Nintendo Download: 8th February (North America)

Just started playing Disc Jam and so far it's lots of fun!

Radiant Historia! OwlBoy (physical!)
Great week!

Super Baseball for sure and probably the Mercenaries Saga. I'll wait and grab Owlboy when the physical edition releases. And, man, I probably won't be able to resist the Turbografx games. We need that Switch VC!

Holding out for Fe next week

$25 is a tough pill to swallow for a digital release. I may hold out until May so I get can a physical copy.

These days it's better to head direct to the Nintendo site for news in Europe. There's UK events announced, new releases and a decent Switch sale.

Getting Radiant Historia physically. Maybe buy Dragon Quest Builders on the 20th

Konami, just not giving up on the Wii U.

Will there be a physical release for Dragon Quest Builders??

DQB is currently $44.60 on Amazon (US) if anybody wants it's physically and to save $5.39. (Not sure about the Prime 20% as my Prime expired Sunday.)

https://smile.amazon.com/Dragon-Quest-Builders-Nintendo-Switch/dp/B01NASEX0C/ref=sr_1_1?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1518106351&sr=1-1&keywords=dragon+quest+builders

Isn't $49.99 a bit much for a 3DS download of a remaster for Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology? And people say the Labo cardboard is too much at $60, at least you are getting cardboard for your $60, this is $50 for a 3DS digital download.

@audiobrainiac Yes, see above.

@crackafreeze It is a new demo for Pic-a-Pix Deluxe, to replace the Christmas-themed one that was released last year. It has 12 new puzzles, colour blind mode, and a few fixes. There is a patch to the main game that also adds these features, rolling out any day now!

No luv for Aegis Defenders? The game looks lovely, I'm definitely going to pick that up.

Interested in finding out more on Owlboy and Disc Jam... hopefully there will be a review... NLife is going to need more writers if this keeps up.

Nothing for me this week. I hear both Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 and Detention are releasing soon, though, and I'm looking forward to those.

@Alto Agreed. I've bought The Longest Five Minutes and Radiant Historia physically, will buy Owlboy, and will download The Fall Unbound. (That sound is my wallet crying.)

Everything is on hold until Bayonetta. Couple of good grabs this week though. Have fun guys!

Aegis Defenders already pre-purchased and am torn on disc jam and baseball 2020. Want one of them but dont know which one.

DQB (physical) & Owlboy for me! With Bayonetta around the corner, this will be a good month.

A Nindies Humble Bundle would please me right now.

Is there a such thing as too many games? I'm not complaining. But there are a LOT OF GAMES!

@rjejr It's called the "Atlus tax"

My copy of Dragon Quest Builders was just delivered to my home a few minutes ago, can't wait to play the full game finally. Owlboy is intriguing but price seems a bit high for a game I will probably play through once. Will wait for a sale on that one.

Also like to recommend Mercenary Kings. Got it on the ps4 a couple years ago and it's a very fun side scrolling/contra-like/crafting game. Hope it runs well on switch!

Owlboy looks fun, but I already have a massive backlog and a fair number of those games are 2D platformers.

Dragon Quest and Owlboy eventually. Radiant Historia more immediately. Good week.

Wow it's unbelievable how many publishers are scrambling to bring their games to the Switch digitally! First it was the PS4 that was considered the place to go for Indie's on consoles but lately it seems like the Switch is not only getting them first but getting more of them!

Sorry wrong continent but a new "share the joy" sale in EU discounts some good games like gungeon and overcooked. No excuse for me any more!

@JHDK is it anything like WindJammers?!? Windjammers on switch would be a beautiful thing.

@rjejr You are right about Radiant Historia, the retail version even costs 39.99 on Amazon.

...................$50 for Radiant Historia?! Geez, what happened to $40 for the normal price of 3DS games (not to mention that this isn't even a remake, just a re-release with extra content for a game over SEVEN YEARS OLD)?!

