#154: Your Nintendo Update

REVIEW Luigi’s Mansion 3 — ” ghost-gusting adventure at its charming best ” — A glowing review for Luigi’s third ghost hunting outing, one that’s said to be full of memorable moments and personality. A game that can proudly stand “toe-to-toe with the most playful and inventive” of Nintendo’s repertoire. Here’s another review from VGC.

Alan Wen // Switch Player

Nintendo’s latest sales numbers reveal Switch Lite sold 2 million units — Seems like a strong start for the new model.

Andy Robinson // VGC

REVIEW Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD — I was looking forward to this one as it’s been too long since I’ve played some Monkey Ball ( I played a fair bit of the early GameCube entries ) so it’s a shame to see this one doesn’t really hit the mark. It seems the removal of the motion contols ( found in the original Wii release ) hasn’t quite worked as intended, resulting in a seemingly frustrating experience. This review from NWR reaches a similar conclusion.

Skye Son // Vooks

Overwatch 2 is coming to the Nintendo Switch

Jordan Ramée // Gamespot

REVIEW Disgaea 4 Complete+ — Sounds like this may be a bit demanding for those new to the series as it has plenty of complex systems to get to grips with.

Mitch Vogel // Nintendo Life

REVIEW Reventure

Steven Green // The Switch Effect

Ring Fit Adventure takes steps many exercise games don’t to include players with disabilities (relinking this as I had the wrong URL last week)

Laura K Dale

The Outer Worlds devs on Switch port: We were “very, very surprised”

Mathew Olson // US Gamer

How New Super Lucky’s Tale ended up on Switch, and how Nintendo helped along the way

Nintendo Everything

His name is Reggie: Talking to ex-Nintendo President Reggie Fils-Aimé

Joe Skrebels // IGN

Tuesday, November 5

• Just Dance 2020 — Also coming to the original Wii if ya fancy it. 📦
• Ships — Baltic sea 3D strategy sim.

Wednesday, November 6

• Construction Simulator 2 US — Sim game in which you manage a construction company.
• Stay Cool, Kobayashi-san — Action adventure in the River City universe. (Nov 7 in U.S.)
• Strange Telephone — Mysterious 2D adventure, make calls to progress. (Nov 7 in U.S.)

Thursday, November 7

• Headsnatchers — Party game for up to 4 players, local or online.
• Tokyo Dark Remembrance — Narrative game in which you play a detective.
• Puzzlement — Indie minimal puzzler with a collection of 50 ‘mind bending’ levels.
• The Grisaia Trilogy — The Fruit of Grisaia trilogy adventure in one bundle.
• Jumanji: The Video Game — 3D action adventure based on the movie. (Nov 8 in U.S.) 📦
• The Manga Works — You’re a manga artist in this isometric sim game.
• Monkey Barrels — An action-packed top-down shooter.
• Super Street: Racer — Looks like a riff on the Need for Speed formula. 📦
• Asdivine Kamura — RPG based in a ‘world reminiscent of ancient Japan’.
• Meanders — Abstract 3D puzzle platformer.
• Garfield Kart Furious Racing — Of course this didn’t release on Monday… (Nov 19 in U.S.) 📦
• Incredible Mandy — Dream-like 3D action adventure.
• Animus: Harbinger — A medieval action game. Mobile port.
• Ritual: Crown of Horns — Fast-paced action game set in a hellish wild west.
• Juicy Realm — Rogulike in which you square off against ‘bizarre fruits’.

Friday, November 8

• ⭐️ Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 — Demo out now, this looks decent. (Nov 5 in U.S.) 📦
• Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires’ Conspiracy — Deluxe edition. 📦
• House of Golf — 3D Mini Golf but indoors. A Switch exclusive.
• New Super Lucky’s Tale — A cutesy love letter to classic 3D platformers. 📦
• One Person Story — A puzzle game of “obstacles and friendships”.
• Sturmwind EX — Old school style arcade shoot ’em up.
• Disney Tsum Tsum Festival — I played a lot of the Tsum Tsum puzzler on mobile, but this is a fleshed out full-priced party game. 📦
• Blindy — A 2D platformer with ‘souls-like difficulty’.
• Football Game — Point and click thriller with an odd choice of name…