Hello, gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for January 7th, 2019. It’s a bit of a strange bag of stuff today, with some… interesting new releases announced, the possibility of another update for a beloved game from last year, a cool event, and yes, more sales. This week is going to have a ton of new releases, and among them there are several really great games, so yeah, 2019 is pretty much going like 2018 did already. Let’s get into the week!
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‘Panty Party’ is a Real Game That is Coming to Switch This Spring

I’m not sure what has changed at Nintendo in recent years, but it’s safe to say that the company is being considerably less strict about what appears on Switch than most of us are used to. The latest example is Panty Party, which is actually a lot less provocative than the name would suggest. This game from Taiwanese developer Animu Games sees you playing as a set of flying panties, shooting and battling against other similarly mobile panties in arena battles. There seems to be an assortment of unlockable panties, including all the usual favorites like Bear Panties and Blue-Striped Panties. Yes, this looks totally stupid, but I’m not going to lie: I laughed. ‘The Messenger’ May Get More DLC in the Future

Okay, so we know that the intriguing throwback action game The Messenger is getting some DLC called Picnic Panic sometime this year. But in a recent Q&A, director Thierry Bo...