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Coinciding with the recent release of Princess Peach: Showtime!, Nintendo have announced a slew of new Peach-themed merchandise available in their Japanese stores. New merch includes 2 hoodies and a baseball cap, as seen above.

You can find these items at Nintendo stores in Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto, or on Nintendo’s Japanese online store. Similar, though slightly different, Peach merch can be found on their American online store as well.

Game publisher Premium Edition Games just posted their Spring Direct for 2024, featuring over 50 minutes of news about physical Switch games they’ll be publishing in the near future. You can watch it above to see them in action. Here’s a list of everything they’ll be shipping on a Switch cart:

• C.A.R.L. Computer Automated Resource Locator
• Gordian Quest
• Tadpole Treble Encore
• Scarlet Tower
• Curse Crackers: For Whom the Belle Toils

All of the above games will come with various bonuses, such as a slipcover and a manual. You’ll be able to pre-order them at the publisher’s website at some point in the future.

The Switch firmware has been updated to Ver. 18.0.0. You can see the patch notes for this update below.

These past few years have been quite busy for Sonic, with multiple games and other multimedia projects in the works one would think the blue blur should be slowing down soon. As we all know though, Sonic is not one to slow down, and if current rumors are true another big project is in the works.

Known insiders Zippo, Necro Felipe, and Midori are now reporting that a Sonic Heroes Remake is in the works for the Switch Successor.

To give a full rundown of the events it all started with Zippo, who initially claimed that SEGA was planning a remake of a “big, important, seminal” 3D Sonic game in Unreal Engine 5.

Furthering corroborating the rumor was Necro Felipe of Universo Nintendo who clarified that the game in question was in fact Sonic Heroes. According to Universo Nintendo’s sources the game is planned for release on all modern consoles including the long-rumored Switch Successor. Necro Felipe also goes on to speculate that the game might release in 2025 but that is purely speculation.

Adding further fuel to the fire was Midori or @MbKKssTBhz5 on Twitter/X who has correctly leaked information on the Persona series in the past. They backed up Zippo and Felipe’s claims and also added that remakes of the Sonic Adventure games are not in the works right now.

While it would seem odd for SEGA to opt for remaking Sonic Heroes over the Adventure titles, given SEGA’s recent initiative to push Sonic’s friends into roles of prominence (Knuckles getting his own streaming series and Shadow receiving a new story in Sonic X Shadow Generations) it would make sense that they would want to highlight a game with a lot of characters like Sonic Heroes.

As with all rumors take this with a grain of salt but we will be sure to keep you posted on any updates on this or other Sonic news as it becomes relevant.

Square Enix have posted a new interview with Shaun Conde, voice of Genesis in Crisis Core: FInal Fantasy VII Reunion. In it, Conde sits down with Megan and Miguel of Square Enix to discuss his roots as a voice actor and his performance as Genesis.

The full 50-minute interview is posted for your viewing pleasure above.

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion is available now for Nintendo Switch.

Ready to start your engines? LEGO Fortnite has announced that the new Mechanical Mayhem update brings vehicles to the game March 26th.

Three free vehicle builds are being added, the Speeder, the Offroader, and the Hauler, you can take a look at these sweet rides down below.

This update also brings new parts and toys to make custom vehicles as well as new LEGO styles and a variety of bug fixes.

If you want a breakdown of everything included in the update as well as learning how to snag these vehicle builds for yourself in game then we recommend checking out LEGO Fortnite’s Blog post which we will link below!

Have you been holding out on making some Switch game purchases? Waiting for a price drop or a special sale to pull the trigger? Well, if you live in Europe, now would be the perfect time to cough up the cash.

Nintendo Europe has announced the Blockbuster Sale for the Switch eShop, and it’s running until April 7th, 2024. There are some serious discounts on the games featured, with some of them offering a whopping 70% off the usual asking price. Hopefully that’s enough of a cut to get you to jump in!

Ratalaika Games has announced that they’re bringing Shockman Collection Vol. 1 to the Switch on March 26th, 2024. The title will be priced at $11, takes up 214 mb and includes both English and Japanese language support. This package includes both Cyber Citizen Shockman and Cyber Citizen Shockman 2: A New Menace.

Cyber Citizen Shockman

Everything was going great for Tasuke and Kyapiko until one fateful day when they woke up as the cybernetically enhanced, Shockman! Thanks to the genius of the Doc, they were given the opportunity to become cyborgs and heroes of justice tasked with taking down the Evil Group which had been terrorizing the town. The only catch is they have 18 days to get the job done and become humans again. Fufill your destiny as hero of justice and restore peace to the town!

Features:

• 18 exciting platforming stages with multiple routes to explore
• A plethora of upgrades to unlock
• Added image gallery from hand-made scans -Whatever word you want to use instead of cheats
• Rewind/FF
• Brand new english translation, plus old JP Original
• Complete EN and JP user interface!
• Save states!
• CRT Filter!

