Rise reviews well, and could Switch Pro use NVIDIA tech for 4k?

REVIEW ‘Monster Hunter Rise’ is the most ambitious Nintendo Switch game in a long time — "an original, made-for-Switch Capcom title that shatters expectations [...] This is probably the best “Monster Hunter” game to date, and an easy, early contender for 2021′s best game". Here's another review from The Sixth Axis.

Gene Park // Launcher (The Washington Post)

▶ Tips and tricks for New Monster Hunter Rise players — A beginners guide for getting started with Capcom's latest.

Dreamland Gem // YouTube

▶ Monster Hunter Rise vs World vs Generations Ultimate: Graphics & Performance Showdown

Nintendo World Report // YouTube

Nintendo's upgraded Switch may use NVIDIA DLSS for 4K gaming — A report earlier this week (via Bloomberg) suggested that Nintendo's next machine will use this 'Deep Learning Super Sampling' tech. From what I understand it uses AI to render higher detail graphics at a lower cost to the actual hardware. This would be a clear win for Nintendo's general design philosophy, and sounds like a performance boon too. There’s increasingly some sort of trade-off now with Switch releases, and it’s more apparent then ever now we have the PS5 and new Xbox — I imagine this may go some way to kinda close that gap.

S. Dent // Engadget

How a Switch Pro leak may point to Nvidia’s megaton mobile-gaming plans

Sam Machkovech // Ars Technica

Should you buy Harvest Moon: One World, or Story Of Seasons: Pioneers Of Olive Town? — Kate played both and here she runs through the key differences between the two farming sims.

Kate Gray // Nintendo Life

ICYMI The State of Switch 2021 survey results — In case you missed this last week, here's the write-up of the results from this year's State Of Switch survey, of which 11,500 Nintendo enthusiasts took part..

Chris Brandrick // Switch Weekly

REVIEW Balan Wonderworld — Never a good sign when you can't find many early reviews of a game from a big publisher.... This is a review of the Xbox Series version, but should still tell you what you need to know: Yuji Naka's latest is dated and most will find it "far too antiquated", falling "far short of expectations".

Chris Scullion // VGC

REVIEW Overcooked: All You Can Eat— "an absolute must-buy for anybody looking for a fantastic party game".

Mitch Vogel // Nintendo Life

REVIEW Rip Them Off — This minimalistic puzzler "fails to come together in its puzzle gameplay" making it "hard to recommend".

Steven Green // Nintendo World Report

REVIEW Get-A-Grip Chip — "A cute & enjoyable platformer starring a hook-slinging robot".

Jordan Rudek // Nintendo World Report

REVIEW Littlewood — "will charm the pants off you with its delightful world and characters, but mechanically feels like the lite version of more established management sims out there".

Benjamin Hayhoe // Switch Player

Playing Super Mario Sunshine reminds me of a recent tragedy in my country

Mahin Kesore // Eurogamer

Should it be easier to customise a Nintendo Switch?

Kate Gray // Nintendo Life

A year in lockdown: How gaming helped 

Thomas Hughes // Stealth Optional

Pokemon Legends Arceus could finally make Legendary Pokemon actually matter 

Cian Maher // The Gamer

Game credits are still a broken mess 

Andy Robinson // VGC

Why retro-looking games get so much love

Anne McCarthy // Wired

▶ Nintendo Switch: Four years in — A lenghty look back over the past year.

Scott the Woz // YouTube

INTERVIEW How DekuDeals creator Michael Fairley helped his community to save millions

Joanna frota Kurkowska // Frota's Data Glitch

Monday, March 29

• The Game of Life 2 — A sequel to life, who knew... Digital board game.

Tuesday, March 30

• Afterpulse — Third-person shooter with online play.
• Balloon Girl — Retro platformer inspired by Balloon Fight.
• I Saw Black Clouds — Interactive psychological thriller FMV.  (EU release)
• ⭐️ Narita Boy — Action-adventure pixel platforming with a Tron / 80s vibe.

Wednesday, March 31

• Drive Buy — Cross-play vehicle combat with a 'delivery' twist.
• 🎮 Escape from Life Inc — Puzzle platformer in which you switch between three animals.
• Golf Royale — Basic golf arcade puzzle. The lead image here...seems to have nabbed an image from Disney's Zootopia. 😬 (Already available in U.S.)
• Hazel Sky — 3D adventure about a "young engineer facing his destiny". (EU release | U.S. TBD)
• Rainbocorns — Colouring in (yes it has touch screen support).
• Squad Killer — 8-bit arcade two-tone platformer.
• Storm Tale — Fantasy match-three puzzler.
• ⭐️ TY the Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue HD — Aussie 3D platforming sequel.

Thursday, April 1

• A Long Way Down — RPG meets deck-building as you escape a maze.
• Abbie's Farm for kids and toddlers — Basic educational farming game.
• Acalesia — Hipster with a shotgun 2D platformer. Kinda looks like Celeste visually.
• Dungeon and Puzzles — 2D spatial logic puzzles.
• Moorhuhn Kart 2 — 3D kart-racing.
• Stick Fight: The Game — Physics-based fighting game, with online.
• Train Station Simulator — Will you choo-choo-choose this management sim?
• What Comes After — Learn to love yourself in this side-scrolling adventure to the afterlife.

Friday, April 2

• C14 Dating — Otome dating sim.
• Good Night, Knight — Holy Diver 16-bit sneak and slash adventure/dungeon crawler.
• Street Racing: Tokyo Rush — 3D racing on the streets of Tokyo.