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SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak’ Gets Release Date, Plus Today’s Releases and Sales

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for March 16th, 2022. There’s a bit of news to look at today, with a significant update for Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl and a firm release date for Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak. Only a couple of new releases to look at, but we look at them just the same. Then it’s on to the new sales of the day, with Square Enix having a lovely set of discounts you’ll want to check out. Things are finished up as always with the list of expiring sales for you to consider. Let’s get to work!

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‘Pokemon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl’ Updated with New Features

So much Pokemon lately it’s easy to lose track of it all. Anyway, a new update is out for Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl, bringing them up to 1.3.0. This update adds an event for those who have completely cleared all of the missions in Pokemon Legends: Arceus that allows you to meet and catch Arceus. Yes, you can stuff the god of the Pokemon world in your little ball and use it as you see fit. If you can catch it, anyway. This update also adds a network trading feature that can be accessed from the GWS in Jubilife City, allowing you to finally trade your Pokemon from the game online.

‘Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak’ Hits June 30th

Hmm, I probably should have slowly ramped up to that or something. Oh well. The expansion for Monster Hunter Rise, Sunbreak, finally has a release date. It’s June 30th. There’s a new trailer to go with the release date, so go ahead and watch it if you need a bit more hype. You can preorder Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak on the eShop now in its regular form for $39.99 or in a Deluxe Edition with some extra DLC goodies for $49.99.

New Releases

Wife Quest ($7.99)

Mia has a problem. Her husband Fernando keeps getting kidnapped by flirtatious monster girls. Every time it happens, she has to venture out and save him from this peril. This time a witch has grabbed him, and Mia will have to battle fiercely to bring Fernando home. A side-scrolling action-platformer with lots of monster girls, Wife Quest naturally comes to us from publisher eastasiasoft. Developed by Pippin Games, who also did Kawaii Deathu Desu. Looks like standard fare to me outside of the theme, which is probably meant to be the important thing here.

ZOMBIE Beyond Terror: FPS Survival ($8.99)

T-Bull takes a break from its recent stream of drag racing games to give us another rather modest first-person shooter. This time you are shooting zombies. I think they had another one like that. Yes, they did. Zombie Call of Zombooty: Zombie Shooting a Zombie and 3D Games Duty Legends or something like that. Expect a similar level of quality here.

Sales

(North American eShop, US Prices)

If you’re looking to stock up on Square Enix games, today is your lucky day. SaGa Frontier Remastered, Dungeon Encounters, and Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars are notable ones that are hitting new low prices. There are a few other things in there to ponder over, but I’ll leave that to you. The outbox is quite massive, with a whole bunch of indies and some Bandai Namco stuff on its way out. Have a look.

Select New Games on Sale

Dragon Ball Z Kakarot ($29.99 from $59.99 until 3/22)
Dragon Ball Z Kakarot UE ($50.99 from $84.99 until 3/22)
Phantom Breaker: Omnia ($35.99 from $39.99 until 3/22)
Mail Mole + Expansions ($9.99 from $14.99 until 3/24)
NEO The Worlds Ends With You ($29.99 from $59.99 until 3/29)
Final Fantasy VII ($7.99 from $15.99 until 3/29)
Final Fantasy VIII Remastered ($9.99 from $19.99 until 3/29)
Final Fantasy IX ($10.49 from $20.99 until 3/29)
Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD ($24.99 from $49.99 until 3/29)
Final Fantasy XII TZA ($24.99 from $49.99 until 3/29)
Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition ($11.99 from $29.99 until 3/29)
World of Final Fantasy Maxima ($15.99 from $39.99 until 3/29)
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles ($11.99 from $29.99 until 3/29)
Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon ($15.99 from $39.99 until 3/29)
Voice of Cards: Isle Dragon Roars ($22.49 from $29.99 until 3/29)


