Hello mild readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for October 14th, 2022. There ended up being an terrible lot extra new releases at present than I went house anticipating final night time. Don’t get too excited, although. Most of them are fairly doubtful. We have summaries of all of them anyway. In higher information, Nintendo kicked off a brand new sale final night time that sees a few of its first-party video games getting their first reductions. Let’s head on in!

New Releases

Dragon Ball: The Breakers ($19.99)

This is a neat concept for a Dragon Ball recreation. It’s an asymmetrical multiplayer on-line recreation the place seven gamers are regular residents who’re making an attempt to outlive whereas one participant takes on the function of a Raider like Cell or Frieza. There are offline tutorial and observe modes however in any other case you’ll must be on-line to play this recreation. Still, it’s refreshing to see a Dragon Ball recreation the place you may play as a daily particular person on the bottom throughout one in all these ridiculous invasion occasions.

Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway ($49.99)

Oh, a 3rd one in all these then? I assume this sequence has been doing very well. This one options greater than forty Nickelodeon characters to select from, and ring the bell as a result of this recreation lastly has voice appearing! It options water racing, extra customization choices, tons of crew members to select from, and thirty six tracks to race on. There’s a battle mode, too. Up to 4 gamers can play regionally, and as much as twelve can get in on the motion on-line. It looks as if Game Mill is absolutely stepping up its recreation with this one.

Star Trek Prodigy: Supernova ($49.99)

We don’t have Paramount+ right here in Japan, so I can’t say I’m accustomed to Star Trek Prodigy. But it appears to be doing alright for itself, and now it has its personal online game. It’s from Outright Games, so maintain your expectations in verify. Anyway, that is an action-adventure recreation of kinds that takes you to a few completely different planets for some exploration, puzzle-solving, and the occasional phaser battle. You can play solo or pull in a pal for some co-op native multiplayer. As is at all times the case with one in all these licensed Outright affairs, it could be of curiosity if in case you have any younger followers in your family.

NASCAR Rivals ($49.99)

Here’s the most recent NASCAR recreation and I certain hope it’s loads higher than the final one from these of us as a result of that one was fairly poor. It has full licensing, a reasonably intensive profession mode, and a fast Race Now mode when you simply need to drive. You also can race in opposition to one other participant regionally or head on-line to race with as much as sixteen individuals. That all sounds advantageous however NASCAR Heat Ultimate Edition+ was a technical tire fireplace on the Switch and I’d be awfully shocked if this installment turns issues round sufficient to matter.

Our Fantasy Quest ($14.00)

Another minigame assortment from SAT-BOX, this time with a medieval fantasy theme. There are ten occasions to play in complete, together with issues like jousting, potion making, monster racing, and extra. Up to 4 gamers can get in on the enjoyable by way of native multiplayer. I’ll grant that it’s a much less frequent theme for this sort of factor. Maybe it should work out for them.

reky ($9.99)

The description for this recreation talks about how simple the foundations are to grasp, and the way vital it’s to recollect these guidelines, however it by no means really explains what you do on this ninety-six stage puzzler. Let me see if I can discover something. Okay, I dug up some particulars. You must work together with the completely different puzzle parts, which seem to take the type of numerous cubes, to make a path to the aim. You can soak up the colour from a dice or spew coloration again out on one, and any dice with coloration to it may be moved. You’re challenged to to this in as few steps as potential. Yes, that appears fascinating. Puzzle followers might need to give this a glance.

Broken Universe – Tower Defense ($9.99)

This is a cute tower protection recreation whose cartoonish aesthetic appears to be its primary promoting level. It appears to have a wholesome following from its pc and Android variations, although it appears to have some points with its problem curve. My primary fear, because it at all times is with tower protection video games on console, is in how the contact/mouse controls have been tailored for a controller. But when you’re a Switch-owning fan of this style, you’ve most likely realized to place up with loads in that regard. If that’s you, then proceed… with warning.

