Nintendo Download: 31st August (Europe)

You guys will enjoy Mario Rabbids!

Kingdom Battle, Zed Blade and the Shantae DLC for me. Good week overall.

@Kalmaro if they give me a Demo i might try it, but i still hate those Rabbids

This week finally shows it will Inti Creates hate European fans or not.

Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack arrives, but seems to be only for Switch. So 3DS users are again forgotten and let me guess the Switch version comes with the latest updates while the 3DS version is never going to be updated?

I so hope Nintendolife would just ask Inti Creates directly that why do they do this? Why do they hate the European 3DS fans so much?

@Bunkerneath I was in the same boat, but Miyamoto endorsed it and the head developer was practically in tears when it happened.

Then I saw gameplay and I know I like xcom so I figured I'd give it a shot.

I'm glad I did, this is possibly the best Mario spinoff I've ever played. The Rabbids that team up with you are actually very funny! The enemy rabbids aren't so bad either, and they are so expressive! I'm not used to seeing characters in a Mario game emote so much, it's wonderful! It's a very charming and challenging game, I do hope you give it a shot some time... And this is from someone who hated the game as soon as that pic was leaked of Rabbid Peach.

I highly recommend Mario+Rabbids, it's sooo good.

Yikes, I wasn't expecting that price for Azure Striker.

Not as many people getting M+RKB as I thought they would.

Will wait for the physical Switch release of Gunvolt Pack.

I really hope Gunvolt's physical runs don't take too long to come out

So Gunvolt is definitely getting physical?

Been enjoying Mario + Rabbids since last week.

Lol at that Gunvolt combo price. Pretty sure I got one of them on 3DS for like a fiver.

Maybe Gurumin 3D while it's discounted.

@Kalmaro we will...

I'll be picking up Mario + Rabbids and Azure Striker Gunvolt later in the year.

€80 for full Mario & Rabbids game lol.

Mario + Rabbids but gonna wait for Gunvolt's physical release later this year.

@RainbowGazelle I got it when it was discounted before, but I was really disappointed. It has many, many features that sound really fun on paper, but overall the level design and fioght system is very bland, the game runs horribly (music stutters on load screens, enemies and NPCs move at a very noticably worse frame rate than you, the physics can be very finnicky), also the 3D is almost non-existent... It has its moments, but I found it very mediocre.

Is there a difference between Risky Mode and Pirate Queen's Quest? Why do they have different pricings? Because I have tha game on Wii U, and I wouldn't be happy if I got a lesser mode because of that.

Lol, the Shantae dlc is cheaper on the Wii u!

I didn't like Shantae and the Pirate Curse. I think that the level design is very cheap with several enemies crossing their attacking patterns randomly and the metroidvania sections were very confusing.

This is why I haven't bothered with Shantae Half-genie Hero, what are the differences with the previous game?

EDIT: I recommend Sonic Mania.

@Kolzig 'So 3DS users are again forgotten and let me guess the Switch version comes with the latest updates while the 3DS version is never going to be updated?'

I would think that's to get people over to the NEWER system, the Switch. I'm sure the developer would be more than happy to update the 3ds version of course, but I'd say Nintendo said no to that.

3ds is well on its way out, no matter whats coming in the next week's and months for it. It's just part of business really. All about making money.

Nothing for me this week.

@readyletsgo

I would say that would be impossible that Nintendo says no to an update when the devs updated the North American version without problems a year ago already. NoE is always really open to dev talks compared to the NoA operations.

Europeans however never got the so called Steam version update with the Japanese language and uncut dialogue etc.

Devs also have promised to release it in Europe but haven't done that during all this time. This from their own blog.

It's not business of making money if you make your paying fans hate you. I at least will never buy any of their games because of this behaviour towards customers. ASG and the missing Striker Pack (which also released in North America a year ago) and their shoddy developing of Mighty No 9 sealed that boycott deal.

If I would've known how they operate I would've never bought the first ASG from the eShop.

@Krisi Hmm. Thanks for the advice.

Were astro bear party? Its been on eshop for 3 weeks with 31st release date anf now it not out?

I'm tempted by Gurumin 3D, even though I have it on PSP. Think it will be easier to control on the 3DS with the circle pad.

@BlueOcean Really? I actually thought Pirate's Curse was easily one of the best games in the past few years, and definitely the best of the Shantae series.

Pirate's Curse is pretty different, though. It still does have Metroidvania elements, but the stages are much more linear, and there's a much bigger emphasis on actual platforming. Because of this, there isn't even a map like in the previous two games.
The story also feels pretty much like episodes from the TV show. Overall, I would say it's the second best game in the series.

Mario And Rabbids is an amazing game and people on the fence should jump off and just buy it!You won't be disappointed.and speaking of..I don't do it often but I'll definitely be picking that season pass up

@Krisi Yes, I bought it because everyone recommended it but I didn't like it. Not even the music which although catchy is tiresome. Also, the story and script are a bit stupid. I will try Half-Genie before buying it.

I want to get Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap. That one looks awesome and I liked some of the old games that I've played recently.

There's also an unofficial sequel coming...

@Kolzig ah, I get you now, yeah that's s**t.