The latest Nintendo Download update for North America 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!
Nintendo Switch
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore (Nintendo, Fri 17th January, $59.99) The worlds of the Fire Emblem series and Atlus games have crossed paths again and the result is coming to the Nintendo Switch system. An interdimensional evil has invaded modern-day Tokyo, resulting in this fantastical barrage of music, style, and yes, danger. So, fight back! Battle through dungeons to pump up your strategy and creatively decimate your foes... before all hope fades to black.
Atelier Dusk Trilogy Deluxe Pack (KOEI TECMO AMERICA, Tue 14th January, $89.99) ---"Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk DX" "Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky DX" "Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea DX" DX versions of these titles from the Dusk series are now available as a specially priced 3-game set! A trilogy of alchemy themed titles from the "Atelier" series, characteristic for its gradually dilapidating Dusk world and the fascinating characters that inhabit it. With character designs by Hidari, the Dusk world is richly depicted.
Switch eShop
140 (Carlsen Games, Today, $4.99) 140 is an IGF award-winning rhythm platformer with a minimalistic style and abstract, colorful graphics. Use the rhythm to overcome challenging obstacles controlled by an energetic electronic soundtrack. The game is independently designed by Jeppe Carlsen, former lead gameplay designer at Playdead.
Aborigenus (Drageus Games, Fri 10th January, $4.99) Invaders enslaved your peaceful tribe. The best fighters were sent to save your beloved and relatives but nobody ever returned. It's now your turn to save the flying islands from the enemy. Choose who you are - a shaman, a warrior or a hunter. You are the last hope of your fellow tribesmen.
Arcade Archives Penguin-Kun Wars (HAMSTER, Thu 2nd January, $7.99) Penguin-Kun Wars is an action game released by UPL in 1985. Set in the village's original sports "DOJIBALL" tournament, unique animal characters face off across the table to throw a ball 10 times at each other. The winner is the first side to throw all of the balls out of their area. Launch yourself through heated ball-battles, and aim for first place in the tournament.
Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk DX (Koei Tecmo, Tue 14th January, $39.99) The promise begins. The Dusk series, a trilogy of RPG titles from Gust's popular Atelier series, tells the story of a world on the verge ruin, told from the perspective of its unique characters. The 1st title in the series "Atelier Ayesha" is now available as a deluxe version.
Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky DX (Koei Tecmo, Tue 14th January, $39.99) The promise is entrusted to two alchemists. The Dusk series, a trilogy of RPG titles from Gust's popular Atelier series, tells the story of a world on the verge ruin, told from the perspective of its unique characters.
Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea DX (Koei Tecmo, Tue 14th January, $39.99) A story of two girls fulfilling their wishes. The Dusk series, a trilogy of RPG titles from Gust's popular Atelier series, tells the story of a world on the verge ruin, told from the perspective of its unique characters.
Cooking Tycoons - 3 in 1 Bundle (Baltoro Games, Today, $12.99) Cook tons of delicious meals from all over the world and become the best chef in the city! Cook hundreds of tasty dishes with all the possible kitchen appliances and countless ingredients! Try it all: coffee makers, juice machines, pizza ovens, frying pans, fryers and ice cream machines. Upgrade and decorate your restaurants to attract more clients.
Demolish & Build 2018 (Wed 15th January, $14.99) Your company is going global. Use big machines to demolish huge buildings or go close and personal and use your hammer. Buy land properties, upgrade your machines and hire workers in different parts of the world.
Drunk-Fu: Wasted Masters (Rust0 Games, Fri 10th January, $9.99) Drunk-Fu: Wasted Masters is a physics-based fighting game. Maniacally laugh to insane ragdolls both locally & online. Flail around in intoxicated fury as you take down your enemies with a variety of techniques and melee weapons. Howl in a drunken rage as you team up with your friends or beat them to a pulp in multiple game modes. Enjoy different alcohol inspired bars all over the world and customize your character to show impeccable taste.
Invisible Fist (Pineapple Works, Mon 6th January, $9.99) Inequality has skyrocketed! It's now the highest in over a century. The rich get richer, and the poor get poorer while the middle class disappears.
Jump Gunners (BoomBox, Mon 13th January, $9.99) Both Single and Multiplayer support (couch play) Includes 80+ levels of insane action with multiple themes, fully destructible terrain and procedural level content 20+ over the top weapons including Rifles, Flamethrowers, Rocket Launchers, and more!
Nicky - The Home Alone Golf Ball (QUByte Interactive, Tue 7th January, $0.99) Nicky is a fun and challenging strategy game in which you have to carefully calculate your movements to get to the end of the course. Each time you play, you improve your skill which enables you to finish the challenge in fewer movements.
