The latest European Nintendo Download Update is live, and it's another busy line-up with lots of varied options. There are two retail releases on Switch alongside the usual inundation of download games, while there are also big arrivals on the New 3DS / 3DS. With plentiful discounts also available there's a lot to get through, so let's get to it.
Switch Retail Downloads
Fire Emblem Warriors (Nintendo, €59.99 / £49.99) - The latest Musou crossover with a Nintendo franchise, this offers a hefty campaign, attractive visuals (and an option to target 60fps) along with historical battles to take on. In addition to the usual Warriors brawling it adds some smart tactical play to honour the Fire Emblem IP; we were very impressed in our Fire Emblem Warriors review. Available from 20th October.
Fire Emblem Warriors Deluxe Edition (Nintendo, €79.98 / £67.98) - Also includes the Season Pass. Available from 20th October.
The LEGO Ninjago Movie Video Game (WB Games, €59.99 / £49.99) - Released to coincide with the equivalent movie, this adds some ninja action to the LEGO formula, with '8 action packed locations' included along with Battle Maps in which four players can duke it out. Unfortunately the end result is rather average, in our opinion. Available from 20th October.
Switch eShop
Rogue Trooper Redux (RebellionInteract, €24.99 / £19.99) - Based on the 2000 AD comic strip, this uses the 2006 original - which was ported to the Wii in 2009 under the title Rogue Trooper: The Quartz Zone Massacre - as its template, adding various upgrades for this HD remaster. It offers a solid and fun solo campaign along with some online options, as we explain in our Rogue Trooper Redux review.
Spelunker Party! (Square Enix, €29.99 / £24.99) - An early retail title in Japan, this arrives in the West with a new name and as a download-only release. Essentially a puzzle platformer, it can be played either solo or alongside up to three extra players with both local and online multiplayer modes available. We'll dig into a review soon.
The Jackbox Party Pack 4 (Jackbox Games, €21.99 / £19.99) - With the Switch all caught up on the previous releases in this series, now we get to party with the latest version. As always it's a collection of five varied games, and for the most part they're good fun in the right company; we gave this a recommendation in our The Jackbox Party Pack 4 review.
The Count Lucanor (Merge Games, €13.49 / £10.79 until 25th October, normally €14.99 / £11.99) - This is a "mystery and horror adventure" that previously made its mark on Steam; it has a stylish look to go along with its suitably creepy (and potentially varied) gameplay. We're still working on our review, but did get a good taste of what it's all about in our recent hands on impressions.
Elliot Quest (PlayEveryWare Games, €9.99 / £8.99) - It opts for a simple look, but underneath that exterior is a rather accomplished adventure game. It was an impressive indication of what could be achieved through HTML5 technology on the Wii U eShop, before it was then ported to C++ and released on other systems - including the 3DS. It promises plenty of abilities to try out through five dungeons, with 16 'unique bosses' and multiple endings also thrown in.
Syberia (Microïds, €29.99 / £26.99) - This adventure game was first released on PC way back in 2002, with this first entry kicking off a gradual roll-out of the series on Switch. For those that enjoy narrative-driven games with puzzles and adventure this could be tempting; we'll see how it holds up in a review. Available from 20th October.
Party Golf (Giant Margarita, €14.99 / £13.49) - A lighthearted game promising 100 modes, randomly generated levels and support for up to eight players with a Joy-Con each. Its European eShop listing even outlines 'Twitch integration' that allows stream viewers to change gameplay through the app's group chat, but the Nintendo of America page doesn't mention this. We'll see what the score is in our review.
JYDGE (10tons, €14.99 / £12.99) - A top-down shooter where you get to build your own cybernetic JYDGE and eradicate crime in the never-sleeping megacity of Edenbyrg. Basically, shoot all of the things, and even do so with a buddy in local co-op. Unfortunately we judged it to be a tad underwhelming in our JYDGE review.
Putty Pals (Harmonious Games, €8.50 / £7.50) - In this colourful, feel-good adventure you can tackle colour-based puzzles with a friend; the co-op gameplay would seem to be a perfect match for the Switch. We'll see whether it's worth sharing with a gaming buddy in a review.
Don't Knock Twice (Wales Interactive, €9.99 / £7.99 until 14th November, then €12.49 / £9.99) - Developed alongside a film with the same name, this is a first-person horror game in which you explore a 'grand manor house' and try to save your daughter. Unfortunately we were left rather disappointed by this in our Don't Knock Twice review.
Robo Army (HAMSTER, €6.99 / £6.29) - Originally released in 1991, this side-scrolling fighter was a very early Neo Geo release but boasts some attractive and detailed visuals. The gameplay is rather basic however, so we can imagine this will only appeal to those players who have a nostalgic connection to it, or those who simply have to own every single Neo Geo game on the Switch.
