Final Fantasy VII has quite the history with Nintendo, originally announced for N64 before Square-Enix chose to side with Sony and the PS1. Here we are, almost thirty years later, with a remake of the PS1 original, previously exclusive to PS4, that’s about to launch not just on Switch 2 this week but also Xbox. Imagine trying to explain all of this to somebody back in 1996. “Yes, Nintendo still uses cartridges, technically, but some are Game Key cards…”
The good news is that FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE is reportedly an almost faultless conversion, currently boasting an impressive 90% Metacritic score. “The Nintendo Switch 2 version of Final Fantasy VII Remake Integrade arrives in stunning form, with very few compromises made bringing it across to Nintendo’s newest hardware. It’s an essential purchase for RPG fans who haven’t had the chance to play this reimagined saga,” said TheSixthAxis.
The Switch 2 gains a glut of new games this week, as it happens. These include the Steampunk post-apocalyptic strategy game They Are Billions, the Roman city builder Citadelum – which is yet to hit other consoles, and features mouse support – the pixel art RPG Isekai Rondo (which gained positive reviews on Xbox), and Dynasty Warriors: Origins from Koei Tecmo. Nintendo Life awarded Origins a 9/10, although noted the a 30fps downgrade. “Dynasty Warriors: Origins on Switch 2 is a super-solid port of a fantastic reboot for the franchise,” they said.
Focus’ sci-fi Metroidvania MIO: Memories in Orbit is out now on both Switches, currently with an 83% Metacritic on PC. Destructroid felt it deserved a lofty 9/10. “MIO: Memories in Orbit is a gorgeous, exploration-driven platformer that thrives on your curiosity. What starts as a dark, confusing journey slowly unfurls into a vibrant world packed with secrets, hidden bosses, and environmental storytelling that rewards thorough exploration,” was their verdict.
This week also sees the release of the pixel art shooter Look Mum No Computer – based on the popular YouTube show – the ‘90s style survival horror EBOLA VILLAGE, Lovecraftian FPS Forgive Me Father 2 – which gained positive reviews on other platforms in 2024 – and the surveillance thriller duo Orwell: Ignorance is Strength and Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You.
Another to investigate is Escape from Ever After, a Paper Mario style RPG set in a fairytale world. Previews were positive, and it seems the developers intended it to be a love letter to Nintendo’s floppy franchise.
We looked at eastasiasoft’s Hextreme Void yesterday, which takes the form of a rogue-like brick breaker. Actions are restricted to choosing upgrades, such as adding extra balls or increasing damage, with the balls bouncing around the screen automatically. Requiring little interaction and featuring very few random elements, it runs out of steam quickly.
Other retro style games releasing this week include an EGGCONSOLE re-release of the 1984 action RPG Courageous Perseus, an Arcade Archives re-release of Konami’s Labrinth Runner, and Fighting Force Collection from Limited Run. This collection includes the two PS1 games; the first being a reasonable 3D beat’em up (originally pitched to SEGA as a new Streets of Rage) while the second was a poorly received third-person shooter, shoved out by Eidos mere days before Christmas – meaning nobody could review it until January.
New Switch eShop releases
FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE – £54.99 – Switch 2
The award-winning FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE* retells the original story up to the escape from Midgar, with breathtaking visuals, fast-paced gameplay, and additional story elements.
This RPG delivers unforgettable characters, a powerful narrative, and a hybrid battle system that blends real-time action with strategic, command-based combat.
It also includes FF7R EPISODE INTERmission, a side story starring Yuffie Kisaragi that offers a fresh perspective running in parallel to Cloud’s journey.
They are Billions – £26.99 – Switch 2
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?
Citadelum – £24.99 – Switch 2
Build your settlement. Gather and refine resources from forests and quarries, breed animals, grow vegetables, fish and make wine, so you can keep your population healthy and fed. Improve your buildings and ensure water supply with aqueducts. Welcome citizens to your village as artisans, farmers, carpenters… or train them to join your legions in different units. Towers and walls will protect your village from barbarian attacks, while it grows into a magnificent city.
DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS – £54.99 – Switch 2
Tension-filled battlefields where you clash against massive armies stretching as far as the eye can see. How will you handle the onslaught of enemies? Your military prowess will serve you well as you fight in tandem with your allies in tactical battles unique to the “DYNASTY WARRIORS” franchise and experience the most exhilarating action in the series’ history.
