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Previously announced Spear Master is now live for purchasing on the Nintendo Switch digital store!
Developed and produced by indie game developer and publisher Osarion Games, Spear Master offers a fun, crisp and colorful fast-paced action game, in which you are tasked with throwing spears at bouncing balls to split them into oblivion.
About the game:
Spear Master tells the story of brave warriors called Spear Masters, who have protected the world for ages. You, playing the protagonist hero, are the son of a legendary hero, and it is your task to follow in the footsteps of your ancestors and save the world from an ancient evil. On your quest to victory you must throw spears at bouncing balls to split them. Destroy enemies you encounter, solve puzzles you come across, talk, and interact with compelling characters and partake in epic battles against ferocious bosses to defend the world from the ancient evil known as the Tarr.
Spear Master is classic arcade action when it is most fun! The game is easy to pick up and play, yet hard to master and to prevail, you must use all your skills and reflexes to survive. Through 120+ levels you must battle enemies, overcome obstacles and solve puzzles that unlock hidden areas. Make your ancestors proud and master the game today!
KEY FEATURES
- Use your skills and reflexes to survive.
- Battle ferocious enemies and bosses.
- Supports up to four-player couch co-op mode!
- Fight your way through 120+ levels.
- Meet interesting characters.
- Solve puzzles to unlock access to secret areas.
- Unlock new items and gear.
Awesome Studio (2AS) has announced that Pecaminosa: A Deadly Hand, the detective action RPG developed by Cereal Games, will be available on Nintendo Switch later today. The new version by the Spanish-Dutch publisher features the original game plus La Soirée, an epilogue chapter that solves a few unfinished mysteries from Pecaminosa’s ending.
Besides the extended gameplay added with epilogue, this definitive edition also features overall quality of life improvements and bug fixes for an even smoother experience.
Here’s some of the changes implemented:
- Auto save prior to entering a boss fight room;
- Improvements to the gamepad aiming: it will now remember the player last position when he starts to aim, aiming speed was enchanced and the distance of the crosshair will correctly depict the max bullet travel distance.
- Implemented aim assist with gamepad;
- Added the option to “toggle to aim”;
- Improvements to the player movements, that is now a bit slower when moving diagonally;
- Minimap optimization: now the store locations are marked on the minimap;
- Overall improvement of the menus, for a more intuitive navigation;
- General bug fixes of previously reported bugs;
The game’s retail price will be 9.99eur/usd, but will be available for a 20% off discount on Steam, Xbox and Nintendo Switch for a limited time.
Indie publisher Sometimes You, and indie developer Uncle Frost Team, have announced their forthcoming console release of Cybertrash STATYX. Launching on Nintendo Switch on 13th March 2024. Gamers will be presented with a tactical 2D action-platformer offering lots of frantic action and entertainment!
About the game:
So it all begins
In the future, robots and artificial intelligence have begun to replace people, corporations are waging war among themselves. It is difficult for people to survive in such conditions, and some of them are trying to escape from the vicious system.
Inspired by an anime with a cyberpunk setting, the development team pointed out some salient features, “We are proud of how we managed to present the story, characters and balance the game for different styles of players. The game has three game modes with their own characteristics and accents. The player can choose the most suitable game balance for the passage. You can also note good shooting mechanics and interesting types of weapons.”
The goal of the game is to uncover a conspiracy against humanity and escape from the metropolis while being persecuted by the corporation. There are no sub-objectives because the game has a straight storyline. People are being kidnapped and modified by installing neural manipulators in different ways. Due to the limited resource of the chips, the newly minted cyborgs also take control of the unmodified population. Captured people have their memories erased and are turned into cyborgs. The opposition is weakening.
In the role of the main character - Jenet, you fall deep in the events, trying to remember the past and escape from the clutches of the corporation. Uncover a conspiracy against humanity! Run, jump, slide, destroy enemies, gain experience points, upgrade your character and win the day!
Tactics
The main character has neat abilities to manoeuvre to avoid enemy attacks. Also, different types of weapons imply certain tactical advantages. However, manoeuvres are not as necessary if the player selects the run-n-gun mode. Some types of enemies, when they detect the main character, chase the player and shoot in bursts, having their own ammunition. To avoid hitting the character, the player must choose the moment to counterattack. It presents all the possible tactical elements within such a retro platformer.
On the Level
Cybertrash STATYX does not have numbered levels, but there is a sequence of missions in different locations with a total of 15 missions. There are three modes which change difficulty and balance. Players can choose easy mode for quick walkthrough or tactician mode for hard gameplay but with much upgrading abilities. Also, there is a balanced mode for normal challenges.