Hopefully SMT Strange Journey will be a bit more reasonable.

I haven't purchased a 3DS game since the October 2016 initial reveal of the Switch. However, I'm now considering Radiant Historia.

Can you guys tell me a little more about it. I read about the story and the time travel and that is VERY appealing to me, but I don't normally enjoy RPGs with simple select your move turn based combat. I need something a little more. I LOVED Xenoblade Chronicles which has a lot of selecting your move, but there was a lot of strategy in it and there was some real time aspects too. Is it at all like that or is it more like Earthbound? (I quit several hours into Earthbound because even though the story was fun the combat bored me to tears)

Radiant Historia to go into the backlog pile...Mercenary Saga, maybe...mayyyyyybe Owlboy and Dragon Quest. Both would be double dips so I may wait for a sale or just later on.

Saving my money for Fe at the moment. Will get Owlboy physical down the road.

@Knuckles @TheLZdragon So is the Atlus tax in addition to or instead of the Switch tax?

I'm just getting too old for gaming. I remember when a retro inspired 2D platforming game like Owlboy would be a $19.99 download, not $24.99, way back in 2016. It would have been $14.99 way back in 2015 on the Wii U, and $9.99 way back in 2014 on the PS3.

Not saying games should be free, not by any means, games cost money, and I even understand inflation, prices increase 1% a year, 2% a year maybe. But digital video games have gone up about 250% over the past five years in $5 increments. Can you imagine if a gallon of gas went up every few weeks by 50 cents instead of 5 cents and gas was $25 a gallon now? B/c gas was about $5 per gallon 5 years ago where I live, and it's $2.50 now.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/02/28/gas-prices-around-5-00-on-long-island/

So how about a digital download was worth $9.99 a few years ago, whatever happened to $10.99, $11.99, $12.99, $13.99? Why do digital games jump up in $5 increments seemingly every year? Everybody always talks about the "rush to the bottom" due to mobile games and Steam sales, nobody ever talks about digital indie games racing up tot $60. Or 3DS games being $50.

sorry for the old man rant, time for my meds

@riChchestM thanks

Do you guys even bother with EU news anymore?

I wanted owl boy but 25$ for Digital pixel game ? I’ll pass for now ... I’ll get the Physical when it comes later

the Atlus 3DS price hike has been around for a while. weird to see users just now noticing it lol

Is Radiant Historia really $50? I wasn't sure whether to get Radiant Historia or Secret of Mana HD on the Vita, looks like it's Secret of Mana HD.

Nothing for me this week. Holding on for Bayonetta 1+2

@tyreldactyl Honestly, I've never played Windjammers but from the pics I've seen it looks similar except the game has a default vertical camera angle instead of horizontal.

Dragon Quest Builders, Owlboy and Aegis Defenders for me

Out of all these games, which ones are Switch exclusives? And I really want to play Owlboy... but can't stomach spending 25 bucks on a pixel game. 15 bucks please.

Both Hamster games for me!! Owlboy I’ll wait on the retail version!

@crackafreeze You & me both (about the Motocross review). I kept waiting for a NL review of the previous Motocross game that released back in November, I believe, but haven't seen one, yet.

Nothing for me. My backlog is huge and every game on the list above that I'm interested in, I can wait on.

I already own Disc Jam on the PS4. It was fun for about a day or two. There is no reason for me to repurchase it on the Switch.

Mercenaries Saga Chronicles, Dragon Quest Builders, and possibly Mercenary Kings...so many good games already on backlog.

Got a physical copy of Dragon Quest Builders en route to my residence, and looking forward to it! Had gotten the PS4 version at one point, but it feels like a game more suited for portability.

Baseball, Disc Jam, and Murkenberry Kangs for me.

I'm actually kinda jazzed there's not much this week that interests me. I'm a bit behind with Celeste and Night in the Woods. I probably would have picked up that Pool game actually if it hadn't been priced so high. Love the retro pool games like Side Pocket.

