Nintendo Switch Online adds three games never released outside of Japan

The Pokémon Company has announced that Pokémon Trading Card Game Classic will be released later this year.

Bandai Namco will release a demo for Sword Art Online: Last Recollection for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on September 26, the company announced during its Tokyo Game Show 2023 stage event.

Fans of the tough pink cream puff can rejoice as one of his games is coming to Nintendo Switch Online. Kirby & The Amazing Mirror is being added to the Game Boy Advance legacy collection on Nintendo Switch Online on September 29. Kirby & The Amazing Mirror will be joining four Japan only titles that made their US debut on Switch Online earlier this month which include Kirby’s Star Stacker, Quest For Camelot, Joy Mech Fight and Downtown Nekketsu March Super-Awesome Field Day! Because Kirby & The Amazing Mirror is a Game Boy Advance title accessing it requires both the Nintendo Switch Online and the Expansion Pack membership while the other titles only require Nintendo Switch Online membership. Below are descriptions of each of the five games provided by the press release.

Xbox announced a slew of new titles coming to its Game Pass subscription service this year. At its Tokyo Game Show segment, held Thursday, the publisher confirmed that Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name will be available to members for free on day one i.e., November 9. In it, Kazama Kiryu, the famous Yakuza who faked his death to protect his family, slips into the black suit once again and works as a bodyguard codenamed ‘Joryu.' His cover is soon threatened when a mysterious figure with ties to the past comes to haunt him, spawning a crazed frenzy across the streets of Japan, as we punch our way through hordes.

Nintendo Switch Online's retro library is growing bigger yet again with another Kirby addition.

Game Boy Advance – Nintendo Switch Online will add Kirby & the Amazing Mirror on September 29, Nintendo announced.

The Nintendo Switch 2 console may feature a custom version of NVIDIA DLSS upscaling technology, judging from a recent job ad from the Japanese company, which was discovered a few hours ago.

Ghandagoza will be playable in Granblue Fantasy: Relink, publisher Cygames and developer Cygames Osaka announced during today’s “Granblue Fantasy Showcase: Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising and Relink Part 1.”

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10 years ago it was conventional wisdom that most popular Japanese games would never come to PC. Fast forward to now, and not only is it rare for a Japanese game to skip PC, but we're getting deep cuts from the back catalogue too. Case in point: Rainbow Cotton was a Sega Dreamcast exclusive when it was released in 2000, and not only that, it was never released outside of Japan. Oh, and it reviewed pretty poorly too. Hardly a game you'd expect to get the remaster treatment in 2023, but never mind: now it's hitting Steam.

Nintendo will host a Nintendo Direct on September 14 at 7:00 a.m. PT / 10:00 a.m. ET, featuring 40 minutes of information focused mainly on Switch titles launching this winter, the company announced. You will be able to watch it on YouTube (America, Europe, Japan) and Nintendo.com (America, Europe, Japan).

Square Enix’s stock has fallen 30% from its peak this year, wiping almost $2 billion off the company’s market value.