The latest Nintendo Download update for North America 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!
Nintendo Switch
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (505 Games, Tue 25th June, $39.99) Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a gothic horror-action side-scrolling RPG set in 18th century England. A paranormal force has summoned a demon-infested castle, revealing crystal shards infused with tremendous magical power.
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (Activision, Fri 21st June, $39.99) Crash is back in the driver’s seat! Get ready to go fur-throttle with Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled. It’s the authentic CTR experience plus a whole lot more, now fully-remastered and revved up to the max.
Super Neptunia RPG (Idea Factory, Tue 25th June, $49.00) The self-proclaimed hero, Neptune, awakes in a familiar world, but has no recollection of anything other than her name. With the help of a mysterious girl named Chrome, as well as three other familiar faces beloved in the Neptunia series, Neptune embarks on a journey through the mysterious dimension to try to regain her memory. Read our Super Neptunia RPG review.
Switch eShop
My Friend Pedro (Devolver Digital, Today, $19.99) My Friend Pedro is a violent ballet about friendship, imagination, and one man’s struggle to obliterate anyone in his path at the behest of a sentient banana. The strategic use of split aiming, slow motion, and the ol’ stylish window breach create one sensational action sequence after another in an explosive battle through the violent underworld.
Arcade Archives POOYAN (HAMSTER, Thu 13th June, $7.99) POOYAN is a shooting game released by KONAMI in 1982. One day in the woods, Mama Pig takes up a bow and arrow to save her POOYAN (her kidnapped children) from the wolves. Use the bow and arrow to pop the balloons the wolves are riding down on. Throw meat (the wolves' favorite) to take down multiple wolves for a bonus score!
Azuran Tales: TRIALS (Tiny Trinket Games, Mon 24th June, $12.99) Armies of undead, flying sharks and the price of immortality. Azuran Tales: Trials is a brutal platformer with RPG elements, challenging combat and merciless enemies. Journey across the World of Azuran as you discover its beautiful levels, expansive lore and unravel the mystery of Magrath.
Blade II - The Return Of Evil (ACTION SQUARE CO., LTD, Wed 19th June, $25.00) Brace yourself for the ultimate action! The shadow of evil looms over the peaceful realm of Elysium once more. The Destiny of Light calls upon you to become the savior of Elysium. Play your role as Gladiator, Assassin, Wizard, and Fighter to avenge the innocent and bring an end to the tragedy for good.
Boxing Champs (Raz Games, Today, $14.50) More than just a boxing game, Boxing Champs mixes fast and fun top down arcade graphics and animations and mixes it with simulated game-play to give the real feel of boxing. Feel every punch with full punch control using the Right Stick. Start swinging away and challenge friends in multiplayer, or make history by moving up the ranks in career mode to become the undisputed world champion.
Captain Cat (Hidden Trap, Fri 21st June, $6.99) Captain Cat travels the seven seas in his boat, using his anchor as a hook to fish for the delights and treasures hiding at the bottom of the sea. But navigating the depths of unknown waters is never easy, there are many mysterious dangers to face along the way. Can Captain Cat overcome them to catch enough fish to satisfy his hunger?
Cybarian: The Time Travelling Warrior (Ratalaika Games, Fri 21st June, $4.99) Drawing inspiration from old school platformers, Cybarian: The Time Travelling Warrior is an arcade title with some beat ‘em up gameplay qualities. Across four levels, players must take control of Cybarian, a warrior who discovers the Sword of Ages and gets transported to a cyberpunk future.
Deer Drive Legends (Maximum Games, Fri 14th June, $19.99) Show those bucks what you’re made of. Take out the biggest and most vicious animals of the wild in this high caliber action fest! But be careful, or dangerous animals like grizzly bears and moose will be taking YOU out!
Duke of Defense (Hitcents, Today, $14.99) STORY Duke of Defense is a playful action-based tower defense game brimming with ample humor, cheeky villagers, egotistical wizards, and jaunty adventure. Build, roll, and slash your way through waves upon waves of goblins, ogres, golems, and more!
Forest Home (NextGen Reality, Today, $14.99) Draw colorful paths that grow right beneath your finger to lead the forest critters to safety. Avoid obstacles, navigate bridges, and collect food in this cute & challenging puzzler. Just watch out for the mischievous goblin!
Mainlining (Merge Games, Today, $14.99) Mainlining is a thrilling point and click hacking adventure that mixes dark and dry humour with a gripping narrative that will have you hooked from the very first case.
Miner Warfare (Heartbit, Fri 21st June, $7.99) Are you ready for this 8 player local multiplayer bonanza? Miner Warfare is a frantic 2D multiplayer arcade game. Up to 8 miners have to dig their way through dirt blocks and other miners' face to be the wealthiest gold digger at the end of the match!
Muse Dash (X.D. Network, Today, $29.99) Come and fix the world score tampered with by the mirror code with three heroines! This is a world of the perfect combination of a traditional music game and a cool parkour game - Muse Dash!
Queen's Quest 3: The End of Dawn (Today, $14.99) Eliana has always been a child of mystery. Found on the doorstep of the prestigious Zora Academy of Alchemy, she became a very promising young student by the age of 16. In order to complete her training, she is being sent on a dangerous mission to retrieve a powerful artifact.
Rolling Gunner (mebius., Today, $19.99) With its reliance on BAC, humanity had forgotten how to operate even basic transportation, let alone weapons. After the attacks from BAC and the subsequent social chaos, the human population was reduced by half.
Scrap (Ultimate Games, Fri 21st June, $4.99) Jump faster and learn new sequences to discover the way forward. But it's not gonna be easy, since each level is harder than the previous one and SCRAP keeps getting faster.
Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis (Koch Media, Today, $14.99) Nina and Max return in the follow-up of the Secret Files hit-series.
Slender: The Arrival (Blue Isle Studios, Today, $9.99) You're on your own. No one to come for you. No one to help you. No one to hear you scream. Slender: The Arrival is the official video game adaptation of Slender Man, re-created from Mark Hadley's original nerve-shattering sensation. Developed by Blue Isle Studios, The Arrival features a brand new storyline, improved visuals, great replay value, and most importantly, survival horror at its best.
The Childs Sight (Forever Entertainment, Today, $4.49) Slowly unraveling the story of what happened to you, while lying in the crib unaware and innocent. With every minute as you explore you will remember more. Horrors will become real and clear. Was it just fear of the unknown that haunts you or is it more?
We. The Revolution (Klabater, Tue 25th June, $19.99) We. The Revolution is a unique game with a singular art style set in the blood-soaked and paranoid world of the French Revolution, where often you could not tell a friend from an enemy.
ZOMB (Sabec, Fri 21st June, $9.99) ZOMB is a first-person shooter game where the player must survive and save the World from Zombies. ZOMB is single player campaign game that will test your combat skills to the limit.
Activities
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Nintendo eShop Sales
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So that's your lot for this week's North American Nintendo Download. Go on, be a sport and drop a vote in the poll above, and comment below with your hot picks!
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My Friend Pedro. Keanu Reeves should be in this game, it's a mix of Matrix and John Wick.
Pooyan, huh? I only ever played the Atari 2600 version which wasn't very good if I remember correctly (that was a LONG time ago!). But from what I see of the arcade game version I may give it a try.
I’m always surprised at the premium price of Neptunia games considering they always look and feel like previous gen games. This one might be different.
Also tried to look up Blade II...... those damn Asian developers put the most useless screenshots. They cover any actual gameplay with giant art so you can’t actually see what the game is like. Interest gone.
Where is Catan?
Already pre loaded My Friend Pedro. I'm planning on getting Crash Racing as well. I was planning on getting Bloodstained, but so far I haven't been hearing very positive things about the Switch version.
Super Neptunia RPG if I find a copy while I'm out next week and come across it while shopping. I plan to get that one physically instead of digitally. Been playing Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;birth 1, and I love it, so I'm looking forward to this one more.
Nothing for me this week.
I'm waiting for Scrap Rush!!
@konbinilife A lot of mobile titles do this and I don't know why. Maybe they use it as a ploy to get you to download it to actually see what it's about, but I just Nope right out of its store page when I see that.
Bloodstained is such a great game. Just like Castlevania Symphony of the Night. This Bloodstained is actually a bit better due you can grind items so you can make use of alchemy to create healing potions armour/weapons etc. Of course you need to speak to a certain NPC. But it makes it worth to collect items and soms drops are rare. I love this game very much. I hope there will be a next one. And hopefully a little stronger music. I know it's not cheap good music (as some said in interviews) but I hope they will find a way to blow us away
My Friend Pedro is securely backlogged, meanwhile Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is awaiting its GameFly release. My gamer life these days...