God Damn The Garden ($4.99)

If you desire a actually bizarre, considerably brief first-person shooter, right here’s your cease. It’s stuffed with random humor that’s both going to drag your curiosity or push you away. I’ve seen far worse issues for a fiver.

Beeny ($0.99)

Ah, it’s a brand new recreation from that fellow that made these Toree video games. This is seemingly a prelude to Super Kiwi 64. It’s a vertical 2D platformer the place you play as a rotund bee who has to roll and hop its approach by way of 9 ranges. As normal there are just a few secrets and techniques to dig up, lending the sport a bit of additional replay worth. For a buck, it’s greater than advantageous.

Moonlight ($3.99)

Another 2D platformer with a silhouette artwork model, eh? It’s extremely middling, and that’s me making an attempt to be sort. The affordable worth may entice you, however even round this worth level there are higher choices to get your platforming repair.

Mad Experiments: Escape Room ($9.99)

This is an escape recreation with an fascinating twist: you may play with different gamers in on-line multiplayer. There are three completely different rooms to play, so let’s hope every one is a little more complicated than within the common recreation of this kind. Looking at impressions from the pc model, loads of of us appear to really feel prefer it’s just a little too insubstantial and that the puzzles are missing in cleverness. That doesn’t sound nice, however you may like the sport anyway.

Japanese Escape Games The Forbidden Garden ($9.99)

Here’s an alternative choice, and arguably a extra acquainted one. The newest within the Japanese Escape Games sequence is ready in a backyard. In phrases of UI and total puzzle design it’s fairly just like the earlier titles. I don’t have a lot else so as to add.

Runefall 2 – Collector’s Edition ($9.99)

Pretty a lot only a easy match-3 puzzle recreation. It looks as if it has power-ups, upgrades, and some different parts to decorate it up. If you’re , I’d advocate giving the primary recreation a go in your cell machine. It’s free and it’ll principally present you what you may count on right here.

Letterbox by POWGI ($7.99)

It’s been a sizzling minute for the reason that final Lightwood Games launch on the Switch. I’m at all times glad to see a brand new one flip up, as they fill a pleasant area of interest on the console. The concept behind this one is that you’re given a nine-letter phrase, a grid with 9 areas and letters surrounding it, and it is advisable to place the letters of the phrase in these areas such that you simply make six actual phrases. A little bit difficult! Your reward for efficiently finishing a puzzle is a Dad joke from POWGI the canine. It works. If you want phrase puzzles, this can be a good one.

Isekai Tragic Love ($19.90)

Another visible novel about romancing girls from a fantasy world. There are 5 completely different girls on this one: a excessive elf, a dwarf, a darkish elf, a dragonute, and a mermaid. So sure, make your alternative and see the place it leads. Then play it once more and select a special route. Repeat till you get your cash’s price. The elf in that screenshot up there may be named Ariel Rounds, by the best way. That’s some Bond Girl-style naming there.

Attacker-chan! ($4.99)

This doesn’t look excellent in any respect. It’s apparently a 2.5D roguelite motion recreation that may be cleared in a few half hour to an hour. Sure, there isn’t a lot to this abstract, however there isn’t a lot to the sport itself both.

Super Funky Bowling ($2.99)

This recreation was made utilizing FUZE4 Nintendo Switch, which is definitely neat. Anyway, this can be a puzzle platformer with sixty-four levels and a few hidden secrets and techniques to search out. You have to make use of the ball to hit the pins in every stage, however the layouts are extra akin to Marble Madness than they’re to a traditional bowling lane.

Fishing Ducks ($3.99)

Here’s the most recent from Cooking & Publishing. Either alone or with a pal, you must fish for geese. It requires movement controls, by the appears of it. No assist for handheld mode. As with most video games from this writer, the sensible transfer might be simply to maintain strolling.

Sales

(North American eShop, US Prices)

Lots of excellent stuff at present, a lot of it courtesy of Nintendo’s Demo Sale. Triangle Strategy, Metroid Dread, and WarioWare: Get It Together! are simply a few of the highlights. Also thoughts the sale on Dicey Dungeons. It’s the bottom worth on it we’ve seen but, and the sport is an actual deal with.

