Nintendo Download: 1st August (Europe)

The latest Nintendo Download update for Europe has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy!

Switch Retail - New Releases

Omega Labyrinth Life (D3 Publisher, €59.99 / £53.99) - Take it easy in the latest addition to the series, Omega Labyrinth! Now, in addition to adventuring through dungeons, you can enjoy the finer things in life. Taking care of flowers, rebuilding the academy, having a little fun on the side...

Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden – Deluxe Edition (Funcom Oslo, €44.99 / £39.99) - Includes the SEED OF EVIL expansion DLC which continues the story of Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden by adding several hours of gameplay and a new mutant character: Big Khan the Moose. Explore new locations and embark on a mission to save the Ark from a mysterious invasion. - Read our Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden – Deluxe Edition review

Switch eShop - New Releases

Chroma Squad (Plug In Digital, €14.99 / £13.49) - Cast actors, purchase equipment and upgrades for your studio, craft weapons and giant Mechas out of cardboard and duct tape. Once the cameras are rolling, you will control your cast of five coloured-jumpsuit-clad warriors in dramatic, turn-based battles!

Plague Inc: Evolved (Ndemic Creations, €14.99 / £11.99) - Plague Inc: Evolved is a unique mix of high strategy and terrifyingly realistic simulation. Your pathogen has just infected 'Patient Zero' - now you must bring about the end of human history by evolving a deadly, global Plague whilst adapting against everything humanity can do to defend itself.

Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power (Frozenbyte, €19.99 / £17.99) - Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power is a 3D platforming game of action, puzzles and adventure. The heroes try to return their extraordinary gifts to the Artifact called Trine, and so they meddle with powers beyond their understanding: Trine shatters, and a heartless ancient sorcerer escapes. - Read our Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power review

Catch a Duck (Ultimate Games, €4.24 / £3.81) - Face the challenge of catching ducks in a funny hand-drawn forest. Outsmart hunters, cause a brawl between a wolf and a bear, use hideouts, move through underground tunnels, avoid traps but make enemies fall into them! Be a sly fox!

Forager (Humble Bundle, €19.99 / £17.99) - Forager is a 2D open-world game inspired by your favourite exploration, farming and crafting games.- Gather, collect and manage resources.

Raiders of the North Sea (Dire Wolf Digital, €17.99 / £16.19) - It's Raiding Season! Assemble a crew and outfit a longboat to raid settlements for gold and fame! Impress your Chieftain in glorious battle and win your place among the legends of the North Sea in this digital adaptation of the award-winning board game!

Bear With Me: The Lost Robots (Modus Games, €4.99 / £3.99) - The noir episodic point and click adventure series Bear With Me is back! Introducing Bear With Me: The Lost Robots – an all-new prequel chapter featuring Amber’s brother Flint and the callous detective Ted E. Bear.

The Messenger - Picnic Panic Bundle (Devolver Digital, €19.99 / £17.99) - This bundle includes: The Messenger + The Messenger - Picnic Panic

The Tower of Beatrice (Sometimes You, €5.99 / £5.39) - Working on a contract for a mysterious client, you'll need to infiltrate the tower of the powerful sorcerer Beatrice, steal her Book of Recipes, and get out alive.

Bear With Me: The Complete Collection (Modus Games, €14.99 / £11.99) - Bear With Me: The Complete Collection features all previously released episodes as well as the new prequel The Lost Robots. This collection is the definitive way for players to experience the franchise.

Arcade Archives VICTORY ROAD (HAMSTER, €6.99 / £6.29) - VICTORY ROAD is an action game released by SNK in 1986. RALF and CLARK, after finishing their mission in IKARI WARRIORS, suddenly find themselves dragged into an alternate dimension.

Dungeon Warfare (Singlecore Games, €7.99 / £6.99) - Dungeon Warfare is a challenging tower defence game where you become a dungeon lord to defend your dungeon against greedy adventurers. As you successfully purify your dungeons throughout the world from the pesky invaders, you will gain access to more powerful traps and devious utilities.

