Switch Weekly - Your Nintendo Update

REVIEW Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga — This mammoth release spanning nine movies "captures all of the key points in a charming way - it’s the quintessential Lego experience". Mark Walker for SwitchUp is also a fan calling it "a hugely ambitious project". There's clearly a lot of game for your money here. However, Tom Phillips at Eurogamer (reviewing the Series X version) noted that the "humourous if simple fun" did often prove a bit cluttered and repetitive in places.

Kayleigh Partleton // Pocket Tactics

REVIEW Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition — The original PS1 release back in 2000 was something of a "wild and weird" one that was not really the follow-up to Chrono Trigger that many expected, however the resulting product was ultimately positively received. Neal shares how this new edition is just as riveting on Switch now as it was years ago, concluding that this "Radical Dreamers Edition is the best and friendliest way to play it`". There's a video version of the review here if you'd prefer.

Neal Ronaghan // Nintendo World Report

▶ Nintendo Life Indie Spotlight - Apirl 2022 — Nintendo Life's take on the Indie World / Direct format. There's 15 minutes or so of game reveals and announcements here.

Nintendo Life // YouTube

Kingdom Hearts IV officially announced, no platforms confirmed

Tom Brown // Nintendo Wire

Epic Games is making a Lego metaverse — Not much detail on this yet (and no word on what platforms), but it seems like a smart move in the huge 'Minecraft / Roblox' space — and one that given LEGO's track record should hopefully be a well considered digital safe space. The world needs better alternatives to Roblox.

Stephen Totilo, Ina Fried // Axios

REVIEW 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim

Mitch Vogel // Nintendo Life

REVIEW The House Of The Dead: Remake — More zombies, rotten controls

Mike Diver // Gaming Bible

REVIEW Chinatown Detective Agency is a mystery worth solving

Go Nintendo

A Memoir Blue is an interactive, magical realism ‘poem’ about family
Nicole Carpenter // Polygon

Hori’s Split Pad Pro Attachment for the Switch costs $20 too much

Cameron Faulkner // The Verge

▶ Lies Kirby (and other games) tell you to improve accessibility

Laura K Buzz // YouTube

Should you pay for Mario Kart 8, again? — ...due to "Nintendo’s wavering nature around game preservation".

Brandon Johnson // SuperJump

Did Sonic really lose to Mario? — It's the age-old rivalry, reconsidered.

Nicole Carpenter // Polygon

▶ Rearranging island tunes in Animal Crossing: How 16 notes become millions — A bit of a deep dive here into the musical make up of your island tune in New Horizons and how the melody you make gets used throughout the game. Interesting stuff!

Re:Direct // YouTube

ICYMI The 2022 State of Switch survey results

Chris Brandrick // Switch Weekly

🎮 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:

• Looks like some may be able to play the delayed Advance Wars 1 + 2 remake right now due to a pre-load quirk / error.
• Mario Golf is the next N64 game coming to the Expansion Pack.
• If you like being punished the Metroid Dread boss rush mode is now available.
• Here's a comparision video of LEGO's The Skywalker Saga across various consoles.
• Here's a full list of all the present codes you can use in Kirby and the Forgotten Land.
• So, does the the mClassic upscaler actually improve graphics on the Switch?
• Want a D-Pad on your Joy-Con? Hori have a range of controllers with just that. #AD
• Did anyone see the Pokemon stage musical back in 2000? Well, here's an hour-long documentary looking back at this curious bit of Pokemon history.
• This Switch controller claims it won't drift. It's $70 on Amazon.
• A Switch Weekly reader shares why they are excited for the Steam Deck.
• Huh, a Kirby song cover just won a Grammy.
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• So Nintendo made a Snoopy game for the SNES in the 90s, but failed to tell us...sort of.

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