Switch eShop - News
February2019
Reminder You Can Now Merge Your Accounts In Fortnite
Finally
In December, Epic Games announced it would delay the release of Fortnite's account merge feature until early 2019. In case you missed the news, this feature aims to assist anyone who had been forced to create a new account on the Switch after Sony blocked all accounts that had be
Talking Point What Does The Nintendo Seal Of Quality Mean In 2019?
A guarantee of quality, or a relic from the past?
Picture the scene; it's the mid-'80s, the American home video game market is in the pits, and Nintendo – an upstart Japanese company that only really has Donkey Kong to its name in terms of global commercial success – is trying to sell consoles to people who still remember the video game crash of...
More indie titles fight for your money
The good news is that there are no real stinkers this week, as we try to get you some of the cream of the crop, with the occasional warning to steer clear. Let’s take a look in detail. Black & White Bushido: A unique concept that provides some genuinely fun local multiplayer gameplay, Black and White...
News Pokémon-Inspired Monster Crown To Be Published By Soedesco, Switch Version Taking Shape
Regular updates to follow
Indie publisher Soedesco has revealed that it will be taking control of publishing duties for Monster Crown, a Pokémon-inspired monster taming game we reported on last year. If you didn't hear about this one, Monster Crown boasts many of the features you would expect to find in a Pokémon game - monster collecting, online...
News Puzzle Bobble 2 Hits Switch Tomorrow Thanks To Hamster's Neo Geo Collection
"Ready? GO!"
Hamster has confirmed that the already-promised Puzzle Bobble 2 is heading to Nintendo Switch very, very soon. So soon, in fact, that you'll be able to get your hands on it tomorrow. We already gave that away in the title, didn't we? Ah well. Puzzle Bobble 2 is a tile-matching game first released by Taito in 1995. Originally appearing...
Reminder Nintendo's Weird And Wonderful Switch eShop Sale Ends Tonight, Up To 66% Off
Great games at low prices
Just last week, Nintendo kicked off a "Weird and Wonderful" sale across a nice little collection of indie favourites on the Switch eShop. With prices slashed to as much as 66% off, you're sure to find a lovely bargain or two to add to your digital collection. In case you missed it, or if you'd just forgotten about it,...
News Cinders Is A Mature Take On Classic Cinderella, And It's Enchanting Switch This Valentine's Day
Break the rules
Crunching Koalas is gearing up for its next release on Nintendo Switch with Cinders, a mature take on the classic fairytale, Cinderella. The game takes the form of a visual novel where everything centres around player choices. There are multiple endings to discover, a grand total of 120 decision points, and more than 300 available...
News QubicGames Announces Crazy 90% Discount For Escape Doodland, More Titles To Follow Suit
Bargains on the way?
Indie publisher QubicGames has temporarily placed a huge discount on its action-adventure platformer Escape Doodland, promising more, similar sales in the future. The sale takes Escape Doodland's usual $9.99 price right down to just $0.99 - if the game's premise interests you, dropping a single dollar on it seems like a...
News Gods Remastered Is Bringing The Bitmap Brothers' Classic '90s Platformer To Switch
From SNES to Switch
Hercules is well and truly on his way to Nintendo Switch, as a remaster of the classic '90s platformer Gods is on its way to the console. Fittingly called Gods Remastered, this new release has been developed by Robot Riot Games and actually released on Steam towards the end of last year. The remaster presents the original title...
News PSVR Air Combat Game Bow To Blood: Last Captain Standing Is Flying Onto Switch
Think Hunger Games, but in planes
Tribetoy has revealed that its action-strategy airship adventure Bow to Blood: Last Captain Standing is heading to Nintendo Switch this April. The game is a single-player action-strategy roguelike in which players must oversee a flying airship in a multi-stage competition being broadcast as a deadly reality TV...
News Indie Hit Q.U.B.E. 2 Is Heading To Switch This Month With An Exclusive Physical Release
Going physical for the first time
We're happy to exclusively reveal the news that the hit indie puzzler Q.U.B.E. 2 is making its way to Nintendo Switch in both digital and physical form later this month. Q.U.B.E. 2 is a much-loved puzzler that originally launched on PC and other consoles last year. Featuring more than 80 puzzles in total, the game...
News Wargroove Players Are Recreating Advance Wars And Fire Emblem Maps In-Game
Try them yourself
Wargroove has gotten off to a flying start since launch (and rightly so in our opinion) and things are only getting bigger and better as players get their heads around the game's map editor. Not content with simply messing about with the available tools, some players are going as far as recreating memorable scenes from the likes of
News Overcooked 2 Celebrates The Chinese New Year With A Free Update And Survival Mode
Seven new kitchens to burn
The most recent tease for Ghost Town Games' Overcooked 2 has now been revealed, and chefs all around the world are about to be treated to yet another tasty portion of free gaming goodness. The game has received another free update to celebrate the Chinese New Year, with new recipes, new chefs and new kitchens available...
