Monster Train 2 Switch eShop

Monster Train 2 is a deckbuilder to rival Slay the Spire, says Pes!:

At a time where people have been clamoring for Slay the Spire 2, many have missed out on the incredible sequel to Monster Train, a roguelike deckbuilder that for me, had more staying power than StS with multiple clan combos, and better art & music. MT2 adds fun new clans, new Equipment/Room cards, unique Pyre Hearts, better balanced gameplay, a quicker difficulty climb... everything you'd want from a sequel and more!

Moonleap Switch eShop

recastanho keeps things extremely short and sweet for guselect's Moonleap:

A very cute Puzzle-Platform.

Muchi Muchi Pork! & PinkSweets Boosted Switch eShop

romanista nominates a pair of shmups with a title that's surely a frontrunner for Game Name of the Year:

Cave shooters seem to appear on the eShop about once a year. There are the masterful conversions by M2. There are those my Limewire which sometimes were a bit sloppy, but updated in the end. And there are those by City Connection which seem to improve everytime.

Cave games are brutal ofcourse, really deep shooting games for the specialists. Most recent conversions have some sort of training mode. These 2 as a double couple are from a different line then Do-don-pachi, by a different author. Pink Sweets looks lovely, a cute, but will hand you your *ss in notime. Mushi Mushi pork is maybe less well known, but is great too. The xbox 360 had this as a double pack, not sure why this needed to be a double pack in the eshop...

Neon Inferno Switch eShop

recastanho is back with Neon Inferno:

Cyberpunk Run 'n' Gun made by Zenovia Interactive (Steel Assault). Gameplay reminds me of Dick Tracy from SEGA Genesis.

Neptunia Game Maker R:Evolution Switch

Nep-Nep-Freak likes Neptunia. Whodathunkit?

I would like to make a shout-out to Neptunia Game Maker R:Evolution, an action JRPG spin-off of the Neptunia series that I love so much. Aside from a little management sim gameplay at Older Neptune's game development studio, it's just another great dungeon exploration Neptunia JRPG with a 20-ish hour main story that often goes on sale digitally without DLC for around $15.

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No Longer Home Switch eShop

Genevieve highlights Humble Grove's No Longer Home.

No Longer Home is a short, narrative focused adventure game centering on two people in a relationship coming to terms with an important phase of their life ending as they are finishing school and both moving away, one of them leaving the country. This discusses nature of community and safe spaces for and within nonbinary and queer identities and how to say goodbye to a time of life that means everything to you. Haunting, very sad, and very overlooked, it does and says a lot and I would highly recommend it.

NO-SKIN Switch eShop

ChessboardMan gets us in the spirit for Halloween:

Another one for spooky season, this is a surreal retro-style horror rogue-like with turn based RPG combat that tries to freak you out, and will probably succeed. You start off with an introduction that ends with an encounter with a man with no skin, who demands you find his skin. You then choose a room each round after that, but you never know what is going to happen. Perhaps an encounter with one of your “friends” who are slowly mutating into monsters? Strangely compelling and very disturbing, and I’ve barely scratched the surface. The skin, if you will.

Pampas & Selene Switch eShop

AllieKitsune picks Pampas & Selene:

A tribute to Maze of Galious from the dev of UnEpic, and much more forgiving and less cryptic than something like La-Mulana (the standard-bearer for Maze of Galious tributes). The Quality of Life features make this one significantly less daunting to play than Galious, but no less enjoyable.

Parking Garage Rally Circuit Switch eShop

This one gets a couple of shoutouts. First, from Gassi The Cat:

Parking Garage Rally Circuit's name and eShop icon are easily overlooked as shovelware, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Retro-themed in appearance (think Sega Saturn) and resolutely arcadey in handling (drift for speed boosts), the courses have enough scope for improving laptimes and more character & variation than you'd think it was possible to imbue car parks with, making races against 3 others and your ghost very moreish even when the bouncy physics send you tumbling. A few spoiler-free highlights: giant boulders, snow ploughs, a lightning strike and a nod to the Rainbow Road. Great music, excellent value for the base game and DLC, 4-player splitscreen (but not online) AND a faithful promise from developer Tim ‘Walaber’ Fitzrandolph to bring the title to consoles this year are the icing on the multi-story cake. Just watch a video: it's as fun to play as it looks.

And secondly, recastanho keeps things characteristically concise:

Sega Rally but you race on a garage.

Wishlisted.

Path of Mystery: A Brush with Death Switch eShop

T-3 is a fan of Path of Mystery: A Brush with Death:

I’m honestly suprised how little exposure this game has gotten as it can absolutely hold its own against other popular murder mysteries. I’d say it most closely resembles the Famicom Detective Club games but it has its own unique traits like sending your mind back to the past to investigate (retro graphics included) or the whole game being structured like an anime show where each episode has an outro and a preview of what’s to come in the next. It also has great visuals and an amazing (Japanese) dub.

Pinball Spire Switch eShop

JJtheTexan sent a shoutout for Pinball Spire, "an enjoyable 'pinballvania' adventure that plays a bit like the NES title Pinball Quest."

It features three special pinball manipulation abilities acquired throughout the journey, like a charged shot, which are necessary for progress. A few areas can be a bit tricky, and I was occasionally stumped by a missed route that contained a needed upgrade, but otherwise it's pretty straightforward. It's mostly fun, though the endgame is a bit of a slog that requires replaying all boards, concluded with a lengthy final boss.

Pit Panic Switch 2

Nathan digs Flying Rat Studio's Pit Panic on Switch 1 and 2:

It’s a rogue-like platformer where you climb a cave. A bit like Spelunky. This game has barely any review, even though it’s addictive and very polished! A true hidden gem.

POST VOID Switch eShop

AlienigenX enjoys the retro stylings of 2023's POST VOID:

Post Void developed by YCYJ is a delightfully short high, easy to learn but tough to master. It's so short you can play hundred of times trying to get better. Music is cool. Graphics are punk. Tarantino game!

Prison City Switch eShop

Solar Jetman returns, and this time it's..prison-al? Boom, nailed it.

What do you get when you cross beloved NES action games like Power Blade and Shatterhand with Escape From New York? A rollicking homage to the ‘80s called Prison City. Initial stages can be played in any order. Your boomerang-wielding Snake Plissken-looking hero, complete with eye patch, traverses areas from a nature preserve to an American football stadium, with set pieces that include a motorcycle section. Tight controls, great music and lovely NES-style graphics complete the package.