Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for April 8th, 2021. In today’s article, we go over all of the new releases for the day. There are quite a few of them! No really huge names, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t any good games to consider. We’ve also got the lists of incoming and outgoing sales, as usual. And that’s pretty much it, but I promise it’s a lot. Let’s get to it!
New Releases
Astro Aqua Kitty ($14.99)

SwitchArcade Highlight!
I rather enjoy Tikipod’s games. Iron Crypticle was a great top-down twin-stick game, and Rock Boshers DX almost perfectly recreated a particular time and place. And then there’s Aqua Kitty UDX, an excellent homage to Defender. Now here’s a follow-up to that game, and it takes things to a whole new level. It’s kind of an action-RPG exploratory game, but with the same quality shoot-em-up mechanics seen in the original Aqua Kitty. I’ll be doing a review of this one soon, but I think it’s pretty cool. If you, like me, enjoy this developer’s work, rest assured that it has once again delivered. Maiden & Spell ($12.99)

SwitchArcade Highlight!
Here’s a magical girl projectile battler for up to four players, and it apparently even includes online multiplayer. There’s a story mode if you want to play solo, as well. Anyway, you choose your favorite magical girl from a cast of eight, each of whom has her own abilities, and go ...