Hamsterdam (Muse Games, €8.99 / £7.99) - Play as the hamster hero Pimm and harness the mightiest martial arts powers. Kicktail through district after district on a heart-pounding journey to take down the Vermin Gang, save Grandpa, and restore peace to Hamsterdam. The once peaceful town of Hamsterdam is in danger!

Illusion of L'Phalcia (KEMCO, €11.69 / £10.52) - Experience epic 3D battles and customize characters with Runes & Gems in a fantasy RPG with an adventure awaiting in search of the legendary Sword of Amal! The Sword of Amal, a legendary treasure said to grant any wish. Ryser is travelling around the world as a seeker with his buddy, Cougar, from the Leopard clan, in search of this artifact of legend.

M.A.C.E. Tower Defense (EntwicklerX, €3.99 / £3.59) - M.A.C.E. Tower Defense is a classic tower defense game with unique towers and enemies and an in-game shop system for getting better towers, upgrade existing towers and buy special items (Atom Bomb, Splash Bomb, Air supply).

Omega Labyrinth Life - Omega Labyrinth Life Deluxe Edition (D3 Publisher, €79.99 / £71.99) - The Omega Labyrinth Life Deluxe Edition includes the main title and a set of DLC, including costumes to dress characters up in on the home screen, items to change academy BGM into character songs from the series, and more. The deluxe edition also boasts exclusive items.

Pandemic (Asmodee Digital, €19.99 / £17.99) - Humanity is on the brink of extinction. As members of an elite disease control team, you’re the only thing standing in the way of the four deadly diseases spreading across the world. You must travel the globe protecting cities, containing infections from spreading, and discovering the cure for each disease.

Pelican and Medjed (PLiCy, €6.99 / £6.29) - Go to the exciting 8-bit-Exotic worlds! To reach to the goal, break blocks and take bananas! Try speedrun, and get the best rank! Enjoy the Action puzzle from 16 stages, and more SPECIAL stage! Can you reach the Final boss?

Robbie Swifthand and the Orb of Mysteries (KISS Publishing, €17.99 / £15.99) - Robbie Swifthand and the Orb of Mysteries is a 2D platformer consisted of mind intriguing psychology-based level design, epically unique boss fights accompanied by groovy and mystifying music. Plan ahead your every move and outsmart the traps that are lurking in the temple or get dissected in hilarious ways!

Solo: Islands of the Heart (Merge Games, €15.99 / £11.99) - Love is a universal feeling, but each of us experiences it in a different way. Solo: Islands of the Heart explores the theme of love in an introspective way, allowing players to identify and reflect on their own experiences. The world is divided into archipelagos, with each island representing a unique puzzle.

STANDBY (HYPETRAIN DIGITAL, €4.99 / £4.49) - Escape the glitched-out world in this high-octane fast-paced platformer - do it as fast as you can! STANDBY is an ‘easy to learn, hard to master’ adrenaline rush precision platformer, with devious levels that will challenge your reactions and concentration.

Shinobi Spirits S: Legend of Heroes (TOMCREATE, €5.17 / £4.68) - The flames of war run rampant. Ieyasu Tokugawa has been made general of the Edo Shoganate. However, General Yukimura Sanada and his Beast Brigade head the resistance against Ieyasu! But then one day, Saizo Kirigakure returns from a mission to find Yukimura and the entire Beast Brigade missing...

Sudoku Relax 2 Summer Waves (G-mode, €4.58 / £4.13) - The popular "Sudoku Relax" title is coming out with a sequel, "Sudoku Relax 2". This new title is filled with bright cool colours and brings a sense of calm. Choose from EASY, NORMAL, or HARD modes with over 300 puzzles. Exercise your brain and wind down to the relaxing gameplay and music.

Burger Chef Tycoon (Baltoro Games, €4.99 / £4.49) - Like going into town for a bite to eat? Everybody does! But perhaps you'd like to see that from the other side? Not everyone can, so don't waste the opportunity! Manage the preparation of burgers, french fries, crispy chicken and a multitude of other treats!

Saboteur II: Avenging Angel (SimFabric, €6.30 / £5.66) - Saboteur II: Avenging Angel is the second part of the classic retro game hit made by Clive Townsend in 1985 for the ZX Spectrum 8-bit computer. In 1985 Saboteur! received the prestigious award "The Crash Smash" from Crash magazine and was high-rated with a 93% score.

