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
NBA 2K20 (2K Games, Fri 6th September, $59.99) NBA 2K has evolved into much more than a basketball simulation. 2K continues to redefine what’s possible in sports gaming with NBA 2K20, featuring best in class graphics & gameplay, groundbreaking game modes, and unparalleled player control and customization. Plus, with its immersive open-world Neighborhood, NBA 2K20 is a platform for gamers and ballers to come together and create what’s next in basketball culture.
Gun Gun Pixies (PQube, Tue 10th September, $49.99) Save the world! - When their home planet Pandemo comes under attack, Usamaeru and Kamerieru travel to earth to study humans and learn enough to save their home.
Switch eShop
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition (Larian Studios, Wed 4th September, $49.99) The battle for Divinity has begun. Choose wisely and trust sparingly; darkness lurks within every heart. Master deep, tactical combat. Join up to 3 other players - but know that only one of you will have the chance to become a God.
Deadly Premonition: Origins (TOYBOX, Wed 4th September, $29.99) A mysterious serial murder occurs in Greenvale, a small town in North America surrounded by beautiful nature. FBI agent York sets out with his "friend" Zach to face the case. Spend time with the town-people, soak your self into nature and truth will gradually become clear. When you finally get to the truth, you'll find yourself difficult to leave Greenvale.
Super Kirby Clash (Nintendo, Wed 4th September, Free) To defeat bosses this wicked, it’ll take a whole team of Kirbys! In this free-to-start multiplayer action game, you can choose from four unique Roles and join up to three other players to take down tough bosses. Puff up your power by crafting weapons and spending materials at the shop to receive even MORE weapons, not to mention armor and items.
Creature In The Well (Flight School Studio, Fri 6th September, $14.99) Creature in the Well is a top-down, pinball-inspired, hack-and-slash dungeon crawler. As the last remaining BOT-C unit, venture deep into a desert mountain to restore power to an ancient facility, haunted by a desperate Creature. Uncover and upgrade powerful gear in order to free the city of Mirage from a deadly sandstorm.
Risk of Rain 2 (Gearbox Publishing, Fri 30th August, $29.99) No run will ever be the same with randomized stages, enemies, bosses, and items. Play solo, or team up with up to four friends to fight through hordes of monsters, unlock new loot, and find a way to escape the planet. Additional survivors, stages, items, enemies, and features are still in active development and will be added in multiple free content updates.
Blasphemous (Team17, Tue 10th September, $24.99) A foul curse has fallen upon the land of Cvstodia and all its inhabitants - it is simply known as The Miracle. Play as The Penitent One - a sole survivor of the massacre of the ‘Silent Sorrow’. Trapped in an endless cycle of death and rebirth, it’s down to you to free the world from this terrible fate and reach the origin of your anguish.
Arcade Archives Pinball (HAMSTER, Fri 30th August, $7.99) "Pinball" is a pinball game released by Nintendo in 1984. The rules are simple even for beginners: try to gain points without losing the ball. However, with various tricks and features, the game offers a depth that even experts can enjoy.
Asdivine Menace (KEMCO, Today, $12.99) A century after the events of Asdivine Dios, peace has finally settled in. That is, until a visitor from another world suddenly shows up proclaiming the entire universe is about to be destroyed. Hearing this, Izayoi sets off in an attempt to reverse this seemingly pronounced fate with a trio of very idiosyncratic spirits as they criss-cross four worlds in search of an answer.
Battle Supremacy - Ground Assault (Atypical Games, Today, $19.99) Battle Supremacy - Ground Assault features huge content - never-ending lines of modern combat vehicles, huge environments with realistic weather, online multiplayer and countless single-player missions and drills.
Bulletstorm: Duke of Switch Edition (Gearbox Publishing, Fri 30th August, $29.99) Step into the boots of Grayson Hunt, an exiled member of the elite assassin group Dead Echo, after a battle with his former general sends them both crash landing on the abandoned resort planet of Stygia. Read our Bulletstorm review.
Final Fantasy VIII Remastered (Square Enix, Tue 3rd September, $19.99) It is a time of war. The Republic of Galbadia, under the influence of the sorceress Edea, mobilises its great armies against the other nations of the world. Read our Final Fantasy VIII Remastered review.
Gnomes Garden: Lost King (8Floor Games, Today, $9.99) The princess of our fairytale kingdom grew up and got married long ago. But one day, her beloved husband went hunting and didn’t come back. He disappeared with his whole retinue. Where did he go? Go on an adventure through a world of secrets and mystical creatures in this exciting casual fantasy strategy game, Gnomes Garden.
Headliner: NoviNews (Unbound Creations, Today, $13.99) A stack of news article sits on your desk, two stampers on each side - green to approve, red to reject. Your reporting team is hacking away in the background as corporate music plays through the loudspeaker.
Himno (Ratalaika Games, Fri 6th September, $4.99) Himno is a non-violent, no death platformer. Use wall-jumps, slides & dashes to reach new heights in randomly generated maps! Using intuitive and easy to learn controls, parkour through each map to overcome platforming challenges to reach new districts.
Hopping girl KOHANE Jumping Kingdom: Princess of the Black Rabbit (D-O Corporation, Thu 29th August, $19.99) This game is an action-puzzle game that the player operates Kohane who rides pogo-stick to aim for a goal. You can enjoy a full-fledged action, even with a simple operation with one hand's thumb. The important point of the game is magic stamps with various effects. Let's step on the magic stamps well and aim for a high score.
Hyperforma (HeroCraft, Today, $9.99) Hyperforma is a captivating story about a lone explorer who makes his journey into the relic cyberspace "Ancient Network", an artefact of a mysteriously vanished civilization of the past, hoping to reveal the secrets of its masters.
If My Heart Had Wings (MoeNovel, Today, $19.99) Aoi Minase returns with shattered dreams to his wind-swept hometown of Kazegaura. There, atop a hill lined with wind turbines, he encounters a wheelchair-bound girl, Kotori Habane, and a beautiful, white glider soaring through the sky. Together, they decide to revive their school's defunct Soaring Club in order to ride the "Morning Glory", a phantom cloud carried on the wind that blows across Kazegaura. This is a tale of youth, a tale of boys and girls who loved the sky.
Just Black Jack (Run-Down Games, Wed 4th September, $1.99) Feel lucky today? Place a bet, get more points than the dealer and win chips. Enjoy BlackJack 21 - Vegas Casino without risking your money and become a Professional Blackjack Player.
Obakeidoro! (FREE STYLE, Thu 29th August, $19.99) A thrilling, heart-pounding struggle! Humans have 3 minutes to work together to get away from the Monster! Playing as the Monster, you'll have to utilize your skills to catch the Humans! Play Bogeyrun! online or offline with up to 4 players.
Pocket Clothier (Kairosoft, Today, $12.00) Ever wanted to run your own clothing store? Now you can! Let your inner fashionista flower as you cultivate a quaint corner shop into a world-class super brand! Position mannequins, run promotions, even set up an in-store crepe stand.
Remothered: Tormented Fathers (Darril Arts, Fri 6th September, $29.99) Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror video game. A game by Darril Arts, directed by Chris Darril, developed by Stormind Games. Psychology plays a huge role within the game: heroes and enemies are atypical and the line between good and evil is blurred.
River City Girls (WayForward, Today, $29.99) There's trouble once again on the mean streets of River City, but this time the boys are in over their heads! In this all-new entry in the legendary beat-'em-up series, hot-blooded heroes Kunio and Riki have been captured, leaving it to their hard-hitting girlfriends, Kyoko and Misako, to serve up some payback. Read our River City Girls review.
SpaceColorsRunner (Arach Games, Fri 30th August, $5.99) SpaceColorsRunner is an Arcade game in which you have to be extremely vigilant! Cosmos, a distant galaxy, colorful planets and dangerous obstacles. You start the game with one of the top 10 starships in the galaxy.
Space Cows (QubicGames, Today, $12.99) Space Cows is a cheesy twin-stick shooter featuring weaponized toilet plunger and intense zero gravity combat. Shoot, dash and wobble in slow motion to save cows and lay vengeance upon an evil corporation. Crazy combat: Armed with a toilet plunger move your naked butt and whack 2165 mootants.
Spice and Wolf VR (Gemdrops, Today, $24.99) -Story- Kraft Lawrence is a travelling merchant who meets Holo, a beautiful woman who can transform into a wolf. As they travel together they face many hardships, such as having to walk in the rain. In order to avoid the sudden downpour, Holo and Lawrence take shelter in an old, abandoned water mill in the woods.
Star-Crossed Myth - The Department of Punishments (Voltage, Thu 29th August, $29.99) The Story: Your days are dreamless and mundane until, one night, you notice a star sparkling in the heavens. Suddenly, the beautiful gods of the stars appear before you. Their goal? To erase their sins.
Star-Crossed Myth - The Department of Wishes (Voltage, Thu 29th August, $29.99) The Story: Your days are dreamless and mundane until, one night, you notice a star sparkling in the heavens. Suddenly, the beautiful gods of the stars appear before you. Their goal? To erase their sins. This exquisite, heartrending true love…all began with a sin.
Super Jumpy Ball (Casual Games, Fri 6th September, $4.99) Super Jumpy Ball is a simple & fun 2D platform game for 1-8 players, inspired by retro platformers. Faced with clever level design and challenging obstacles, players must find their way through each level while bouncing, wall jumping, avoiding spikes and spike balls.
The Battle Of Mahjong (Kusone Studio, Today, $9.99) “The Battle Of Mahjong” is the best longan game, players can know more about the quintessence of Chinese culture and the fun of mahjong through the challenges from the game. Every mission has certain connections, once you've won all the battles, the hidden characters and different functions are waiting for you!
The Long Journey Home (Daedalic Entertainment GmbH, Wed 4th September, $29.99) There are a million worlds in the galaxy. Only one of them is Home. It was supposed to be a short test run – a quick flight to Alpha Centauri and back. But when mankind’s first experimental jump drive goes wrong, you and your crew find yourselves trapped on the wrong side of the galaxy.
Throne Quest Deluxe (Valorware, Wed 11th September, $5.99) Throne Quest Deluxe is a seem-less open-world Action Role Playing Game (ARPG). Delve into an adventurous world full of dungeons and crypts, fighting many types of vicious monsters and search for huge amounts of loot.
Wand Wars (Moonradish Inc., Mon 2nd September, $19.99) Wand Wars is a fast-paced, top-down, magical sports game. Players ride brooms over ancient arenas, cast arcane spells and turn opponents into adorable chickens. Try to control a powerful magical sphere that bounces around the arena, increasing in speed and size over time.
Wuppo: Definitive Edition (Soedesco, Today, $14.99) After losing its home, one lonely Wum must travel the length and width of the world to find a new place to live. From the metropolitan haven Popocity to the cavernous Bliekopolis, our Wum will discover magical places and encounter strange creatures.
Switch Demos
DAEMON X MACHINA Prologue Demo – This new action-mech game launches on Sept. 13, but players that want to take those powerful mechs for a spin can now try out the free demo version of the game. In the Prologue demo, players will pilot their mechs through the beginning of the game, and all progress earned will carry over to the main game, once purchased. A key feature of the demo is the ability to play in local co-op mode with up to four players (additional accessories may be required for multiplayer mode; sold separately).
Nintendo Switch Online
Super Nintendo Entertainment System – Nintendo Switch Online – Super NES games are now on Nintendo Switch – and they are free for anyone who has a Nintendo Switch Online membership!
