Three physical indie releases have become available for pre-order today through Signature Edition Games, giving you the chance to pick up beautiful collector's items and another red spine for your shelf at home.
The three games in question are Sparklite - we actually shared the announcement for this one just a few days ago, Children of Morta, and Northgard. We have plenty of details on each for you below:
Sparklite
Release: October 2019
The Sparklite Signature Edition includes:
- Region free copy of Sparklite
- Signature Edition Sleeve and Box
- Original CD Soundtrack
- Nano Block Figure
- Numbered Certificate
Sparklite is an action-adventure set in a whimsical and ever-changing land. Battle foes in top-down action using an arsenal of gadgets, guns, and gear. Explore dangerous corners of the procedurally generated world, take down titans of the mining industry, and save the Sparklite!
Everything in the world is tied together by Sparklite... it's the life force of the planet, and the inhabitants have learned how to channel it for their own gain. It can be harnessed, or it can be consumed for a surge of power with grave consequences.
Children of Morta
Release: September 2019
The Children of Morta Signature Edition includes:
- Region free copy of Children of Morta
- Pocket Art Book
- Art Card
- Certificate
- 6 enamel pins featuring each family member's emblem
Children of Morta sets its story in a distant land but copes with themes closer to our daily lives than one would expect. It is a story of simple emotions we all know so well and value more than sometimes we dare to admit. Love and hope, longing and uncertainty, and ultimately loss and sacrifice.
Embark on the adventure of an extraordinary family of heroes. With the Corruption spreading through the land, guardians of the Mountain Morta have to stand up against an ancient evil. But... it's not a story about saving the universe. It’s a story about a valiant family standing together while the world around them is being devoured by darkness.
Northgard
Release: September 2019
The Signature Edition of Northgard includes:
- Northgard
- Art Book
- Soundtrack
- Art Card
- Certificate
- Two Metal Pins
After years of tireless explorations, brave Vikings have discovered a new land filled with mystery, danger and riches: Northgard. The boldest Northmen have set sail to explore and conquer these new shores, bring fame to their Clan and write history through conquest, trading, or devotion to the Gods.
That is, if they can survive the dire Wolves and Undead Warriors roaming the land, befriend or defeat the giants, and survive the harshest winters ever witnessed in the North.
All three Signature Editions are available to pre-order now for £39.99 each; you can also pick up standard physical copies for £29.99.
Any of these take your fancy? Let us know with a comment below.
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Why are the games marketed as region free? Do they not have dlc or something?
Children of morta!!! Looks good. Will buy.
They all look beautiful. Children of Morta looks like it could be something special, and I'm still curious to see how Northgard converts to Switch as a RTS.
If they have any already released DLC there included on the gamecart @Arehexes. Although any future released DLC will require you to set your Switch to that region to download and play the DLC. It's a little bit of a nuisance to set up another region account on your Switch and then buy Eshop money with your credit card or paypal account as they convert currency for you.
Sparklite looks like a steam punk 16 bit Zelda so pre-ordered, but only getting normal physical from Amazon
Damn all 3 of them look great. If I had the funds I would buy all 3 of these.
Sparklite and Children of Morta look great. I’ll be getting both of those bad boys
All these physical edition e-shop releases... These look great, although anyone going after a full physical Switch collection must be cursing at all these eshop games making it to cartridge, haha....
Children of Morta looks to be really good if they can polish it up a bit. I played the demo last weekend and it was a lot of fun but has some issues holding it back.
I love all these companies that aren't called "Limited Run" - have collected some real gems over the past year or so. Wish July wasn't such a poor month for me, I already preordered everything coming out in September on Amazon and I've got all of $15 left to spend on games until the holiday season. Boo.
@BacklogBlues I was of the impression some games DLC was region free and you could buy a physical title wherever and download DLC in your local region, while other games required the DLC and physical to be in the same region. I don’t think it was 100% one way or the other and was based on how they handled the eShop listings.
@Smigit It happened to me with Xenoblade Chronicles. I bought the European Cartridge and tried to use use a Japanese DLC code. Didn't work.
@mazzel Yeah I believe it’ll be intermittent on a game by game basis.
These CEs look good, but I'm content with their standard editions.
You might be right @Smigit i'm not 100% sure. But i do Know Limited Run Games, Play Asias, Strictly Limited Games, & Super Rare Games require you to have a Switch account set to their regions for DLC. The Switch itself is region unlocked meaning you can play and get software updates for a game no matter where the game came from. But DLC is usually if not always region locked.
@BacklogBlues "But DLC is usually if not always region locked."
As before I think it's a bit of a trial and error scenario. Here's some reddit threads where some individuals claim to have been able to get DLC from regions other than that for which their physical cart originates.
https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/9gm43o/how_is_dlc_handled_for_import_games/
https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/ackr29/will_purchasing_dlc_from_a_different_region_work/
Each time it comes up some people say its outright unsupported but given the number of people that claim it has worked on occasions for them, I tend to believe it's just luck of the draw and some people lucked out with certain games.
I wouldn't necessarily count on it if it is super important to you to have all content on one region, but it seems some people are having luck with DLC specifically across regions. I guess one could email the publisher and ask if they wanted to know about the games in this article specifically.
Follow Up: I won't rewrite all the above but I have half a dozen imported games. I've just had a look and Megaman 11 for which I have a US copy (since my local region didn't get a physical release from memory so I imported from Amazon US) and it had some free DLC in the eShop for my region (Australia). I've downloaded the free DLC under my AU account (I don't have a US region account) and upon starting the game the title has said the DLC was detected and I can activate it in the options...so yeah, I have been able in this instance to use content from the AU eShop with a US physical copy of the game.
I'm also certain it won't work in all cases, but it has in the run I just did then. Of the other 5 or 6 games I've imported I'm not sure which if any have DLC at all so can't comment on those ones.
Note I've never been able to redeem Nintendo Points from other regions though for physical purchases.
Cool @Smigit i have about 20 imported games from Asia, Japan and European countries and gave up on DLC after 4 of the games wouldn't let me download them. But since it seem to be on a game/publisher base so i'll give the others a try. And the main thing for me is that the software updates do work. Which all of my imports were able to do.
Hit me with Sparklite and Children of Morta ~
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