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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!

Switch eShop - Highlights

Chocobo GP (Square Enix, 10th Mar, $49.99) - Get ready for a new racing experience exclusive for Nintendo Switch! Race as familiar FINAL FANTASY characters like Chocobo and Gilgamesh using special character abilities and Magicites to speed past the competition. Engine customization options will also be available, as well as local and online multiplayer. Up to 64 players can compete in a bracket-style tournament to determine the racing champion! - Read our Chocobo GP review

Aztech Forgotten Gods (Lienzo, 10th Mar, $29.99) - If you’re looking for a grand adventure inspired by Aztec mythology, look no further than Aztech Forgotten Gods from Mexican studio Lienzo. Gain powerful arm upgrades, traverse different areas within an advanced Mesoamerican metropolis and encounter all sorts of characters to uncover ancient secrets. - Read our Aztech Forgotten Gods review

Phantom Breaker: Omnia (Rocket Panda Games, 15th Mar, $39.99) - In this massive update to the 2D anime fighter Phantom Breaker: Extra, a mysterious man named Phantom works from the shadows in Tokyo to lure powerful fighters driven by strong desires into perpetual battle against one another. In order to make their wishes come true, these “Duelists” must wield their weapons known as F.A.s (Fu-mension Artifacts) and defeat their opponents. As their intense clashes shake the fabric of space-time itself, questions abound.

.hack//G.U. Last Recode (Bandai Namco, 11th Mar, $49.99) - Log back into the .hack//G.U., an exciting action-RPG series that is now on Nintendo Switch! This collection includes all 4 .hack//G.U. titles (Rebirth, Reminisce, Redemption and Reconnection) in one integrated experience. Immerse yourself in “The World,” a VRMMORPG filled with monsters, magic and chaos. Journey to the mysterious online world of .hack and experience an RPG like never before!

The Cruel King and the Great Hero (NIS America, 15th Mar, $29.99) - Join an intrepid girl on her many adventures as she strives to become a hero with the help of her mighty dragon protector. Along the way, meet new friends, collect items and help folks from all walks of life! Discover a heartwarming tale of kindness, companionship and family in a gorgeous hand-drawn world.

GRAND MOUNTAIN ADVENTURE WONDERLANDS (Microids, 10th Mar, $34.99) - GRAND MOUNTAIN ADVENTURE: WONDERLANDS lets you freely explore entire ski resorts and the surrounding mountains. Unlock ski lifts and reach new areas by competing in challenges, or enjoy the scenery while you find your own path down the mountains. Fancy having fun with your friends? Go on and play in local multiplayer up to four players. The choice is yours!

Switch eShop - New Releases

12 Labours of Hercules V: Kids of Hellas (JetDogs, 2nd Mar, $7.99) - The peaceful living of Hercules and Megara is interrupted by mighty god of war, Ares. He asks Hercules to help him conquer the world by leading the great army. As soon as Hercules declines, Ares finds a way to avenge. By using the enchanted toys, he zombifies the kids of Hellas so they will follow the god's commands and become his warriors.

ABC Match with Me (Prison, 4th Mar, $9.99) - A great introduction to puzzle games for your child that develops logical thinking, problem solving and many other skills from early childhood! Smart interface designed in a child-friendly style will allow your child to enjoy the game as soon as they start it!

Ancient Islands (10th Mar, $12.49) - This game covers a lot of unique strategies and combination in order to defend the village. Build not only the defense towers but also other facilities inside your settlement.
Place woodcutter's huts near the forest to gather wood, then build a marketplace to exchange it for stone.

Arcade Archives DRAGON SPIRIT (HAMSTER, 3rd Mar, $7.99) - "DRAGON SPIRIT" is a shooting game released by NAMCO in 1987. Control "Amul," a hero who's been transformed into the Blue Dragon, and save Princess "Alicia" of Midgard who was taken by the dark lord "Zawell." Battle enemies on the ground and in the air, and use power-up items to progress through the areas.

