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Back in early December , the pixel art adventure game Unreal Life ($6.99) from hako life and room6 was announced for mobile platforms. At the time, I had heard a lot about from friends who played it on PC and Nintendo Switch . Shaun covered it a bit from TGS 2018 . Pre-orders for the iOS version went live with a February 28th release date listed. This ended up being the actual release date for iOS at least. Unreal Life has you playing as a girl who has lost her memories but only remembers one name: “Miss Sakura". You try and find Miss Sakura with the help of a traffic light and have the ability to read the memories of objects you touch. Unreal Life has now released worldwide on the App Store for iOS. The Android version is coming in a few days . Watch the Unreal Life mobile trailer below: Unreal Life has always looked excellent in trailers, and you can now play it on iOS for $6.99. Unreal Life is available for $22.99 on Nintendo Switch and $19.99 on Steam. You can buy...

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for February 28th, 2022. The weekend is generally a time to chill, but the Pokemon Company went ahead and announced a whole new Pokemon generation yesterday. On top of that, I’ve got a few reviews for you to enjoy, covering the likes of Atelier Sophie 2, Moto Roader MC , and To the Top, Mammoth! . There are a couple of new releases to check out, and lots of sales that backed up over the weekend. Let’s get to it! News ‘Pokemon Scarlet’ and ‘Pokemon Violet’ Announced For Late 2022 Release Yesterday’s Pokemon Presents had lots of interesting points in it, with special events kicking off in various Pokemon mobile games and some nice new gifts and features being added to Pokemon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl and Pokemon Legends: Arceus . The biggest surprise was, as usual, reserved for the end of the show. The next generation of Pokemon games was announced for release on the Nintendo Switch later this year. We’ve got ...

Hello everyone, and welcome to the week! It’s time once again for our look back at the noteworthy updates of the last seven days. Well, I won’t lie to you: I spent two hours today video chatting with my dear brother in Canada, and that has left me criminally short on time today. I shall not give up, but the vague attempts at comedy will either be better or worse than usual today. Of course, you can keep an eye out for updates yourself by participating in the TouchArcade forums. This weekly summary is just here to fill you in on the things you might have missed. Let’s go for it! ANOTHER EDEN , Free Let’s start things off modestly, with a look at the latest update from the good folks behind Another Eden . There’s a new Mythos called The Apex of Logic and Cardinal Scales Chapter 3, which is quite a name. Quite, quite a name. There’s also an Ally Encounter in the form of Red Clad Flamemancer: Fire Force Edition and Blunt Force Edition, with the new ally Red Clad Flamemancer availab...

Over the weekend, The Pokemon Company announced Pokemon Scarlet and Violet for Nintendo Switch coming later this year alongside a big update for the excellent Pokemon Legends: Arceus for Pokemon Day 2022. Alongside those Nintendo Switch announcements and releases, events are planned or underway already in various Pokemon mobile games. Pokemon GO (Free) will have Pokemon that first appeared in the Alola region from Pokemon Sun and Moon on Nintendo 3DS start appearing from March 1st. Until then, Alolan Form Exeggutor will be appearing in Pokemon GO . Watch the Pokemon GO Alola trailer below and more details for the Gen 7 launch in the game are here . Trainers playing Pokemon Unite (Free) can try out the Mythical Pokemon Hoopa to earn its Unite license. A login bonus is available from now until March 14th to unlock a Pokemon Day hat and shirt. A new Pokemon Unite full-fury battle will also be available in game. Duraludon will be joining Pokemon Unite in the future. Pokemon C...

This week’s TouchArcade Show features a rollercoaster of emotions as Eli tells us all about how his precious Tesla is finally in his possession. I counter this feel good happy story with my own tale of how my precious bicycle was stolen right out of my backyard. We then switch gears to the big AAA game release of the moment, Elden Ring , before we spend a whole lot of time discussing Valve’s Steam Deck, which officially launched today. I wrote a big long review for it which you can find in the Show Notes below. Don’t forget to shoot us emails with any questions, feedback, or anything else relevant or irrelevant to podcast@toucharcade.com . We read ’em all, and love decoding messages written entirely in emoji. As always, you can listen to us with the links below… And if you like what you hear, please subscribe and/or drop us a review in iTunes. Much appreciated! As a companion to this audio podcast, we also do a video version of the same show that is exclusive to Patreon which allow...

The Siralim games from developer Thylacine Studios have provided some of the deepest and content rich RPG-ish type games on mobile for nearly a decade now. The elevator pitch would be to call it Pokemon mixed with Diablo , as the main elements are to collect, upgrade, and combine a huge mixture of monster types to use in battle as you go dungeon diving and complete various quests around the game’s huge open world. But as catchy as “ Pokemon meets Diablo " is, it still doesn’t do the series justice because there’s just so much more you can do in these games. They’ve grown with each entry too, starting with the original Siralim on mobile back in July of 2014, followed by Siralim 2 about two years later in August of 2016, and Siralim 3 just about two more years later in October of 2018. Each game more stuffed to the gills with awesome things to do. So where do you go from there? After an Early Access period, Thylacine released Siralim Ultimate on Steam this past December, and...

It’s taken a little while, but the final game in Square Enix’s Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster project has arrived. In some ways, it’s the game that people have most been looking forward to in this line. In other ways, there’s been a hint of dread about it. Given the scope of the other Pixel Remasters and the state of the original Final Fantasy VI , this game perhaps stood to benefit the least from this remake. Yet for mobile gamers, it’s not so much about taking the place of the original game but rather the somewhat maligned 2014 remake. That feels like an easier bar to clear, at least. Is Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster ($17.99) the best version of the game, then? That’s a very difficult question to answer but if I really look deep into my heart, I have to just barely lean towards the negative. It’s very close, and this Pixel Remaster does score a couple of minor wins in some categories, but I still think the original Super NES version is the best official means of playing this al...

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for February 25th, 2022. In today’s article, we look at the remaining releases of the week plus a few stragglers that slipped past me yesterday. It turned out to be a lot. Still getting the hang of Nintendo’s new site design. I think I’ve got them all this time, at least at the time of writing. There’s also a rather large list of new sales to go through, plus the sales set to expire this weekend. Let’s get to it! New Releases Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream ($59.99) SwitchArcade Highlight! Here’s your regular dose of Atelier fluff. We’ve spent the last couple of years with Ryza, and I’m sure we haven’t seen the last of her. But for now, we’re checking back in with the protagonist of 2015’s Atelier Sophie to see what she got up to after she left Kirchen Bell. You know how this works by now, friends. Turn-based battles, crafting, and lots of colorful characters. I’ll have a full review of this o...