MIO: Memories in Orbit – £16.99
MIO: Memories in Orbit – £16.99 – Switch 2
A mesmerizing, intertwined, decaying world awaits.
Awaken MIO, a nimble robot with extraordinary abilities, and unravel the mysteries of the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with lush vegetation and machines gone rogue.
Nobody knows why the Pearls, The Vessel’s AI caretakers, have ceased functioning. Forgotten by all, the Vessel faces imminent shutdown. Dive into its depths to revive its lost memories, as you unravel your true past and destiny, in this mesmerizing metroidvania.
Will you rise to the challenge and save the Vessel from destruction? Will you dare to seek and wake its memories?
Isekai Rondo Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – £14.39
Sho, a young man who spends his days in an exploitative company in modern Japan, is reincarnated into a parallel universe as Shaw, due to an accident!
While the job given in his new life is ‘Unemployed’ and hardships continue with a bad luck party, one day he acquires the ultimate job as a Sage, suddenly becoming the strongest with ultra rare passive skills!
Aiming for the long-awaited mellow life he finds himself in a battle to defeat the Overlord after meeting the Hero Viola.
Brace yourself for a wild ride where music meets mayhem! Look Mum No Computer takes you to the quirky, pixel-art universe of Soldersworth, as you join Sam and his Synthesizer sidekick, Kosmo, in this twin-stick shooter action-RPG to battle rogue household items and fix them from the inside — one electrifying beat at a time!
Escape from Ever After – £20.99
When Flynt Buckler, a classic fairytale adventurer, storms the castle of his evil dragon arch-nemesis Tinder, he finds the once intimidating fortress has been converted into… corporate offices? The villainous dragon is nowhere to be found and her castle is full of mindless coffee-sipping, report-filing drones. What happened?
It turns out that storybooks are an untapped market ripe with valuable resources, cheap labor, and profit to be had—so naturally, real-world conglomerate Ever After Inc.™ found a way to intervene! With Tinder’s Castle as their new corporate headquarters, Ever After Inc. is hellbent on taking over every storybook they can. With no choice but to get a job, Flynt Buckler must team up with his former nemesis Tinder in order to climb the corporate ladder and take down Ever After Inc. from the inside!
A classic horror inspired by the original survival games of the 90s, EBOLA VILLAGE — is a modern take on a first-person adventure where the main character Maria investigates the mysterious events that took place in Russia. Maria is sitting in her apartment watching her favorite series, the transmission is interrupted, and a live broadcast about a biological threat begins. Maria goes to the village to visit her mother and her ex-husband Ruslan…and terrible things start to happen there…
Legacy of Shnaus – Horror Room Escape – £6.99
Enter the world of Legacy of Shnaus – Horror Room Escape, a psychological first-person horror where you explore an abandoned clinic filled with secrets, tragic memories, and experiments that should never have existed. As a journalist searching for the truth behind mysterious disappearances, you step inside a place marked by grief, obsession, and the shadow of the doctor who once worked there. Every room hides clues to a forgotten story, every sound pushes you deeper into fear, and the only way forward is to uncover the legacy left behind.
AUG 12, 2045. The Technate has ruled for 15 years. Its robotic army, Slaughterhouse AI, roams the Earth in search of all processable flesh. Pigs everywhere remain in hiding.
One small boar takes matters into his own hands. He is unusually fast and armed with a blaster. His name is Gunnar Harsvin. His message: the pigs will fight for their lives. Gunnar must destroy the machines of the evil technocracy and rescue his fellow pigs.
Play a missing classic from the genesis of the 16-bit era. Roll like a hedgehog! Shoot like a soldier!
You will play as Kaique, a brave Guarani warrior whose girlfriend, Kerana, is kidnapped by an evil god named Tau.
Collect materials to craft new items, grind through fast-paced battles, and test your strategy against challenging bosses.
Hunt, fish, swim, dive, jump, and explore the jungle!
Super Star Shooter Classic – £2.69
Super Star Shooter Classic is a time-based vertical shooting game that blends simple controls with score-focused gameplay. It is designed for short, concentrated sessions and features clean pixel-art visuals inspired by classic computer shooters.
