Nintendo Download: 13th April (North America)

getting samsho no matter what

Only demos for me today.

SamSho IV, unless the "News" section of the Switch is lying.

Mr. Shifty may be worth a $15 investment.

Despite what has been said about the Switch's lack of major, AAA release games I've developed a nice little library in the console's first 6 weeks.

Zelda
Blaster Master Zero
Binding of Isaac +
Fast RMX
Snake Pass
Graceful Explosion Machine
Neo Turf Masters
Mr. Shifty (as of today)

Puyo puyo tetris!

Sam Show 4 was awesome so when my Zelda fest is over I will probably get that. I also think Mr. Shifty looks like a fun game though I will wait for a few reviews to pop up.

I want the Jackbox Party Pack 3, but I can get it for $12.50 for both my Xbox Ones or $24.99 for only one of my Switches.

I just so happen to be getting a bunch of friends and family over for Easter, so Jackbox couldn't have come at a better time!

Other than that, mama say mama saw Amakusa's Revenge for me!

Might get Mr.Shifty since I really want something other to play than Zelda on my shiny new toy. Can any say if it's worth getting?

Not a bad week. Probably Mr Shifty for me

I might get bye bye box boy and the free Kirby game and maybe check out the sale why they did not give us Kirby dream land 3 on n3ds Virtual console I do not know why

@JHDK I'm sitting on:

*Zelda
*Fast RMX
*ACA Alpha Mission 2
*ACA Metal Slug
*ACA Metal Slug 3
*ACA Nam 1975
*ACA Neo Turf Masters
*ACA Shock Troopers
*Graceful Explosion Machine
*Has-Been Heroes<--fav game on HW, Zelda notwithstanding.
*Snake Pass
*New Frontier Days
*Blaster Master Zero

I'll pick up Mr.Shifty and maybe SSIV today--good times!

(My PS4Pro, 3DS, etc. are dying of neglect.)

Jackbox! And the Puyo Puyo Tetris demo I downloaded last night after the Direct. 👍

Nothing for me this week.

by the end of next month no one will be talking about mr shifty, just like most modern games these days...

Also looking forward to mr shifty. Reminds me of hotline miami 2 which was cool and had a great soundtrack. Even if the game should not be so great i hope at least the soundtrack will be.

@ECMIM I have a whole list (read: backlog) at this point but I'm trying to finish Zelda as fast as I can. Looks like it will be another 70 hours or so...

@ECMIM Cool. I may get Metal Slug but I'm in no hurry. Glad you like HBH, from the reviews and let's plays it doesn't look like it's one for me. btw/ whats "HW"?

@JHDK HW=hardware.

Mr Shifty says it IS releasing today, but it is not available on either the European or North American E-shop. And it has updatesd as Jackpot Party IS available.

Guessing they got the date wrong.

Demo of Puyo Puyo Tetris. I've heard good things, now it's time to try it out for myself.

Getting Kirby and that's it

@JHDK and just imagine once its 6 months old? By holidays this year we will have MARIO and skyrim most likely as well as countless indies and kart, splat, arms. I didn't even have uncharted 4 on PS4 at 6 months old.

After watching a trailer for mr shifty, I'm getting it.

@akaDv8R as a rule, the US eShop doesn't update until noon EST, so "Jack" is an aberration.

Edit: weird, on my end, "Jack" is still situated in the "Coming Soon" section.

@ECMIM European E-shop ALWAYS updates by 2:30pm at the latest.

As I said, they are listing Jack Box Party, and in the Coming Soon section, it says, "Mr Shifty 13/4/2014"... today!!!!!

BTW: For anyone who is interested, the FAST RMX update is coming on the 19th of this Month.

I got Bye Bye BoxBoy, Team Kirby Clash, and the PuyoPuyo Tetris demo. They're all really fun, especially BoxBoy. Team Kirby Clash's free-to-play kinda seems out of place, but it's still an enjoyable game.

