#216: Your Nintendo Update

REVIEW Hitman 3 – Cloud Version — ” a fantastic conclusion to one of gaming’s truly great trilogies “, that with decent enough broadband is ” a perfectly playable version of a slick and addictive stealth title “.

PJ O’Reilly // Nintendo Life

▶ Hitman 3 Switch Cloud Version: Wireless VS Wired — Footage of the game running on Wi-fi versus a wired connection, if you’re interested.

Jordan Rudek // Nintendo World Report

Takaya Imamura, the artist behind F-Zero and Starfox, announces his retirement — This Nintendo veteran created Fox McCloud, Captain Falcon and more in over 30 years at the company. See related podcast from the folks at Nintendo World Report .

Andy Robinson // VGC

REVIEW Super Meat Boy Forever — I shared my review of this auto-runner sequel last week — I came away somewhat surprised by it. Keza writing at The Guardian didn’t have the same takeaway, commenting that it ” feels vindictive rather than playful, and oddly soulless “. I figured I’d share a more damning take.

Keza MacDonald // The Guardian

REVIEW Synthetik: Ultimate — Described as something of a ‘Skynet situation’, here’s a review of this top-down, twin-stick roguelike.

Jordan Loades // Nintendo World Report

Looking to stream Switch gameplay? This 3-in-1 microdock offers charge, HDMI Out, and capture — The Kickstarter for this is now live.

James Bruce // Make Use Of

INTERVIEW Limited Run Games on the process of bringing Scott Pilgrim to physical shelves

Zion Grassl // Nintendo Life

Is Shigeru Miyamoto’s ‘A delayed game is eventually good’ rule true for Nintendo? — Reflects on some prominent examples of delayed Nintendo games and ponders if the postponements worked out.

Chirag Pattni // Nintendo Enthusiast

Is Super Mario 64’s movement still the best in gaming?

Omar Hafeez-Bore // Eurogamer

Why Metroid doesn’t need another remake in 2021

Abram Buehner // CBR

From Breath of the Wild 2 to remakes: 10 predictions for The Legend of Zelda’s 35th anniversary

Henry St Leger // TechRadar

Ranking the BIT.TRIP Games — Six of the BIT.TRIP games all landed on the Switch late last year, but which are worth playing? George ranks em.

George Foster // Nintendo Insider

Super Mario and Friends – A history of mainline Mario multiplayer

Henry Stockdale // Nintendo Life

35 years of adventure: The 10 best moments in The Legend of Zelda series

Jaimie Ditchfield // Nintendo Enthusiast

Switch’s gangbusters success continues to expand the console pie

Interpret

Nintendo is being targeted with another Joy-Con drift lawsuit — Another one.

Tom Ivan // VGC

Nintendo Switch Pro: Analysts conflicted on a 2021 release

Matt T.M. Kim // IGN

Monday, January 25

• Cyber Shadow — Ninja platforming action from Yacht Club Games. (Jan 26 in U.S.)
• SOLAS 128 — Redirect light in this ‘beam deflection’ puzzle game.

Tuesday, January 26

• Ziggy the Chaser — Budget 3D adventure game.
• Zombie Apocalypse — Budget 3D zombie shooter.
• Dead Cells: The Fatal Seed Bundle — Dead Cells, plus two DLC packs.

Wednesday, January 27

• Project Starship X — A parody-filled cosmic horror SHMUP.
• Strange Field Football — Cartoon ‘soccer’ for up to four players. (Jan 28 in U.S.)
• The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav — Graphic adventure based on the ben and paper RPG.
• The Dark Eye: Memoria — Dark fantasy point and click adventure sequel to the above.

Thursday, January 28

• Citizens Unite! Earth x Space — Kitschy time travel adventure.
• Colossus Down — Control a mech in this cartoon action adventure.
• Disjunction — Futuristic tech-noir stealth-action RPG with three interwoven narratives.
• Golden Force — Take on demons in this arcade platformer.
• ⭐️ Heaven’s Vault — Award-winning archaelogical sci-fi adventure.
• Märchen Forest — A ‘charming’ dungeon crawler / fantasy RPG.
• Olija — Faraday’s adventure. Looks interesting.
• Royal Tower Defense — Looks like fairly standard tower defense action.
• Save Farty — Tasteless trivia.
• SushiParty — Erm, it’s a shooter but shrimp and tuna are fighting.
• ⭐️ Sword of the Necromancer — Action RPG with rogue-lite elements.
• The Choice of Life: Middle Ages — Medieval card game.
• TOHU — A adventure/puzzle game set in a world of “fish planets” Lovely art style.

Friday, January 29

• 📦 Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy — RPG sequel. (Jan 26 in U.S.)
• Bonkies — Monkeys need to co-operate in this party game. Bonkies….
• Burn! SuperTrucks — Monster truck racing.
• Caves and Castles: Underworld — Match three puzzler.
• Cooking Festival — Food management sim.
• Crossbow: Bloodnight — First-person action game with an automatic crossbow.
• Gods Will Fall — Dark fantasy action game about Celtic warriors.
• Vera Blanc: Ghost in the Castle — Comic/visual novel mystery detective game.