#137: Your Nintendo Update

REVIEW Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered — “as ports go, Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered on Switch is a good one. But it’s a game that’s starting to show its age now..” .

Richard Seagrave // Gamespew

REVIEW Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator — “On the surface it’s a hot dad dating game [..] but there’s real heart to the stories here, with textured characters dealing with a multitude of situations life throws at them.”

Gavin Lane // Nintendo Life

REVIEW What Remains of Edith Finch

Joe DeVader // Nintendo World Report

INTERVIEW Pokémon Sword & Shield – ‘we try to implement new things fairly gradually’ — Both the producer and director of the new Pokémon games discuss online options, arm-breaking swans, shorts vs. trousers and Pokemon Snap 2.

GameCentral // Metro

Nintendo Switch Online surpasses 10 million subscribers — That’s up from 9.8 million members announced back in April.

Craig Chapple // Pocket Gamer

▶ The upgraded Nintendo Switch Online we all need — A wishlist of what Nintendo can do to incentivize more people to sign up for their online service.

SwitchForce // YouTube

Donkey Kong Country Returns makes its way to NVIDIA Shield — This Wii-era game is making its way to the Shield platform in China. I just can’t help think it sure would be nice to play this on the Switch — considering both the Shield and Switch have the same Tegra chipset and all.

Adam Sherrill // Nintendo Enthusiast

Miyamoto wants Nintendo to revolutionize controllers… again
Ben Lamoreux  // Nintendo Enthusiast

Hands-on with Nintendo’s E3 2019 demos
Chris Scullion  // Tired Old Hack

Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires’ Conspiracy launches for Nintendo Switch in November
Kat Wheat // Nerdly

▶ Should you buy Stranger Things 3 for Nintendo Switch? — I forgot to include this in last week’s list of upcoming releases ( thanks to Nick for the heads up ) – but yup, the game launched alongisde Season 3 on Netflix, and it seems to follow the story of the TV show beat-for-beat. Here’s a closer look.

RGT85 // YouTube

Zelda wouldn’t be great without its wild 2D experiments — A look back at the history of 2D, top-down Zelda games, seeing how each represented a unique experiment.

Ishaan Sahdev // Kotaku

ETIKONS – Custom Etika Themed Joy-cons for Charity —Following the recent detah of Nintendo YouTuber Etika comes this IndieGoGo campaign (launching tomorrow) — proceeds benefit the JED Foundation for teen and young adult mental health awareness.

CptnAlex // Indiegogo

💬 Miyamoto on Cloud Gaming (via gamesindustry.biz )

“I think that cloud gaming will become more widespread in the future, but I have no doubt that there will continue to be games that are fun because they are running locally and not on the cloud”

Tuesday, July 9

• Senran Kagura Peach Ball — Pinball, but ‘sexy’ apparently.

Wednesday, July 10

• Grass Cutter: Mutated Lawns — Lawn mowing puzzler.
• SolSeraph — Retro-inspired tower defense and action platformer.

Thursday, July 11

• Doodle God: Crime City — Puzzle game with cops and gangsters.
• Skulls of the Shogun — Fast-paced turn-based strategy.
• Dead in Vinland — The ‘True Viking Edition’ of this survival/management game.
• Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet — Rescue birds in this indie adveture game.
• Professor Lupo and his Horrible Pets — A frantic puzzle-adventure game. Free demo.
• Blazing Chrome — Arcade run’n’gun with co-op.
• Vektor Wars — An 80s neon future inspired first person ‘cyber’ shooter.
• Wayout — Grid puzzler with over 60 levels.
• Metaloid: Origin — 2D action platform game.

Friday, July 12

• Dragon Quest Builders 2 — RPG? Crafting? Put those hands together. 🤝
• God Eater 3 — The latest action RPG in this sci-fi hack and slasher. Free demo.
• Streets of Rogue — Twin-stick RPG roguelite, with plenty of fights, sneaking and hacking.
• Mad Bullets — An arcade shooter.
• Super Mutant Alien Assault — A ‘brutal arcade platformer’ with randomised rooms to clear.