It’s Getting Harder?
The difficulty level of the game depends on new types of enemies that appear as you progress. As the player progresses, he will be able to use upgrade terminals to improve his character’s characteristics. This will help you complete missions more efficiently and defeat bosses.
As you progress through the game and destroy enemy units, you gain experience that increases your character’s levels. With each level the player receives an experience point. These points, using modification terminals, allow you to increase the level of dexterity, luck, hacking, shooting and credit.
Boo the Baddies
All enemies are robots of different types. There are patrolling drones, and combat units with jetpacks for jumping. Heavy units without the ability to jump, but with high firepower, mines with artificial intelligence that quickly approach the character when detected. Weapons galore and a lot more to find out as you play and progress.
Together with some cool sound effects and very high quality soundtrack, written by a professional composer, this retro platformer has plenty to offer!
A 2D side scrolling retro platformer with added energy!
Inti Creates has temporarily pulled their latest rhythm game, Gunvolt Records: Cychronicle, which was originally released on February 15th, 2024, from the Nintendo Switch eShop. The removal is due to a change in the game’s age rating. since it was listed as “Everyone” on the Switch eShop but is rated “Teen” on other platforms. The developer is working to resolve this issue promptly and plans to relist the game with the correct rating as soon as possible. You can read the official statement below.
Due to a change in ratings, GUNVOLT RECORDS Cychronicle has been temporarily removed from the Nintendo Switch eShop.
We will resolve the issue and return it to sale quickly. We will update here as soon as it’s available again.
We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.
About the game:
Announcing a new rhythm game in the Azure Striker Gunvolt series!
■About “GUNVOLT RECORDS: Cychronicle” A new rhythm music game starring the songstresses of the Azure Striker Gunvolt series, Lumen, Lola, and Luxia singing 15 different songs.
Follow the notes to the pounding beat and aim for a top score in this electrifying rhythm game!
The dual analog controls sync with the characters dancing in the 3D backgrounds for a fully immersive experience.
■POINT 1: A new rhythm experience where you are in sync with the Muses!
The notes flowing from the top of the screen come in various types: push the buttons to Tap Notes and Hold Notes, and move the sticks with Flick Notes and Slide Notes.
When you’re flicking in 8 different directions and sliding in arcs on the analog sticks, your movements will synchronize with the dancing divas in the background, just as if you were dancing along with them.
■POINT 2: Including a sound player with full length vocals from the Muses!
All 15 included tracks and future planned DLC are selected from the vast library of acclaimed vocal tracks from the Gunvolt series, including tracks used in the series 5 games, CD-only releases, and Gunvolt animated feature. Listen to any of the music included in the game freely in the in-game music player.
Use the included repeat and playlist functions to create your own listening mix!
■POINT 3: The Muses add their charm and elegance!
The Muses, Lumen and Lola, alongside The Djinn, Luxia, dance with enchanting movement and provide their voices for a complete experience.
Should repeated misses cause you to fail a song, their Anthem abilities will revive your run, allowing players of any skill level to enjoy the rhythm gameplay without worry.
Cast The Muse, Lumen: Megu Sakuragawa The Muse, Lola: Mayu Mineda The Djinn, Luxia: Rico Sasaki
■POINT 4: Featuring scenes from throughout the series for a nostalgic musical journey!
In addition to the music videos of the songstresses, songs can be played featuring gameplay footage and scenes from the Azure Striker Gunvolt series.
Different songs will feature various gameplay videos, giving series fans a nostalgic look at past experiences, and new fans a look into the games where the enchanting singers made their debuts.
Publisher Mebius and developer RS34 have revealed that their shoot ’em up game, Illvelo Swamp Happy Together, will be released sometime in Japan in the second half of 2024 for the Nintendo Switch. This game will be based on llmatic Envelop Swamp.
The game is priced at 3,980 yen for the digital version and 6,980 for the physical version, which includes Illvelo Swamp together with it.
Changes made to this version (by Gematsu):
- Not Just Difficulty and Score System Changes – System-wise, the game has been made easier to play and changed to a stage-based format. Stages ranging from easy (that beginners playing for the first time can clear) to highly difficult are being implemented.
- Player Ship System Revamp – The new player ship can switch between attack (doll) attributes. With four attributes and four attacks, you can deploy a wide variety of attacks. RS34’s specialty ultra firepower ship remains alive and well.