- Super Mario World
- Super Mario Kart
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
- Super Metroid
- Stunt Race FX (Available for the first time since its original Super NES release)
- Kirby's Dream Land 3
- Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
- Star Fox
- F-ZERO
- Pilotwings
- Kirby's Dream Course
- BRAWL BROTHERS
- Breath of Fire
- Demon's Crest
- Joe & Mac 2: Lost in the Tropics
- SUPER E.D.F. EARTH DEFENSE FORCE
- Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts
- Super Puyo Puyo 2 (Available for the first time in the U.S.)
- Super Soccer (Available for the first time since its original Super NES release)
- Super Tennis (Available for the first time since its original Super NES release)
All of these Super NES games can be played with online functionality with Nintendo Switch Online, including multiplayer gameplay in select games and voice chat via the Nintendo Switch Online app. Suspend points and an easy-to-use Rewind feature that lets players replay sections of the game will also be available at launch. Additional Super NES games will be added to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System – Nintendo Switch Online collection in the future. To access the games, Nintendo Switch owners must have a membership to the Nintendo Switch Online service.
Nintendo eShop Sales
Check out the full list of deals available this week here.
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!
Comments (47)
Wow love Divinity 2 picture above
Downloaded Super Kirby Clash to play with my son who is super into Kirby lately, and definitely gonna get those SNES games.
D2, Creature in the Well, Blasphemous.
When do the SNES games go live i dont see the app in the store or on the switch online section
@KnightWolf .
I had a hard time finding them, too. Had to download Nintendo Entertainment System Switch Online then they are all there.
@KnightWolf Probably at 12 Noon Eastern when the usually eshop updates.
I want to try River City Girls, even with a growing backlog already. This might be the first week I do not get a retro Arcade release of some kind, video game pinball doesn't interest me. Of course there are the SNES games too.
Poor Daemon x Machina. Nobody seems to care about it anymore.
SNES game list looks the best. I wish Nintendo would keep making SNES style games. I prefer it over their 3D stuff. Well, at least since the N64. The N64 is awesome!
While I’m disappointed in the lack of rumble in Final Fantasy VIII Remastered, it has been a blast to play through again. Hope they add it in a patch.
Glad to see love for Divinity Original Sin 2 on the Switch.
Go on EA, keep spitting out lies about how no one wants your games on Switch. 🙄 There are tons of Multiplatform games on Switch that say otherwise.
So much...... stuff.
Is Hopping girl KOHANE a perv game?
But I just bought the amazing ARPG classic Torchlight 2...now the CRPG masterpiece Divinity 2?
Well, at least here I won't be double dipping...I played and loved Divinity Original Sin on PC, but never get around to playing Divinty OS2...
Money is a little tight right now, so I'll probably wait for a sale and give my backlog some love...I still have loads to do in Disgaea 5...which I also picked up on sale recently as my first introduction to a game in that series. (spoiler alert - it's fun!)
Downloaded Super Kirby Clash last night. Very happy to see this one show up, the 3DS version is my favorite free-to-play 3DS game. Also waiting for SNES Online to show up.
Nothing for me. I just nabbed Astral Chain and that game has me hooked. I'm hoping to be done with it or at least make enough progress that I can put it down for a while by the time DxM drops.
Anyone know what time the SNES Online will show up in PST?
Super Kirby Clash because it's free to start so why not. Waiting for the SNES games to go live. I'll hold out for the physical release of Deadly Premonition Origins.
Creature In The Well, and Snes games for me. Still making great progress in astral chain(on file 8). Trying to button it up soon so i can play creature in the well, and some snes games before links awakening and ori come out. Not to mention im eyeing jet kave and Sydney Hunter too this month. Might not have the money or time for everything..
I have my limited run River City Girls pre-ordered, I can't wait to get my hands on that one!!!
Super Kirby Clash. Happy they have online play as well so I can team up with others when my RL friends aren't around.
Snes NSO too with one Snes controller when it becomes available.
