Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for May 24th, 2021. In today’s article, we’ve got a trio of reviews for you to digest. Miitopia, Famicom Detective Club: The Girl Who Stands Behind, and Chess Knights: Shinobi are in the review spotlight today. We’ve also got summaries of all of the new releases, including Atlus’s Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster. Finally, sales! You know them, you love them, we’ve got them. Let’s get down to business!
Reviews & Mini-Views
Miitopia ($49.99)

Miitopia has a lot of appeal to it. It’s a streamlined RPG that you can cast all of your friends, family, and whoever in by adding in their Mii characters. A gimmick, to be sure, but it’s a fun one if you’re willing to put the time into creating or importing your characters of choice. While the RPG part of the game is almost as straightforward as it gets, many of the social elements from other Mii games have been added in for spice. This Switch port builds on that side of the game, adding in more events and systems for seeing your Mii party come together. Characters that build relationships with each other will gain access to new skills and abilities, giving you a reason to care. While it’s clear that this is meant to be a more casual sort of RPG, I found it engaging enough for the most part. I think it heavily overstays its welcome, and you could probably chop a good ten hours or so from the game and...