Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for January 13th, 2020. In today’s article, we’ve got Mini-Views of a couple of recent releases, summaries of the handful of new titles that hit over the weekend and today, and the latest list of sales for you to check through. Not the biggest of articles today, but I do hope you’ll enjoy it regardless. Let’s get down to business!
Mini-Views
Blackmoor 2 ($9.99)

Blackmoor 2 was a fun side-scrolling action game on mobile, and it’s pretty much the same good time here. A bit less grindy, but enough of a grind remains to keep things interesting. Choose your favorite character and battle through a bunch of wild stages, collecting coins that you can use to upgrade your character or buy new ones. The button controls are nice, but I never felt the game was all that held back by touch controls so it’s not a huge game changer. Some performance problems keep this one from being all it can be, as there are a lot of lengthy pauses between screens and some odd hitch-ups during gameplay. Even with those issues, Blackmoor 2 is still quite fun and worth picking up. SwitchArcade Score: 3.5/5
Technosphere ($14.99)

Rolling a ball through various obstacles is a risky gameplay concept. If you’re very lucky, you’re going to end up with something like Marble Madness or Katamari Damacy, which both take advantage of the natural momentum of rolling balls and the novelty of trying to keep th...