#249: Your Nintendo Update

Hey, Chris here with issue # 249 of Switch Weekly. Hope you’ve had a good week.

I cannot believe Nintendo sometimes . Earlier this week a system update came out , bringing with it support for Bluetooth headphones — meaning I can finally use my AirPods Pro with my Switch (yay!). Now, yes the Switch has always had bluetooth capabilities – chiefly for the controllers, so the absense of support for wireless audio has always seemed a touch odd, and also kind of a missed opportunity in terms of getting another bullet point down on the feature list. Either way, I’m thrilled that the feature is now here, but adding such a thing over four years into a product life cycle is kinda wild to me. I’d love to know the story behind this — I’m sure in reality its some mundane tale of optimisation, but I wanna know why now all the same. * plugs in headphones *

Beyond headphone bombshells, I wrapped up playing WarioWare this week, and although I had a blast with it, it’s one of those things I can’t really see myself going back to much. The new character switching mechanic does mix things up, but loses something along the way, as the microgames themselves somewhat take a back seat to the juggling of each in-game personality. Good, not great.

Arcade racer Cruis’n Blast arrived on Switch last week, and I loved it. I’ve linked my review in the issue below, but figured I would highlight it here too . Oh, I’m also trying out SkateBIRD at the moment — but my thoughts on that one aren’t quite so glowing sadly . I’ll have more to share on that one soon.

Anyway, next week we’ve got around 30 games coming to the Switch, so yet another busy one. Full list is below.

Before I go — quick favour to ask: I’m currently on the hunt for some Nintendo YouTubers that may have flown under my radar. So if you have any faves who aren’t hugely obvious ( no need to tell me about Arlo, Scott the Woz, etc ) I’d love to hear about them. You can either hit reply to this email, or reply to my tweet . Thanks in advance. 🙂

Finally, I tip my hat to Stephen Radford ( of the excellent Nintendo Noise podcast ) for sharing his Splatoon screenshot above.

Huge thanks for reading, have a great week, and I’ll catch you next time.

Cheers,
Chris ✌️

🎮 Currently Playing — WarioWare: Get It Together, Cruis’n Blast, SkateBird, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD, The Flame in the Flood

Monday, September 20

• Super Arcade Football — Looks to be a fairly straigforward bit of arcade footy.

Tuesday, September 21

• 📦 Street Outlaws 2: Winner Takes All — Car racing based on the US TV show.

Wednesday, September 22

• Chef’s Tail — You play as a cat in this spooky/cute 3D adventure. (Sep 23 in U.S.)
• Crisis Wing — Arcade vertical shoot’em up.
• Grisaia Phantom Trigger 06 — M for Mature visual novel.
• 🎮 Hampuzz — Hamster match 3 puzzler with a platforming/action element. (Sep 23 in U.S.)

Thursday, September 23

• ⭐️ Beast Breaker — A turn-based action adventure from the creator of Threes. I loved Threes!
• Diablo II: Resurrected — Classic action RPG. Rated M for Mature. Activision/Blizzard.
• Embr — Four player fire fighting. Looks pretty fun.
• Fisti-Fluffs — Literal cat fights. Fast-paced, physics-based cat-tussling. Kinda adorable.
• Haustoria — Hand-drawn puzzle adventure. (Sep 24 in U.S.)
• Kirakira stars idol project Memories — Three idol games in one package/bundle.
• MageQuit — Ten player online wizard brawls.
• Mountain Bike Hill Climb Racing — Basic 2D physics racer.
• S.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored — Science fiction FPS puzzle horror game.
• Sakura Swim Club — Poolside manga visual novel. M for Mature.
• Smash Reversi — Online Reversi battles. (Already available in U.S.)
• Staxel — Voxel farming sim.
• Suzerain — Politico-drama text based RPG. M for Mature.
• ⭐️🎮 The Plane Effect — Dystopian time-and-mind bending adventure game.

Friday, September 24

• Blind Postman — 50-level labyrinth puzzler.
• Don’t Touch this Button! — A humorous, minimalist 3D movement and logic first person puzzler.
• 📦 Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot — Action role-playing with Goku and the Z-Fighters.
• Fantasy Friends: Under the Sea — Care for aquatic pets. (Sep 28 in U.S.)
• Monster Truck Arena — Lots of Monster truck driving, in an arena.
• 📦 Spacebase Startopia — Space station sim/empire building strategy with RTS skirmishes.
• Star Drives — Arcade shooter in a galaxy that’s only ‘somewhat far away’ for legal reasons .
• 📦 The Addams Family: Mansion Mayhem — Spooky 3D party adventure for four.
• Top Down Racer — No points for guessing what this one is.

Saturday, September 25

• In My Shadow — Puzzle platformer with a ” heart-warming story into the mind of a young woman looking for answers to questions in her past “.