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REVIEW Pokémon Scarlet, Violet are good games with astonishing graphical issues — The transition to a fully open-world game is not without its growing pains, chiefly persistent technical problems and pacing issues. Laura Kate Dale has done an accessibility review of the game.

Jhaan Elker and Alyse Stanley // Launcher — The Washington Post

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are full of glaring technical problemsThis video brings together a bunch of the bugs seen so far.

Rebekah Valentine // IGN

Pokemon Scarlet & Violet has performance issues — I look through some of the early Pokemon reviews, and highlight how widespread the concerns around performance are.

Switch Weekly // YouTube

The Untold Story of the Wii U Launch — Two former Nintendo employees reflect back on the launch of the Wii U, a decade on.

Kit & Krysta // YouTube

REVIEW It Takes Two — "Switch owners now have the opportunity to play one of the best co-op games of late".

Will Silberman // Digital Chumps

REVIEW Ghost Song — "an easy recommendation for any and all fans of the Metroidvania genre".

Brett Posner-Ferdman // Nintendo Life

REVIEW Donut Dodo

Bobby Jack // Superjump

Learning self-compassion, with a little help from Zelda — Explores the 13th memory from Breath of the Wild.

Natalie Schriefer // Into The Spine

ICYMI The Ultimate Nintendo Gift Guide — It's that time of year, so I pulled together a gift guide with plenty of neat present ideas.

Chris Brandrick // overkill

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

  • Cleopatra Fortune S-Tribute — Block dropping 90s arcade puzzler from Taito.
  • Dead Station — Survivial-action platformer. Looks like a 2D take on Dead Space.
  • Freud's Bones: The Game — Surreal/obscure adventure on the 'study of psychoanalysis and Sigmund Freud'. M for mature.
  • Monmusu Gladiator — Rogue-lite deck building RPG with monsters. (Nov 24 in U.S.)
  • Primal Light — 16-bit style action platformer with a primal fantasy vibe. (Nov 24 in U.S.)
  • 📦 Kids vs Parents — Also known as Parents Vs Kids in other regions...for some reason. Family party game with 50 mini games to try. (Physical is PEGI/EU only)
  • KnifeBoy Rebooted — Action adventure set in a semi-open world with a 'twisted story'.
  • Pocket Pool — Basic arcade billiards.

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