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:
The annual Metacritic publisher rankings just went live, and now we have the results for 2024 – including a look at where Nintendo stacks up. The selection is based on how each company fared in terms of their releases and reviews.
In 2024, Nintendo actually saw a big dip. The company sits at #22, compared to #6 for 2023 – and behind both Sony and Microsoft. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom definitely provided a big boost which was missing in 2024, but even taking that into account, it’s a significant decline.
There’s yet another gaming showcase on the docket with the Humble Games Showcase 2025 now having been scheduled for March 12. The event begins at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 5 PM in the UK / 6 PM in Europe.
Humble Games will be highlighting upcoming projects from its lineup. As part of that, the publisher is teasing two “never-before-seen world premieres.”
Broken Arms Games, known most recently for Hundred Days: Winemaking Simulator, today announced Under Par Golf Architect for Nintendo Switch. While we don’t have a launch window, information about the release will follow later this year.
Under Par Golf Architect lets players design and manage golf courses around the world. You’ll essentially become a golf architect as you build and manage a golfing paradise.
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Vs. Mystery Tower will be added as the next Arcade Archives game on Nintendo Switch, Hamster confirmed today. A worldwide release is set for March 6, 2025.
Vs. Mystery Tower was originally brought to us by Bandai Namco. In 1986, the action puzzle game launched for the first time.
Here’s a brief overview:
Dolores Entertainment is teaming up with Spacelab Games to bring Shadow of the Orient to Nintendo Switch, the two companies announced today. The game arrives as a digital download on March 27, 2025.
Previously released on PC, Shadow of the Orient is a pixel-art action platformer. You’ll take on the role of the young warrior Xiaolang as you venture across the orient fighting hordes of samurai and mythical creatures in an attempt to rescue the kidnapped children of the orient and face off against the dark lord.
System: Switch
Release date: March 6, 2025
Developer: Konami
Publisher: Konami
Konami’s Suikoden series is not only much-lauded for players of turn-based RPGs, but boastfully comprises a total of eleven games, with five of those being mainline titles and the rest being considered spin-offs. With the original Suikoden hitting the PlayStation back in December of 1996 here in the west, it was a time where RPGs could sometimes be hard to find, with pre-orders being a common way for gamers to assure they’d get to have their own copy rather than being a dirty rental peasant like myself. This resulted in the title being mostly overlooked at the time, but having gathered a bit of a cult following since gaining more traction as subsequent titles joined the roster. Teased originally for a 2023 release, after a delay the first two mainline entries in the series will be available for players on modern consoles with Suikoden 1 & 2 HD Remaster Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars – so if you slept on Suikoden before, or haven’t heard of the series this is a very good time for you to see an example of the golden ages of turn-based RPGs.
A new version 1.1.0 update is now rolling out for Nintendo Music. If you’ve downloaded the game on mobile, you should be seeing it soon.
The main thing here is the addition of an automatic-volume adjustment. Note that this is an optional feature.
Phoenixx, along with Nukenin, today confirmed plans to produce a Nintendo Switch version of Jelly Troops. The game launches later in 2025.
Jelly Troops is a real-time strategy game which is said to be easy to play yet hard to master. During gameplay, players recruit golems to battle enemy slimes, redirect their slimes with walls, or sneakily steal their flag to make a dramatic comeback.
Additional information can be found in the following overview:
