📈 The Switch has now sold more than the NES

Mario’s makers speak on his 35th anniversary for Nintendo — If you've only got time to read one thing from this week's issue - make it this one.

Gene Park // Launcher (The Washington Post)

Nintendo’s latest results reveal huge Animal Crossing sales, as Switch hardware approaches 70m

Andy Robinson // VGC

Nintendo will stop selling multiple games in March 2021. But why? — Patrick spoke to several devs and analysts to get their take on Nintendo's recent 'limited time only' practices. Beyond them just testing different market approaches the cynical take here (to juice sales) is probably the right one.

Patrick Klepek // Vice

REVIEW Control Ultimate Edition - Cloud Version — "Control is, and always has been, a fantastic game" however Kate explains that the "Switch may not be the absolute best place to play [...], but it's perfectly good if you've got a relatively stable internet connection and a Pro Controller".

Kate Gray // Nintendo Life

REVIEW Jurassic World Evolution: Complete Edition — For dino park building on the go this version seems more than up to the task. There's a decent video review from RGT 85 if you'd rather see it in action.

Nicola Ardron // God is a Geek

Hori releasing accessible 'Flex Controller' for Switch 

Bryan Finch // Nintendo Wire

Nintendo Switch gaining ground in China as console demand grows — Turns out the Switch is doing quite well in China.

Dean Takahashi // VentureBeat

REVIEW Descenders — "a top tier extreme sports game, translating the feeling of riding a bike down a hill with incredible precision. So many small design details pull the package together to provide a wonderfully kinetic experience.".

Chris Lawn // Vooks

REVIEW No More Heroes 1 & 2 Review — These indie-punk cult classics find a new home on Switch, complete with their "unapologetically abrasive action". The review concludes that although a product of their time, they remain an "intoxicating guilty pleasure".

Alan Wen // NME

REVIEW Bakugan: Champions of Vestroia— Considering Nintendo made a fair bit of noise about this one it's somewhat surprising to see it review pretty badly across the board: "shows a distinct lack of passion not just from its poorly thought out gameplay and shoddily thrown together story, but also through its astounding lack of polish".

Matthew Zawodniak // Nintendo World Report

REVIEW Tropico 6— Shows that "games of this scope have a place in the portable realm.".

Thomas Haroldsen // Nintendad

How a visually impaired streamer hunts shiny Pokemon — This is a good read about playing Pokemon when blind, but goes on to talk about Nintendo's somewhat disappointing accessibility approach as a whole.

Ben Sledge // Eurogamer

20 years ago, Paper Mario made the Mushroom Kingdom feel like a real place — "In the years since, Nintendo's RPG series has drifted further and further away from what made it so interesting in the first place".

Andy McDonald // Vice

It’s about time games like Genshin Impact started cribbing from BotW 

Marty Sliva // Escapist Magazine

How the Switch eShop is pushing publishers to 'game the system' 

Gavin Lane // Nintendo Life

▶ Building the ultimate Breath of the Wild playhouse — This DIY video is well worth a watch - the end result is awesome, and filled with lots of really neat BotW details.

Once Upon A Workbench // YouTube

50 Journalists covering Nintendo— If you missed this, I launched a page bringing together 50 writers in the Nintendo space.

Chris Brandrick // Switch Weekly

Monday, November 9

• Duck Life Adventure — Create your own duck in this budget adventure.
• Slide Stars — Erm, I think this is a game about 'famous' influencers going down water slides. Really. (Nov 10 in U.S)

Tuesday, November 10

• ⭐️ Fuser — Music festival game from the creators of Rock Band - worth keeping an eye on.
• 📦 Speed 3: Grand Prix — Formula 1 style 3D racer.

Wednesday, November 11

• Area 86 — A physics-based escape room puzzler.

Thursday, November 12

• BrainZ — 3D zombie wave shooter.
• Forest Guardian — Foxy visual novel.
• 📦 Just Dance 2021 — 40 new tracks in this annual dancing game.
• Life of Boris: Super Slav — Action adventure game based on the YouTube personality.
• Linelight — Minimalist 1D puzzle game.
• 📦 Santa's Xmas Adventure — Seems like a pretty straightforward festive puzzler.
• Zombie's Cool — Budget top-down Zombie shooter, the screenshots have a Smash TV vibe.

Friday, November 13

• Apparition — First-person survival horror with ghosts and demons.
• Beat Me! — Physics-based fantasy-themed multiplayer for up to six players.
• Bus Driver Simulator — Beep Beep. 3D bus driving sim.
• Grim Legends 3: The Dark City — Gothic hidden object adventure.
• 📦🎮 Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory — Rhythm-action to Kingdom Hearts beat.
• 🎮 Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered — An EA game. On the Switch!
• Suguru Nature — Sudoku-esque logic puzzler with a nature theme.
• Super Star Panda — Arcade platformer with lots of evil to overcome.
• Unhatched — Story-driven card game, with dragons.
• Vera Blanc: Full Moon — Mystery/detective game with a comic book look.

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