Nintendo Download: 1st February (North America)

Night in the Woods for me! This one looks to be quite the original adventure.

Dandara pre loaded and waiting!

Why is Konami wasting time on TG games for WiiU - I would have gladly bought some ACA - style releases on Switch. I am looking now but I don't think Necromancer was ever released in English.

Wait, will Necromancer be translated? Otherwise its an odd title to release.......

Now I Know My ABC's 2 is hype!

Steamworld Dig for me. I have it elsewhere but I have yet to finish it. I’ll hopefully get through it this time so I can play the sequel.

Nothing for me. Night in the Woods has been well-received on other platforms, but it doesn't look like my sort of game.

Steamworld Dig and Sky Force Reloaded

Crypt of the Necrodancer goes on sale for literally $2 and some change on a nearly weekly basis for PS4 and Vita. Selling it for $20 on Switch is an awful deal. It’s 90% more expensive! Yikes.

Anyways, Night in the Woods and maybe Dandara for me. Woot.

Night in the Woods, Dandara, and the Darkside Detective all look solid. I'll probably preorder Dandara since it's on a discount and wait on the others.

For anyone who has yet to play them, Night in the Woods and Crypt of the Necrodancer are essential. Even if you don't like roguelikes, you should give Crypt a chance as it is a very unique spin on the genre and has an outstanding soundtrack. I'll happily be purchasing both of these again.

why a max of 3? nlife restricting our purchase choices!

will checkout the Historia Demo - was looking at the LE on amazon.

nothing else really - March will be an expensive month, save the cash.

Was it Tom who used to do these eShop articles? I kinda miss how a few games would be enthusiastically exclaimed in the subheading.

"Pokkén DLC! Steamworld! More NeoGeo Classics!"

Night in the Woods, baby! Really fired up for this one.

Skyforce, Mad Carnage, and Murkenburry Kangs for me. I'll grab Dig and Dandara on sale down the line.

The 3DS software From Skunk software. Now isn't that a clue, that it will stinks?

Like an idiot, I cancelled my Radiant Historia preorder just yesterday. Now I regret it because it’s not even available anymore :/
Why do I make stupid decisions?

Yes, finally Crypt of the Necrodance! Been interested in this game for a while, but wanted to wait for Switch edition. It was supposed to be released last year and I've been checking the new release date ever since... Now it caught me by surprise! Hopefully the wait is worth it

Night in the Woods for me! Any word on physical release? I don’t want to get screwed when one happens.

Edit: NitW file size is huge. Definitely waiting to see if physical is announced.

@Alto I"m assuming through amazon? If you want it bad enough, just keep checking it usually comes back

I want sky force reloaded... but I dunno. I'm for sure getting Samurai Shodown II.

NintendoLife, would it be possible to link each game to their corresponding eShop page, where applicable? That'd be a great way to see more info on each game, specially when your own page has no info on them, like Dandara right now.

Still waiting for Hamster to fix last week's Kid Nikki release.
Primarily because it's not Kid Nikki, it's the Japanese version.
Different title, Japanese characters in the countdown bubble. Because that's helpful.
I wrote their Customer Support people last Friday, no reply.
Holding off on the Hamster ports for now.

I have more neogeo games than switch retail games

Nothing for me. Just waiting for Bayonetta 1n2 it seems.

Wow! Another big batch of Switch games!!

@thesilverbrick It's well worth it. Dig is a great game, and Dig 2 is even better!

Night in the Woods is a fascinating game about a Hillary Clinton adventure after the 2016 Elections.

Is night in the woods spiritistic or just weird?

Night in The Woods as soon as I get home! Definitely double dipping, one of my favourites of last year!

@thesilverbrick SteamWorld Dig for me, too, but not exactly. I held off on buying 2 in case 1 came to Switch, and in the time since then I've seen other games I downloaded announce physical editions, so now I'm holding off on both in case they join those ranks.

@SimplyCinnamon53 Kind of existential, and emotional, I highly recommend it. Weird in a good way.

Any word on any other ACA Games that arent NeoGeo? I want some Punch-Out!! in my life.

Just the Radiant Historia demo for me.

@JimmySpades Is a physical edition rumored? If so, I’ll hold off, too. Love me some game cases.

$15 for Aeternoblade....good luck with that. Wait until it drops to $3 in a few months.

