Switch Weekly - #190: Your Origami Nintendo Update

REVIEW Paper Mario: The Origami King - a heartfelt creation that doesn't quite stand up — "The Origami King does offer a few welcome concessions to its RPG roots, but it also shies away from growing these further over the course of the game, struggling to ever emerge truly distinct".

Tom Phillips // Eurogamer 

INTERVIEW Paper Mario’s development team lays it all out — Nintendo and Intelligent Systems discuss the making of The Origami King and the challenge of reinventing a decades-old series.

Andy Robinson // VGC

▶ The future of Paper Mario— Xander Morningstar speaks to André Segers of Gamexplain to talk about the series history, how Paper Mario: The Origami King stacks up to it's predecessors, and where the series can go from here.

Nintendo World Report // YouTube

REVIEW Rez Plz — A puzzle platformer best experienced in co-op.

Neal Ronaghan // Nintendo World Report

The power of a map— Nintendo sure do know how to make a good in-game map.

Laurie Eggleston // Nintendad

It's time for WWE No Mercy to make a comeback on Nintendo Switch

Chris Scullion // Nintendo Life

The best Nintendo Switch battery cases to extend your play time

Jason Cipriani, Kevin Lee, Mark Knapp // IGN

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Monday, July 20

• One Dog Story — A pixel platforming adventure with RPG elements. (Already available in U.S)

Tuesday, July 21

• Rock of Ages 3: Make & Break — Competitive arcade-style tower defense. (EU release) 📦
• Panzer Paladin — Hop in your powered-up Paladin armor in this 8-bit action platformer. 

Wednesday, July 22

• Aircaft Evolution — Take to the skies in this aerial action game.
• Cyber Complex — 60s style sci-fi strategy puzzle.
• Gerrrms —Microorganism party brawler.  (July 23 in U.S)
• Creaks — Puzzle adventure game with an eerie vibe.

Thursday, July 23

• ⭐️ Crysis Remastered — Answer the age old question: "Yeah, but does it run Crysis?"
• ⭐️ Carrion — This rad looking reverse horror game sees you assume the role of the monster. 
• Epic Word Search Collection 2 — These words aren't going to find themselves.
• Sushi Reversi — Real-time reversi with more tamago nigiri than most puzzles.
• Aeolis Tournament — Windy 8-player 3D party game.
• Fibbage XL — From the popular Jackbox Party games.
• Quiplash — Another from Jackbox. I've played a fair bit of this battle of wittiness. Good stuff.

Friday, July 24

• Dex — A 2D cyberpunk action-RPG with non-linear gameplay.
• Rainswept — An emotional adventure game set in a small town. 
• Colloc — Family-friendly budget puzzler.
• Mittelborg: City of Mages — Strategic adventure game with resource management too.
• Need a Packet? — Think Papers Please but at a supermarket and with a horror twist.
• Detective Driver: Miami Files — Vice City asked you not to copy their homework.
• Hamster Bob — A colouring game for kids.
• Jisei: The First Case HD — A visual novel mystery.
• Max and the Book of Chaos — Arcade action in an old castle turned summer school.

Saturday, July 25

• Cubicity — A cute, budget friendly cube-based adventure.