Nintendo Download: 13th October (North America)

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!

Switch eShop - Highlights

DRAGON BALL: THE BREAKERS (BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment, 14th Oct, $19.99) - DRAGON BALL: THE BREAKERS is an online asymmetrical action game in which a team of seven ordinary citizens tries to survive the Raider – a classic DRAGON BALL rival such as Frieza, Cell and Buu – who will hunt them down and evolve into an unstoppable force during the game. Escaping won’t be so easy! Cooperate with others while there’s still time, but the Raider or other Survivors’ decisions may force you to go at it alone. Escape from large maps composed of several areas, customize your playstyle and unlock unique skills, or even play as an iconic DRAGON BALL rival yourself.

Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway (GameMill Entertainment, 14th Oct, $49.99) - Nickelodeon Kart Racers returns bigger than ever! Featuring a cast of over 40 iconic characters, you’ll drift, slide and boost your way to the finish line on tracks inspired by legendary Nickelodeon shows like SpongeBob SquarePants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Avatar: The Last Airbender and more. Enjoy surprises like water and slime slides and new vehicle types, including motorcycles and watercrafts. Mix and match parts, vehicles and paint jobs together, then select a crew and chief to give your racer unique abilities. Race on new tracks in a slime scramble or face off in new arenas in four-player local* and 12-player online** multiplayer.

Them’s Fightin’ Herds (Maximum Games, 18th Oct, $19.99) - Them’s Fightin’ Herds is a 2D fighting game featuring a cast of adorable animals designed by acclaimed cartoon producer Lauren Faust. Beneath the cute and cuddly surface, a serious fighter awaits! Fight opponents offline or battle across the globe using four-button fighting mechanics, a magic system and an enhanced super attack. In story mode players will explore an episodic adventure filled with exploration, combat challenges, minigames and boss fights. The battle begins on Oct. 18.

Switch eShop - New Releases

A Plague Tale: Requiem – Cloud Version (Focus Entertainment, 18th Oct, $59.99) - Far across the sea, an island calls… Embark on a heartrending journey into a brutal, breathtaking world twisted by supernatural forces. After escaping their devastated homeland, Amicia and Hugo travel far south, to new regions and vibrant cities. There, they attempt to start a new life and control Hugo’s curse. But, when Hugo’s powers reawaken, death and destruction return in a flood of devouring rats. Forced to flee once more, the siblings place their hopes in a prophesized island that may hold the key to saving Hugo. Discover the cost of saving those you love in a desperate struggle for survival. Strike from the shadows or unleash hell, overcoming foes and challenges with a variety of weapons, tools and unearthly powers.

Airport Flight Administrator Simulator & Air Traffic-Sky Airplane Sim Plane Games (Midnight Works, 6th Oct, $7.99) - In Airport Administrator Simulator you get the chance to experience the life of an airport employee. You will be responsible for taking care of the airport. Make sure that everything goes by the plans. You get to decide wether a passenger will get to their destination or not, by checking their documents, by making sure there’s nothing illegal in their luggage and so on. Make sure people don’t miss their flights and get to the airport on time. By working at the airport, you will be paid. With the money you make, evolve and ugprade your airport and your service to further fulfill your customers’ needs. Build upon your quality of airport service and become the biggest and most important airport in the country!

Aquarist (Ultimate Games, 10th Oct, $9.99) - Running an aquarium shop is a real challenge! Clients will entrust you with difficult tasks that you have to cope with. In return, a reward awaits you. Spend it on developing your business - buying new species of fish, exotic plants, equipping your store or developing your skills. Create an aquarium in which each fish will want to live. Thanks to the variety of objects in the game, you can implement even the craziest ideas! A green, blooming oasis or raw, antique busts? The choice is yours.

Arcade Archives ASSAULT (HAMSTER,29th Sep, $7.99) - "ASSAULT" is a shooter released by NAMCO (Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. ) in 1988. The first title of the SYSTEM II game circuit board with new features such as "zoom in, zoom out, and rotate functions". Take control of your tank and battle invaders to reclaim your homeland.

Arcade Archives DARIUS (HAMSTER, 6th Oct, $7.99) - "DARIUS" is TAITO's side-scrolling shooting game that first appeared as an arcade game in 1986. The goal for the player is to ride in the Silver Hawk fighter and escape from the Darius planet which is facing destruction from the alien attack. This title has received multiple prizes with its overwhelming gaming features including music, high-quality animations and great arcade machine features using 3 screens! Besides the original version, this title also includes the EXTRA VERSION with various feature adjustments.

