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
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (Nintendo, 20th Sep, £49.99) – Buffeted by a storm, Link washes ashore on the mysterious Koholint Island. In order to return home, Link must overcome challenging dungeons and battle against fearsome monsters. This new version of the classic adventure includes many unique elements that appeared in the original Game Boy release, such as 2D platformer-style rooms and appearances from characters outside of The Legend of Zelda series. – Read our The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening review
TETRIS 99 + Nintendo Switch Online Individual Membership (12 months, 20th Sep, £24.99) – 99 players…but only one will remain! TETRIS 99 is the iconic puzzle game as you’ve never seen it before. Can you pick the right strategy to best 98 other players online – all at the same time?! – Read our Tetris 99 review
AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES (Spike Chunsoft, 20th Sep, £49.99) – One rainy night in November, a woman’s body is found at an abandoned theme park, mounted on a merry-go-round horse. She had been stabbed repeatedly, and her left eye was gouged out. Kaname Date of the Metropolitan Police Department arrives on the scene. He recognizes the woman. Suddenly, he hears a noise from inside the merry-go-round. He breaks into the merry-go-round’s central column to find a young girl. And in her hands, she grips a bloody ice pick… Hone your detective skills in this thrilling sci-fi murder mystery with 30+ hours of gameplay and multiple endings. – Read our AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES review
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment, 20th Sep, £44.99) – Join Oliver as he embarks on an adventure through a world inhabited by new friends and ferocious foes alike in the hopes of bringing back his mother after a tragic incident. With a copy of the Wizard’s Companion in his hand and his trusty friend Drippy by his side, he will travel across this rich fantasy world to tame familiars, take on enemies, and overcome the countless challenges that stand between him and his mother’s salvation. – Read our Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch review
LEGO Jurassic World (WB Games, 20th Sep, £34.99) – Following the epic storylines of Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park III, and Jurassic World, LEGO Jurassic World allows players to relive and experience all four Jurassic films. Reimagined in LEGO form and now available on Nintendo Switch, the thrilling adventure allows fans to play through key moments and explore Isla Nublar and Isla Sorna. Read our LEGO® Jurassic World review
Switch eShop – New Releases
Castle Crashers Remastered (The Behemoth, 17th Sep) – Hack, slash, and smash your way to victory in this Remastered edition of the popular 2D arcade adventure from The Behemoth! At 60FPS, Castle Crashers Remastered delivers hi-res visuals like nothing you’ve ever seen before. Up to four friends can play locally or online and save your princess, defend your kingdom, and crash some castles!
Sayonara Wild Hearts (Annapurna Interactive, 19th Sep) – Sayonara Wild Hearts is a dreamy arcade game about riding motorcycles, skateboarding, dance battling, shooting lasers, wielding swords, and breaking hearts at 200 mph. Journey through a custom-written pop soundtrack, chase scores, and set out to find the harmony of the universe, hidden away in the hearts of Little Death and her star-crossed allies: Dancing Devils, Howling Moons, Stereo Lovers and Hermit 64. Let’s Pop! – Read our Sayonara Wild Hearts review
Zenith (BLG-Publishing, 20th Sep, £13.49) – Zenith is an action RPG that combines that feel of the golden era RPG games with a generous dose of humour and parody. The game counts with a solid story which unfolds in a fantasy world populated by dozens of unorthodox characters. Adventuring, exploring ruins, accidentally unleashing the apocalypse, saving the world… you’ve done it all, and so has Argus. And, frankly, he’s a bit fed up with the whole thing.
Devil May Cry 2 (CAPCOM, 19th Sep, £15.99) – Dance with the devil once again. Set some time after the events of Devil May Cry, this sequel adds even more moves to Dante’s arsenal and brings it to the next level of stylishness. Use the wall run to get the vantage point on your enemies, then assault them with a spinning barrage of bullets using Rain Storm. Reprise your role as Dante, or play as the new femme fatale, Lucia, who prefers deadly throwing daggers to bullets and utilizes her speed with ninja-like reflexes.
