Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for January 5th, 2021. As predicted today is kind of Tumbleweed City. There’s a really interesting bit of business news, a single new release that isn’t exactly a thrill ride, a rather small handful of new sales, and a giant list of outgoing sales. I looked through the pile of games I’ve played recently and nothing really leapt out as something I wanted to review, so here we are. Don’t worry though, tomorrow is going to be a fair bit busier. Let’s go!
News
Nintendo Plans to Acquire ‘Luigi’s Mansion 3’ Developer Next Level Games

Nintendo announced today that it has begun the process of acquiring Next Level Games, the Vancouver, Canada-based studio behind titles like Mario Strikers, Punch-Out!! for Wii, and both Luigi’s Mansion sequels. Oh, and Metroid Prime: Federation Force, of course. This is effectively cementing a very long relationship between the two, as Next Level has worked exclusively with Nintendo since the 2013 release of Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon on the Nintendo 3DS. Provided all goes well, Nintendo will complete the acquisition in March of this year. It’s rare for Nintendo to buy an outside developer, and I believe this is the company’s first Canadian investment. New Releases
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