#182: Your Nintendo Update
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Issue 182 — May 24, 2020 
Hey , issue #182 of your weekly Switch digest, with this week’s Nintendo news. This week a ton of previews for Nintendo’s upcoming Clubhouse Games dropped (I’ve linked one below ) and I’m really looking forward to this board game collection now. It looks so charming . We’ve got over 25 games coming to the Switch next week , including a trio of 2K collections. Personally, I’m excited for BioShock on Switch — as I’d love to revisit Rapture and experience the original game all over again, it’s a treasure. I know plenty of people get a kick out of Borderlands too, so many will be pleased to see that come to the platform. XCOM is a bit of an unknown to me. Beyond the 2K stuff, the big release of the week is Xenoblade Chronicles – it really does look like they’ve gone above and beyond with this remaster. It looks vastly better than the Wii original.
Anyway, that’s all from me — catch you next week,
PREVIEW Nintendo’s new Clubhouse Games is a damn fine collection of light diversions Mike Fahey // Kotaku Metroid Prime Trilogy listed (again) with June 19th release date Alex Seedhouse // Nintendo Insider Sal Romano // Gematsu ▶ Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition: What you need to know Project Gamer // YouTube Classic Nintendo puzzle game Panel De Pon has been added to Switch Online — You can play it now in the SNES app, along with other new additions: Wild Guns ( a SNES cowboy shooter ), Operation Logic Bomb ( a SNES sci-fi shooter ), and Rygar ( a side-scrolling NES platformer ). Andy Robinson // VGC REVIEW What the Golf? — ” a perfect blend of comedy, fun and video games that had me smiling from ear to ear the entire way through “. Willem Hilhorst // Nintendo World Report REVIEW Golf With Your Friends — It seems there are some concerns with the online experience, but generally if ” you take the title literally, you’ll have fun. ” Chris Scullion // Nintendo Life Desperate Nintendo Switch owners are learning to repair their own busted systems — Apparently, demand for replacement Switch parts has tripled during lockdown. Maddie Stone // OneZero Nintendo files lawsuits in crackdown against Switch hackers Nicole Carpenter // Polygon Buying BioShock, Borderlands or XCOM physically? Expect huge download requirements Ryan Craddock // Nintendo Life REVIEW Arrest of a Stone Buddha — ” some good ideas and commendable risks taken here, but sadly they don’t come together to achieve the emotional impact intended “. Ian Goudelock // Noisy Pixel REVIEW Piczle Cross Adventure Stevie Patamon // Switch Player 💌 Keep Switch Weekly ad-free: Support the newsletter on Patreon . Peta storms Animal Crossing to protest treatment of digital animals — A bunch of animal rights activists all gave Nintendo their cash and bought the game in order to ‘gatecrash’ the museum in Animal Crossing, protesting the treatment of digital animals. Related : Peta have published a Vegan guide to playing Nintendo’s hit game. Imogen Watson // The Drum Game discoverability and the Nintendo Switch: Where we’re at Simon Carless // Game Discoverability Now Will the Nintendo Switch ever support GameCube games? Daryl Baxter // Stealth Optional BioShock: A Retrospective — All three BioShock games are hitting the Switch next week. If you’ve never played them before this article brings you up to speed on what all the fuss is about. Clay Howard // The Nintendo Village A Brief History of Paper Mario Jay Rooney // Level Up Media REVIEW Jet Lancer — In case you missed it last week, here’s my review of this fun aerial combat shooter. Chris Brandrick // Switch Weekly
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⚡️ Quick Links: ✨ Upcoming multiplayer action game Ninjala is getting a second open beta test. 🪐 ‘Journey to the Savage Planet’ surprise launched , with a physical version on the way. 📄 Here’s the English transcript of Nintendo’s latest financial results Q&A. 👻 Pac-Man is 40 — as such Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 Plus is on sale. 🧱 Tricky Towers is getting a limited physical release on Switch. ✨ A Sega Saturn port of first person action game Baroque is Switch bound. ⬆️ The Bloodstained 1.10 update is out now. 💊 Erm, a drug dealing simulator is heading to Nintendo’s console. 📹 Nintendo have shared a ton of new backgrounds , perfect for your next Zoom call. 🧸 Stuffing Tom Nook at a Build a Bear? It could happen . ❤️ Switch Weekly is ad-free and sustainable thanks to the support of my lovely Patrons, including: PC, CapnGoat, SB, FrozenTrout and others — join them . |