Limited Run Games has revealed details about the Ara Fell and Rise of the Third Power physical release, featuring two games in one.
A standard version and collector’s edition are planned. For the latter, Limited Run Games will be including a soundtrack, pin, and a cloth poster detailing the 2D worlds of these RPG adventures.
With the Switch about to enter it’s sixth year of life, players seem set to have a lot to look forward to in 2023! In this week’s episode, your hosts Nick, Nicolas and Dennis are kicking off January with a roundup of the (surprisingly large) list of indie games that Nintendo announced during our holiday break, including Sports Story, The Punchuin and more. We’ll also unpack some new Fire Emblem Engage details revealed in recent previews, including more on its structure and gameplay loop! There’s a ton of exciting news to discuss this week, and we can’t wait for our listeners to kick off a new year with us!
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Gameloft has shared the latest on Disney Speedstorm, outlining the game’s crew system. We’ve got details about the feature plus a brand new video.
Here’s the full rundown:
Ubisoft hasn’t given a clear indication as to how much Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope has sold, but it seems that the game hasn’t lived up to the company’s expectations. As part of a January financial update today, co-founder and CEO Yves Guillemot mentioned how “surprised” they were by its “underperformance in the final weeks of 2022 and early January.” Just Dance 2023 Edition was another game Ubisoft called out as an underperformer.
Ubisoft appears to be facing some tough times on the whole for the time being. Guillemot stated in the same report: “We are clearly disappointed by our recent performance. We are facing contrasted market dynamics as the industry continues to shift towards mega-brands and everlasting live games, in the context of worsening economic conditions affecting consumer spending.”
We’ve got news about the February 2023 Community Day for Pokemon GO, which will feature the Sound Wave creature Noibat. This will be happening between Sunday, February 5, 2023, from 2 PM to 5 PM local time.
Further details about the February 2023 Community Day for Pokemon GO with Noibat can be found below.
Gunscape is making the jump to Switch, Blowfish Studios has announced. A release is planned for February 1, 2023.
If Gunscape sounds familiar, that’s because it was planned for Wii U at one point. We’re not quite sure what happened, but our latest status update was that it was planned for Q2 2016 at one point. The game’s developer then suggested in 2017 that a Switch version could materialize at some point.
New gameplay has arrived for Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider on Switch. 20 minutes of footage highlights the side-scrolling action platformer.
If you’re interested in learning more about the title, read the following overview:
Sand and Festival Copy Abilities will be included in Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe as new features, Nintendo and HAL Laboratory revealed today.
The Sand Copy Ability lets players shift sand into a variety of shapes, from a fist to a castle, and take on even the toughest foes. The Festival Copy Ability was previously in Kirby Star Allies, and is now appearing in this title. You may remember that the new Mecha Copy Ability was previously confirmed when the game was first unveiled several months ago.
Warner Bros. Games and Avalanche Software today revealed some of the well-known voice actors for Hogwarts Legacy, which is highlighted by Simon Pegg, Sebastian Croft, Amelia Gething, Lesley Nicol, Kandace Caine, Sohm Kapila, Luke Youngblood, Asif Ali, and Jason Anthony.
Here’s a quick rundown of each of their roles:
Famitsu revealed new data today that goes over the top ten best-selling games in Japan for 2022. We also have a look at hardware sales for the year.
In terms of software, it was a good year for Switch with the console nearly taking up all ten slots. Pokemon had two releases last year, and are naturally at the top of the list. Despite launching at the end of 2022, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet took the #1 slot with over four million copies sold. Splatoon 3 had a great performance of its own with over 3.5 million units sold. Also worth noting is that Kirby and the Forgotten Land nearly hit one million.
