Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for October 20th, 2023. In today’s article, we’re mainly looking at the new releases of the day. Super Mario Bros. Wonder is obviously the big gun, but Suika Game has snuck its way into the line-up as well. There are a bunch of other games too, and we’ve got summaries of all the games worth summarizing. There’s also a massive sale going on now to celebrate the Halloween season, making our lists a bit bigger than usual. Let’s get to the games!
New Releases
Super Mario Bros. Wonder ($59.99)
The first new mainline 2D Mario game since 2012’s New Super Mario Bros. U, and the first to drop the “New" aesthetic since, um, Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins, is here. Look, if you’re reading this you’ve probably seen plenty about this game already and have decided whether or not you’re picking it up. On the off chance you’re waffling about the matter, I will almost certainly have a review for you soon. Spoilers: it’s freaking fantastic.
Suika Game ($2.99)
Wow, that got out in the West pretty quickly. The catch is that all of the in-game text is still in Japanese. I have no idea if the developers are going to patch that in at some point, but this game isn’t exactly complicated anyway. Drop the fruits, merge them, and try to make some watermelons. Don’t let the fruits pop out the top of the container. This game is wildly difficult to put down, and a steal of a deal at three bucks.
Warm Snow ($19.99)
Okay look, I know the title Warm Snow is probably meant to evoke images of blood on the snow or something like that, but all it makes me think of is yellow snow. So with that in mind, let’s take a look at this latest game from Microids. Surprisingly, it looks okay. It’s a roguelite action game based on Chinese folk lore. In terms of mechanics, it looks quite typical of a top-down roguelite action game, but even a completely average entry in that genre is punching above the usual Microids fare.
Latte Stand Tycoon+ ($9.99)
At first I thought this was going to be a Lemonade Stand riff, but it’s a bit more than that. Yes, you’re running your little coffee stand, but you also need to spend some time in your neighborhood gathering necessary ingredients and building relationships with customers. Not quite as expansive as many farming games in scope, but definitely more than just making and pouring lattes. Reviews for this game weren’t exactly glowing on other platforms, but it might fare better with Switch players.
Garden Guardian ($4.99)
This idea is based on an LCD game, though I can’t recall which. The bugs approach, you snip them, then you use the remains to feed the plants. When the fruits grow, you collect them for points. There are a few different modes including an eighteen-stage main campaign and an endless mode, plus a bunch of unlockable pieces of art for accomplishing certain tasks.
Garden Buddies ($14.99)
Oh good, it’s RedDeer. Okay, this is a light simulation game with a handful of mini-games to play. As usual it’s launching at a deep discount, and you know what that typically signals. The eShop description is full of a bunch of nonsense promises about teaching you stress reduction and mindfulness. Don’t believe it.
Squid Commando ($19.99)
This is a top-down run-and-gun that seems inspired by the likes of Ikari Warriors and Mercs. You can play alone or pull in a friend via local multiplayer. There are five levels to blast through, tanks and turrets to make use of, power-ups, and so on. It doesn’t look bad per se, but I don’t foresee success for it at this price point. Maybe I’m wrong, though.
NeonPowerUp! ($4.99)
Ahh, now this is some good five dollar Switch platformer energy. This is a puzzle platformer where you are given a variety of power-ups to clear each of the eighty stages. Use the abilities they grant wisely or you’ll get mulched in a hurry. As the game goes on, the stages get more complicated with multiple power-ups, and you’ll have to figure out which order to use them in. Decent little game.
Another World Mahjong Girl ($9.99)
This is a mahjong game, and by that I mean the actual game and not the Shanghai solitaire game that uses the same tiles. Anyway, you’ve been isekai‘d into a fantasy world and become a mahjong tutor to a team of gorgeous fantasy ladies. Will you be playing mahjong? Yes. Will you also be engaging in some saucy scenes and unlocking somewhat lewd art? Look, it’s an eastasiasoft game. You know the answer to that question.
Druidwalker ($2.99)
An experimental game, or so it says in the eShop description. You just pick between the cards and things happen. The art looks nice, at least. I suppose if you end up with an extra three bucks and feel like spinning the wheel, here’s an option.
Xaladia: Rise of the Space Pirates X2 ($17.99)
This is a twin-stick shooter where each of the stages is set on a single screen. You can move your character around freely to battle the invading enemies, and you can also make use of gun turrets to assist with the defense. It’s quite visually striking, though I wonder if that visual clutter doesn’t just make it harder to see what’s going on? I haven’t had a chance to play this one yet, but I’ll try to give it a go and see if there’s anything special here.
Animal Hospital ($39.99)
Pretty much what it says on the tin. You run an animal hospital. Decorate it as you like, take in patients, treat them, and play some mini-games. As you play you’ll unlock new equipment and new means of treating the various problems you come across. It’s that kind of thing.
