#215: Your Nintendo Update

REVIEW Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game – Complete Edition — ” Bombastic presentation and crunchy combat gameplay make this one enjoyable from start to finish. “.

Mitch Vogel // Nintendo Life

▶ New Pokémon Snap arrives on April 30 — Oh snap. Pretty excited about this one. A new trailer shared this week gave us a good look at the game, and revealed a release date. Nice.

Pokemon // YouTube

▶ A Bigger Badder Bowser – Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury — Nintendo shared this two minute look at what you can expect from the Bowser’s Fury expansion coming to the Super Mario 3D World re-release. Bowser is looking pretty epic, and even Mario gets in on being super sized. Looks fun.

Nintendo // YouTube

REVIEW Super Meat Boy Forever — I was surprised by this. On face value an auto-runner with procedural elements didn’t sound like the most appealing thing, but as a fan of the original game this is enough like it to get a pass. Read my full review , or if you’d rather, here’s a YouTube version I’ve put together ( subscribe whilst you’re there ).

Chris Brandrick // Switch Weekly

Platinum wants to finally reveal Bayonetta 3 this year, says Hideki Kamiya

Andy Robinson // VGC

PREVIEW Persona 5 Strikers: Back To Take Your Heart All Over Again — Due to arrive in late February, here’s an early look at what you can expect.

Cullen Black // Nintendo Insider

REVIEW Wrestling Empire — ” It’s low-budget, it’s extremely rough and it’s often difficult to watch, but there’s a clear passion for pro wrestling underneath it and we’re sure it’ll develop a hardcore following of fans who love it in spite of its many, many flaws. “.

Chris Scullion // Nintendo Life

REVIEW Wingspan — Said to be a ” fine adaption of the physical board game and a much cheaper way of playing it “.

Ryan Janes // Nintendo Insider

What is “The Nintendo Difference”? — Speaks to the staying power of Nintendo, and their products.

Alex Anyfantis // Superjump

The best JRPGs available on Nintendo Switch

Jason Fanelli // Nintendo Enthusiast

Monday, January 18

• Danger Gazers — Post-apocalyptic roguelite top-down shooter. (Already available in U.S)
• Dungeon Nightmares 1+2 Collection — 3D horror.
• Olympic Table Tennis — Basic 3D table tennis.
• Red Colony — Zombie 2D side-scrolling horror action game.
• Spinny’s Journey — Remember 2D action puzzler Kuru Kuru Kurukin on GBA? It’s like that.

Tuesday, January 19

• Epitaph — Fast-paced tactical battle game where ‘death is a strategy’. (Already available in U.S)
• War Truck Simulator — Yup, it’s a military truck sim.

Wednesday, January 20

• All Walls Must Fall — A tech-noir tactics game set in an alt-reality future Berlin.
• Ephemeral -Fantasy on Dark- — A romance visual novel. (Jan 21 in U.S)
• ⭐️ Hitman 3 – Cloud Version — Agent 47 buffers his way on to the Switch.
• Otti: The House Keeper — Home based tower defense meets puzzler.

Thursday, January 21

• Air Bounce – The Jump ‘n’ Run Challenge — Fast 3D first-person challenge platformer.
• Bezier: Second Edition — Looks like a decent, mindless twin stick shooter.
• Bouncing Hero — Auto-jump platformer set in a tall castle.
• Chess Royal — It’s chess.
• Frodoric the Driver — Retro-style arcade racer (with a weird tobacco-based plot).
• Ghostanoid — Breakout / arkanoid with ghostly vibes.
• Grisaia Phantom Trigger 5.5 — A visual novel set in ‘The Fruit of Grisaia’ world.
• Jiffy — Paired back platformer with procedural levels.
• Missile Dancer — Like old vertical shooters? This looks like a decent modern take.
• Sally Face — A bizzare dark adventure inspired by 90s cartoons.
• Shing — A bloody adventure beat-em-up.
• The Game is ON — Phrases and idioms will help you get through this puzzler.
• Unspottable — Punching pals in a couch party game for four.

Friday, January 22

• Abyss: The Wraiths of Eden — Explore an art-deco underwater city (Rapture says hi) in this hidden object game. (Already available in U.S)
• Adverse — Arcade first-person shooter / platformer with fluid movement.
• Balancelot — A satirical medieval fantasy about a guy jousting on a unicycle.
• CATTCH — A super colourful platformer.
• Colorful Colore — Arcade puzzle game in which you navigate labyrinths.
• Dark Sauce — Play as a pig in this voxel platformer.
• Gradiently — Chill puzzler that challenge your colour perception.
• Legend of Numbers — Match three puzzler with a numbers twist.
• Rock ‘N Racing Bundle Off Road & Grand Prix — Two arcade racers in one.

Saturday, January 23

• The Unexpected Quest — Medievil adventure with strategy and management elements.