Feature: Nintendo Life eShop Selects - November 2018

Too many great games. How am I supposed to play them all? There are only 24 hours in a day.

I've already downloaded Warframe and am very interested in Horizon Chase Turbo, but what I'm most excited about, honestly, is R-Type Dimensions. I'm so happy to have this game.

Lots of good games on that list, though.

I loved Forgotten Anne. Will def give Grim a go as I never played the original!

If you only buy one, make it Forgotten Anne. Generally I scoff at the idea of videogames as 'art'. This is one of those rare occasions it could be argued.

Horizon Chase is put run re imagined, had a feel of Daytona on the Saturn and even the original Ridge Racer.
So close to a 10 out of 10 game!

That's a lot of great games for one month. Luckily I've already played some of them, like Grim Fandango and Machinarium. And Brawlhalla and the obvious standout Warframe are free to play.
The demo of Forgotten Anne was good, but kind of a let down in a way, after the expectations I had from the trailer. I've been rewatching a lot of Ghibli movies lately, so that may have something to do with it, it's added to my wishlist for later, maybe.
Something that took me completely by surprise and I'm really on the fence about, is Spintires Mud Runner. I have zero interest in cars or trucks, but I love (!) games in which moving around and solving realistic physics puzzles are the challenge (like Snake Pass and Human Fall Flat), and/or where the world is just a beautiful sandbox.
I have yet to get it and play it, but from everything I've seen, that game somehow went from forgettable shovelware to somewhere at the top of my wishlist...

Forgotton Anne. Liked the demo. Would love to have the game physically.

Just bought Full Metal Furies and went straight online for some co-op. Turns out I'm the only person on the planet playing, not even one match. Is

Warframe, Mother Russia Bleeds and Rival Megagun. Great Games to play with my friends!

I was busy with Pokémon so I only managed to download ABZÛ towards the end.
Grim Fandango and Transistor are on my list though!

It's almost as if Horizon Chase Turbo was built for the platform. I have it on mobile & steam, now switch too (which is fast becoming my gaming platform of preference). I will say this however; I do not get the OutRun feels from HCT, more the Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge II feels.

I did pick up R-Type Dimensions DX and (in true fashion) could not get the first stage tune from R-Type out of my head all day. Probably for the amount of time I spent listening to it trying to best that first level all those years ago.

Horizon Chase Turbo is great. Highly recommended.

It's blowing my mind a little that WoFF Maxima is being so underrated.

@jobvd
In some ways it's a good problem to have. However I am out a lot of games being released now simply because I have a lot I am already working on, plus Smash coming out. To many games, not enough time.

I live for games like R-Type. Something about destroying everything that moves in sight makes me relaxed enough to tolerate my job.

I'm curious about Horizon Chase Turbo, even though other than Mario Kart I haven't had any interest in the racing genre since the mighty Sega Rally on Saturn.

I voted for Full Metal Furies, but I wish I went for Machinarium instead. That game is far too good to be sitting at 0%.

Speaking of Machinarium, developer Amanita Design released their latest game on iOS and Android this week, and it’s a masterclass in art direction, animation and playful design. It’s called Chuchel, please give it a look.

@OldMcGroin But it's still a great game. Especially on the couch with friends and family.

Horizon chase has been freezing on me. Maybe it's just my Switch, but about 4 times in the past day I've had to hit the home button and close the game, then restart it in order to play. It is happening after finishing a race, sometimes while it's saving, sometimes right after saving. It has not damaged my save game luckily. I love the game though. It is kind of like getting Outrun 2006 from PS2 and Xbox, which is a similarly amazing and fun arcade racer with great gameplay, music, and dynamic visuals running at 60 fps.

Spintires Mud Runner!

@Painkiller_Mike

Unfortunately I've nobody to couch co-op with so I'm dependent on online which is pretty disappointing on the Switch for anything not created by Nintendo. Capcom Beat 'em Up Bundle was another crushing blow.

Always great to see one of Double Fine’s games break the top 3, which is made even better by the fact that it is a remaster of one of the studio’s classics.

Horizon Chase hands down! Great little racer and perfect for the arcade and portable fan!! A more then suitable option to the absence of Outrun, even though the king of arcade racers is coming soon as well!!

@jobvd lucky you.. with work and family duties my days look like 1 hr of free time only

I really appreciate this list, but I don’t recall NL ever doing this in previous months. ...If other articles of this type do exist for previous months, please link them at the start of the article. This is helpful stuff to read.

It's the only game doing this on my Switch, so I'm thinking it might be the software. Horizon Chase keeps on freezing. I deleted it and redownloaded the game, but it keeps freezing every few races, sometimes while trying to load a race. I know this isn't a software q and a message board, but just wanted to mention the problems I've had while otherwise really enjoying theis awesome game.

Just took the plunge on Horizon Chase Turbo have it on the iPhone but it’s better on the switch and I agree with people saying it’s like lotus 2 it looks amazing on the switch’s screen highly recommended

All the praises to Horizon Chase are making me lose the will to wait for a sale to finally get it.

On a side note, I do believe 99Vidas should be among the Honourable Mentions, it`s quite a good brawler.

I'm still playing diablo, sooo that.

Screen cheat by far.

It's still odd to me that people insist on linking Horizon Chase to OutRun when it's obviously a tribute to Top Gear and the Lotus series.

Not saying there weren't good games this month. But nothing of paticular interest to me this month - in terms of eshop games.

I've been playing Pokemon, Civ 6, and Stardew Valley (again).

My vote goes to Warframe for sure. Gawd, is that a good game. Transistor really disappointed me though.

@Ralizah
World of Final Fantasy has been criminally ignored since it was announced, and even neglected by Square Enix. But as much as I advocated for the game, even I have to admit it wasn’t my pick for best eShop game of the month.

Transistor, Horizon Chase Turbo, Valiant Hearts, Warframe... all incredible, incredible games. This was a banger of a month for quality eShop titles. Even Forgotton Anne was pretty good, Battlezone is great (played in VR), and R Type Dimensions is a classic.

Ok, but will you guys cover Pianista: The Legendary Virtuoso?

Forgotton Anne was an excellent (and beautiful) story-based game! My personal favorite of the month. Horizon Chase Turbo is very fun although I just started it, and so is Cattails.

Horizon Chase Turbo has been an absolute blast so far. If you're not tempted at full price, definitely stick it on your watchlist for when it inevitably goes on sale as it's a really fun racing game and you won't regret the purchase!

@Hikaru Yep, I agree. It 100% plays and feels like a Top Gear game.

However, the tracks based on Cities, car upgrades, big skies/ sunsets, and to some extent the art style does remind me a lot of Turbo Outrun too - particularly the old arcade game where you're racing across the US from New York to LA via Chicago and Miami. Great game that (on the Amiga 500 and at the Arcades. Just don't mention the Mega Drive version...)

Almost all indie games. Basically to play AAA games i need a ps4 and for indie games a switch. It’s fine, no problem but why switch try to say they can compete in terms of games with ps4? Switch should have been only a handheld device, I never going to play indie games on tv.

@OldMcGroin I feel your pain. I have to force my family to play with me. Now I'm sad...

Well I see I’m in the minority with Ms’ Splosion-Man and Valiant Hearts. Both are great games, and the latter really hit me in the feels.