This week’s Arcade Archives lineup release by Hamster onto the Nintendo Switch eShop is Scramble, a 1981 Konami arcade shoot ‘em up which can be said to be one of the origins of the famous Gradius series.
With both Gears of War 5 and Borderlands 3 releasing in Japan this week, the only big releases are Daemon x Machina on Nintendo Switch, and Konami's annual PES soccer game.
In a recent Arcade Archives livestream, Hamster announced that Vigilante and Track & Field are being added to the upcoming games being rereleased in arcade form for PS4 and Switch.
Hamster announced that Vs. Gradius is headed to the Nintendo Switch on August 15 as part of the Arcade Archives series. Also recently announced were Arcade Archives Vs. Pinball and Arcade Archives Water Ski.
Hamster announced that the Irem shmup about battling tiny aliens within the human body, XMultiply, is getting a re-release via the Arcade Archives lineup.
Ahead of The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors’ launch next week, Hamster is set to release the original arcade release of The Ninja Warriors via the Arcade Archives lineup onto the Nintendo Switch eShop.
Although the Western version came out in the lead, Team Sonic Racing is undoubtedly this week's Japanese release highlight, followed by several Resident Evil ports to Switch, and some more.
With Golden Week in Japan beginning next week until early May, everything is rushing to get out before the holidays, including new games like Umihara Kawase Fresh! and Murder Detective, as well as some ports of well-known games.
Hamster announced earlier this week that SNK’s classic arcade title Psycho Soldier, the debut game of Athena Asamiya, will be releasing as part of the Arcade Archives lineup next week on April 25, 2019.