Switch Weekly - Pokemon bugs (not that type)

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 problems — This 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

10 years later, the Wii U is Nintendo’s most interesting misstep

Ryan Stevens // Cultured Vultures

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

Animal Crossing at 20: Setting the bar for social simulation games

Symphony Barnes // The Gamer

Former Luigi actor John Leguizamo says Chris Pratt’s Super Mario Movie has ‘backwards’ casting: ‘It kind of sucks’

Zack Sharf // Variety

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

Natalie Schriefer // Into The Spine

If Twitter breaks down, the games industry won’t ever be the same

Keza MacDonald // The Guardian

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