Wall of Insanity 2 once again plunges us into a grim and perilous world, lurking beyond the veil of dimensions — a world of isolation and decay. It is a nightmare from which there is no waking. In this third-person action game, you will uncover the story of a lost squad while confronting an unspeakable horror.
Freeride is a game about YOU. Board a train to the Spirit World in our oddball RPG where you make friends, use telekinesis, find secrets, consume ice cream and chart your own path. Each character is uniquely troubled, and in helping them find their way, you might just find yourself, too.
Are you ready for a brick breaker with a twist? In Hextreme Void, you can’t lose! Instead of lives or game overs, the challenge comes from progression and optimization in order to complete all levels within a certain time limit. Each playthrough takes you through one of five distinct Voids, with 50 levels per Void. Stages are presented in high-def 2D style with hexagonal bricks arranged in increasingly complex patterns. Your ball moves automatically, but it’s up to you to decide how released powerups are used.
Orwell: Ignorance is Strength – £8.50
Inspired by the rise of fake news, social media echo chambers, and the displacement of truth, Orwell: Ignorance is Strength is the second–darker–season of the award-winning surveillance thriller, Orwell. With the power to both uncover and play with “the truth”, you must decide for yourself how far you will go in the service of your country and whether the truth is sacred or ignorance is strength.
Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You – £8.50
Investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences…
EGGCONSOLE Courageous Perseus PC-8801 – £5.39
This Action RPG was released by COSMOS COMPUTER in 1984. The hero Perseus embarks on an adventure to rescue the Goddess of Beauty on a magical island ruled by the Gorgon.
You increase health by defeating enemies and acquiring items. True to the Action RPG style, combat involves bumping into enemies. The enemies you can defeat depend on your current strength, requiring you to identify and defeat them in sequence.
The game clears by obtaining either all 12 Zodiac items or three Goddess statues. Though it has a unique learning curve, this masterpiece pioneered the domestic Japanese Action RPG genre and is highly recommended
Start with your Weapon – each represents a distinct class archetype with unique skills! Combine identical or different classes to forge powerful Synergies! From the brutal onslaught of Warriors to the entangled light and shadow of Priests, the arcane devastation of Mages, the shadow-walking Rogues’ Guild, the wind-riding Archers’ Alliance, to the unbreakable bulwark of the Paladins…
Dustland Delivery is a post-apocalyptic survival business simulator, featuring over 40 hours of gameplay content. Scour the wastes for profit, complete missions to grow your trading empire, and assemble a rag-tag band of adventurers to turn your city into the capital of the Dustlands. Danger lurks around every corner—but no risk, no reward!
Incubus Heart: Demon Love Redemption – £21.99
“Incubus Heart: Demon Love Redemption” is a narrative visual novel where you unravel the truth behind men shaped not by desire, but by power, pride, and centuries of unspoken regret.
Each incubus hides a wound carved by betrayal, duty, or temptation gone wrong.
Konpaku Youmu sets out to prove herself to Saigyouji Yuyuko, mistress of Hakugyokurou. Make use of her three skills and challenge the veteran incident resolver and shrine maiden, Hakurei Reimu. An exhilarating 3D bullet hell action game set in Gensokyo, the world of Touhou Project!
In this horror game, you’ll have to immerse yourself in a thrilling and exciting adventure together with the main characters! Children have been missing for a long time in Lakewitch, and you are destined to solve this creepy mystery. Who is the kidnapper, and why is he doing it? Where are the children disappearing to, and how to save them? You can solve all the puzzles and find out the answers…if you don’t get scared!
Journey once again into a malevolent world inspired by H.P Lovecraft’s myths where madness awaits on every corner. Embark on a path to salvation as you continue the story of the Priest character from the first installment. How long can you balance on the edge of sanity? Will your sins be forgiven, or your soul consumed by madness?
Next week: Dispatch, GRID Legends: Deluxe Edition, Chrono Ark Deluxe Edition, The Perfect Pencil, Our Burial Dolls Remastered, DUSK INDEX: GION, Maid of Salvation, Crosak, Heroes Battle Awakening, Card Quest, Simpli Casa, Majotori, and Running Fable Petite Party.