With so many titles on eShop – from tiny mobile curios to triple-A epics – being ‘good’ simply isn’t be good enough anymore; you need something unique or dazzling to stand out in the crowd. Set in the subconscious dreamworld of a young girl named Kora, Koloro is a one-button (or touch) puzzle-platformer. Morphed into a squidgy cube by her imaginary companion, Boo, you guide Kora through hazardous, single-screen levels, wall-jumping towards an exit while seeking her lost sister, Lora. It’s a delicate and supremely competent indie game, but as with most dreams, it’ll likely – and unfortunately – be forgotten before long.
Which makes it sound unfairly slight or inconsequential; no, it’s a polished effort from first-time developer Sköll Studio with hours of satisfying gameplay. Kora’s cube is responsive, sliding automatically (you wall-jump to change direction) and squelching upon landing, with each jump emitting a note in tune with the ambient soundtrack. Tension increases as hazards manifest; creatures begin stalking levels, quakes cause chambers to collapse forcing you to make haste and scattered gems must be collected to make exits appear. Level names on a basic overworld map make the self-reflective dreamscape explicit and multiple exits create branches to explore.
Variations on familiar mechanical themes are competently (if predictably) introduced, including invisible platforms, lasers, darkness, reversed gravity and collectible orbs enabling you to move amongst or even destroy the marauding baddies. Silhouetted platforms and walls carry switches and other interactive elements that can be tricky to spot, especially in the busier later stages. Spikes, sticky walls, fireflies that block routes until you activate a light to draw them away and Deku-like dudes sprouting from the ground when you tickle their leaves are just some of the things you come across.
A boss awaits you at the end of each of the four chapters; these encounters involve waiting to ‘attack’ while negotiating projectiles in an increasingly restrictive and dangerous arena. They’re simple, logical battles, although it may take several attempts to find the pattern you need to succeed. Things get pretty challenging as you progress and it’s easy to lose concentration and mistime a jump. Koloro is all about timing, and often simply waiting is the key: waiting that extra fraction of a second while sliding down a wall so your jump arcs over the spikes; waiting until a bat passes or slug hits a switch and sets up the gauntlet run to the goal. It’s tempting to rush when you know what you’re doing, which inevitably leads to failure and frustration – patience is key.
Aesthetically, Koloro mashes the Euclidean character design of Monument Valley with the stark blacks and colourful backgrounds of World of Goo. Super Meat Boy is an obvious mechanical touchstone, although in an auto-running guise (indeed, Team Meat’s upcoming sequel is doing away with the D-pad, too). In fact, a catalogue of familiar artistic and mechanical influences from a decade of indie puzzle-platformers provoke a feeling of déjà vu, and we spent a long time wondering where we’d seen this or that idea before. Its meditative, self-exploratory narrative, for example, does little to set it apart from a dozen other games where every creeping demon is a personal one. That’s not to say it’s bad – far from it – but Koloro journeys through well-trodden territory and struggles to make its own mark.
By inviting comparisons to indie classics, even the tiniest irritations become magnified. Levels aren’t super long but losing a minute’s progress is annoying in the longer stages and millisecond audio breaks between stages disrupt the flow a little. Each level has a target time to test yourself against, and two-player mode introduces unique levels to work through co-operatively with a second player controlling Lora. The one-button gameplay translates nicely to multiplayer, although the frustrations experienced in solo are doubled here; mistiming a final jump over some spikes after painstakingly negotiating a level means restarting and you’ll need double the patience to put up with a partner’s failure.
In the course of writing this review, we continually confused the names of both the game and the protagonist (Hang on, is it Korolo? The girl’s called Koro… no, Kora…) and, try as we might, it just wouldnot stick. While our frazzled end-of-year braincells are most likely to blame, this problem represents a critical obstacle the game fails to overcome: its lack of any unique hook on which to hang an identity. A lot of love clearly went into Koloro, and it’s engaging and beautiful in many ways, but without a standout feature to call its own, it’s slipping from our minds even as we write.
