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Should we include an April Fools’ Day prank here? Maybe announce a Metroid 4 release date? That’d be too obvious. Hey, how about a new Trauma Center game? Nah, too cruel. While we debate this internally, here are upcoming releases that aren’t April Fools’ jokes.
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Triangle Strategy’s story is complex, the characters are likable, and there’s plenty of variety in the combat missions and in the soldiers you’ll use to complete them. The game will keep you occupied for a long time if you let it. The story, longer.
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The list of upcoming and newly announced Switch games is a bit shorter than usual, but does that matter when one of the games is Kung Fury: Street Rage? Featuring Hackerman and Hasselhoff?
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I’m an old-school Fire Emblem fan, and it’s impossible not to see Fire Emblem in Dark Deity’s DNA. It has the best pacing and focus of any FE-style game since Shadow Dragon, but does it do more than just ride the coattails of its forebears?
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Yes, we’re a couple days late with this week’s roundup of upcoming releases for the Nintendo Switch. But the good is this means you’ll have to wait two days less for games about burger farms, vengeful hearts, and…MST3K? Yeah, kind of…
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Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure was released in 1993 by Williams. It doesn’t stack up with my favorite Williams machines, but it’s a good one, and Zen Studios has done their typically solid (state) job of bringing it to digital gamers.
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We honestly still don’t know what to call this column, but our indecision will not stop us from telling you when Bush Hockey League, Gal*Gun: Double Peace, Royal Frontier, and more newly announced games will be arriving on the Nintendo Switch.
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Square Enix announced yesterday that The DioField Chronicle—”an all-new strategy-RPG that immerses players in an epic tale of war and honor”—will be making its way to the Nintendo Switch later this year.
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Fancy some zombie pinball action? Co-op chops? Some fine wine? You can take care of that right away. Looking ahead, we now known when The House of the Dead and the Cat Cafe will open their doors to the public.
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I’ve never been much of a treasure hunter myself. I did once find a $20 bill on the floor at Record Town, but unlike with GAMEDIA’s Treasure Temples, I didn’t have to navigate crumbling ice blocks or fight off an octopus to retrieve it.
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Here I am, about to tout the virtues of another retro RPG. This one is called Rise of the Third Power, and it comes to us from Stegosoft. If you’ve enjoyed but are feeling somewhat burnt out on KEMCO’s library, you may want to turn Stegosoft’s way.
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Once you get past Monark’s visual presentation you’ll see quite a few cool elements hidden beneath the murk of this turn-based JRPG. And as you’d expect from a development team with Shin Megami Tensei and Persona backrounds, there’s plenty of style throughout.
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I’ve recently completed the second demo for Square Enix’s forthcoming TRPG Triangle Strategy, and I have thoughts—specifically, 11 of them in neatly organized bullet-point format. This is especially for those who, like me, weren’t impressed after trying the first demo.
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If, like me, you watched Nintendo’s unveiling of Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes and thought, “Yeah, no, that ain’t Fire Emblem,” I’ve got good news; developer Sword and Axe’s tactical RPG Dark Deity is being released for Nintendo Switch on March 17th.
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The February 9th Nintendo Direct already had some excellent announcements from SQUARE ENIX, but they weren’t done. The company has also announced that the live-action mystery/adventure The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story is heading west.
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Square Enix has announced that Voice of Cards: The Forsaken Maiden will be available in the eShop on February 17th, 2022, along with a NieR:Automata-themed bundle option.
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Heaven Dust is a virus found in the blood of a primitive New Guinean tribe. Scientists believe it can unlock the secrets of immortality, and…well, that idea already went south by the time we pick up the story in Heaven Dust 2
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Turn off the camera, Landon, it’s time to start playing. VICO Game Studio and Reverb Triple XP (not H?) have just announced that Action Arcade Wrestling will launch for Nintendo Switch this February.
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