I'm still legit shocked at the Bluetooth audio news

Hey, Chris here with issue #249 of Switch Weekly. Hope you've had a good week.

I cannot believe Nintendo sometimes. Earlier this week a system update came out, bringing with it support for Bluetooth headphones — meaning I can finally use my AirPods Pro with my Switch (yay!). Now, yes the Switch has always had bluetooth capabilities - chiefly for the controllers, so the absense of support for wireless audio has always seemed a touch odd, and also kind of a missed opportunity in terms of getting another bullet point down on the feature list. Either way, I'm thrilled that the feature is now here, but adding such a thing over four years into a product life cycle is kinda wild to me. I'd love to know the story behind this — I'm sure in reality its some mundane tale of optimisation, but I wanna know why now all the same. *plugs in headphones*

Beyond headphone bombshells, I wrapped up playing WarioWare this week, and although I had a blast with it, it's one of those things I can't really see myself going back to much. The new character switching mechanic does mix things up, but loses something along the way, as the microgames themselves somewhat take a back seat to the juggling of each in-game personality. Good, not great.

Arcade racer Cruis'n Blast arrived on Switch last week, and I loved it. I've linked my review in the issue below, but figured I would highlight it here too. Oh, I'm also trying out SkateBIRD at the moment — but my thoughts on that one aren't quite so glowing sadly. I'll have more to share on that one soon. 

Anyway, next week we've got around 30 games coming to the Switch, so yet another busy one. Full list is below.

Before I go — quick favour to ask: I'm currently on the hunt for some Nintendo YouTubers that may have flown under my radar. So if you have any faves who aren't hugely obvious (no need to tell me about Arlo, Scott the Woz, etc) I'd love to hear about them. You can either hit reply to this email, or reply to my tweet. Thanks in advance. 🙂

Finally, I tip my hat to Stephen Radford (of the excellent Nintendo Noise podcast) for sharing his Splatoon screenshot above.

Huge thanks for reading, have a great week, and I'll catch you next time.

Cheers, 
Chris ✌️

🎮 Currently Playing — WarioWare: Get It Together, Cruis'n Blast, SkateBird, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD, The Flame in the Flood

Monday, September 20

• Super Arcade Football — Looks to be a fairly straigforward bit of arcade footy.

Tuesday, September 21

• 📦 Street Outlaws 2: Winner Takes All — Car racing based on the US TV show.

Wednesday, September 22

• Chef's Tail — You play as a cat in this spooky/cute 3D adventure. (Sep 23 in U.S.)
• Crisis Wing — Arcade vertical shoot'em up.
• Grisaia Phantom Trigger 06 — M for Mature visual novel.
• 🎮 Hampuzz — Hamster match 3 puzzler with a platforming/action element. (Sep 23 in U.S.)

Thursday, September 23

• ⭐️ Beast Breaker — A turn-based action adventure from the creator of Threes. I loved Threes!
• Diablo II: Resurrected — Classic action RPG. Rated M for Mature. Activision/Blizzard.
• Embr — Four player fire fighting. Looks pretty fun.
• Fisti-Fluffs — Literal cat fights. Fast-paced, physics-based cat-tussling. Kinda adorable.
• Haustoria — Hand-drawn puzzle adventure. (Sep 24 in U.S.)
• Kirakira stars idol project Memories — Three idol games in one package/bundle.
• MageQuit — Ten player online wizard brawls.
• Mountain Bike Hill Climb Racing — Basic 2D physics racer.
• S.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored — Science fiction FPS puzzle horror game.
• Sakura Swim Club — Poolside manga visual novel. M for Mature.
• Smash Reversi — Online Reversi battles. (Already available in U.S.)
• Staxel — Voxel farming sim.
• Suzerain — Politico-drama text based RPG. M for Mature.
• ⭐️🎮 The Plane Effect — Dystopian time-and-mind bending adventure game.

Friday, September 24

• Blind Postman — 50-level labyrinth puzzler.
• Don't Touch this Button! — A humorous, minimalist 3D movement and logic first person puzzler.
• 📦 Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot — Action role-playing with Goku and the Z-Fighters.
• Fantasy Friends: Under the Sea — Care for aquatic pets. (Sep 28 in U.S.)
• Monster Truck Arena — Lots of Monster truck driving, in an arena.
• 📦 Spacebase Startopia — Space station sim/empire building strategy with RTS skirmishes.
• Star Drives — Arcade shooter in a galaxy that's only 'somewhat far away' for legal reasons .
• 📦 The Addams Family: Mansion Mayhem — Spooky 3D party adventure for four.
• Top Down Racer — No points for guessing what this one is.

Saturday, September 25

• In My Shadow — Puzzle platformer with a "heart-warming story into the mind of a young woman looking for answers to questions in her past".