Feature: Nintendo Life eShop Selects - September 2018

Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle for me. I can't remember enjoying a piece of software as much as this.

risk of rain is my top pick also it is the only game i bought this month so that may be why

Not played any of these games. Just want Mario Party, Lets Go and Smash this year

Capcom Beat em up Bundle and South Park Stick of Truth were my top games this month. All in all I'll have to go with the latter as the one I've been enjoying the most. Both are truly excellent releases that I've found satisfying in a whole new way on the Switch 😊👍

Is it just me or are there like too many 9/10’s up there? I really like Nintendo Life, but it might be better to re-work their ranking system. (IGN’s is very good I think.) That is all.

To be honest I have played a lot of those years ago on other systems (some have been "free" for Playstation Plus). The switch really needs more exclusives.

I really like Gone Home. It may be a bit more expensive than it should but it has an interesting story. Broforce and all those 2 player games are not for me. Velocity is great! I too got bored of Undertale towards the end and getting the Platinum trophy way before the final boss gives you less incentive to go on.

You forgot Alwa's Awakening that is also console exclusive

Undertale has always been a good, but overhyped game imo. It does great things, and I see why it's a critical darling, but I never understood the hype. As for my favorite download this month: Beat Em Up wins my vote, for arcade awesomeness. My runners up would be Armello, Reigns, Risk of Rain, and Velocity 2X. Shout out to Broforce too.

Cities Skylines. I maintain that that the review this site did of that game is beyond insulting and the single worst piece this site has put up in the time I've visited regularly.

The game is a fantastic city building sim that is easy to dump hours and hours into and runs respectably well even in portable mode. I've dumped just shy of 25 hours into it building a city all the way to the max size and not experienced any of the frame drops and chugging that was reported.

Gone Home- the game I finished in 25 mins or else completely by accident and was left staring at the credits in an utter state of confusion.

I used to think Undertale was a bit overhyped too, until I actually sat down and played it last year. Now it's among the best I've played in the last five years or so. Definitely my number one for this month too.

Just bought Capcom Beat em bundle so I have to vote for it.

I’m very happy with the game. Perfect arcade conversions without endless stupid achievements and pointless add on modes.

Old School Musical. I love rhythm games and this one is a lot of fun.

Voted for Dust. I was seriously on the fence about buying it, and even after I did, I waited a few days to play it out of fear of being disappointed. Not so! Didn't think this was gonna be my type of game but I ended up loving it way more than the many other games I bought this month!

For me it's Into the Breach and The Messenger.

Hoping the patch for the online in the Capcom beat em up bundle comes soon. I really want that game.

Nice to see Armello at least made it into the honorable mentions. ^^

@StephanDLW cool I'll give it a look

@Ryan_Again I mean, if IGN's is good, NL's must be godlike. I too dislike their system, but if it's between current status and going in IGN direction, we may have a fallout.

Just started undertale last night about 1.5 hours in. It's not bad thus far. Hyper Light Drifter was phenomenal though and im suprised it wasnt in the top 3. It really was like a zelda game in my opinion except the dude rocked a piece. I recommend to anyone who's interested in that genre.

Just completed Undertale’s True Pacifist ending last night! Boy, it was a doozy. It’s such a cool game.

I've played through Broforce 6 times on normal and once on hard. That game is so great! I'd probably be stuck in a loop of playing it had Capcom Beatemup Bundle not came out which takes my 2nd place slot. Played through all 7 of those offline and played through all of King of Dragons with some guy on the internet, great experience and I'd also probably be playing more of that, but now I'm on Valkyria Chronicles 4 and just over halfway through that, but Megaman 11 and Super Mario Party come out this week and Starlink and Soul Calibur VI not long after, not to mention Fallout 76 Beta at the end of October. September-October is packed with too many games, but that's a great thing!