Atari Mania (Atari, 13th Oct, $24.99) - A wild journey through videogame history, Atari Mania is a microgame collection wrapped in a hilarious retro-driven narrative of exploration and surprise. You play as the Caretaker of the Atari Vault, the storehouse of classic Atari games. One night, a dead pixel appears and soon enough, all heck breaks loose!! Familiar and beloved games begin to warp, mutate and combine into a series of increasingly crazy challenges. It’s up to you to fight back the pixels and other surprising villains, and restore order to the Vault!

Beeny (Diplodocus Games, 14th Oct, $0.99) - A vertical 2D platformer featuring a round bee in an early 90s prerendered environment. Roll and hop up to the precious honey.

Black Widow: Looking for Love (Cooking & Publishing, 6th Oct, $3.99) - It's impossible not to be eclipsed by a mysterious woman and, although she may not be trustworthy, her charms have piqued your interest and you want her to give you a chance. She wants to be sure that you are the right person for her, so she won't stop asking you questions to find out if you are really her best option. If you are wrong she will never trust you.

Blaloon Blalympia (Swinging Lama, 7th Oct $6.99) - Who will win the coveted Golden Blaloon? At the Blalympic Games on Blanet Blaloonia you compete against each other in four exciting mini-games. All of your playing skills are in demand: reaction speed, tactical skills and brains… Whether for big kids or little kids – younger and young at heart: Blaloon Blalympia transforms your Nintendo Switch™ into a blatastic game-sport-fun machine for the whole family!

Blaloon Blalympia 2 (Swinging Lama, $9.99) - After the great fun with BLALOON BLALYMPIA PART ONE, now comes the next level: BLALOON BLALYMPIA PART TWO. With even more party game fun action and a significantly improved look and feel for your favorite console. In four exciting mini-games all your skills will be challenged again: reaction speed, tactical skills and brains… Whether for big kids or little kids – younger and young at heart: Blaloon Blalympia transforms your Nintendo Switch™ into a blatastic game-sport-fun machine for the whole family!

BOT.vinnik Chess 2 (Silesia Games, 13th Oct, $9.99) - The digital chess teacher is back! This time, he will teach you chess through memorable matches from the Chess Championships.

Broken Universe – Tower Defense (RedDeerGames, 14th Oct, $9.99) - She's nowhere to be found and he's the only one who can save her.

Bunker Life (TROOOZE, 6th Oct, $14.99) - Bunker Life is a survival game to get through the Apocalypse. If the game is difficult, you don't need to worry. After a failure, you can restart the card by inheriting the used card. If you play over and over again, a touching ending is waiting for you!

Bus Simulator City Ride (astragon, 13th Oct, $34.99) - Take the driver’s seat as you transport passengers around a lively city in officially licensed buses from famous manufacturers: Alexander Dennis, Blue Bird, BYD, IVECO BUS, MAN, Mercedes-Benz, Scania, Setra, Volvo, and Vicinity Motor Corp. Drive routes and complete campaign missions to unlock even more buses, districts, and routes. Climb the career ladder and build a public transport network for your city. YOUR BUS. YOUR CITY. IN YOUR HANDS.

Chess Classic Board Game (Megame, 29th Sep, $4.99) - Challenge your friend to a chess duel in this popular board game! Awaken your skills as a strategist, because only in this way you can outwit your opponent and checkmate. If there are no friends nearby, then play against a virtual opponent by choosing one of three difficulties. Are you a chess master or a beginner? Regardless of this, you will find a difficulty level suitable for your chess skills!

Corrupt – Political Idle City War Strategy Simulator Craft (Midnight Works, 29th Sep, $9.99) - Your wildest dreams will become reality in this political strategy and simulation game that shall introduce you into the evershifting maze that is the world known to a corrupt oligarch. Yet in order to claw your way through this murky landscape and eventually take over the country, you must literally rob the land of any real estate and bribe your steady ascension by ensuring the loyalty of both members of parliament and ministers alike. Political influence can only get you so far, thus in order to secure a spot in the government itself, you must cleverly manipulate banks as well. Someone has to launder all that illicit money at the end of a lucrative day, right? Being a public servant is so exhausting

Elite Soldier Shooter (Megame, 29th Sep, $9.99) - Sometimes there are tasks where SWAT can not handle... and then you appear — Elite Soldier. You are the "champion" on special assignments. The tasks are diverse and complex: from the simple pull up of the terrorists to the rescue of the hostages and the defused of the bomb. Your goal is to survive and fulfill all the conditions of the assignment. But remember that one mistake can be expensive. At your disposal, guns for any type of tasks — there is a pistol and machine gun and rifle. And even granate, if you decide to play on a large scale. But it will be better if your gun sounds is not so noisy.

