Switch Weekly - The State of Switch 2021 Survey Results

The State of Switch 2021 Survey Results — My extensive write-up of the results from this year's State Of Switch survey.

Chris Brandrick // Switch Weekly

PODCAST ▶ The next Nintendo Switch — Following the report from Bloomberg that a Switch model with OLED is on the way, comes this great podcast discussion on what such a new model could be.

Remaster // Relay FM

REVIEW Plants Vs. Zombies: Battle For Neighborville — "..a well-made multiplayer title with a decent amount of charm. The only issue is that it doesn't have enough going for it to make it a must-have game let alone one that's worth playing on the Switch.".

Jamie Latour // The Gamer

REVIEW Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse— This port is "a product of its time. A simple third-person action game whose distinctions are chomping on victim’s throats and a riffing off a distinct style of a bygone era".

Joel A. DeWitte // Nintendo World Report

Stubbs the Zombie is an uncanny classic 

Christian Donlan // Eurogamer

Here’s what Animal Crossing: New Horizons needs for a fun-filled 2nd year 

Rebecca Stone // Twinfinite

REVIEW Gnosia — This sci-fi visual novel mixes in RPG elements, offering up a "unique take on social deduction gameplay".

Jhonatan Carneiro // Switch Player

REVIEW A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism — If you're into trains and management style sims, then this sounds like a solid option. Here's another review from Gregory Renner writing at Big Daddy Gaming.

Roland Ingram // Nintendo Life

REVIEW What Comes After — This short narrative based game explores what happens when we die. Janet notes it "contains small bursts of well-written stories but the act of playing through them is dull in comparison".

Janet Garcia // Gaming For The Culture

This accessibility app for Animal Crossing: New Horizons shows how companies must do better

Kate Gray // Nintendo Life

It’s time for Nintendo’s heroines to get the spotlight 

Chirag Pattni // Nintendo Enthusiast

Why the Neo Geo Pocket Color is such a beloved handheld — Some of the best Neo Geo games are now available on the Nintendo Switch, so here's a look back at why gamers still love the Neo Geo Pocket Color.

Timoth Donohoo // CBR

▶ Monster Hunter Rise Collector’s Edition unboxing — The Nintendo Minute team take a look at what's in this special edition.

Nintendo // YouTube

Monday, March 22

• Vaporum: Lockdown — Steampunk style grid-based dungeon crawler RPG.

Tuesday, March 23

• Angry Golf — Arcade golf meets Angry Birds. (EU release)
• Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace — Lovecraft-style investigation with turn-based combat.
• ⭐️📦 Overcooked! All You Can Eat — The first 2 games, plus online, and all bonus content.
• Tank Battle Heroes — Top-down multiplayer tank battles.
• Tesla Force — A rogue-lite top-down shooter, that's nothing to do with how Musk ended up at the auto-maker.

Wednesday, March 24

• Hellbreachers — Side-scrolling action adventure.
• Paperball Deluxe — Oooh, this has Marble Blast / Monkey Ball vibes. (Mar 25 in U.S.)
• ⭐️ Tales from the Borderlands — A five-part narrative adventure set between the events of Borderlands 2 and 3. (Mar 23 in U.S.)

Thursday, March 25

• Barrage Fantasia —An 'adorable' retro-style shoot 'em up.
• Black Legend — Dark turn-based RPG set in the 17th century.
• 📦 Bladed Fury — Hack 'n slash action featuring with Chinese traditional art and sound.
• BodyQuest — An educational game with teaching on the human body.
• Clea 2 — A skill-based survival horror game, promising no jump-scares.
• Danger Scavenger — Fast-paced roguelite skyline crawler with a neat cyberpunk neon look.
• Evil Inside — First person psychological horror.
• Future Aero Racing S Ultra - FAR S Ultra — An F-Zero / Wipeout style racer.
• Get-A-Grip Chip — Arcade platformer with 30 levels to take on.
• Gold Digger — You literally break gold bars in this arcade game.
• Krystopia: A Puzzle Journey — Lots of environmental puzzles to solve. Looks nice.
• Little Kite — A point and click adventure telling the story of a struggling family.
• Mahluk dark demon — Dark, magical hack 'n slash 2D adventure.
• MazM: The Phantom of the Opera — The classic novel in adventure game form.
• Mega Mall Story2 — Build a big mall in this business sim.
• Mermaid Castle — Looks to be a fairly basic underwater platformer.
• ⭐️ Rip Them Off — A minimalistic puzzler of economic management, tower defence, and questionable ethics.
• Toon Shooters 2: The Freelancers — Multiplayer arcade side-scrolling shooter for four.
• Wild Park Manager — Create lovely outdoor spaces in this Kairosoft sim.

Friday, March 26

• 📦🎮 Balan Wonderworld — New action platformer from Yuji Naka of Sonic fame.
• Die With Glory — Viking-themed adventure game.
• ⭐️ Genesis Noir — A 'cosmic' point and click puzzle adventure spanning time and space.
• 📦 Kaze and the Wild Masks — 90s style 2D platformer.
• ⭐️📦🎮 Monster Hunter Rise — This celebrated action-RPG returns to Switch. Time to get carving.
• One Escape — I think you play as a buff-looking duck in this prison escape platformer.
• Power Racing Bundle 2 — Two 3D racing games in one.
• ⭐️📦 Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town — 3D farm building sim. (Mar 23 in U.S.)