Originally published on Switch Weekly

Issue #375

November 5, 2025

Peach gets time to shine

Hello! Issue #375 of Switch Weekly here with your latest Nintendo round-up.

The State of Switch survey for 2024 is now closed. A huge thanks to all of you who took part. The results will be shared right here in the newsletter in the next week or two — I’ve got lots of data to look over from the thousands of responses so I’ll be busy digging into things. I’ll also be picking the winner of the eShop voucher right after I hit send so be sure to keep an eye on your inbox for that if you’re chosen.

This past week at GDC, Nintendo gave a few talks (specifically on Mario Wonder and Tears of the Kingdom) — I’m hoping the talks eventually make their way on to YouTube, but in the mean time there are a few links below of some tidbits shared.

Right, so there’s over 40 games coming to the Switch next week, including the rather wonderful looking Pepper Grinder. Full list below for you.

That’s all from me. Thanks!

Cheers ,
Chris ✌️

REVIEW Princess Peach: Showtime! is everything I wanted in a game as a little girl

Nicole Carpenter // Polygon

Princess Peach: Showtime! marks return of Goemon Director after 27 years

Damien McFerran // Time Extension

Remembering the cringe surrounding Super Princess Peach

Michael McWhertor // Polygon

REVIEW Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection

John Rairdin // Nintendo World Report

Super Mario Bros. Wonder producer says there’s room for 2D and 3D: ‘Everyone should enjoy them both’

Logan Plant // IGN

Nintendo revealed some unused concepts for Super Mario Bros. Wonder at GDC 2024

Peter Glagowski // Nintendo Wire

Nintendo reveals Tears of the Kingdom’s single biggest problem and how it was solved

Logan Plant // IGN

Nintendo Switch ‘Suyu’ emulator GitLab page offline following DMCA takedown

Chris Brandrick // overkill

Video shows first Neuralink patient playing Mario Kart with his mind

Sharon Adarlo // Neoscope

‘A fascinating insight into pandemic psychology’: how Animal Crossing gave us an escape

David Roskin // The Guardian

30 years later, Super Metroid’s foreboding atmosphere is still unmatched

Ollie Reynolds // Nintendo Life

Massive Pokémon fan game site taken down via DMCA

Zack Zwiezen // Kotaku

REVIEW New Star GP

Philip Orona // Nintendo World Report

🎮 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

Mon

Reaper Survivors — A roguelite ala Vampire Survivors.

Tue

Farming Simulator Kids — A kids farm game.
Shockman Collection Vol. 1 — Includes Cyber Citizen Shockman + Cyber Citizen Shockman 2: A New Menace.
⭐️📦 South Park: Snow Day! — A new 3D co-op blizzard adventure. M for mature. ( Physical release )

Wed

Akatsuki: Lord of the Dawn — A fantasy RPG with real-time battles.
Hebereke Enjoy Edition — A Sunsoft action game from the early 90s.
⭐️ Not Tonight 2 — The first game was set in a grim post-Brexit Britain . This sequel is an American document-checking road trip.
⭐️ One Last Breath — A post-apocalyptic 2.5D adventure.
⭐️ Otxo — A fast-paced, brutal, and dark roguelite . M for mature.
Sunny Cafe — Taiwanese visual novel.
Terra Memoria — A cozy looking adventure game.
The World After — An FMV adventure game set during a pandemic lockdown in France.
To the Sky — Vertical platformer ala Only Up.

Thu

Blind Shot — A budget, casual turn-based ‘commando’ shooter.
Contraptions Collection — A bundle of three physics-based puzzlers.
Egg Console Xak PC-8801 mkIISR — Action RPG first released in 1989.
Escape Fear: Hide and Seek Horror — A horror puzzle game in which you need to escape from an abandoned house.
Escape Game The Kitty School — Mystery adventure puzzler.
Felix the Cat — A NES and Game Boy game featuring the cartoon kitty.
Forrader Hero — Turn-based tactical roguelike where you battle monsters, undead creatures, and their sinister overlords.
Junior Labyrinth — Tile-shifting puzzler for kids.
Missile Dancer 2 — Sprite scaler rails shooter.
Monster Panic — Another take on the Vampire Survivors like roguelike.
Nyanzou and Kumakichi Bomb Cave — Minesweeper basically.
Old Coin Pusher Friends 2 — Arcade game with co-op, set in Edo-period Japan.
⭐️ Open Roads — A mother and daughter road trip adventure.
Outward Definitive Edition — 3D fantasy RPG, with all the DLC. M for mature. ( Physical release )
⭐️🎮 Pepper Grinder — Pirate platformer adventure featuring a big drilling device. Looks super cool.
Soul Dog TD — Tower defense.
⭐️ Statis: Bone Totem — Underwater point and click adventure.
Touch Detective 3 + The Complete Case Files — Detective adventure game — also features the first two games. ( Physical release .)

Fri

3D Printer: PrintMaster Simulator — A sim and management game.
Coffee, Plis — Cafe sim.
Fruity Puzzler — Yet another Suika-like.
Go Kart Mania — Kart racer.
House — Pixel horror adventure where you play as a young girl exploring a dangerous house.
Mad Experiments 2: Escape Room — First-person puzzler.
nZen — A relaxation app of sorts.
Re:Touring — First-person puzzler in which you explore an abandoned facility.

Sat

Labyrinthia Nightmares: The Journey of Little Fluffypuff — 3D dark fantasy adventure featuring a cute cat.

⚡️ Quick Links

Nintendo’s new museum won’t now be ready until April.
This upcoming Link Tears of the Kingdom figure from Figma is lovely.
Bring on more dream mock ups of future Nintendo hardware .
MLB The Show 24 on Switch is said to have some notable issues .
Yes, the last Super Mario Maker level has now been completed , and here’s the video evidence .
A study finds that Super Mario 64 DS changes players’ perceptions of space.
Shigesato Itoi talks Mother 3 on Switch.
Yoko Shimomura reflects on her work for Super Mario RPG
A fan made English translation for Game Boy Wars is now a thing.
TIL: A glucose monitor for the GBA was a thing.
Sorry to share this with you, but Zelda: Wind Waker HD is now more retro than the original was when it released.

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Peach gets time to shine

🎮 Upcoming Releases

⚡️ Quick Links

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