The Bin Bunch
Bus Simulator 2023: City Driver ($13.99)
Bubble Shoot Farm ($10.00)
Sales
(North American eShop, US Prices)
There’s a big sale on right now, and that means more than a thousand new sales to consider. To keep things somewhat manageable, I’ve only included games that are at new low prices. Basically, head to the eShop and check your Wish List to see if the games you’re looking for are discounted. All I can do. Meat! Christmas meat! The weekend outbox is fairly small, so give it a look on your way out.
Select New Sales
John Wick Hex ($1.99 from $19.99 until 10/24)
Paradise Marsh ($7.49 from $14.99 until 10/27)
Spirit of the Island ($22.49 from $24.99 until 10/29)
Cooking Simulator Pizza ($9.44 from $14.99 until 11/1)
Roniu’s Tale ($3.19 from $7.99 until 11/1)
Samba de Amigo: Party Central ($27.99 from $39.99 until 11/1)
Samba de Amigo: Party Central DE ($34.99 from $49.99 until 11/1)
MotoGP23 ($23.99 from $39.99 until 11/1)
Marlon’s Mystery: Darkside of Crime ($6.99 from $9.99 until 11/1)
Arkham Horror: Mother’s Embrace ($2.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
Urbek City Builder ($12.34 from $18.99 until 11/1)
Hush Hush ($17.00 from $20.00 until 11/1)
Tad the Lost Explorer ($29.99 from $39.99 until 11/1)
Bunhouse ($13.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
Skellboy Refractured ($6.00 from $20.00 until 11/1)
The Spirit and the Mouse ($14.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
Hotel Transylvania: Scary-Tale Adv. ($11.99 from $39.99 until 11/1)
Resident Evil 2 Cloud Vers. ($15.99 from $39.99 until 11/1)
Resident Evil 3 Cloud Vers. ($9.99 from $29.99 until 11/1)
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard Cloud Vers. ($15.99 from $39.99 until 11/1)
Resident Evil Village Cloud Vers. ($15.99 from $39.99 until 11/1)
Little Orpheus ($7.79 from $12.99 until 11/1)
Mystic Gate ($6.99 from $9.99 until 11/1)
Death and Taxes ($3.24 from $12.99 until 11/1)
Biker Garage: Mechanic Simulator ($6.24 from $24.99 until 11/1)
Rip Them Off ($2.69 from $8.99 until 11/1)
Doctor Who: Edge of Reality ($7.49 from $24.99 until 11/1)
Cabin Fever ($7.99 from $9.99 until 11/1)
Lone McLonegan: Western Adventure ($1.99 from $9.99 until 11/1)
Alchemist Adventure ($5.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
Banner of the Maid ($5.77 from $16.99 until 11/1)
Empire of Sin: Deluxe Pack ($2.99 form $11.99 until 11/1)
Another World ($1.99 from $9.99 until 11/1)
Agent Intercept ($11.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1 ($1.99 from $9.99 until 11/1)
True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2 ($1.99 from $9.99 until 11/1)
Shovel Knight: Spector of Torment ($2.99 from $9.99 until 11/1)
Disco Elysium: Final Cut ($13.99 from $39.99 until 11/1)
Retro Machina ($5.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
Rogue Legacy 2 ($16.24 from $24.99 until 11/1)
Have a Nice Death ($17.49 from $24.99 until 11/1)
Ogre: Console Edition ($11.24 from $22.49 until 11/1)
Mia and the Dragon Princess ($9.09 from $12.99 until 11/1)
Five Nights at Freddy’s Security Breach ($29.99 from $39.99 until 11/1)
Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz HD ($7.49 from $29.99 until 11/1)
Falling Out ($8.24 from $14.99 until 11/1)
Ghosts n Goblins Resurrection ($9.99 from $29.99 until 11/1)
Trophy ($3.99 from $9.99 until 11/1)
Souls of Chronos ($15.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
Risen ($23.99 from $29.99 until 11/1)
Active DBG: Brave’s Rage ($15.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
Trifox ($7.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
Charon’s Staircase ($9.99 from $24.99 until 11/1)
Lost in Random ($2.99 from $29.99 until 11/1)
Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins ($3.89 from $12.99 until 11/1)
Maneater ($13.99 from $39.99 until 11/1)
Windosill ($4.99 from $9.99 until 11/1)
Saturnalia ($10.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
Wobbledogs ($11.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
Meg’s Monster ($11.99 from $14.99 until 11/1)
Maximus 2 ($4.49 from $4.99 until 11/1)