Fallen Knight (DigiPen Game Stu, 13th Oct, $14.99) - Take the role of an elite knight and battle your way through action-packed levels with intense sword fighting gameplay in this neo-classic side scrolling action platformer. Save the city from a deadly terrorist organization hell-bent on exposing the truth you were sworn to protect. Use the Parry and Disarm system to stay true to the Knights' Code. Enjoy an arcade-reminiscent soundtrack as you battle the enemies of the Round Table.

Football Cup 2022 (7Levels, 13th Oct, $14.99) - The fields of most famous stadiums glow under the spotlight and are ready for your team. Explore the vast amounts of uniquely designed levels and fight your way through each tournament phase! Meet the legends in the finale and show them how it is done! Claim all your trophies and become a beacon of football experience.

Fragment’s Note+ (ULLUCUS HEAVEN, 13th Oct, $14.99) - After school, on the rooftop, drenched in the color of the setting sun... Yukuha Tenjo confesses his love to his childhood friend and longtime crush... and gets rejected. Suddenly, a young girl named Miu appears out of nowhere, claiming to be his "daughter from the future". "I will protect you... Daddy, and everyone else too." As he spends time with Miu, the cruel fate that awaits him slowly becomes clear.

God Damn The Garden (Ratalaika Games, 14th Oct, $4.99) - God Damn The Garden challenges you to face the trial of Skeleton Bastard, which tests whether or not you're worthy of becoming the next king of Badass Heaven. In a vast underworld, find a way to escape from the mysterious depths of God Damns World by fighting your way past aggressive creatures. Obtain ammunition from plants to grow yourself stronger, and find the ultimate weapon to help you ascend from the depths.

Invocation: The Festival of Souls (Kodobur Yazilim, 7th Oct, $6.99) - You didn't imagine that Muhammad Ali could punch Nikola Tesla, did you? Or Queen Semiramis defying Jeanne d'Arc. INVOCATION provides you with the arena that will allow all this to happen. Designed as a mini MOBA, this game allows hours to pass, whether you are playing with your friends gathered by 4 people or while you are alone against AI. So don't look at it being mini, it's pretty average... Enter the world of INVOCATION with 2 different game modes, 2 different maps and 4 different characters you want to take on and their unique skills!

Kawaii Solitaire 3 in 1 (Kistler Studios, 6th Oct, $2.99) - Enjoy a cute solitaire card game in a cute cartoon art style and play one of the three solitaire card game variation. Enjoy a relaxing and entertaining solitaire card game for everyone. Kawaii Solitaire 3 in 1 is a small collection of three solitaire card games, the classic klondike variation, the tripeaks and the spider solitaire game. The game is presented in a cartoony and cute art style to let you enjoy the different card games in a cute way.

LET’S PLAY CURLING!! (Imagineer, 4th Oct, $39.99) - It's curling that anyone can pick up and play! Just aim for the target, adjust your strength, and shoot! Use your Joy-Con™ to sweep! Familiarize yourself with the rules and controls with an easy-to-follow tutorial. Consult the glossary at any time for curling terms, rules, and tips. World Championship: Join teams from 40 countries and become the world's number one! Play through four seasons of tournaments and take the curling world by storm!

Loot Box Simulator – RPG Anime Girls (EpiXR Games, 13th Oct, $2.99) - Live your life like there is no tomorrow. Earn money by finishing crazy jobs from a random selection, just to spend all of it on loot boxes. "Loot Box Simulator - RPG Anime Girls" brings pretty anime girls and exciting loot boxes to your console. Choose between 4 action options and win great collectible pictures of the cutest anime girls.

Mad Experiments: Escape Room (Ultimate Games, 14th Oct, $9.99) - You have been "invited" by Professor Cheshire and his assistant Hildegarde to try their new experiments. They are obsessed with people’s minds and want to see how you react to their tests.

My Life: Pet Vet (TREVA, 6th Oct, $29.99) - Take care of sick and injured animals in your own small animal practice. Use various examination techniques, make the right diagnosis and give your little patients the right treatment – just like a real-life vet. Aftercare and nursing care are also your responsibility. The cuddly animals will soon be fit and healthy again!