GRID Autosport (Codemasters, 19th Sep, £29.99) – Step into a career as a pro-racer, mastering the world’s fastest cars to win motorsport’s most exciting races, from the hallowed asphalt of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to the narrow city streets of Barcelona. Enjoy best-in-class AAA racing at home or on the move! From the McLaren 12C GT3 to the Mazda RX-7 (FD3S) Drift Tuned, unleash Muscle Cars, Super Modified motors, Hypercars, Hot Hatches and a huge range of other high-performance rides across a ton of tracks, roads, laps and loops. – Read our GRID Autosport review
Untitled Goose Game (Panic, 20th Sep) – Untitled Goose Game is a slapstick-stealth-sandbox, where you are a goose let loose on an unsuspecting village. Make your way around town, from peoples’ back gardens to the high street shops to the village green, setting up pranks, stealing hats, honking a lot, and generally ruining everyone’s day.
Overland (Finji, 19th Sep) – Take care of a group of travellers on a post-apocalyptic road-trip across the United States in this turn-based survival game. Fight scary creatures, rescue stranded survivors, and scavenge for supplies like fuel, first aid kits, and weapons. Decide where to go next, whether it’s upgrading this wrecked car, or rescuing that dog. Just remember, there are consequences for every action. Get ready for close calls, dramatic escapes, hard choices, arguing about whether or not that dog gets rescued, and the end of the world.
Neo Cab (Fellow Traveller, 19th Sep) – Stay human in a world overcome by automation. Play as Lina, one of the last human driver-for-hire on the streets of Los Ojos. Your friend and only lifeline has gone missing; with no money and nowhere to stay, the only thing you can do is keep driving. Choose what passengers to pick up and how you engage with them to learn their stories. Balance your own emotional wellbeing with the needs of your pax as you strive to keep your perfect rating, and your job. Maybe someone in this city can help you with your own story?
Jet Kave Adventure (7Levels, 17th Sep, £17.99) – Jet Kave Adventure brings everything you love about 2.5D platformers. Enjoy the skill-based action, challenging boss fights, clever secrets and thrilling set-pieces in a game where the Stone Age and science fiction collide. Read our Jet Kave Adventure review
Reel Fishing: Road Trip Adventure (Natsume Inc., 17th Sep, £26.99) – Grab your rod, reel, and adventurous spirit as you join three friends on a summer road trip to remember! Visit a variety of fishing spots, from deep-sea fishing to freshwater stream fishing as you and the gang track down and try to catch the elusive Legendary Fish. Upgrade skills and abilities, craft rods, reels, and lures as you try to catch the big one!
Rebel Cops (THQ Nordic, 17th Sep, £8.99) – Rebel Cops is a spin-off game from This Is the Police, which exclusively features the series’ turned-based tactical operations. Lead a rag-tag squad of cops in rebellion against their town’s new criminal power, and see how long you can hold out when you’re constantly short on supplies, and a single shot can cost a cop his life.
Lost Castle (Another Indie Studio, 19th Sep, £7.19) – The world’s favourite dungeon-crawling Roguelike, Lost Castle is finally here with this impressive Nintendo Switch Edition! Running at 60fps, including all content available elsewhere, play with up to four friends online or offline and experience an adventure enjoyed by 1. 5 million players worldwide.
Neon Drive (Fraoula, 19th Sep) – From beautiful cityscapes and ocean roads to exploding enemy spaceships, Neon Drive has it all. It’s inspired by the arcade games of the ’80s, but set against a futuristic backdrop of glowing cyber-grid, all in silky-smooth graphics. Neon Drive brings you 8 amazing levels, adding up to hours of enjoyment.
Omen Exitio: Plague (Forever Entertainment, 19th Sep, £8.09) – The oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. ” – H. P. Lovecraft Zanzibar, 1896. Dr. Jake Huntington enlisted in the army to forget the loss of his wife.
Paper Dolls Original (CIRCLE Ent., 19th Sep) – A man wakes up from a nightmare. Again. Every time he closes his eyes he sees images of evil paper dolls attacking him. Sleepless, confused, terrified, and now he’s haunted by imaginary sounds.
