Switch Weekly - Ink on the OLED

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Issue #‍290 · July 10, 2022 · Ink on the OLED

Hey, Chris here with issue #290 of Switch Weekly — sporting a fresh new look. I hope you've had a great week.

First things first, I want to extend a huge thanks to the absolute email wizard Rémi for his efforts in sprucing up the very email newsletter you're looking at right now. The reading experience should now be vastly improved, with enhanced legibility, dark mode support, and better support across different email clients. There will no doubt be a tweak or two to make along the way, so if you have any feedback or hit any snags please do just hit reply to this email and let me know.

The highlight for Nintendo fans this week? Well, it has to be that rather fresh looking new Splatoon-themed OLED.

Beyond that, we got word that E3 will be back in-person, in L.A for 2023 (with a new company organising). It always did feel like the 'E3' brand was something too important to just dissapear.

Anyway, next week we've got around 30 games hitting the Switch. I've highlighted a few that caught my eye in the full list below. Lemme know if you're gonna grab any.

Finally, running this newsletter means I'm always on the hunt for neat Nintendo trinkets, as such — my Etsy recommendations have taken something of a turn...

Thanks for reading.

Cheers,
Chris ✌️

🎮 Currently Playing: Ring Fit Adventure

▶ Nintendo Switch OLED Model Splatoon 3 Edition — This snazzy new hardware will be arriving later next month...without the game bundled in. Matching accessories are on the way too. Looks nice!

Nintendo // YouTube

PREVIEW With Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Monolith Soft finally seems unconstrained — Here's impressions from an early look at Monolith Soft's next epic, and the takeaway is that this entry seems "uncompromising". Here's another preview from Travis Northup at IGN.

Autumn Wright // Polygon

PREVIEW After 10 hours I think I'm nearing the end of Xenoblade Chronicles 3's tutorial — This preview takes a somewhat different approach, highlighting just how lengthy things are. If that's your bag, great — but when things take so long to even get really started... I find myself agreeing with Stephen here.

Martin Robinson // Eurogamer

▶ Take down this video, Nintendo. I dare you. — An interesting video from the Linus Tech Team, with plenty of disclaimers and legal tightrope walking on playing Switch games on a Steam Deck.

Linus Tech Tips // YouTube

REVIEW Portal Companion Collection — "simply offers two of the best games from the last twenty years at an affordable price".

Willem Hilhorst // Nintendo World Report

REVIEW Klonoa Phantasy Reverie — "a superb collection of platform games that shine a light on an iconic character from the genre, one that deserves this moment".

Kayleigh Partleton // Pocket Tactics

INTERVIEW Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series producer hints at future remasters

DeAngelo Epps // Digitaltrends

Nintendo games often release feeling unfinished, and that's a bad thing — After the likes of Nintendo Switch Sports and Mario Strikers: Battle League, Nadine makes the point that buying games at launch often now feels a bit... unnecessary.

Nadine Dornieden // iMore

Nintendo halting operations in Russia has reportedly had 'negligible effect'

Ollie Reynolds // Nintendo Life

REVIEW Pac-Man Museum +

Xander Morningstar // Nintendo World Report

Is game preservation a losing battle?

Brendan Sinclair // gamesindustry

What it takes to be a Zelda: Breath Of The Wild World record speedrunner

Jaimie Ditchfield // Nintendo Life

How retro games have taken on a new life — ..thanks to Kaizo, fan games, modders and the like.

Josh Bycer // SUPERJUMP

🎮 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

F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch — A 'disel-punk' 3D side-scrolling action platformer. (Jul 12 in U.S.)
Galactic Pioneer — 2D arcade game, ala Lunar Landar.

Tue

⭐️🎮 Time on Frog Island — Shipwrecked on an island, and well, you figure it out. Looks kinda cozy.
Krut: The Mythic Wings - Fast hack and slash, side-scrolling platformer based on Thai animated film "Krut: The Himmaphan Warriors".

Wed

Table of Tales: The Crooked Crown — Role playing adventure that 'brings tabletop gaming to life'.
Rayland — Isometric light beam puzzles.

Thu

Pascal's Wager: Definitive Edition — Challenging action role playing set in a world of dark fantasy.
Ambition: A Minuet in Power — Romantic visual novel adventure set in 1789 France.
Darker Skies — Survival horror set after the 'War of the Worlds'. M for mature.
⭐️ Mothmen 1966 — Interesting looking 'interactive adventure' inspired by mid-20th century pulp fiction and 80s home computer graphics.
HunterX — Action adventure with 'spirited' fantasy/magic battles.
Worth Life — A life-sim action RPG combo.
⭐️ Super UFO Fighter — Head to head wacky party game.
Running on Magic — Procedurally-generated 2D platformer in which you're escaping the Grim Reaper.
Growbot — 2D point and click adventure about a robot saving her home.
Xel — A 3D action-adventure set in a sci-fi fantasy setting.
Shred Remastered — Over 30 mountain bike trails to take on.
Superola Champion Edition — Challenging runner-style platformer in which you guide a llama to victory.
Vzerthos: The Heir of Thunder — 2D old-school techno-style top-down shooter.
Spidersaurs — Saturday-morning cartoon style action featuring dino-spider hybrids.
Long Live The Queen — Royality sim. Can you survive until your coronation?
Pixel Game Maker Series: Jetman — One-button jumping action game.
Sengoku Princess — Story about time travel and the Sengoku period in Japan.
⭐️ Kursk — Adventure spy game set aboard a Russian nuclear submarine.

Fri

Universal Flight Simulator — Flight sim, has a helicopter.
Hell Pages — Side-scrolling shoot'em-up. M for mature.
DC League of Super-Pets: The Adventures of Krypto and Ace — 3D action game, with dogs.
Marimo vs IAS — 2.5D shooter with lots of underwater action.
Loud — Arcade guitar game.
Cursed Island — A single person trying to leave an island full of mysterious horrors and unimaginable monsters. Relatable.

⚡️ Quick Links

Pokemon Puzzle League is the next N64 game coming to NSO. I'm down.
The Nier: Automata Switch port is in good hands. It's being handled by the same team behind the Dark Souls port.
Nintendo are looking to trademark the Switch shorthand 'NSW'.
Been enjoying Neon White? Watch the devs react to a world record speedrun.
Busy? Here's a list of Switch games perfect for short play sessions.
Ok, this new LEGO Bowser set may be rather pricey, but it is hella cool - this video will likely convince you. One for the Christmas list.
Get smarter every day. Refind picks 7 links from around the web for you, tailored to your interests. Loved by 50k+ curious minds. #Ad
Cursed To Golf has a release date — it's coming next month.
Issue 7 of the excellent Ninty Fresh magazine is now up on Kickstarter. Well worth snagging a copy. Mine is ordered.
If Nintendo is hit by an earthquake, what happens? Well, they have a plan.
ICYMI: Nintendo launched a Joy-Con repair subscription in Japan.
Want some tidbits from Masahiro Sakurai's creative process? This thread has some highlights.

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