@Grawlog But those keychains, man! Seriously, though, I did ask my wife if she was interested in the Puyo Puyo Tetris keychains and she immediately answered "yes", so physical it is... $10 keychains, but also when we get another Switch one day, we can swap the cart maybe saving money down the line?

Anyway, it was a must purchase for her and my daughter especially so I'd probably have paid $60.

(Also, preorder on Amazon with Amazon Prime account makes physical ~$32 anyway)

My son was playing the BoxBoy demo and really wanted the full game(s)... his birthday is coming up so... well, I just have to time it right. So, not this week.

I'm just waiting for the Shifty Review

Dang, no Wii U virtual console. I was hoping for more Konami N64 gems.

Gimme Castelvania 64 dammit!!

I really don't like ACA re-releases of fighting games. They have no practice/training mode and no online. In short, they kinda blow.

I'll be busy with me Puyo Puyo Tetris demo and Team Kirby Clash Deluxe, so nobody bother me!! jk

The tetris puyo demo somehow does not have HD rumble - delete instantly and re-downloading the JP version..

Jackbox Party 3 will be great for when we have company over. It's an awesome party game. Bought.

@Aurumonado @Grawlog
I've seen some reviews for Mr. Shifty. A couple 'recommended,' a 7.5, a 6 and a 5 I believe were the other ones. It's a bit of a mixed bag it seems but from the videos I've seen posted by youtubers I follow it does look like a lot of fun so I'm going to buy it.

@Donutman
Aside from inFamous: Second Son, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag and a few remasters, the PS4 was complete trash its first six months, and I'm somebody who could be considered more of a PlayStation fan than anything else, but the truth is the truth and I was the most hated person at PushSquare in 2014 because I let it be known what a pathetic start Sony got off to. With LoZ: Breath of the Wild alone, the Switch will be off to a better first six months than PS4. But yeah add in Mario Kart 8, Splatoon 2 and possibly ARMS (if it ends up being good) and that's a much better first six months than I had with the PS4. That's not even including indies like Blaster Master Zero, Fast RMX or the awesome-looking Shakedown Hawaii.

Jackbox 3 looks like it will be great for showing off the switch, as 1 2 Switch has great appeal but only lasts so long

I'm looking forward to some fun weekends with it!

Can't find the EU update...? Is there one?

@ogo79 its certainly no Hotline Miami

@Ryu_Niiyama Don't you mean you gotta get Shiftyyyy. You gotta get Shiftyyy in heere!

nothing..

Nothing.

Going to try the Puyo Puyo demo. My wife's favorite video game is Dr. Mario and we play the SNES Tetris/Dr.Mario mix quite a bit.

Is this game similar to that? I guess is Puyo Puyo like Dr. Mario?

@JHDK How's Blaster Master Zero? I've been considering it.

Nabbed the PPT demo, although I don't like how it doesn't have multiple rounds like in the Japanese demo. Also, the A.I. feels easier, for some reason.

I'll probably get Mr. Shifty if it reviews well.

Maybe the free Kirby game... nothing else for me.

@Fred13 It took me a few weeks to get into it. But once I put some real time into it I've had nothing but fun playing. It's not a very difficult game but the exploration is a delight. So far I have played most games on the TV but with this I found that I like it more in handheld mode. The retro style just seems to fit best that way. For $10 it's well worth the price and I would definitely recommend picking it up.

you forgot to list the boxboy demo

@JHDK What about the multiplayer? I'd want to play with my wife and/or son

I'm downloading Mr. Shifty right now. I'm really looking forward for something else to play on the Switch other than Zelda and Shovel Knight.

@Fred13 Not sure about how good it is. I've only played single player. I could be wrong but I think I saw a video where multiplayer is just P2 with the ability to shoot stuff on the screen while P1 does everything the same as if playing single player. It should be easy for you to find out about on youtube.