Conclusion
There’s no shortage of charming, artistic puzzle-platformers on Switch and Koloro is certainly a good one; there’s much to like in its simple mechanics and narrative, and there’s satisfaction to be found in its puzzle-solving. The problem is that you’ve almost certainly seen everything it has to offer somewhere before and, as much as it engages your grey matter while you play, it’s unlikely to stay with you in the same way the games it evokes do.
Since Joker was announced as the first DLC fighter for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, there has been much speculation about Atlus bringing Persona 5 to the Switch.
On the same day of this reveal, a rumour surfaced, suggesting a Switch port of this game had been in consideration for the past year and the final title would be based on one of the domains recently registered by Atlus. More recently this month, the Japanese publisher assigned an IP address to the P5R.JP website and several other Persona 5 domain names appeared over the weekend. MysticDistance, the source of much of this information, believes the next Persona related announcement is likely to happen on 30th December:
“We know that we’ll get the first official info on [the Persona Super Live 2019 concert event] in a public commercial following the P5A ‘Dark Sun…’ OVA… I’d also expect a teaser site for P5R during this as well, due to the recent move over to dedicated servers.”
If that wasn’t enough to convince you, Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai has sent Persona fans into overdrive after a recent visit to Atlus’ headquarters. While most of the below video is in Japanese, translations suggest Sakurai is rather fond of the long-time series as well as the game design behind it. One touching moment is when Sakurai encounters the feline mascot Morgana for the first time. Take a look at the full video below:
What do you think about the rumours of Persona 5 coming to the Nintendo Switch in 2019? Tell us in the comments.
Last time we got an update on the Kickstarter project Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Producer Koji ‘Iga’ Igarashi revealed WayForward would be assisting with the development by stamping out some really tough bugs.
In the final Kickstarter update for the year, Igarashi said progress on the game has “reached its peak” – with the development team currently checking the performance of it on each platform while dealing with a number of “progression-blocking” bugs. WayForward has also been improving the title:
“WayForward have already helped us improve the game in a number of ways, including creating incredible assets and lighting placements that we’re looking forward to.”
505 Games’ Senior Community Manager Jason Ryan chimed in at the end of the update to reiterate the current development status of the game as the team worked towards a 2019 launch:
“The team is working on fine-tuning enemy placement throughout the game. This polishing effort is a very important and delicate step. Moving the spawn point for a creature five steps in either direction or adding an additional creature can have a big impact on the flow of a level. It takes a lot of trial and error to get it ‘just right’ and we want it to be ‘just right’.
“In order to get to this point a huge amount of work had to be completed. Level layouts, enemies, animations, assets, combat systems, etc. Due to WayForward’s help on crushing bugs, asset creation and lighting, each level is being made to play better and to look better at the same time.”
Below are some photos of the development team hard at work:
Are you still looking forward to this game? Tell us below.
After being announced for the Switch in September, the critically-acclaimed mobile sensation Downwell will make its way to the Switch next year on 31st January. The publisher Devolver Digital reportedly confirmed the date over on its Discord channel.
The title is a roguelike, platforming, shmup mash-up and includes a TATE mode so you can enjoy the game vertically. You take control of an individual who dives down a never-ending well and must defeat enemies, visit shops and collect treasure along the way. The procedurally generated design ensures no two trips down the well are ever the same.
Features: – The Amazing Gunboots – The fashionable and lethal Gunboots allow players to unleash a torrent of firepower on the nasty creatures dwelling in the well and slow your decent with each shot. – Unique Weapons & Items – Get different weapons, shop for peculiar items and obtain powerful upgrades that all stack and affect the way you play! – A New Adventure Every Time – Each level in Downwell is procedurally generated, so no two trips down the well are ever the same providing a fresh new adventure each time!
As previously confirmed, Special Reserve Games is teaming up with Devolver Digital to release a physical version of this title.
Will you jump down the well when this game arrives on the Switch eShop? Let us know in the comments.
