
Issue #329
November 5, 2025
The State of Switch survey results for 2023
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The State of Switch 2023 — Six years in, what do folks think of Nintendo’s hybrid. I asked, you answered — here are all the results. Chris Brandrick // Switch Weekly REVIEW Advance Wars 1 + 2: Reboot Camp review – a slick update of a complex game — I enjoyed this review for it offered a slightly different take on the core theme at play here. ” a generous, elegant, efficient tactics game that I still take great pleasure from, that I can still lose hours and hours to, and it’s also one which, if you step back, absolutely allows you to realise that you’re frequently doing ugly things beneath a cheery facade. “. Here’s another review from VGC , and another from Game Informer , who quipped that this remake ” presents a strong case that classic games don’t always have to change to be relevant again. Sometimes, they just need a second chance “. Christian Donlan // Eurogamer ▶ Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp: Switch tech review – Superb gameplay but visuals disappoint — The usual tech analysis from Digital Foundry. Digital Foundry // YouTube ▶ Indie World Showcase — April 2023 — 20 or so minutes of new and upcoming indie games for the Switch — here’s a write-up if you’d rather that over video. Oxenfree II seems to be the one everyone is talking about. I’m totally down for a bit more on Bomb Rush Cyberfunk – which we got a glimpse of at the end. Nintendo // YouTube Switch Online’s latest Mega Drive/Genesis update adds four more games — Including a Street Fighter game, Kid Chameleon, and curiously the last game Game Freak made prior to starting work on Pokemon. Chris Scullion // VGC ▶ Every Zelda is the darkest Zelda — A 40-minute video exploring the prevalent darker side of the Zelda series. Jacob Geller // YouTube REVIEW Coffee Talk Episode 2 is a perfect cozy game — If you ignore the story — ” With no commitment to any of the social issues it raises, the game winds up feeling a touch shallow and willfully ignorant. “. Willa Rowe // Inverse REVIEW Tin Hearts Ollie Reynolds // Nintendo Life Nintendo hacker Gary Bowser will be in debt to the company for the rest of his life — This YouTuber spoke with Gary. Ed Nightingale // Eurogamer Nintendo Switch is the best way to play the classic Final Fantasy games Hayes Madsen // Inverse Dear Nintendo and Illumination, please make ‘Star Fox’ your next CG-animated movie Jeffrey Harris // Collider Mario Party Superstars needs more bang for its buck thanks to Nintendo Switch Online Cameron Swan // Game Rant The making of Mario Is Missing, the legendary plumber’s oddest adventure Damien McFerran // Time Extension The Legend of Zelda is everywhere in modern music Mat Ombler // Polygon ‘A space to feel at ease with dying’: how video games help people through grief Emma Flint // The Guardian
All releases are digital, Europe & U.S. unless otherwise stated.
⭐️ = Ones to Watch · 📦 = Physical release · 🎮 = Demo available
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