Welcome to the SwitchArcade Roundup for July 31st, 2018! Let’s close out the month of July in style with your daily dose of news, impressions, new releases, and sales just like we always do here at the Roundup. This time around I have impressions to share regarding the first Mega Man X Legacy Collection, but before diving into those, let’s take a look at our Game of the Day.
Game of the Day
FAST RMX ($19.99)

We’re starting off in a futuristic direction for the SwitchArcade Roundup today. For years, Nintendo fans have loudly clamored for some more F-Zero, but their vocal support of a new entry in the series has fallen on deaf ears (or in Internet text form, blind eyes). While only vaguely similar to Nintendo’s futuristic racing franchise, FAST RMX from the mighty tech wizards at Shin’en manages to develop  a blisteringly quick and exciting racer that might just scratch that racing itch that F-Zero fans have missed.
FAST RMX is pure racing without the use of weapons. It’s all about using your mastery of your racing skill to reach the finish before your competitors. The central mechanic in the game, other than obviously racing, is switching between orange and blue on your vehicle’s shield in order to interact with things like boost pads and jumps. If you have a blue shield on your vehicle while you’re crossing a blue stretch of track, you’ll gain a boost. Likewise, if you do so with a blue shield on an orange stretch of...