Nothing for me this week. I have too many games to play.
Well I already got Pooyan last week- not sure what today’s Hamster game is but meanwhile Bloodstained, Crash Racing and My friend Pedro for me! Maybe Rolling Gunner too!
@rdrunner1178 2600 version no comparison to the arcade game! You should consider it and as with most arcade games, it’s fun in short bursts! 😊
When are they going to get current with the Hamster weekly releases??
We got Pooyan last week.
Definitely getting Bloodstained, plotting on Blade II if I can find more info about the gameplay, and that's pretty much it.
Might get SEGA AGES' Sonic which is still half off from the birthday sale. Otherwise I need to work through my backlog this week.
There’s only one real Blade II, and it came out in 2002.
Pick up my crash copy tonight at 9 from GameStop and then Tuesday I get to pick up blood stain cannot wait
I pre-ordered CTR (Nitros Oxide Edition), but I went for the PS4 version because of exclusives and themes.
I'm playing my friend pedro already.
Watch out for Blade 2. I’ve experienced 2 crashes with it in the 1st hour of play. One, made the screen black, but still played the music. The other, just locked out in the equipment menu. It’s not a great looking game either. It’s graphics are a bit pixelated and bland. And, the frame rate is not a stable 30fps. It’s a hack and slash on rails. So if you like to explore, skip this one. The music is a bit too epic for its own good. The combat is ok, but some of the moves DO look cool. A gaming pet peeve Ive acquired over the years, no walking animation. You’re either standing still or running full tilt. I hate that. Also, no camera control. I’d give this game a 6 at this point. It needs a performance update, badly. Also, some of vocals are poorly sampled. The wizards’ ultimate peaks out and sounds scratchy. All said, this game should be $14 bucks not $25. At $14 I’d be a lot more forgiving. Be wary buyers, this is not $25 bucks well spent
I saw a gameplay video of Pedro and it looks awesome but I’m waiting to read more about it before I commit.
Awe yeah!
Oh... it's NOT that?
Cybarian should've been Cybrarian, about a time traveling librarian death robot.
Saw the picture and thought, “Soul Calibur 5? That’s unexpected!”
Bloodstained is too pricey for my blood. Particularly as an Indie title. I'll wait for as ale on that
I’m not buying anything until Mario Maker 2 arrives. And that game just starts a long summer of endless purchases and games to play. I think I’m ready!
Ok Wild Western is today’s Hamster game from Taito- i might bite!
Bloodstained now, my friend pedro when it gets on sale. I'm thinking of getting bloodstained on my ps4, cause... Too many games con my switch that my ps4 pro is gathering dust (although sekiro & nioh are on my backlog)..... Oh, Gamers problems this days.
CTR tomorrow. Bloodstained ritual of the night and Super Mario maker 2 next week. I also grabbed a copy of Bloodstained curse of the moon last week (physical) thanks Best Buy.
Ooh! Pooyan! I loved Pooyan! Don't know if I still love Pooyan, but I'll put down 8 bucks to find out!
Waiting for my bloodstained Kickstarter code and neptunia pre-order.
Nice! Going into 3 months with a New Switch game I want on each
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night for me this month. Combining it with Judgment for Home
Love it when my combo actually works.
Crash and possibly bloodstained
I'll be putting every scrap of available money toward Mario Maker 2, so nothing for me this week!
Just saw Catan is on the eShop right now for $19.99. Says it has Seafarers and online multiplayer!! Really hoping this gets a review soon so I know whether the multiplayer is implemented well here.
@rdrunner1178 Perhaps they should of just left it in the past hey, just now Pong will b hitting the eshop, but the question is do we really need 2 resurrect every game from 25 years ago, it's starting 2 become tiring about now...its just a lazy way 2 make a few dollars.
@Mando44646 I have to ask as I don't really get this mentality, what does being an indie have to do with anything? A $40 dollar price tag for a fun game with lots of content sounds totally fair, what difference does it make who made it?
@Platinumhobo Indie vs "AAA" insinuates a level of financial investment. Assassin's Creed being $60 makes sense because those games are made by several teams comprising hundreds of people. Whereas most Indies are commonly made by teams of 2-20ish, from what I've seen. Though I admit, I do not know the size of this specific developer.
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