Nintendo Download: 2nd March (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

Fitness Boxing Fist of the North Star (Imagineer, 2nd Mar) - Fitness Boxing returns with Fist of the North Star characters appearing as your instructors! Punch your way through the many enemies that stand in your way and aim for victory in boss battles. The Fitness Boxing series is a boxing exercise game that uses the Joy-Con controllers to let you throw different punches to a beat like a rhythm game, all while receiving directions from in-game instructors voiced by popular voice actors. Fitness Boxing Fist of the North Star is available today!

Switch eShop - New Releases

Aery – Calm Mind 3 - Aery - Calm Mind 3 is an interactive game experience that is designed to relax your mind and soul. You jump into the role of a little bird, explore beautiful landscapes and collect magical crystals that mark certain landscapes. Because there are no enemies or any other danger in this game you will be able to lean back and enjoy the scenery and the sensation of flying. It is a great game for relaxing and calming down after an exhausting day full of hassle.

Arcade Archives DON DOKO DON (HAMSTER, 24th Feb) - "DON DOKO DON" is a fixed-screen action game released by TAITO in 1989. Take control of the old lumberjacks Bob and Jim to progress through a variety of tricky stages. Pick up items to power up, beat the boss at the end of each ROUND, and rescue the captive king and princess! The "Arcade Archives" series has faithfully reproduced many classic Arcade masterpieces. Players can change various game settings such as game difficulty, and also reproduce the atmosphere of arcade display settings at that time. Players can also compete against each other from all over the world with their high scores. Please enjoy the masterpiece that built a generation for video games. *This game uses the Japanese ROM for the main part of the game. The options menu and manual are available in Japanese, English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.

Chess Pills (Silesia Games, 2nd Mar) - Chess Pills is a quick-paced chess-puzzle game where you have to guess your best move in a very short time. Fortunately, you have your Magic Pills to aid you.

Dark Dungeon Warrior (SAT-BOX, 23rd Feb) - Wield a variety of weapons to defeat the monsters lurking in the dungeon in this easy-to-play action game. With swords, axes, magic and more at your disposal, how you slay the monsters is up to you! Complete missions and top the scoreboard! Playable with 2-4 players! Work together to exterminate your monster foes! Kill giant monsters to earn giant bonuses! Compete with your friends for the highest score! Battle other players to find out who's really the best! Playable with 2-4 players! Connect to a shared network and battle it out online! All scores are hidden from other players, ensuring competition is fierce right up to the last second!

Dino Puzzler World (RuWaMo, 23rd Feb) - Dino Puzzler World is an awesome, interesting and family friendly puzzle game for every Dino Maniac!

Disaster Detective Saiga: An Indescribable Mystery (D.H, 3rd Mar) - Script by KUROSHIRO, a leading author of Cthulu horror novels! In this mystery adventure, the unluckiest detective in the universe struggles with a group of friends in a town called "Saina-machi," where occult and mysterious incidents occur frequently. A cinematic story unfolds as mysteries and foreshadowing intertwine, leading to an unexpected and spectacular case. . . . . . . Fast-paced story with lots of cut-ins and illustrations! The conversation-based storyline is filled with cut-ins and illustrations, allowing the player to enjoy the story at a brisk pace without getting bogged down. The main characters are played by the popular voice actors "Chikahiro Kobayashi" and "Maaya Uchida"! Their comical and addictive performances are a must-listen for fans and fans alike! The 13 voice actors in total provide a wide variety of voices for the parts! Original theme song written by Kanako Kotera and arranged by Puyo Suzuki!

Dream Park Story (Kairosoft, 2nd Mar) - Throw open the gates to a magical kingdom of fun and thrills! Create and customize your own amusement park. From humble attractions like the teacup ride or trampolines, you'll be able to build up to bigger and better things. You can even hire mascots and hold fantastic parades! What do your visitors like best? How can you improve? There's no better place to check up-to-the-minute feedback than the park's social media. Work hard, and you might attract the attention of famous online influencers! Running out of space to build new rides? No problem! Just call your friendly neighborhood construction company to expand the park grounds. Soon you'll be setting up Ferris wheels, roller coasters, and other large-scale attractions to catch the eyes of prospective customers passing by. Don't forget about mascots - these cute and quirky characters are the first things people will think of when they talk about your park! You'll be able to scout a new mascot every year.

