Pikmin arrive, as does another Nintendo Direct

REVIEW Pikmin 3 Deluxe — "Pikmin 3 unsurprisingly is still fantastic and Pikmin 3 Deluxe is arguably the best version of the game out there.". Jim Hargreaves, writing for The Sixth Axis, notes how this latest Wii U port is Nintendo carrying on their revival of "what some might call their lost generation of games" adding that this entry is an "intriguing, if not excellent, entry in the strategy genre".

Ryan James  // Nintendo Insider

▶ Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase | October 2020 — This little presentation gave us a good look at the now delayed RPG Bravely Default II, a release date for Immortals Fenyx Rising, No More Heroes shadowdropping, and as I mentioned above cloud versions of Control and Hitman. If you'd rather not watch the nearly 20-minute video, iMore have a write-up of all the announcements.

Nintendo // YouTube

Interview: "There would be no Control on Switch without the cloud," says Remedy — As mentioned above, the Switch release of Control uses the power of the cloud rather than the Switch's built-in processing capabilites. Here, Remedy's Mikael Kasurinen (Game Director), Mika Vehkala (Technical Director), and Thomas Puha (Communications Director) discuss this 'landmark release'.

Gavin Lane // Nintendo Life

REVIEW Carto — This indie 'world-building' puzzler seems pretty chill and charming to boot. An experience that's "committed to low-stress, just-engaging-enough fun", and something that will restore "just a bit of your faith in community".

Graham Russell // Siliconera

REVIEW Oceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost Realm — "fails to have its own identity" yet "clever puzzles, and solid pacing elevate it to the very tip-top of the 'Zelda-like' list".

Brett Medlock // Nintendo Enthusiast

REVIEW Disc Room— Top-down action game. "Like Minit and Gato Roboto before it, Disc Room is another compact but wonderful title from publisher Devolver.".

Jordan Rudek // Nintendo World Report

REVIEW Mad Rat Dead — "such a bizarre, entertaining mesh of normally disconnected concepts that blend and creates something magical".

Orpheus Joshua // Noisy Pixel

REVIEW Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty — "an acceptable imitation of Abe's Oddysee, but nothing more".

Stuart Gipp // Nintendo Life

50 Journalists covering Nintendo
I've brought together a list of some of the key people covering Nintendo, including dedicated news hounds, respected critics, recognized columnists, and up-and-comers. These are some of the folks I've linked to here in Switch Weekly over the years, as I explained in this Twitter thread. 

'Switch Pro' could feature a Mini-LED display, according to a new report— This screen tech is a hybrid of LCD screens with OLED-style local illumination, which offer not only screen improvements, but battery gains too.

Gavin Lane // Nintendo Life

A Switch Pro would signal a radical change in Nintendo's philosophy

Abram Buehner // CBR

Video games are all about failure, but none more so than ‘Hades’

Jordan Oloman // NME

Nintendad’s favorite spooky/horror games — Yes, Halloween was yesterday, but if your still feeling spooky here's a list to keep the scary vibes going.

Nintendad

Tuesday, November 3

• Gunslugs — Pixel arcade action game, first released in 2013.
• ⭐️ Jurassic World Evolution: Complete Edition — Build your own dino park.
• Roah — Fighter / adventure game with a fantasy vibe.
• Tauronos — Explore an ancient labyrinth in this Greek themed arcade adventure.

Wednesday, November 4

• Seven Knights: Time Wanderer — This popular mobile RPG comes to Switch. (Nov 5 in U.S)

Thursday, November 5

• 8-Bit Farm — A sim game with a fairly explanatory title.
• 📦 Café Enchanté — Visit a Tokyo cafe with a difference in this adventure game.
• Crazy BMX World — Budget 2D arcade stunt platformer.
• Dragon Lapis — 8-bit style RPG with chiptunes to match.
• Fantasy Tavern Sextet -Vol.1 New World Days- — A 'slightly naughty' drama adventure.
• Iris and the Giant — Face your inner demons in this collectible card game/RPG/roguelike.
• My Little Dog Adventure — Play as a good boy in this 3D 'story-driven exploration' game.
• My Riding Stables 2: A New Adventure — 3D equestrian sim with horses aplenty.
• Outbreak The Nightmare Chronicles — A 3D 'retro survival horror' set in a deserted manor.
• 📦 Paw Patrol: Mighty Pups Save Adventure Bay! — 3D adventure with co-op. (Nov 6 in U.S)
• Tens — A dice puzzle game that combines sudoku with block dropping.
• The Bluecoats North & South — Turn-based strategy based on the U.S Civil War. (Already avaialble in U.S)
• The Pew Pew Bundle Vol. 1 — A bundle of three shoot em ups.
• What the Fork — Couch co-op forklift sim.
• YesterMorrow — 2D platformer adventure with parallel timelines to figure out.

Friday, November 6

• 📦 Bakugan: Champions of Vestroia — Based on the hit TV show apparently. (Nov 3 in U.S)
• Chess Minimal — Budget price. Online play should you fancy checking some mates.
• ⭐️ Descenders — 3D downhill freeriding with procedurally generated worlds.
• Fantasy Friends — This looks like some sort of weird super saccharine Animal Crossing style game, with Unicorns and fairies. (Nov 20 in U.S)
• Memoranda — Point and click adventure with oddball 'magic realism' elements.
• Oneiros — A first-person surreal puzzle-adventure.
• Ord. — A text adventure with a minimalist use of words.
• Squeakers — Budget multiplayer building game. (Couldn't find a good link for this one)
• Trail Boss BMX — A BMX racer with 40 3D levels.
• 📦 Tropico 6 — Manage multiple islands in this long running construction/management sim.
• World of Solitaire — Five versions of the card game here.

Sunday, November 8

• Re:Turn - One Way Trip — A 2D side-scrolling puzzle adventure horror game.  (Nov 7 in U.S)

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