Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for January 15th, 2021. In today’s article, we’ve got a bunch of new releases to check out, with summaries of each of them. There are a couple of awesome news items to look over, and a gigantic New Year’s Sale that is so big I had to resort to curation. Yikes. There’s plenty to chew on today, so let us commence with the chewing!
News
‘New Pokemon Snap’ Gets New Trailer, Releases April 30th

People have been asking for a new Pokemon Snap game for ages, and The Pokemon Company is finally set to deliver exactly that. A new trailer was released showing off the new game, and we even got a release date: April 30th. It looks pretty good, with lots of beautiful sights and a wide variety of creatures to snap pictures of. Here’s hoping it’s a little more substantial than the original game, though. I remember that one being over and done with in only a few hours. Sure, there’s only so long you can stretch out what is basically an on-rails shooter, but if we’re only getting one of these every twenty years or so, I want to savor the flavor. ‘Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night’ Gets a Cool New Update

While the game didn’t launch on the Switch in the best of shape, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has enjoyed some excellent updates since then. Here’s the latest, which adds some cross-over content with Kingdom: Two Crowns along with...