#225: Your Nintendo Update
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Farming and carvin. 
Issue 225 — March 28, 2021 
Hi, issue #225 of Switch Weekly here, with the week in Nintendo. Hope you’re well. Such a great response to last week’s State of Switch survey results — thank you so much to all of you who read, shared, and commented. If you missed it, you can read my report here . 😊 Busy week, as Monster Hunter Rise landed and the reviews are very postive , this is going to be a huge hit. I’ve linked a review or two below. The rumour mill had yet another Switch Pro tidbit to chew on, this time touching upon some Nvidia image tech that the next Switch may use — more on that below. Anyway, on the eShop next week there are just under 25 games hitting the store . The full list is below as usual, oh and I’ve started putting little roundups on Tik Tok too if that’s your thing.
It’s a big issue so I’ll stop there — hope you have a good week.
🎮 Currently Playing — Baba Is You REVIEW ‘Monster Hunter Rise’ is the most ambitious Nintendo Switch game in a long time — ” an original, made-for-Switch Capcom title that shatters expectations […] This is probably the best “Monster Hunter” game to date, and an easy, early contender for 2021′s best game” . Here’s another review from The Sixth Axis. Gene Park // Launcher (The Washington Post) ▶ Tips and tricks for New Monster Hunter Rise players — A beginners guide for getting started with Capcom’s latest. Dreamland Gem // YouTube ▶ Monster Hunter Rise vs World vs Generations Ultimate: Graphics & Performance Showdown Nintendo World Report // YouTube Nintendo’s upgraded Switch may use NVIDIA DLSS for 4K gaming — A report earlier this week ( via Bloomberg ) suggested that Nintendo’s next machine will use this ‘Deep Learning Super Sampling’ tech. From what I understand it uses AI to render higher detail graphics at a lower cost to the actual hardware. This would be a clear win for Nintendo’s general design philosophy, and sounds like a performance boon too. There’s increasingly some sort of trade-off now with Switch releases, and it’s more apparent then ever now we have the PS5 and new Xbox — I imagine this may go some way to kinda close that gap . S. Dent // Engadget How a Switch Pro leak may point to Nvidia’s megaton mobile-gaming plans Sam Machkovech // Ars Technica Should you buy Harvest Moon: One World, or Story Of Seasons: Pioneers Of Olive Town? — Kate played both and here she runs through the key differences between the two farming sims. Kate Gray // Nintendo Life ICYMI The State of Switch 2021 survey results — In case you missed this last week, here’s the write-up of the results from this year’s State Of Switch survey, of which 11,500 Nintendo enthusiasts took part. . Chris Brandrick // Switch Weekly REVIEW Balan Wonderworld — Never a good sign when you can’t find many early reviews of a game from a big publisher…. This is a review of the Xbox Series version, but should still tell you what you need to know: Yuji Naka’s latest is dated and most will find it “far too antiquated “, falling “far short of expectations “. Chris Scullion // VGC REVIEW Overcooked: All You Can Eat — ” an absolute must-buy for anybody looking for a fantastic party game “. Mitch Vogel // Nintendo Life REVIEW Rip Them Off — This minimalistic puzzler ” fails to come together in its puzzle gameplay ” making it ” hard to recommend “. Steven Green // Nintendo World Report REVIEW Get-A-Grip Chip — “A cute & enjoyable platformer starring a hook-slinging robot “. Jordan Rudek // Nintendo World Report REVIEW Littlewood — “will charm the pants off you with its delightful world and characters, but mechanically feels like the lite version of more established management sims out there “. Benjamin Hayhoe // Switch Player Playing Super Mario Sunshine reminds me of a recent tragedy in my country Mahin Kesore // Eurogamer Should it be easier to customise a Nintendo Switch? Kate Gray // Nintendo Life A year in lockdown: How gaming helped Thomas Hughes // Stealth Optional Pokemon Legends Arceus could finally make Legendary Pokemon actually matter Cian Maher // The Gamer Game credits are still a broken mess Andy Robinson // VGC Why retro-looking games get so much love Anne McCarthy // Wired ▶ Nintendo Switch: Four years in — A lenghty look back over the past year. Scott the Woz // YouTube INTERVIEW How DekuDeals creator Michael Fairley helped his community to save millions Joanna frota Kurkowska // Frota’s Data Glitch
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