Switch Weekly - #189: Your Nintendo Update

▶ Nintendo Treehouse - Paper Mario: The Origami King Gameplay — A half hour of gameplay from Nintendo themselves. Out this week.

Nintendo // YouTube

Bakugan: Champions of Vestroia, a new Switch exclusive from Wayforward— I had no idea what a Bakugan was.

Wesley Yin-Poole // Eurogamer

REVIEW Deadly Premonition 2 has plenty of B-movie charm, but its performance is a bad joke — This sequel "gleefully expands the world of a cult classic, but it has major shortcomings". Chris Scullion writing for VGC said it was a "buggy mess", but ones that fans will still love anyway.

Alex Donaldson // VG247 

REVIEW Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town — This farming sim remaster takes the original and with "new additions and streamlining made an already fantastic experience on the GBA into a near-perfect one on the Switch".

Jaime Carrillo // Pure Nintendo

REVIEW Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 — A "hallmark of excellence" that the author kept coming back to for another playthrough. Classic Castlevania vibes with a modern co-op twist.

Jordan Devore // Destructoid

REVIEW Superliminal — This mind-bending visual puzzler shares an "exceptionally powerful" message. It's short (which is increasingly a plus-point for me) and is said to appeal to Portal fans.

Ollie Reynolds // Nintendo Life

Pokémon Snap had a different kind of focus— Despite not being a Pokemon fan, the author shares how Nintendo's photo safari game had a deeper impact on their career than they ever would have expected. It's described as "escapist tourism without pressure".

Marc Williamson // gamesindustry

Gaming during the pandemic is starting to feel like work

Steve Rousseau // One Zero

How Animal Crossing: New Horizons helped me through lockdown

Lizzie Bestow // Super Jump

💬 Question of the Week

Last week I asked you to email me with your thoughts on Ninjala. Thanks to all of you who dropped me a message. Here's what you had to say: 

"..a fun, bright game, with a good concept behind it. However, without a steady stream of new content, it's likely to fall off quickly" — WyWyGuy

Raye wasn't a fan saying she'll "probably uninstall it", adding that Splatoon is fun even when you're losing - not the case here.

Andrew noted that it's fun but his time with it was "a stark reminder" that he's too old to play competitive games now. 

Dhairya likes it, simply calling it "dope".  

Tuesday, July 14

• Rez Plz — Something I shout a lot when playing Overwatch. But no, name aside, this is a pixel art puzzle platformer.  (July 15 in U.S)
• Neon Abyss — A frantic roguelike action platformer from Team 17. Demo available.
• Pangeon — Single player roguelike inspired by dungeon crawler classics.

Wednesday, July 15

• Bossgard — A bossfight party game for up-to six players with online support.
• #Funtime — An explosive twin stick shooter, with Geometry Wars vibes. (July 16 in U.S) 

Thursday, July 16

• Waifu Uncovered — An arcade shoot'em up.
• Radical Rabbit Stew — Action-arcade puzzler, I like the pixel artstyle here.
• Never Breakup — A family game for two players about working together.
• Home Run High — Baseball team management sim from Kairosoft.
• Neversong — Adventure game about a boy 'lost in a coma'.
• Caretaker — Bit of a creepy action adventure game about some crazed caretaker.
• We Should Talk — No one wants to hear that. Short-form narrative game.
• Explosive Dinosaurs — Budget minigame collection.
• Tanky Tanks — Shooty shooty tank shooter.

Friday, July 17

• ⭐️ Paper Mario: The Origami King — The Paper Mario series unfolds on Switch. 📦
• Starlit Adventures Golden Stars — Cute platformer, aimed at younger players, looks like a mobile port. (Already available in U.S) 
• Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus — Over 50 Warhammer strategy missions. 📦
• Get 10 Quest — Budget number puzzle game.
• Ultra Hat Dimension — People punch hats in this puzzle adventure.