Next year, Nintendo is releasing downloadable content for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on the Switch. If you register the game before 31st January you’ll receive the Piranha Plant fighter. After this, you can look forward to the five Challenger Packs – with each one containing a new fighter, new stage and new music. If you opt with the Fighters Pass, you’ll also receive an exclusive Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Rex Mii Fighter costume.
Now, a recent discovery on Nintendo’s official support webpage suggests more Mii Fighter costumes could perhaps be on the way. The website mentions how “Mii Fighter Costume” DLC will be available in 2019, including one costume for $0.75. As no further information is provided, it’s hard to say what exactly it means at this point in time. This could be linked to the Rex costume – with plans to make it available outside of the Fighters Pass – or it could suggest Mii Fighter costume DLC is making a return on a much grander scale. Either way, it appears this DLC will be a separate transaction to the Fighters Pass.
It’s worth noting, DLC costumes were previously offered in the Wii U and 3DS version of Super Smash Bros. when the Brawler, Swordfighter and Gunner Mii Fighters were added to the series as playable characters.
What do you make of this? Would you like to see costumes for Mii Fighters make a comeback? Would you be willing to fork out some extra coin for more DLC? Tell us below.
This unreleased, Nintendo-developed version was one the NES holy grails of prototypes but not many people got their hands on the content of those two cartridges… until Frank Cifaldi quietly uploaded the complete findings within the ROM files to The Video Game History Foundation during Christmas afternoon.
Even among the more optimistic of retro enthusiasts, no one would imagine the prototype to be in such excellent shape. The game is almost completely bug-free, graphics and sound are fully implemented and despite a few unfinished functionalities, it is fully playable on real hardware and most accuracy-intensive emulators.
It is also amazing to realize that pretty much every exclusive feature we know and love about SimCity on the Super Nintendo began in this 8-bit counterpart, to the sprite of Dr. Wright and even the season’s colour palette rotation. No small feat for the humble NES, as you can witness from the gameplay session below.
Unlike most unreleased games, all the work that went into this version did not go to waste since it ended up being a very solid foundation for the Super Nintendo version. This is a video game industry artefact from decades long past that can now be enjoyed by everyone.
What do you think about this finding? Do you think Nintendo was right to cancel this and move everything to 16-bit? Would you have bought this on the NES back in the day? Tell us in the comment section below or we will send Bowser over to wreck your industrial zones.
Earlier this month, it was revealed Switch sales in Japan had surpassed lifetime sales of the PlayStation Vita. Now, according to the latest Media Create sales figures, Nintendo’s hybrid system has outsold the combined sales of the original PlayStation 4 and Slim model in Japan.
The original PS4 and PS4 Slim combined have shifted 6,540,000 million units. In contrast, the most recent sales figures reveal the Switch has shifted 6,670,000 million units in Japan. The PlayStation 4 had a significant headstart, launching in its homeland in 2014. The Slim system helped increase sales when it arrived a few years later.
Based on this information, the Switch has now taken the lead in Japan by 130,000 units. Of course, this does not include PS4 Pro sales data. When this is taken into account, the PlayStation 4 is still technically in the lead, having shifted more than seven million units locally. At the very least, this is an indication the Switch is beginning to close the sales gap domestically. On a global scale, the Switch still has a long way to go. To date, the PlayStation 4 has now sold an estimated 88 million systems worldwide. As of September, the Switch has sold around 22 million units.
What do you think about the Switch outselling the original PS4 and Slim model in Japan? Do you consider this a milestone? Or will you hold off the celebrations in the hope it will eventually surpass combined PS4 Pro sales as well? Tell us below.
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
Dynasty Warriors 8 Xtreme Legends Definitive Edition(Koei Tecmo, Today, $39.99) Includes the content from DYNASTY WARRIORS 8, as well as the additional features from DYNASTY WARRIORS 8: Xtreme Legends, in a single game.
ACA NEOGEO PUZZLE BOBBLE(Taito, Thu 20th December, $7.99) “PUZZLE BOBBLE” is an action puzzle game released by Taito in 1994. Bub and Bob, the bubble spitting dragons from the action game, BUBBLE BOBBLE, are back in a new bubble-based puzzle! Skillfully bounce bubbles off the walls and match 3 or more bubbles of the same color to erase them! Enjoy the easy to learn, but hard to master, bubble shooter puzzle game!