Kirby clash for mii.

Puyo Puyo Tetris demo made me buy the game. Just like with Snipperclips. See Nintendo? Demos help sell games, really hope there is one for ARMS.

Still no Switch....go figure.

The Wii U is so mistreated. Where are the Commodore 64, Arcade, and Genesis games the Wii had?

@NTELLIGENTMAN Ask whoever owns the licenses to games on those specific platforms.

Putting Puyo Puyo Tetris on 3ds would make me buy it. But since it's on the glitchy switch, there will be no money made from me yet again this week, Nintendo.

No way I'm gonna get Samurai Shodown 4. Samurai Shodown 2 was very good but 4 wasn't that good, a big step back. Bigger characters and great animations can't make a game beautiful to play.
I'll wait for Samurai Shodown 2 and purchase that one.

Mr Shifty looked good but reviews are killing it. I think I will pass on it too.

@BezBot You're in the minority. Demos, more often than not, hurt game sales.

@ThePoochyKid Depends what the game is, and what the demo offers I think. Puyo Puyo Tetris offers so much, I think a little too much, for a demo. I can see people not buying it. But with Snipperclips I have seen so many people buy it because they thought the demo was fun. Also the demo for that only gave 3 levels. Demos should only be a little taste, so I think it depends how the demo is

@Agent721 With Puyo Puyo Tetris, you can pick between the two gameplay styles and face off against an opponent that may use a different game style than you. As in Tetris players can compete directly against Puyo Puyo players. There's also a mode that has them alternate back and forth.

You forgot to mention that BOXBOY! Trilogy demo that came with BYE-BYE BOXBOY!

Mr shifty is very fun. Short and sweet arcade style game. Worth the purchase for me. Dont listen to the reviews if you thought you wanted this game.

@Tetsuro I was all ready to add funds to my Japanese account for SamSho IV, because it was available by the end of the Direct. Then I thought, "just wait for tomorrow, remember how you didn't like it back then?" Yup, it's just as funky as ever. The AI doesn't even feel like it has a flow or pattern. It feels like it's just throwing out moves based on what you're doing and being cheap with the reaction times and blocking. At least in SamSho 2, the AI was tough but fair. Can't wait for that to come out. I kinda like 3 better than 4, too. Oh, and don't get me started on the prefab combos. Sure you have to wait until the rage goes up to use it, but it just being there irks me (same thing with KoF XIV).

Here's an interesting article published recently from Polygon which was an interview with members of Samurai Team Lots of great insights, there.

@masterLEON Nice find, thanks. I completely missed that interview.

AI it's tougher in Samurai Shodown 2, but it can tweaked. At level 3 it's already easier, at level 2 it should be easy enough for everyone.
Samurai Shodown started to becoming less good after Samurai Shodown 2, that's the pinnacle of the serie. It was fast, it had splendid illustrations, nice characters and backgrounds, very good collisions and defence system. There were just less special moves and less easy to perform like a classic SNK fighting game.
Samurai Shodown 2 is one of the best fighting games ever, period. 4 unfortunately is not. I still haven't purchased any Neo-Geo title, though King of Fighter '94 is good (but then I'm waiting for '96 that I consider the pinnacle of the serie).

3 was similar to 4, gameplay already slowed down, a dark setting was introduced. I would not buy even that. Unengaging in my opinion.
1 was good, 2 better. 3 and 4 forgettable.

i'm still a bit salty that 'bayonetta for switch' isn't one of the choices.

@RyanSilberma

Thanks for the reply!

@ECMIM I've been on the fence about Has Been Heroes...heard some pretty rough stuff about control issues. Is it worth it?

I enjoyed the demo of Puyo Puyo Tetris and have the physical copy preordered. Keep in mind that the physical run will be limited, plus it comes with sweet keychains.

@Highlar check out this thread:

https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/nintendo-switch/has-been_heroes?start=20#reply-38