Revenant Saga (KEMCO, €12.99 / £11.69) - A publisher that ported a notable range of RPGs (many previously on mobile) to 3DS and Wii U, it now makes its move onto Nintendo's latest system. Previously released on Wii U, this is the tale of an immortal being seeking vengeance, which is suitably dramatic.
Super Ping Pong Trick Shot (Starsign, €4.99 / £4.49) - On the surface this is a rather simple puzzle game in which you, unsurprisingly, try to trick shot a ping pong ball into a glass, with 80 challenges and varied stages promised.
Switch and New 3DS DLC
Fire Emblem Warriors Season Pass (Nintendo, €19.99 / £17.99, purchase separately for each system) - Will include three DLC packs as they arrive and will unlock a Lucina Bridal Costume.
Nintendo Switch DLC
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle - Ultra Challenge Pack (Ubisoft, €6.99 / £5.80, also included in the season pass)
Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle – Koishi Komeiji (NIS America, €0.49 / £0.40)
Switch eShop Temporary Discounts
Vaccine (Rainy Frog, €6.99 / £6.29 until 2nd November, normally €9.99 / £8.99)
New Nintendo 3DS Retail Download
Fire Emblem Warriors (Nintendo, €44.99 / £39.99) - Aiming to be essentially the same game as on Switch, this is naturally trying to give the same experience on weaker hardware. You can see how performance between them both compares in this video. Available from 20th October.
3DS Retail Download
Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Myth (SEGA, €39.99 / £34.99) - The DS and 3DS have been lucky enough to have plenty of these RPG titles from Atlus, with this fifth main entry giving us another taste of its cartographic exploration and adventure. We enjoyed some time with it in this first impressions article.
3DS DLC
Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond The Myth: New Explorers 1 (Koch Media, €1.99 / £1.79)
Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond The Myth: New Explorers 2 (Koch Media, €1.99 / £1.79)
Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond The Myth: New Explorers 3 (Koch Media, €1.99 / £1.79)
Culdcept Revolt - Avian (NIS America, free)
3DS eShop Temporary Discounts
Gunman Clive (Hörberg Productions, €0.99 / £0.99 until 2nd November, normally €1.99 / £1.99)
Gunman Clive 2 (Hörberg Productions, €1.49 / £1.25 until 2nd November, normally €2.99 / £2.50)
Kung Fu FIGHT! (Nostatic Software, €1.68 / £1.49 until 26th October, normally €2.25 / £1.99)
Ash (CIRCLE Entertainment, €1.99 / £1.99 until 2nd November, normally €3.99 / £3.99)
Glory of Generals (CIRCLE Entertainment, €3.49 / £3.04 until 2nd November, normally €6.99 / £6.09)
Glory of Generals: The Pacific (CIRCLE Entertainment, €3.49 / £3.44 until 2nd November, normally €6.99 / £6.89)
Karous - The Beast Of Re:Eden (CIRCLE Entertainment, €2.99 / £2.94 until 2nd November, normally €5.99 / £5.89)
Toy Defence (CIRCLE Entertainment, €1.99 / £1.59 until 2nd November, normally €3.99 / £3.19)
Wakedas (CIRCLE Entertainment, €1.49 / £1.49 until 2nd November, normally €2.99 / £2.99)
Johnny's Payday Panic (Office Create, €1.99 / £1.49 until 2nd November, normally €3.99 / £2.99)
Coaster Creator 3D (Big John Games, €4.99 / £4.19 until 16th November, normally €7.25 / £6.00)
Cube Creator 3D (Big John Games, €4.99 / £3.59 until 16th November, normally €7.50 / £5.25)
Fantasy Pirates (EnjoyUp Games, €1.80 / £1.80 until 16th November, normally €4.50 / £4.50)
RV-7 My Drone (EnjoyUp Games, €1.19 / £1.19 until 16th November, normally €2.99 / £2.99)
Toys vs. Monsters (EnjoyUp Games, €1.59 / £1.59 until 16th November, normally €3.99 / £3.99)
Van Helsing sniper Zx100 (EnjoyUp Games, €2.66 / £2.66 until 16th November, normally €6.66 / £6.66)
3DS eShop Permanent Discounts
Langrisser Re:Incarnation -TENSEI- (Aksys Games, €24.99 / £22.49, previously €34.99 / £28.00)
Moco Moco Friends (Aksys Games, €24.99 / £22.49, previously €36.50 / £26.98)
Elliot Quest (PlayEveryWare Games, €9.99 / £8.99, previously €14.99 / £13.49)
3DS eShop Demos
Nintendo Presents: New Style Boutique 3 (Nintendo, free)
Kirby Battle Royale (Nintendo, free)
Wii U eShop
SWAP BLOCKS (Wizbyte Games, €4.99 / £3.99) - This looks like a rather simplistic game where you match up tiles by, well, swapping the blocks around.