Police Stories (HYPETRAIN DIGITAL, 19th Sep, £13.99) – Unforgiving and tense, each mission tells a story of two police operatives – John Rimes and Rick Jones, filled with infiltrating gang hideouts, rescuing hostages, making arrests and other life-threatening situations.
Puzzle Quest: The Legend Returns (D3Go, 19th Sep, £13.99) – The Original Match 3 RPG is back and better than ever before! Experience the game that started it all, now for the first time on Nintendo Switch™! The totally remastered Puzzle Quest: The Legend Returns features the original Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, the expansion Revenge of the Plague Lord, and a whole bundle of new quests, spells, classes and items created exclusively for this version!
Hidden (Sabec, 20th Sep) – You wake up trapped in a mental asylum for the criminally insane, which governed and crawling with the most evil and insane murderers. In order to escape you have to find three keys without being found and killed by the other inmates.
Island Maze (Drageus Games, 20th Sep) – When you’re a cube, even a simple island becomes a puzzling maze. It’s time to shine and bring out the best in you. Collect keys, climb steep walls and manipulate your surroundings to finally reach the portal.
Scheming Through The Zombie Apocalypse: The Beginning (Ratalaika Games, 20th Sep) – ‘Scheming Through The Zombie Apocalypse: The Beginning’ is the first episode of an episodic adventure game set in an anthropomorphic animal society. Help Hank & Larry find food and loot to survive through the harsh zombie-infested streets by convincing other animals to do the work for you!
Spellworm (Chequered Ink, 20th Sep) – Help Spellworm to eat his way through more than 100 word search puzzles. Each puzzle has its own theme. You can chomp through shapes, colours, countries, planets and much more in your quest to feed the hungry Spellworm. This game is a great way to teach the spellings of hundreds of words in the English language.
Tyd wag vir Niemand (Skobbejak Games, 20th Sep) – Manipulate time to your will at any moment to solve challenges, avoid deadly traps and make it to the end of this strange journey. Tyd wag vir Niemand is an indie abstract adventure filled with mystical environments that will put your abilities to the test and engage you in a world of mystery and wonder.
Also releasing:
Talk it Out: Handheld Game (Pat-o-logic Studio, 20th Sep)
Angry Bunnies: Colossal Carrot Crusade (Cypronia, 16th Sep)
Arcade Archives TIME TUNNEL (HAMSTER, 19th Sep)
Ball Attraction (Rising Win Tech., 19th Sep)
Inferno 2 (2Awesome Studio, 19th Sep, £4.04)
2048 Battles (Baltoro Games, 20th Sep)
Niffelheim (Ellada Games, 20th Sep)
Detective Dolittle (KURUMI ENTERTAINMENT, 21st Sep)
Petoons Party (Petoons Studio, 20th Sep)
Switch eShop – Demos
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition Demo (Microsoft Studios) – The forest of Nibel is dying. After a powerful storm sets a series of devastating events in motion, Ori must journey to find courage and confront a dark nemesis to save the forest of Nibel. “Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning Action-Platformer crafted by Moon Studios. “Ori and the Blind Forest” explores a deeply emotional story about love and sacrifice, and the hope that exists in us all.
Switch eShop – Pre-Orders
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition (Microsoft Studios)
Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo) – Luigi’s dream vacation turns into a ghostly – and gooey – nightmare in Luigi’s Mansion 3 for Nintendo Switch! Luigi embarks on a dream vacation with Mario and friends upon receiving an invitation to a luxurious hotel. However, his dream quickly becomes a nightmare when King Boo reveals everything had been a ploy to capture Mario and friends. With the assistance of Professor E. Gadd once again, the reluctant and cowardly hero Luigi traverses up and down treacherous floors of the now-ominous hotel on a quest to save them.
Sniper Elite 3 Ultimate Edition (Rebellion Interactive) – Sniper Elite 3 is a tactical World War 2 third-person shooter with stealth gameplay, authentic ballistics and huge open levels. Stalk your targets through the canyons, oases and cities of North Africa, as you sabotage a Nazi super-weapons programme that could end Allied resistance for good. Use stealth, planning and skill to hunt your targets. From long-distance sniping to melee takedowns and explosive traps, you are as deadly up close as you are from afar.
