Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for July 15th, 2019. Today we’ve got a trio of reviews for you to have a look at, along with some new releases, a few news tidbits, and a surprisingly robust list of new sales. Yes, I too was surprised that there were some games not already on sale. As always, we’ve got plenty of ground to cover, so let’s take off and see where we land!
News
Upcoming Update for ‘Crash Team Racing’ Addresses Loading Times

Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled is a really cool kart racing game that looks pretty darned amazing on the Switch considering the power gap between Nintendo’s hardware and the others. There’s one big problem with the Switch version, however, and that is how long the game takes to load. Sometimes you have to wait upwards of 45 seconds, which is definitely long enough to be a wet blanket. Well, it seems that the upcoming 1.05 update is going to make use of something called Boost Mode to improve those loading times. While we haven’t had anyone come out officially and talk about it, Nintendo recently did something similar with Breath of the Wild and Mario Odyssey. Basically, the Switch runs under clocked most of the time for various reasons. By allowing the system to go unchained briefly, load times can be reduced without any serious drawbacks. This is probably what Boost Mode refers to. Regardless of what it actually entails, any measures that can be taken to reduce lo...