Select New Games on Sale

Shoot 1UP DX ($2.39 from $5.99 till 10/20)
Pig Eat Ball ($5.99 from $14.99 till 10/20)
Weapon of Choice DX ($2.39 from $5.99 till 10/20)
Explosionade DX ($2.39 from $5.99 till 10/20)
The Hundred Year Kingdom ($6.49 from $12.99 till 10/20)
Labyrinth of the Chaka King ($3.50 from $7.00 till 10/20)
Glyph ($1.99 from $19.99 till 10/21)
TOEM ($9.99 from $19.99 till 10/21)
Super Mega Baseball 3 ($13.49 from $44.99 till 10/24)
Lost in Random ($11.99 from $29.99 till 10/24)
Fe ($4.99 from $19.99 till 10/24)
Burnout Paradise Remastered ($9.89 from $29.99 till 10/24)
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit ($7.99 from $39.99 till 10/24)
Plants vs Zombies BfN Complete ($9.99 from $39.99 till 10/24)
Steamroll Rustless Edition ($4.99 from $9.99 till 10/24)

Super Korotama ($2.99 from $4.99 till 10/24)
Pompom: The Great Space Rescue ($8.99 from $9.99 till 10/25)
Touhou Spell Bubble ($27.49 from $54.99 till 10/25)
Moving Out ($6.24 from $24.99 till 10/26)
What the Golf? ($8.99 from $19.99 till 10/26)
Mega Man 11 ($9.99 from $29.99 till 10/26)
Rayman Legends ($9.99 from $39.99 till 10/26)
Immortals Fenyx Rising ($14.99 from $59.99 till 10/26)
Klonoa Phantasy Reverie ($27.99 from $39.99 till 10/26)
Captain Tsubasa RoNC ($14.99 from $59.99 till 10/26)
Dragon Quest XI S ($34.99 from $49.99 till 10/26)
Triangle Strategy ($41.99 from $59.99 till 10/26)
Freedom Planet ($4.49 from $14.99 till 10/26)
Azure Striker Gunvolt 3 ($23.99 from $29.99 till 10/26)
Spiritfarer ($9.89 from $29.99 till 10/26)

Card Shark ($14.99 from $19.99 till 10/26)
Attack on Titan 2 ($29.99 from $59.99 till 10/26)
Deadcraft ($14.99 from $24.99 till 10/26)
Metroid Dread ($41.99 from $59.99 till 10/26)
WarioWare: Get It Together ($34.99 from $49.99 till 10/26)
Miitopia ($34.99 from $49.99 till 10/26)
ARMS ($41.99 from $59.99 till 10/26)
BOXBOY! + BOXGIRL! ($6.99 from $9.99 till 10/26)
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon RT DX ($41.99 from $59.99 till 10/26)
Kirby Fighters 2 ($13.99 from $19.99 till 10/26)
Sushi Striker ($34.99 from $49.99 till 10/26)
Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires ($41.99 from $59.99 till 10/26)
Blue Reflection: Second Light ($35.99 from $59.99 till 10/26)
Daemon X Machina ($41.99 from $59.99 till 10/26)
Fitness Boxing 2 ($34.99 from $49.99 till 10/26)

Research & Destroy ($9.99 from $19.99 till 10/26)
Aegis Defenders ($4.99 from $19.99 till 10/26)
PixelJunk Monsters 2 ($2.24 from $14.99 till 10/26)
Ori & the Blind Forest ($9.99 from $19.99 till 10/26)
Ape Out ($3.74 from $14.99 till 10/26)
R-Type Dimensions EX ($7.49 from $14.99 till 10/27)
Lode Runner Legacy ($5.99 from $11.99 till 10/27)
Restless Soul ($9.74 from $14.99 till 10/27)
Dobutsu Shogi World ($34.99 from $39.99 till 10/27)
Sam & Max Save the World ($14.99 from $19.99 till 10/27)
Sam & Max Beyond Time & Space ($14.99 from $19.99 till 10/27)
A Musical Story ($9.74 from $14.99 till 10/27)
El Hijo: A Wild West Tale ($11.99 from $19.99 till 10/28)
Subnautica ($14.99 from $29.99 till 10/28)
Subnautica: Below Zero ($14.99 from $29.99 till 10/28)

