Launching in Japan this October.
The Switch already has an extensive library of shoot ’em up games, and it looks like another one could be on its way to the west in the near future.
As highlighted by Gematsu, a Switch rating for Raiden NOVA has been spotted on the ESRB. This game was previously confirmed for an October 2024 release in Japan. According to this latest update, a local version will be published by UFO Interactive Games.
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Read the 21 pages of patch notes now!
Although Bandai Namco is busy preparing for Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero‘s release in October, this week there’s actually been a new balance adjustment patch rolled out for its 2018 title Dragon Ball FighterZ. Yes, despite ending major content updates for the game some time ago, it’s still making changes behind the scenes.
This update, which bumps FighterZ up to Patch 1.38, is available now on multiple platforms – with the Nintendo Switch version to be “released soon”. Bandai will provide another update when the release date is confirmed for the hybrid platform. You can view the full 21-page patch note document via Bandai Namco’s website.
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Sat-Navi.
In the magazine business, the Back Page is where you’d find all the weird goofs that we couldn’t fit in anywhere else. Some may call it “filler”; we prefer “a whole page to make terrible jokes that are tangentially related to the content of the mag”.
We don’t have pages on the internet, but we still love terrible jokes — so welcome to our semi-regular feature, Back Page. Today, Jim’s heading out of this world…
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We got crystals to find, mate.
It’s the weekend once again, so it’s time to wash off the stresses of the work week and relax with a bit of gaming. But before we settle in, let’s recap some of the bigger stories from this week.
First up, it was a big week for ‘Switch 2’ rumours, with not one, but two making the rounds. The first was that the console might finally be revealed this month (yeah okay, we’ll believe it when we see it) while the second unearthed the ongoing rumour surrounding the console’s backward compatibility.
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Nihon Falcom’s president says he didn’t know about it.
Nintendo’s Direct broadcasts come with all sorts of exciting news, and during the latest ‘Partner Showcase’ in August, developer Nihon Falcom even got a surprise.
According to the developer’s president Toshiro Kondo, he wasn’t actually aware Nintendo would reveal Trails in the Sky the 1st during this particular broadcast. This information comes via a recent chat with GNN (here’s what was said, courtesy of Siliconera):
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Flight delayed until 2025.
Remember how R-Type Tactics I • II Cosmos by Granzilla was meant to be coming to the Switch this year? Well, it’s now been delayed (again).
In an update during a live stream, the developer announced the title would be arriving on Nintendo’s hybrid system in 2025 instead of Fall 2024. No reason was attached to this delay, but the developer has apologised once again.
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“I am truly happy just to be able to send my child out into the world once again”.
Hironobu Sakaguchi needs no introduction. As the father of the Final Fantasy franchise, he’s the mind behind one of the most successful and popular JRPG series of all time. With FANTASIAN Neo Dimension reuniting Sakaguchi-san with Square Enix, he’s spoken about how returning to his former studio — and to Nintendo consoles — feels like coming home.
In an interview with Famitsu (shared via My Nintendo News and Genki), Sakaguchi and Creative Studio III and Final Fantasy XIV and XVI producer Naoki Yoshida (known as Yoshi-P) sat down to discuss the upcoming expanded rerelease of the Apple Arcade title. And in the chat, Sakaguchi got a little reminiscent about his time with Square and developing games for Nintendo consoles.
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Let’s roll.
After learning last week that Pauline will be joining the fun in Super Mario Party Jamboree, Nintendo has today revealed another trailer, this time highlighting the game’s new boards.
Shared to Twitter by @NintendoUK, the 39-second video provides a whistle-stop tour of the five game boards and shows some of the sights we can expect to see on each.
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Reggie Fils-His Pockets.
When ex-President of Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aimé, showed off a portion of his N64 collection on social media, we suspect he probably wasn’t anticipating a wave of offers from potential buyers.
Alas, that’s exactly what happened. Reggie has remained fairly active on social media since his departure from Nintendo in 2019 (!!), and attracts quite a bit of attention whenever he posts something Nintendo-related. At the end of August, he posted an image of a box containing a selection of N64 cartridges with the caption “Found part of my Nintendo 64 collection! Reorganizing it all! wonder what hidden gems I have here!” This was swiftly followed by an amusing offer from user ‘Omni’ @InfernoOmni, who said “I’ll buy the whole tub for $7”.
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New chapters, Kombat Pack 2, Animalities & more.
NetherRealms will release its new story expansion ‘Khaos Reigns’ for Mortal Kombat 1 later this month on 24th September.
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