@tyreldactyl Definitely feels like a 3D windjammers. I went from WJ on my vita, straight to DJ, and darn. A lot of similarities. Its a blast so far.

Definitely Owlboy...but in May when the physical comes. At least there's finally a developer who listed the physical release date when the digital launched.

@rjejr @Crono1973 @TheLZdragon @smelly_jr @Knuckles @bezerker99 It's a typo on Nintendolife's part. The game is $40 not $50. For a second even I was worried that Atlus jacked up the price at the last minute.

Here's proof: https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/radiant-historia-perfect-chronology-3ds

https://www.gamestop.com/nintendo-3ds/games/radiant-historia-perfect-chronology/149540

I am very much with you all about how crappy the price hikes have been as of late. For me personally I almost never buy an Atlus game with that $10 Atlus tax on it at launch.

Confused disc jam with the 3ds game power disc slam. Was wondering why everyone was so excited.

@Dom There's a typo on the price for Radiant Historia Perfect Chronology. It should be $40 not $50. I've already seen it confuse quite a few people in the comments of this week's Nintendo download.

@Fred13 The combat in Radiant Historia is indeed turn-based, but with some unique wrinkles. It is described very well in the recent review of the 3DS version on this site.

In brief: enemies appear in a 3x3 grid, and some of your attacks can move one (or more) of them left, right, back, or forward — which modify both their attacks, and the effectiveness of your own attack options. I am not an RPG expert, but it is a unique system within my own experience. Personally, I found the combat pretty novel and fun.

I played through most of the DS original, until I hit a surprising difficulty spike... then got distracted by some other games/activities and never got back to it. In fairness, this is a very common pattern with me, and my skills are often questionable — so please don’t take that as a reflection on the game!

I greatly enjoyed my time with the DS version up to that point. It is the sort of game that is well crafted in many respects - in its systems, as well as its aesthetics. Also, I usually don’t pay much attention to story elements in games - but I found the branching narrative in this game rather compelling. Overall, I think it entirely deserved the praise it received around the time of its release.

I’m slightly tempted to get the 3DS version, given the added story content and modes - but so many other games beckon.

Dead Konami supporting dead Wii U. Strange world.

Jumping on a Dragon Quest Builders for sure. VERY tempted to pick up Radiant Historia as well. Said I wouldn’t buy any more 3DS games but I missed the original release and I am a sucker for these types of games.

@rjrer, hey I am an old man too. I am just picking up bayonetta and watching black panther next week.

I meant @rjejr..

@Oat All changed

@rjejr

Agreed. At the end of the day it is just $5, but after Celeste being a masterpiece at $20, I think I will wait on this one.

Disc Jam is great.

"Knowingly deceived by a lie, and deceived in return, all in a single night's dream." Say what now?!?

Nothing to download for me this week. Maybe i'll get The Longest 5 Minutes physical.

Anyway, it's ok because the last few weeks were great with Strikers 1945 II, Zero Gunner 2- and the surprisingly good Earth Wars, and i'm looking forward to Samurai Aces (Sengoku Ace) next week.

@sinalefa "it is just $5"

I'm still upset over Sword & Soldiers, 1 of the best games on Wiiware, being $9.99, but S&S2, a game that was so much way worse, being $19.99. It was somewhere between those 2 that prices started skyrocketing, so your "it is just $5" is more like $15 for me, I still expect indie games to be $9.99, as unrealistic as that is. Not all indie games, some look like real games, Yooka-Laylee, despite Playtonic lieing and delaying and sucking it all up, still seems ok at $40.00. Ori & the Blind Forest was well worth $20. Child of Light, despite being Ubi and not Indie, was also fine at $15. A digital 3DS game at $50 and a 2D platformer at $25 kind of did me in this week.

You follow the stock market at all?

@Oat Oh, thank you very much, always nice to be notified, $40 is fine.

