The Nintendo Download for North America is here, bringing with it another slew of new games, activities and demos right to the eShops. As always, be sure to share which games you'll be downloading this week in the poll and in the comments section at the bottom of the article. Enjoy!
Switch eShop
Battle Chasers: Nightwar (Nordic Games, $39.99) – Battle Chasers: Nightwar is an RPG inspired by the console genre greats, featuring deep dungeon diving and turn-based combat presented in classic JRPG format, and a rich story driven by exploration of the world. Build your adventuring party by choosing three of six available heroes from the famed Battle Chasers comic series, each with unique abilities, perks, items and dungeon skills. Battle Chasers: Nightwar is available on May 15.
ACA NEOGEO SUPER SIDEKICKS 2 (HAMSTER, $7.99) - "SUPER SIDEKICKS 2" is a soccer game released in 1994 by SNK. Battle for the championship in the peak sports event held once every four years. This version introduces the actual rules as well as fouls in order to provide exciting and thrilling soccer matches. Another highlight is the variety of enhanced rendering.
Garage (tinyBuild Games, $14.99) - Garage is a bloody shooter in the style of an 80s B-movie. Playing as a drug dealer named Butch, you stand alone against hordes of the living dead. Read our review.
Immortal Redneck (Crema Games, $19.99) - Immortal Redneck is an FPS set in Egypt with rogue-lite elements. The game mixes old-school first-person shooter action with rogue-lite mechanics. Frantic gameplay, twitch controls and an arcade-style feel meet randomly generated dungeons, a complete skill tree, permanent death and 9 classes with different traits. Read our review.
ONE PIECE: Pirate Warriors 3 Deluxe Edition (Bandai Namco Entertainment, $39.99) - Re-live the original ONE PIECE story from Fushia village, where everything started, to the kingdom of Dressrosa, a mysterious island dominated by the evil "Heavenly Demon" himself, Donquixote Doflamingo. Gather members of the Straw Hat Crew and sail to the most illusive places and enter epic battles.
Suicide Guy (Chubby Pixel, $7.99) - Suicide Guy is set in the incredibile and extraordinary dreams of its protagonist. What would you do in order to save the thing you love most? Immerse yourself into his weird dreams and help him to wake up before it's too late.
Super Chariot (Microïds, $19.99) - Designed for the Nintendo Switch, Super Chariot is a 2D platform game that can be played through to the end in either solo or co-op mode. You play as either the brave Princess or her faithful fiancé in a subterranean fantasy adventure...
The Fall (Over The Moon, $6.99) - Take on the role of ARID, the artificial intelligence onboard a high-tech combat suit. ARID's program activates after crashing on an unknown planet. The human pilot within the combat suit is unconscious, and it is ARID's duty to protect him at all costs! 30% off for a limited time!
Three Fourths Home: Extended Edition (Digerati, $8.99) - Three Fourths Home: Extended Edition is an award-winning and critically acclaimed visual short story that explores the emotional ties of family relationships.
Arcade Archives TERRA CRESTA (HAMSTER, $7.99) - "TERRA CRESTA" is a shooting game that was released from Nichibutsu in 1985. Players recapture parts that have been left in the ground, to intercept the enemy in the formation attack. To aim the space devil Mandora.
Hyper Sentinel (Huey Games, $12.99) – A face-melting, pixel-pumping, Neo-Retro arcade shoot 'em up featuring awesome power-ups, epic boss battles and spectacular effects at a blistering 60fps. Blast through hordes of Alienoids in Arcade Mode, tackle endless waves of invaders in Survival Mode and battle epic level guardians in Boss Run mode. Available May 11. Read our review.
InkSplosion (Ratalaika Games, $3.99) – Why should war be hell when it could be fun? Enter InkSplosion, a single screen twin-stick shooter, where the only real enemy is beating your previous high-score! Promotional price will last until May 28th! Available May 11.
L.F.O. -Lost Future Omega- (mebius., $7.99) - Synchronize the sound, synchronize the future. As the screen changes your actions and the sound synchronize with the music. Some of the sounds you select can be passed to the next stage. By doing so and depending on your progress at that point, even if you are playing in the same stage, you will get feeling that you are listening to another arrangement.
Splitter Critters (RAC7, $6.99) – Split and rearrange the world to bring faraway platforms together, move deadly lasers out of the way, and create floating swimming pools to guide alien critters back to their spaceship. Available May 15.
The Adventures of Elena Temple (GRIMTALIN, $4.99) – The game is a monochromatic puzzle platformer made to look as if it were created in the 80s. Overcome obstacles, figure out how to collect all the coins, find all the gems and remember your childhood while doing it! Progress through the game's dungeon through non-linear exploration and keep an open eye for secrets to find. Available May 15.
