#279: Your Nintendo Update

▶ Splatoon 3 – Release Date Revealed — Landing in early September. The new fashion choices here looks so fresh. 😄 Oh, and to mark the occasion Nintendo added the Octo Expansion for Splatoon 2 to the Switch Online Expansion Pack tier.

Nintendo // YouTube

▶ Xenoblade Chronicles 3 – Release Date Revealed —Originally slated for a release at the end of the year, this has now been bumped up to a July release. It’s not often we see a game get moved up like this.

Nintendo // YouTube

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 needs to avoid being weirdly horny anime nonsense
Jade King // The Gamer

REVIEW Star Wars: The Force Unleashed — ” a heavily flawed though still enjoyable experience from an era where Star Wars was trying to find its next identity. [..] by no means a masterpiece, but it is an excellent version of a fairly good game. “.

John Rairdin // Nintendo World Report

▶ After 5 years, here’s what Nintendo fans think about the Switch — Here’s my look over some of the highlights from this year’s State of Switch survey. If you haven’t read the full results , consider this video your TL;DR on the whole thing.

Switch Weekly // YouTube

These are the 40 Game Boy Advance games ‘tested for Switch’s emulator’ — A recent leak suggests that work is reportedly underway to bring Game Boy and GBA titles to the Switch in some capacity. Considering many expected Game Boy titles to come to the Switch Online service before the N64 library landed evidence of this work comes as little surprise — but welcome all the same. The GBA has such a neat library that I’d be keen to revisit. I imagine it’s aged better than the N64 stuff too. Modern Vintage Gamer digs into the leak, and its legitimacy, in this video .

Andy Robinson // VGC

Nintendo hit with labor complaint
Stephen Totilo // Axios

The Nintendo of America contractors who feel like second class workers
Ethan Gach and Sisi Jiang // Kotaku

Nintendo Switch Online adds three Sega Genesis classics, including Sonic’s pinball game
Michael McWhertor // Polygon

Nintendo Switch Joy-Con repair center was constantly overwhelmed, claims former supervisor

Sisi Jiang // Kotaku

REVIEW Lila’s Sky Ark

Toby Andersen // Finger Guns

REVIEW Formula Retro Racing

Chris Scullion // Nintendo Life

REVIEW Cat Cafe Manager — A perfectly chill summer sim with charm to spare

Hayes Madsen // Inverse

Why ‘Nintendo Switch Sports’ is as important as ‘Breath of the Wild 2’
Christopher Dring // gamesindustry

Kirby’s Fun Core: A Delicate Balance of Experimentation — A study on the history of Kirby game design

Tristan Jung // SuperJump

Nintendo might be younger than it claims to be – or much older

Marcus Richert // TechRadar

🎮 Upcoming Releases

All releases are digital, Europe & U.S. unless otherwise stated.
Release data sourced in collaboration with Switch Scores .
⭐️ = Ones to Watch | 📦 = Physical release | 🎮 = Demo available

⚡️ Quick Links:

• Sonic Origins is Switch bound, but it has some weird differences between versions.
• Aspyr has said if there’s demand for Star Wars: Rogue Squadron ports, they’ll act on it.
• A new patent filed by Nintendo may improve mini maps in the likes of Splatoon 3.
• I’m using motion controls ! Nintendo Switch Sports is out this week. #AD
• What would Kirby and the Forgotten Land look like on Game Boy ?
• Got an OLED Switch? Here’s a look at some neat accessories for it.
• Enjoying the newsletter ? Why not grab me a coffee as a thanks.
• Here’s the Smash Bros. Ultimate intro recreated on a budget .
• The excellent Game + Word newsletter is giving away a signed copy of a book looking at the psychology of the Legend of Zelda ( and another on Final Fantasy ).
• Ace Attorney fan? To celebrate 20 years of the series, here’s a vinyl LP music collection.
• Good lads: Young boys find lost Nintendo Switch, return it to owner’s porch.
• As it was #EarthDay: Did you know a tree is planted for each issue of Switch Weekly sent.