Arcade Archives Donkey Kong Jr.(HAMSTER, Fri 21st December, $7.99) “DONKEY KONG JR. ” is an action game released by Nintendo in 1982. Donkey Kong has been captured and caged in his latest encounter with Mario. Donkey Kong Jr. is on his way to set him free! Skillfully utilize jumps and the cranes to avoid enemies, get to the top, and steal the cage’s key from Mario.
Diggerman(Forever Entertainment, Mon 24th December, $4.99) Dig, dig, dig! For love, for fame, for money! Fast arcade digging game with story, treasures and boss fight! The world was beautiful some time ago. We lived together in our lovely cottage digging some mud every day. Suddenly everything has changed. HUGE ANGRY MOLE has come and kidnapped my beautiful sweetheart. Will you support me? Will you dig with me and help me saving my beloved?
Jewel Fever 2(Sprakelsoft, Fri 21st December, $4.99) “Jewel Fever 2” is an addictive match-3-puzzle-game!
Mech Rage(Drageus Games, Sun 23rd December, $9.99) The aliens are coming! The life of your crew is in your hands. Can you defend your ship from the pesky invaders? Take control of a powerful Combat Mech and take them head on! Upgrade your abilities and weapons to be able to stand your ground against increasingly more overwhelming enemy assault. Show off your combat skills, reflexes and endurance. Remember: even a smallest mistake can lead to an abrupt end of your adventure!
Revenge of the Bird King(Limited Run Games, Today, $4.99) Plant seeds, grow guns, be the bird-man you always wished you could be. A group of intergalactic super heroes has come to your world, bringing with them a tale of mystery and complete nonsense. Explore, level-up, find secret treasures, and challenge yourself to some good ol’ classic jump’n’shoot action in this retro-inspired action/platformer/RPG-lite.
Xenon Valkyrie+(COWCAT, Tue 1st January, $9.99) Xenon Valkyrie+ is a rogue-like platformer game in which you must fight to the deepest part of a moon and halt the plans of a wicked witch. Obtain many weapons as you fight through a unique, randomly-generated world every time you play.
Switch Demos
Activities
Splatoon 2 Frosty Fest – Fans of the Splatoon 2 game have plenty of reasons to start inkin’ online. Frosty Fest will turn Inkopolis Square into a festive winter wonderland. Inklings and Octolings will even get to use some very fancy glitter-filled ink! In keeping with the season, this special Splatfest asks: Who do you get most excited to spend the holidays with: Friends or Family? Choose a side and battle it out from Jan. 4 at 2 p.m. PT to Jan. 6 at 2 p.m. PT. You can also get seasonal gear that will be distributed via the Splatoon 2 News channel on your Nintendo Switch system. Look for these free gifts in late December. Need a reminder? Redeem your My Nintendo points now for a themed wallpaper featuring the special gear.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Piranha Plant – Don’t forget that My Nintendo users who purchase and register the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate game by Jan. 31, 2019, will receive a download code for Piranha Plant, which will join the battle as a playable character when it’s available.
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!
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
Cake Laboratory(GRIMTALIN, €2.69 / £2.42) – Tower of cakes, every child’s dream! Let the kid in you go crazy with sweet and delicious cake towers. Cake Laboratory is a stacking game with a sweet twist to it. Use cakes instead of taking breaks, and make the most delicious tower.
My Little Riding Champion(BigBen Interactive, €34.99 / £31.99) – Get ready to fulfil your dreams at a gallop. The village’s riding club needs you to win the next major competitions. Choose your favourite horse, train it and win medals for your club! Create a bond by going out riding in the countryside and taking care of it. Together you will set out on a large number of missions and earn new outfits and equipment for both of you.
Blazblue Centralfiction Special Edition(Pqube, €39.99 / £43.99) – Brace yourselves for the pinnacle of 2D fighting action – this is BlazBlue’s final and most hard-hitting chapter to date, with more stages, more moves, more characters than ever before.
