Welcome to your SwitchArcade Roundup for August 14th, 2018. I am Phil, your humble guide through the world of Nintendo Switch news, releases, and sales. We start this new week of SwitchArcade Roundups with a release date on Dark Souls Remastered, news of Undertale‘s western physical launch, and some new releases and sales that will have you fending off the undead, journeying through the stars, and getting a refresher on some basic math skills. I know we could all use that. (Well, at least I could…) Before diving in to all of that, let’s do what is customary here to do first at the SwitchArcade Roundup–the Game of the Day!
Game of the Day
Riptide GP: Renegade ($3.99 from $9.99 until August 23rd)
There is no shortage of racers on the Switch or races coming to the Switch. I figured I would spotlight today’s Game of the Day due to not only its current discount (which, let’s be fair, is a big reason), but also because it’s a wild ride of aquatic racing fun. Firstly, let’s drop all pretense here–this may be a racer in which you ride waves, but this is by no means a racer like Nintendo’s own Wave Race series. If anything, the game is more like the Hydro Thunder series, which makes sense because many of the developers had a hand in creating Hydro Thunder Hurricane. That said, let’s get to making a splash with Riptide GP: Renegade, shall we"
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