News Warframe's Fortuna Expansion Arrives On Nintendo Switch Today For Free
Did someone say hoverboards?
Digital Extremes has revealed that Warframe's next large, open-world expansion, Fortuna, is coming to Nintendo Switch today. The best part? It's entirely free. Fortuna brings with it a new landscape for you to explore, with new gameplay, activities, storylines, and more. You'll find yourself dashing across frozen...
Video View The Nitro-Fueled Gameplay In This Crash Team Racing Clip
Fast and furious
Now that we no longer have to worry about Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled for Nintendo Switch being delayed, we can simply look forward to what the game will offer when it does arrive later this year on 21st June. To create some noise about this upcoming release, the official Crash Bandicoot YouTube account has
News It Looks Like SpeedRunners Is Racing Onto The Nintendo Switch
Multiplayer madness
It's hard to believe how some games get revealed nowadays. A Reddit user by the name of Patrickwaite011 recently reached out to tinyBuild Games via email asking if the publisher would be releasing SpeedRunners on the Switch anytime soon. Surprisingly, the CEO Alex Nichiporchik responded saying it would be priced at $15.00,...
News Launch Weekend Sales Of Wargroove Have Already Covered Development Costs
Worth the wait
Wargroove might have suffered a slight delay at the end of last year, but it doesn't seem to have impacted the game's sales now that it is finally available. In the same blog post where a representative of Chucklefish spoke about the future of the multi-platform release, it was revealed launch weekend sales had already covered the...
News More Than 10 Million Players Attended Fortnite's In-Game Marshmello Concert, And It Was Amazing
Like, seriously
Continuing its apparent bid for world domination, Fortnite held an in-game concert this weekend featuring real-life music producer and DJ, Marshmello, reportedly seeing over 10 million players watching, interacting, and performing their favourite emotes in real time. If at least 50% of that sentence went over your head, you're not...
News Bee Simulator Is Buzzing Its Way To A Physical Release On Switch In 2019
This'll keep you busy
Varsav Game Studios, the developer of the upcoming Bee Simulator, has announced a publishing partnership with Bigben Interactive which will see the game launch physically on Switch "at the end of 2019". If you've missed the news on this one in the past, Bee Simulator has you seeing the world through the eyes of a honey bee...
News Captain StarONE Brings "Unique" Strategy Gameplay To Switch This Week
Blending action and 'inaction'
Flyhigh Works has revealed that its next game on Switch, Captain StarONE, will be bringing its strategy-based gameplay to the console very soon indeed. So soon, in fact, you'll be able to pick it up later this week. Described as "a unique game blending action and ‘inaction’", Captain StarONE has you setting your...
News Wargroove's First Patch Has Been Submitted For Approval, Dev Asks For Your Feedback
DLC in the works
Wargroove developer Chucklefish has shared a blog post to give fans a quick update about the game's future, revealing that its first patch has already been submitted for approval and outlining several other possibilities. This first patch brings with it "a number of bug fixes and other small improvements" that weren’t able to be...
Video Digital Foundry's Four-Game Switch Analysis
Testing performance
There's been an overflow of games released on the Switch over the past few months. As a result, Digital Foundry has decided to assess four recent arrivals in a single video. These titles include Firewatch, Octahedron, Travis Strikes Again and
News Kairosoft Brings Pocket Academy To Switch eShop On 7th February
Bite-sized simulation
Kairosoft's games library on the Switch eShop continues to grow. The next bite-sized but highly addictive management simulation is about operating your very own academy. It will arrive on 7th February in both North America and Europe and will set you back $12.00 / £8.99. In Pocket Academy, you'll have to set up classrooms,...
Feature Nintendo Life eShop Selects - January 2019
January's best Switch eShop games!
And just like that, the first month of 2019 has already whizzed by. It might be a traditionally quiet month, but this January still packed quite the punch on the Switch's eShop with some truly great picks to choose from. These awards aim to celebrate the best of Nintendo's digital store, giving some love and...
News Wargroove Will Receive Regular Updates, Free Content And DLC
Chucklefish commits
To celebrate the release of Wargroove this week, the team at Chucklefish held a Reddit AMA. One of the most commonly asked questions was if the game would receive post-release support. The good news is the team are “definitely interested” in supporting Wargroove with ongoing updates in the future, but wanted to first take in...
Rumour Hi-Rez Fantasy Game Realm Royale Is Switch-Bound According To Latest Datamine
Following in the footsteps of Paladins and SMITE
For the third time now, it looks dataminers have uncovered Hi-Rez’s next project for the Nintendo Switch. These latest findings suggest the free-to-play multiplayer fantasy title Realm Royale is Switch-bound. The following line “Merge Nintendo crown” was found within the latest datamine,...