The Mystery of the Hudson Case (Magic Frame Studios, $4.89) – In 1979, a daring journalist sets out to investigate on his own, after continuous disapproval by his editorial department, the famous case of the Hudson Family, a family living in the vicinity of New New Orleans, near the mouth of the Mississippi River. They lived in the time of British America, around the year 1830. They boasted an estate of four hectares where the rich landowner Mr. Benjamin Hudson owned a large number of slaves from the African continent, whom he tortured and raped in numerous occasions, provoking death. Available May 14.
Wizard of Legend (Humble Bundle, $15.99) – Wizard of Legend is a fast-paced dungeon crawler with an emphasis on dynamic magical combat. Quick movement and even quicker use of spells will allow you to chain spells together to unleash devastating combinations against your enemies! Unlock over 100 unique spells and discover powerful spell combinations! A wide variety of elemental spells allows you to create a hand best suited to your play style. Dive head first into the fray or stand back and let your minions do the work for you. Play solo or co-op! The choice is yours! Available May 15.
3DS eShop
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux (Atlus, $39.99) – In the Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux game, you play as a brave United Nations soldier investigating a spatial anomaly called the Schwarzwelt – a dome of dark energy that threatens to consume the world. Inside, you’ll find it home to a nightmare mirror of our own Earth, populated with demons dying to meet you. Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux is available May 15.
UP UP BOT (RCMADIAX, $1.49) - In UP UP BOT help your robot friend climb the platforms by tapping the screen. Be careful and watch out for bad robots trying to stop you from progressing even higher. Endless fun for everyone!
Demos
Nintendo Switch
ARMS – Demo Version – Fighting superstars from around the world share one thing in common: extendable arms! Fight as never before with this free demo. Pick from a selection of characters equipped with super-powered arms, and use simple motion or button controls to dish out highly strategic beatdowns in select stages of the single-player campaign or even in one-on-one matches.
One More Dungeon – Demo Version (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) – Available May 14
Nintendo 3DS
Dillon’s Dead-Heat Breakers – Demo Version – As a team, defend a post-apocalyptic Wild West from an invasion of transforming rock monsters with Dillon the armadillo and his squirrel engineer, Russ. You can even put yourself in the game and battle alongside Dillon and Russ as an animal version of your Mii character. Recruit hired gunners to back you up in battle, and then roll into fights and high-speed chases to take down waves of enemies as Dillon, the “Red Flash” himself!
Activites
- Earn My Nintendo Platinum Points with Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – My Nintendo members can earn 100 Platinum Points by finding the hidden K-O-N-G letters on the game website. In addition, members can also redeem their points for new Donkey Kong digital wallpapers for their PC or mobile devices. Check out My Nintendo news for more information.
- Nintendo Labo Creators Contest for Best Decorated Toy-Con ends soon—enter today! – Make, play, and discover with Nintendo Labo! Create your masterpiece using a Nintendo Labo kit and a Nintendo Switch system, then post a video or picture of your creation to the My Nintendo – Nintendo Labo Creators Contest site for a chance to win some great prizes.* The “Best Decorated Toy-Con” contest ends on 10:59 a.m. PT on May 11, so act fast!
- Are you curious about what other My Nintendo members have made so far? Check out them out here, and be sure to click the “Like” button for your favorite creations!
- Fire Emblem Heroes Version 2.5.0 Update – The new update to the Fire Emblem Heroes mobile game adds many new features, including updates to the Arena, tutorial improvements and new Heroes. Check out all the details about everything included in the new update here.
What are you downloading this week? (266 votes)
- ACA NEOGEO SUPER SIDEKICKS 2
- Garage
- Immortal Redneck
- ONE PIECE Pirate Warriors 3 Deluxe Edition
- Suicide Guy 0.8%
- Super Chariot
- The Fall
- Three Fourths Home: Extended Edition 0.4%
- UP UP BOT 0.4%
- Battle Chasers: Nightwar
- Arcade Archives TERRA CRESTA
- Hyper Sentinel
- InkSplosion 0%
- L.F.O. -Lost Future Omega- 0.4%
- Splitter Critters 0.8%
- The Adventures of Elena Temple 0.4%
- The Mystery of the Hudson Case
- Wizard of Legend
- Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux
- Nothing for me!
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So that's your lot for this week. Be sure to leave a vote in our poll, and a comment down below with your hot picks from the Nintendo Download update...
Comments 69
I've been playing Battle Chasers since the 5th and it is pretty good! It has a fair few rough spots but it is pretty solid.
And at the £25 I paid for it I can live with the rough spots. I don't regret buying this
Never played The Fall and the price certainly makes it tempting.
RCMADIAX is still at it with his trash. It will be a sad day if he ever shows up on the Switch eshop. Nintendo has obviously lowered the bar on there, but it's not that low yet.
The Fall's story was good (if the gameplay is a bit clunky including a certain puzzle) but not something to play twice over.