Wii U eShop Temporary Discounts
Gunman Clive HD Collection (Hörberg Productions, €1.99 / £1.79 until 2nd November, normally €3.99 / £3.59)
Stick it to the Man (Ripstone Publishing, €4.79 / £4.19 until 26th October, normally €7.99 / £6.99)
Kung Fu FIGHT! (Nostatic Software, €1.49 / £1.11 until 26th October, normally €1.99 / £1.49)
Mr. Pumpkin Adventure (CIRCLE Entertainment, €1.99 / £1.99 until 2nd November, normally €3.99 / £3.99)
99Moves (EnjoyUp Games, €0.99 / £0.91 until 16th November, normally €2.49 / £2.29)
Abyss (EnjoyUp Games, €0.99 / £0.89 until 16th November, normally €1.99 / £1.79)
Hurry Up! Bird Hunter (EnjoyUp Games, €3.19 / £2.87 until 16th November, normally €7.99 / £7.19)
Rock 'N Racing Off Road DX (EnjoyUp Games, €3.99 / £3.59 until 16th November, normally €7.99 / £7.19)
Drop It: Block Paradise! (ZeNfA Productions, €4.99 / £4.49 until 16th November, normally €9.99 / £8.99)
That's the full Nintendo Download line-up for this week - let us know what you'll be downloading in the poll and comments below.
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What wil I be getting this week, well unless anything sells on ebay a debt relief order.
No permanent discount for the Wii u version of Elliot quest?! Sure this must be a misstake.
@Henmii Not according to the press release, but it may have just been missed by Nintendo
Since I made some purchases from the UK Eshop for a change I can take part in this week's vote. Just Robo Army from this week's releases though along with Wulverblade which I meant to buy last week. Feels good to buy 2 beat-em-ups together. I'm one of those weirdos who has no nostalgic connection to Robo Army but simply has to own every single Neo Geo game on Switch. We'll not quite but close enough.Mutation Nation up next. I do want Jydge but that will need to wait. Syberia is also high on my wishlist but not for that price.
Definitely starting to feel a bit bad that I am not a fan of Fire Emblem. Never played any Fire Emblem games. I hope they do a Hyrule Warriors remake or a second game for the switch. I think the game would be a lot better for the switch, than the Wii U.
I'd like a demo of FE: WARRIORS before I'd commit to a buy. Recently picked up FIRE EMBLEM FATES on 3DS so that will scratch my FE itch for some time to come. Already bought and downloaded ROBO ARMY! Looking ahead to MUTATION NATION next week and that MUMMY: DEMASTERED game has been catching my eye too. Hope it hits U.K. eShop at some stage.
For the first time in weeks, nothing for me. My wallet has taken a beating these past two months and Odyssey next week will trump anything I get this week that it would be pointless to even consider anything.
Elliot Quest's price is not dropped to 10€ on Wii U but other platforms are? That's just dumb.
Stick it to the Man on Wii U is a good game for people to pick up. And Gunman Clive HD Collection as well, again on Wii U.
Wow, that is VERY expensive for Syberia, considering that both 1& 2 collected together is £10.99 through Steam.
I've always wanted to play them, but I don't think Switch will be my method of choice.
I'm interested in Revenant Saga, but have no experience with EXE Create games. Can anyone recommend?
"Fire Emblem Warriors Season Pass... (purchase separately for each system)"
I know I have a reputation for moaning and being negative, but come on! That is so far behind the competition with what is already ridiculous DLC. Sony would be offering cross-buy on that.
@gordjscott You can also get 1 & 2 together for £2.38 right now in the Hallowe'en PSN sale.
@RainbowGazelle That is just what I'll do then thanks!
@RainbowGazelle
Totally agree with you on that, making people need one Season Pass per system is ridiculously stingy
I didn't realise Etrian Odyssey V was releasing this soon, I thought it was going to be later on this year. I'll likely pick it up before too long.
Edit: Weird, EOV is available now on eshop, but it's still 2 weeks away from the physical release. Since I'm busy with other games now, and preordering a physical copy is considerably cheaper than buying on the eshop, I may as well wait.
I wonder if that Etrian Odyssey V information is correct, the physical cart isn't coming till November 3rd, at least according to my Amazon preorder
Etrian Odyssey V seems buried in all of that. Hope it sells well.
