July was packed with all sorts of exciting releases for the Nintendo Switch and August 2024 will be following it up with even more! Fortunately, we've got our American-based video producer Zion Grassl to keep us clued up on all these new releases.
One game already out is World of Goo 2. Yes, after almost 16 years, the sequel has arrived! You can read our review now:
Apart from this, we've got a new Cat Quest game, another Steam World Heist title and at the very end of the month Nintendo's new horror game Emio - The Smiling Man which is part of the Famicom Detective Club series. So, here's the full rundown of everything coming to the Switch in August:
Thank Goodness You're Here! (Out Now)
Operation Tango (Out Now)
Tomba! Special Edition (Out Now)
World of Goo 2 (Out Now)
Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Kid (6th August)
Volgarr the Viking II (6th August)
Cat Quest III (8th August)
SteamWorld Heist II (8th August)
Vividlope (8th August)
Arco (15th August)
Squiggle Drop (15th August)
Castway (16th August)
Mika and the Witch's Mountain (21st August)
Tales from Toyotoki: Arrival of the Witch (22nd August)
Shadow of the Ninja - Reborn (29th August)
Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club (29th August)
See anything here you might be interested in? Let us know in the comments.
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I'll get World of Goo 2 on a sale.
Interested in Castaway. Hoping it reviews well.
Just Emio for me, and I'm keen on Thank Goodness You're Here if a physical release surfaces (and/or a DRM-free PC version).
Shadow of the Ninja Reborn, Cat Quest III, and Steamworld Heist II. Good times 😁 I'd give Mika and the Witch's Mountain a shot if there's a demo.
Cat Quest 3 is one of my choice.
But, i will get the PS5 version first, then the Switch version after that.
I’m actually slowly getting hyped for this. My friend really likes this series so I’m really interested in what the smiling man is smiling about, wonder if it’s a funny joke that’s stuck in his head. Happens to the best of us.
Definitely getting Emio, still trying to decide if I want to get Tomba now or wait.
Already preordered SteamWorld Heist II (digital) and Emio (physical). Heist was one of my favorite games on 3DS and still my favorite SteamWorld game. I hope the sequel is just as good if not better.
Looking forward to Shadow of the Ninja. Tengo Project do fantastic work with their remakes.
SteamWorld Heist 2 takes priority for me this month but I'll also be getting Volgarr the Viking 2, Vividlope, Castaway and Shadow of the Ninja - Reborn
I'm gonna skip Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club for now as I haven't played the first two games yet and from what I've heard Tomba! Special Edition has a few issues that need to be patched so that's a pass for now as well
Great selection of games in general and even personally as I'm interested in trying most of these myself at some point (and some I haven't heard of before but intrigue me, Tales from Toyotoki for example)!
Cat Quest 3 and Natsu-Mon for me, I was interested in Tales from Toyotoki but after watching some gameplay I've decided against it, the game uses real world still images for its backgrounds which I think is super lazy for a visual novel.
Some other games il be getting this month are Reincarnated as a Slime, Elrentaros and Visions of Mana.
Castaway is such a waste of talent to create something so derivative.
Emio! Never imagined they’d produce an all-new entry 35 years after the first two titles. And physical 🥹
Vividlope looks genuinely interesting to me. Realistically too, it’s the only game that releases before the deluge opens toward the end of August. My gaming time is basically booked with high profile releases for the majority of the year already. I’d probably have gotten Emio if it would’ve been announced earlier, but as it is, I’ve committed to Wukong instead now for the latter portion of August, and with Astro Bot early September and Zelda late September, and October being absolutely ridiculous, it may be waiting a while for my purchase…
I'm definitely interested in Emio! Besides that, I've never heard of Tales from Toyotoki before but it looks cute, and Aksys is putting out a physical edition.
kinda hard to believe emio is coming so soon!
TOMBIIIIII!!! I didn't know it was already out! I've been waiting to replay that game for ages, what a fantastic and unique experience! I hope you guys make a review of it.
Also interested in a bunch of good-looking indie games (that I would get on a sale), and that Emio sounds interesting as well. Let's see.
Huh, there's more coming out in August than I thought! Of this list, I plan to play Cat Quest III and maybe Shadow of the Ninja with a friend.
Other August releases on my list are both otomes/VNs: Hanaemu Kare to & Bloom (importing the JP version with English subs) and Hakuoki (have already played and 100%'d it on Steam, but I'm interested in the localization changes and seeing how it looks on the Switch OLED).
Playing World of Goo on the toilet and calling it World of Poo
Definitely SteamWorld Heist II and Emio, but at later dates. I might grab both of the earlier FDC games if they happen to go on discount around the time Emio launches....According to DekuDeals, they haven't went on discount once. Sorry, but $35 a pop ($60 for the double pack) is steep for a VN.
Gundam Breaker is my most anticipated game this month. Cast Away is a maybe.
Im honestly waiting for Into the Pit (FNAF). But thats just me.
Surprised Crypt Custodian didn't make the list with the prerelease buzz it's gotten. Phantom Spark is also on my radar, but we haven't seen any Switch footage yet, and 30fps would be a dealbreaker for a fast-paced racing game focused around time trials
A full half these interest me this month so my wishlist is bulging. I won't be able to buy them all immediately, but I am hoping many of the ones on my list get NL reviews to help me decide.
I played the demo of Natsu-Mon and it was super adorable.
I also wishlisted Shadow of the Ninja, Arrival of the Witch, Volgarr the Viking II, Tomba, Castaway, vividlope and I will wishlist Mika when the listing for it shows up.
That's too many games but they all look neat. 😆
Thinking Volgarr the viking 2 for me, the first one is pretty fun, not playing the hard route.
Planning on getting Emio since I recently played and enjoyed the other two FDC games. And then there’s the Ace Attorney Investigations Collection just a week after that…not to mention Mario & Luigi in November…
This year really is stacked for Switch.
World of Goo 2, Cat Quest III & Steamworld Heist II are insta-downloads. I need reviews for a fair few of the others. But I suspect I'll be downloading a few more of those at some point after they are released.
Is there a physical version of heist 2?
Castaway looks fun, but at the same time, it is a blatant rip-off of Link's Awakening. It makes you wonder why people can't create something unique of their own. I'll keep an eye on it for the roguelike part. Who knows?
Other than that I don't think there's any release I'm really looking forward to this month. I'm not sold on the Famicom Detective games, yet.
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