Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for January 20th, 2023. When I went home last night, I expected there to be about a dozen new releases to talk about today. Imagine my surprise when I came in this morning and saw more than twenty. Some great, some highly dubious, some intriguing. We’ve got summaries of all of them, with Fire Emblem Engage obviously leading the pack. Throw in a healthy list of new sales and the expiring discounts for the weekend and you’ve got a packed line-up. Let’s get to it!

New Releases

Fire Emblem Engage ($59.99)

In the realm of Elyos, an evil creature known as the Fell Dragon was defeated one thousand years ago through the cooperation of heroes from across various worlds. The land has known peace since then, but recent signs indicate that the Fell Dragon may have just been pining for the fjords the whole time. This Fire Emblem game puts more focus on the combat and less on the side stuff when compared to Three Houses, which is a decision that some folks may not like but others will be thrilled with. What does Shaun think? I’ll let you know when I review this one soon.

Colossal Cave ($39.99)

I really don’t know what to do with this. When I heard that legendary video game pioneers Roberta and Ken Williams were coming out of their decades-long retirement to make a remake of the seminal 1976 adventure game Colossal Cave, I had assumed they were using the original game as a source of inspiration or jumping-off…