Welcome to the SwitchArcade Roundup for August 7th, 2018! Here’s hoping that everyone had an enjoyable weekend–hopefully doing some gaming, whether Switch or not! Now, it’s time to kick off your Tuesday with some new Switch-related gaming news, releases, sales, and more! However, if you’ve been following the SwitchArcade Roundups since I took over, you know that we have the Game of the Day to check out first, so let’s do just that.
Game of the Day
Ittle Dew 2+ ($29.99)
What our Game of the Day does to The Legend of Zelda series is take its original 2D conventions–exploring the overworld, discovering dungeons, solving puzzles and defeating enemies and bosses in said dungeons, acquiring new gear, health and upgrades, and going on an epic adventure–but does so while painfully making you aware of these conventions with its dialog, fourth-wall-breaking humor, and many, many references.
All to its own, Ittle Dew 2+ is a superb Zelda-like that is more akin to the very first Legend of Zelda game on the NES. You can go literally anywhere on the world map right from the start. Sure, there is a suggested order of areas to go to and dungeons to complete (as you might find yourself against enemies who overwhelm you with their strength and your meager amount of health), but you can conquer all seven dungeons in which ever order you like on your way to opening up the doors to the final, eighth dungeon.

Dungeons aren’t the only thing ripe...