Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for May 15th, 2019. I’ve got another pair of reviews for you today, and a couple of new release summaries to go with them. There’s also a little bit of news and a handful of new sales as well. Wednesdays are usually quiet, but there’s plenty to make noise about today. Let’s go!
News
Don’t Forget to Check Out Today’s ‘Super Mario Maker 2’ Nintendo Direct

We’re getting pretty close to the release date of Super Mario Maker 2, and we really don’t know much more about it than what we were told at the game’s announcement. It looks like Nintendo wants to clear that up a bit, as it has scheduled a Nintendo Direct for later today. Kicking off at 3 PM PT/6 PM ET, this 15-minute presentation will focus entirely on Super Mario Maker 2. If you can’t catch it, we’ll have any interesting tidbits from it in tomorrow’s round-up. The May NES Games Have Been Added to ‘Nintendo Switch Online’

As announced last week, the Nintendo Switch Online app has been updated today with some new NES titles. It’s not the most exciting batch, but it is what it is. You’ve got system launch title Donkey Kong Jr., early puzzle-action title Clu Clu Land, and the previously Japan-only Vs. Excitebike. The latter has some interesting differences from the other two Excitebike games available on the Switch, so it’s at least fun to poke...