Switch Weekly - #180: Your Nintendo Update

Nintendo’s full fiscal year 2020 financial results — Oh my. The Switch is now at over 55M units sold, and as for Animal Crossing? Well, it sold over 11M copies in just a few days. Impressive.

Craig Majaski // Nintendo Times

Nintendo is the latest console firm to warn of potential game delays

Andy Robinson // VGC

As the world weathers a pandemic, Nintendo may just be recession-proof

Jon Irwin // Launcher (The Washington Post)

REVIEW Lonely Mountains: Downhill — Another for my wish list: "an absolute freewheeling delight".

Jon Mundy // Nintendo Life 

REVIEW Void Bastards — "a fantastic roguelike with a stellar atmosphere and art style". Here's a couple of other reviews from Nintendo World Report and The Indie Game Website.

Jake Yoder // Noisy Pixel 

REVIEW Spirit of the North — "a great immersive title and one that could be easily recommended. What it lacks in polish, it makes up for in atmosphere and beautiful level designs".

Christian Wait // Tech Stomper 

REVIEW SuperMash — Taking two game genres and mashing them together doesn't seem to quite work as intended: "a great idea that feels squandered thanks to poor execution".

Ollie Reynolds // Nintendo Life 

Pro Golf is coming back to consoles with PGA Tour 2K21

Kim Snaith // GameSpew

Playing The Legend of Zelda 20 years ago taught me life lessons that I'm rediscovering now

Osman Faruqi // The Guardian

EA says it’s ‘planning to deliver for more Nintendo fans’ this year — According to company CEO Andrew Wilson we can expect "multiple EA games" for Switch this year.

Andy Robinson // VGC 

How Animal Crossing’s fake industries let players afford real rent amid COVID-19 — A look at how, amid quarantine, New Horizons is providing an outlet for creativity and commerce.

Alexis Ong // Ars Technica

Dear God, I’m losing weight with video games 

Mike Drucker // VG247

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Tuesday, May 12

• Huntdown — This looks kinda neat. 16-bit style bounty hunter arcade action.
• Jet Lancer — A high-velocity aerial comabt shooter. I'm reviewing this one, so look out that next week.

Wednesday, May 13

• Super Mega Baseball 3 — A 'relaxed slugfest' 3D baseball sim.
• Island Saver — Pick up trash in this educational, and free, adventure game.

Thursday, May 14

• Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee — This classic oddball platformer comes to Switch.
• Ion Fury — First-person shooter from 3D Realms.
• Cooking Simulator — No crypto drama from what I can gather.
• TT Isle of Man Ride on the Edge 2 — Motorbike endurance racing.
• Carnage: Battle Arena — Car combat action.
• Shmup Collection — Three shoot 'em up classics. 📦 (Unsure if this is a global release)
• Satazius NEXT — Galaxy-roaming side-scrolling shooter.
• Armed 7 DX — Mecha-shooter.
• Wolflame — Defend planet Sig Fildonia in this vertical shooter.
• Kholat — Horror adventure game inspired by true events.
• Gal Gun 2 — The complete edition of this lewd on-rails shooter.

Friday, May 15

• Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Mega Mix — The Switch debut for this rhythm game series. Demo available.
• Kakuro Magic — Budget brain teasers.
• Dungeon of the Endless — Dungeon defence meets roguelike.
• She Sees Red — Play as a detective in this murder mystery interactive movie.
• Emma: Lost in Memories — A puzzle platformer that touches upon memory loss.
• Thy Sword — Take on the Dark Overlord in this retro-inspired hack and slash.