@Heavyarms55 I wonder if the reviewer needed to restart their Switch. Co worker bought the game, and experienced a lot of slow down, and that was my first question. They restarted their system, and no more issues. I've also seen no other reports of such problems like the reviewer here had. Always good to power down and restart at least once a week folks.

The Capcom collection is just outstanding. Armored Warriors is worth the price of the bundle all on its own. I imagine a classic arcade collection would draw a hard line, but if you’re on the fence; don’t be. Buy it.

@Heavyarms55 - Glad to hear some like it more than the reviewer, it looks interesting. However, the Little Dragon’s Cafe review would like to speak with you about the worst review ever published on this site.
Edit - Haven’t played the game, so I’m not necessarily disagreeing with the review, just the written words.

My vote goes to Cities Skylines as well.
This site's review of that game was, to put it lightly, unfortunate. (And to put it less lightly, hypocritical).

I'm torn on whether to take the plunge with Undertale. First, it was almost. universal praise for the game. Then it was criticism not only about its quality, but also about its rabid fanbase. Now my brother in law got it for my nieces and then a co-worker of mine suggested I try it and that my 5 year old would love it. This is why I wish every game came with a demo.

Capcom Beat Em' Up bundle, and I don't even own it. I think Undertale was and still is overrated to high heaven.

That is some honorable mentions list!

I'm in love with Armello right now, but how does that game get a higher score than Dust: An Elysium Tail?

@Ryancraddock

Wow, what a misleading headline!
'eShop Selects' suggests there is some kind of discount involved, as there has been a famous line of 'Nintendo Selects' titles that were sold with a heavy discount on a permanent basis.

Instead, the reader only finds a list of recommendations.
This one of the most shameless cases of clickbait I've ever seen on NintendoLife.

@shani they've actually been doing this for a couple months now and no mention of discounts were ever spoken in the previous ones either. It's not clickbait if you've seen the previous ones. They're starting to do this as highlights from the month in case users missed some quality titles. It actually says in the headline, some of September's best games. Not sure how you Were clickbaited..

I wish Nintendo Life would either drop the number system or start awarding 10/10s instead of being too scared to ever actually do so.

@shani they've done this feature in the past and recently it's been a monthly thing.

@shani I personally would have never drawn that conclusion from the headline.

“Nintendo Life eShop Selects”

I voted Marble It Up. It is a really fun ball game.

@nintendobynature @Captain_EO
So you're saying it's even worse than I thought and they have been clickbaiting people with this on a regular basis?
Repeatedly doing a shady thing doesn't make it okay or justified. It's still wrong and should be called out.
Doesn't really surprise me though, NL have ditched any journalistic or moral standards in the past year.

@justin233
Well Nintendo Selects exists since 2011, so I'm not sure how you could not have drawn that conclusion.
The term 'Nintendo Life Selects' obviously refers to that. And adding 'eShop' to the title makes it sound even more like a discount-related matter. Because why else put 'eShop' there if it's not about purchases and prices? It doesn't even serve as a distinction because every single Switch game is on the eShop.

So it's an obvious ruse and not the first example of clickbait on NL. They're constantly doing this, as are other sites. And they're trying to justify it by calling it 'online marketing'.

@shani glad you got that off your chest...

@shani pretty sure you're the only one who thought they were mentioning discounts on the eshop and again, the headline says it all " best games for september". No mention of discounts anywhere to be found. Nothing shady is going on here nor click Baity is goin on. Think you just got confused

Haha, I think 7 out of 10 honourable mentions were free psplus games at some point, so it's hard for me to justify a repurchase. The only exception would be Towerfall, that game was predestined for the switch!

Bastion. Dualie pistols. That is all.

HYPER LIGHT DRIFTER. And Broken Sword 5 for sure in my book. None on this article's list even registered for me as important.

@Tsurii RIGHT? Hyper Light should be on the list for sure.

