Switch Weekly - Pokemon Gen 9 Announced

Hi, issue #271 of Switch Weekly here with your weekly Nintendo update.

It's not often I get to write about something which happened today, but this is one of those days! A rare occurance: Here's the 15-minute 'Pokemon Presents' presentation from earlier today, which not only highlighted updates for a range of Pokemon titles, including Arceus, but also announced Gen 9 games coming later this year. Dubbed 'Scarlet' and 'Violet' - the next mainline entries look to take elements of Arceus and expand upon them to what looks to be a full open world adventure. Considering we've just had Arceus arrive last month, this announcement felt soon, but on reflection it will have been three years since Sword and Shield by the time these arrive. Either way I hope the Game Freak team find time to get rest, as they sure are kept busy.

The Pokemon Company made it known via PR that in an effort to be 'senstive' to current events today's presentation was not heavily promoted (and it was unable to be postponed). They referred to 'major world events' - which is PR speak for the outbreak of war in Ukraine.

On that point — I've made a donation to Save the Children and the journalistic efforts of the Kyiv Independent. 🇺🇦

There's around 30 games coming to the Switch next week, including Triangle Strategy. Full list of games, along with my description of each, is below for you. 

Thanks for reading, and I'll catch you next week.

Cheers,  
Chris ✌️

🎮 Currently Playing — LOVE 3, Pokemon Legends: Arceus

Monday, February 28

• Hundred Days - Winemaking Simulator — Make a glass of vino.

Tuesday, March 1

• 🎮 Conan Chop Chop — Barbaric party fighting game with online.
• FAR: Changing Tides — An atmospheric indie 'vehicle adventure'.
• ⭐️ Little Orpheus — Side-scrolling adventure inspired by the likes of Flash Gordon, Sinbad, etc.

Wednesday, March 2

• 35MM — 3D post-apocalyptic story about travelers on a journey in the wasteland.
• Shiorinokotoha - Dark Reflections — Visual novel survival mystery set in an inescapable library.
• Primordia — Explore a wasteland of rust and ruin in this murky puzzle adventure.
• Zombie Rollerz: Pinball Heroes — Pinball and zombie defense with rogue-like elements.

Thursday, March 3

• ⭐️ A Musical Story — A rhythm game set against a 70s backdrop. Debut game from French developer Glee-Cheese Studio. M for mature.
• Ambition Record — Turn-based fantasy RPG.
• CATch the Stars — A minimalist constellation puzzler.
• Counter Delta: The Bullet Rain — Single-player third-person shooter.
• Dexter Stardust: Adventures in Outer Space — Episodic puzzle point and click.
• Menseki Genius — Japanese logic puzzles.
• Old Coin Pusher Friends — Those coin pusher arcade machines...with online play. Huh.
• Operation Zeta — Single player 2D space action. (March 4 in U.S.)
• Pretty Girls Breakers — Brick breaking arcade game with a 'beam saber' mechanic.
• Quest for Infamy — Play the villian in this turn-based RPG. M for mature.
• The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day — A 3D adventure about an engineering robot with a curiosity towards the 'long-extinct' human race.
• Would you like to run an idol cafe? 2 — Visual novel. M for mature.

Friday, March 4

• Dr. Oil — A 'hardcore' 2D platformer.
• ELO 1100 Chess — Described as a 'high quality chess game engine'.
• Gunborg: Dark Matters — Arcade style action platformer in space, 80’s synthwave soundtrack.
• Ink Cipher — Puzzles known as Cipher Crossword, Code Word, Code Breaker or Kaidoku.
• 📦 Ryan's Rescue Squad — Kids adventure game from the toy YouTuber.
• 📦 The Cruel King and the Great Hero — Hand-drawn role-playing adventure.
• ⭐️📦🎮 Triangle Strategy — Square Enix HD-2D strategic RPG. 
• What Lies in the Multiverse — Story-driven 2D 'dramatic comedy' adventure.

Saturday, March 5

• LIT: Bend the Light — Open-ended light puzzler to 'test your own inner engineer'.
• Street Cats Race — Looks like cat parkour.