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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 eShop - New Releases

CRYSTAR (NIS America, 1st Apr, £44.99 / €49.99) - To atone for her sins, Rei must fight her way through Purgatory and save her fallen sister. Swap between a cast of four playable characters and unravel the truths and tragedies of their pasts. Turn your pain into power by summoning mighty Guardians to stand alongside you. And when overwhelmed with grief, draw strength from your tears to grow stronger. By overcoming the enemies around her, and the inner conflict within her, only then will Rei release herself from her own suffering.

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Switch eShop - New Releases

9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek (Artifex Mundi, 1st Apr, £13.49 / €14.99) - 9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek is an original hidden-object puzzle-adventure game, featuring a totally unique Detective Mode. This thrilling mystery merges elements of classical horror and gritty, 50’s-style noir. A paranormal private investigator is contacted by her friend, famous reporter Helen Hunter, whose voice sounds small and terrified in the voicemail. She is in the coastal town of Serpent Creek, and needs help immediately. But upon arriving in Serpent Creek, the detective finds no trace of Ms. Hunter. Weirder still is the fact the town’s streets are crawling with snakes, and the citizens seem to be sleepwalking through life. The ground shakes with violent tremors. When investigating Serpent Creek, the detective will perform true investigative work: finding clues and combining them to learn the secrets of every crime scene in the all new Detective Mode!

Aaron - The Little Detective (Asylum Square Interactive, 2nd Apr, £8.99 / €9.99) - Who doesn't love them? The small and detailed hidden object pictures that challenge children to find certain items. They have been proven to promote children's perception and language progression. Aaron - The Little Detective can be played by children of any age. Thanks to the voice output, even toddlers are able to explore the hidden object pictures on their own. They do not need to be able to read to have a sense of achievement. Concentration and attentiveness are taught in a playful way. Incidentally, a study conducted by the Singapore Technological University proved the fact that hidden object games increase the understanding of spatial perception in memory. In addition, visual search skills were noticeably improved. The game can also be used to support language learning. Simply select the desired language in the settings and start playing. What are you waiting for? Family fun for young and old.

Agent Intercept (PikPok, 30th Mar, £16.99 / €19.99) - Take control of the Sceptre, the Agency’s latest high-tech transforming vehicle, and face off against the criminal organisation CLAW in this explosive arcade driving game. Dodge enemy fire, mines and lasers as you perform over-the-top stunts and use the Sceptre’s high-tech gadgetry to blow up your enemies. Feel like a superspy as you transform the Sceptre from car to plane and more, immersed in exotic locations and an original high-energy soundtrack! With a new threat around every corner, it’ll take all you've got to defeat CLAW. An Agent’s work is never done. Agent Intercept offers extended playability beyond its rich campaign. Tackle side missions, unlock experiments and prove your worth as a superspy on our global leaderboards!

Bridge Builder Racer (Levi Buck, 31st Mar, £8.99 / €8.99) - Bridge Builder Racer is the ultimate test for your engineering and driving skills. Build your own bridge to race your car from start to finish. Reach higher star ratings by spending as little as possible on your bridge. Create slopes and jumps to race your car and earn the top rating across the levels. The game has 2 phases: You start with the build phase, where you create your bridge. Remember, to earn the top stars, spend as little as possible by building plenty of slopes in your bridge to jump from one platform to another. Then: Take control of the car to race over your own created bridge. Go as fast as you can to achieve bigger jumps!

Chubby Cat (GAME NACIONAL, 2nd Apr, £8.99 / €9.99) - A cutie little kitty who loves eating. Cut the wool thread precisely to feed the cat. Many stages and lots of fun in this game that suit both children and adults alike.

COSPLAY LOVE! Enchanted princess (iMel, 31st Mar, £7.94 / €9.54) - ★Story The protagonist who works for the company that designs accessories, lately he felt a dead end in his work. In the beggining of his carrier he was pretty happy that he was assigned to the Product Design Department, but his design has never been adopted. One day, he decided to join the event of all and only about cosplay goods, 『Time`s Aegis -Another Mission-』 as a common participant, in order to remenber the origin of his own making of goods and decorations of subculture. That is where he met this gorgeous girl in a highly complete cosplay costume, and got a chance to talk. The conversation heated up with the girl who looks just like the ideal of all anime freak, but his ties with her are supposed to severe at the finale of the event. Few days have passed since then, the protagonist, who worked overtime, was unexpectedly approached by a beautiful girl at a coffee shop in his neighborhood.

