Nintendo Download: 31st January (Europe)

The latest Nintendo Download update for Europe has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy!

Switch Retail - New Releases

Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy (THQ Nordic, €29.99 / £26.99) - Sphinx and The Cursed Mummy is an original 3rd person action-adventure inspired by the mythology of ancient Egypt. Travelling the world via magical portals to foil the evil plans of Set. Sphinx's Journey will require all his wits, agility, and special powers. He will also rely on his reluctant hero friend, The Mummy, to help when being inconspicuous is the only solution. By finding the stolen magical crowns of Egypt, Sphinx can stop Set and save the world. - Read our Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy review

DreamWorks Dragons Dawn of New Riders (Outright Games, €39.99 / £34.99) - A new heroic dragon and rider are taking to the skies and only you can help them defeat the evil villains who destroyed a dragon sanctuary created by Hiccup, Toothless, and his dragon riders. When the island of Havenholme is found in ruins, mysterious survivors emerge as unlikely future heroes. Scribbler is a scholar who cannot remember his past while Patch is a unique breed of dragon, a “chimeragon,” with new, unexpected powers they discover along the way. Together they must explore new islands, battle fierce enemies and recover the memories that reveal Patch’s true origin in this fun and fiery new action adventure.

Switch eShop - New Releases

Wargroove (Chucklefish, €16.99 / £15.99) - Take to the battlefield with Wargroove, a turn-based strategy game for up to 4 players! Choose your Commander and wage war on battling factions, using your ‘groove’ to strategically sway the fight in your favour! When war breaks out in the Kingdom of Cherrystone, the young Queen Mercia must flee her home. Pursued by her foes, the only way to save her kingdom is travel to new lands in search of allies. But who will she meet along the way, and what sinister challenges will she face? - Read our Wargroove review

Dragon Marked for Death: Frontline Fighters / Dragon Marked for Death: Advanced Attackers (Inti Creates, €14.99 / £13.49) - Choose from four playable characters (Empress, Warrior, Shinobi, or Witch) and defeat your enemies to gain experience and level up. You'll receive points as you level up that can increase your attack power, defence, agility, and other parameters. Customize your character in a way that best suits your individual playstyle!

Downwell (Devolver Digital, €2.99 / £2.69) - Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots for protection. Make your way further and further down into the darkness filled with nasty creatures and mysterious secrets to collect the spectacular red gems scattered about the rocks. Step into precariously placed shops and buy some helpful items or level up between levels to battle well-dwelling monsters and uncover hidden caves filled with riches and relics. No two trips down the well are ever the same!

Mages of Mystralia (Borealys Games, €17.99 / £16.19) - In the kingdom of Mystralia, it takes more brains than brawn to succeed. You will face down giant, powerful creatures and navigate treacherous terrain. You will encounter puzzles that confound even the wisest of the old sages. And you must overcome obstacles put in place by people who do not want you to succeed. - Read our Mages of Mystralia review

Drowning (Sometimes You, €2.99 / £2.69) - Walk through a variety of beautiful low-poly environments as a story unfolds about how he learns to live with his inner demon. You will play in the eyes of a young boy starting out high school in year 7, and play through his following years, where he learns that living with depression is like living with someone trying to put you down all the time. Walk through all the beautiful environments with a lovely soundtrack that suits the current mood of the game, and find all the hidden endings.

Fishing Star World Tour (WFS, €24.99 / £22.49) - Over 180 kinds of fish! More than 70 types of fishing gear! 40 fishing locations! Explore various locations and see a lot of fish! Catch a big one by changing your equipment to match the fish and setting! Fish that are caught are recorded in the “Fish Book”. Become an angling master!

Hyperide (Kool2Play, €1.99 / £1.79) - This game puts a modern spin on obstacle-course style vertically scrolling arcade games, and is inspired by the all-time classics. The player controls an ultra-fast spaceship on a rescue mission and needs be mindful of the oncoming space debris, as well as the power level of the ship, which is resupplied by picking up special crystals.

Onigiri (CyberStep, Free) - In a Japan filled with spirits and monsters, ages ago, the land itself was rocked by chaos. From the depths rose the terrible Kamikui who carved a path of destruction through all. Play alongside famous figures from history and myth like Shizuka Gozen, Miyamoto Musashi, and many others to battle the mysterious Kamikui!

AGARTHA-S (mebius, €7.90 / £7.19) - You will become an explorer and aim for the utopia “Agartha” deep in the ground. Cellular automaton reproduces natural phenomena in the underground world, which is the same physical law as the real world. Water flows, rocks pile up and collapse, The steam condenses into water by coldness and when the temperature falls further, it turns into ice.

