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Nintendo Download: Retro City Rampage DX, Infinite Minigolf, Strikers 1945, more
The Nintendo Switch is getting a dose of retro nostalgia in this week’s Nintendo Download… specifically the release of Vblank’s Retro City Rampage DX. Retro City Rampage DX is a dual parody of top-down open world games and ridiculously elaborate crime movies from the 80s that features a full Story Mode and Arcade Challenges for “quick pick-up-and-play action.”
Seven other games are also available to download for the Switch this week including Infinite Minigolf, a neverending game of miniature golf from Zen Studios; Strikers 1945, a vertically-scrolling shooter from Psikyo set in World War II; Gunbarich, a puzzle shooter also by Psikyo; Use Your Words, a comedic party game for unfunny people; Slime-San, a side-scroller that takes place within the belly of a giant worm; and Puzzle Adventure Blockle, a puzzle game that asks players to rotate the world.
You can learn more about all of these games (and a few other new releases for the 3DS and Wii U) after the break. (more…)
Posted in 3DS, News, Switch, Wii U
Tagged Retro City Rampage
Atlus Japan announces Persona Q2 for 3DS and pair of Persona dancing games for PS4, Vita
Fresh off the success of Persona 5, Atlus Japan has announced they have a trio of spinoff titles for the RPG franchise in the works.
Persona Q2 is a sequel to 2014’s Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth, and its currently in development for the 3DS. Atlus has yet to announce a release date, but we did get a look at its tagline (“Take Your Heart”) and a Japanese-language official website (at PQ2.jp).
The publisher is also hard at work on two Persona dancing games, both for the PS4 and Vita. Persona 3: Dancing Moon Night and Persona 5: Dancing Star Night will be released for the PS4 and Vita in Spring 2018 (in Japan). You can find trailers for both after the break.
We don’t know when, or if, Persona Q2, Persona 3: Dancing Moon Night, and Persona 5: Dancing Star Night will make their way across the Pacific. But it seems likely that a North American release date for all titles will be announced soon. (more…)
Posted in 3DS, News, PS4, Vita
Tagged Persona Q2
Yacht Club will bring Shovel Knight’s King Knight campaign to PAX West 2017
Ready Thy Shovel!
Yacht Club Games has announced that Shovel Knight‘s final expansion/spinoff, the King Knight campaign, will be unveiled during this year’s PAX West expo:
You are hereby invited to join us on a royal adventure!
We'll be at PAX West Sep. 1st-4th with King Knight in our most glamorous game yet! pic.twitter.com/hsw70KH6Ib
— Yacht Club Games (@YachtClubGames) August 1, 2017
Yacht Club’s Nick Wozniak recently described King Knight’s campaign as “light-hearted” and “goofy,” so it likely won’t be as sad as Specter of Torment.
Shovel Knight’s King Knight campaign is expected to launch later this year, and will be available as a free expansion for all owners of the Treasure Trove bundle for the 3DS, PC, PS3, PS4, Switch, Vita, Xbox One, and mobile devices. The regal adventure will also be available as a standalone download on the PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One.
Content Crash #8: The Retro Gaming Episode
Welcome everyone to the Content Crash podcast. I’m your host, Dan Hartnack. With me, as always, is Keno Eastmond.
Today’s episode is a more laid back and relaxed thing, and we’re going to talk about our past. Specifically, how we got into gaming and what games we played growing up. This is “The Retro Gaming Episode.”
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Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age will be released in North America in 2018
It’s “Dragon Quest Day” in Japan, and Dragon Quest XI is now available for the 3DS and PS4 in its home country (a Switch version will be released at a later date). But what about Dragon Quest fans in North America and Europe and Australia? When will we get the chance to play the next game in the storied RPG franchise?
Today, Square Enix gave us an answer, and announced that Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age will be released in North America (and other Western territories) in 2018. Yuji Horii, the creator of the Dragon Quest series, delivered the good news in the video embedded above:
The highly anticipated latest entry to the beloved Dragon Quest video game franchise follows the adventure of a hero who must solve the mystery of his fate with the aid of a charming cast of supporting characters. Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age will offer a world of adventure, exploration and instances of heroism… all brought to life by the character art of famed manga artist Akira Toriyama and the memorable music of composer Koichi Sugiyama.
Square Enix will announce more details about Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age’s English-language launch this Fall.
Posted in 3DS, News, PS4, Switch
Tagged Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
Nintendo Download: Namco Museum, Hey! Pikmin, Miitopia, more
This week’s Nintendo Download is jam-packed full of new games, so let’s take a look…
First up, Bandai Namco will bring Namco Museum to the Switch this Friday. The compilation of arcade classics includes Pac-Man, Galaga, Splatterhouse, and Dig-Dug, as well as Pac-Man Vs. Switch owners will also get the chance to download Overcooked: Special Edition this week. Four cooks must band together to produce a series of tasty meals from the original game and both expansions.
And over on the 3DS, Nintendo themselves will launch a pair of new games… Hey! Pikmin and Miitopia. Hey! Pikmin is the first Pikmin game for the 3DS, as well as the first side-scrolling game in the series. And Miitopia is a colorful RPG featuring Miis based on your favorite people.
More information on all of these games (and the rest of this week’s releases) can be found after the break. (more…)
Posted in 3DS, News, Switch, Wii U
Tagged Miitopia, Namco Museum, Pikmin For Nintendo 3DS
After four months Nintendo has sold 4.7 million Switch consoles
Nintendo launched their Switch console a little over four months ago, and earlier today, the company revealed sales figures for the system’s second quarter of availability.
According to Nintendo, they sold 1.97 million Switch consoles between April 1 and June 30, bringing the worldwide install base for the console to 4.7 million. These new Switch owners are also buying a lot of games, and Nintendo reported sales of more than a million copies during the quarter for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (1.16 million), Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (3.54 million), and Arms (1.18 million).
For comparison, Nintendo sold 13.56 miilion Wii U consoles over the life of the system. It’s very possible the Switch will surpass that total before the end of its first year.
Posted in News, Switch, Wii U
Tagged Arms, Mario Kart 8, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
PS Store This Week: Sundered, Pyre, Super Cloudbuilt, more
The indie titles keep coming on the PlayStation Store, and this week’s update includes three titles of particular interest…
Sundered is a side-scrolling MetroidVania from Thunder Lotus Games, and it’ll be available for the PS4 this Friday. Incorporating some terrifying Lovecraftian themes, players will fight for survival (and their sanity) in this hand-drawn adventure.
Also available for the PS4 this week is Pyre, a team-based Action RPG from Supergiant Games. Players will compete in a series of mystical competitions to help win freedom for their exiles in the Campaign, but they can also fight it out with friends in the Versus Mode.
Finally, Coilworks’s Super Cloudbuilt will bring a futuristic platforming (with a dash of parkour) to the PS4 this week.
You can learn more about all of these titles (and a few other new releases) after the break. (more…)