Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for February 7th, 2019. Well friends, it’s that time of the week again. The big release day! And we’ve got a whole bunch of new games to look at. With time and sanity at a premium, news will as usual be sidelined until tomorrow. Let’s sift through the grains of sand and see if we can’t come up with any gold, eh"
New Releases
The Stillness of the Wind ($12.99)

Well, this is a different sort of farming game, isn’t it" It’s extremely story-driven, and has a lot of survival aspects woven in. You play as Talma, who is spending out her last days all alone on her little farmstead. You’ll tend to your land and animals, receiving the occasional letter that tells you how the world outside is moving along. The farming aspects are a little vague and the story can get a little hard to follow, but it’s pretty, emotional, and tries something different. I suspect that will be enough for some. Solstice Chronicles: MIA ($14.99)

Hey, you! Do you need another twin-stick shooter on your Switch" What do you mean you already have plenty" Well, will it entice you if I tell you that this is a relatively mediocre one" No, hunh" Ehn, I tried. This one came out a couple of years ago on PC, and while it’s hardly bad, it’s not really anything all that special, either. The Switch version includes local co-op, and that is certainly the way to go if you ...