Switch eShop – New Releases
Digerati Indie Bundle: INK & HackyZack(Digerati, €5.09 / £4.58) – Enjoy two indie favourites from Digerati! This bundle contains colourful splatformer INK and bouncy ball-juggler Hacky Zack
Mahjong Solitaire Refresh(SUNSOFT, €14.99 / £12.99) – “Mahjong Solitaire” is a game of Mahjong tiles. You do not need any knowledge about Mahjong, you just combine same design tiles!
Blacksea Odyssey(Digerati, €10.39 / £9.35 until 23/01/2019 23:59 local time) – The hunt is on! Get ready to battle colossal space monsters in Blacksea Odyssey, a savage, top-down rogue-lite shoot ‘em up RPG. The greatest huntsmen in the universe have gathered for the Blacksea Odyssey – a legendary tournament that plunges competitors deep into the cosmic abyss on a deadly hunt for the most fearsome creatures that dwell within the void.
Omega Strike(Digerati, €11.99 / £10.79) – Omega Strike is a game with a huge, open-ended world and multiple playable characters. As Doctor Omega and his mutant armies march toward world domination, only a few brave freedom fighters stand in his way.
Aaero: Complete Edition(S2 Entertainment, €12.99 / £10.99) – Speed through stunning, stylised environments tracing ribbons of light, releasing the energy in the music. Battle strange enemies and fight epic boss battles all driven by an incredible licensed soundtrack. – Read our Aaero: Complete Edition review
ANIMUS(TROOOZE, €8.99 / £7.99) – ANIMUS places the gamer into the role of a solitary warrior who must fight his way through a dark and desolate world full of horrific monsters. The mythology-based hardcore action style transports the gamer into the realm of the game, and its namesake. Animus is very tactical in that it requires the learning and application of tactical skills to defeat enemies who would otherwise punish any gamer expecting casual battles.
Mad Age & This Guy(SimFabric, €4.69 / £4.19) – Mad Age & This Guy is a puzzle game with pixel art graphics and crazy piano music. Did I mentioned about bombs and explosions? Yes, more fire, explosions and bombs.
JCB Pioneer: Mars(Atomicom, €22.19 / £19.99) – Experience incredible survival sandbox gameplay and explore Mars using a selection of futuristic, ultra-rugged JCB vehicles designed specifically for the challenge. Mine precious materials, construct large-scale buildings and research new technologies to ensure humanity’s future lies beyond planet Earth
Pipe Push Paradise(Digerati, €10.99 / £9.89) – Pipe Push Paradise is a challenging, plumbing-based puzzle game. You’ve arrived on a lonely island faced with a hero’s calling. Rise to the occasion (push pipes around) and restore this paradise to its former glory.
Catastronauts(Inertiasoft, €14.49 / £12.99) – Gather your friends and join the illustrious Space Fleet in this fast-paced party game! Can you deal with unrelenting disaster and hold your ship together long enough to destroy the enemy invaders? Repair systems, extinguish fires, arm the torpedoes, avoid deadly solar flares, destroy your friends and clone them back again; it’s all in the life of a Catastronaut!
Tetraminos(Bigben Interactive, €9.99 / £8.99) – The classic arcade game is back in a supercharged version! For beginners or veterans, Tetraminos offers an easy-to-learn, limitless challenge. Give your brain a workout with the 50 Puzzle mode levels, survive as long as possible in Endless mode and rack up the combos and same-colour lines to climb to first place in the online ranking. Challenge your friends in local Versus mode with up to 4 players and sabotage their boards in wild games.
Brick Breaker(Bigben Interactive, €9.99 / £8.99) – Brick Breaker, the classic arcade game, is back with a breathtaking new version. Its explosive gameplay – unique and timeless – is filled with surprises. Sharpen your reflexes and precision to overcome the hundred different levels that await you. Collect bonuses, avoid traps and shoot your way to victory. Play alone or with up to 4 players on a split screen. Brick Breaker will offer you many hours of fun and entertainment!
