Jet Set Radio-inspired game Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is out now on PC and Nintendo Switch. Along with the game’s release, developer and publisher Team Reptile has also released a new trailer for the game, which you can check out below.
31.07.2023 - 16:05 / thesixthaxis.com / Nintendo
Nintendo’s next generation Switch is expected to debut in the second half of 2024, it’s being reported, with development kits for the console now in the hands of third-party developers.
Both VGC and Eurogamer have reported this, based on their various sources, and confirmed a handful of other details along the way.
Most importantly, the next Nintendo Switch console will have the same kind of hybrid design as the original, with the ability to play in handheld mode on a tablet screen, or to plug the console in and play on TV with detachable controllers.
Beyond that, the console will still use physical media with game cartridges, and it’s likely that Nintendo will cut costs by featuring an LCD screen instead of an OLED panel, as we saw in a later Switch revision.
With the same console concept at its heart, perhaps the most important decision that Nintendo has to make is whether or not to support native backward compatibility to the Nintendo Switch’s huge back catalogue of games. Nintendo has been asked about this point on several occasions during investor calls, but refused to be drawn on the matter, simply saying that they plan to retain the same digital Nintendo Accounts system.
It almost seems unfathomable that Nintendo wouldn’t include backward compatibility, given their track record. While the Switch was a clean break from previous consoles, every handheld console since the original Game Boy had one generation of backward compatibility, and the same was true after switching home consoles to disc with the GameCube.
It’s been fairly apparent that the Nintendo Switch is coming to the end of its cycle, now in its seventh year on the market. Lifetime sales recently passed 125 million, making it one of the very best-selling console of all time, but it underperformed Nintendo’s targets for last year and sales are on a downward trend in the face of more plentiful PS5 and Xbox Series X|S stock.
We also see it in the range of games that Nintendo is developing for the console. We had a real marquee release in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom earlier this year, and the rest of 2023 will feature the releases of Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Super Mario RPG’s remake and a new WarioWare game, as well as the enhance Luigi’s Mansion 2 and a Princess Peach game in 2024. There’s no word on the long-delayed Metroid Prime 4, though – could this be the cross-gen launch game like Breath of the Wild was?
Jet Set Radio-inspired game Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is out now on PC and Nintendo Switch. Along with the game’s release, developer and publisher Team Reptile has also released a new trailer for the game, which you can check out below.
At least he clapped at the end.
Buying a Nintendo console that comes with a Sonic game seems weird, but hey, it's a freebie.
It’s a little ridiculous that, nearly seven years into the Nintendo Switch’s life, we’ve still not seen Rocksteady’s Batman: Arkham trilogy release for the platform. Better late than never though, because that will be changing soon. In June, WB Games announced that Batman: Arkham Trilogy would be coming to the Switch this Fall, and now, a specific release date has been announced.
Rockstar's cowboy epic is up for preorder on PS4 and Switch.
Brace Yourself Games’ Rift of the NecroDancer has been delayed. Slated for release this year, it’s now targeting a release in the first half of 2024. The developer also confirmed on Twitter that the title is being published by Klei Entertainment, which published Crypt of the NecroDancer on PC.
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The organization is giving $200,000 to the Hawai'i Wildfire Relief Fund.
The game is in 3D.
Developer Summerfall Studios has released its musical game Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical. The game is out now on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch, and is priced at $29.99. Check out the launch trailer below.
Following rumors and a ratings board listing, id Software’s remaster of Quake 2 is now available for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5, PC and Nintendo Switch. Retailing for $9.99, it features the original game, The Reckoning and Ground Zero mission packs, Quake 2 64 and a new expansion pack, Call of the Machine. Check out the trailer below, courtesy of Gematsu.
Upon its launch a couple of weeks ago, Pikmin 4 dominated the weekly Japan physical sales charts with over 400,000 units sold at retail, and followed that up with over 115,000 units sold in its second week. As per the newest data released by Famitsu, it has topped those charts yet again, making it three weeks in a row for the strategy title, selling over 78,000 units during the week (with lifetime physical sales in Japan climbing to nearly 600,000 units).