Ashwalkers (Plug In Digital, 10th Mar, $19.99) - Face the dark corners of your humanity and find out what lurks in the shadows. The non-linear story challenges players to make meaningful choices in complex moral dilemmas.

Buck Bradley Comic Adventure (RedDeerGames, 4th Mar, $6.99) - WELCOME TO TERRASTRAMBABuck Bradley: Comic Adventure takes place in the world of Terrastramba - a post-apo style country, destroyed by toxic pollution, that changes people into mutants. Your friend (or maybe more than just a friend? ) Ciroki transforms into a little monster by a pink cloud… Yes, you read that right, a pink cloud. As a not-so-great Buck you're on a quest to bring her back to human form. REAL BRAIN TEASEROn your way, you will have to solve many unusual puzzles, full of quirky but funny jokes! Terrastramba is full of bizarre characters and hilarious situations. And the riddles require you to move your head, feel the situation and sometimes think outside the box! After all, this is the world of comics! Speaking of… LIVING COMIC BOOKBuck Bradley's comic book styled world features wonderful drawings, combined with a fantastically created world.

Chex Quest HD (11th Mar, $4.99) - Travel to the remote planet of Bazoik to free galactic citizens from the evil cereal-eating Flemoids! Chex Quest HD is a modern, multiplayer remake of the classic 1996 FPS advergame of the same name.

Cosmos Bit (Ratalaika Games, 11th Mar) - Play as the heroic space warrior Stella Mironova and explore a world filled with excitement and danger. In Cosmos Bit, you'll relive the 8-bit era charm again in a game that draws inspiration from classic platform action exploration titles of the 1980s and 1990s.

Crossroad Simulator (Megame, 5th Mar, $9.99) - Crossroad Simulator — a fun junction simulator. Operate traffic lights to control the flow of city traffic and help pedestrians cross intersections. Be careful, otherwise everything will turn into chaos! Complete various tasks — from the simplest with two roads and cars, to the most difficult with a large number of roads and special transport.

Cyber Fight (Ultimate Games, 13th Mar, $6.99) - Play one of the undercover agents to track down and stop the terrorist called Dex. But first you need to take back control of the cities, defeat and clear the city
streets from Dex's followers. Prepare your fists and let the fight begin!!!

Dungeon Color (QUByte Interactive, 10th Mar, $3.99) - Dungeon Color is a top-down puzzle game, where you switch between flames in order to achieve the rainbow flame in each room. Interact with colors and Switch between flames to match each door. Every door only opens when you are with its respective color. Many obstacles! Every obstacle changes the way you look at the entire room, so be careful with where you touch and melt your brain finding new solutions. Get to the rainbow flame!

Frightence (Playstige Interactive, 10th Mar, $5.99) - Frighthence is a short, intense first-person horror experience. You are the janitor who works at the infamous Apartment #17, which is the seed of many eeire tales and bloodcurdling urban legends. . . The apartment recently got an eviction notice and tonight, you must check every resident’s flat to make sure that everybody has left. Soon you will realize that things are not the way they seem in this dreadful apartment…

Handball Pelota (Pix Arts, 5th Mar, $4.99) - Discover the famous hand ball pelota game. If you know pelota, you'll enjoy a realistic still very playable simulation of this sport. If not, you'll very quickly get graps of this game where you hit ball with hand towards a fronton and try to keep it away for your opponent.

Hotel Transylvania: Scary-Tale Adventures (Outright Games, 11th Mar, $39.99) - Take control of Drac and Mavis and play through unique worlds with their own spooky spin, including Little Red Riding Hood, The Emperor’s New Clothes and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. Faced with fearsome foes and fiendish puzzles, you must brave your way through and utilize your special abilities to dash, glide and jump through these spook-tacular storybook worlds.