Asphalt 9: Legends (Gameloft, pre-order from 16th Sep)
Asphalt 9: Legends Starting Racer Bundle (Gameloft, pre-order from 16th Sep)
JUMANJI: The Video Game (Outright Games, pre-order from 16th Sep)
FLYING GIRL STRIKER (Mediascape, pre-order from 18th Sep)
BurgerTime Party! (Marvelous Europe, pre-order from 19th Sep)
CASE: Animatronics (OOO Valnat, pre-order from 19th Sep)
Habroxia (eastasiasoft, pre-order from 19th Sep)
MISTOVER (KRAFTON, pre-order from 19th Sep)
Paper Train (isTom Games, pre-order from 19th Sep)
YU-NO: A girl who chants love at the bound of this world. (PRE-ORDER SALE & BONUS) (Spike Chunsoft, pre-order from 20th Sep)
Rimelands – Hammer of Thor (QubicGames, pre-order from 20th Sep)
The Tiny Bang Story (Ellada Games, pre-order from 20th Sep)
Switch eShop – Special Offers
DLC / Add-On Content
Nintendo Switch
- Angry Bunnies: Colossal Carrot Crusade – Heroes (Cypronia)
- Angry Bunnies: Colossal Carrot Crusade – Nightland (Cypronia)
- Angry Bunnies: Colossal Carrot Crusade – Desert (Cypronia)
- Angry Bunnies: Colossal Carrot Crusade – Aztec (Cypronia)
- Angry Bunnies: Colossal Carrot Crusade – Carrotville (Cypronia)
- Angry Bunnies: Colossal Carrot Crusade -Coins pack 01 (Cypronia)
- Angry Bunnies: Colossal Carrot Crusade -Coins pack 02 (Cypronia)
- Angry Bunnies: Colossal Carrot Crusade -Coins pack 03 (Cypronia)
- Angry Bunnies: Colossal Carrot Crusade -Coins pack 04 (Cypronia)
- Angry Bunnies: Colossal Carrot Crusade -Coins pack 05 (Cypronia)
- Fortnite – Batman Caped Crusader Pack (Epic Games)
- GRID Autosport – High Res Car Textures (Codemasters)
- Pic-a-Pix Deluxe – Giant Puzzles 15 (Lightwood Games)
- Gear.Club Unlimited 2 – Wings Pack (Microids)
- Gear.Club Unlimited 2 – Hazard Pack (Microids)
- DAEMON X MACHINA – “Bowl” Outer Part (Male/Female) (Nintendo)
- DAEMON X MACHINA – “Princess Cut” Outer Part (Male/Female) (Nintendo)
- DAEMON X MACHINA – “Chill Cut” Outer Part (Male/Female) (Nintendo)
- DAEMON X MACHINA – “Nemesis Cut” Outer Part (Male/Female) (Nintendo)
- DAEMON X MACHINA – “Tall Mohawk” Outer Part (Male/Female) (Nintendo)
- DAEMON X MACHINA – “Punk” Outer Part (Male/Female) (Nintendo)
- DAEMON X MACHINA – Outer Hairstyle Set “Hairstyles 1” (Male/Female) (Nintendo)
- Guacamelee! 2 – The Proving Grounds (Challenge Level) (DrinkBox Studios)
- Guacamelee! 2 – Three Enemigos Character Pack (DrinkBox Studios)
- KORG Gadget for Nintendo Switch: OTORII / KORG gadget for Nintendo Switch additional gadget (DETUNE)
- KORG Gadget for Nintendo Switch: EBINA / KORG gadget for Nintendo Switch additional gadget (DETUNE)
- My Time at Portia – Housewarming Gift Set (Team17)
- Overcooked! 2 – Surf ‘n’ Turf (Team17)
- Overcooked! 2 – Too Many Cooks Pack (Team17)
- The Escapists 2 – The Glorious Regime (Team17)
- The Escapists 2 – Wicked Ward (Team17)
- The Escapists 2 – Big Top Breakout (Team17)
- The Escapists 2 – Dungeons and Duct Tape (Team17)
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!