NASCAR Rivals (Motorsport Games, 14th Oct, $49.99) - NASCAR Rivals, the officially licensed video game of the 2022 season, puts the fun and intensity of the NASCAR Cup Series in the palm of your hands on the Nintendo Switch™. Featuring the 2022 official teams, drivers, cars, and regular season and playoff schedule from the world’s most popular stock car racing series. Create your own legacy with Career Mode, compete as your favorite driver at any track in Race Now, beat your rivals in online, local and split-screen multiplayer, try your best to beat real-life challenges and customize your own driver and paint scheme. Start your rivalry on the track or wherever you go with NASCAR Rivals!

Paradise Marsh (LazyEti, 13th Oct, $9.99) - Stars have vanished from the sky and scattered around in a perfect wetland crawling with wildlife... Catch bugs and chat with delightful characters while wandering through peaceful scenery. But don't lose sight of the night sky, the constellations need help!

Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous – Cloud Version (Postmeta Games, 29th Sep, $49.99) - Embark on a journey to a realm overrun by demons in a new epic RPG from the creators of the critically acclaimed Pathfinder: Kingmaker. Explore the nature of good and evil, learn the true cost of power, and rise as a Mythic Hero capable of deeds beyond mortal expectations. Your path will lead you to the Worldwound, where the opening of a rift to the Abyss has unleashed all-consuming terror across the land. For over a century, the neighboring nations have fought fearlessly, trying to drive the enemy back — but to little avail. Now, you have the chance to put an end to this conflict, but the path to salvation is far from clear-cut. changed.

Pill Baby (Kayabros, 15th Oct, $15.99) - Play as Anna, finding a job and moving to a new country. Explore her new life, struggles, loneliness, relationships, language barrier. Pill Baby features deep action mechanics, including a wide movement set where you can learn lots of different attacks, and use them strategically. Helpful drone units with special moves that help you on offense or defense. Custom gloves for special effects such as freezing or poisoning parasites. Use all your powers strategically to fight with epic parasites 10 times your size. Play as Anna, finding a job and moving to a new country. Stress, loneliness and alienation. Can she survive here? See the small town she moved to and interact with her new friends and neighbors. Form all kinds of relationships. Sinister and mysterious things are going on in this town.

Pnevmo-Capsula (Sometimes You, 19th Oct, $4.99) - "Pnevmo-Capsula" is a casual adventure game. You will travel to an alternate utopian atompunk world as a small trolley delivering mail. Time seems to have stopped at the break of 1930-1960 years here. The city is connected by a single system of rails, tracks, and pipes. The smallest part of this bizarre system is the mechanical mail. The mail here is delivered by carts on small rails, and you will play the role of one of these carts. On the way towards the target, you will find obstacles, barriers, various puzzles, dead ends and labyrinths. As the player progresses, he will come across outlandish living spaces-puzzles: the "caretaker's booth" on a power pole, made of sleepers; "Air platform" with houses at a height; "The artist's hut", fixed directly on the power line! With all the wildness of ideas, the player on an intuitive level will understand the purpose of the objects and their functionality.

reky (RedDeerGames, 14th Oct, $9.99) - This puzzle game is an eye catching combination of minimalism and elegant design. The controls may seem simple to understand, but reaching the final floor will not be an easy task.

RichMan 11 (SOFTSTAR, 19th Oct, $18.99) - Richman 11 supports multi-controller, online and offline modes to choose. Players could create either free play or challenge play, all the parameters could be set based on players minds as well. In the game, players roll the dice and it determines the steps they could move on the map, earning money by investment on properties, buying stocks or using cards, when the game ends, the only player who are not broke or owns the most in finance wins the play.

Rush Hour Deluxe – The ultimate traffic jam game! (TREVA, 6th Oct, $19.99) - Can you skilfully manoeuvre the red car out of the traffic jam? Slide the vehicles blocking it in their lanes forwards and backwards – until the road ahead is clear for the red car! Not only can you play Rush Hour® Deluxe alone, but go head-to-head with other players to measure your brainpower: who will solve the challenges in the quickest time and with the fewest moves?

Sherlock Holmes and The Hound of The Baskervilles (Frogwares, 6th Oct, $12.99) - Help Sherlock Holmes, the famed genius detective, investigate the legend of a supernatural hound on the fog-shrouded moorland in England of the 19th century. Immerse yourself into the dangerous world of the diabolical curse and discover the truth about the monstrous creature. Find yourself at Baker Street 221B in a well-known cozy headquarters with a crackling fireplace and start your investigation from there! Now with the Nintendo Switch™, you can crack the thrilling mystery of the monstrous hellhound wherever you are — at home or on the go.