Cyber Citizen Shockman 2: A New Menace

Initially released in 1992, Cyber Citizen Shockman 2: A New Menace is bringing its nostalgic flavor of platform action to consoles. Join bionic heroes Arnold and Sonya on their mission to defend the world from an alien invasion. Jump, fly and blast your way through levels full of robotic alien baddies, take down epic bosses, and save your allies from the clutches of evil. Rediscover Cyber Citizen Shockman 2: A New Menace today!

Features

• Platform action shooting gameplay
• Co-op 2-player mode
• Battle huge bosses
• Different shader options to adjust how the game looks!
• Sequel to Cyber Citizen Shockman

An update is now available for Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator. You can find the patch notes for this update below.

Temtem has been updated to Ver. 1.6.2. You can see the patch notes for this update below.

Dead by Daylight has been updated to Ver. 7.6.1. You can see the patch notes for this update below.

Players in Europe can save up to 20% on Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE from March 25 to April 7, 2024, during the Easter Sale on Nintendo eShop Europe. Visit the Nintendo eShop in your region for details.

• Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE - Up to 20% Off
• Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE Digital Deluxe - Up to 20% Off
• Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE Season Pass - Up to 20% Off

Save up to 85% on Spike Chunsoft Games During the Spring Sale on Nintendo eShop Europe March 25 to April 7, 2024. Players in Europe can also save up to 85% on these Spike Chunsoft, Inc. titles from March 25 to April 7, 2024, during the Spring Sale on Nintendo eShop Europe.

• ANONYMOUS;CODE - Up to 40% Off
• AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - Up to 80% Off
• AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES – nirvanA Initiative - Up to 60% Off
• CHAOS;HEAD NOAH - Up to 60% Off
• CHAOS;CHILD - Up to 60% Off
• CHAOS;HEAD NOAH / CHAOS;CHILD DOUBLE PACK - Up to 60% Off
• Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc - Up to 60% Off
• Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair - Up to 60% Off
• Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp - Up to 60% Off
• Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony - Up to 60% Off -Fitness Circuit - Up to 60% Off
• KATANA KAMI: A Way of the Samurai Story - Up to 80% Off
• Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness - Up to 50% Off
• PixelJunk™ Monsters 2 - Up to 85% Off
• RESEARCH and DESTROY - Up to 55% Off
• Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- The Prophecy of the Throne - Up to 80% Off
• ROBOTICS;NOTES DASH - Up to 70% Off
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• STEINS;GATE 0 - Up to 80% Off
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• Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate - Up to 70% Off
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Just like every Kirby game before it, Kirby and the Forgotten Land has a fantastic soundtrack from top to bottom, filled with fresh tunes and remixes of old classics. If you’d like to own the soundtrack separate from the game, you’ll be happy to know that Nintendo is releasing not one, but two different physical versions in Japan.

On the game’s second anniversary, Nintendo and HAL have pulled back the curtain on the Kirby and the Forgotten Land soundtrack releases. First up is the Complete Soundtrack, which includes all of the game’s music and move dialogue a 40-page booklet and four CDs with 115 tracks altogether. The last track on the entire album is the Japanese version of the game’s theme song, “Welcome to the New World!”

Also packed inside the Complete Soundtrack is a photo frame that features a music box that plays a short version of the theme song. There will also be five swappable photo cards tucked inside as well. All of these goodies will come with a rather hefty price tag of $100, and the package will be available until May 7, 2024, or whenever the production limit is hit.

For those who want something a bit more straightforward, a Sound Selection album will be released as well. This includes 33 tracks on a single CD with a 6-page booklet. This release is priced at a much more manageable $16.

If you’d like to get a closer look at both versions of this soundtrack, you can find the official website here.

Earlier today, Shimamura revealed a new line of Super Mario Bros.-themed clothing for both men and adults. There’s a lot of Nintendo love in that lineup, but it turns out Shimamura wasn’t done with the Big N love just yet.

Shimamura has also pulled back the curtain on a series of lunch accessories that all sport Pikmin designs. You can see the bento-style box above for you store whatever tasty treats you want, but that’s not the only Pikmin-themed item up for grabs.

Shimamura is also offering a Pikmin-themed utensil set, mug and thermos as well. Basically, if you’re a Pikmin fan and you’re always on the go, now you can show off your love of the franchise with an entire lunch lineup!

There’s no word on these items seeing release outside of Japan at this time, but should that change, we’ll certainly let you know.

Believe it or not, this week marks the third anniversary of Monster Hunter Rise arriving on the Switch. Tens of millions of Switch owners have picked up the game in the last 3 years, giving Capcom plenty of reason to celebrate. In honor of the sales success and the 3-year anniversary, Capcom will be sharing concept art from back when Monster Hunter Rise was just an idea.

The first piece of concept art for Monster Hunter Rise can be seen above, and it shows off the break of dawn in the Shrine Ruins. This concept art uses quite a unique style compared to how the final game looks, but you can see how most of the major elements of this monster hunter experience are already at play.

Capcom will be sharing more concept art as the 3rd anniversary week rolls on, and we’ll make sure to keep this post updated with everything/anything showcased.