Switch Weekly - Breath of the Wild 2 on Switch Pro?

Hey, here's your weekly update on all things Nintendo — it's issue #278 of Switch Weekly. 

Next week there's nearly 35 games coming to the Switch, including that Star Wars Force Unleashed port and a game about.. apple farming. The full list is below as usual.

The 1986 Japanese Super Mario feature-length anime (often regarded as the first ever movie based on a game) is a fun little slice of often forgotten Nintendo history — and now we have a new 4K restoration of it. It's a lovely bit of restoration work if nothing else, and an important bit of preservation too.

This week there has been a lot of chatter, thanks to new footage shown in the delay annoucement video, about whether the next Zelda game will arrive on refreshed Switch hardware — an exciting and intriguing prospect for sure. 

Catch you next time.

Cheers ✌️  
Chris

🎮 Currently Playing — EarthBound, Kirby and the Forgotten Land

Wednesday, April 20

• ⭐️ Star Wars: The Force Unleashed — A Star Wars adventure originally released in 2008, has motion control lightsaber battles.
• ⭐️ Lila's Sky Ark — Protect a 'psychedelic world' from bizzare beasts in this action RPG.
• ⭐️ Wild West Crops — Liberate your town of mutant vegetables in this retro 'mini metroidvania'.
• Catana — Match puzzler.

Thursday, April 21

• Dragon Caffi — A lighthearted open-world puzzle adventure 'suitable for all ages'.
• Japanese Nekosama Escape - The Old Inn — Cute cat escape room puzzle game.
• Metal Tales Overkill — 3D action-adventure heavy metal 'guitar-shooter' roguelike.
• Rainbow Yggdrasil — Take on 30 dungeosn in this roguelike mobile port.
• MotoGP 22 — 3D Motorbike racing sim.
• Super Mega Zero — A tight, arcade precision puzzle platformer with shoot 'em up elements. 
• Revita — A fast twin-stick platformer - procedurally generated roguelite.
• orbit.industries — Looks to be a fairly involved space station design/build sim.
• Lumote: The Mastermote Chronicles — A 3D puzzle platformer with a 'bioluminescent' look.
• Anuchard — Battle monsters and solve puzzles in this fantasy action game.
• Burger Bistro Story — Kairosoft's burger bar sim.
• 8 Ball Clash — Budget friendly billiard/snooker.
• Funny Car Wash — Touchscreen only edutainment for kids/toddlers.
• Evasion from Hell — Escape hell in this 3D first-person platformer with environmental puzzles.
• Galactic Wars EX — 16-bit SHMUP with co-op.
• Samurai Bringer — Samurai-themed roguelite action game with PS1 vibes.
• In the Mood — M for mature arcade puzzle game.
• CosmicBreak Gun & Slash — 3D hack and slash.
• NeonLore — Cyberpunk first-person exploration/puzzle/adventure. M for mature.
• Rotund Zero — A 'byte-sized retro' experience offering 'approachable' precision platforming.
• Sakura Angels — M for mature visual novel.
• Horror Stories — Top-down budget puzzler.
• Deck of Ashes: Complete Edition — Fantasy adventure game with tactical card combat.
• Roguebook — Roguelike deckbuilder — looks to be worth a look if this is your thing.

Friday, April 22

• 📦 Neptunia x Senran Kagura: Ninja Wars — A 3D hack 'n slash action RPG.
• Ganryu 2 - Hakuma Kojiro — Hack 'n slash set in a 17th century Japan.
• Galagi Shooter — Arcade shooter.
• ⭐️ Bit Orchard: Animal Valley — 2D apple farming sim with almost...Tamagotchi-style(?) visuals.
• Wizard Mike — Logic puzzler.
• Castle Formers — Medieval platform action meets castle defense.