Review Thea: The Awakening - A Flawed World-Builder Which Tries To Do Too Many Things At Once
Diet Civ
Games developers love a bit of survivalism. We’ve helped solo protagonists endure dangerous asylums. We’ve guided grizzled duos through zombie apocalypses. We’ve even kept entire households alive in more pedestrian fashion. But Thea: The Awakening takes a very different approach to the whole concept, casting you as a god who must...
Review Tangledeep - A Challenging Roguelike That's Best Appreciated By Grizzled Genre Veterans
Tangle tamer
On the surface, Tangledeep might seem like yet another very generic addition to Nintendo Switch’s vast eShop offerings. 16-bit graphics? Check. Turn-based combat? Check. A vast RPG-driven world to explore? Check. Myriad subsystems and mini-games scattered throughout? Check, check and check. But Impact Gameworks' pixel art adventure is...
Review Unruly Heroes - If You Loved Rayman Origins, You'll Love This
Born to be wild
Ubisoft made big waves in the industry when it released Rayman Origins, a triumphant return to the company mascot’s 2D platforming roots. Blending goofy humour with thrilling platforming sequences, it captured the hearts of millions, but perhaps the most stunning aspect of the release was the flash new engine that it ran on. UbiArt...
News Devolver Digital's Ultra-Violent Ape Out Has Been Slightly Delayed
Anger intensifies
One of the most intriguing games on the Switch's release schedule horizon is Ape Out, an ultra-violent smash 'em up that was originally planned to release next week. Sadly, the game has been delayed slightly, pushing its launch date back to 28th February. The game is a wild mash-up of striking colours, frantic jazz music and...
Video 7 Things You May Not Know About Wargroove On Switch
Groovy
Chucklefish's Wargroove arrives on Switch today, and boy was it worth the wait. Dubbed the spiritual successor to Intelligent System's Advance Wars series – with a spot of Fire Emblem thrown in for good measure – we awarded it a thoroughly-deserved 9/10 rating in our review. If that glowing critical appraisal still wasn't enough to...
News Retro Action-Platformer Ghoulboy - Dark Sword Of Goblin Lands On Switch This Month
Bosses, chiptune, the works
The retro-inspired action platformer Ghoulboy - Dark Sword of Goblin is planning a nostalgic trip to the Nintendo Switch later this month, it has been confirmed. Said to combine elements from the action-RPG genre with hack 'n' slash style gameplay, Ghoulboy features all the heroic characters, gloomy environments, and...
Feature What The Creator of Ecco The Dolphin Did Next
"It is still 'us', the original Ecco the Dolphin team!"
Ed Annunziata's career spans all the way back to the early '90s, and includes titles such as Spider-Man, Chakan: The Forever Man, Cyborg Justice and Kolibri, all games that appeared on Sega hardware. However, his name is most closely associated with the groundbreaking Ecco the Dolphin, a 1992...
Competition Celebrate The Launch Of Wargroove And Win Yourself A Nintendo Switch
A bundle of Wargroove merchandise is up for grabs too
To celebrate the launch of the excellent turn-based strategy game Wargroove on Nintendo Switch our friends at Chucklefish have teamed up with us to give away a Nintendo Switch, along with a bunch of Wargroove goodies. To be in with a chance of winning, we'd like you to get creative and create an...
News Smartphone First-Person Shooter Modern Combat Blackout Is Firing Onto Nintendo Switch
In a Switch exclusive version
Gameloft has revealed that it will be bringing its hugely popular smartphone FPS series, Modern Combat, to Nintendo's hybrid console, with Modern Combat Blackout serving as a Switch exclusive. The game is based on Modern Combat 5: Blackout, a game which launched across iOS, Android and Windows 10 in 2014 and went on to...
January2019
A bit of a drag
Inti Creates has made quite a name for itself on the Switch with quality titles like Mighty Gunvolt Burst, Blaster Master Zero, Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon, and Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack all offering up some excellent retro run ‘n’ gun action. Going back further, however, the company put itself on the m
Review Downwell - The Ultimate Version Of Everyone's Favourite Potholing Roguelike Shooter
Get down and TATE
Imagine for a moment that you’re taking a stroll in the countryside and you happen upon an old well – what do you do? At the very least, you wander up and take a peek; you might drop a pebble down there, or even a cheeky loogie if nobody’s around. Why? It’s tough to say exactly, but Downwell taps into that human fascination...
News Darksiders: Warmastered Edition Launches Physically On Switch In April, Will Retail For $30
Properly confirmed this time
Remember yesterday, when Darksiders: Warmastered Edition was accidentally leaked early by its own publisher? Well, today the game has been truly confirmed - properly this time - and it's set to arrive on Switch in April. Already available on PC and other consoles, the game will launch on Switch on 2nd April b
News Award-Winning Precision Platformer The King's Bird Flies Onto Switch This February
Momentum-driven movement
Serenity Forge and publisher Graffiti Games have announced that the award-winning platformer The King's Bird will be soaring onto Nintendo Switch next month. The King's Bird is described as a momentum-driven, precision-platforming game in which players must use aerial movements to dash, glide, and flow through a mysterious...
