{"rewrite":{"id":"r_19a732c94d955532351d6a7a","clusterId":"c_fb2ed46b3a609f31821b5585","slug":"two-games-named-piece-by-piece-will-share-a-switch-release-date","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Two Games Named Piece by Piece Will Share a Switch Release Date","summary":"Gamkat's Piece by Piece, published by No More Robots, and Neon Polygons' Piece by Piece both launch on Nintendo Switch on November 25. The two indie games shared the same title and near-identical Steam release dates in March, then sold together as a bundle. No More Robots is now also publishing the Neon Polygons game, which it helped port after the studio cited time and budget constraints.","whyItMatters":"The same-name coincidence that started as a Steam curiosity has turned into a publishing arrangement, with one studio carrying the other's Switch port to the same date.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eNo More Robots had the Switch version of its Piece by Piece planned from the start, with a November 25 date announced earlier. Neon Polygons wanted its own Piece by Piece on Switch too but could not manage the port on its time and budget, so No More Robots offered to help and took on publishing as well.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe two games first collided in March, when Gamkat\u0026#39;s forest-animal repair shop sim and Neon Polygons\u0026#39; jigsaw-style puzzle action game landed a day apart on Steam. Both drew strong user reviews there, and the studios later sold them together as the Piece by Piece Double bundle.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"No More Robots now publishes both Piece by Piece games and handled the Neon Polygons port itself, so the same label controls both sides of a release date it once shared by coincidence.","twitterPost":"No More Robots publishes both Piece by Piece games now, having ported the Neon Polygons one after it cited time and budget limits.","threadsPost":"No More Robots publishes both Piece by Piece games now, and it handled the Neon Polygons port after that studio cited time and budget constraints. The shared Switch date on November 25 is a scheduling choice one label can make, not a coincidence two studios happened to land.","newsletterBlurb":"Gamkat's Piece by Piece and Neon Polygons' Piece by Piece both arrive on Nintendo Switch on November 25. The two indies shared a title and a near-identical Steam launch in March, and No More Robots has now taken on publishing for both. Nintendo's systems reportedly do not handle the duplicate name well, though the Japanese store distinguishes the two notations.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Automaton\",\"url\":\"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20261113-479045/\",\"title\":\"Two games with the exact same name that launched on Steam at almost the same time will now release their Switch versions on the same day; the coincidence is so friendly that even Nintendo is a bit confused\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5546,"outputTokens":713,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1794538764,"createdAt":"2026-11-13T02:54:42.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-11-13T02:58:23.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-13T02:58:23.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_fb2ed46b3a609f31821b5585","canonicalTitle":"Steamで「まったく同じ名前＆ほぼ同時発売」だった2本のゲーム、今度はSwitch版を“同じ日”に発売へ。仲良しすぎて任天堂もちょっと困惑","representativeArticleId":"a_5dcc0353c2df7c1953a67d20","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-11-13T02:19:25.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-11-13T02:19:25.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-13T02:58:22.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Automaton","url":"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20261113-479045/","title":"Steamで「まったく同じ名前＆ほぼ同時発売」だった2本のゲーム、今度はSwitch版を“同じ日”に発売へ。仲良しすぎて任天堂もちょっと困惑"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Gamkat's Piece by Piece and Neon Polygons' Piece by Piece both release on Nintendo Switch on November 25.","The two games, both titled Piece by Piece, launched on Steam a day apart in March.","No More Robots, publisher of Gamkat's game, is also publishing the Neon Polygons title.","Neon Polygons wanted a Switch port but faced time and budget constraints, so No More Robots offered to help.","On the Japanese Nintendo Store, the No More Robots title is listed as Piece by Piece in katakana and the Neon Polygons title in Latin letters."],"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":[],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}