I’m honestly surprised there hasn’t been a Nintendogs game on Switch yet.  Luckily there’s Little Friends: Puppy Island to fill in the gap.  You and your pup are vacationing on an island, watching a house for a friend.  This house has a backyard with all sorts of things to take care of puppies, and as you take yours on walks, you’ll meet new puppy friends to take care of, items to find, and things to build on the trails.  Little Friends: Puppy Island is available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.

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Ball laB II is a minimalistic precision single screen platformer.  Guide a white ball through beige and orange obstacles like spikes, pits, and air gusts as you make it to the exit of the level.  I’ve never played the first game so I don’t know if this one has any additions or improvements.  It’s available on all current consoles, but reviewed on PS4 here.

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So recently I played through Kirby’s Return to Dreamland Deluxe on Switch.  Knowing that I’m a huge Kirby fan, you’re probably wondering why I didn’t get this game back when it released in February.  Well I don’t really like paying full price for Switch re-releases and remakes, especially when I already paid for these games back on the original console.  So I waited and asked for it for my birthday, which is what I usually do for games I want to get, but don’t have to play right away.  So since I had already played this one back on the Wii, I decided I can wait and put it on my birthday list.  After playing it, I have to say that unlike a lot of other Switch rereleases, this one’s actually pretty good and adds a lot of extra content.  One of the extra things is an amusement park with ten Kirby mini-games from past titles!  And since I like to write blogs about games that have a lot of mini-games, especially if they are presented in a museum or amusement park, let’s take a tour of Merry Magoland!

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RedRaptor is a 2D vertically scrolling shooter.  It features an upgrade system, but otherwise pretty standard stuff.  It’s available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.

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A possum thief lives on the bottom of a sprawling Mediterranean town filled with all sorts of animal villagers.  At the top of the town is the Dog King and a giant pizza.  The possum wants to steal this pizza, so you’ll have to help him sneak past guards, grab food, unlock doors, and cause mischief and mayhem in general in this top down viewed arcade action game for one or two players.  Pizza Possum is available on most current consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.

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When I was a teenager in the early to mid 90s, I loved 16-bit RPGs.  Couldn’t get enough of them.  I poured over Final Fantasy 4 and 6, Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, Lufia 2, and many more.  But once I started college and the 32-bit era came about, I started to fall out of the RPG loop for whatever reason.  And now I don’t play near as many RPGs as I used to as a teen.  Many times since then, a game maker has tried to capture the magic of those 16-bit RPGs with a new title, but they almost always miss the mark.  Until now.  Sea of Stars is a new RPG by the same folks who did The Messenger.  The Messenger was a 2-D platformer starring a ninja, and I reviewed it way back when.  Sea of Stars is actually meant to be a prequel to that game, but luckily you don’t have to have played it to understand what’s going on here.  Which is good since I don’t remember a whole lot about what went on in The Messenger!  Anyway, in Sea of Stars, you’ll play as one of two Solstice Warriors as they are charged with defeating evil Dwellers.  Along the way they’ll meet friends, encounter twists and turns, betrayals, and much more.  Sea of Stars plays most like Chrono Trigger and is available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.

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If you have a bunch of people over to play games during the holidays, but not enough controllers to play with everyone, then Jackbox has you covered!  Their latest batch of party games is out, and all you need are cell phones or tablets to play them!  Just connect to Jackbox.tv on any mobile device and enter in the room code and you’re in!  It’s pretty simple and works well, and in some games, even people who don’t have cell phones can be part of the audience and participate, too.  The Jackbox Party Pack 10 is available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.  Let’s take a quick look at the five games on this collection.

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Guide a knight through blocky retro styled areas and use a trusty axe to defeat goblins, skeletons, and other baddies in dark forest and creepy crypts in Diorama DungeonCrawl: Master of the Living Castle.  It’s a bit like a side scrolling beat ‘em up with some platforming thrown in, and it’s available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.

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Nintendo’s futuristic high speed racing series: F-Zero, hasn’t had a new game in nearly two decades!  Until now.  F-Zero 99 is a 99 player battle royale racing game modelled after the original SNES launch title.  I’m not sure that’s exactly what F-Zero fans wanted, but for a Nintendo Switch Online freebie, it’s not too bad.

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Help a knight escape a dungeon in Betomis, a 2D single screen precision platformer.  Collect keys to open doors, weapons to defeat enemies, and avoid obstacles along the way in this game that’s available for all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.

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