Feature Chucklefish On Wargroove, Advance Wars And Making Tools That Turn Players Into Creators
"It’s important to us that we make games we’re truly passionate about"
It's fair to say that Wargroove has been near the top of many of a Switch owner's 'most wanted' list for quite some time; it was initially revealed way back in February 2017, the same month the console was launched. Right from the off, its eye-catching visual style and...
News Get Up To 66% Off Some "Weird And Wonderful" Switch Games In Nintendo's Latest Sale
Europe only, but NA to follow?
Today sees the introduction of another sale across the Nintendo eShop, with the Japanese gaming giant discounting some of the more 'Weird and Wonderful' games available on Switch. We've got all the games included listed below, as well as links to stores for your region so that you can check all prices; interestingly,...
News Take To The Skies In Warplanes: WW2 Dogfight, Blasting Onto Switch On 21st February
Flight combat on the go
Flight combat action game Warplanes: WW2 Dogfight is soaring onto Nintendo Switch on 21st February, it has been confirmed. The game has you taking the controls of a warplane and jumping into the battlefields of World War 2. With campaigns for Great Britain, USSR, and Germany all featured, you will assume the role of a pilot...
News Dead Or Alive Xtreme 3: Scarlet Won’t Be Released In Europe Or North America
Times are changin’
Despite the fact Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Scarlet is not a mainline entry in the DoA series, there’s still admittedly some interest in the upcoming release here in the west because the existing entries have been made available outside of Japan in the past. For anyone who was looking forward to some fun in the sun on the Switch...
News Limited Run Reveals Another World Collector’s Edition For Nintendo Switch
Pre-orders go live on 1st February
Last weekend, it was revealed Limited Run Games was handling the physical release Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition for Nintendo Switch. If you’re interested in picking up the Collector’s Edition of the game, it will set you back $59.99. This bundle becomes available for pre-order in the US on 1st...
News Bandai Namco Unleashes Adjustment Patch Alongside Second Season Of Dragon Ball FighterZ
Jiren and Videl join the battle!
If there's one other fighting game on the Nintendo Switch worth checking out besides Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, it's arguably Dragon Ball FighterZ. The game is the definitive Dragon Ball fighting game, with an all-star cast and ongoing patches to ensure battles continue to be as fierce, fast and frantic as possible...
News Spoiler Alert Is Like A Reverse Version Of Super Mario Bros. Due Out On February 1st
“You played the game... Now it's time to unplay it!”
Imagine a scenario where you boot up Super Mario Bros. for the first time and Peach has already been saved, every coin has been collected and every single goomba has been stomped on. What would you do? Spoiler Alert, arriving on the Switch eShop on 1st February for $4.99, is a Megafuzz...
News Vectronom Is A Psychedelic Rhythm-Based Puzzle Game Coming To Switch This Spring
Solve puzzles to the beat
Note: This video contains flashing lights and rapidly changing colours. Publisher ARTE and German indie developer Ludopium have announced that their upcoming rhythm-based puzzler Vectronom is headed to Nintendo Switch. In Vectronom, players must memorise patterns and solve environment-specific puzzles while moving their...
Nindie Round Up Bedtime Blues, Apocalipsis, My Memory Of Us, JackQuest And The Shrouded Isle
Scares, sacrifices and Sir Patrick Stewart
This week we have a game heavily influenced by WWII, one paying homage to the writings of H.P Lovecraft and one with a visual style based on 15th-century wood carvings. If that doesn’t cement the level of variety and creativity in the indie scene, then we don’t know what does. Let’s dive in…...
News THQ Accidentally Confirms Darksiders: Warmastered Edition For Switch, Then Removes Evidence
Oops
It would appear that Darksiders: Warmastered Edition is well and truly on the way to Nintendo Switch, after what appears to be something of a slip up by publisher THQ Nordic. The Warmastered Edition, which is an enhanced version of the series' first game that has already seen a release on Wii U in the past, has been rumoured to be coming to...
News Team17 Teases Yet Another Free Update For Overcooked 2
Overcooked 2 Ultimate
Team17 has revealed that yet another free update will arrive in Ghost Town Games' Overcooked 2 with a tease very reminiscent of December's Kevin's Christmas Cracker update. Last month, the UK-based publisher shared the teeniest, tiniest of teases hinting at something festive; four days later
Review Wargroove - A Turn-Based Strategy Classic That Intelligent Systems Would Be Proud Of
Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war
Intelligent Systems has always been known for its strategy game IP, with Fire Emblem naturally being the most popular, but that esteemed series might never have made it West were it not for the more colourful and militaristic antics of the Advance Wars franchise. Unfortunately – despite its similarities to...
News Shoot 'Em Up Bundle Vasara Collection Is Getting A Physical Release On Switch
Vasara and Vasara 2
Back in March of last year, QUByte Interactive revealed that it had acquired the console rights to Visco Corporation's bullet hell series, Vasara, noting that a collection containing both Vasara and Vasara 2 would be headed to Switch. We now have a little more information about the release, and it's good news for physical fans...
