Switch Weekly Update #29 - 24/09/2017

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Channel: BlueMaxima's Gaming Channel · 2017 · Gaming

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Hello and welcome to the compressed Switch Weekly Update because that seems to be all I can do lately.

* Earthlock, Festival of Magic has been confirmed for Switch in Japan with a release window of Winter, no localization news.
* Roguelike Dragon Fang Z has also been confirmed for Japanese release sometime in the Fall. No localization detail for this one either.
* Light Fall, 2D platformer with the ability to modify your movement via a spawnable box, is coming to Switch in March.
* Clusterpuck99, a local multiplayer game for 8 players about a rather violent game of puck shooting action, is on its way to Switch. No date yet.
* Psychedelic horror title Layers of Fear is getting a Legacy edition for the Switch. No date for it just yet.
* Sparkle 2, Zuma inspired match-3 title, is coming to the eShop next week. It'll be $8 US.
* 2D tower defense title No Heroes Here is coming to the Switch in the first quarter of next year.
* Atelier Lydie and Suelle, the third in the Mysterious trilogy of Atelier games, is coming to the West on Switch early next year.
* Twin stick shooter crossed with capitalism simulator Vostok Inc is making the jump to Switch sometime in the future. It'll be the same price as on other systems.
* The Switch is getting a new game in the Umihara Kawase series. No other real details are known about this game yet.
* Cinematic puzzle platformer Inside from Playdead is coming to the Switch in the future, no details just yet.
* Puzzle title Tumblestone is making its way to Switch on the 5th of October. It'll cost $15 or 12 pounds.
* A port of 3DS title Samurai Defender is coming to Switch via Flyhigh Works. No other details are available just yet.
* Picross S is coming to the Switch next week from developer Jupiter. Notably, it'll have co-op and competitive modes.
* Japanese online RPG Avabel Online is coming to the Switch in the future. Don't expect a localization for this one.
* Caveman Warriors, four player 2D platformer, is coming to the Switch in the future.
* 2D action platformer Pankapu has been announced for Switch. The game lets you swap between warrior, rogue and mage on the fly. No date.
* Battle Princess Madelyn, a Ghosts 'n' Goblins inspired 2D platformer, is coming to Switch in the first quarter of next year.
* Top down racer Mantis Burn Racing is coming to Switch in the future. It'll contain all the DLC released for the console versions.
* Japan is getting Kunio-Kun The World Classics Collection, a compilation of 15 games in the series known in the west as River City Rampage. It'll be out sometime in 2018.
* Gal*Gun 2, fourth in the series of light gun shooters starring fairies, demons and schoolgirls, is coming to Switch sometime in the future. This HAS been confirmed for a Western release as well.
* Steins;Gate Elite, a remastering of the original visual novel with visuals from the anime series, has been confirmed for Switch. It'll be out in Spring next year. No localization details yet.
* Attack on Titan 2, the Omega Force developed game based on the anime of the same name, has been confirmed for Switch for early 2018.

Dates! Inversus Deluxe launches on September 28. Deemo will also be out in the West on the same day. Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime is launching on October 3rd in the West, it'll be $15. Super Beat Sports is out October 12th.

Updates!
* Voez is getting a physical release on Switch in Japan, and this version will have a mode for docked compatibility. Whether this will be passed to the digital version is unclear.
* Konami is adding three new characters to Super Bomberman R - Reiko from Rumble Roses and Anubis & Jehuty from Zone of the Enders - and a new Grand Prix mode that supports 3 on 3 battles.
* Piczle Lines DX got an update with twenty new Halloween themed puzzles.
* Lichtspeer and Bulb Boy got updates...to add new icons, along with various tweaks.

And finally this week, some melancholic news. A tribute to Satoru Iwata has been found on the Switch - by moving the joycons in his Direct pose on the day he died, July 11th, it will unlock an emulated version of NES Golf, a game he personally programmed. That's it for this week.

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