Daily Briefs (May 22): Shining Resonance Refrain / Blade Strangers / Famitsu previews

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Today’s Daily Briefs: latest trailer and digital pre-orders for Shining Resonance Refrain, but also…

Blade Strangers
Famitsu previews
Moonlighter
Tennis World Tour
SNK 40th Anniversary Collection
Little Dragons Café
Saturday Morning RPG

Shining Resonance Refrain

Today, SEGA shared a brand new trailer for Shining Resonance Refrain:

Also, SEGA announced that digital pre-orders will go live today on the Nintendo eShop. Unfortunately, they’re not live as of writing…

Shining Resonance Refrain (Switch) comes out on July 10th in Europe and North America, and July 12th in Japan.

Blade Strangers

Here’s the latest video clip for Blade Strangers, introducing Emiko from Umihara Kawase:

EMIKO Plays to Win!
From Sayonara Umihara Kawase, she clings to the back of her giant pet cat, Shakemaru!!
Playable in #BladeStrangers on #NintendoSwitch #PS4 #Steam summer 2018! pic.twitter.com/j7EjJRahbN

— Nicalis, Inc. (@nicalis) May 21, 2018

Blade Strangers (Switch) comes out this Summer worldwide.

Famitsu previews

This week, the following games will be featured in Famitsu magazine:

Mega Man Legacy Collection 1 + 2 (Nintendo Switch, out on May 24th in Japan)
Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 + 2 (Nintendo Switch, out on July 24th in Europe and North America and July 26th in Japan)
Pro Yakyuu Famista Evolution (Nintendo Switch, out on August 2nd in Japan)
SaGa Scarlet Grace (Nintendo Switch, out on August 2nd in Japan)
Usotsuki Hime to Moumoku Ouji (Nintendo Switch, out on May 31st in Japan)
BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle (Nintendo Switch, out on May 31st in Japan, June 5th in North America, and June 22nd in Europe)

The latest issue of Famitsu magazine comes out on Thursday in Japan (effectively Wednesday morning/afternoon in North America and Europe respectively).

Moonlighter

Here’s a “comparison” trailer for Moonlighter:

Moonlighter (Switch) does not have a release date yet.

Tennis World Tour

Here’s the launch trailer for Tennis World Tour:

Tennis World Tour (Switch) comes out on June 12th in Europe and North America, and July 26th in Japan.

SNK 40th Anniversary Collection

The latest blog post from NIS America about the SNK 40th Anniversary Collection introduces another two games:

Alpha Mission, a single-player vertical scrolling shooter first released in 1985
Vanguard, a single-player multi-directional shooter that made its debut in West in 1981

Click here to check it out!

Here’s a couple of screenshots:

SNK 40th Anniversary Collection (Switch) comes out this Fall in Europe and North America.

Little Dragons Café

Here’s the latest set of artworks for Little Dragons Café:

Little Dragons Café (Switch) comes out on August 30th in Japan, and this Summer in Europe and North America.

Source: Aksys Games PR

Saturday Morning RPG

The next Nintendo Switch release from Limited Run Games is Saturday Morning RPG, that will be available for pre-order from May 25th (this Friday) at 7AM PT / 10AM ET / 3PM BST / 4PM CEST. There will be two editions: standard and collector’s edition.

Here’s what they look like:

Source: Limited Run Games (Twitter)