SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Pizza Tower’, ‘Castlevania Dominus Collection’, Plus Today’s Other Releases and Sales

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for August 28th, 2024. Gosh, that presentation yesterday sure had a lot of good stuff in it, didn’t it? A bunch of shadow dropped games, too.

That means our usually quiet Wednesday is anything but, and that’s not a bad thing. We’ve got a bit of news, a look at all the new games on the eShop today, plus the usual lists of new and expiring sales for the day. Lots to see, so let’s get going!

News The Partner/Indie World Showcase Had Plenty to Offer Sandwiching together two slightly smaller versions of the usual types of Directs was an interesting choice, and it means we got a bunch of announcements. I can’t go through all of them here, but highlights included some shadow drops we’ll talk about in the New Releases section, Capcom Fighting Collection 2 , the Suikoden I & II remakes, Yakuza Kiwami , Tetris Forever, MySims, Worms Armageddon: Anniversary Edition , new Atelier and Rune Factory games, and many, many more. I’d advise just setting aside some time and watching the video.

Skim if you must. Plenty of great games there for a variety of tastes. 99) One of the many cool shadow drops from the Direct was a third Castlevania collection.

This one includes the three Nintendo DS games: Dawn of Sorrow, Portrait of Ruin, and Order of Ecclesia . It also includes the absolutely rancid arcade game, Haunted Castle , and as an extra, a remake of Haunted Castle by the folks at M2. It’s a lot better.

As you would expect from this developer, this is a top-notch treatment that features great emulation and pretty much all of the features you’d want. An absurd value for the price. 99) The Wario Land -inspired frenetic platformer dashes on to the Switch with this Direct shadow drop.

Make your way through the five massive floors of the Pizza Tower in order to destroy it and save your restaurant. If you miss Wario’s handheld adventures, you’ll really want to grab this. If you have no strong Wario feelings but like platforming, you should also give this a look.

We’re hoping to review this one, but we’ll have to see how things go. 99) The shadow drops continue. Look, it’s a Wednesday.

If it weren’t for these, we wouldn’t have much at all. Anyway, Goat Simulator 3 . You know how Goat Simulator works by now.

I can’t verify how this game runs on Switch, but I know more powerful consoles struggle with it in places. So, you know, proceed with caution. Though I suppose even if it does run badly, it might just play into the whole sh**post nature of the game.