A new update for Breakers Collection has been announced for Switch, bringing a number of bug fixes and quality of life updates to the title. Full details for the update, which will launch on January 26, can be found below:
Nintendo of Europe announced on Twitter this morning that Snipperclips will be the next Nintendo Switch Online Game Trial in Europe. This should apply to all PAL regions, and will be available to all users with an active subscription from January 27, when the current Online Game Trial, Uno, is set to end. Any progress made in the game can be transferred to the full version.
A Space for the Unbound just recently dropped on Switch, and new gameplay shows off the slice-of-life adventure game. A half hour of footage has gone live.
Learn more about the game in the following overview:
With the Sonic games, something that’s been pretty common across many of the series entries is the boost mechanic. This lets players move about at an incredibly fast speed and it’s pretty helpful for taking down enemies.
Interestingly, it’s possible that SEGA could do away with the mechanic in future Sonic games. Sonic Frontiers director Morio Kishimoto, who has been pretty talkative with fans on Twitter, has indicated that a lot of consideration was given to boost in the latest title, and the team ultimately decided to include it. However, he did say that he’d be interested in making a Sonic game that doesn’t have boost.
Original (1/19): Idea Factory just confirmed that Dokapon Kingdom: Connect will be released in English in the west. Fans in North America and Europe can pick up the title this spring.
Dokapon Kingdom: Connect was revealed for Switch earlier in the week. Although it was only announced for Japan at the time, an overseas launch was thought to be happening as a rating for the game previously leaked in Germany.
Original (1/12): Nintendo of Europe announced on Twitter this morning that Uno will be the next Nintendo Switch Online Game Trial in Europe. This should apply to all PAL regions, and will be available to all users with an active subscription from January 19. Any progress made in the game can be transferred to the full version.
Thunderful today unveiled SteamWorld Build, “a multi-level city-building experience that tasks you with constructing a thriving town above ground, while mining resources and dealing with monsters below.” It will debut on Switch later in 2023.
SteamWorld Build is being developed by internal Thunderful studio The Station. Read more about it in the following overview:
Subset Games has announced a new version 1.2.88 update for Into the Breach. This should be rolling out within the next couple of weeks on Switch.
The upcoming update is largely intended to address a variety of issues. As part of that, a Switch-specific problem will be addressed with the Developer Console.
The full patch notes for the Into the Breach version 1.2.88 are as follows:
Square Enix will soon be publishing Life is Strange 2 on Switch, the company just announced. The game is due out on February 2, 2023.
With the upcoming release, all of the Life is Strange games will be available on Nintendo’s console. Life is Strange: True Colors launched in December 2021, followed by Life is Strange Remastered Collection in September 2022. The latter includes updated versions of the original Life is Strange and Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
