Unicorn Overlord (Switch) (2024)

Review Unicorn Overlord (Switch) - A Crowning Tactical RPG Achievement For Vanillaware

My kingdom for a unicorn

How do you follow up a game like 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim? Before that ambitious, phenomenal sci-fi adventure, developer Vanillaware found its niche in creating rich, beautiful-looking worlds with a magical, medieval twist. Sometimes it was traditional Western fantasy, while others it jumped back to Edo Japan.

• Thu 7th Mar 2024
• Reviews
• Nintendo Switch
• Vanillaware

Guide Nintendo Direct February 2024: Every Announcement, Game Reveal, Trailer

Round Up: Everything announced in the Partner Showcase

The first Nintendo Direct of 2024 has been broadcast. The February 2024 presentation was a Partner Showcase highlighting Switch games coming from third-party publishers (so, not Nintendo) in the first half of 2024. Below you'll find the video of the full Nintendo Direct February 2024...

• Wed 21st Feb 2024
• Guides
• Round Up
• Nintendo Switch
• Nintendo Direct
• Poll

Guide Nintendo Direct September 2023: Every Announcement, Game Reveal, Trailer

Thousand-Year Door! Another Code! F-ZERO (sorta)!

The third full Nintendo Direct of 2023 has come and gone. The September 2023 presentation might have lacked the tentpole megaton announcements some fans were waiting for, but it was a slow-burn showcase with some huge news for the Nintendo faithful (Thousand-Year Door remake? A new-ish F-Zero?!)...

• Thu 14th Sep 2023
• Guides
• Round Up
• Nintendo Switch
• Nintendo Direct
• Poll

News Atlus Reveals Top 10 'Most Popular' Characters In Unicorn Overlord

Celebrating one million sales

Vanillaware's smash-hit tactical RPG Unicorn Overlord is currently celebrating more than one million sales, and as part of this, the game's developers recently held a special program. This included Atlus revealing the top 10 most popular characters in the game, as voted by players. These picks were based on each...

• Sat 5th Oct 2024
• Nintendo Switch
• Switch eShop
• Atlus

News Tactical RPG Gem 'Unicorn Overlord' Smashes Past 1 Million Sales

"Thank YOU for supporting the Liberation Army!"

Vanillaware's outstanding tactical RPG Unicorn Overlord has reached yet another sales milestone, publisher Atlus has announced In a blog post shared on the official Atlus Japan website, the company thanked fans for supporting the game and shared that there are discounts for the game on PSN and Switch...

• Tue 24th Sep 2024
• Nintendo Switch
• Atlus

Poll What's Your Switch Game Of The Year Of 2024 So Far?

We've hit the halfway point

We're halfway through 2024 already, and you know what that means? It's time to look back at 2024 so far and talk about our favourite games of the year. In 2024, we're entering the twilight years of the Switch, so first-party offerings have been a little more muted for the first six months. But there's still been plenty...

• Mon 1st Jul 2024
• Nintendo Switch
• GOTY 2024
• Features
• Poll

Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (8th June)

Wake up, Link

The weekend is finally upon us and it's time to play some games! There has been plenty to talk about this week in the world of Nintendo. Yet more 'Switch 2' rumours trickled in with a fresh batch of supposed codenames, Playtonic announced Yooka-Replaylee (maybe our favourite title of the year, so far) and

• Sat 8th Jun 2024
• Features
• Talking Point
• Nintendo Switch
• What Are You Playing

Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (1st June)

What are YoRHa doing?

Crikey, it's the weekend already..? Ah well, we'll take it! Looking back on this week, it's kinda felt like a bit of a quieter one, but we've still had some pretty sizeable news items drop. The top story this week was undoubtedly the reveal of the new Lego set based on the Legend of Zelda franchise's Deku Tree; it's an...

• Sat 1st Jun 2024
• Features
• Talking Point
• Nintendo Switch
• What Are You Playing

News Dragon Quest III HD-2D Tease Confirms Platforms And Nothing Else

Yes, it's coming to Switch

News regarding the upcoming Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake has been rather thin on the ground, but judging from a short tease posted on X to mark 'Dragon Quest Day', it looks like we'll be getting a lot more information very soon. There's not much to go on from the tease, as it showcases a very short animation of the...

• Mon 27th May 2024
• Nintendo Switch
• Upcoming Releases

Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (25th May)

Are you well?

Wait, it's Saturday already? Where does the time go? This week has been an exciting one for fans of the Big N. Not only did Nintendo announce the acquisition of Shiver Entertainment, but we finally got our hands on Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door on Switch (and we think it's a beauty)! Elsewhere on the site this week, we

• Sat 25th May 2024
• Features
• Talking Point
• Nintendo Switch
• What Are You Playing

Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (18th May)

Well, well well

Oh, weekend! How we have missed thee! The past seven days might not have been the Switch successor-confirming news fest that we saw last week, but there has still been plenty of good stuff happening in Nintendo land. The NSO Game Boy library got a tasty boost with the addition of three new games, we got a first peek at Splatoon 3's

• Sat 18th May 2024
• Features
• Talking Point
• Nintendo Switch
• What Are You Playing

Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (11th May)

Down in the well

Ah, the weekend. We've missed you, friend. Before we look at what we've got planned over the next couple of days, let's take a look back at this week, shall we? It's been a pretty big one, admittedly. For the first time, Nintendo itself has finally acknowledged the existence of the 'Switch 2' after the release of its latest...

• Sat 11th May 2024
• Features
• Talking Point
• Nintendo Switch
• What Are You Playing

Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (4th May)

May the Fourth be with you

Hello there. Happy Star Wars Day, folks! With a glass of blue milk in hand, let's kick off the weekend's celebrations with another edition of What Are You Playing. This week in the world of Nintendo, we heard yet more 'Switch 2' rumours and asked whether you'd like to see your Joy-Con carry over to the next model. We also...

• Sat 4th May 2024
• Features
• Talking Point
• Nintendo Switch
• What Are You Playing

Hands On Strategy Fan? You Need To Keep An Eye On Vanillaware's Stunning 'Unicorn Overlord'

Stable unicorns

Company president George Kamitani wasn’t kidding when he teased that the studio’s next project was “one of Vanillaware's biggest productions” last year. The game he was talking about was Unicorn Overlord, a tactical RPG that, on the surface, looks like a homage to the SRPG greats of the ‘90s. Compared to the hugely...

• Thu 15th Feb 2024
• Features
• Previews
• Nintendo Switch
• Upcoming Releases
• Vanillaware