- Story Mode – According to an RS34 survey, many players wanted to know the story of Illvelo Swamp, so a Story Mode has been added. The story of Illvello, which is being told properly for the first time, will unfold starting with typical dialogue scenes, and continues even throughout shoot ’em up segments. By meeting specific conditions as you play, the difficulty level of Story Mode will change, so it can be enjoyed with a variety of play styles.
The fifteenth song, “Before the Journey, After the Journey” in the Pokémon X Hatsune Miku collaboration, has been announced. As previously reported, this collaboration, known as “Project Voltage 18 Types 18 Songs,” has been releasing themed artworks and songs.
The song, made by iyowa, will be released tomorrow Febraury 27th, 2024.
Songs Released so Far:
- First song: “Volt Tackle,” by DECO*27
- Second song: “Electrical Forecast” by inabakumori
- Third song: “What Kind of Future” by Mitchie M
- Fourth song: “The Pokémon Inside My Heart” by PinocchioP
- Fifth song: “Battle! (Hatsune Miku)” by cosMo@Bousou-P
- Sixth song: “Fly in the Sky With You” by Kasamura Tota
- Seventh song: “Gotchu” by@GigaMozuku
- Eighth song: Juvenile by Jin
- Ninth song: I’m A Ghost-type by syudou
- Tenth song: Go! Bidoof Group by Wonderful☆Opportunity
- Eleventh song: Huh, Muddled by Kuriyama Yuri
- Twelfth song: Encounter by Orangestar
- Thirteenth song: Eon Ticket by marasy
- Fourteenth song: PARTY ROCK ETERNITY by Hachioji-P
- Fifteenth song: Before the Journey, After the Journey by iyowa
Atari and developer Dreams Uncorporated have announced that Lunar Lander Beyond is poised to touch down in retail stores across the United States and Canada when it launches later this spring. The space-faring narrative adventure descends upon Best Buy, GameStop CA, and Amazon for Nintendo Switch, with pre-orders now available in all stores.
Standard and Deluxe Editions are currently available; Deluxe Edition customers will receive Lunar Lander Beyond in a sleek steelbook and 146-page artbook brimming with concept art, character profiles, ship schematics, and more.
About the game:
About Lunar Lander Beyond: As the newly appointed captain of the Pegasus Corporation, you have one key responsibility: keep clients happy and your crew’s sanity intact. Guide a roster of colorful pilots, eclectic advisors, and state-of-the-art landers through a taxing series of missions. Deliver cargo, retrieve resources, and rescue stranded pilots as you navigate a mysterious universe of moons and planets. It’s a thankless job, replete with tension and danger, and it takes a psychological toll on your crew. But someone has to keep this unseen lifeblood of the interplanetary economy moving.
Dreams Uncorporated elevates Lunar Lander Beyond from its simplistic arcade origins by infusing it with the developer’s signature art style, a narrative-rich storyline, and a captivating universe where not everyone and everything is as it seems. A one-of-a-kind “adventure meets simulation” experience, Lunar Lander Beyond engrosses players with a vast story world and rewarding gameplay where the stakes are high, and not just for their career.
Lunar Lander Beyond takes aim for a spring 2024 launch on Nintendo Switch. Digital edition preorders are now available in addition to the physical retailer preorders at Best Buy, GameStop, and Amazon.
PlatinumGames celebrates 7 years of NieR:Automata with 7 new artworks
Our favorite sentient androids
In commemorating the 7th anniversary of the critically acclaimed NieR:Automata, PlatinumGames has published a new blog celebrating the game selling 8 million units.
To mark this milestone, PlatinumGames has unveiled a collection of seven new artworks, each from a different artist. Check them out in the gallery below.
NieR:Automata The End of YoRHa Edition is available on Nintendo Switch.
With Pokémon Day nearly upon us, The Pokémon Company has released the fourth art as we count down for the celebration, which includes the recently announced Pokémon Presents event, taking place on February 27th. Today’s art focuses on Pokémon GO.
The fourteenth song, “PARTY ROCK ETERNITY” in the Pokémon X Hatsune Miku collaboration, has been released. As previously reported, this collaboration, known as “Project Voltage 18 Types 18 Songs,” has been releasing themed artworks and songs.