Dungeon Encounters ($20.99 from $29.99 until 3/29)
Collection of SaGa FFL ($13.99 from $19.99 until 3/29)
Romancing SaGa 3 ($20.29 from $28.99 until 3/29)
SaGa Frontier Remastered ($17.49 from $24.99 until 3/29)
Dragon Quest ($3.24 from $4.99 until 3/29)
Dragon Quest II ($4.21 from $6.49 until 3/29)
Dragon Quest III ($8.11 from $12.49 until 3/29)
I Am Setsuna ($19.99 from $29.99 until 3/29)
Lost Sphear ($19.99 from $49.99 until 3/29)
Oninaki ($24.99 from $49.99 until 3/29)
Collection of Mana ($19.99 from $39.99 until 3/29)
Legend of Mana ($20.99 from $29.99 until 3/29)
Trials of Mana ($24.99 from $49.99 until 3/29)
Star Ocean First Departure R ($8.39 from $20.99 until 3/29)
Balan Wonderworld ($19.99 from $39.99 until 3/29)


Spelunker Party! ($14.99 from $29.99 until 3/29)
Heart Chain Kitty ($4.95 from $9.90 until 3/29)
Unstrong: Space Calamity ($2.49 from $4.99 until 3/29)
Starlight Alliance ($4.95 from $9.90 until 3/29)
The Turing Test ($2.99 from $19.99 until 3/29)
Oh My Godheads: Party Edition ($2.99 from $14.99 until 3/29)
Octahedron: Transfixed ($5.19 from $12.99 until 3/29)
Forgotton Anne ($7.99 from $19.99 until 3/29)
Dungeon Warfare ($3.39 from $9.99 until 3/30)
West of Loathing ($5.94 from $11.00 until 4/4)
Crysis 2 Remastered ($17.99 from $29.99 until 4/5)
Crysis 3 Remastered ($17.99 from $29.99 until 4/5)

Sales Ending Tomorrow, Thursday, March 17th

#Funtime ($4.40 from $14.99 until 3/17)
A Dark Room ($2.79 from $6.99 until 3/17)
Aeolis Tournament ($2.24 from $14.99 until 3/17)
Aery: A Journey Beyond Time ($1.99 from $9.99 until 3/17)
Agony ($1.99 from $19.99 until 3/17)
Axiom Verge 2 ($17.99 from $19.99 until 3/17)
Ayakashi Koi Gikyoku ($19.99 from $24.99 until 3/17)
Bad Dream: Coma ($1.99 from $9.99 until 3/17)
Bad Dream: Fever ($1.99 from $9.99 until 3/17)
Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance ($23.99 from $29.99 until 3/17)
Beast Quest ($1.99 from $19.99 until 3/17)
Beat Me! ($3.89 from $12.99 until 3/17)
Bedtime Blues ($1.99 from $9.99 until 3/17)
Binarystar Infinity ($2.49 from $4.99 until 3/17)
Black Paradox ($3.74 from $14.99 until 3/17)
Bomber Fox ($2.49 from $4.99 until 3/17)
Bot Vice ($1.99 from $9.99 until 3/17)
Breakpoint ($2.21 from $4.99 until 3/17)
Button Button Up! ($4.79 from $11.99 until 3/17)
Cake Laboratory ($1.99 from $2.99 until 3/17)


Castaway Paradise ($4.99 from $19.99 until 3/17)
Clock Simulator ($1.99 from $3.99 until 3/17)
Cooking Simulator ($1.99 from $19.99 until 3/17)
Cozy Grove ($10.47 from $14.99 until 3/17)
Curved Space ($4.99 from $19.99 until 3/17)
Danger Scavenger ($1.99 from $9.99 until 3/17)
Dangerous Relationship ($7.49 from $14.99 until 3/17)
Dark Veer ($1.99 from $4.99 until 3/17)
Deer Drive Legends ($1.99 from $19.99 until 3/17)
Deleveled ($3.43 from $9.99 until 3/17)
Destiny’s Princess ($7.49 from $14.99 until 3/17)
Diggerman ($1.99 from $4.99 until 3/17)
Disease: Hidden Object ($3.99 from $7.99 until 3/17)
Doraemon Story of Seasons ($14.99 from $49.99 until 3/17)
Dungeons & Aliens ($1.99 from $3.99 until 3/17)
Enchanting Mahjong Match ($1.99 from $4.99 until 3/17)
European Conqueror X ($3.99 from $9.99 until 3/17)
Fall of Light: Darkest Edition ($4.49 from $14.99 until 3/17)
Fishing Universe Simulator ($1.99 from $9.99 until 3/17)
Fracter ($3.10 from $6.99 until 3/17)