@sleepinglion
Thanks for the heads-up! I was going to buy it along with Samurai Showdown II this weekend. I'll wait until it is remedied then.

@tebunker
Yeah we need a VC on Switch soon. I'll probably buy these TG16 games to add to the collection anyway though. I don't know what I'll do if my Wii-U ever stops working. I have almost 300 Virtual Console/Wiiware/Eshop games on it.

@thesilverbrick For 2 Image and Form have said they're looking into physical because SteamWorld Collection did well for them. So we can hope for SteamWorld Collection Ultimate or something like that.

10 Second Run Returned actually came out a week ago, just wasn't mentioned at all.

@Dom
Can we expect reviews of Toon War and Jolt Family Robot Racer?
I'd like to know if these late entries to the Wii U catalog are any good.

So, where is the european list of this week's releases and sales?

Night in the Woods looks really intriguing! I've also been on the fence about double dipping on Radiant Historia since I already own the DS version. Hopefully the demo will help me decide!

(BTW, for any JRPG fans out there who have never played Radiant Historia, I highly recommend the game. It's one of my favorites and deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Final Fantasy and Chrono Trigger)

Pokémon DLC and the Radiant Historia demo for me!

@nukatha If we manage to get hold of review codes, we'll certainly try!

@thesilverbrick
If possible, play Dig, Dig2, and then Heist... in that order.

@4stringsteve yes... Amazon. I really hope it does come back, thanks! I jumped the gun and cancelled because I have Bayonetta and OwlBoy on the horizon but... Radiant looks so good! I have to get that.

@holygeez03 That’s the order I was planning on, but glad to know it’s the best method. Thanks!

@JimmySpades I’ll hold off a bit, then. Thanks for the heads-up!

@imgrowinglegs Dude I've been complaining about this since day one. It's ludicrous. Just because the game is new to the system doesn't make it new. This is a very bad precedence to set... just slap a "Switch Edition" on the title and they think they are good to go.

I'll probably get Dandara... as far as I can tell it's a Switch exclusive... could be wrong though.

For being a port of a 4-year old eShop title, Aeternal Blade should had been under $5, no reason why it should be $15 at this point. Earth Wars (Earth's Dawn) was an overall better game and it's only $4.50 despite being a one year old port and cost 30% higher on the other platforms.

@retro_player_22
Pricing isn't really based on those things.
If they really HAD to sell it for $5, they might not have decided to port it at all, and then nobody would be any better off.

Aside from that, the method nowadays is to release high, to have some leverage during sales, and to adjust down according to popularity, so you might get your wish soon enough.

I too wonder about Necromancer. It's an RPG (possibly the TurboGrafx' first one) that was never translated, so unless Konami translated it, it's an odd choice.

@youkoaoshi I looked at the screenshots earlier on the European Wii U eShop and it was the first thing I noticed. Japanese text. Why would they do that?

@Dom you forgot to add a "nothing for me this week" button to choose. 😉

I'm sooo happy that Night in the Woods is finally on the Switch The weather is very wintry where I live. It perfectly matches the gloomy atmosphere in this game. A good excuse to stay inside, to curl up into my comfy chair and loose myself in the story and the characters.

I had no idea Mercenary Kings was coming to Switch. I really liked that game on Steam. Definitely getting that. Had my eye on Dandara for a long time but I could find no real info about it except that it was some kind of Metroidvania. I liked the main character design so I wanted to support that title. Sky Force is a distant third that will definitely go on the wishlist. Nothing else here interests me right now.

@Not_Soos

I was actually going to say the same thing. Not only has the subheading gotten a lot less enthusiastic but the descriptions feel less enthusiastic too. Every game that already has a review just shows a hyperlink saying “Read our Review” as opposed to the old style of varying comments such as “we very much liked this game in our review” or “See how we felt about it in our review”.

The whole thing just feels like it has less personality in general. I mean, I can’t complain too much because all the important info is still there and it’s just as easily digestible as ever (and I started reading these to begin with because they were much cleaner to read than Nintendo’s eshop press release) but something just feels off somehow. I’m not sure if it is a different writer or not.

While I’m on the topic, I also truly miss the old days when these topics would also cover all the new games that are on sale but my understanding is that Nintendo made you stop doing that? I never fully understood why (when you did that I felt it helped bring more attention to those games then they would have gotten) but if you were required to stop, I understand why you did.

