Quick Bits
Apr 28, 2021
There is some new gameplay footage from Nintendo’s demo of the adorable life sim game Miitopia.
Miitopia was last available on Nintendo 3DS and celebrated much success among fans of cute adventure RPGs. The adorable game packed a lot of similarities with games such as Fantasy Life with many options to customize your very own journey.
Miitopia is all about customizations as the big N recently announced that every single Mii in the game will be fully customizable. So once you are ready to embark own your adventure, you can do so in style!
Just yesterday, Nintendo released an all new demo for the game, to give players a closer look at how the game is going to play out. Immediately, many fans of the franchise jumped at the opportunity, so now we have tons of wonderful footage of the upcoming game.
Miitopia Demo Footage
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For more information on Miitopia, you can check out my coverage here.
For more cute sim games, check out my coverage of Coral Island.
- Apr 23, 2021
The adorable life simulation game Castaway Paradise will release for Nintendo Switch on April 29th.
Castaway Paradise has celebrated great success on other platforms such as Steam ( PC ), PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The game is inspired by Animal Crossing but released its island adventure many years before New Horizons was even announced.
In Castaway Paradise you begin the journey on your very own tropical island. This is your land, your adventure! Do whatever you like, whenever you like! Which happens to entail many of the great features that we have come to expect from in-depth life sims like this one.
Castaway Paradise This game features strong building elements, cute animals, and a bunch of activities for you to enjoy. Castaway Paradise invites you to do all the traditional village simulation tasks such as fishing, bug hunting and even farming.
Very soon you will be able to do all this, and all in the palms of your hands via the Nintendo Switch. The game releases on April 29th, and will cost $19.99. If you pre-order now, you can get the game for just $15.99.
Castaway Paradise Switch Trailer
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For more information on Castaway Paradise, you can check out the official Nintendo website.
For more great farming and life simulation games, check out my coverage of Coral Island.
- Apr 21, 2021
The Tamagotchi brand has added a camera to their virtual pet so that you can be closer to your critters.
Tamagotchi has been giving us adorable little pet sims for about as long as I can remember. It is the perfect way to learn the responsibility of pet ownership, without actually having another living animal rely on you. Not only that, they are just the cutest thing ever. Clean, feed and give all your love to your very own tiny digital pet.
Now, the Tamagotchi has offiaclly added a camera to their toy, allowing pet owners to find themselves inside the toy with their pet. This will also make it so that we can share our pictures of us with our pets. There will be a service in the new devices that makes it easy to send pictures to our friends. You will also be able to use the camera to interact with your pet in different ways.
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To learn more about the Tamagotchi Pix and see a video, you can check out the official website.
For more great innovative hand held, check out my coverage of the Playdate!
- Apr 21, 2021
The adorable open world horse riding game Lucky’s Big Adventure will release on Switch in June!
In Spirit, you will play as Lucky, a courageous little girl that loves riding horses and exploring the world around her. With help of two brave and rambunctious friends, it will be up to you to find all the treasures in Lucky’s treasure map. And, of course, all of your exploring will be done on horseback.
The horse you will be riding is Spirit, obviously. Throughout the game you will need to care for Spirit to help him grow stronger, and in turn he will be a more capable assistant. You will also find plenty of things with which you will be able to customize not only your look, but Spirit’s as well. Spirit: Lucky’s Big Adventure will release this June on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PS4 and PC via Steam.
Spirit: Lucky’s Big Adventure Trailer
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For more information on Spirit: Lucky’s Big Adventure, you can check out the games official website.
For more great equestrian games, you can check out my coverage of Co-op Horse Game.
- Apr 21, 2021
For the first time ever, both of The Great Ace Attorney games will be available in the West on Nintendo Switch!
Prepare to get your sleuthing on when The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles comes to the Nintendo Switch in the West. Until now, both of the games in the collection were only available to play in Japan. Now, not only are the games coming to the west, but they will be releasing on the Nintendo Switch as well. The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles will release in both physical and digital editions on July 27th, and pre-orders are already live!
For those that are not familiar with the series, The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles are a combination of two games, The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures and The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve. Players will embark on a journey of wits that pit them against some of the darkest minds around. Do you have what it takes to find the clues and pinpoint the true criminals? There has also been a ton of new content added to the collection, like eight mini episodes and some new characters to meet.
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles Trailer
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For more information The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, you can check out the official website.
For more great sleuthing games, check out my coverage of Lawmage Academy.
- Apr 8, 2021
Cozy Grove officially launched today on the Nintendo Switch with an all new cure trailer.
If you have ever played Don’t Starve you will most likely be very familiar with the concept of Cozy Grove. For the ones who haven’t – much like in Don’t Starve – a survival game as the title already gives away, In Cozy Grove you will find yourself on a haunted island and you will be tasked to bring color back to it.
The haunted island may appear empty and overtaken by florals but as you continue to explore and gather resources you will quickly begin to build up a new camp on the deserted and remote place and breath some life back into it.
The game features a huge hand-drawn world that becomes more colorful as you help the haunted spirits around. As you embark on your adventure you will meet dozens of different and interesting characters and spirits.
Well, the game officially released on multiple platforms today, including my favorite, the Nintendo Switch. The game currently costs just $13.49 through the Nintendo eShop.
Cozy Grove Launch Trailer
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For more info on Cozy Grove, you can check out my coverage here.
For more great games coming to Switch, check out my coverage of Coral Island.
- Apr 3, 2021
Run your own Alchemy shop and brew potions with friends when Potion Party releases on Switch next week.
It can sometimes be tough to find a nice, cute party game that you would actually want to share with your friends. Outside of Overcooked and Mario Party, cute party games are actually pretty scarce. However, Potion Party certainly aims to change that with a fun theme and some fat-paced gameplay. Not to mention the ability to either challenge friends, or play with them to run a shop together in co-op mode.
In Potion Party, you are tasked with running an Alchemy Shop. You will need to gather materials to craft potions that you may then sell. The more money you make, the more things you will be able to buy to upgrade your shop, resulting in a higher customer base. You will also unlock characters with different abilities that can help your shop grow even faster.
Potion Party Gameplay
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For more information on Potion Party, you can check out the official Nintendo website.
For more great games coming to Switch, check out my coverage of Deiland: Pocket Planet Edition.
- Mar 30, 2021
VideoGamesChronical got an exclusive look at the new Pikmin App, and here’s what they found!
After announcing a new partnership last week, Nintendo and Niantic also announced that they will be releasing a new Pikmin App that is meant to make walking more fun. This will be the first in a new line of apps that will help users find more joy in their day to day activities. Well, VGC recently got their hands on a copy of the app, and went into great detail to show users just how fun and intuitive this app really is.
How it all works.
According to VGC, the game begins with you being given little Pikmin Seedlings. These seedlings require “Step Energy” to grow. Obviously, step energy is acquired by walking. Once they reach the required amount of energy, you may then “harvest” your new Pikmin friend.
As you walk around you will be able to discover lots of different Pikmin, as well as different items that you Pikmin may interact with or may help them grow. Currently, there are seven different breeds of Pikmin that you may grow.
- Red Pikmin
- Blue Pikmin
- Yellow Pikmin
- Purple Pikmin
- White Pikmin
- Rock Pikmin
- Winged Pikmin
There are much more details about the new app in the VGC article. I will certainly be trying this one for myself when the app finally releases.
