Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for October 5th, 2020. In today’s article, we’ve got a whole mess of games to look at. There’s a full review of Dotemu’s port of Ys Origin, plus Mini-Views for Let’s Sing Queen, Unlock The King 3, Orangeblood, and Embracelet. Four new games popped up since we last looked at the eShop, and we’ve got summaries of all of them. Finally, we’ve got the usual lists of incoming and outgoing sales to dig into. Let’s get started!
Reviews
Ys Origin ($19.99)

The Ys series is one of the oldest action-RPG series still alive today. It’s had a few distinct styles over the years. The original games are well-known for their bump-to-attack mechanics, amazing music, and tense boss battles. The series hit a bit of a rocky period after its fifth installment released, but after a few remakes and some time it came back strong with its sixth chapter. While still sporting an outstanding soundtrack, Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim presented far more involved action and even wilder boss battles. Falcom applied its style to some remakes and side games before taking the next big step with the series in the form of Ys Seven. That game greatly added to the RPG side of the equation, with multiple playable characters and a greater emphasis on story. Up until now, the only Ys game on Switch has been Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana, a rather lengthy game that builds on the foundation set down by Ys Sev...