Originally published on Switch Weekly

Issue #386

September 6, 2024

Google employee said to be behind Nintendo leaks

Hi, Chris here with issue #386 of Switch Weekly — your Nintendo round-up. Hope you’re doing well.

We’re in peak not-E3 season, with endless showcases and various presentations — meaning plenty of annoucements and interesting new games to wishlist. I’ve shared some links in the issue below bringing together what you may have missed so far. But of course, although Summer Game Fest may have been and gone now, we’re all still waiting for that promised Nintendo Direct — not long now.

Next week has just over 30 games hitting the Switch. Full list below, including Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance .

Thanks so much for reading.

Cheers ,
Chris ✌️

🎮 Currently Playing : Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door

Everything announced during Summer Game Fest 2024

Lottie Lynn // Eurogamer

Google leak reveals thousands of privacy incidents — A wild story that alleges a Google employee accessed Nintendo’s private videos on YouTube and leaked details.

Joseph Cox // 404 Media

Google leaking a Nintendo game is evident of a bigger problem in gaming

Trone Dowd // Inverse

The life and death of E3 — The story of the world’s most chaotic trade show, told by the people who were there

Christopher Dring // gamesindustry

PREVIEW Hands On: Sonic X Shadow Generations is a love letter to Sonic Adventure 2 .

Alana Hagues // Nintendo Life

Tales of Kenzera: Zau director addresses ‘constant targeted harassment,’ lowers price of game on Switch

Alex Stedman // IGN

Why were older Pokemon games more memorable?

Melos Han-Tani

Nintendo needs more characters like Paper Mario’s Vivian

Alana Hagues // Nintendo Life

‘You can’t make AAA games for just one platform anymore’

Oli Welsh // Polygon

▶ ICYMI The video version of the State of Switch survey results

Switch Weekly // YouTube

🎮 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

Tue

11

Counter Force: Tactical Warfare — Budget 3D shooter.
Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked — A bundle of three nostalgic side scrolling platformers from Konami.

Wed

12

🎮 Lesson Learned — Travel through history in this tower defense adventure.
Roxy Raccoon’s Pinball Panic — 3D arcade pinball action.

Thu

13

Astrune Academy — A fantasy RPG featuring ‘fighting magical girls’.
Egg Console Sorcerian PC-8801 mkIISR — Action RPG released in Japan in 1987.
Forest Fantasy — Chill walking sim.
Froggy Bouncing Adventures — Puzzle platformer with a 2.5D look.
Hidden Cats in Paris — Hidden objext puzzler. New York and London are also available.
Monolith — A sci-fi point and click adventure with logic puzzles to solve.
Path to Purge — 3D roguelike shooter.
Willy’s Wonderland: The Game — A 2.5D beat ‘em up in which you take on animatronics in a Chuck E Cheese style restaurant.

Fri

14

Bumper Kitty — A ‘hyper casual’ game about cats in bumper cars.
Cozy Jigsaw Puzzle — 30 relaxing puzzles to complete.
Cyberpunk City Tycoon — Build your own futuristic metropolis sim.
Fit My Zoo — Spacial puzzler.
⭐️ Monster Hunter Stories — Remaster of the turn-based take on monster hunting.
Neon Noir — Sci-fi thriller visual novel set in 2169.
Railbreak — 90s arcade style on-rails survival horror shooter. M for mature.
Railway Islands 2 — Tile-based choo choo puzzler.
Rainbow Diamonds — “Travel the galaxy” in this pixelated 2D adventure.
⭐️📦 Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance — It’s the ‘definitive’ experience of the fifth mainline game in this RPG series. M for mature. ( Physical release. )
Tiny Watermelon Match — Suika clone.

Sat

15

Anime vs Evil: Apocalypse — Anime 3D shooter.
Chopper Strike — Arcade helicopter action for a buck.

Sun

16

Urban Trace: Parkour Simulation Pursuit — …in rather atypical looking environments.

⚡️ Quick Links

Five Mega Man Game Boy games have been added to the Nintendo Switch Online library.
Here’s a look at every game from the 2024 Wholesome Direct , and the Future Games Show that are coming to Switch.
PlayStation are bringing a game to Switch later this year.
Balatro is getting a physical edition .
Metal Slug Tactics is still coming. Here’s a new trailer with a ‘Fall’ launch window.
World War II Metroidvania game Wolfhound has been announced for Switch.
Tempopo is an interesting musical take on the Captain Toad style puzzler.
Simon Parkin’s review of the “enchanting, intricate” Animal Well is well worth a read.

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Google employee said to be behind Nintendo leaks

🎮 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