Swallow Up (Rising Win Tech., €6.99 / £6.29) - Swallow up is a relaxing, hyper-casual game. Just clear the board! No fancy user interface, no music but a simple game sound that makes you idle, relaxing. Enjoy the massive objects falling scene. Not only can use a joystick to enjoy all levels but also can control the ball by touching screen at the same time.

Super Wiloo Demake (Ratalaika Games, €3.99 / £3.99) - Wiloo and Agatha need to rescue their dog from the clutches of Dr.ETvaldo! Roll, fly, jump, and shoot your way across a variety of different platforming levels using unique power-ups to reach the end of the level. Can you defeat all 5 bosses and rescue your buddy?

Swaps and Traps (Drageus Games, €4.49 / £4.04 for owners ofRobonauts, Jumping Joe & Friends, Escape Doodland, or Geki Yaba Runner Anniversary Edition) - Mike is a decent man. An ordinary one, you might say. But he is no pushover when it comes to capturing the enchanted hat from his nemesis, Divider.

The Church in the Darkness (Fellow Traveller, €15.99 / £14.39) - In the late 1970s, the charismatic Isaac and Rebecca Walker lead the Collective Justice Mission. Labelled radicals and feeling persecuted by the US government, they relocate their followers to the one place they believe they can create a socialist utopia: the jungles of South America.

Wreckin' Ball Adventure (QubicGames, €3.49 / £3.14) - Wreckin' Ball Adventure is a 2.5D platformer with physics-based puzzles cleverly incorporated in 60 levels. Beat story mode solo or bring up to 3 friends! You can roll, jump or swing using your trusty grappling hook.

3DS eShop - New Releases

Pinball Breakout 3 (nuGAME, €6.99 / £5.99) - Pinball Breakout 3 is a breakout game which combines the game mechanics of a traditional breakout game and a flipper game. Play through 15 exciting levels as you aim for a high score.

Cube Creator DX (Big John Games, €11.99 / £10.79) - Cube Creator DX is a creative, action-adventure game with a freedom to explore the world of cubes with the look and feel stemming from Japanese gameplay origins. Fight against monsters, gather resources, and craft new materials in this enhanced Cube Creator adaptation.

Switch eShop - Demos

The Mystery of Woolley Mountain Demo (Huey Games, Free) - The Mystery of Woolley Mountain is an otherworldly adventure game filled with strange beasts, evil witches, confused automatons and wacky ropemen. Join a renegade crew of time-travelling audio scientists on a hilarious and fantastical quest.

Wordsweeper by POWGI Demo (Lightwood Games, Free) - A crossword puzzle solved using logic and deduction. This new word game draws inspiration from the classic puzzle “minesweeper”, and is exclusive to POWGI!

Switch eShop - Pre-Orders

Spyro Reignited Trilogy (Activision, €39.99 / £34.99, pre-order from 29/07/2019) - The original roast master is back, and he’s on-the-go! Same sick burns, same smouldering attitude, now all scaled up in stunning HD. Spyro is bringing the heat like never before in the Spyro Reignited Trilogy game collection.

Root Letter: Last Answer (Pqube, €29.99 / £24.99, pre-order from 30/07/2019) - The return of the best-selling interactive mystery visual novel! Follow in the footsteps of Aya Fumino, a school penfriend allegedly involved in a tragic murder 15 years ago.

Exception (Traxmaster Software, €12.49 / £10.99, pre-order from 30/07/2019) - When an old woman's computer is taken over by a virus bent on total annihilation, you assume control of an ordinary software program transformed into an elite combat machine.

Escape from the Universe (CAT-astrophe Games, €6.99 / £6.30, pre-order from 31/07/2019) - It’s year 104 of Universal Galactic Calendar; after the destruction of the Earth, human survivors are scattered all over the universe, trying to persevere in the hostile environment of the war-torn outer space.

Bubsy: Paws on Fire! (UFO Interactive, €24.99 / £22.49, pre-order from 01/08/2019) - From the developers of the BIT.TRIP series comes Bubsy: Paws on Fire!, the latest and greatest in bobcat-based gaming.

Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark (1C Entertainment, €21.24 / £20.39, pre-order from 01/08/2019) - Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a story-driven, turn-based tactical RPG set in a fantasy world with a touch of steampunk.

Oh!Edo Towns (Kairosoft, €10.00 / £8.99, pre-order from 01/08/2019) - Your ideal samurai town awaits you! Erect houses, castles, and all manner of medieval marvels with a touch of the finger--rewriting the pages of history as you see fit!

Sudoku Universe (indienova, €4.89 / £4.40, pre-order from 01/08/2019) - Sudoku - is a logic-based, combinatorial number-placement puzzle. The objective is to fill a 9×9 grid with digits so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3×3 subgrids that compose the grid (also called "boxes", "blocks", or "regions") contains all of the digits from 1 to 9.

Pix the Cat (PLAYDIGIOUS, €7.99 / £7.19, pre-order from 01/08/2019) - Share your Joy-Con with your friends and family up to four players for some egg-cellent fun whenever you want in Arena mode, or polish your skills on your own in solo modes!

#RaceDieRun (QubicGames, €6.99 / £6.29, pre-order from 01/08/2019) - #RaceDieRun is an arcade racing game in which you pilot extremely fast ships. Easy controls meet challenging gameplay in a #Race that perfectly executes the "easy to learn, hard to master" saying.

The Pyraplex (Kairosoft, €10.00 / £8.99, pre-order from 01/08/2019) - Transcend the boundaries of space and time to construct a colossal new wonder of the world in this pyramid-building adventure! Make history with the Pyraplex, a desert oasis of commerce and culture far ahead of its time.

Wordsweeper by POWGI (Lightwood Games, €7.99 / £6.99, pre-order from 01/08/2019) - A crossword puzzle solved using logic and deduction. This new word game draws inspiration from the classic puzzle “minesweeper”, and is exclusive to POWGI!

Agent A: A puzzle in disguise (YAK, €12.99 / £12.99, pre-order from 01/08/2019) - You play as Agent A in this stylish secret agent world full of retro-futuristic contraptions, hidden gizmos, gadgets and clever logic based puzzles.

VASARA Collection (QUByte Interactive, €4.99 / £4.49, pre-order from 02/08/2019) - For the very first time, highly acclaimed Japanese Arcade Shoot’em Ups, Vasara and Vasara 2, are made available to the whole world via this package: VASARA Collection!

Switch eShop - Special Offers

3DS eShop - Special Offers

WiiU eShop - Special Offers

DLC / Add-On Content

Nintendo Switch

• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: Challenger Pack 2: Hero (Nintendo) - €5.99 / £5.39
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: Slime Hat (Nintendo) - €0.80 / £0.70
  
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: Veronica's Hat + Outfit (Nintendo) - €0.80 / £0.70
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: Martial Artist Wig + Gi (Nintendo) - €0.80 / £0.70
• Super Smash Bros.Ultimate: Erdrick's Helmet + Armour (Nintendo) - €0.80 / £0.70
• Bad North - Portraits Pack (Raw Fury) - €2.99 / £2.50
• Atelier Lulua ~The Scion of Arland~ - Various (KOEI TECMO EUROPE) - from €3.49 / £2.89
• Bear With Me: The Complete Collection Unlock (Modus Games) - €9.99 / £7.99
  
• Portal Knights - Various (505 Games) - from €3.99 / £3.59
• Fortnite - Season X Battle Pass Gift Voucher (Epic Games) - €9.49 / £7.49
  
• Omega Labyrinth Life - Various (D3 Publisher) - €0.99 / £0.89
  
• Pic-a-Pix Deluxe - Classic 20 (Lightwood Games) - €2.99 / £2.99
  
• WorldNeverland - Elnea Kingdom:Sunflower Cloths Pack Set (althi) - €2.99 / £2.69
• Dragon Quest Builders 2 - Aquarium Pack (Nintendo) - €9.99 / £8.99

So that's your lot for this week's Nintendo Download. Go on, be a sport and drop a vote in the poll above, and comment below with your hot picks!