Frog Hop (Tiny Warrior, 23rd Feb) - A cute and quirky classic adventure platforming game about a frog named Hoppy searching for his frog friend Jumpy. Swing and launch yourself through levels with your tongue ability. A vast array of gimmicks, enemies, and obstacles; there's always something new you'll encounter in each level. Unique and challenging boss fights, each with their own attacks and weaknesses. Collect sparkly gems and spend them to buy charms that alter your play style, opening up possibilities for replayability and strategies to overcome levels. Bouncy and catchy tunes. Each level has a unique song. Dress yourself up with a wide range of cosmetics. Have ducks follow you around or make goofy sounds when you hit the ground. For the classic hardcore platforming gamer. Enjoyable for speed-runners as well! It has hats.

Gunman Tales (Ratalaika Games, 3rd Mar) - You're a wild west bounty hunter on a mission to find the Legendary Lost Treasure. Along the way you will have to defeat many outlaws and retain their gold and useful items to increase your abilities so that you might survive the perils. But there’s much more to experiencing the game than as a mere lone ranger. You can also play against up to four cowboy pardners for fantastic co-op action.

Hike Valley (Ultimate Games, 2nd Mar) - Hike Valley is an relaxing open world walking simulator that's easy on the eye and ears! Listen to the birds sing and wind blow as you make your way through the rural Valley. All of the sounds and tracks are highest possible quality & The game has been optimized to ensure you will have a great time. Explore many unique locations and buildings set to rot by humanity a long time ago. Pack your bags and head out to the wonderful and colourful Hike in the rural areas of the world. Explore many buildings, locations, secrets and much more the mystical valley has to offer.

Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper (EpiXR, 23rd Feb) - In this horror game, you'll have to immerse yourself in a thrilling and exciting adventure together with the main characters! Children have been missing for a long time in Lakewitch, and you are destined to solve this creepy mystery. Who is the kidnapper, and why is he doing it? Where are the children disappearing to, and how to save them? You can solve all the puzzles and find out the answers...if you don't get scared!
In the first episode of this horror, you will meet your friend Harry, who has come up with a plan to save you from the kidnapper of children while you're waiting for the return of your parents. Together with him, you will try to fortify the tree house, so that the scary kidnapper will not get to you. On the way to your goal, puzzles, moments of fear, unexpected twists and turns, and lots of fun await you!

Hunahpu Quest. Mechanoid (Valkyrie Initiative, 23rd Feb) - During his adventures Hunahpu will fight against numerous enemies, find new friends and solve complicated puzzles. By the search and the rescue of his brother from the paws of mechanical monster Hunahpu would need his power, intelligence and the cunning force. Game features: - Complicated brain teasers and puzzles - Dangerous enemies - Pursuits on the dinosaurs and rockets - Flights with a rocket belt - 40 levels with different patterns of passing - The difficulty sometimes makes you want to ragequit

Little Witch Nobeta (Reef Entertainment, 7th Mar) - Guided by a small black cat, an amnesic little witch named Nobeta delves deep into a mysterious castle. Inside, dangers lurk around every corner. Encounter frightful enemies, powerful bosses, and magical puzzles in this unique soulslike, 3D action shooter! Can you reach the throne and uncover the secrets of your past?

Live Factory (17Studio, 2nd Mar) - Explore an underground factory hidden from eyes, filled with dangers, secrets and spatial puzzles. Use your wits and reaction to reveal all the secrets! Excellent 3D graphics and music will immerse you in the atmosphere at their best. Responsive controls will help you to run away from trouble and make accurate jumps to the intended goal.

Meg’s Monster - Meg’s Monster is a short, story-driven JRPG with a big twist. Players control Roy, who begins the game with 99,999 HP and is virtually untouchable—but the real concern is keeping Meg safe, because if she starts crying, it’s game over for everyone. Players will have to master the unique mechanics and mini-games baked into each battle, all while protecting Meg and using her favorite toys to keep her pacified.

Notes + Stickers (RedDeerGames, 3rd Mar) - WRITE IT DOWN Put your life in order. You'll never forget to buy milk, skip a dentist appointment or lose THE TASTIEST muffin recipe in your life. Customize your notes and create your own style. STICK TO WHAT'S BEST Enjoy a collection of adorable stickers and play around with their settings. Brighten up your memories without any effort.

