#168: Your Nintendo Update

The State of Switch Survey 2020 — This is the third year I’ve ran this survey now, and it returns once again just ahead of the Switch’s third anniversary. As usual I’m looking to get a sense of what people think about Nintendo’s hybrid, and this year I have a new set of questions about the Switch Lite, backlogs, etc.

Chris Brandrick // Switch Weekly

REVIEW Snack World: The Dungeon Crawl – Gold — Chris Scullion calls this ” a beautifully presented helping of dungeon crawling, garnished with generous amounts of humour and charm “. However, here’s another take from Richard Atkinson at My Nintendo News , who wasn’t so keen, calling it ” a mediocre cold buffet of half-baked ideas “.

Chris Scullion // Nintendo Life

▶ The Wonderful 101’s Untold History – Game History Secrets — With the Kickstarter for this game doing crazy numbers, here’s a great look back at history behind Platinum game’s Wii U wonder.

Liam Robertson // Did You Know Gaming

REVIEW Florence — This is a short experience, taking around an hour to play through, but you’ll get ” a beautiful story of adult life and the trials that come with it ” in that brief play time.

Joe DeVader // Nintendo World Report

REVIEW Goblin Sword — “as good as a budget-tiered Metroidvania can get – and the light RPG elements certainly help broaden its appeal”.

Ben // Switch RPG

REVIEW Kunai – Get into the swing of things with this ninja-flavored indie

Mike Williams // US Gamer

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Leaving Breath of the Wild’s Great Plateau is the ultimate call to adventure — I enjoyed this read. It explores why the Great Plateau stands out in terms of gameplay, aesthetics, and consequences — and how it frames the context for the entire game.

Marty Sliva // Escapist Magazine

Atlus survey reveals massive demand for Nintendo Switch ports

Marc Deschamps // ComicBook

A hacked Pokemon is wreaking havoc in Pokemon Sword and Shield

Nadia Oxford // US Gamer

Four new NES & SNES games heading to Switch Online next week

Matt Wales // Eurogamer

Yoku’s Island Express: Queer, Contra-Colonial game design

Ryan House // The UWM Digital Cultures Collaboratory

Wednesday, February 19

• Double Dragon & Kunio-kun: Retro Brawler Bundle — 18 games here, including River City Ransom, Renegade and a ton of titles unreleased in North America. (Feb 20 in U.S)
• 3000th Duel — Speedy action-adventure  with plenty of battles.

Thursday, February 20

• ⭐️ Devil May Cry 3 — This special edition of the PS2 action classic has bonus features exclusive to the Switch version.
• Lines XL — More number linking puzzles.
• Ciel Fledge — A ‘daughter raising’ simulator. Parenting in the future. (Feb 21 in U.S)
• Tower of Babel – No Mercy — Four player tower building party game. (Feb 21 in U.S)
• Fred3ric — The third entry in this musical arcade series.
• Puyo Puyo 2 — The Sega Ages release of this classic puzzler.
• Blood will be Spilled — A story-focused spaghetti western platformer.
• Oddmar — Platformer with Norse mythology theme.
• Vitamin Connection — Action adventure in which you battle bacteria in a ship that looks like a cute Joy-Con.
• Sudoku Relax 4 Winter Snow — Chill out with a bit of Sudoku.
• Uncharted Tides: Port Royal — Seaworthy adventure.

Friday, February 21

• Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r] — Anime battles. (Feb 20 in U.S) 📦
• Last Encounter — Twin-stick action roguelite in deep space.
• Ego Protocol: Remastered — Platforming and logic puzzles combine.
• Brief Battles — An ‘underwear-fueled’ ‘butt-em-up’ party game.
• Psikyo Shooting Stars Bravo — Six shoot-’em-up classics in one bundle. (Feb 18 in U.S) 📦
• Dark Tower — Explore deadly rooms in this exploration game. Gives me Gauntlet vibes.
• Blood Breed — A survival horror game with PS1-era graphics.
• Knightin’+ — Join Sir Lootalot on a top-down dungeon adventure.
• Otherworldly — 3D horror set in a ‘dungeon’.
• King Lucas — Arcade platformer.
• Fishing Adventure — Catch over 30 species of fish.
• Ubermosh: Omega — A retro-hardcore shoot-em-up, described as “A hardboiled egg of the Brazilian underground game development scene”.