Knight’s Try (Diplodocus Games, 4th Mar, $9.99) - Knight's Try is a difficult 64 bit styled platforming game. Take on the role of an honorable Knight of Trye attempting to complete their sacred trial by leaping through a world full of perilous pitfalls and dangerous traps!

MacGuffin’s Curse (Brawsome, 15th Mar, $9.99) - Help Lucas MacGuffin (magician turned thief turned werewolf) sneak and smash his way through this fiendishly addictive comedy-puzzle-adventure for. Winner of the Freeplay Award for Best Game Writing! With hilarious dialogue, charming hand-drawn art and huge replay value, it's perfect for seasoned adventurers and casual gamers alike.

Move or Die: Unleashed (Those Awesome Guys, 10th Mar, $14.99) - 20-second rounds, constantly changing mechanics and A LOT of yelling. These are the keywords that perfectly describe Move or Die: Unleashed, the 4-player friendship ruining party game where rules change every single round. Play against your friends on the same couch, challenge players from all around the world in online matches or pretend to practice offline with AI bots.

Offroad Night Racing (Pixelmob, 4th Mar, $12.99) - Begin your adventure in the wilds today! This new and exciting offroad driving game lets you prove yourself in the rough terrain, driving and completing multiple different tasks!

Om Nom: Coloring, Toons & Puzzle (11th Mar, $3.99) - Join Om Nom in fun learning: WATCH 1 season with 11 episodes of Toons where Om Nom arrives at the house and explores it in a series of adventures. FILL 23 pictures of Nommies using various tools and colors. DRAW on 18 whiteboards to express your own creative ideas. ASSEMBLE 11 jigsaw puzzles with your favorite monster with a sweet tooth, 6-150 pieces each

Pocket Slimes (Ultimate Games, 10th Mar, $9.99) - Play as one of the available Slimes and explore interesting and beautiful paths in various biomes that you need to make bright again. Be careful and adapt to the new mechanics in each world! Each step matter, so think through your next move in order to get DIAMOND score! Get to know the way and optimize your pathing for the least possible moves! Take your favourite Slime and complete challenging routes to unlock fun and unique skins, as well as other biomes! Don't forget to bring your friend with you and compete within special modes for TWO players!

Potato Flowers in Full Bloom (PLAYISM, 10th Mar, $17.99) - Play as part of an expedition crew looking for knowledge and magic items. Seeking special crop seeds that were left in a labyrinth by alchemists, your crew has travelled to a rustic island. These seeds are special in that they are said to grow in contaminated soil, which is a problem that has long plagued humanity. Setting up a base camp in a ruined town and led by the expedition chief, the player will enter the labyrinth time and time again in an attempt to reach the lowest level where the seeds are said to be stored.

Racing Xtreme: Fast Rally Driver 3D (T-Bull, 2nd Mar, $7.99) - Get the respect you deserve from your unstoppable rivals and race in your abandoned homeland! Features:– Pick from 30 extreme post-apocalyptic cars! – Discover different car classes: buggies, 4x4 off-roaders, SUVs, jeeps, sports cars, funny cars, and dragsters!

REPUBLIQUE: Anniversary Edition (10th Mar, $14.99) - You receive a call from Hope, a woman trapped inside a secret totalitarian state, Metamorphosis. By hacking into the nation's elaborate surveillance network, help Hope escape from a web of danger and deception. Use security systems, distract guards, solve intricate puzzles, find hidden secrets, and intercept conversations from a wide cast of characters voiced by renowned actors including Rena Strober (Fire Emblem), Jennifer Hale (Mass Effect), David Hayter (Metal Gear Solid), and Dwight Schultz (Marvel’s Spider-Man).

Retro Pixel Racers (JanduSoft, 10th Mar, $9.99) - Retro Pixel Racers is a fun top-down arcade racing game with a retro style graphics where you control of little cars racing over exciting tracks. Start your engines and prepare for the craziest and most addictive racing game ever. Fast-paced racing game with a fresh interpretation of the 16-bit style. This is an arcade racing game based on games that I loved playing in the arcades growing up. You could say it's inspired by those games, maybe a tribute to them or simply a rip off, any of these could be true!