I have to agree with the others who've said that €30 for Syberia is expensive. It's farcical really.
Party Golf gets a 9 out of 10. I love Worms, but this is better and somewhat similar. I even get addicted to playing against the AI in single player mode! It is incredibly fun against a friend, and gets better and better as you approach the full 8 player mode! Try it!
@gordjscott EXE Create are usually rated as the best developer in the Kemco stable. I've not played Revenant Saga but, given Kemco's output on mobile, I would expect a solid JRPG, which does everything you have come to expect of a traditional JRPG from, say, the mid to late Nineties - at least in terms of game design, if not in graphics or sound. Keep your expectations low, and it will fill a void in the Switch's anaemic RPG library.
I'll be getting EO V physical in a couple weeks but getting it two weeks early is tempting.
Fire emblem limited edition bundle doesn't include the season pass dose it? Not in 🇬🇧 or from official nintendo store, would have been worth the price that way??
@neufel I think EOV will be fine. It's a hardcore niche title, and fans of those kinds of games are more likely to be aware of what's coming out than your average gamer. The people whose radars it will fly under wouldn't be buying it anyway.
@boatie Don't know about Europe, but I know it's out in North America because I just bought it, so if Atlus tends to release simultaneously then I'd say the info is correct.
As great as the games on the switch are, the eshop prices are still on the whole a joke compared to other platforms. The lack of cross buy or multi machine installation also still angers me a great deal. We have been a multi ds family for years- never bought the same cartridge more than once- they are shared between the systems. Eshop games should be the same.
£27 for Syberia? Nope.
Getting Warriors delivered tomorrow.
Glad to see another Switch discount, sadly wasn't on my growing watch list.
Luckily Syberia (and 2) are getting retail releases soon. So likely to be able to pick them up cheap that way down the line.
Hey Nintendo life, would it be possible to start listing 3ds dlc on the borth American download page as well? I had no idea Culdcept Revolt was getting new free dlc until I checked the European page. That information would bw nice to have on both pages.
Got Robo Army and the Touhou Kobuto DLC.
Now, i have a qestion: It says that Karous The Beast of Re-Eden is on sale here in Europe, even with prices in €, but i can't find the game on the 3DS eShop at all.
I always thought it never came out in Europe! Can it be that it came out everywhere but in Germany, or what's going on here?
Heads up if you're thinking about getting Syberia. The PS3 versions of 1+2are being offered on European Playstation Network for £1.19 as part of a Halloween sale that ends on November 1st. Thought I'd save you £25. XD
@jimi Ahhhh, that explains the cheap price. Well, too late. XD
At the end of the day, they were just £1.19 each....
Just got my Fire Emblem Warriors Limited Edition in the post. The OST is nice but the envelope containing all the art cards was pitiful.
Adding a physical copy of Etrian Odyssey V to my Christmas list.
Interested in Langrisser Re:Incarnation -TENSEI- but since the price drop is permanent, I can wait a bit.
Revenant Saga interests me but since I have no shortage of JRPGs at the moment, I can wait and see if a price drop happens.
@FX102A
I take it unlike the article suggests dlc is not included in the limited edition bundle, and it's just cd, cards and game, no way would it only be £65 if it included £17 season pass
@S20TEW Fraid so, though I managed to get it for approx £57. Disappointed they offerred a digital deluxe but no season pass special offer for any physical edition. Oh well, I prefer to buy DLC only when I know what it is; and only after playing the vanilla game for some time.
Not many for fire emblem
@SLIGEACH_EIRE I agree. Stick It To The Man is great.
I'm tempted by Syberia, but not at that price. The new entry has reviewed quite poorly, so I hope to pick that up cheap in a little while. The older 2 entries I already have on PC and it will require a huge discount to get me to rebuy on Switch.
Will probably pick up the season pass for Rabbids when I eventually start it.
OMG style boutique demo ; _ ; I am sooooo ready for that omg <3
It is a shame that more of the good indie games for Wii u are no longer being discounted. There are a few I still want to pick up but it feels like the publishers have all move on.
Gunman and stick it to the man being the exceptions this week ( already have them both though)
@FX102A , is there a digital bundle on eshop? Not been on yet?
I'm sa,e as you prefer to wait and see plus if anything like hyrule the vinila game will be pretty leanthy if you're trying to 100% it
I'm not downloading anything this week... but I will be playing the living daylights out of Fire Emblem Warriors.
Nothing on Switch. Trying not to start the Evil within 2 before Mario and Wolfenstein 2 show up next week. No way I can play3 games at a time.
@ThomasBW84,
Okay, I'll check it out soon. Would be weird if the Wii u version stays the same, pricewise.
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