Review New Star Manager - Football Management At Its Most Tactile
The Jurgen Klopp of football management games
Leicester City (in 2016) and Manchester City (in 2018) are two recent Premiership-winning teams that went about their footballing business in completely different ways, and there's a neat parallel to be drawn here with New Star Manager and Football Manager 2019 Touch. Both are ostensibly playing the same...
News Piranha Plant Is Now Available In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Version 2.0.0 has arrived
So much for a February release, as it looks like Piranha Plant is available right now in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate alongside the launch of version 2.0.0. Other than the addition of the 75th playable character, there are a number of fixes and adjustments to the online and offline experience. Nintendo has also shared...
News Nintendo's UK Store Appears To Have Confirmed Mortal Kombat 11 Switch Delay In Europe
No concerns for North America
Mortal Kombat 11 was expected to arrive worldwide on the Switch in April until several European retailers updated their product listings for the Switch version of the game, changing the launch date to 10th May. At the time, these retailers included Amazon and even the Warner Bros. store (the company responsible for...
Video 10 Exciting Games Coming To Switch In The Month Of February
What will you play?
February is upon us, so what’s there to look forward to in terms of video game offerings? Following on from the releases such as New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe and Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes in January, our bubbly video producer Alex Olney has taken time to compile a list of ten exciting games being released on the...
News Warhammer Age Of Sigmar: Champions Will Soon Conquer Nintendo Switch, Cross-Play Included
Battle on the go
PlayFusion and Games Workshop have announced that the super-popular and hugely successful trading card game Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Champions is headed to Nintendo Switch. For those not in the know, Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Champions is a collectable card game that blends physical and digital card collections; essentially, players...
Video Splatoon 2 Producer Hisashi Nogami Shares His Top Five Things About The Octo Expansion
Not eight, sadly
Last summer, Nintendo released the Octo Expansion DLC for Splatoon 2, giving all squids and kids the chance to tuck into some great single-player content. In case you'd forgotten and hadn't got round to it yet, the game's producer has shared his five favourite things about the expansion. As you might expect, Nogami-san's choices...
Review Swords & Soldiers - A Blast From The Past That's Worth Plundering Again On Switch
Meat, might and marauders
If fiction has taught us anything, it’s that Vikings have all the fun. Pillaging gold. Killing enemy soldiers by the dozen. Getting drunk before, during or after said events. They’re living the reaver’s dream. So, of course, they make a fine fit for video games with their love of violence, alcohol and cooked meat –...
News Iron Crypticle Brings Smash TV And Ghosts 'n Goblins-Inspired Arcade Fun To Switch Next Month
Get 10% off pre-orders
We're happy to exclusively share the first Nintendo Switch trailer for Iron Crypticle, an arcade twin-stick dungeon shooter arriving on the console next month. In the game, the glorious Royal Treasures of Cryptonia have been stolen, and now the King’s washed-up knights must suit up and descend into the ancient palace crypts...
News Sinner: Sacrifice For Redemption Is Adding A Giant Armoured Chicken Boss In Free Switch Update
And modes and weapons, too
Dark Souls-inspired action RPG Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption is receiving a new, free update next month, bringing with it a whole host of new content including a giant armoured chicken boss. Yep. As well as this giant chicken beast (which you can experience in all its glory in the GIF below), you can also expect to...
News Tunche Is An Action-Filled, Hand-Drawn Beat 'Em Up Aiming To Release On Switch
Kickstarter now running
As more and more indie games hope to make their way to Switch, crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter are becoming increasingly important for developers to realise their early goals. The latest crowdfunding project to catch our attention is Tunche, a hand-drawn beat 'em up which has Switch firmly in its sights. The game is...
Review Mages of Mystralia - A Colourful Spellcasting Adventure That Just Falls Short
Spellcrafting 101
A young woman looks to the stars one night and finds herself imbued with their celestial power – so much so, in fact, that she accidentally burns her house down and must flee town as an outcast. The use of magic is banned in the land of Mystralia, after all, leaving our hero Zia to seek her fate by herself. Once she encounters...
News Open-World Adventure Windscape Is An Homage To Zelda, And It Arrives On Switch This March
NPCs, dungeons, the works
Headup Games has announced that the upcoming open-world adventure game Windscape will launch on Nintendo Switch on 27th March, releasing a brand new trailer in the process. Windscape is a first-person exploration adventure set in a world made up of floating islands in the sky. The game is heavily inspired by the likes of...
News Pipeworks Has Sent The Switch Alpha Build Of Terraria To Re-Logic For Review
Slow progress
The release of Terraria on the Switch eShop is well overdue. After being confirmed for the platform last August, Pipeworks Studios has now hit a major milestone in the Switch port’s development cycle. The alpha build has been sent to Re-Logic - the original developer - for review. Here’s the full update posted on the Terraria...
