REVIEW Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes — This new musou games "feels much more like a mainline entry in the franchise than a spinoff" and is described as by "far and away the most ambitious 'Warriors' game ever made, and so much of that ambition pays off in phenomenal ways". High praise indeed. Digital Foundry have also carried out their usual technical analysis on this one, comparing it to the earlier Warriors game, Age of Calamity.

Hayes Madsen // Inverse

▶ What the reviews say about Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes — Here's my review round-up featuring some key quotes of what the critcs had to say about this Fire Emblem spin off. It's not really the sorta thing I'm in too, but this seems like it's doing some interesting new things, and has fleshed out the narrative side of things. Reviewed really well across the board. BTW, if you ain't subbed to my channel yet, please consider doing so — I'm at ~350 subs, and need around 1,000 before YouTube will considering me a partner. 

Switch Weekly // YouTube

▶ Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Direct — Not the Direct we were expecting, but hey — here's 25 minutes going through what to expect from the next entry in Monolith Soft's action role-playing series. With the game launching so soon (next month) I know many opted to skip watching this one for fear of spoilers. One thing of particular note: the game is getting DLC next year.

Nintendo // YouTube

Roe v. Wade reversal hurts game developers — How the reversal of abortion rights in the United States' will impact the gaming industry. Several studios have spoken out on this highly emotive matter — From what I can gather Nintendo have not yet made comment. I reached out to Nintendo for their word, but did not hear back in time for publication.

Bryant Francis // Game Developer

REVIEW Fall Guys — This game is a real blast, particularly with a squad of friends. I played a fair bit on Switch this week, and its perfectly playable, but the performance is a bit rocky — as this review notes. I'll be playing on Xbox here on out.

Scott McCrae // Nintendo Life

REVIEW ElecHead — I'm glad this one is reviewing well, as it looked right up my street. "a delightful breath of fresh air"

Neal Ronaghan // Nintendo World Report

REVIEW Sonic Origins — "simply more of the same, which is both its greatest strength and weakness". Seems about $15-20 overpriced for what is I reckon. I'll add: The developer isn't happy with the finished product.

Mitch Vogel // Nintendo Life

REVIEW AI: The Somnium Files - Nirvana Initiative — "This time-hopping murder mystery boasts a compelling story, along with some great plot twists", resulting in "an incredibly eccentric game, bursting with vibrant characters, mind-bending puzzles, and an abundance of strange sci-fi detours".

George Yang // Polygon

REVIEW Roller Champions — Has potential, but the reviewer notes some issues and performance problems that hold it back: "can’t really recommend the game on Nintendo’s console in its current state".

Scott McCrae // Nintendo Life

REVIEW Steve Jackson’s Sorcery

Yvonne van Geloven // Ladies Gamers

REVIEW Firegirl: Hack 'n Splash Rescue DX

Willem Hilhorst // Nintendo World Report

Chris Pratt says his Super Mario Bros. voice is ‘unlike anything you’ve heard in the Mario World’ — Not sure what my takeway from that headline is meant to be...is he saying it ain't gonna sound like Mario? 😅

Marc Malkin // Variety

How Shredder’s Revenge captures the essence of classic TMNT arcade games

Andrew Webster // The Verge

Neon White isn’t just for ‘freaks,’ it made me into one

Ana Diaz // Polygon

The bleak, beautiful humanity of Citizen Sleeper

Harry Mitchell // Overlode

Pokémon Crystal unlocked my Trans girl heart

Anya L. Archer // Wired

🎮 Upcoming Releases

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

⚡️ Quick Links:

• Summer Games Done Quick is back this week. Here's the full-schedule.
• Playing KOTOR II on Switch? There's a bug you may want to be aware of.
• The 'near-impossible' No Man’s Sky’s port is coming to Switch in October.
• Treasure (Sin & Punishment, Ikaruga) are teasing a project for their 30th anniversary.
• HORI D-Pad controller is down to $20 on Amazon atm, probably won't last long. #AD
• Poke-predictions for Sprigatito, Fuecoco, and Quaxly's final evolutions.
• How one small change could make Animal Crossing more inclusive to trans players.
• A behind the scenes look at recording the great new music for the Cuphead DLC.
• Spruce up your phone background with these neat Zelda Hylian Shield wallpapers.
• Removing Lakitu from Mario Kart 8 results in some rather cool moments.
• No surprise to see that Hawkeye is pretty good at Wii Sports Archery