Sir Eatsalot (Today, $12.99, Behind The Stone) You are the righteous and corpulent Sir Eatsalot. Sally forth on an epic quest to track down Hysterica, a mean old sorceress who has poisoned Gluttington Kingdom with sour lemonade, and put an end to her shenanigans in this mouthwatering adventure platformer.
Squidlit (Squidlit Ink, Tue 14th January, $1.99) Are you ready for an invertebratey adventure? Do you have the gumption to take on a mighty quest for the good of oodles of squidlits everywhere? If so, many trials await you as you squrp your way to victory in the squishiest of escapades!
Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbo (Bare Knuckle Development, Tue 14th January, $4.99) A modern take on the retro arcade shoot 'em up. Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbo is an addictive, fast-paced space shooter with bullet hell elements, loads of unlockables, and leaderboards to climb.
Technosphere (Ultimate Games, Fri 10th January, $14.99) Control the Technosphere, roll, jump, balance, solve puzzles and go through the mazes. Atlas Corporation is mining crystals in the core of an asteroid in the orbit of the Earth. Due to a failure in the asteroid systems, orbit correction was disabled. Only the Technosphere is able to reload the asteroid system and restore the orbit. You have 10 hours to save the earth from disaster!
Thoth (Carlsen Games, Today, $4.99) From the creator of the award-winning '140' comes THOTH, an intense and challenging arcade shooter. Each stage will put your puzzle-solving and finesse to the test, as the arena changes, surprising you with new mechanics to wrap your mind around. The game is independently designed by Jeppe Carlsen, former lead gameplay designer at Playdead.
So that's your lot for this week's North American Nintendo Download. Go on, be a sport and drop a vote in the poll above, and comment below with your hot picks!
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Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE - out January 17. Probably shouldn't be on this week's list... Glad to see Gust is still churning out its Atelier back catalogue, though. Is there now any better RPG machine than the Switch?
Not the download version, but I have the physical version of Tokyo Mirage Sessions pre-ordered, so I'll be either receiving it in the mail on release or shortly after. Looking forward to playing this again, and when I take my Switch traveling.
I feel like the lack of releases this week caused the Tokyo Mirage Sessions to be put on here lol
@Krull PS4 is without a doubt a better RPG machine.
Nintendo is gonna have a very very sad Q1 once again
Pokémon Shield for me this week. Did you guys see that direct? I dunno, I’m excited for one. This was what I needed to convince me; the game looks great. Otherwise I absolutely will be picking up Tokyo Mirage.
@dougphisig I mean, Fire Emblem and SMT are both pretty popular series, and Mirage Sessions is a crossover between them, so it's not surprising. A lot of people are excited for this (full disclosure, this includes me). Sure, it's a port, but they've featured Wii U ports in Nintendo Downloads before, haven't they?
Skipping Mirage Sessions for obvious reason. But I hope the people who are getting have fun with it
Holy crap, I think it's actually a "nothing for me" week! I mean, I have incoming games for review but I'm pretty sure I'm not actually buying anything this week. Of course, a couple weeks ago during the crazy-ass sales I DID buy a TON of massive RPGs so unless it's for the website/review I might actually be chilling out on the purchases for a bit. I know, calm down.
@Shiro28 Refresh my memory, what's the hate for Mirage Sessions? It looked like something I might be into but I also never really paid attention to all the talk about it so I'm blind here.
Already played Tokyo Mirage on WiU (I liked it). So going with DBZ: kakarot for my RPG itch.
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore is next friday. Why is it listed in this week's downloads?
@Hobbesyall Yep. My next games on Switch are Secret of Mana and Road to Boruto all the way in April.
Japan's obsession with Penguin Wars mystifies me.
There was just a remake released on Switch not too long ago.
@GhostGeneration The usual "underage character in sexually-charged situation" was censored out of the English version.
@readalie I have it pre-ordered it was just a comment because the games 8 days away and probably would have fit more on next weeks nintendo downloads instead . However there wasn't many games for this weeks downloads, and maybe that's why they included it early.
@AllieKitsune Oh yeah. But the GAME is the same right? I don't care about the other stuff, I mean $%#@ censorship but I also SUPER don't care about them cutting weird underage sex stuff lol.
@GhostGeneration the amount of hate of is from the amount of censorship. And it wasn't only weird underage stuff, rendering most of the censors unnecessary. Still the gameplay is the same and many people actually liked it.
Nothing for me. I would like the dusk triology, but I find the price point insane.
@tech7 Right on, thanks for the further insight!
@tech7 I'm with you on that one. Although, if any of them are even half as good as Atelier Ryza I may have to go for it one of these days.
Wow Atelier Dusk Trilogy Deluxe Pack seems mighty good, now if it wasn't $90. I'll probably get that for $40.
