Dave the Diver is finally coming to Nintendo Switch on October 26. In the meantime, there's a free demo available on the eShop right now.
If you haven't heard of the game, it's an adventure RPG with management elements as you explore the Blue Hole (an underwater locale) by day and run an exotic sushi restaurant by night. While diving, you catch fish and rare creatures. There are also minigames, side quests, and several storylines, culminating in an average playtime of just over 20 hours.
Dave the Diver has proven to be a huge hit for developer Mintrocket, garnering an impressive average Metacritic score of 90. While we at TheGamer didn't review the game, we said in our Early Access Impressions, "There's something incredibly satisfying about how successful you can make your restaurant, largely due to how it's solely down to your preparations, and while I still feel a little guilty taking huge guns into the sea, you betta believe it feels great to fight off a longnose sawshark with only a few seconds of oxygen left. Dave the Diver has me hooked".
Much of that critical acclaim spilt over to audiences, evidenced by its 'Overwhelmingly Positive' rating on Steam with 52,000 logged reviews. You can pre-order it ahead of its launch on Nintendo Switch next month for $19.99, or you can download the demo first which is available right now.
Dave the Diver wasn't the only game shown off at today's Nintendo Direct, we also got a look at the long-awaited F-Zero return... as a battle royale. Probably not what fans were expecting. It's the newest in Nintendo's '99' series, battle royale versions of classic games that are available for a limited amount of time before being delisted. As the name suggests, you'll race against 99 other players at once, with more and more getting eliminated as you go, until eventually just one racer is left standing (sitting? They're in a car, I guess).
There was also the reveal of the Tomb Raider collection, bringing the original trilogy to Nintendo Switch. Not only that, each game has been remastered with a significant graphical overhaul that brings the visuals closer to the Legend era. However, if you prefer the classic look, you can switch between it and modern, letting you experience Tomb Raider as it was way back when.
Maybe Dave'll dig up some treasure too, but I can't see him finding the time to raid tombs when he has a restaurant to run.