Fantastic week. I'm prepping myself for all that SNES goodness (and also mangling my Nintendo Online account to get the Japanese version), really digging Super Kirby Clash (I finally have a use for my ridiculous, amiibo collection), and just stoked for all the new stuff.
I'm drooling for a SNES controller. HEH HEH!
I think Super Soccer was re-released on the Japanese version of the SNES Mini. It (or one of its many Japanese sequels) might've been released on VC in Japan (being that it is a Human game, of which whoever owns their games (Spike Chunsoft?) had been busy re-releasing them.)
@OnBeingHuman Still waiting for it to show up in eastern standard time. it shows up at online shop link but all it says is "available sept 5th" no option to acquire yet
Super Kirby Clash has been a surprise for me (my clearance Amiibo cards are being tested tonight). SNES Nintendo Switch Online will probably push everything else aside for a while since there is a Super Metroid, Link to the Past, and Breath of Fire to dig into.
Since I never played Breath of Fire before, that one will probably take the most time. Going to go old school and attempt it without using the internet.
Eventually I'll get Bulletstorm and FFVIII. Not now though. Spyro will probably be my next buy.
I'd like to get Divinity: Original Sin 2, & FFVIII, but I have no money this week.
20 a year A YEAR!! for regular nes and SNES games? Nintendo online just got legit.
I'm buried under the avalanche of games! Send help.
time to start harvesting g e m a p p l e s
@GrailUK That's only if you don't have any friends. With 7 other friends, there are 8 of us on the family plan, we've only been paying 4.37 a year!
@DoomTurtle That's incredible. In a period where companies are fleecing folk, it's so amazing to see Nintendo have an "at no additional cost' strat. Just brilliant. I love this company.
@NintendoByNature Sorry to burden you with more choices, but have you seen Blasphemous yet? It’s a season of hard choices, but that one looks really promising. Like Bloodborne and Castlevania had a bloody beautiful baby.
Zero of this has a chance in hell for my time or money... a SNES ROM dump, Really? 🙄
That is OK. Loving Astral Chains (need to pick up FE again after) and it will be hard to get me out of our apartment after IceBorne hits tomorrow.
@NotTelevision dude! I Saw that and was definitely interested but i honestly don't think i can squeeze it in. I'm a huge castlevania fan too. More classic style over Metroidvania style but i do love metroidvania either way. Let me break it down for you so you can see the method of my" needing to be picky "madness this month.
Astral chain (I'm counting it as September) $50
Creature in the well- $13.50
Ori and the blind forest- $20 (?) Do we know yet? I think it was $20 elsewhere
Links awakening dreamer edition $70
That's $155, also add $20 for nso( honestly I might have to wait to resub due to the Games I want to play first and foremost)
Here's what else i want that i might just cave in and buy
Jet Kave $20 ( check this out of you love any kind of platformer) it looks like dkc with a new coat of paint plus action
Sydney Hunter $20 ( think zelda 2 meets Indiana Jones)
Castle crashers $15
There's prob others im forgetting. I forgot to ask, can i borrow some cash 😉 lol
I'm definitely replaying through Demon's Crest and probably Joe & Mac 2, love some of the more unique titles that are not as common or on SNES classic already. Other than that picking up FFVIII at some point, might hold off and grab it when it eventually gets some sort of discount though.
@NintendoByNature Oh yeah good call man. Creature in the Well I’ve also been keeping an eye on, as it looks like a really interesting concept.
I’ve beaten Ori, so not going to double dip on that one, but enjoyed it for the most part.
It’s going to be hard to pass on Castle Crashers at that price as well. It’s a really fun game and even better with friends over.
Thanks for letting me know about those other games. I think I’ve heard of Jet Kave on this site, but anything Donkey Kong I’m down for.
I’m getting Link’s Awakening as well. Going to be the next big one for me.
So yeah juggling all these games, the SNES ones, and Astral Chain...
I might just leave poor Link on the shelf for a while and awaken him in October . I never thought I’d say that, but I really want to give that game my 100% attention and not think about needing to divert my attention from it.