News The Walking Dead: The Final Season Is Coming To Switch In Physical Form
Releases this March
The Walking Dead: The Final Season has been on an incredibly bumpy ride over the last few months; original developer Telltale Games sadly closed its doors last year, putting the game's future in doubt, before Skybound Games saved the day by promising to complete it. Things are definitely looking up now, though
News Sci-Fi Action Shooter Solstice Chronicles: MIA Blasts Onto Switch Early Next Month
Local co-op supported
CIRCLE Entertainment has revealed that its upcoming action shooter Solstice Chronicles: MIA will be firing onto Switch early next month. Developed by Ironward, Solstice Chronicles: MIA is a sci-fi action shooter that features "smart mechanics and skills" which aim to give you multiple ways of tackling the game's challenges. It...
Exclusive The Making Of Observer, A Cyberpunk Horror Set To Terrify The Nintendo Switch
A visit to Bloober Team in Poland
One of several upcoming Switch games which has really grabbed our attention over the last few weeks is Observer, a psychological horror heading to the console later this year. We were lucky enough to be invited to Kraków, Poland for a quick snoop around the Bloober Team office (and by "we", we mean Alex - the lucky...
Review When Ski Lifts Go Wrong - This Fiendish Physics Puzzler Is Snow Joke
Eddie the Eagle’s Bridge Constructor
Known as Carried Away in its early access PC guise, Hugecalf Studios’ renamed When Ski Lifts Go Wrong is a node-based physics puzzler that has you constructing chairlifts over terrain to get riders to a finish line in one piece. Questionable construction will cause your passengers to collide with obstacles or...
Demo available now
Australian indie developer Insert Disk 22 has revealed that its upcoming point and click project Born Punk will soon be taking to Kickstarter to get truly up and running. A Switch version has been promised should the campaign be successful. Set 130 years in the future on the island of Bornholm, Born Punk follows the story of Eevi...
News A Hat In Time Is Coming Soon To Switch, According To The Gears For Breakfast Support Page
We can't wait!
Last August, developer Gears for Breakfast confirmed A Hat In Time was heading to the Switch after initially posting a tweet suggesting it would be skipping Nintendo’s hardware. While there’s still no date indicating when exactly this game inspired by
Review Smite - A Godly MOBA That Gives League Of Legends A Run For Its Money
Holier than thou
Following its success with Paladins: Champions of the Realm – which brought the team-based shooter genre to Switch with platform parity and solid performance – developer Hi-Rez Studios has now given its other big online hit the same handheld-friendly treatment. While Paladins has proved itself to be Overwatch’s only real...
News Wargroove Supports Cross-Play Battles
Fight with or against Xbox One and PC players
Cross-play is becoming increasingly popular within video games by the day. Not only does it unite players across multiple platforms, it also has the ability to sustain smaller video game communities for prolonged periods. When Chucklefish’s highly-anticipated turn-based tactical game Wargroove arrives...
News Limited Run Is Publishing The Switch Physical Edition Of Another World
Out 1st February
Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition is receiving another release, this time in physical form on the Nintendo Switch. Limited Run Games made the announcement the modernised version of this Super Nintendo action-platformer classic would be released next month on 1st February, over on its Twitter account. The game was
News Glass Masquerade Brings Relaxing, Stress-Free Puzzles To Switch Next Month
No time limits, no pressure
Indie publisher Digerati has revealed that it's bringing a relaxing puzzler to Switch in the form of Glass Masquerade, and it'll be available as soon as next month. The game features artistic, stained-glass puzzles inspired by Art Deco artisans of the 20th century, allowing players to unwind and complete each offering in...
News American Ninja Warrior Makes The Leap To Video Games, Lands On Switch This March
Just like the TV show
GameMill Entertainment has announced a partnership with NBC and Universal's Games team to bring American Ninja Warrior Challenge to Nintendo Switch - a game based on NBC's hit television show. As our North American friends will no doubt already be aware, the show has contestants competing on various obstacle courses, aiming to...
News Intense Shmup-Platformer Velocity 2X Is Getting A Limited Physical Release On Switch
Only 1,500 Collector's Edition copies
Strictly Limited Games, one of several publishers which specialises in physical releases of fan-favourite indie games, has revealed that it will bring a limited run of Velocity 2X to Switch. The game has you slipping into the role of Lt. Kai Tana, a former test pilot captured by a race of hostile aliens. During...
Video Updated Travis Strikes Again Intro Scene Clashes Suda51 Worlds Together
The size of the world has changed
Yesterday, an update found its way to Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes, extending the game's intro to showcase exactly how Badman found out Travis was hiding out in Texas. If you want to experience the shocking revelation for yourself, this is your last chance to stop yourselves from being spoiled by our...