Songs Released so Far:
- First song: “Volt Tackle,” by DECO*27
- Second song: “Electrical Forecast” by inabakumori
- Third song: “What Kind of Future” by Mitchie M
- Fourth song: “The Pokémon Inside My Heart” by PinocchioP
- Fifth song: “Battle! (Hatsune Miku)” by cosMo@Bousou-P
- Sixth song: “Fly in the Sky With You” by Kasamura Tota
- Seventh song: “Gotchu” by@GigaMozuku
- Eighth song: Juvenile by Jin
- Ninth song: I’m A Ghost-type by syudou
- Tenth song: Go! Bidoof Group by Wonderful☆Opportunity
- Eleventh song: Huh, Muddled by Kuriyama Yuri
- Twelfth song: Encounter by Orangestar
- Thirteenth song: Eon Ticket by marasy
- Fourteenth song: PARTY ROCK ETERNITY by Hachioji-P
Good Smile Company has made several announcements in WonHobby38, revealing updates and new additions to their high-figure lineup. Among the highlights are new looks at previously announced figures, such as a new look at the scale figure of Mio from Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and Figma Eunie, and brand-new announcements, including a figure of Zelda from Tears of the Kingdom.
Nintendo has released The Legend of Zelda Orchestra Concert on YouTube, originally planned as a live event for Nintendo Live 2024 in Tokyo. The concert had to be transitioned to a digital format due to the cancellation of the Tokyo event, prompted by safety concerns stemming from threats.
The pre-recorded concert showcases a selection of iconic music from the Zelda series, including pieces from Tears of the Kingdom, Ocarina of Time, Skyward Sword, Link’s Awakening, and more. The performance spans approximately 30 minutes, offering a journey through Hyrule’s rich musical heritage.
Nintendo also released another video showcasing the statues from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom that were originally planned to be showcased at Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO, which includes Link, Ganondorf, and Zelda.
Artisan Studios, the developers behind Astria Ascending and Super Neptunia RPG has revealed their new JRPG ‘Lost Hellden’, which promises a unique ‘Deep 2D’ painted art style and a ‘strategic action battle system.’
About the game:
On a planet called Era, people are bound to one of the Seven Deadly Sins before their first birthday via a religious ceremony called the Nexus Ritual. All their life, the inhabitants of Era have to fight against their urges. Should they fail and succumb, they transform into mindless and aggressive beasts. The Unio religion representatives – the Arkhons – ensure that everyone follows the rules and put down any monsters that appear in the cities.
One day, a woman gives birth to twins, something that never happened before. The Prime Arkhon, supreme leader of Era, conducts the Nexus Ritual himself. However, something goes wrong, and one baby is bound to all seven sins, while the other receives none.
The twins are taken to the capital, Avilah, where they are brought up as Arkhon apprentices. They are never allowed to leave the walls of the sanctuary… But one day, Leht, the twin bound to the seven sins, manages to leave the city. His brother Cyphel is sent on a mission to find and bring him back. He is accompanied by two seasoned Arkhons, Gram and Enki.
The journey of Cyphel and Leht is one of self-discovery, one that will allow them to grow and become the people they were destined to be.
Characters
Cyphel FYRBRAND
Since Cyphel was not bound to any Sin during the Nexus Ritual, his childhood was significantly easier than his brother’s. He grew up to be a kindhearted, yet naive young man. Cyphel is usually obedient but he willingly follows Leht when he is up to some mischief.
Gram STONEHEIM
This strong woman taught the art of fighting to the twins. She can be harsh sometimes, especially with Leht, because she sees great potential in him. She is an Arkhon and works closely with Enki.
Enki TAILLEVENT
Enki is an Arkhon and a teacher to the twins. He is less strict than Gram, sometimes he can even be seen as lax. His kind demeanor and his sense of humor make him a great person to be around.
Nintendo has officially rescheduled the Splatoon 3 World Championship 2024 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe World Championship 2024 for April 13th and 14th, 2024. This announcement comes after the initial cancellation of Nintendo Live 2024 in Tokyo, which was set to host the events in January 2024 alongside the Zelda and Splatoon concerts. The original cancellation was due to safety concerns following threats.
The latest issue of Famitsu has made its way to subscribers in Japan, and that means yet another round of review scores. Want to see how this week’s games fared? Check out the score round-up below!
Remember, each Famitsu review is handled by 4 critics. They each give a game a score of 1 to 10, and then the scores are added together. In other words, a perfect game would get a 40 out of 40.
- Granblue Fantasy: Relink (PS5, PS4) – 9/9/9/9 [36/40]
- Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch) – 8/9/8/8 [33/40]
- Tekken 8 (PS5, Xbox Series) – 9/9/9/9 [36/40]