Airheart - Tales of broken Wings (Blindflug Studios, €14.99 / £11.99) - Airheart is a dieselpunk airplane action game, where every colourful level is built on top of the previous one, all the way up to the stratosphere. Welcome to Granaria, a flying city in the clouds. Meet Amelia - a young pilot and fisherwoman wishing to reach the abundant world's edge. Sky fishing became a really dangerous job, with pirates roaming around everywhere. So start your engines, arm your airplane and get ready to make the catch of a lifetime!

Arcade Archives MOON CRESTA (HAMSTER, €6.99 / £6.29) - "MOON CRESTA" is a shooting game produced and released by Nichibutsu in 1980. Players control Unit1 and Unit 2 and Unit3 of the airplane, and coalescing these airplanes, will defeat the enemies.

Bleep Bloop (Zerouno Games, €3.99 / £3.99) - A light-hearted and playful puzzle game about working together. Play alone controlling both characters or share the experience with a friend. Bleep Bloop is extremely easy to learn, but that doesn't mean the puzzles will be a piece of cake.

BOMBFEST (Whitethorn Digital, €17.49 / £15.79) - BOMBFEST is an award-winning party game for you and up to three friends! Battle in wooden forts, on folding chairs, and inside the kitchen sink as you attempt to be the last player standing. Use bombs to eliminate your foes, but don’t get caught in a chain reaction of explosions!

Eggggg - The Platform Puker (Hyper Games, €14.99 / £12.99) - Gilbert has an extreme allergy to eggs. Eating them will literally make him vomit like a fountain. He escapes from his mean aunt Doris in order to get to a birthday party, and needs to use his vomiting superpower to survive a world of angry cyborg chickens... of course.

FREECELL BATTLE KING (Making, €6.99 / £6.29) - Battle play is exciting! Clear speed is the key! Sharing one unit, two Switches or online, enjoy the fun of competition with freecell! The tasks are 3000 questions! There is the ordinary "KING Mode" and easy "MAY Mode". Collect the "collection" by clears to colour the game screen.

Gabbuchi (h.a.n.d, €6.99 / £6.29) - "Gabbuchi" is a curious creature that loves gobbling blocks and stuff. His favourite food is the heart cookie. In order to get it, you have to think about which blocks he can and can't gobble. He can gobble blocks the same colour as himself. You can change his colour, too, so he can gobble different coloured blocks.

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (Smiling Buddha Games, LLC, €16.99 / £14.99) - On the edge of Terran space lies Halcyon 6, a derelict starbase left behind by a mysterious precursor race. Your mission is to reclaim the derelict station and rebuild it. A mysterious alien force is making a beeline towards Earth and this starbase is the best chance for the New Terran Federation to establish new alliances, research new technologies and otherwise figure out a way to stop the impending invasion.

Johnny Turbo's Arcade: Two Crude Dudes (FTE Games, €7.99 / £7.10) - Play one or two mercenaries hired by the American government to stop the terrorist organization "Big Valley". Take control of post-apocalyptic New York City away from the Big Valley terrorists. - Read our Johnny Turbo's Arcade: Two Crude Dudes review

Merchants of Kaidan (Forever Entertainment, €9.99 / £8.99) - Merchants of Kaidan is a challenging trading game fused with RPG elements. You start very humbly, one cart, a purse of gold, and silver coins are all you have. Your task is to roam the world and search for opportunities to score some profit. Buy low, sell high - a merchant's motto is easy to grasp. And yet the job is harder than it seems!

Planetarian (PROTOTYPE, €9.99 / £8.99) - Sarcophogus City, a city where the rain never ceases, sets the stage for the emotional tale of a Junker and a Robot, Yumemi, shaped like a young woman. Planetarian is a sci-fi visual novel, brought to life with beautiful art and a stirring soundtrack.

Piczle Colors (Rainy Frog, €12.00 / £10.00) - Use the numbers around the side of the puzzle to work out how many blocks of which colour should be painted in each row and column. Since the order of the numbers doesn't determine the order you need to paint the colours you'll need to stretch your brain to figure it out.

Robothorium (GoblinzStudio, €14.99 / £13.99) - 2052. Planet Earth. BreakTech, an enterprise specialised in robotic construction, is flourishing thanks to thorium, an unlimited and innovative power source. After many years of exploitation, robots are finally protesting for their rights. But the peaceful movement is quickly escalating to riots and the human repression is near. Now seen as a first-degree threat, robots are hunted down and culled throughout the planet.

New Star Manager (FiveAcesPublishing, €16.99 / £14.99) - This is soccer management like you've never experienced it - Be more than just a player, be the head, the heart, and backbone of New Star FC. Be the Manager. - Read our New Star Manager review

Necrosphere Deluxe (UNTIES, €7.99 / £6.49) - Necrosphere is where you go when you die, regardless of being good or bad. You don’t see other people around there. You don’t have anything to do, except waiting for eternity As soon as Agent Terry Cooper hits the Necrosphere, he learns about the portals that can take him back to the world of the living (also called Normalsphere), and his quest to escape the afterlife is set.