Fred3ric ($1.99 from $9.99 until 3/17)
Frederic 2: Evil Strikes Back ($1.99 from $4.99 until 3/17)
Frederic: Resurrection of Music ($2.39 from $5.99 until 3/17)
Frontline Zed ($2.39 from $11.99 until 3/17)
Gakuen Club ($12.49 from $24.99 until 3/17)
Ghostrunner ($11.99 from $29.99 until 3/17)
Glaive: Brick Breaker ($1.99 from $9.99 until 3/17)
Gleamlight ($3.99 from $19.99 until 3/17)
Go All Out! ($2.59 from $12.99 until 3/17)
Goetia ($1.99 from $9.99 until 3/17)
Golf Peaks ($1.99 from $4.99 until 3/17)
Grab Lab ($1.99 from $4.99 until 3/17)
Grave Keeper ($1.99 from $9.99 until 3/17)
Green Hell ($6.24 from $24.99 until 3/17)
Guild of Darksteel ($11.24 from $14.99 until 3/17)
Gunpowder on the Teeth Arcade ($1.99 from $4.99 until 3/17)
Hard West ($1.99 from $19.99 until 3/17)
Harvest Life ($4.99 from $19.99 until 3/17)
Hollow ($1.99 from $19.99 until 3/17)
Hot Shot Burn ($2.24 from $14.99 until 3/17)


IHUGU ($1.99 from $3.99 until 3/17)
In My Shadow ($9.00 from $12.00 until 3/17)
Incredible Mandy ($5.99 from $14.99 until 3/17)
Iris School of Wizardry ($19.99 from $24.99 until 3/17)
Katamari Damacy Reroll ($7.49 from $29.99 until 3/17)
Kitty Love ($19.99 from $24.99 until 3/17)
Knock ‘Em Down! Bowling ($2.09 from $14.99 until 3/17)
Kuukiyomi 3: Father to Son ($2.49 from $4.99 until 3/17)
Letter Quest Remastered ($2.99 from $11.99 until 3/17)
Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale ($1.99 from $9.99 until 3/17)
Lotus Bloom ($1.99 from $2.99 until 3/17)
Masky ($1.99 from $4.99 until 3/17)
Merchants of Kaidan ($1.99 from $9.99 until 3/17)
Millie ($1.99 from $4.99 until 3/17)
Mini Island Challenge Bundle ($1.99 from $9.99 until 3/17)
Minigolf Adventure ($2.49 from $4.99 until 3/17)
Mr Driller DrillLand ($7.49 from $29.99 until 3/17)
My Brother Rabbit ($2.99 from $14.99 until 3/17)
My Butler ($4.99 from $9.99 until 3/17)
My Secret Pets! ($7.49 from $14.99 until 3/17)


Namco Museum Archives Vol 1 ($4.99 from $19.99 until 3/17)
Namco Museum Archives Vol 2 ($4.99 from $19.99 until 3/17)
Namco Museum ($7.49 from $29.99 until 3/17)
Nefarious ($3.74 from $14.99 until 3/17)
NoReload Heroes ($1.99 from $9.99 until 3/17)
Nova-111 ($6.99 from $9.99 until 3/17)
Office Lovers ($7.49 from $14.99 until 3/17)
Omega Labyrinth Life Deluxe ($29.59 from $79.99 until 3/17)
Omen Exito: Plague ($1.99 from $9.99 until 3/17)
OmoTomO ($1.99 from $9.99 until 3/17)
Pack Master ($1.99 from $4.99 until 3/17)
Panzer Dragoon Remake ($6.24 from $24.99 until 3/17)
Persian Nights: Sands of Wonders ($2.99 from $14.99 until 3/17)
Phantaruk ($1.99 from $4.99 until 3/17)
Phantom Doctrine ($1.99 from $19.99 until 3/17)
Pixboy ($1.99 from $4.99 until 3/17)
Poly Puzzle ($1.99 from $4.99 until 3/17)
Pub Encounter ($8.49 from $16.99 until 3/17)
Q-YO Blaster ($1.99 from $9.99 until 3/17)
Qbik ($1.99 from $4.99 until 3/17)