Secret Kiss is Sweet and Tender (iMel, 11th Mar, $8.54) - This is an Adventure Game portraying love between young women. At a girls-only high school, a student teacher is suddenly kissed by a student. They then live In the same student dormitory. This is the love story of two girls that starts with a kiss.

Simple Mini Golf - (Kistler Studios, 1st Mar, $3.49) - Simple Mini Golf is a simple 2D top down mini golf game playable up to 8 players. You can chose between 9 holes and a 18 hole track with a total of 45 holes in 3 nine hole tracks and one 18 hole track. Play with your friends from two up to 8 players. Just minigolf but so good and fun! Can you play all holes par?

Slide Stories: Neko’s Journey (Silesia Games, 10th Mar, $2.99) - It is a relaxing and charming slide puzzle with graphic novel elements in which a cat, Neko, travels with its owner, Nina, to lovely places.

Splash Cars (eastasiasoft, 9th Mar, $6.99) - Bring color to a boring grey world as you drive your heart out and leave a brilliant trail of paint in your wake! Splash Cars is an isometric 3D driving game where you’ll race for freedom of expression, outrunning the authorities and inspiring other public servants to join your cause. Start each race in a drab isometric neighborhood, rev your engines and get rolling!

SUPER ZANGYURA (Mediascape, 2nd Mar, $19.99) - The fearless Maid, morning star in hand, marches ever rightwards through the ancient castle! Obliterating the weird and/or ghoulish foes blocking her path to the deepest chambers, what she finds waiting for her must be seen to be believed!

Syndrome (Red Deer Games, 11th Mar, $24.99) - You wake up from cryosleep on "Valkenburg" - the most advanced science space station in the “Novacore”. The ship appears to be abandoned, but suddenly you hear a voice on the communicator that makes you aware of the situation. Something from the abyss of space is kidnapping and killing the people on the ship. And it doesn't stop hunting.

The Last Cube (10th Mar, $19.99) - Venture through six unique areas of the cube-world and overcome three-dimensional brain-teasers in this upcoming puzzle adventure game. You, the Last Cube, were awakened for a purpose—save this peculiar world from collapsing by solving puzzle tracks left by your ancestors.

Time Blazer (Dynamic Voltage Games, 10th Mar, $14.99) - An unknown force in the galaxy is literally eating planets! As it travels through the galaxy, planets in its path begin to panic. A plan to nuke the anomaly goes into action - and it works, but at a cost. As it implodes, it scatters dangerous debris across the galaxy. The Time Blazers are called in for cleanup duty. You'll blast your way through dozens of levels in pulse-pounding arcade action as you fight off a seemingly infinite onslaught of space debris.

Time Loader (Meta Publishing, 10th Mar, $14.99) - Time Loader is a story-driven, physics-based puzzle platformer with a twist. At the helm of a small robot, you’ll travel back to the 90s to prevent a tragic accident. Explore the house of your creator, solve brain-teasing puzzles, acquire unique and powerful upgrades, and see common household items from an entirely new perspective! But remember: meddling with time has serious consequences. You may succeed in changing the past, but can you deal with the result of your actions?

Two Hundred Ways (Sunlight Games, 11th Mar, $11.99) - Two Hundred Ways, the sequel of the successful brain teaser One Hundred Ways, gives puzzle fans twice as many mental challenges to overcome. The mission of each of its 200 levels sounds easy: guide one or more balls to the exit. But levels with up to three different layers and numerous ball traps don't make this task a walk in the park. Luckily, players can use dozens of tools to help them reach their goal - but using more tools means that their level score will go down. . .

Words With Freds (Mokuzai Studio, 3rd Mar, $1.00) - Words With Freds is a simple word game where you must guess the randomly picked word within six tries. Every wrong guess will give you hints that will guide you to the answer!

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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!