Btw, sorry I’m strapped for cash as well. 😅
@NotTelevision yea it's tough to sort out your for sures and your maybes when it's jam packed like this. Creature I preordered but if I could do it all over again, i wouldve waited for reviews. Plus there's other games that got announced for September after i preordered it..doh! Still looks good though. Hyper light drifter and pin ball is what i gather from it. Ori is day 1 as I never played it and I'm beyond hyped for it. So you had me raging when you said link was taking a back seat, but then you followed it up with you want to give it all the attention it deserves, so with that said, I'll allow it 😉. Full disclosure, I HAVE to give link a full 1 week pass (8 days actually). Links awakening drops on the 20th as you know, my birthday is the 28th, that's my gift from the wife and kids, so needless to say, you and I will have to watch everyone else gloat about how great the game is while we remained sidelined 😑. Now if I had to put these next three in order, it would be from most likely to purchase to least likely, it's Sydney Hunter, jet kave at 2 (only because im getting a similar game in yooka coming out a few weeks later), then castle crashers. I wanted spyro and contra but.....oh well. It'll have to wait. Part of me wants to fire up alttp for the 4th or 5th time tonight, but do i really need to with links awakening approaching? Prob not. Might want to play some super metroid though as I never finished it. Might give demons crest a look too. I'm so torn if i want to hold off on re-subbing or not. It's prob best to re-sub and save on the other games i wanted to buy and just play snes ones first until the other ones drop in price. Decisions are getting crazy these days.
Here we are after 4pm eastern, still not available. guess they meant a different september 5th, 2019 for SNES games
I know others have claimed to get it, but I definitely can't get it from switch itself or even web browser in store. in web browser i can at least pull it up, but it just says "available sept 5th" with no option to add. on switch, it cannot even be found (but everything else added sept 5th can be)
Since launch I bought a Nintendo Switch then sold in 6 months as I got bored with not many games I wanted, then I purchased again 10 months in and sold again as the games variety for me was underwhelming.
Now..... I purchased a switch again 3 months ago and I can say i will never be selling it again, I can’t believe how good the games library is now! I’m playing every day even a little without fail
I’m not sure what’s going on, but I can’t seem to access the snes games on the switch.
....So we're just pretending the Super Kirby Clash game doesn't exist then?
Are the snes games on yet? I couldn’t find them
@Johnnyfive same here
@NintendoByNature Ohh yeah. I have the same feeling about Lttp. I’ve already played through four Zelda games this year if I include Cadence of Hyrule. I don’t need to play LttP, but it may be hard not to.
I’ve never actually played Link’s Awakening so I want to go into it not knowing anything. What I’ll do is play the one on Switch and then go back and play the other on Gameboy. At my parent’s house is still the original Gameboy from 1989, just gotta go dig that one out of the closet.
Yeah man but Super Metroid. One of my favorite games. Don’t be afraid to use a guide to get through some parts if you’re stuck. I like the GBA ones a lot , but SM feels so unpredictable in comparison. It’s the most tense of the 2d games for sure.
Ohh yeah, happy early birthday. I had to work all day on mine, so hope you have a better one.
@NotTelevision alttp is in my top 5 zelda games. Links awakening is my 2nd favorite 2d zelda behind ALBW, you Will LOVE links awakening if you're a 2d zelda guy. It's so fluid and the map is nice and small but doesn't feel underwhelming. I've beaten the dx version 4 or 5 times and it never gets old. I have an og gameboy but i dont feel like spending the coin on an original cart. So i play it on 2ds. I'm actually jealous you're experiencing the remake as your first time with the game. Wish I could have that same feeling lol. Thanks for the bday wishes
Oh yea and for SM, i will use a guide. Not shy about that. I've beaten only 2 2d Metroids to date so I'm kinda a newbie
Just the SNES games for me this week.
Everybody should be getting Divinity Original Sin 2.
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