Switch Weekly Update #18 - 09/07/2017

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Channel: BlueMaxima's Gaming Channel · 2017 · Gaming

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The Nintendo Switch Online app is coming to mobile devices on the 21st of July, and it will have support for Splatoon 2 to start with. It supports voice chat and invitations for games right off the bat.

NIS America announced two games for the Switch this week - the first is Penny Punching Princess, a game about paying off your enemies to work for you. It'll be out on the 20th of March in North America and the 23rd of March in Europe.

The second is The Longest 5 Minutes, a game about a hero in battle with a dark lord having flashbacks to his entire life up to that point. It'll be out sometime in 2018.

Hex Gambit, a 1v1 or 2v2 turn based strategy game with asynchronous play, is coming to the Switch sometime in 2018. The game will launch for Steam Early Access sometime this year.

Thimbleweed Park, 2D adventure game created in the LucasArts of yore style, is coming to the Switch if a teaser showing the game on the Switch is anything to go by. More details on this release will be available next week.

*Next Up Hero, a twin stick shooter based around the idea of dying and using your previous spirits to help you in the next round, is coming to the Switch sometime in the future.

Superbeat Xonic may be coming to Switch if an ESRB rating is anything to go by. No official announcement has been made yet.

Levels+, a puzzle game based around moving panels to destroy panels and earn treasure, is coming to the Switch on the 13th of July in PAL regions and Japan.

Putty Pals, a 2D cooperative platformer, is coming to the Switch sometime in the future. Not many other details are available for this release.

Puzzle Box Maker is apparently coming to the Switch. What is the game about? Don't know, no details have been made available.

Dates! I And Me has launched in the European eShop this week. Fate/Extella launches in Europe and Australia on the 21st of July. And Celeste, from the developer of Towerfall Ascension, has been delayed to Janurary 2018.

Updates! Shovel Knight and Shantae are both coming to Blaster Master Zero. Shantae is available now for free for two weeks, while Shovel Knight will be available for free for two weeks from August 5th. Flip Wars' got a massive update in Japan, changing a large chunk of the game's rules and adding a bunch of new features. *And the ARMS update to introduce new free character Max Brass is out on the 12th of July.

And finally this week, Platinum Games have been teasing Switch ports of their Wii U titles, Bayonetta 1 & 2 and The Wonderful 101, via their new Japanese Twitter account. No announcements have been made yet. That's it for this week.

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