Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for August 2nd, 2019. Lots of new releases today, though as usual there’s a fair bit of chaff around the wheat. I’m catching up on my review backlog that accumulated while I was feeling under the weather and taking time off for birthday stuff, and that means you get three reviews today. Toss in a bit of news and some largely unexciting new sales, and that’s about the lot for this Friday. Let’s have a look, shall we"
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Nintendo Switch Online Subscribers Can Play ‘Mario Tennis Aces’ Free For One Week

Do you like free games" Sure, we all do! Nintendo seems to be groping around in the dark trying to find something, anything, that adds value to its Nintendo Switch Online paid service. With the NES titles starting to sputter out, Tetris 99 going retail, and the Voucher program finished, the latest idea seems to be offering up a free game. Temporarily. In North America and Europe, subscribers will be able to download and play Mario Tennis Aces in its entirety between August 7th and August 13th. After that, you won’t be able to play it anymore, but if you want to buy it there will be a 30% discount until August 20th. Japanese subscribers get a different game: Captain Toad’s Treasure Tracker. Honestly, it’s not a bad incentive in a vacuum. You can get what you need to from both games within a week. Just keep reminding yourself how cheap Nintendo Sw...