Pizza Tycoon (Assemble Entertainment, 23rd Feb) - The economic simulation Pizza Tycoon offers a number of hot new toppings! Work your way through a challenging campaign to rise from a simple pizza baker in the streets of Rome to the owner of the world's most successful pizza chain! Show your competitors the way to sell pizzas and create a unique taste experience for your customers each time they visit one of your restaurants. Whether you do so by means of target group oriented advertising and great pizzas in stylish restaurants or by dancing along the crust of legality through the occasional use of sabotage and violence is entirely up to you. It's time to once again enrich the world with tasty pizzas and redefine good taste. - No one has invented your favourite pizza yet? Vegan, straight vegetarian or meat with added meat? Create your own pizzas using the legendary Pizza Creator with 75 different ingredients!

Pretty Girls Breakers! PLUS (eastasiasoft, 2nd Mar) - Classic brick-breaking action goes bigger and bolder in Pretty Girls Breakers! PLUS. In this classic arcade-style action puzzler, take the role of a twin-tailed fighter wielding a beam saber. You’ll have to strike incoming balls with precision to destroy block patterns above you, all while avoiding enemy attacks and collecting power-ups to gain the upper hand! Across dozens of challenging stages, you’ll need to adapt to new blocks and enemy types, strategizing to clear them from the field without losing all of your hearts or running out of time! As stages are cleared, your female companions’ outfits will gradually change. If you succeed in battle, new outfits will be revealed and unlocked for viewing anytime in the powered up Dressing Room, now featuring the customizable diorama mode!

Pronty (Happinet Corporation, 7th Mar) - Dive into this deep-sea Metroidvania where you face off against underwater mutants! [Story] Dive through four hundred years of technological advancements into the underwater city of Royla, where humanity once found a new home. That is until this future Atlantis was beset by fierce monsters mutated by toxic marine waste. Take on this unprecedented threat as the sea guardian Pronty, and fight alongside your javelin partner Bront to take down the mutants, discover the truth behind the creatures' sudden invasion, and uncover the secrets behind Pronty's origins. [Game System] ◆Unique “javelin” combat system Control the inexperienced Pronty and Bront the Javelin, a weaponized robotic swordfish that can fend off the sea creatures corrupted by toxic waste. Use Bront to repel enemies, remove obstacles, and shield Pronty from harm. ◆A terrifying array of hostile and mutated sea life Encounter all sorts of creatures formed from a ghastly fusion of sea critters and marine debris. While some might look easy to defeat, there’s always a bigger fish…Fight giant bosses to bring back hope to the once-thriving Royla and reveal the truth behind the monsters and pollution. ◆Swappable upgrades for customized combat Unlock new abilities and upgrades in Pronty’s Memory Board to put together strategies that work for every situation and play style. ◆Explore this magnificent but perilous underwater city Explore the fallen underwater city, Royla, in an underwater Metroidvania experience. ◆Challenge all difficulty and Boss Rush mode Replay again and again, with post-launch updates including the boss rush mode in Neptune’s Hall. [Gallery] Depicted with beautifully vivid yet eerie line art, the sea creatures in this game are inspired by all that resides beneath the sea—from gorgeous aquatic life and landscapes, to ancient oceanic myths and toxic marine waste. Enjoy discovering each unique creature!

Puss in Boots: Interactive Book (Dnc, 6th Mar) - A different way of reading stories. Simple and attractive, with full color illustrations and available in several languages. Drink a potion and change the language, learn while enjoying one of the best classic tales in the world. • Full color illustrations • Animated interactive book • Fun music • A story for the little ones • Touch screen compatibility • Learn languages with your favorite stories

Railway Islands – Puzzle - A minimalist and relaxing experience with a unique look. You are the manager of a railway line responsible for delivering resources to Islanders, residents of a group of distant islands. Create a safe path and deliver all the resources to the small towns on the islands.

Rô (GAME NACIONAL, 4th Mar) - In this adventure, Rô has to run away from many monsters who will attack him. He must jump very skillfully to not fall into the abyss, without using guns or swords, cause Rodrigo is a different hero, a peaceful hero. The only option is dodging the enemy instead of facing it.

Ruku’s Heart Balloon (3rd Mar) - A cute adventure story about a rabbit, Ruku, and a cat, Lish, just like in a picture book. Make a "heart balloon" with the flower puzzle. How far can you fly in the sky?

Scrap Games (Ultimate Games, 4th Mar) - Choose your robot character, upgrade it and go through the next stages by defeating your enemies. Prepare yourself and let the fight begin! ! ! Beat them up! ! ! You choose your character out of 8 available, at the begining only two are unlocked. The main task is to fight enemies on your way and survive through the next stages. To defeat the enemies you may use fighting skills, all characters have different fighting styles, but you can also use different weapons and many power ups. You may collect currency and upgrade your character or you can buy new ones.