News Real-Time Strategy Hit Swords & Soldiers Has Just Surprise-Launched On Nintendo Switch
A lovely weekend surprise
Completely out of the blue, publisher Two Tribes has revealed that Swords & Soldiers is available on Nintendo Switch. That's right - not "coming soon" or "planned to release on so-and-so" - you can go ahead and download it right now. If you haven't seen this one before, the game has players preparing for war on...
News Dragon: Marked For Death Physical Edition Arrives In The West This March
Digital version launches on 31st January
Dragon: Marked for Death by Inti Creates was first announced during the 2017 Nindie Summer Showcase. Since then, its release has been repeatedly pushed back. Fortunately, the digital version was locked in for 31st January 2019 not long ago (in both Europe and North America) and now the publisher has Nighthawk...
Legacy issues
The JRPG has changed much over the years (or very little, depending on the developer), but back in the mid-to-late-’90s this very niche of genres produced a spate of classic instalments that helped define so many of its integral elements. The pre-rendered backgrounds. The polygonal character models. Interesting and layered characters...
Hands On Hacking Into The Cyberpunk World of Observer On Switch
With Blade Runner's Rutger Hauer, no less
Recently we were invited down to Kraków, Poland, to have a bit of an old hands-on with Observer, courtesy of its creator, Bloober Team. After Layers of Fear scared the nonsense out of us, we had high hopes for this new game, based on the promise that it builds heavily on what Bloober's previous Switch game...
Review Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics - Mixing Strategy And Horror To Mostly Good Effect
For the Love of the Craft
If there’s one group of historical nasties you can always rely on to invoke some of literature’s most eldritch nightmares, it’s the Nazis. From the pages of Hellboy to just about every Call of Duty in recent memory, those militarised fascists love dabbling in the occult, so it’s no great shock to see them teaming up...
News Airheart - Tales Of Broken Wings Flies Onto Switch Next Week With Exclusive Content
Pirates and furious bosses await
Next week sees the launch of Airheart - Tales of broken Wings on Nintendo Switch, a game full of airplanes, action, and a whole lot of battling. The game is described as a "dieselpunk airplane action game", all set in the world above the clouds. As you can see in the trailer up above, every level is built on top of...
News My Memory Of Us Brings A "Heart-Melting" Story Of World War II To Nintendo Switch Today
Inspired by true events
Among the collection of games launching today on Nintendo Switch is My Memory of Us, a 'heart-melting" story inspired by true events from World War II. The game follows the friendship between a girl and a boy as they experience life in The City - a place inspired by pre-Second World War Warsaw. Conflict breaks out, forcing...
More details shared
Perhaps one of the most exciting reveals during yesterday's Nintendo Indie Highlights presentation was Image & Form's latest project, SteamWorld Quest. Taking the SteamWorld universe we already know and love, and steering it in a completely new card-based RPG direction, this one looks like it could be a real winner. Details...
News X-Morph: Defense Is A Top-Down Shooter, Tower Defence Hybrid Blasting Onto Switch Next Month
Role reversal
X-Morph: Defense is just under a month away from blasting onto the Switch's digital scene, and its premise and gameplay certainly look intriguing. Blending top-down shooter gameplay with classic tower defence, this one has players taking control of an alien race, unleashing hell upon humans and conquering the Earth for a change...
News JRPG Asdivine Hearts II Launches On Nintendo Switch Today
Set two years after the original
If you're in the mood for a new slice of JRPG action, you might just be in luck, as Asdivine Hearts II has just plonked itself onto the Switch eShop. Yep, it's available today. The game picks up two years after the events of the original game, Asdivine Hearts, with Zack and friends finding themselves heading off on...
Review Cursed Castilla EX - A Worthy Love Letter To The Side-Scrolling Classics Of Old
Knight life
Ports are nothing new on Nintendo Switch - in fact, a good proportion of the games that have arrived on the system over the last two years have been re-releases from other platforms - but sometimes a game getting another chance at success on another console is a cause for celebration. Cursed Castilla EX is one such example. It’s...
News Explore, Craft And Battle In Thea: The Awakening, A Turn-Based Strategy Game Coming To Switch
Available next week
The Nintendo Switch is about to get another dose of turn-based strategy goodness as Thea: The Awakening gets set for launch on the console next week. Thea: The Awakening combines its turn-based strategic survival ways with Slavic myth and monstrosity, with events set after an apocalyptic force known as 'The Darkness' has...
News Cytus Alpha Physical Release Brings Rhythm To North America This April
Includes a special CD
Last July, Japanese magazine Famitsu revealed Flyhigh Works would publish a port of the mobile rhythm game Cytus on the Switch, under the new name of Cytus Alpha (or 'Cytus α'). It has now been confirmed the title will arrive in North America this April in both physical and digital formats. The initial release of the retail...
News Sega AGES Development Team Might Localise Games That Have Never Been Translated
Also looking into multiplayer
The Sega AGES line might seem like it is made up of quick and simple ports based on the classics of yesteryear, but there's a lot more work that goes into each of these Switch releases than you might think. Website GearNuke was recently fortunate enough to speak to Yosuke Okunari, one of the staff behind the modern...