On that note. Nothing on offer. Time to go sales hunting.
@Grandpa_Pixel For my future reference, how was it that you got this game so early?
Immortal Redneck and Dillon's demo for me!
@Kiz3000 It's been out for a while now on Steam.
Ummm not a great week?
@Kiz3000 For some reason the retailer shipped it out early. I was stunned myself as usually they only despatch it a few days ahead and I get it on release day. 10 days before is madness.
@Scrummer I'm playing it on Switch.
This looks different from the NWR listing. There's no Shantae but Battle Chasers is here? I'm confused.
Anyway, got a used copy of ARMS against better judgement and now I'm almost out of money until Monday.
@Grandpa_Pixel If you like the game, then perhaps you would also be interested in the comics mini series that the game is based upon.
Fun fact: the original artist of the comic books, Joe Madureira, was also involved in the making of the game.
@Grandpa_Pixel I was more looking for you to name the retailer.
I’ll grab Terra Cresta but I REALLY WANT MOON CRESTA!!! Cmon Hamster!
@ThanosReXXX I have been considering it highly. The game looks great artistically and I can only imagine how amazing the comics must be even more beautiful.
@Kiz3000 365Games. However I can't vouch if they are doing it for all customers. I might have been the exception to the rule. I just went there as I had Player Points a plenty to use. Lucky me eh? xD
Just Strange Journey Redux for me. Physical.
Atlus is keeping my 3DS relevant well into 2018!
Stranfe Journey! This is one of my favorites in the whole Shin Megami series, so I’m definitely playing the remake.
This game is actually the reason why I’m bringing my 3DS and not my Switch with me on a trip next month. Sorry, Switch.
I was going to get Strange Journey, but I realized I haven't touched by 3DS in forever, even to finish Det Pikachu or Alliance Alive (both good games). I just don't feel excited to grab it anymore
A very “meh” week.
Great week!
I'll be getting Immortal Redneck ,Hyper Sentinel ,Terra Cresta and Super Sidekicks 2.
@Fake-E-Lee That's a game a day average you've got going on there.
Hmm I think I will be trying out the Arms demo since I haven't played the game since the first Global Testpunch, other than that I am happy with playing some more Splatoon 2 and occasionally Crash Bandicoot on PS4.
@Grandpa_Pixel Well, as it so happens, you can download the entire bundle for free. You can find them here:
https://getcomics.info/other-comics/battle-chasers-1-9-anthology-hc/
You'll need a nifty little program called CDisplay Ex to be able to read/display the comic book files contained in the download, which can be found here:
http://www.cdisplayex.com/
GetComics is my go to site for all kinds of comics, and they have a truly MASSIVE archive of just about every publisher out there. You can offer a donation to sponsor the site if you want, but it isn't required to be able to download comics.
Have fun reading the Battle Chasers comics. It's a great way to get a more in-depth understanding of the background of the game and its characters and the world it takes place in, so for fans of the game, I'd say it's more or less a must-read.
Where's Shantae 1/2 Genie Hero?
Shantae, Battle Chasers, Immortal Redneck, and maybe Wizard of Legends once I see reviews. And SMT for 3DS
I haven't picked up the regular version of Shantae yet so I will probably pick that up digital later down the line.
Other than that Battle Chasers, Immortal Redneck, and Super Chariot all look good.
Very tempted by Three Fourths home. Might give Hyper Sentinel, The Fall, and Immortal Redneck a go. Need to try the Super Chariot demo a go.
Good week all in all.
I'll be checking out the Arms demo. I've been curious about it since launch but don't know anyone who has it.
@Grandpa_Pixel what are the rough spots? Framerate related?
@Reignmaker Actually the frame rate is nice and the handheld display is crisp!
But there are load times for areas (ranging from quick to Lego City Uncover) and I did get the rare split-second freeze. But so far there is nothing that makes me go "eugh this was horrible". Battles require loading the first time but after they don't need loading commonly. I would assume the game sacrifices loading times in favor of a nice running game. Which for the most part pays off well!
Why? Because aside these two things it runs pretty well, looks pretty well. And there didn't seem to be anything that couldn't be solved with patching.
Let's just say in the grand scale of games like WWE 2K18 and RiME (pre-patching) in existance, this one definitely does not have me returning it to the store demanding my money back
I have Battle Chasers preordered on Amazon and I might pick up Wizard of Legend too.
Want battle chasers and SMT but I think I'll hold off till next week. gotta pay for a cert.
I knew BattleChasers was coming out on the Switch! I almost forgot when I went to Gamestop last weekend. Very nearly bought it used for the PS4 even though I thought I had been holding out for a Switch release. Glad I wised up.
Nothing for me this week. Waiting for Hyrule Warriors on Switch to arrive, as well as Mega Man Legacy Collections.