Stray Cat Doors (PULSMO, €2.27 / £2.04) -It is an escape game that solves a mystery together with a cute character. It is a game that even beginners can enjoy. Go around various stages, use items or solve problems and escape. Healing music. Turn on BGM and play around.

Tangledeep (Impact Gameworks, €17.00 / £15.79) - Tangledeep combines the 16-bit graphics and polish of classic SNES-era RPGs with elements from roguelikes and dungeon crawlers to create a magical experience for players of all skill levels. Trapped in underground villages with no memory of the world at the surface, you must survive an ever-changing labyrinth to discover what lies above.

TORIDAMA: Brave Challenge (G-mode, €3.56 / £3.21) - TORIDAMA: Brave Challenge is a mini-game collection based on the courage test. Test your weak feeling inside of you as we say “Chicken Level” based on timing of pressing a button, level, and pitch in various kind of critical situations.

Zombie Night Terror (Plug In Digital, €14.99 / £13.49) - Prepare yourself for the most thrilling night of your life! Something strange has happened and people everywhere are turning into bloodthirsty walking corpses. But guess who’s the brains behind this hungry undead army? YOU! So spread this pandemic to wipe humanity of this planet. Because the only way to survive the zombie apocalypse, is to BE the apocalypse!

Farm Together (Milkstone Studios, €19.99 / £17.99) - The ultimate farming experience! From the creators of Avatar Farm comes Farm Together, the ultimate farming experience! Start from scratch, with a small plot, and end with a huge farm that extends further than the eye can see!

Shanky: The Vegan's Nightmare (Artvision Games, €5.99 / £5.39) - Shanky is a joyful meat grinder and mince is its movement force. Swallow up everything you can and collect Meat-Cola to stay on the move. Participate in a stunning story of love and self-sacrificing. Depending on the level, Shanky would change its movement force accessories to legs, wheels, wings and boat. During the boss battles, you would learn how to use its mince launcher. Collect Meat-Cola to expand Shanky's stomach and success is guaranteed. And remember - there is never enough mince, so keep grinding!

Spoiler Alert (Megafuzz, €4.99 / £4.99) - The platformer you play... In reverse! You know how it ends... But how did it begin? Forget the classic tropes - they will be used against you!

Thea: The Awakening (Monster Couch, €16.19 / £14.39) - Thea: The Awakening is a turn-based strategic survival game steeped in Slavic myth and monstrosity set after an apocalyptic force known only as The Darkness has engulfed the world. There are Strigas and Baba Yagas aplenty, but there are no heroes, no monster slayers, and no great armies capable of banishing them. You have only a few hopeless and starving survivors who are desperately trying to stay alive. You are their last and only true hope!

Switch eShop - Demos

Bad North Demo (Raw Fury, Free) - Your home is under attack. The king is dead at the hands of Viking invaders. Hope is a distant glimmer in the fog, fading fast with every passing moment. As you rise to take your father’s place as ruler, it will fall to you to stage your defences. But make no mistake – this is no fight for victory, but a desperate grasp for survival. - Read our Bad North review

Switch eShop - Pre-Orders

Away: Journey To The Unexpected (Plug In Digital, €16.99 / £14.99, pre-order from 29/01/2019) - Welcome to a feel-good FPS! A colourful adventure combining action, negotiation and rogue-lite elements. You play as a kid that is neither a hero nor a warrior. Yet with the power of friendship, you will overcome every obstacle in your way! Choose your path through the levels, uncover the light-hearted story, and above all, recruit allies. All the wacky and powerful characters you meet can be played in first-person, and it’s up to you to find the right answers to get them to join your team!

Hell Warders (Pqube, €14.99 / £10.99, pre-order from 29/01/2019) - Hell is at our gates! Rise up as one of the mighty Hell Warders, an ancient order of heroes with unique powers and abilities, to resist the demon hordes head-on. Push back wave after wave of Hell-spawn with an arsenal of weapons, rip apart their fearsome commanders with powerful hero skills, and deploy your army of knights, archers, and mages to bring the fight back to Hell!

The Stillness of the Wind (Fellow Traveller, €9.76 / £8.49, pre-order from 29/01/2019) - One by one, everyone left the once bustling village for the city. Everyone, except Talma. Now approaching the end of her days, she maintains a simple, solitary way of life, surviving, subsisting, tending to her homestead and her goats.

Iron Crypticle (Tikipod, €8.09 / £6.74, pre-order from 30/01/2019) - The glorious Royal Treasures of Cryptonia have been stolen! Now the King’s washed-up knights must suit up and descend into the ancient palace crypts to return those GOLDEN GOODIES!

