Nintendo Download: 3rd August (Europe)

Defintly getting the Shovle Knight DLC when i get home.

Just the free DLC for me I think. Maybe get Tumbleweed too, but I hear it's very difficult. Still unsure.

Yesssss, gimme 'dem Vocaloid themes~

Strikers 1945 was on sale in the Jpn eshop so I picked it up. Really loving how easy region free is on the switch. Although I'm spending way more money.

Naturally the BMZ DLC. After that, not sure. I'd have been all over that I Am Setsuna discount about two months ago. Now, I already don't have enough time to play what I already own.

Definitely going for the SHMUPS !
The free DLC is a given.

The news thingy on the switch calls RetroCity a "remastered version", sooo, whats different about it ?

TumbleSeed might be worth a look, still super on the fence about I am Setsuna. 27€ still feels a bit much for what it has to offer (which is monotonous music, a bland setting, "not quite but close" Chrono Trigger gameplay and basically no replay value).

Did anyone ever try Grand Prix Rock 'n Racing?

Both classic shm'ups and the free DLC for the Switch.

"it's a busy line-up this week"

Then why is your header image a port of a 5+ years old game?

@Sinton it's rubbish, don't buy it.

Question for those in the know: If I were to get only one Neo Geo Aero Fighters game...2 or 3?

Pants.

@Moon They just released a big new game mode & game balance patch for Tumbleseed that apparently addresses most of difficulty/design issues. I've yet to try it out, though.

Shovel Knight DLC, and Use Your Words if it gets a hearty NL recommendation.

Still happily married to Splatoon to play something else. Also gotta finish Tooie, that I played during my Internet-free week as my router was dead.

I'm interested in multiple games but I've bought so many games in such a small time period that I must resist the urge to buy more for a while. I can play Splatoon 2 every day for months without getting bored so that will do fine. That said, the next game I'm planning to get is Mario+Rabbids.

@Mahe just to give you something to snipe about, they're good like that. Gotta keep the moaners... 'happy'?

@BonafideInfidel Oh nice. That makes it all the more tempting. Thanks for letting me know.

As perfect as it gets, was planning on getting Tumbleseed today, and lo and behold, it goes on sale xD

I am setsuna is amazing I just finished it this week ! £30 is great value as it has lots of content including side quests and lots of spells to learn and items to find ,secrets to find . £20 is even better !! Cannot recommend this game enough . It's definetly not bland !!@Einherjar

@TossedLlama Cheers. Seems like you can't go wrong with either, but like with KoF '98 and Samurai Shodown 2, there's a popular consensus as to which is best.

I still like to try old games that are new to me, but I'm trying to be more selective than I was during the Wii years.

I was only planning on getting Blockle and the free BMZ dlc this week but I have always said that I would get Setsuna when it goes on sale for £20, the Gunbarich game looks different and interesting, and Tumbleseed enters impulse buy zone at £8.

The eshop for August is off to a bang and the next two weeks have some great games coming as well. This is going to be an expensive month.

@lemonjellydude Well, ive seen enough footage of it to say...yes, one location theme is pretty bland in my opinion...
The snowy theme gets pretty tiring after a while.

The real killer though is the lack replay value and its (relatively) short play time of approx. 20 hours. There are several other JRPGs i could get for the initial 40 bucks price tag that offer that and then some.
So yeah, even for 27€, im on the fence.

@spizzamarozzi Okey, thanks!

Might finally be the right time for me to pick up I am Setsuna. Been interested in it for a while, but not for it's initial price, at least not digital. Seems a lot more tempting now.

@electrolite77 I'm not an RPG fan at all, but I loved Setsuna. It's shorter and more linear than other games in the genre, which to me is a good thing...and I love the Chrono Trigger-esque combat (another one of the few RPGs I enjoy). One of my favorite games on the Switch!

Am really interested in slime-sans not only has it got loads of levels and unlockables but i love 2 player mini games you can unlock! They look really cool!

Am on fence about tumble seed even though ive saw post for new update.

Did download free dlc BMZ though!

Nothin' for me here.
Luckily, my most anticipated ACA release, KOF 2000 is due out next week!

@electrolite77 Look at the poll results. The number 1 choice is once again "Nothing for me this week". The number 2 choice is a piece of DLC that is free for owners of the game.

And then there's the fact that NL didn't have anything better for the header image. A game described like this: "arrived on WiiWare and 3DS... It's the same game..."

So either don't hype up a poor week or show up something better for it.

@ToneDeath I've got 2 on the Neo geo cd and its bloody awesome

@Tate24 tumbleseed is my second fav switch game to breath of the wild- been playing it constantly since release.

@darthstuey just bought it. My heart was in my mouth trying move around all them pitfalls! XD just unlock 3rd mountain! But am just trying to complete quests on second mountain before i move on. I want all them aura powers!

Dont know if you will be interested but you should checkout there blog its actually quite interesting read.

http://aeiowu.com/writing/tumbleseed/#update

Someone on this site said you could download the Blaster master zero dlc before the actual game but this isn't possible on the 3DS, sadly.

@Tate24 just read it. Thanks for the heads up.

NL clearly chose the wrong picture for the header image, it should have been Strikers 1945.
That would have nicely expressed the common themes of "Vertical Shmups" (Strikers 1945 & Aero Fighters 2) and "Psikyo Revival" (Strikers 1945 and Gunbarich).

These releases are a lot more relevant then a lot of people here seem to realize. If the right Psikyo shmups follow (the famous Gunbird 2 and Zero Gunner 2, the great Strikers 1999 wich previously didn't get a console release), this could actually attract the shmup enthusiast crowd to the Switch which is currently migrating from the 360 to the PS4 (because of Battle Garegga, Dariusburst CS, Caladrius and Raiden V Director's Cut).
And if that crowd gathers around the Swich, more shmups will follow, maybe even including Cave's (Ketsui, Dodonpachi, Death Smiles).

This isn't just the release of a few random old games, this could be the beginning of something great.