Curse of the Sea Rats ($14.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator ($8.09 from $8.99 until 11/1)
The Addams Family: Mansion Mayhem ($11.99 from $39.99 until 11/1)
The Last Kids on Earth & Staff of Doom ($8.99 from $29.99 until 11/1)
Saint Kotar ($9.99 from $24.99 until 11/1)
The Walking Dead: The Final Season ($4.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba ($23.99 from $59.99 until 11/1)
Kitiara Fables ($6.59 from $19.99 until 11/1)
Kitiara Fables: Deluxe ($8.24 from $24.99 until 11/1)
Inertial Drift ($5.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
Valkyria Chronicles 4 ($7.49 from $29.99 until 11/1)
Valkyria Chronicles 4 Complete ($9.99 from $49.99 until 11/1)
It Takes Two ($27.99 from $39.99 until 11/1)
Battle Kid: Fortress of Peril ($3.99 from $9.99 until 11/1)
Spectator ($11.19 from $15.99 until 11/1)
NBA 2K24 Black Mamba Edition ($69.99 from $99.99 until 11/1)
The Ripper: Serial Killers ($4.19 from $5.99 until 11/1)
Alien Isolation ($14.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
Inner Ashes ($11.99 from $14.99 until 11/1)
LumbearJack ($7.14 from $12.99 until 11/1)
ElecHead ($6.99 from $9.99 until 11/1)
Rakuen: Deluxe Edition ($19.99 from $24.99 until 11/1)
Planet Cube: Edge ($10.49 from $14.99 until 11/1)
BQM BlockQuest Maker CE ($7.49 from $24.97 until 11/1)
NEScape! ($1.99 from $4.99 until 11/1)
Clunky Hero ($7.49 from $14.99 until 11/1)
Windstorm: An Unexpected Arrival ($14.99 from $29.99 until 11/1)
Speed Crew ($9.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
Cult of the Lamb: Heretic Edition ($22.74 from $34.99 until 11/1)
The Tartarus Key ($13.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
City of Beats ($13.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
Mario + Rabbids: SoH Rayman Edition ($39.89 from $69.99 until 11/1)
Super Mega Baseball 4 ($24.99 from $49.99 until 11/1)
ghostpia Season One ($16.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
Svoboda 1945: Liberation ($6.83 from $17.99 until 11/1)
Attentat 1942 ($2.78 from $15.49 until 11/1)
Spirit Hunters: Infinite Horde ($6.99 from $9.99 until 11/1)
Pirates: The Legend of the Kraken ($4.19 from $5.99 until 11/1)
Armored Lab Force Vulvehicles ($7.99 from $9.99 until 11/1)
Manic Mechanics ($12.49 from $24.99 until 11/1)
Your Computer Might Be At Risk ($8.39 from $11.99 until 11/1)
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective ($19.99 from $29.99 until 11/1)
The Sin ($4.55 from $5.99 until 11/1)
Sven: Completely Screwed ($3.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
Organ Trail Complete Edition ($4.99 from $9.99 until 11/1)
Tiny Thor ($14.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
Root Film ($7.99 from $39.99 until 11/1)
Mondealy ($9.11 from $11.99 until 11/1)
The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood ($15.29 from $17.99 until 11/1)
Athanasy ($7.59 from $9.99 until 11/1)
Grapple Dog ($5.09 from $14.99 until 11/1)
OMNIMUS ($7.59 from $9.99 until 11/1)
Nadir: A Grimdark Deck Builder ($5.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
Lone Ruin ($5.09 from $14.99 until 11/1)
Barony ($9.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
BROK the InvestiGator ($15.99 from $24.99 until 11/1)
Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water ($27.99 from $39.99 until 11/1)
Fatal Frame: MoBW Digital Deluxe ($38.49 from $54.99 until 11/1)
Fatal Frame: Mask of Lunar Eclipse ($34.99 from $49.99 until 11/1)
Fatal Frame: MotLE Digital Deluxe ($48.99 from $69.99 until 11/1)
Post Void ($3.95 from $5.99 until 11/1)
Pathfinder: WotR Cloud Vers. ($11.99 from $39.99 until 11/1)
Super Bullet Break ($12.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
Bustafellows ($13.19 from $39.99 until 11/1)
Metal Max Xeno Reborn ($21.99 from $39.99 until 11/1)
Metal Max Xeno Reborn: DDE ($27.49 from $49.99 until 11/1)
Tormented Souls ($10.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
Labyrinth of Zangetsu ($23.99 from $29.99 until 11/1)
Nexomon Complete Collection ($16.24 from $24.99 until 11/1)