Metal Unit ($4.79 from $15.99 till 10/28)
MXGP3 Motocross ($1.99 from $19.99 till 10/28)
Shing! ($1.99 from $19.99 till 10/28)
Groove Coaster Wai Wai Party! ($5.99 from $59.99 till 10/31)
Railway Empire ($19.99 from $39.99 till 10/31)
Tropico 6 ($24.99 from $49.99 till 10/31)
Summer in Mara ($9.99 from $19.99 till 10/31)
Fashion Friends ($5.99 from $9.99 till 11/2)
Crysis 2 Remastered ($16.49 from $29.99 till 11/2)
Crysis 3 Remastered ($16.49 from $29.99 till 11/2)
Hampuzz ($3.49 from $6.99 till 11/2)
Dicey Dungeons ($1.99 from $14.99 till 11/3)
G-MODE Archives25 Topolon ($1.99 from $4.99 till 11/3)
Monster Boy & the Cursed Kingdom ($13.99 from $39.99 till 11/3)
Galacticon ($3.49 from $4.99 till 11/3)

Whisper Trip ($1.99 from $4.99 till 11/3)
Gunma’s Ambition ($1.99 from $9.99 till 11/3)
Wildbus ($1.99 from $6.99 till 11/3)
Strange Field Football ($1.99 from $6.99 till 11/3)
CASE: Animatronics ($4.99 from $19.99 till 11/3)
CASE 2: Animatronics Survival ($4.99 from $19.99 till 11/3)
Onirike ($3.74 from $14.99 till 11/3)
Forklift Extreme ($5.99 from $9.99 till 11/3)

Sales Ending This Weekend

A Sketchbook About Her Sun ($1.99 from $4.99 till 10/15)
Cuccchi ($3.19 from $7.99 till 10/15)
LEGO DC Super-Villains ($8.99 from $59.99 till 10/15)
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 ($5.99 from $29.99 till 10/15)
LEGO Star Wars: Skywalker Saga Deluxe ($41.99 from $69.99 till 10/15)
Mortal Kombat 11 ($9.99 from $49.99 till 10/15)
Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate DLC ($9.99 from $49.99 till 10/15)
Murder House ($8.39 from $11.99 till 10/15)
Mystic Belle Enchanted Edition ($7.49 from $14.99 till 10/15)
Nun Massacre ($4.19 from $5.99 till 10/15)
Promesa ($1.99 from $4.99 till 10/15)
Re:Turn 2 – Runaway ($5.00 from $10.00 till 10/15)

Shooting Star Island ($2.20 from $4.90 till 10/15)
Tyd wag vir Niemand ($1.99 from $9.99 till 10/15)
Ultionus: Tale of Petty Revenge ($4.99 from $9.99 till 10/15)
Unstrong Space Calamity ($2.24 from $4.99 till 10/15)
Will Die Alone ($1.99 from $4.99 till 10/15)
Arietta of Spirits ($7.99 from $19.99 till 10/16)
Hope’s Farm ($1.99 from $19.99 till 10/16)
Secrets of Magic 3 Happy Halloween ($1.99 from $9.99 till 10/16)
Skautfold: Shrouded in Sanity ($3.99 from $9.99 till 10/16)
Supaplex Squares ($10.49 from $14.99 till 10/16)

That’s all for at present and this week, pals. We’ll be again subsequent week with extra opinions, extra new releases, extra gross sales, and extra information. Big releases subsequent week embrace Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope and New Tales from the Borderlands, and I’m certain there might be loads of enjoyable surprises alongside the best way too. I hope you all have a terrific weekend, and as at all times, thanks for studying!