New Nintendo Downloads – Games Asylum

Just Dance 2023, New Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja, Ship of Fools, Cleopatra Fortune, and Floating Cloud God hit the Switch

It seems strange to call this week a quiet one for the Switch when there’s a potential million seller in the midst, but then again, the Just Dance series is laser-focused on a certain demographic. This series always does the numbers for Ubisoft, even though new entries are...

Pokémon Scarlet & Violet, RWBY: Arrowfell, McPixel 3, Wobbledogs, Bravery and Greed, and Smurfs Kart hit the Switch

Two mainline Pokémon games in the same year may sound like overkill, but chances are development overlapped by a good year or so. All signs also point to Scarlet & Violet building upon Pokémon Legends: Arceus to create an open-world experience with more freedom than before. The eight...

Sonic Frontiers, Sifu, Atari 50, Rogue Legacy 2, Jurassic World Aftermath Collection, and Save Room hit the Switch

It’s a pre-Christmas miracle! Word has it not only is Sonic Frontiers pretty good, but it seems the Switch version compares favourably to PS4 and Xbox One versions. We did fear that a zippy open-world game may have been a little too demanding for the Switch, giving us...

It Takes Two, Harvestella, Ghost Story, TABS, The Samurai Collection, Lonesome Village, and Pilgrims hit the Switch

Square-Enix’s Harvestella cross-pollinates farming with role-playing while featuring a combat system that allows you to swap between classes on the fly. Square’s Switch exclusive JRPGs tend to fare well, and this too looks like it could be another hit – the story sees four crystals that control the...

Bayonetta 3, Oddworld: Soulstorm, Arkanoid – Eternal Battle, Yomawari: Lost in the Dark, and Pompom hit the Switch

Nintendo’s winter line-up is coming together. Last week gave us Mario + Rabbids, while this week sees Bayonetta 3. We have a few weeks to wait until Pokémon Scarlet/Violet, which is something to be thankful for considering how busy the release schedules are. The Bayonetta series has been...

Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope, Persona 5 Royal, A Plague Tale: Requiem (Cloud), and Warhammer 40k: Shootas, Blood & Teef hit the Switch

Super stylish JRPG Persona 5 Royal, from SEGA and Atlus, is set to become one of the highest-rated Switch games of the year. The 94% Metacritic score puts it just behind Portal Companion Collection (96%) on the review aggregator’s best of 2022 list, well ahead of Xenoblade Chronicles...

LEGO Bricktales, Atari Mania, Dragon Ball: The Breakers, Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3, and Unusual Findings hit the Switch

There’s plenty to get stuck into on Switch this week, with many-a-publisher pushing out physical releases – around ten games head to both retail and the eShop. Look out for Kamiwaza: Way of the Thief – a remaster of a PS2 stealth adventure, which has stood the test...

[Updated] No Man’s Sky, NieR:Automata The End of YoRHa Edition, Overwatch 2, and Prodeus hit the Switch

We’ll be honest, we didn’t expect Overwatch 2 to rock up on the eShop this week, with news of a simultaneous Switch release having completely passed us by. Blizzard’s Switch games tend to be belated conversions, arriving long after their other console counterparts. Times are indeed changing. The...

Tunic, Hokko Life, FIFA 23, Trials from Zero, Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo, Let’s Build a Zoo, and Dropsy hit the Switch

We’re still playing catch-up with games released a week or two ago – which seems to be also the case for other gaming sites – and yet another onslaught of new releases is upon us. A ballpark figure of 12 reasonably ‘big’ titles, plus another dozen smaller games...

Return to Monkey Island, Prodeus, Shovel Knight Dig, The DioField Chronicle, and Jack Move hit the Switch

It seems Return to Monkey Island’s Monday launch was supposed to tie in with ‘International Talk Like a Pirate Day’ but due to obvious reasons, that ended up being downplayed somewhat. Nevertheless, the eagerly awaited swashbuckling adventure is available now on Switch and PC, and all signs point...

Easy Come Easy Golf, XIII, Radiant Silvergun, Various Daylife, Bear & Breakfast, and Dungeons 3 launch on Switch

How’s about that Nintendo Direct, eh? It was almost akin to a mini E3 conference. While there’s plenty to look forward to – indeed, it seems Nintendo is in no rush whatsoever to reveal a Switch successor – this week’s eShop round-up brings us back to the here...

New on Switch: Splatoon 3, Temtem, NBA 2K23, Disney Dreamlight Valley, Circus Electrique, and BPM: Bullets Per Minute

Nintendo typically waits for new hardware to create new franchise installments, so when Splatoon 3 was revealed, it did raise a few eyebrows. Is there any reason why Splatoon 3’s new weapons, maps, and match types couldn’t be implemented into Splatoon 2? Probably not, but then again, Nintendo...