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Issue #‍318 | February 5, 2023 · Poster One-Up Boy

Hello, Chris here with issue #318 of Switch Weekly — your Nintendo update.

I'm a bit short on time today, so I'll keep it brief! This week we got a look at a new poster for the Mario movie, and there's been plenty of chatter of a Direct being imminent.

There's just over 15 games coming to the Switch next — the full list is below for you as ever, although not a ton grabbed me this week tbh.

Cheers,
Chris ✌️

🎮 Currently Playing: Hi-Fi Rush (on Steam)

American judge dismisses Switch Joy-Con drift lawsuit — Nintendo has come out on top in this U.S. lawsuit.

Vikki Blake // Eurogamer

A new Nintendo Direct could drop next week, it's claimed — Is this chatter from ex-Nintendo staffer Kit Ellis related?

Tom Ivan // VGC

REVIEW SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake — "an astoundingly good game. There is so much creativity packed into its seven different worlds that I could not stop playing it over the past weekend because I was too excited to see what was next.".

CJ Andriessen // Destructoid

REVIEW Trek to Yomi — "something I would hesitantly recommend to fans of Kurosawa flicks or those looking for a stylish action game. ".

Shaun Musgrave // Touch Arcade

REVIEW Fashion Police Squad — "an FPS oozing with individuality [..] an important entry in the Nintendo Switch’s FPS catalogue, offering an alternative to the usual doom-and-gloom deathapaloozas you find in the genre".

Connor Christie // Pocket Tactics

REVIEW The Pathless

Roland Ingram // Nintendo Life

The making of GoldenEye 007, a wildly ambitious classic

Danielle Riendeau // Game Developer

The real songs that inspired iconic Nintendo music — I love this sorta stuff.

Kate Gray // Nintendo Life

In live service, it’s all or nothing — Knockout City is the latest live service game to shut down, highlighting how little attention is actually up for grabs in the live-service space.

Nick Calandra // Escapist Magazine

‘Fire Emblem Engage’ needs to let its characters out of the closet

Robin Bea // Inverse

The story of Nintendo's favorite football team

Luke Plunkett // Kotaku

Everyone's got a Triforce tattoo

Nicole Carpenter // Polygon

🎮 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

7

Nadir: A Grimdark Deck Builder — A dark deck-building rogue-like adventure.

Wed

8

Daily Dadish — 2D platformer with 365 levels, one for each day of the year.

Thu

9

Air Jet Fighter Combat — Aerial combat plane sim.
Alice in Wonderland: A Jigsaw Puzzle — 12 puzzles down the rabbit hole, each with five different difficulty levels.
Bumblebee: Little Bee Adventure — A 3D 'flight exploration' game.
Go! Go! PogoGirl — A 90s style platformer, in which you move about on a Pogo stick. The levels have early Sonic vibes.
Japanese Escape Games: The Light and Mirror Room — Riddles and mystery point and click.
Kart Crazy Race Simulator Game — Budget 3D kart racing sim.
Legion of Doom — A 'reverse bullet hell' action game with co-op. Looks like Vampire Survivors.
Perseverance: Complete Edition — A bundle of horror/crime thriller visual novels inspired by “Night of the Living Dead”, “28 Days Later”, “The Walking Dead”, etc.
Putrid Shot Ultra — Budget friendly chaotic shoot-em-up roguelite with magic spell casting.
Rob Riches — A zen isometric puzzle adventure about exploring ancient temples.
Shuttlecock-H — An M for mature bullet hell space shooter with visual..distractions.

Fri

10

nPaint — An illustration app for the Switch.
Ragdoll Rage: Heroes Arena — 2D PvP multiplayer shooter.
Youmandriver — 3D driving sim.

⚡️ Quick Links

The eShop has had a small, but welcome change to its search user interface.
Wulff Den takes a look at the GuliKit Hall Sensing sticks for the Joy-Con.
Pedro Pascal took on the role of Mario in an SNL 'Last of Us meets Mario' bit.
Genki's magnetic flip case for the Switch OLED looks lovely.
March? April? May? When does the Mario movie come out in your part of the world?
Pre-orders for the physical version of Return to Monkey Island are now open.
Nintendo's Mario Kart ride at Universal has a waistsize restriction.
Playing Fire Emblem Engage? Here's some tips and tricks for beginners.
Modern Vintage Gamer takes a look at "the confusing" GoldenEye 007 port.
Fancy playing a hand-painted puzzler that's set within artist Claude Monet's eyeball...
Link To The Past has been reverse-engineered, fully ported to the PC.
Just where did Pokémon: Detective Pikachu 2 go?

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