I don’t mean to sound like i’m Just complaining since I continue to find this topics very helpful but I just wanted to add my feels on this especially when I saw I wasn’t alone.

@Pod It's a bummer then, it's a mediocre game but still a good time killer for a portable title so I figure had it dropped to $5 would had help. I did try the demo on 3DS but it wasn't tempting enough for me to throw in the $15. Kinda sad that the sequel would never see the light of days.

I am done with My Nintendo. It grinds my gears that the coins expire, especially the gold ones that come from spending money. I keep losing them because there is nothing to spend them on. It's always the same cycle of old 3DS, eShop, and VC games. And Wii U games. How long does it take to add some Switch rewards? Not that it will matter, because most of us will have already purchased the older titles they will put on discount.

I'm just going to stop redeeming them from all the retail games. Sigh. I wish they'd bring back Club Nintendo.

They are missing a game, The Men of Yoshiwara

Again no VC for 3ds.

@tebunker Why do you want to cut Wii U owners off completely?

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Really? So now it's officially a weird choice.....I was thinking on buying the original for my Duo and muddling through but as an official release? Just odd.

There's only one proper choice for me, Samsho II!

Radiant Historia demo for me!

@JayJ I noticed that, too. The Men of Yoshiwara: Kikuya is missing in the post and it just popped up today as well.

@Crono1973 you're kidding right? Sorry dude, its a dead and unsupported platform. It is just odd for them to keep releasing stuff on it, specifically untranslated esoteric TG16 japanese rpgs.

It doesn't even make good business sense.

I mean why don't we still support Ouya, or the original DS etc etc. there comes a time where everyone has to move on. For the WiiU it was like 2014.

@tebunker You wanted them to drop support for the Wii U in 2014, 3 years before the release of it's successor. Well, now I know not to take you seriously.

Does anyone know if $15 for Ace Attorney Spirit of Justice on 3ds is a good deal, or has the game been on sale for lower?

Same question for Apollo Justice.

I beat the First Trilogy of games and liked them lots.

@retro_player_22
If it's sufficiently tempting for enough other people at the $15 pricepoint on Switch, a sequel could still happen. Let's assume they set the price where they do because they'd like to have the money for developing new things.

Looks like there's a stinker in this week's 3DS lineup.

@Dom 10 Second Run isn't an option on the poll.

Seriously, can someone at NL (or someone brave enough to risk $5.99) check if Necromancer is in English? There's no mention of language on the official eShop page description, nor any screenshots that show text. It's all quite sketchy if you ask me... especially since the Wii Shop was always very up front about import games containing Japanese text and the like.

That said, if it is in English, that would be huuuuuuge.

Why is there no "nothing for me" option?

@mikegamer Buy or die. Dom is coming for you if you don't get something this week.

@AlexOlney
I know I'm the only person who's going to ask you, but are you guys going to review Toon War or Jolt Family Robot Racer?

So just to confirm, Necromancer is NOT localized?

Nothing for me this week. already spent
on Wii U N64 VC Games, Retail Gamecube games, and 2 steam games.
saving my next big switch title for Kirby. and MAYBE Labo (if the reviews our good.)

5 really awesome indie games that I already own...and one that I don't! I'll be interested in seeing how Dandara holds up.

@Stargazer I'm glad they have a demo. I was intrigued by the description but when I played it, I was not impressed. A $3 game it is.

@rdrunner1178 No prob, I hope they fix it. I miss the localized US text. Currently, instead of 'Atta Boy!' it says something like, 'Aha. You did that very well". Hilarious, but not radical.

@youkoaoshi @tebunker @KingMike @Crono1973 people wondering about Necromancer. I reached out to Nintendo, and while they haven't responded to me yet, I did notice this tiny little line of fine print added to the game's eShop page since yesterday:

"This RPG is Japanese only and requires proficiency in the Japanese language to play."

So there you go. Still, probably better this gets put more up front, don't you think?

@youkoaoshi Kotaku says Necormancer for Wii U is fully untranslated and text heavy.

Hey looks like we got The Men of Yoshiwara: Kikuya too!

Come one ppl, Dandara, Mercenary Kings and Crypt of Necromancer are/look like great titles.