Originally published on Switch Weekly

Issue #355

November 5, 2025

Wonderful

Hi , Chris here with your Nintendo update for the week. It’s issue #355 of Switch Weekly. Let’s get to it.

So, I’ve played the first two worlds so far in Super Mario Wonder this weekend — and it’s a pure delight. This new entry feels authentically Mario, with clear DNA from several prior entries, but adds a fresh feeling throughout which is not only long overdue (I wasn’t too hot on the ‘New’ games), but much welcome. The detailed animation in particular does so much to make this Switch entry feel so much more alive than what came before it. I’m having a blast with it. If you picked it up hit reply to this email and let me know how you like it.

Next week is a super busy one on the eShop with over 50 games coming out. Yes, I’ve got the full list for you below as ever.

P.S. — If anyone wants a Bluesky invite I have a few invite codes left. Just reply to this email and I’ll send what I can first come, first served.

Cheers ,
Chris ✌️

🎮 Currently Playing : Super Mario Bros. Wonder

REVIEW Super Mario Bros. Wonder: the series’ best 2D adventure since Super Mario World — Via Giovanni’s Twitter : ” Wonder is the mission statement the 2D Mario series has needed for decades. In dropping the templatized feel of the New series, Nintendo rediscovers what made games like Super Mario Bros. 3 so special when they first released “. ( Here’s a handy video round-up of the critical response so far if you want more takes on this new entry.)

Giovanni Colantonio // Digital Trends

INTERVIEW Nintendo of America President on the future of the Switch, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, and more

Willa Rowe // Inverse

▶ TECH REVIEW Super Mario Bros Wonder – A Switch Masterpiece — Described here as “the best 2D Mario title” since 1995’s Yoshi’s Island.

Digital Foundry // YouTube

‘Super Mario Bros. Wonder’ is the face of Nintendo’s transformation

Megan Farokhmanesh // Wired

Here’s Mario’s new voice actor — I forgot to include this last week, but yup, we now know just who is voicing Nintendo’s famed plumber. Here’s the full-cast list from Wonder.

Ash Parrish // The Verge

Ask the Developer: Super Mario Bros. Wonder — A superb four-part interview series with the team behind the latest Mario adventure. Composer Koji Kondo shares a shelved idea here for ” an eight-heads-tall, life-sized, live-action Mario humming along with the background music as he goes along “…

Nintendo

▶ How Nintendo designed Ultrahand — That’s the Zelda TotK ability, not the 1960s toy . This is a great look into how the tool came to be.

Game Maker’s Toolkit // YouTube

REVIEW Gargoyles Remastered — ” a relic that should have remained set in 16-bit stone, sealed away never to return “.

Jordan Rudek // Nintendo World Report

Sci-fi Stripteases in Barbarella, Metroid and Mach Rider — Some spelunking into 1980s Nintendo history and possible pop-culture connections.

Drew Mackie // Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games

🎮 Upcoming Releases

All releases are digital, Europe & U.S. unless otherwise stated.
Release data sourced in collaboration with Switch Scores .

⭐️ = Ones to Watch · 📦 = Physical release · 🎮 = Demo available

Mon

Golf: Hole in Two — Budget minimalist 3D golf game in which you need to score in two strokes.

Tue

📦 Archetype Arcadia — A dark, sci-fi visual novel set in a post-apocalyptic. M for mature . ( Physical release )
Car for Sale Simulator 2023 — Build a car dealership empire.
Dreams of a Geisha — Match 3 puzzler with 120 levels.
Enchanted Portals — A Cuphead-esque 2D platformer with a magic theme.
Just Dance 2024 Edition — 40 new songs to wiggle too.
⭐️📦 Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Volume 1 — A handful of classic Metal Gear games including the PlayStation original, and the two sequels. Available either as a bundle, or separately. M for mature . ( Physical release )
📦 Pickleball Smash — Party sports game for 4. ( Physical release )
Springtime Hike — Chill, budget walking sim set in a forest.

Wed

Composer World — A music making tool featuring hundreds of instruments and soundsets.
⭐️🎮 Dave the Diver — This RPG meets management game was something of a smash when it debuted on Steam. You dive for fish by day, and serve it in your sushi restaurant by night.
even if Tempest: Dawning Connections — Otome visial novel.
📦 Get Me Out, Please — Escape an abandoned school in this horror escape action game for up to four players. ( Physical release )
LumiereMagna — Magic themed 3D action combat game.
Swapshot — A neat looking budget 2D platformer with a teleportation mechanic.