News It Looks Like Johnny Turbo Is Entering The Shmup Business On Nintendo Switch
"Gues whats next"
If the Nintendo Switch is your system of choice for shoot 'em up games, you'll be glad to hear another retro one is making a comeback. Johnny Turbo - one of gaming's worst mascots - and now the face of Flying Tiger Entertainment's classic line recently hopped on Twitter to tease another old school Data East title coming to the...
News CrossCode Brings Its SNES-Style Action-RPG Goodness To Switch With Exclusive Content
40-80 hours of gameplay
Today's Nintendo Indie Highlight presentation brought with it a nice little collection of promising titles, and joining that list is none other than CrossCode. CrossCode eventually arrived on PC last year after an Indiegogo crowdfunding project and a lengthy early access beta, and now it's making the jump to Switch. It...
News Surprise! Goat Simulator: The GOATY Is Available On Switch Right Now
Be the goat you've always wanted to be
Among the surprise announcements during today's Nintendo Indie Highlights presentation was Goat Simulator: The GOATY. It's available to play on Switch as we speak. That's right, everyone's favourite game about possessing the body of a goat, exploring an open, suburban world, bashing into everything in sight,...
News SteamWorld Quest Officially Revealed For Switch, A Turn-Based RPG In The SteamWorld Universe
A roleplaying card game
Revealed as part of today's Nintendo Indie Highlights presentation, SteamWorld Quest has been officially confirmed for Nintendo Switch. Developed by Image & Form - the studio behind SteamWorld Dig, SteamWorld Dig 2, and
News Switch Tactical Epic Wargroove Marches Into Battle Next Week
And it looks worth the wait
It has been confirmed that Chucklefish's highly-anticipated turn-based tactical game Wargroove will hit the Switch eShop on February 1st – that's next Friday, in case you were wondering. You can pre-order it now. Initially announced quite some time ago, Wargroove takes inspiration from the likes of Advance Wars and...
Video Watch The Nintendo Indie Highlights Presentation January 2019
Nindies everywhere!
The Nintendo Indie Highlights video is now live in all its glory and you can watch it for yourself right here! As promised yesterday, the video showcases just "some" of the indie games scheduled to arrive on Nintendo Switch in 2019. From the brilliant and the unique to the utterly bizarre, Nindie games have been a huge part of...
Nindie Round Up Clock Simulator, Neko Navy, Momodora, Stellar Interface And Hive Jump
Some clocks, some cats, some gems
The wonderful thing about the indie gaming scene is that it allows game developers to embrace their bizarre, deep-seated desires for game ideas, seemingly with no creative limits. Thus, we have Clock Simulator, a rhythm game that literally has you take the role of Father Time in an array of odd minigames. We also...
News Rocket League Introduces Cross-Platform Friends List And Party System Next Month
All inclusive
Earlier this month, Rocket League joined the latest trend in gaming by supporting cross-platform play across all major consoles and PC. The service is incredibly welcome, of course, but the lack of a friends list and customisable matchmaking options left a little to be desired. At present, players are randomly matched with or against...
Switch eShop - Features
Forum Topics
2,823 replies |
7 replies |
16,094 replies |
Would you want Switch Pro if its TV only?
60 replies |
Switch Physical Boxed Games List & Release Dates (US & CA)
6,758 replies |
46,280 replies |
When/Why did you start visiting Nintendo Life?
46 replies |
Most Read
Review Star Ocean: First Departure R - An RPG Nostalgia Trip That's Showing Its...
Review Alien: Isolation - One Of The Greatest Horror Games Of All Time Comes To...
News Littlewood Is A Super Chill Town-Building RPG That Could Give Animal Cro...
News Get Resident Evil, Mega Man And More In Capcom's Black Friday eShop Sale...
News Chucklefish Issues Apology For Voice Actor Casting Choices In Wargroove'...
Deals These Are The Switch eShop Games You Should Download This Black Friday
Review Five Nights At Freddy's - Accessible Horror That Loses Its Edge Too Quickly
News Nintendo Rolls Out Another Minor Update For Ring Fit Adventure On Switch
News Monster Boy Celebrates Its First Anniversary With A Half-Price Digital Sale
Popular Switch eShop Games
Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer Featuring The Legend of Zelda Switch eShop
Nintendo / Brace Yourself Games
- 13th Jun 2019 (UK/EU)
- 13th Jun 2019 (NA)
Overcooked: Special Edition Switch eShop
- 27th Jul 2017 (UK/EU)
- 27th Jul 2017 (NA)
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition Switch eShop
- 4th Sep 2019 (UK/EU)
- 4th Sep 2019 (NA)
Enter the Gungeon Switch eShop
- 14th Dec 2017 (NA)
- 18th Dec 2017 (UK/EU)
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Switch eShop
505 Games / Starbreeze Studios
- 28th May 2019 (UK/EU)
- 28th May 2019 (NA)
