#147: Your Nintendo Update

REVIEW Daemon X Machina — ” At its core Daemon X Machina is a solid mech action game ” but ” Its mission structure can get repetitive, and its plot is so difficult to grasp it may as well be soaked in grease” . This one (out now) doesn’t seem to be an outright hit, with the critics seemingly praising it for doing one thing well, but running out of tricks fast.

Chris Scullion // Nintendo Life

▶ Ring Fit Adventure reveal trailer — I touched upon this in last week’s issue , and now we know more! If you can look beyond the somewhat creepy , slightly offputting style the presenters employ here, this game looks really neat. It mixes the exercise heritage of Wii Fit (by way of a physical ‘Ring-Con’ accessory) with all the gamification trappings of a conventional RPG. This looks like it will strike the right balance between accesible ‘blue-ocean’ broad appeal and being a game most will be comfortable sinking time into. We shall see. Out in October for around $80.

Nintendo // YouTube

Nintendo’s new Ring-Con is a welcome return to Wii weirdness

Martin Robinson // Eurogamer

PREVIEW The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening —Thoughts on the author’s “experience with the first few hours and how it compares to the original” .
Brian Altano // IGN

▶ Zelda: Link’s Awakening 26 years later — A quick side-by-side comparison.

Gamespot // YouTube

REVIEW Star Wars Pinball — “Zen Studios flexing its Pinball prowess and giving Star Wars fans an amazing array of tables to play”

Daniel Vuckovic // Vooks

REVIEW Blasphemous — “An eerie Metroidvania with gorgeous animations and combat that’s just a tad too one-dimensional”

Steven Petite // IGN

Sonic, Street Fighter and the ‘golden age’ of gaming magazines —This isn’t in any way Switch related, but I thought it worthy a share if you’re old enough to fondly remember the heydey of printed game mags.

Simon Armstrong // BBC

PREVIEW Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD
Alan Wen // Gamegrin

Monday, September 16

• Angry Bunnies: Colossal Carrot Crusade — Free-to-play Angry Birds style puzzler.

Tuesday, September 17

• Jet Kave Adventure — 2.5D prehistoric platformer. (Sep 12 in U.S.)
• Castle Crashers Remastered — 2D arcade hack and slash adventure. Good this.
• Reel Fishing: Road Trip Adventure — Fishing sim adventure. (Sep 12 in U.S.)

Thursday, September 19

• Grid Autosport — Codemasters brings their full-blown 3D racing sim to Switch.
• Puzzle Quest: The Legend Returns — A remaster of this match-three RPG.
• Devil May Cry 2 — The sequel to the popular demon hack and slasher.
• Lost Castle — Four player dungeon crawler (with online co-op).
• Police Stories — Top-down buddy cop shooter.
• Inferno 2 — Twin stick shooter with RPG elements.
• Omen Exitio: Plague — Adventure inspired by H.P. Lovecraft. (Already available in U.S.)
• Sayonara Wild Hearts — “A pop album video game”. I’m picking this one up.
• Overland — A post-apocalyptic road trip strategy game. You may remember this one from a recent Nintendo Direct.
• One Way Ticket — Handheld only visual novel.
• Neon Drive — Retro-futuristic arcade game.

Friday, September 20

• ⭐️ The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening — Revisit Koholint Island in this remade classic.
• AI: The Somnium Files — 30+ hour murder mystery adventure. (Sep 17 in U.S.)
• LEGO: Jurassic World — Includes adventures from all the films, including the good ones. (Sep 17 in U.S.)
• Island Maze — Logical thinking puzzler.
• Niffelheim — Survival action adventure.
• Tyd wag vir Niemand — A ‘time-twisting’ puzzle platformer.
• Untitled Goose Game — A slapstick stealth sandbox where you play a goose let loose.
• Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch — This Level-5 RPG clasic comes to Switch.
• Zenith — Action RPG.
• Hidden — Escape from an asylum. (Couldn’t find a good link for this one…)
• Spellworm — Word search with a twist.