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How Nintendo’s destruction of Yuzu is rocking the emulator world

Sean Hollister // The Verge

ICYMI The State of Switch Survey for 2024 — I'll be closing this year's State of Switch survey next week, so be sure to fill it out if you haven't yet. A big thanks to the over 3,000 of you who have so far!

Switch Weekly

Former Pokémon lawyer thanks media for highlighting projects for the company to take down

Tom Phillips // Eurogamer

REVIEW Unicorn Overlord pushed my strategy skills to the limit — and I loved every second —"a game that thrives when you find creative ways to approach your problems, rather than hoping one straightforward strategy will always win the day".

Robin Bea // Inverse

7 years later, the Switch’s best feature is something Nintendo got right in 1980

Ian Carlos Campbell // Inverse

Switch 2 is crunch time for Nintendo and backward compatibility

Oli Welsh // Polygon

REVIEW Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story

Willem Hilhorst // Nintendo World Report

Akira Toriyama, the Dragon Ball, Dragon Quest, and Chrono Trigger artist that inspired the world — I included this last week, but the link was sadly incorrect so here it is again.

Alana Hagues // Nintendo Life

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

  • ⭐️📦 MLB The Show 24 — Proper baseball. (Physical release)
  • Master Maker 3D Ultimate — Budget 3D platformer with building elements.
  • ⭐️ Power of Ten — Fly a star-fighter against a bloodthirsty armada in this arcade pixel shooter.
  • Western Frontier — Budget wild west 2d shooter.
  • April's Diary — A puzzle game about cleaning a Victorian era home.
  • Attack of the Karens — A shoot 'em up about ridding the world of 'cyborg Karens'.
  • Flower Shop: Winter In Fairbrook — Visual novel meets dating and farming sim.
  • Hentai Girls Panic — Aracade puzzler with 'images' to unlock.
  • Krimson — Challenging 'gritty' rhythm platformer.
  • Mortal Fight: Lethal Revenge — Fighting adventure game.
  • Paper Dash: City Hustle — Paper plane hunts evil ghosts...
  • Scott Whiskers in: the Search for Mr. Fumbleclaw — A family-friendly point & click adventure about cats, Star Trek and life itself.
  • Sector 98 — Budget robo arcade platformer.
  • Special Forces Strike: Tactical Swat Shooter — Mission-based FPS.
  • Stunt Paradise — An 'extreme' driving game.
  • Sushi Shot Online — A Suika like, but with sushi.
  • Crypt Stalker — An 8-bit retro-styled arcade platformer game.
  • ⭐️📦🎮Princess Peach: Showtime! — Some 19 years after the DS game, Peach is back with another 'transformational' game that's all her own. (Physical release)
  • ⭐️📦 The Legend of Legacy HD Remastered — 2015 3DS RPG revamped for the Switch. (Physical release)
  • Virtual Girlfriend Dating Simulator — Set in a College.
  • Demon Drop DX — Color matching puzzler.
  • Portal Shot Gun Teleport — Feels like a lawsuit waiting to happen.
  • Animal Buddies: Party Beasts — Cutesy animal adventures.
  • There's only 1 level left to beat in the first Super Mario Maker. ONE! This video explains.
  • Jenni Lada is a fan of the new Animal Crossing Lego sets.
  • The original Metroid has been nominated for the video game Hall of Fame 2024.
  • VGC shares the games they think Nintendo still need to port to the Switch.
  • A physical release of both Wargrove 1 + 2 is coming in May.
  • ▶ This fan-made Mario 'Battle for Bob-Omb Battlefield' short is a fun five minutes.
  • ▶ I bet you didn't know the fifth bit of trivia here.

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