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Pokémon Scarlet & Violet — Incredibly poor visuals and performance — Digital Foundry's usual tech review highlights the "comprehensive technical failures with a litany of issues" found in these latest games.

Digital Foundry // YouTube

Pokémon Scarlet & Violet sell 10M copies in spite of performance complaints — Absolutely gargantuan launch. This is now biggest game launch ever in Japan.

Nicole Carpenter // Polygon

Pokemon is never going to get better if we keep on buying it — With 10 million sales already in the bag "the incentive to pump out yet another half-baked generation remains".

Jade King // The Gamer

F-Zero's future: What happened — A neat look at what could have been, including a potential F-Zero project for the Switch. Still waiting on a GX HD port with online....

Did You Know Gaming // YouTube

REVIEW 'Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk' and 'Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk' — These two games "provide a hanuting look at mental illness" handling the topic with deft.

Kevin Cassidy // GoNintendo

REVIEW Donut Dodo

Bobby Jack // Superjump

Missing in action - What happened to these Switch games? — Prime 4, Silksong, Advance Wars, and others...

Kate Gray // Nintendo Life

What happened to Sonic’s roll? — Rolling up and down and all around slopes was core to Sonic’s gameplay, but somewhere along the way, the move went missing.

Brandon Johnson // Superjump

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

  • ⭐️ Soccer Story — A delightful looking physics-driven adventure RPG, where every problem can be solved with your trusty magic ball. (Nov 29 in U.S.)
  • ⭐️ The Knight Witch — A spellcasting Metroidvania 'without barriers', mixing shooting and deckbuilding. Devs previously worked on RiME, Moonlighter, and PvZ.
  • ⭐️ Astronite — A black and white 1bit sci-fi metroidvania.
  • Elevator Action Returns: S-Tribute — 2D side-scrolling shooter game by Taito from 1995. This version is a reproduction of the home console version released in '97.
  • ⭐️ Front Mission 1st: Remake — A remake of the tactical role-playing game from 1995.
  • Megalan 11 — Sci-fi exploration-puzzle game. Rescuers have only eleven days to get out of a trap on an abandoned planet.
  • Tomomi — A lighthearted 2D Metroidvania side-scrolling action game with massive bosses.
  • Until the Last Plane — WWII aerial sim.
  • Warp Drive — A pretty cool looking 3D futuristic racer with a teleportation mechanic. (Dec 1 in U.S.)

Here's a quick list of some current offers on the Nintendo eShop that caught our eye. Price tracking is provided via Family Gaming Database.

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