Dieselpunk Wars (Console Labs, 29th Mar, £11.46 / €12.74) - Dieselpunk Wars is a vehicle-building game set in an open, vast world. Not only will you construct a war machine of your dreams, but also take it for a spin on the deserts, in the mountains or the swamp. The game offers over 300 unique elements, many different materials and paintable armors that will enable you to build a remarkable machine. Different types of armor, cannons, motors, wheels and drives will allow you to construct driving, floating and flying machines. Build fighters, transporters, tanks, destroyers, airships, and many more. Enjoy the freedom of creation! Take part in massive battles, unleash the full potential of your vehicle and launch an invasion to conquer entire Islands in a single-player campaign. Discover the weaknesses of your enemies' vessels and figure out their battle plans.

Flat Kingdom Paper's Cut Edition (Ratalaika Games, 1st Apr, £7.99 / €7.99) - Flat Kingdom Paper's Cut Edition is set in a beautiful 2D land, but now it’s threatened by 3D malice and chaos. A wise sorcerer created six magical jewels that kept the effects of the third dimension at bay, granting peace and prosperity. However, one day an evil masked thief named Hex disrupted the balance and made the chaos return. The only who can stop the chaos is Flat, a little hero able to change into a circle, triangle or square in order to solve puzzles, overcome obstacles and defeat giant bosses!

Floogen (RedDeerGames, 31st Mar, £2.69 / €2.99) - A WORLD TAPED TOGETHER Floogen was created using real stop-motion animation - so there are elements made of cardboard, clay, paper, tape, and more! Thanks to this, the world resembles a dream drawn straight from a child's imagination. FIGHT FOR MELONS! Face off against your adversaries as one of three playable heroes with unique features, in this bizarre adventure full of quirky characters! If you encounter problems along the way, upgrades can help.

Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between (Fellow Traveller, 31st Mar, £9.72 / €11.69) - OVERVIEW Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between is about the thoughts that exist between destinations, the parts of journeys that dominate our time but not our attention, when our minds wander to parts of ourselves, and our world normally left unexamined. On a late-night highway drive, a quiet train car in the early hours, a walk through a moonlit park, or the endless wait in a deserted airport, we listen to weird music amid the ambient announcements of delays and question our place in the universe. Inspired by long travel and the stream of consciousness it fosters, Glitchhikers asks you to look inward. Find the answers to your questions and question the answers you receive. Ruminate on life, the universe, our place and purpose in it. Voyage through a freeform narrative experience, converse with the endless inevitability, and explore the cosmic, hopeful world you find yourself in.

Ikai (PM Studios, 29th Mar, £13.49 / €14.99) - Ikai is a first-person psychological horror game drawing inspiration from Japanese folklore. Live the horror by the hand of its defining yokais and submerge into the superstitions of the past driven by a unique story and exploration. Ikai embodies the spirit of the classical psychological horror genre with a defenceless main character incapable of attacking the evil creatures. However, it explores a new sense of horror by making the player face the threats directly neither fleeing nor attacking.

My Coloring Book 2 (Baltoro Minis, 1st Apr, £4.49 / €4.99) - Did you know that coloring relaxes your brain, reduces stress, improves focus, motor skill and vision? My Coloring Book 2 will bring all those benefits to your Nintendo Switch™! There are two types of drawings to choose from: 61 about land and 49 marine animals. Thanks to an amazing variety, My Coloring Book is suitable for all from children to adults. Save your work for later and show off your artistic sense and skill to family and friends.

Red Wings: American Aces (ALL IN! GAMES, 17th Mar, £8.63 / €9.59) - Red Wings: American Aces puts you in the pilot’s seat of a nostalgic, action-packed arcade shooter illustrated in a fun comic-book style with a gaming mode for every occasion—local or online, solo or multiplayer. Prove yourself in exciting aerial battles and make a name for your squad as the best aces of WWI! A Multiplayer Must-play Do you believe in the strength of the squadron? Choose a map and game mode and gather your pilots to play in a team of up to five players against other squads in online multiplayer. Prefer flying solo and plucking others out of the sky? There’s game modes for that too! Compete with up to nine other pilots and fly to the top of the scoreboard. Local co-op is available for smaller fighter groups of one or two pilots for a much more ace-to-ace experience in various customizable game modes, including a campaign mode with 30 missions.