Thu

A Perfect Day — An interactive fiction game set in the ‘final moments of 1999’. Looks quite interesting.
Animal Kart Racer 2 — 3D kart racer featuring a real zoo of a cast.
⭐️ Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery — A charming trio of family-friendly yet witty detective games.
⭐️ Gordian Quest — A fantasy deckbuilding RPG with roguelite elements and turn-based strategic combat.
⭐️ Great Ambition of the Slimes — I quite like the look of this isometric tactical sim.
Hamster on Rails — A puzzle adventure game featuring a problem solving hamster.
📦🎮 Hana Awase New Moon — Otome visual novel meets hanafuda battles. There’s four ‘volumes’ hitting the eShop this week, and a all-in-one physical bundle too. M for mature . ( Physical release )
Horror Gallery — As Halloween nears, so to do the spooky games. M for mature .
Horror Tale 2: Samantha — 3D horror adventure set in 90s America.
Illuminaria — Control robots in this resource management game.
Kickback Slug: Cosmic Courier — An ‘avoidance-based’ physics game featuring a fast slug in space.
Nyanzou and Kumakichi: Let’s make a flower garden — This one dollar game lets you create a flower garden.
Paintball 3: Candy Match Factory — Match 3 puzzler.
Paper Dash: Ghost Hunt — A 3D action game in which you play as a paper plane taking out ghosts…
Save the World — Sci-fi visual novel. M for mature .
Seaside Driving — An 80s style arcade racer.
Space Storeship — A puzzler set in an empty spaceship.
⭐️ Spin Rhythm XD — This interdimensional electronic music rhythm game comes to Switch.
The Kitty in the Trapping Garden — Budget escape room.
Varenje: Don’t Touch the Berries — A quirky looking hidden object game with a unique look to it.
Visco Collection — Seven arcade games in one with some modern enhancements.
Wet Steps — Visual novel.

Fri

📦 30 Sport Games in 1 — Archery, kayaking, boxing, and more. ( The physical release arrives a little later in November )
Alive Paint — Digital colouring book with an animation component.
📦 Barbie DreamHouse Adventures — Home decor and interior designer Barbie reporting for duty. ( Physical release )
⭐️📦🎮 Crymachina — A striking dark sci-fi action-heavy RPG featuring ‘syntehtic beings’. ( Physical release )
⭐️📦 Desolatium — A lovecraftian rich graphic adventure point and click. M for mature . ( Physical release )
📦 DreamWorks Trolls Remix Rescue — If you want a break from Twitter you can also ‘fully immerse yourself in the troll kingdom’ here. ( Physical release )
Hero Survival — A Vampire Survivors style roguelite featuring classis horror film enemies.
Kraken Odyssey — Seafaring 3D action meets racer game.
Murder is Game Over — A murder mystery in which you play as a detective and dog crime-solving team.

⚡️ Quick Links

Nintendo boss claims it doesn’t have unions because of “high degree of job satisfaction”
Nintendo’s new store in Kyoto is now open. Here’s some pics .
Here are some screenshots of the Switch version of Hogwarts Legacy , which is finally arriving next month.
PDP’s lovely Pikmin controller is up for pre-order now.
The King Kong game that came out last week looks hilariously bad .
An elephant Mario plush is on the way.
The modding community has wasted no time in messing with Mario Wonder .
If you fancy emulating older DS games, AYANEO are making a dual-screen handheld .
Game creation tool RPG Maker WITH is coming to Switch .
Square Enix’s Harvestella is half price at the moment, down to thirty bucks.
Thousand-Year Door fan? Here’s a recent podcast you’ll dig.
Following the release of F-Zero 99 this YouTuber went through the entire series so far.
Pro tip: If you’re don’t like the Flowers talking in Mario Wonder, try switching to the Japanese voice lines for em. It’s like having a little old Japanese man encouring you on. 😅

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🎮 Upcoming Releases

⚡️ Quick Links

Nintendo’s financial results reveal Switch 2 hits 10 million units sold

Former Nintendo employees reveal what it took to launch the NES in America

The NESBOOK is a Nintendo Entertainment System Companion Coffee Book