Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for October 15th, 2020. There are a lot of new games today. It took me about seven hours to research and write about all of them. There are also some new sales. They did not take seven hours to type up. Contrary to many inside jokes, Shaun does not get paid by the word. Let us proceed with today’s parade of new games.
New Releases
Shantae: Risky’s Revenge – Director’s Cut ($9.99)

SwitchArcade Highlight!
Not to take away from the achievements of the first game, but Shantae: Risky’s Revenge is the game that properly put Shantae on the map. It’s a much more playable game than the original, and it had the notable advantage of being available to anyone with a Nintendo DSi as opposed to late Game Boy Color collectors and/or millionaires. So it’s nice to see it arrive on the Nintendo Switch, joining its bigger and occasionally better follow-ups. This is the Director’s Cut, which includes a new mode of play and some adjustments to various game elements. It may not be quite as good as some of the other Shantae games you can get on the Switch, but it’s certainly worth ten bucks if you haven’t played it before. Shoot 1UP DX ($5.99)

SwitchArcade Highlight!
Yes, it’s another vertical shoot-em-up, but this one has a neat gimmick. As you play, 1up items will appear fairly often. Pick them up and you will not stuff them in the drawer for future use but rather d...