Richy’s Nightmares (ChiliDog Interactive, 30th Mar, £4.49 / €4.99) - Richy’s Nightmares is a unique kind of platforming experience. It tells a story of Richy, a little boy who got lost in the labyrinths of some dreaded magical woods. And now he has to do his best to survive through this journey. The forest is full of nightmares and lethal puzzles, and that is why Richy’s escape is going to be the challenge to remember. Here you’ll find immersive gameplay and dark fantasy setting bundled together. But be aware that you will not get your reward easily – this game is best suited for the players who prefer to explore the surroundings and find any kind of vital clues to ease the burden of this strong-spirited survival.

Super Clown Lost Diamonds (Nerd Games, 2nd Apr, £8.49 / €9.5) - Super clown's mission is to find red magic diamonds at every level. The game consists of 25 fun levels with different themes like space, snow, medieval etc. See the Evil flying golem and his army, which consists of enemies like: immortal skeletons, shooting cannons, virus slimes, wombats and evil blue dragons, everyone of those is protecting the red diamonds. Super Clown needs to use his jumping skills to defeat enemies. Some enemies, like cannons and Big boss Golem, fire blue energy balls. Kill Golem enemies by jumping onto their heads. In some areas the player needs to kill the Evil Flying Golem to unlock Red Magic diamond's place.

Super Cyborg (Drageus Games, 1st Apr, £6.29 / €6.99) - You are an elite battle cyborg who is sent in to investigate a series of anomalies on a mysterious island. The merciless and powerful alien known only as the 'Xirxul life form' has been awakened by unwitting scientists and now: all humanity is in danger! Shoot, run and jump through 7 levels filled with endless hordes of biological monsters and some of the fiercest boss fights in any title. Destroy everything that moves on this island, because if it moves- it kills! Are you ready to save the Earth?

Take Off – The Flight Simulator (astragon, 30th Mar, £13.49 / €14.99) - You can also establish your own airline and fly to cities such as New York, London, Sydney and 18 other destinations. Fly the most popular models of planes, such as jumbo jets, seaplanes and a military jet with realistically designed 3D cockpits. Experience challenging weather conditions and try to land your plane safely with an engine failure in this flight simulation game!

tERRORbane (WhisperGames, 1st Apr, £14.39 / €15.99) - About This Game In tERRORbane, you'd expect to save a generic fantasy RPG world from evil, right? Instead, the Developer who created the game keeps on commenting on everything you do, funny bugs and glitches keep on popping up everywhere you go and nothing seems to work the way it should? ! What's a good Player to do, but dish out his trusty BUG LIST and use bugs to his advantage to get to the ending credits sequence? There's nothing that could go hilariously wrong, right? Become the TERRORBANE, saviour of the world! tERRORbane is a comedic adventure where bugs are your FRIENDS! Enjoy exploring a crazy and outlandish world, full of unique, quirky characters and homages to the media of videogaming and its celebrated history, challenge the Developer with your creativity as you exploit and cheat your way through his sloppy design to try to get to the heart of what is truly needed to make the best games work. Explore a wild wild WORLD!

THE CARD Perfect Collection (D3 Publisher, 31st Mar, £13.49 / €14.99) - An all-in-one collection for all your card game needs! Make way for the definitive playing card collection, with ten classic games! Enjoy Six Competitive Games With Multiplayer! Test your might against players from all over with online matches, or bring Nintendo Switch™ consoles together for a local showdown. The choice is yours! If you'd prefer to play alone, the computer AI is more than willing to oblige! Challenges and Rewards! Complete a variety of achievements, unlocking new game backgrounds and music tracks, or test your mettle in challenge mode, where you'll have to take on an assortment of puzzling trials! -Included Games Solitaire Games: Klondike, FreeCell, Spider Solitaire, Couple Competitive Games: Daifugo, Hearts, Sevens, Page One, Texas Hold 'em, Blackjack *For multiplayer mode, each participant will need a Nintendo Switch and a copy of this game. *You will need to join Nintendo Switch Online to play against other players over the Internet.

VENGEFUL HEART (Top Hat Studios, 29th Mar, £7.19 / €7.99) - Set long after humanity has polluted this planet, groundwater is undrinkable and seeing a living plant is considered a luxury. Most people live in megacities that rely on the labor of poor masses to sustain a modern standard of living for the few at the top. With the Earth scorched, water is liquid gold, and control of it is the truest form of power. Forced to cope with a permanent water shortage, ordinary people persist and toil in the hope that if they work hard enough, they too can someday swim every morning in the refreshing pools of the Gardens. We follow the story of Josephine Lace, a young hydraulic engineer eager to climb the corporate ladder and claim a spot at the top. Until the day when that promising future is ripped away from her, leaving her half-dead and homeless, she becomes hellbent on taking down the system that ruined her and left her without a heart.

Switch eShop - Demos

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