Realpolitiks ($2.49 from $24.99 until 3/17)
Risky Rescue ($1.99 from $4.99 until 3/17)
Rollin’ Eggz ($1.99 from $2.99 until 3/17)
Roundguard ($7.87 from $19.99 until 3/17)
Secrets of Me ($7.49 from $14.99 until 3/17)
Seeds of Resilience ($2.09 from $13.99 until 3/17)
Shelter Generations ($7.99 from $19.99 until 3/17)
Shut Eye ($1.99 from $3.99 until 3/17)
Sinless ($1.99 from $9.99 until 3/17)
Solstice Chronicles MIA ($5.99 from $14.99 until 3/17)
Space Otter Charlie ($9.65 from $14.99 until 3/17)
Space Warrior ($3.49 from $4.99 until 3/17)
Sparkle 2 EVO ($1.99 from $4.99 until 3/17)
Sparkle 3 Genesis ($1.99 from $4.99 until 3/17)
Sparkle 4 Tales ($1.99 from $9.99 until 3/17)
Sparkle ZERO ($1.99 from $4.99 until 3/17)
Spiral Memoria ($19.99 from $24.99 until 3/17)
SpyHack ($1.99 from $9.99 until 3/17)
Squabble ($6.99 from $14.99 until 3/17)
Star Story: The Horizon Escape ($1.99 from $9.99 until 3/17)


Startide ($1.99 from $9.99 until 3/17)
Super Blood Hockey ($5.09 from $14.99 until 3/17)
Super Star Path ($1.99 from $4.99 until 3/17)
Surfingers ($1.99 from $4.99 until 3/17)
Taiko no Tatsujin Rhythmic Adv. ($24.99 from $49.99 until 3/17)
Taiko no Tatusjin Drum n Fun ($9.99 from $49.99 until 3/17)
Tap Skaters ($1.99 from $4.99 until 3/17)
Teddy the Wanderer: Kayaking ($1.99 from $9.99 until 3/17)
Teddy the Wanderer: Mt Hike ($1.99 from $9.99 until 3/17)
Tennis ($1.99 from $7.99 until 3/17)
Tennis Open 2020 ($1.99 from $9.99 until 3/17)
TERRORHYTHM ($1.99 from $9.99 until 3/17)
The Adv. of Elena Temple DE ($1.99 from $4.99 until 3/17)
The Amazing Shinsengumi ($4.79 from $11.99 until 3/17)
The Ambassador FT ($5.15 from $14.99 until 3/17)
The Charming Empire ($12.49 from $24.99 until 3/17)
The Childs Sight ($1.99 from $4.99 until 3/17)
The Forgotten Land ($3.74 from $14.99 until 3/17)
The Magister ($11.24 from $14.99 until 3/17)
The Mahjong Huntress ($1.99 from $4.99 until 3/17)


THE Number Puzzle ($1.99 from $4.99 until 3/17)
The Unexpected Quest ($7.50 from $15.00 until 3/17)
Thief Simulator ($1.99 from $19.99 until 3/17)
Tiny Hands Adventure ($3.19 from $7.99 until 3/17)
Towaga: Among Shadows ($2.24 from $14.99 until 3/17)
Troll & I ($1.99 from $9.99 until 3/17)
Ultimate Fishing Simulator ($1.99 from $19.99 until 3/17)
Ultimate Ski Jumping 2020 ($1.99 from $9.99 until 3/17)
UnExplored ($3.75 from $15.00 until 3/17)
Violett ($1.99 from $9.99 until 3/17)
VIRUS: The Outbreak ($1.99 from $9.99 until 3/17)
Wanderlust Travel Stories ($2.24 from $14.99 until 3/17)
Warp Shift ($2.49 from $9.99 until 3/17)
World Conqueror X ($3.99 from $9.99 until 3/17)
Zombillie ($1.99 from $4.99 until 3/17)

That’s all for today, friends. We’ll be back tomorrow with the big Thursday release drop. Games like Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, Gal*Gun Double Peace, Royal Frontier, and more will be hitting the eShop, and we’ll have summaries of all of them to go along with the newest sales and any giant news rolls in. I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday, and as always, thanks for reading!