Space Roguelike Adventure (ChiliDog Interactive, 11th Oct, $4.99) - Now, there’s another far far galaxy from a parallel universe — and suddenly the Rainbow planet appeared there for no particular reason. It had such a strong magnetic field that it practically smashed the protective barrier of the prison planet Abakaz. Many dangerous galactic criminals have managed to escape and settled in some uninhabited lands. All these unfortunate events bring us to the point where the adventures of a young hunter from planet Earth will start. It’s you, of course

Star Trek Prodigy: Supernova (Outright Games, 14th Oct, $49.99) - After the Protostar picks up strange readings from a dying star, Dal R’El and Gwyndala race against time to save their friends, their ship, new alien species and an entire planetary system before a supernova destroys them all! When the Protostar’s malfunctioning transporter scatters the crew across three alien planets, Dal and Gwyn must use their wits and skills to overcome ingenious puzzles, endure hostile environments and battle deadly robot armies to rescue Jankom Pog, Rok-Tahk, Zero and Murf. But as they search for their friends, they soon discover a sinister and deadly new enemy, one that will stop at nothing to destroy the Protostar and change the very course of history!

Super Dino (Prison Games, 7th Oct, $9.99) - Choose from a variety of available pictures and place the puzzle pieces together to reveal an illustrations. When you feel ready, try increasing the difficulty level to earn all the badges!

SUPER FUNKY BOWLING (FUZE Technologies, 14th Oct, $2.99) - Put your thumbs to the test in a journey through 64 awesome handcrafted levels. Max out your skills and improve your times to be the very best! If you love action-based puzzle games, this could be right up your alley!

Temp Zero (Alexandre Kadri, 13th Oct, $8.99) - Pick your weapon, your spell, your music, and you are ready to go. Fight enemies which attack to the beat, choose perks, defeat the final boss, unlock new weapons, spells & soundtracks!

The Preschoolers: Season 1 (RedDeerGames, $19.99) - Preschoolers is the first Nintendo Switch™ children cartoon mixed with a color book. Listen to a story of a noisy neighbour who gets a well deserved lesson in humility. Join the Preschoolers on a heartwarming visit to the ZOO and learn why even rowdy monkeys and huge bears need a little peace and quiet. After you watch the episodes, it's time for a different kind of fun. Pick one, of over twenty drawings and make them your own. These adorable characters, can't wait for you, to make their life more colourful.

The Witch’s House MV (DANGEN Entertainment, 13th Oct, $14.99) - A young girl, Viola, is drawn inexorably to a mysterious manor that seems to change behind her back. It is a place of pain, turmoil and death. Plumb its detestable depths and abominable history. Untangle riddles that bar your perilous path. And flee the hellish halls of The Witch’s House. The Witch’s House, originally released in 2012, falls within the tradition of Japanese horror RPGs with heavy emphasis on puzzle-solving and jump scares. The Witch’s House is deliberately designed with traps at *almost* every turn--sudden death is unpredictable and it keeps players on their toes. Anything can happen at any time. With completely remastered visuals, The Witch’s House MV will feel fresh to even the most familiar old-school fans. Fans will also be greeted by a new difficulty mode that includes new events upon completion of the base game.

Tinhead (QUByte Classics) (QUByte Interactive, 13th Oct, $4.99) - Tinhead is an action/adventure platformer which put the player in control of Tinhead as he embarks in a journey to save the stars from the evil Grim Squidge. Leap, slide, hop, fly and shoot your way through wacky worlds and super-tricky challenging levels as you guide Tinhead to free the stars. Take on pesky spinning Krystals, relentless flying Saw-Sirs and hordes of mega-tough bosses. Who will save the stars before it's too late? Tinhead, Defender of the Edge of the Galaxy, of course!

Trifox (Big Sugar, 13th Oct, $19.99) - Trifox is a colourful and cartoonish action-adventure featuring a phenomenal fox with a multitude of talents! Choose from a trio of classes – Warrior, Mage, Engineer – or mix-and-match abilities to create a tailor-made hero! After his home is attacked and his TV remote stolen, Trifox sets out in pursuit of the mysterious looters in an action-packed adventure. Use magic, might, and marvelous gadgets to outfox foes across four danger-filled worlds as you fight your way to a final showdown at Villain HQ!