@GhostGeneration the dusk triology is well liked, but if you only know ryza, i would be careful. Ryza deviates from the usual atelier games. The first two dusk games also still had a time limit, which does not appeal to many people. But yeah I also lije ryza very much.
@tech7 I'll stick with Ryza then, I'm not down with time limits and I LOVE the more active combat in Ryza too. No worries, I have PLENTY of other stuff to play lol.
Tokyo Mirage Sessions & the pre-purchase of the Pokemon Sword/Shield Expansion Pass for me.
To all those who ordered Tokyo Mirage Sessions, no wonder when Xenoblade X or Fatal Frame 5 would be censored too, when rereleased on switch. Because you support this.today
I chosed Atelier Shallie, played it on PS3
@GhostGeneration Me too! Now played about 70 hours and tryung to complete all quests after beating final boss. Ryza and DQ Xi best games this year
I misread "Thoth" as "Thot" for a second and wondered what kinda game they were trying to sell.
@Kuroki I haven't played DQ XI yet but it's on the "to-do list" for sure. I'm playing Xenoblade Chronicles 2 for the first time right now too but I got sucked into Ryza! I'm hopeless.
@GhostGeneration Xenoblade 2 was the reason why I buyed switch. After this game's trailer on youtube.
about 300 hours played...collected all blades
@Kuroki Nice, it's an AMAZING game. It's what got me fully back into RPGs, I hadn't really played them in years.
Penguin Kun Wars is a seriously fun old game. Spent a lot of time with it in the MAME days. Worth a few minutes of your time.
@GhostGeneration Same here. I highly recommend Tales of Vesperia too.
@Kuroki Bought it on sale a couple weeks ago lol! After I took a chance on XBC2 I grabbed Tales of Vesperia, Ni No Kuni, FFS/X2, and FF XII on sale. Then, I said screw it and bought Atelier Ryza. So now, I'm essentially drowning in world-class RPGs. HELP!
@GhostGeneration After 100 % Ryza walkthrough I am going to play Star Ocean or FF VIII. Also Shining Resonance is waiting too))
Where the heck is Sega Ages Fantasy Zone?? This was a Master System favorite of mine! Looking forward to having it on the Switch 😐
Curious to see Skellboy jan 30. That was a nindie direct reveal about a year ago.
And Splatoon 2020, because that's definitely releasing any day now.
@GhostGeneration, @AllieKitsune, re: TMS Censorship/Localization.
Now from what I understand this doesn't affect the gameplay which is quite good, but for those that care, it's pretty lazy & half hearted localization in parts.
I'm personally not taking sides & don't really care either way, just adding some perspective by actually listening to the people that were disappointed.
@dougphisig Oh, whoops! XD
@RR529 Right on, I'm thinking I might just skip it cause it sounds like kind of a mess lol.
@Krull Love to see some new or even new exclusive RPGs though. Also something more experimental would be cool.
nothing for me so I will be picking up Dragon Ball Z Kakorot for my PS4
@Ralek85 That’s fair. Have you tried Saga Scarlet Grace? It’s very different and still pretty new, albeit not an exclusive. It’s on my radar, anyway.
@Krull Not really, no. I've never played a SaGa game before to be honest and I also remember vaguely reading, that it was on mobile too, which justified or not, did turn me off somewhat at the time. Until now, I never thought about the game again really.
Having said that, none of these are really arguments against the game of course. I'm going to check out some reviews for it, and maybe give it a try, if I like what I read/see. Thanks for reminding me about it!
I'd love to see more games like Resonance of Fate, with a unique battle system and a kinda unique setting (for a jRPG at least). I was thinking about stuff like the Sting Entertainment games, particularly Knights in the Nightmare and Yggdra Unison, as well here. Also something like Generation of Chaos: Pandora's Reflection or Chrimson Shroud comes to mind.
To name a few of the games I had in mind.
Love to see all of these "handheld" games being brought to Switch btw, and like I said, similar new "experiments" in that vein being created for Switch!
@GhostGeneration It's just about the heavy censorship that it has. some people are ok with it, others are not. I don't support censorship so I won't get the game, that doesn't mean other people shouldn't enjoy.
Tokyo Mirage sessions for me. And after how much I've enjoyed Atelier Ryza, I might want to buy that trilogy pack too.
@AllieKitsune I don't think it classifies as "weird underage" if their ages were raised to 18. The censorship was pointless, since they made the female characters older.
I wish Hamster would complete the NEO GEO catalog, or at least bring the rest of the games that don't have license issues (I'm not holding my breath for Willow or Double Dragon).
@Shiro28 I don't support censorship either, but I also kinda don't care about it in this particular instance either. Whatever, I think I'm gonna skip this one just cause it's now gotten on my nerves lol.
@GhostGeneration lol that works
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