The Atla Archives (Elushis, 3rd Mar) - You are tasked with a crucial mission: to fill the Fountain of Absence using the Ark of the Covenant. The fate of the nation rests on your shoulders, as quenching the fountain is the only way to avert a cyclical catastrophe that occurs every 29 days. Explore an open-ended world where you are free to go where you please, but be warned: the journey will not be easy. You must upgrade your stats, conjure items and magic, and survive the colorful 3D world of mysticism and danger on the Nintendo Switch™. Will you be able to uncover the source of the catastrophe and save Atla? The choice is yours.

The Smile Alchemist (KEMCO, 2nd Mar) - In Polta Kolta, a town where humans and beasts live together, the young Nayc becomes an apprentice and is training hard under the famous alchemist. His aim is to become the best alchemist in the world for a promise made with his precious friend, but a matter of great concern is worrying him. . . The Smile Alchemist is an alchemist simulator containing the fun elements of character development, collection and above all not to forget alchemy!

Urban Flow Platinum Edition (3rd Mar) - Urban Flow is a game about the subtle beauty of city streets filled with cars moving in perfect harmony. But such order does not happen all by itself - the city needs YOU to control the traffic lights and to make sure everything goes smoothly. That means no crashes, no jams. Everything will run perfectly - as long as you stay focused! Immerse yourself in a beautiful, hand-crafted, low-poly world to discover the enormous satisfaction of watching the hundreds of tiny, colorful cars flowing through the streets – all while listening to the chill, urban music.

VALIS: The Fantasm Soldier Collection II (Edia, 23rd Feb) - The sequel to Valis: The Fantasm Soldier Collection is here and comes packed with 3 more games in the Valis series. This second collection contains the eagerly anticipated Valis IV (PC Engine/Turbographx 16), Syd of Valis (Mega Drive/Genesis) and Valis: The Fantasm Soldier (Mega Drive/Genesis) along with a special addition of the game that started it all for the Valis series, Valis: The Phantasm Soldier for the MSX computer system. This collection is a must-have for not just Valis fans, but for anyone who enjoys retro games. - A series supported by incredibly passionate fans The Valis: The Fantasm Soldier series began as a side-scrolling action game on Japanese PCs in 1986. These armor-clad gals captured the hearts of many fans throughout the years with extremely satisfying gameplay and unique worldbuilding that led to the creation of many sequels over the years that have been developed and ported across many console generations.

Vanaris Tactics (Toge Productions, 2nd Mar) - Vanaris Tactics tells the story of Morgana in her struggle to find freedom outside the walls of Vanaris. Accompanied by her brother Nigel and nephew Adrien, they must flee their motherland, a place they once called home. Discover the vast realm of Vanaris and meet new people on the same path, as they must leave everything behind to escape their oppressors and find peace. - Vanaris Tactics implements a combat initiative unit turn system inspired by the greatest fantasy tactics RPGs of all time. - Unite a band of unique characters with their own strengths, skills, and stories. - Gain new abilities and increase your range of options to deal with new challenges. - Different combinations of weapons and accessories and see a unit’s playstyle change drastically. - Travel the land of Vanaris to discover powerful treasures and hear untold stories. However, keep your guard up as danger lurks in every corner.

Void Scrappers (8BITSKULL, 3rd Mar) - Collect scrap dropped by your defeated enemies. Use it to upgrade your ship until it becomes unstoppable. Fight and destroy bosses and grab the weapons they drop. Blast hordes of aliens with various projectiles, explosions and kinetic orbitals. Unlock new characters with unique abilities and new weapon and upgrade types. Permanently upgrade your ship stats in between runs.

World War: Prologue (TROOOZE, 23rd Feb) - It is a solo single player / FPS game set in World War II, favored by military enthusiasts. Be a hero in a battlefield full of gunfire and blood! · An interesting mission based on historical facts will take place. ・Each stage, you have a mission based on the story. You can enjoy a suspenseful play. · You can collect and use various weapons used in World War II. · With 3D sound and 3D physics engines, you can enjoy realistic and exciting play. · This game offers a variety of 3D effects and graphics where you can feel the world war. · You can fight in cooperation with the AI allies in the battlefield. · You can hide / cover your body to surrounding objects during a battle and fight like a real gun battle. · mode aims to clear the mission according to the story. · In mode, you survive with the goal of clearing 25WAVE.

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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!