Moonstone Island Nintendo Switch Review

Moonstone Island is an adventure game with elements from a number of genres such as farm-life, monster collecting/battling and foraging/crafting. It has just released on the Nintendo Switch but is it worth getting? Well, let's find out....

#moonstoneisland #nintendoswitch #review

The colour changing joycon we use - save 10% with code: SUP2023 (ensure you put this at checkout)

Happy Gaming
Mark & Glen
SwitchUp

Subscriber count: - 355,840

Review written and video created by Glen Bolger

[SwitchUpYt]

When the embargo falls on a direct!! The show must go on. Will you be picking this one up? Let us know in the comments section!




Happy gaming! Glen

[booksinbed]

Your reviews are always so helpful, thank you! I have some disabilities that make my needs/preferences in games weirdly specific, and getting information like how the tool selection is implemented with a wheel really helps me out. Great work!

[NeverGonnaTellALie]

I love how farming sims were a niche genre before but now we got a bunch of then with different flavors. A buy for me.

[ashleybrown]

Im literally counting down the hours for this release on switch. We've waited so long and I can't believe its right around the corner!!!!

[harveyfreeman]

My wallet is on its farkin knees lads💀

[SwedePotato]

Between Monster Hunter Stories, Shin Megami Tense 5V, Paper Mario and Moonstone Island I am NOT going to be catching much sunshine this summer

[RocksQuirkyNerd]

You can access your spirit storage even when the research center is closed by interacting with the shaking box at the back :)

Also might be worth adding you can change the difficulty at any time for things like the card battling if its not for you. Same for fishing. The day length can also be changed at any time too.

[twilighthero]

Fresh from the Direct and there's a new review up! Excellent timing

[jim]

It's finally coming to switch I've been waiting to play this game for over a year since they announced it but I don't have a pc so I've been waiting for the switch release🥳🥳🥳

[jamesclifford]

I'll definitely be picking this up, maybe not for some but I've been looking for a game that smushes all the different genres together 😁

[Bogrin]

This one checks all my boxes! Can’t wait to play it! :)

[sarahreed-eurogamergirl]

Thanks for your review!

I have been waiting very anxiously for this to come out on Switch! I love the idea of monster taming and farm sim with turn-based card-based battles. Sad to hear that the shops are closed at various times/days. That's one aspect that irks me in farm life games, but then I come from mainly a turn-based JRPG background where nothing is closed ever and time doesn't matter. That's been the hardest adjustment for me when I first got into sim/farm life games. I like taking my time and not having to remember who's open when.


Anyway, I'll probably still wait for a sale, more because I have so many other games to play right now. I still need to finish Sea of Stars. But Moonstone Island is one I can't wait to dive into.

[iam_harmene]

When I tell you my backlog is SCREAMING!! Finish please so many excellent games collecting dust cause some amazing games keep releasing lol 😂

[PrincessMoonbeam]

I would have liked to hear more about the relationships aspect and have had that included in the gameplay score, but maybe that's just not Mark's cup of tea😆 Definitely a key aspect for girls like me!

[melaniapina]

Definitely my jam! I’m very curious to try this, but I’ll wait for a sale 😊 thanks for the review!

[jesssealey]

Pretty intrigued by this but will leave it on my wishlist for now as I will be waiting to see what the rest of the Switches final year holds. Cheer SwitchUp!

[damien]

I've already played this on steam, the only down side for me on this game is the lack of variety monsters and its short after 18 hours, i already finished the game. I am not a completionist but after finishing it, there's are no other things to do after post game.

[neonswift]

Does anyone know if this game has UI sizing options?

Why is the UI in these games always so frickin small. As someone with visual impairments I a) I can't see the text because its small and black text on a deeply bright white background. b) the icons are too small. c) This is going to be completely illegible in handheld mode.

There is a reason subtitles in movies and games should be white/yellow text on black background. Because its a lot easier for people to read.

I would literally buy every one of these farming games because I love the genre, but there is a reason I stick with Stardew: You can scale the UI and Camera independently from one another. All these games borrowing ideas from Eric but they fail to include any of his good UI ideas.

Its not just this one game, so my annoyance isn't targeted at any specific dev, but not every person has pinpoint perfect vision. Especially not when gamers are all getting a lot older!

[sreejaghosh]

Yup! I'm definitely going broke this year! So many games on sale and so many releasing soon...

[MegaCocoa]

Just started "I was a Teenage Exocolonist" and it is a peak game! I'll have to wait on this title, but I'll be sure to pick it up as soon as it goes on any sale