Aokana Four Rhythms Across the Blue ($11.99 from $29.99 until 11/1)
Decarnation ($9.74 from $14.99 until 11/1)
White Day: ALNS ($19.49 from $29.99 until 11/1)
Alice Gear Aegis CS CoS ($22.49 from $29.99 until 11/1)
Maglam Lord ($15.99 from $39.99 until 11/1)
Maglam Lord DE ($23.99 from $59.99 until 11/1)
Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers ($10.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
EarthX ($14.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
Zombie Soup ($15.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
Marble It Up! Ultra ($24.59 from $29.99 until 11/1)
NightmareScape ($15.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
Flying Neko Delivery ($4.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
The Rewinder ($8.99 from $14.99 until 11/1)
SEGA Genesis Classics ($7.49 from $29.99 until 11/1)
RichMan 4 Fun ($9.59 from $11.99 until 11/1)
Dance of Death: Du Lac & Fey ($10.71 from $15.99 until 11/1)
Ember Knights ($15.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
Alan Wake Remastered ($14.99 from $29.99 until 11/1)
Zeus Quest: The Rebirth of Earth ($6.99 from $9.99 until 11/1)
Neon Blight ($4.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
Etrian Odyssey HD ($23.99 from $39.99 until 11/1)
Etrian Odyssey II HD ($23.99 from $39.99 until 11/1)
Etrian Odyssey III HD ($23.99 from $39.99 until 11/1)
Etrian Odyssey Origins Collection ($47.99 from $79.99 until 11/1)
The Darkest Tales ($9.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
An Airport for Aliens Run by Dogs ($9.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
Monster Prom 2 ($10.79 from $17.99 until 11/1)
Monster Prom 3 ($16.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
Munchkin: Quacked Quest ($3.74 from $24.99 until 11/1)
Hindsight 20/20 Wrath of the Raakshasa ($3.74 from $14.99 until 11/1)
Rainbow High: Runway Rush ($33.99 from $39.99 until 11/1)
Two Point Campus ($13.49 from $29.99 until 11/1)
Thea 2: The Shattering ($7.99 from $19.99 until 11/1)
Super Alloy Ranger ($12.74 from $14.99 until 11/1)
Tribes of Midgard ($6.79 from $19.99 until 11/2)
Tribes of Midgard Deluxe ($10.19 from $29.98 until 11/2)
Thunder Ray ($12.74 from $14.99 until 11/3)
Railed Up ($2.99 from $5.99 until 11/3)
Dissolved: Chapter One ($4.99 from $9.99 until 11/3)
Tin Hearts ($20.09 from $29.99 until 11/3)
Samurai Maiden Deluxe ($52.49 from $74.99 until 11/9)
THE Bass Fishing ($4.79 from $14.99 until 11/9)
Sherlock Holmes The Awakened Deluxe ($24.99 from $49.99 until 11/9)
Alterity Experience ($1.99 from $9.99 until 11/9)
The Enigma Machine ($1.99 from $7.99 until 11/9)
Mothered: A Role-Playing Horror Game ($1.99 from $9.99 until 11/9)
Dungeon and Gravestone ($7.49 from $24.99 until 11/9)
Alien War 2 Dogfight ($1.99 from $7.99 until 11/9)
Sales Ending This Weekend
Alicia Griffith: Lakeside Murder CE ($5.99 from $14.99 until 10/21)
Big Adventure Trip to Europe ($3.59 from $11.99 until 10/21)
Big Adventure Trip to Europe 2 CE ($4.49 from $14.99 until 10/21)
Big Adventure Trip to Europe 3 CE ($4.49 from $14.99 until 10/21)
Brightstone Mysteries: The Others ($4.49 from $14.99 until 10/21)
Detective Agency: Gray Tie 2 CE ($11.24 from $14.99 until 10/21)
Detective Agency: Gray Tie CE ($4.49 from $14.99 until 10/21)
Don’t Starve ($4.99 from $19.99 until 10/21)
Griftlands ($9.99 from $19.99 until 10/21)
Idle Zoo Park ($7.49 from $9.99 until 10/21)
Invisible Inc. ($4.99 from $19.99 until 10/21)
Mark of the Ninja Remastered ($4.99 from $19.99 until 10/21)
Match Ventures 2 ($3.59 from $11.99 until 10/21)
My Lovely Pets CE ($4.49 from $14.99 until 10/21)
So Much Stuff CE ($10.49 from $14.99 until 10/21)
Venice 2089 ($6.29 from $6.99 until 10/21)
Glitch’s Trip ($1.99 from $12.99 until 10/22)
That’s all for today and this week, friends. We’ll be back next week with more new games, more sales, plenty of reviews, and some news. I don’t know about all of you, but I’m spending my weekend playing the new Sonic and Mario games. At last, 90s nostalgia is here. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and as always, thanks for reading!
