Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for January 28th, 2020. In today’s article, I’ve got a review of the recent Psikyo shoot-em-up collection from NIS America, Mini-Views of a handful of titles including THOTH and Heroland, a slice of news, summaries of today’s new releases including Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition, and all those lovely sales you enjoy digging through. Yes, it’s a stuffed crust today, friends. Let’s dig in!
News
The Next Maximus Cup Event Hits ‘Tetris 99’ This Weekend

It’s been a bit since the last Maximus Cup event in Tetris 99, but the next one has been set for this coming weekend. Kicking off on Thursday night and running until Monday night, the 11th Maximus Cup tasks players with accumulating as many event points as possible. The higher you place in each round, the more points you’ll earn. When the dust settles, the 999 players with the highest accumulated event points will be awarded 999 Gold Points to use on the Nintendo eShop.  Just… keep in mind that 999 Gold Points is about ten bucks, so it’s probably not worth spending 20 hours of your life trying to earn that prize, you know" Reviews
Psikyo Shooting Stars Alpha ($39.99)

The Nintendo Switch is home to a wide variety of shoot-em-ups old and new. Pretty much every major shoot-em-up developer has at least one of its games on the system, with the notable exception of Cave. Particularly well-represented...