Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for May 31st, 2021. In today’s article, we’ve got reviews of three recent releases: Maneater, Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World, and Missing Feature: 2D. There are a handful of new releases to check out, but don’t get too excited. They’re not exactly the most thrilling of affairs. We round things out with the usual incoming and outgoing sales, as always. Let’s check everything out!
Reviews & Mini-Views
Maneater ($39.99)

Maneater is at its best in its beginning hours. You’re controlling a shark whose general purpose is to avenge its mother after she’s killed by a reality TV host. For his part, he’s trying to kill you for chomping off his arm the last time you met. You swim through the seas, gobbling up anything smaller than you and tail-thwacking anything that isn’t until it fits in your mouth. The first time you find yourself flopping up on a beach, chomping down on swimmers and sun-bathers as you propel yourself around, it’s hard not to crack a smile. It’s bloody, but just abstract enough that it feels like a schlocky movie. Killing shark hunters when they try to come after you, bashing their boats to bits, and jumping out of the water for a snack" Yeah, good stuff. Or at least, it’s good stuff early on. While the game has an RPG-like system wherein your shark gets more powerful as you go, it doesn’t feel like there are any ...