of July 2, 2023 is as follows:
Super Mario RPG was recently revealed for Switch as a remake of the SNES classic, and we now have another look via a new batch of screenshots. The images show a few more scenes that were not present in the trailer from last month’s Nintendo Direct.
Get caught up on everything you need to know in the following overview:
Madshot has been in Early Access for PC players, but it’s now gearing up for its proper launch and Switch is being brought into the mix. Hook and Overflow will be putting it out on July 18, 2023.
Madshot is a fast-paced rogue-lite shooter that tasks players with surviving the ever-changing road through Cthulhu and beyond. The game has endless upgrade combinations, horrific monsters to fight, and multi-phased boss battles.
To promote the release of The Medium: Cloud Version on Switch, Bloober Team readied a launch trailer. The video provides a closer look at the psychological horror game.
We have further information in the following overview:
Thanks to Idea Factory’s launch trailer, we have a fresh look at Charade Maniacs. The otome visual novel is officially available in the west following a previous Japanese appearance.
Further information is included in the following overview:
Enclave HD has received a new launch trailer. The game, a return of Starbreeze’s action RPG, returned on Switch this week over two decades later.
Learn more about it in the following overview:
Listings on the eShops provide file sizes for a bunch of Switch games. These include Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Pinball FX, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
In an interview with Famitsu this week, original Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective director Shu Takumi and new producer Shingo Izumi discussed how the game’s recent return came to be.
You might be interested to learn that fans played a pretty big role in making the re-release possible. Aside from a petition that gained notable traction, Izuma said the title “ranked first on a list of games fans wanted remakes of, far ahead of the game in second place.” Yuki Kaji, who played Phoenix Wright in the Ace Attorney anime, also told Takumi at one point about how the mobile version no longer worked. That prompted Takumi to reach out to original producer Hironobu Takeshita, which “really became the start of everything.”