Undungeon (tinyBuild Games, 29th Sep, $19.99) - Undungeon is an action role-playing experience that brings back the spirit of old school action/RPGs wrapped in modern design. Restore the order in all dimensions, influence and determine the fate of the worlds, create and decide what will happen in the new Multiverse. Colorful pixel art aesthetics: each tree, bush or rock is hand-drawn, each enemy has dozens of carefully crafted animation frames to create a one-of-a-kind visual experience; Mind-bending science fiction story: Several multidimensional versions of Earth were suddenly merged together, shattering one another in a cataclysmic event known as the Great Shift. This event damaged the fabric of time and space itself, seemingly beyond reconstruction. You, a Herald, will join a secret interdimensional organization — Herald's Undercover Bay, or simply H. U. B. , created by Dharma to remedy the aftermath of the catastrophe; Heated real-time battles: control a Herald — almighty hero created by God.

ValiDate: Struggling Singles in your Area (Veritable Joy Studios, 13th Oct, $14.99) - ValiDate is a visual novel about thirteen struggling singles navigating through soul-sucking 9-to-5s, quarter-life crises, and the harsh truths millennials learn as soon as they hit their 20’s. Set in the Jercy City area, our cast of lovers trudge through the dregs of capitalism - a journey, a transition - a rite-of-passage that leads into uncertain mid-adulthood. On one side but not yet out on the other, 13 playable characters find romance amongst cosplay, trash mixtapes, and even poetry straight from the soul. With over 30 routes to choose from and hours of content, the lives of these singles are in your good (or bad! ) decision-making hands.

Virtual Families Cook Off: Chapter 1 Let’s Go Flippin’ (Gogii Games, 29th Sep, $4.99) - Fire up the grill, mix your marinades, become a chef and start your very own Cook-Off now! Virtual Families Cook Off combines time management with home renovation and decoration! Serve your family and the whole neighborhood! Cook, grill and bake your way to becoming a master chef! Spend your hard-earned coins on customizing your home and raising the property value!

Warpips (Daedalic Entertainment, 12th Oct, $19.99) - Warpips is what would happen if a classic strategy game and a tug-of-war game had a baby made out of tanks and napalm! Set loose the engine of war and watch the chaos of physics-based combat explode onto the battlefield! Assemble your army from a diverse roster of infantry, vehicles and airplanes. Deploy troops, call down airstrikes, and launch missiles - all without that pesky micromanagement

Winter Games 2023 (Wild River, 13th Oct, $39.99) - Winter Games 2023 is an exciting sports game in a modern 3D guise. The player can prove his/her athletic abilities in ten dynamic winter sports disciplines, for example, ski jumping, biathlon, ski cross, skeleton, or super-G. Set off on the hunt for records, best times, and trophies. Besides the individual disciplines there are also ready-to-play cups to choose from in which several disciplines can be played one after the other, and customized competitions you can put together yourself. Play alone against AI or compete in local multiplayer mode against up to three friends in an exciting winter sports duel.

Witchcrafty (Sometimes You, 13th Oct, $9.99) - Witchcrafty is a platformer with small Metroidvania elements that immerses you in a world of magic. Something strange is happening in the Kingdom - the forests are filled with predatory plants, their peace-loving peoples have taken up arms against each other, and goblins were noticed in the deep mines. The little witch has to start her journey in search of truth and answers. Who is behind all these events? Should you trust strangers along the way? Who stole the Witch's mail?

Yum Yum Cookstar (PLANET ENTMT, 4th Oct, $39.99) - Yum Yum Cookstar is a brand-new cooking game experience from the creators of Cooking Mama: Cookstar. Get ready to stir, fry, chop and bake your way through 70+ recipes in an energetic new competition hosted by Chef Yum Yum. Chef Yum Yum introduces colorful and creative dishes with vegetarian variants including Rainbow Waffles, Unicorn Smoothies, Sushi Burritos and French Toast Cake. Three wacky judges rate players’ cooking with comedic lines written by National Lampoon. Oodles of game modes including four difficulty levels, a Daily Cooking Challenge and judge-curated Invitational Tournaments with numerous unlocks of kitchen and appliance customizations. Plus an exciting dance soundtrack by award-winning composer Nile Rodgers.

異世界最強勇者の悲恋物語 - Isekai Tragic Love - (Cyberstep, 13th Oct, $19.90) - Isekai Tragic Love is a tale of love, friendship, and betrayal between an invincible hero and his comrades in an isekai world. It is a novel game that will touch your heart with an unfulfilled love. . . This Bishojo Game originally released under the "Genyukyo" brand has been reworked for the "CS Novels" platform for players worldwide to enjoy.

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!