@shani I think your being a bit unfair to the site on this occasion. A few months ago they put out a request, to the people visiting on a regular basis, for ideas to improve the site. I don't know if I was the only one who requested it but making a highlight reel of the best eshop releases that month was something I wanted because I was finding it difficult to keep up with the amount of releases recently.
If anything I think it shows that they listen to their readers which should be celebrated.
I've added a link to the article I mentioned below. My input was comment 9.

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/07/site_news_we_want_your_help_to_become_even_better

Marble It Up! just came out yesterday, but I think that's my pick for best September eShop game.

@klingki I started playing Dust the other day & I quite like it.

@Shade_Koopa @Shade_Koopa Wait, what patch on the Beat ‘Em Ups?

@Madman1333 a patch for the online. All the console version are having some issues. So waiting there is a patch out to fix it before getting the game.

Oh cool, thanks for the info. So should I assume that someday soon when I go to play a game from the bundle it will automatically update?

Got the physical of undertale, played it through smashing everything, then found out you don’t have to, whoops, will come back and play it differently at some point. It was good but the sprite for the kid kinda freaked me out

@shani "You won't believe which game took the number 2 spot!"

Capcom's Beat'em Up Bundle is amazing.
I hope it does well enough to encourage Capcom to do more with their huge backlog of great arcade games.

Velocity 2X for me. It was already my fourth favorite game of all time, but it was a lot of fun to revisit on Switch. I finished perfect runs on the 50 campaign levels, but I still have to beat the included DLC packs again. I got distracted by Valkyria Chronicles 4, but I'll be back once I wrap that up.

The Gardens Between. I haven't played a game like this, it's really well done. I absolutely loved this game, it's one of those games that you want to talk to others about after you finish it.

@Mr_Pepperami - Just want to say I really enjoyed talking life and movies with you today. Sorry to post here, but I’ve realized how much I posted on the Carpenter article today and feel a tad bit self conscious about it. It was such a confluence of things I enjoy, my head was spinning. I wish we could PM, but this is the next best thing. I’ve had a very similar experience with fatherhood, and it’s transformed my life to the point that I often wonder what I was doing before having kids, and why I thought it was worthwhile. I think I’ve seen you post that you have/have had health problems. I hope you’re well, or living the closest to well that you can. My best to you and your family.

@bimmy-lee thank you so much for the lovely message. It’s always nice to meet good people and connect. Yeah, the health issues are one of the reasons why I never thought fatherhood would be a part of my life but you never know what life has in store for you. I’m on twitter under @mrpepperami if you want to keep in touch on something other than a random Nintendo forum😂 Take care my friend and hope you have a great weekend.

@Mr_Pepperami - Thank you, same sentiments to you. Your child is a miracle within a miracle then. My only social media is IG. I have a link in my profile page. I just haven’t been able to join twitter yet, but if I do, I’ll look you up. I kind of feel like we share mostly beauty with pictures, and often too many of our flaws with words. Or maybe that’s just what I do!

@bimmy-lee you are totally right. People often fail to realise the power of words and often throw them out without a second thought to what the effect of them could be. The great thing about pictures is that they freeze that moment in time forever and often looking back at them can take you to those feelings again. My son is a triple miracle then as he was through IVF as well:

I really like Dust and The Capcom bundle. The messenger is freaking epic also.

@Mr_Pepperami - Quadruple miracle, given IVF exists and worked for you. So happy for you. Makes me feel guilty for thinking I just didn’t want to have kids. I think part of that was subconsciously thinking maybe we couldn’t have them given we never did for so long with only minimal effort to not conceive. But as you said, you never know. The biggest gift fatherhood has given me (other than lifting the lid off an unknown, unending well of love and patience) is peace with change. Who am I to worry now that fate has thrown me an epic curveball and it turned out to add dimension to my life I couldn’t see prior? Ha, hey @Cupey, sorry we’re creeping on this thread. I thought it was dead. I’m with you on the Capcom bundle, and I want to get Dust for sure.