Ape Out (Devolver Digital, €14.99 / £13.49, pre-order from 31/01/2019) - Ape Out is a wildly intense and colourfully stylized smash ‘em up about primal escape, rhythmic violence, and frenetic jazz. Build up nearly unstoppable momentum and use your captors as both weapons and shields to crush everyone on your procedurally generated path to freedom.

Mercury Race (Herrero, €7.99 / £7.99, pre-order from 31/01/2019) - Mercury Race is a shooting & racing game set in a retrofuturistic world. Finish each circuit in time to obtain the badge and achieve ranking number one. The game will challenge not only your driving skills but also your shooting accuracy.

NEKOPARA Vol.2 (CFK, €10.99 / £9.89, pre-order from 31/01/2019) - The sequel to NEKOPARA, a touching adventure game that's become a worldwide sensation, is coming to Nintendo Switch! This newest edition will feature a new opening movie and theme song, all-new hand-drawn art from NEKO WORKs, and new fully voiced story scenes. The game's gorgeous graphics are all in high definition for a truly complete experience.

Pocket Academy (Kairosoft, €10.00 / £8.99, pre-order from 31/01/2019) - School got you down? Wish you could change a few things? Well, now's your chance to create the ultimate dream school in this simulation smash-hit! Tailor your personal academy as you see fit, erecting classrooms, making clubs--even deciding this week's hot couple!

Sky Gamblers - Afterburner (Atypical Games, €16.99 / £15.29, pre-order from 31/01/2019) - This is the latest and greatest jet dogfight game, coming from the creators of Sky Gamblers, Battle Supremacy and Radiation series! Get into the cockpit and prepare to take-off. Unlock, upgrade and customize the weapons and defences of more than 100 planes. Paint your favourite jet fighter, customize patterns and badges for the ultimate looks. Become the master of the skies!

The King's Bird (Graffiti Games, €19.99 / £17.99, pre-order from 31/01/2019) - Escape into a world kept secret by a tyrant, and discover the truth about your freedom. The King’s Bird is an artistic, momentum-based game that seamlessly combines precision-platforming with physics-based gliding.

Switch eShop - Special Offers

New 3DS eShop - Special Offers

3DS eShop - Special Offers

Wii U eShop - Special Offers

DLC / Add-On Content

Nintendo Switch

• Warframe®: Prime Vault – Fire Prime Pack (Digital Extremes) - €36.66 / £32.89
• Warframe®: Prime Vault – Ember Prime Accessories Pack (Digital Extremes) - €17.77 / £15.89
• Warframe®: Prime Vault – Ice Prime Pack (Digital Extremes) - €36.66 / £32.89
• Warframe®: Prime Vault – Frost Prime Accessories Pack (Digital Extremes) - €17.77 / £15.89
• Warframe®: Prime Vault – Fire & Ice Prime Pack (Digital Extremes) - €54.99 / £49.49
• Onigiri - 100 Onigiri Coins (CyberStep) - €10.00 / £8.99
• Onigiri - 200 Onigiri Coins (CyberStep) - €20.00 / £17.99
• Onigiri - 300 Onigiri Coins (CyberStep) - €30.00 / £26.99
• Onigiri - 515 Onigiri Coins (CyberStep) - €50.00 / £44.99
• Onigiri - 1050 Onigiri Coins (CyberStep) - €100.00 / £89.99
• Fortnite - The Cobalt Pack (Epic Games) - €4.99 / £3.99
• DRAGON BALL FIGHTERZ - FighterZ Pass 2 (BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment) - €24.99 / £19.99
• DRAGON BALL FIGHTERZ - Jiren (BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment) - €4.99 / £3.99
• DRAGON BALL FIGHTERZ - Videl (BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment) - €4.99 / £3.99
• Dragon Marked for Death - Season Pass: Additional Quests (Inti Creates) - €9.99 / £8.99
• Dragon Marked for Death - Additional Playable Characters: Empress & Warrior (Inti Creates) - €14.99 / £13.49
• Dragon Marked for Death - Additional Playable Characters: Shinobi & Witch (Inti Creates) - €14.99 / £13.49
• Dragon Marked for Death - Additional Quest: The Dragonblood Village (Inti Creates) - Free
• WorldNeverland - Elnea Kingdom:Orient Mail (althi) - €2.99 / £2.69
• Farm Together - Supporters Pack (Milkstone Studios) - €1.99 / £1.79
• Farm Together - Wasabi Pack (Milkstone Studios) - €3.99 / £3.59

So that's your lot for this week's Nintendo Download. Go on, be a sport and drop a vote in the poll above, and comment below with your hot picks!