Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for March 9th, 2020. In today’s article, we’ve got a review of the recently-released Kemono Heroes, Mini-Views of a couple of puzzle games, summaries of the latest releases, and as usual a nice big list of sales to check out. Not so much news, but that’s perhaps understandable given the general state of affairs at the moment. Let’s check it out!
Reviews
Kemono Heroes ($14.99)

Kemono Heroes is a side-scrolling action-platformer that allows up to four players to team up using a variety of animal characters, each with their own unique ability to differentiate them. Wow, that is an extremely clinical description. The truth is that I ran through this game by myself in a single sitting, then ran through it again in multiplayer, and while I had a good enough time in both modes I can’t say the experience really stuck with me. It’s a solidly-built albeit somewhat brief action game, the kind of thing that used to crop up on mobile devices every now and then. The story involves some sort of evil moon god turning your friends into stone. You set out as one of four characters to defeat the wicked deity and set things right again. In terms of basic functions, all four characters are similar. At the outset, they can jump, perform a melee attack, throw a ranged weapon, and use a screen-clearing magic attack. As you progress through the game, you’ll gain access to new tools and abilitie...