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oprainfall Week in Gaming: July 27 - Aug 2

While we here at Operation Rainfall love covering the latest in gaming news and sharing our reviews of titles new and classic, we also just enjoy playing games in our downtime. So with that, sit back, relax, and check out what the oprainfall gaming crew have been up to this week! It’s been a while, but after a rough couple months we’re back in the swing of things, and I’ve been pretty busy…

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Fate/hollow ataraxia REMASTERED Launches August 7 for Switch & Steam

During the TYPE-MOON TIMES stage at Fate/Grand Order Fes. 2025 -10th Anniversary-, it was announced that Fate/hollow ataraxia REMASTERED will launch on August 7, 2025 for Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam. The game will be digital only and will support English and Simplified Chinese text in addition to Japanese. It is based on the PlayStation Vita version of Fate/hollow ataraxia. The screen has…

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Nintendo Direct: The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales

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Nintendo Direct: Octopath Traveler 0

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Tom Nook's Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (July 23-29)

This week in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, I make the time to play both in the absolute earliest part of the day (as dawn is breaking), and moments before midnight strikes, and everywhere in-between. It is crazy how there is something to do in this game no matter what time of the day you pick up your Nintendo Switch or Nintendo Switch 2 and play. Even though my islanders aren’t always awake,…

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Nintendo Direct: Yakuza Kiwami and Yakuza Kiwami 2 Ports Announced

During yesterday’s Nintendo Direct, it was announced that SEGA will be releasing Switch 2 ports of both Yakuza Kiwami and Yakuza Kiwami 2, later this year. The games will be launching for Switch 2 this upcoming November 13th, 2025. The press release also mentions that for the first time, both games will have the option to display text in a variety of different languages, including French,…

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Nintendo Direct: Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment

During yesterday’s Nintendo Direct, more footage of the upcoming new Hyrule Warriors game was shown off. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, is launching exclusively for Nintendo Switch 2 sometime this Winter. A more specific release date has not yet been announced at this time. Feel free to check out the new trailer down below however, from yesterday’s Direct.  Experience The Imprisoning War…

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STORY OF SEASONS: Grand Bazaar - Overview Trailer

Yesterday, Marvelous put out a brand new overview trailer for STORY OF SEASONS: Grand Bazaar. This latest trailer shows you a little bit more of the game, such as the different crops you can grow, how the new glider feature works and even how you’ll run your own shop at Zephyr Town’s bazaar. STORY OF SEASONS: Grand Bazaar is scheduled to launch later this summer, August 27th, 2025, for Nintendo…

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Nintendo Direct: Persona 3 Reload Announced for Switch 2

During today’s Nintendo Direct, it was announced that ATLUS will be releasing a Switch 2 version of Persona 3 Reload. This latest Persona 3 remake originally released for PlayStation and Xbox platforms early last year, but now Nintendo fans will get their chance to enjoy the game as well. Persona 3 Reload launches for Nintendo Switch 2 this upcoming October 23rd, 2025. Feel free to check out the…

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Nintendo Direct: Monster Hunter Stories 3 Announced

During today’s Nintendo Direct, Capcom announced that they’re working on another Monster Hunter Stories game. Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection was announced for Nintendo Switch 2. Also, the press release states that the game will be headed to PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC via Steam as well. Currently, the only release date announced is a general time frame of 2026. A more specific…

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PREVIEW: STORY OF SEASONS: Grand Bazaar

STORY OF SEASONS: Grand Bazaar is a game I’ve been dying to get my hands on. Ever since they announced this during a Nintendo Direct, I thought it looked extremely adorable. I haven’t been this excited for a Marvelous game in a long time. I don’t know what it was about the promotional footage this time, but I had to get my hands on this one. Fortunately, I was lucky enough to get to play the…

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MADO MONOGATARI: Fia and the Wondrous Academy is Now Available

Idea Factory International has announced that the dungeon-crawling RPG, MADO MONOGATARI: Fia and the Wondrous Academy, is now officially available. The game is available both physically and digitally for PS4, PS5 and Nintendo Switch. The press release states that anyone who purchases the game digitally, either the Standard or the Deluxe Edition, by August 12th, will get the Apprentice Mage…

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Tom Nook's Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (July 16 - 22)

Even though I was traveling this week, I still made time to play Animal Crossing: New Horizons each day. I don’t update my time zones, since I don’t want to mess with how time functions on my island and risk the wrath of Resetti (even though he doesn’t do that in this game…). It did have the added fun bonus of making sure that I played during daylight hours again, which was super nice! It was…

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Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter Introduces Industrial City Zeiss in Latest Video

GungHo Online Entertainment America has released a new regional introduction video for their upcoming release of Nihon Falcom RPG, Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter. The video focuses on the Industrial City, Zeiss. In addition to giving a peek at this technological marvel of a city, the video introduces some of the characters that Estelle and Joshua will meet in the region, as well as their English…

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Trails Beyond the Horizon - New Release Date Announced

Last month, NIS America announced a Nintendo Switch 2 version of The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon, but also delayed the game’s release on all platforms until January 2026. Now, NISA has officially announced a more exact release date. Trails beyond the Horizon is scheduled to launch for Switch, Switch 2, PS4, PS5 and PC (Steam, Epic Games Store and GOG) on January 15th, 2026. Along…

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Fate/EXTRA Record Release Window Moved to Spring 2026, Special Editions Revealed

Fate/EXTRA Record has been delayed from its original 2025 release window to Spring 2026. The announcement apologized for the delay and stated that the team worked hard to meet the 2025 release, but concluded a delay was needed to ensure a better quality product was delivered to customers. In addition to the delay announcement, pre-orders were opened for two special physical editions available…

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Tom Nook's Snapshots: A Year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (July 9 - 15)

As much as I can this week, I decided to play Animal Crossing: New Horizons during the daytime and not late at night. I want to see what is going on with my island during the sunshine hours instead of when everything is about to shutdown and my islanders are going to bed. There has to be lots of stuff going on, and new insects and fish to collect, that I want to do and see before the summer ends.…