Welcome, we’re into the new month already, which can only mean one thing at LadiesGamers. It’s time to look at the upcoming new release games on our favourite handheld, the Nintendo Switch, for August 2022.
Not all games to be released are on the list here. Alternatively, you will see games that the other gaming sites don’t mention. We are taking notice of these games. If given half a chance, you can expect reviews for many of them! It should be noted that unless we have some personal experience with the game, there’s a link to the descriptions on the Nintendo website.
FROGUN – August 2nd
Join Renata as she adventures across a world of mystical ruins with the titular FROGUN! Frogun is an old-school platformer with the soul of the retro era, in which your frog-shaped grappling hook is your best friend!
Renata’s parents are world-renown explorers, archaeologists and inventors that travel all over the world uncovering the secrets of the past, bringing her with them on their expeditions. However, in their latest adventure, they decide to leave her at the base camp, the Beelzebub ruins are said to be too dangerous!
For three whole days she waits, her pride hurt and bored out of her mind, until she realized: if they haven’t returned yet, something must have happened to them! In a hurry, she grabs her parents’ last invention, the Frogun, and heads to the ruins to rescue them, and prove that she’s as capable as them.
Our review for the game is here
South of the Circle – August 3rd
South of the Circle is an emotional narrative experience with a deep multi-layered cinematic story. The main plot asks questions about the consequences of life choices, of pursuing either career or true love, manoeuvring between now and the past.
You play as Peter, a Cambridge academic who crashlands in Cold War Antarctica. As he searches for help, his past unwinds before him, revealing how the pressures of power and his own aspirations have led him into this crisis he must somehow escape. A love story between him and fellow academic Clara develops, and Peter learns the weight of all the things he has promised. Like memories from childhood, some promises stay with us forever.
Kristin reviewed the game for us, find her thoughts here
Roll The Cat – August 5th
Did you ever awaken in the middle of the night because you hear a cat meowing? Roll The Cat is a game about that! On each level, you have to roll the cats back into their bed. Only then you will convince them to sleep. Use your spatial logic and try to put the cats back to bed. A simple relaxing game for puzzle lovers!
Japanese Escape Games The Retro House – August 8th
This game is an escape-the-room game (mystery-adventure game).
One day as a usual day, I went into a wood to get strawberries as always. For a while later, I found myself in the deep wood. The sun already started sinking and it’s getting dark in the woods. I was supposed to be on the way back, but I was not.
I lost the way back. Eventually, the sun completely sunk and it started to rain in the dark. Then, a light coming out of a window in the dark caught my eyes. The light brought me a house. I knocked on the door to ask for a night’s lodging, but there was no answer from inside. Though I couldn’t stand outside, it was freezing cold, So I decided to break into the house with worries. The atmosphere of the house is retro and nostalgic.
A fire was already made in a fireplace. The warmth heated up my cold hands. There’s still no answer to my hello, but I rested in the house for a while. It’s rude to stay too long in another’s place, so now I’m getting out of the house. Wait, what!? I can’t open the door! What should I do?
Two Point Campus – August 9th
It’s time to spin academia on its head! Got a yearning for learning? Or just keen to build an educational masterpiece? The campus is jam-packed with new creative tools to help you build the university of your dreams.
For the first time, build in the great outdoors as you develop your own delightfully educational campus environment, housing the top teaching facilities in the land. Whether you prefer building on simple foundations or placing every tree, you can build the university you want.
Lay down pathways with new easy-to-use tools. Plant glorious collections of outdoor flora. Place benches, fountains, sculptures, hedgerows, and even picket fences. The only limit is your imagination (and your in-game bank balance).
Paula couldn’t wait to buy herself a copy of the game, and reviewed it here.
Lost in Play – August 10th
Go on a feel-good adventure with a brother and sister as they explore dreamscapes and befriend magical creatures. Lost in their imagination, Toto and Gal must stick together and solve puzzles to journey back home. This whimsical puzzle adventure game will make you feel like you’re playing a cartoon!
Lost in Play is a journey through childhood imagination with thoughtfully crafted puzzles and colorful characters. Play as a brother and sister duo on an adventure to find their way back home. Between reality and fantasy, the siblings explore the enchanted forest of a horned beast, start a rebellion in a goblin village, and help a team of frogs free a sword from a stone.
Paula ads her thoughts to the game in this review.
Cleo – a pirate’s tale – August 10th
Cleo is a 14-year-old cynical girl, living a repetitive life with her father in a bar. She knows everything about the epic adventures of pirate legend Captain Cabeca, but in her everyday life, she is just surrounded by boring fishermen and unsuccessful pirates, hanging around at the counter.
But when Cleo finds a strange pirate logbook and sees a ghost, who gives her a mysterious hint, her boring life is about to get turned upside down. She is thrown into a dangerous adventure and finds herself in a world of lies, deceit, greed and bad breath, the world of pirates, and most of them are looking for the same thing:
THE TREASURE OF ETERNAL MEMORY.
Paula reviewed the game, find it here.
Arcade Paradise – August 11th
Welcome to Arcade Paradise, the 90’s retro arcade game and light-management sim combo! From cleaning toilets and picking up gum, to doing the laundry; the road to Arcade Paradise isn’t easy, but the reward will be worth the grind!
Take on the role of Ashley and manage the day-to-day tasks of running the family laundromat. Rebel against your father’s wishes and create a games arcade to give the sleepy town of Grindstone something to really get excited about as you wash rags, invest the profits and build your very own Arcade Paradise!
Super Bullet Break – August 12th
Super Bullet Break is a one-of-a-kind strategy deck builder filled with a wild bunch of cute and colourful characters, ‘Bullets’, each and every one of them unique in their own way. Rescue online games from total destruction in a world where online multiplayer games have been taken over by a rogue AI! Can you save the world, defeat enemies in strategic turn-based battles, and beat Super Bullet Break?
No two girls are alike! Get to know the Bullets you collect along the way, all of them featuring original artwork and character designs, and build the perfect team. Gather a wide variety of items and bullets to make them work together to your advantage! From Common to Legendary, Active to Passive, each item will be useful to you in its own way.
James put his thoughts to paper in this review.
Blossom Tales II: The Minotaur Prince – August 16th
Grandpa’s latest tale takes you on a journey through haunted forests, pirate shores, and other mysterious lands across a vast open world! Charming towns, terrible enemies, tricky puzzles, and powerful weapons await you. Enjoy a “story within a story” as Grandpa narrates exciting moments throughout Lily’s incredible adventure.
James reviewed the game for us, find it here.
RPG Time: The Legend of Wright – August 18th
Game master Kenta’s notebook holds a handwritten RPG made just for you. Every turn of the page brings thrills, heroics, and a whole lot of fun! After school, the classroom transforms into the world of “The Legend of Wright,” an RPG designed by young aspiring game maker Kenta.
As you make your way through the game. Crafted by Kenta from drawings and cardboard and stationery, you’ll see that it’s so much more than “just” an RPG. Despite the name, RPG Time also features everything from action to adventure to bullet hell to turn-based battles! It’s a treasure chest stuffed full of fun, and there’s no telling what Kenta will pull out next.
Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? – August 23rd
Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? is a charmingly humorous quiz game based on the popular TV franchise. Multiple-choice questions, true-or-false challenges, and mini-games will test your proficiency in 24 different subjects. Faced with a tough question, you can always rely on your classmates for help.
More than 6800 questions on topics like animal sciences, vocabulary, math, and more are delivered by a diverse, fully voiced, and animated cast of characters. Beat each challenge alone or together. With family and friends in exciting couch co-op multiplayer gameplay to prove that you are, in fact, smarter than a 5th grader!