Aegis Defenders sounds interesting. Looking forward to a review.

I'm interested in Owlboy, but as others have said, $25 seems a bit much for a retro pixel style 2d platform game. I'd consider $15 a decent price. And since I still have a huge backlog, I may pick it up somewhere down the road if it's on sale, or may consider getting the physical release. Everything's so expensive on the Switch.

I favor physical media. That being said, Dragon Quest Builders is coming tomorrow via UPS.

@FinalFrog That’s why it doesn’t pay to go digital. I can get games cheaper physically, plus I always have the option to sell them later on. Whereas Dragon Quest Builders is $50 for digital, I only paid $40 to get it physically. Several stores discount new games with membership cards, but exclude digital games in those discounts.

Hey, remember when NL actually put things like 'it felt middling' or 'we really enjoyed it' as part of their review link on these pages, instead of just stating 'read our review' over and over with no variation? I miss that.

@rjejr Actually Owlboy has no "Switch tax." It's 24.99 on Steam as well.

Atlus has a habit of overpricing their games on 3DS.

@rjejr

Hey, you young whippersnapper! I'm old enough to remember when a bundle was a system with the game free.

Them were the days.

Mercenaries and Dragon Quest builders for me. Though I bought the physical for the latter.

@audiobrainiac Yup there is one.

PSA: Gunbird has returned to the North American Switch e-Shop.

Another great week!! In case any of you North American gamers missed it the first time, Gunbird is back on the eshop today!! Great classic shooter!!

Nothing at all

Man I didn't realize Owlboy was a $25 download. As much as I want the game I may have to wait on the physical release. I planned on double dipping but, now I'm not so sure.

@justin233 Same here. I played Bayo 1&2 a ton on WiiU so Fe is what I'm looking forward too currently. Also, I can't wait for Kirby next month.

Why is the Turbo Graphx games still releasing on Wii U lol. I want virtual console so bad!!!

@rockodoodle @xPH03N1Xx86 @AJ81 @Ralek85 Aegis Defenders is starting to get some good reviews.
http://www.metacritic.com/game/switch/aegis-defenders

@aaronsullivan Just started reading one as I got notified, thanks.

Sad that no one commented on The Fall 2! The first one on Wii U was one of the most atmospheric and original games I have ever played! If you like Super Metroid’s feeling of isolation and Dead Space, and Space Quest, this is will be right up your alley!

@Dom Thanks dood!

What is this “Dragon Quest Game Pak” mentioned in the Dragon Quest Builders description?

Crazy Climber for $7.99?? That game really can't stand on its own- should have been part of a pack with some other 1980 lesser-known games. Or with its 1988 sequel.

Just confirmed that your demo save from Dragon Quest Builders does not carry over to the full game.

Hours wasted -_-

Should be more than 3 choices. On a good week like this one, i could easily get five or six games between the systems. But choice is limited to 3.

@k8sMum "I'm old enough to remember when a bundle... "

Thought you were going to go with - "...was nothing but hay & straw."

Bundle a stick and a rock we got ourselves a game of baseball.

@TheLZdragon I was thinking about the Switch tax for the psychical version of Owlboy - had that article in my head - not the download, I don't think downloads get hit with the "tax" like the cart versions do. We'll have to see how PS4 vs Switch physical are priced in May. Would be nice if there's parity.

@Qun_Mang Good point - would be nice to at least have a “bundle” option for some of these older arcade games on the Switch. Maybe someday.

@aaronsullivan might get it in a few weeks.

@xPH03N1Xx86 @rockodoodle Funny thing, I was thinking about buying Aegis Defenders now but then deciding maybe a bit later (backlog, you know) and then I get an email that I was a "slacker backer" meaning I backed this on their website 2 years ago (kinda forgot about that). So... I guess I'm getting it, now! Problem is the Switch key codes are temporarily out of stock from Humble Bundle... so... waiting anyway.