Welcome to the SwitchArcade Roundup April 25th, where we're covering today's Nintendo Switch news, releases, and sales you should consider! A storm is coming tomorrow with a ton of new games hitting the eShop, so enjoy the calm today. Or don't. I need a vacation to play all the Switch games I have, seriously. And then they keep releasing the games, and I hope you find some games to enjoy this week. We're living in amazing times for gaming, and I have to keep stressing that because I never know when it's all gonna come crashing down.
News
Sonic Mania Plus gets release date and new trailer
The upcoming DLC/physical release for Sonic Mania has a trailer showing off some of the new features when it releases on July 17th physically and digitally. Levels will now take place at different times of day, similar to Knuckles' Chaotix from the 32X, an underappreciated game in the Sonic canon. A four-player competition mode is in the game now, and you can race against friends in a four-way split-screen mode. Also check out the trailer for some new animation, and a rad new remix of the track "Time Trials" by Hyper Potions and Jun Senoue:
Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel

The most important new feature is the two new characters: Mighty the Armadillo and Ray the Flying Squirrel. Mighty's ability is to have a bounce attack similar to the water shield in Sonic 3 and Knuckles, but he can also break spikes thanks to being an armadillo. Meanwhile, Ray has a more uniq...