Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for August 29th, 2019. As the month nears its end and summer winds to a close, we’re soon going to be heading into the busy months of game releases for the year. Yes, these last few months were supposed to be the slow months. Ha. We’ve got a few news items to check out today, a rather large number of new releases to summarize, and a pretty nice list of sales. Let’s check it out!
News
‘Samurai Shodown’ Hits the Switch in Japan in December

SNK’s revival of Samurai Shodown has gone over fairly well on other platforms, with many fans happy to see the series back in good form. The plan was always to bring the game to the Switch once the dust had settled on the initial release, and it looks like we’re getting a bit closer to knowing exactly when that will be. Well, we do know exactly when it will be as far as Japan is concerned. The game hits Switch in that region on December 12th of this year. I can’t imagine the Western release being too far behind that, so you can probably pencil it into your calendar for some Christmas carnage. ‘Shovel Knight Dig’ and Other News From Yacht Club Games Presents

Yesterday’s Yacht Club Games Presents livestream delivered all kinds of cool news about the company’s upcoming stuff. They showed off footage of King of Cards and Shovel Knight Showdown, gave a December release date for the Treasure Trove ph...