The Fall is only $6.99? Double dipping right now
I'll be getting the arms and dillon demos. I've been meaning to try out arms. It seems like there's not enough depth there in the combat but I'd love to be proven wrong.
Wizard of Legend for me. I’ve been dying to try it since it’s initial reveal last year. I have Battle Chasers on PS4, but I’ve barely touched it. I originally wanted it for my Switch, but the delay swayed me. If it reviews well, I’ll make the “switch.” I’m concerned mostly with its optimization. If it runs terribly, I’ll stick with what I got.
WOW!, NL put Battle Chasers on the Banner!... and getting 19% on the poll. Fantastic!
Have it on my book stand for PC. But only used it to see the menu and first few minutes (could not resist) - want to play it on switch
Battle Chasers. Already grabbed my physical copy.
Immortal Redneck...eventually. I have too many games I haven't played at all yet or just barely got started. I probably won't buy anything at all for awhile.
SMT Strange Journey for me!
I am getting both “Battle Chasers” and “Strange Journey Redux” next week, and will download “Immortal Redneck” after work today.
@Fake-E-Lee, we seem to like all of the same things, so I’m wondering if you have started “Immortal Redneck” yet?
Three options at most? Bah I say!
Nothing
Quite a few quality indies this week!
The ARMS demo is a nice surprise. What really needs a demo though is Sushi Striker.
Waiting on Hyrule Warriors and Generations Ultimate. Might pick up Shantae this Friday.
The Mystery of the Hudson Case (Magic Frame Studios, $4.89) – In 1979, a daring journalist sets out to investigate on his own, after continuous disapproval by his editorial department, the famous case of the Hudson Family, a family living in the vicinity of New New Orleans, near the mouth of the Mississippi River. They lived in the time of British America, around the year 1830. They boasted an estate of four hectares where the rich landowner Mr. Benjamin Hudson owned a large number of slaves from the African continent, whom he tortured and raped in numerous occasions, provoking death. Available May 14.
Ha, ha, ha. What a story Mark!
Seriously, this tells me nothing about what kind of game this is.
Battle Chasers and Wizard of Legend for me.
Grabbing Immortal Redneck, Hyper Sentinel, and Terra Cresta. Will have to find time for them between playing Neuro Voider, Death Road to Canada, and Neon Chrome which I just purchased last week.
"Three Fourths Home: Extended Edition" is a good name as the original "Gone Home" always seemed about 3/4 complete to me.
@RevengeFan Yeah, just that official description should be rated "M" for Mature.
I never finished The Fall on Wii U and I really liked what I played. Perhaps I'll pick it up again and finish it, in preparation for the sequel.
@Grandpa_Pixel question: is the font easy to read in the menus and during battles while playing handheld? That's one of the only concerns I've had about it. Thanks
Will get Immortal Rednecks and Strange Journey Redux next week since I don’t have the cash for it this week.
Anyone download that free game kitten squad if so how is it?
I'm getting the physical version of Battle Chasers next week when that comes out.
@Kiz3000
I got it early too ( last weekend of April). I bought mine from a little Mom and Pop game shop in NA. The independent retailers near me don't care about street dates. Im guessing it gives them an edge on Amazon, retail chains, and digital.
Sometimes they sell new releases a week early and somehow they got Battle Chasers SUPER early. I did't ask how, I doubt theyd say.
Kitten Squad for me! It is free after all
Three-fourths home and Elena Temple have my interest, but I need more info for The Mystery of the Hudson Case as it sounds like a point and click, but I'm not sure.
This week I'll be picking up Hyper Sentinel and maybe Bad Dudes.
Next week will be the Framed Collection and then the Street Fighter collection the week after.
Super chariot!!!!! Wizards of legend surely too. Demos will be added to my cart also.
Wizards of Legend is one I had my eye on. I want Nightwar physical. Nothing else really grabs me.
YES!!!! Freaking ONE PIECE Pirate Warriors 3 Deluxe Edition on the Switch!!!!! YES!!!! I missed the chance to play this on the PS3 years back. Oh, this is SO AWESOME!!!!! **cries tears of joy**
raging justice is out in UK. And pretty sure its out in north america too. Why no mention i know its a 7/10 fighting game but that is no reason not to mention it!.
Shim Megami and I will wait for a Battle Chaser review. My backlog is growing.
Still saving my eShop credit for Dark Souls Remastered
COME ON REGGIE GIVE US VIRTUAL CONSOLE 3!
Hey everyone, for those who (like me!) grabbed “Immortal Redneck” today: what are you finding is the “sweet spot” for overall sensitivity and motion x/y axis settings when utilizing gyro controls for aiming?
Must...stop....playing.......Xneoblade.......
How can I express that I'm buying five copies of Strange Journey in the poll?
nothing this week, i already spend on ps2 games to play.
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