Switch Weekly - Your Festive Nintendo Update

▶ Indie World Showcase - December 2021 —In this round-up of upcoming indie game we got a look at the retro-inspired RPG Sea of Stars, WayForward's beat-em-up sequel River City Girls 2, a release date for skateboarder OlliOlli World, the beautiful Chicory, and more. Eurogamer have a write up if you'd prefer - and no, still nothing on Silksong for those asking.

Nintendo // YouTube

REVIEW Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon — I've seen a lot of love for this during my internet travels this week, and this is another rather glowing take "something bigger and bolder than I anticipated. [..] just feels like an extension of the original game. [..] I didn’t think I’d see the day when someone did Wario’s Woods as a conceptual idea justice, but dang, they did it. Pocket Dungeon is incredible". Steve Watts at GameSpot calls it one of the best puzzlers in years - high praise.

Neal Ronaghan // Nintendo World Report

REVIEW Omno: An easygoing, pensive platformer with echoes of Journey

Roland Ingram // Nintendo Life

Five additional SEGA Genesis games are now available for Switch Online + Expansion Pack members — A nice little shadow drop surprise earlier this week, including Altered Beast and ToeJam & Earl.

Nintendo of America // Twitter

New Nintendo patent unveils more about Zelda: BOTW 2 gameplay

Karim Lahcene // GameReactor

Nintendo's 'year in review' site shows your most played games

Kevin Knezevic // CNET

I'm bored of Pokemon not having voice actors now
Stacey Henley // The Gamer

Are Nintendo's exclusives enough to win a next-gen handheld war?

Thomas Whitehead // Nintendo Life

▶ 'I made a tiny Nintendo Switch Christmas ornament' — You realy do need to tap through and see just how small this tree decoration is...mainly because it has a working screen. This a rad little DIY project. 👏

Scott Bezek // YouTube

The post-game content of Moon: A cold analysis — This legendary anti-RPG arrived on Switch last year, and following playing it the author shares a "collection of essays about love, nausea, death, work and love". 

Calvin Perry // Medium

🎮 Upcoming Releases

All releases are digital, Europe & U.S. unless otherwise stated. 
Release data sourced in collaboration with Switch Scores.
⭐️ = Ones to Watch | 📦 = Physical release | 🎮 = Demo available

⚡️ Quick Links:

• Metroid Dread has been crowned Time's Game of the Year for 2021.
• A new Picross game from Jupiter (S7) is launching real soon, complete with touchscreen support.
• There's another new trailer for Pokemon Legends Arceus, showing off clans.
• Nintendo could be set for a strong software line-up in 2022, according to a senior industry commentator.
• Chocobo GP, that Final Fantasy kart racer, is dated. Will arrive on Switch in March.
• Agent Intercept is a spy racing game coming to Switch early next year.
• Could some Klonoa re-releases or remakes be on the way?
• Know someone getting a Switch? Here's a list of free-to-play titles to get em started.
• After around eight years, Nintendo's Kit and Krysta are saying goodbye as the YouTube show 'Nintendo Minute' comes to an end.
• Come for the Pokemon BD 17-min speedrun, stay for the ham sandwich analogy...
• Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water now has English voice acting and subs. #AD
• Cruis’n Blast’s creator wants to bring the original trilogy to Switch Online or remake it.
• Map fans, here's a neat visual of Breath of the Wild's Hyrule. 

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