Super Treasure Arena(Headup games, €9.99 / £7.99) – Super Treasure Arena is a unique mix of retro-inspired arcade action and objective-based arena shooters for up to 4 players. The result is a frantic game where collecting and stealing coins from your opponents is the key to victory.
Animated Jigsaws: Wild Animals(RAINYFROG, €7.64 / £6.76) – Complete video jigsaw puzzles alone or team up with friends and finish them together! Animated Jigsaws: Wild Animals contains short videos as jigsaw puzzles that are pieced together to reveal stunning shots of wild animals close up!
Diggerman(Forever Entertainment, €4.49 / £4.04) – Dig, dig, dig! For love, for fame, for money! Fast arcade digging game with story, treasures and boss fight! The world was beautiful some time ago. We lived together in our lovely cottage digging some mud every day. Suddenly everything has changed. HUGE ANGRY MOLE has come and kidnapped my beautiful sweetheart.
IHUGU(Kool2Play, €2.99 / £2.69) – The rules are refreshingly simple and designed to promote peace and positivity – hug everyone, but only once! This is a fun memory game where quick thinking and the ability to remember who you have hugged and who you haven’t are the keys to success. The gameplay is casual, but also provides a challenge to anyone set on mastering their score.
Uncanny Valley(Digerati, €9.99 / £8.99) – Welcome to Uncanny Valley – an unsettling story-driven survival horror where nothing is as it seems. Explore an isolated facility and solve its many mysteries, but be warned: the choices you make have meaningful consequences that will determine your fate. Play through multiple times to reveal all of Uncanny Valley’s darkest secrets. – Read our Uncanny Valley review
The Aquatic Adventure of The Last Human(Digerati, €12.99 / £11.69) – Explore the ruins of humanity in this mesmerising underwater action-adventure. Discover thriving wildlife, encounter monstrous beasts, and let curiosity guide you through an inevitable voyage of extinction. The water rose by an unpredictable amount due to climate change. The Earth’s surface froze over, and humans were forced to live underwater, where they could still harvest energy and grow food.
Abyss(EnjoyUp Games, €2.99 / £2.69) – Natural resources are scarce and the survival of the human race is in danger. Desperate to find new energy resources, the ASAN creates a biomechanical robot called Nep2no that is capable of withstanding extreme depths in the hope of finding new energy sources. After many years of exploration, a new energy source is found, code named “Gaia”.
Johnny Turbo’s Arcade: Heavy Barrel(FTE Games, €7.99 / £7.10) – Fight through the enemy’s army and collect pieces for a secret weapon to destroy their underground artillery base.
DYNASTY WARRIORS 8: Xtreme Legends Definitive Edition(KOEI TECMO, €39.99 / £34.99) – ・Includes the content from DYNASTY WARRIORS 8, as well as the additional features from DYNASTY WARRIORS 8: Xtreme Legends, in a single game. ・A rich Story Mode. ・A plentiful variety of game modes that will have you keep coming back for more. ・Includes all of the downloadable content from past versions of the game.
ACA NEOGEO THE KINGS OF FIGHTERS 2002(HAMSTER, €6.99 / £6.19) – “THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2002” is a fighting game released by SNK in 2002. The 9th entry in the KOF series. In this tame, the “Striker System” is replaced by creating teams for the comeback of the “3-on-3 Battle Mode”.
Job the Leprechaun(Herrero, €2.99 / £2.99) – Help Job the Leprechaun to rescue his friend Eri in this classic platformer game. Collect all clovers in the stage and find the door to go to the next level. A horde of goblins, zombies, caterpillars and many more monsters will try to stop you, use your Magic Hat to fight them. You are not alone in this adventure, you will meet friends like Catalina Cow and The Elf.
The Keep(Cinemax, €17.99 / £15.99) – Enter the Keep as an unsung hero on a quest to destroy the mighty wizard Watrys. Explore the dark and complex corridors, treacherous prisons and subterranean realms in this first-person dungeon crawler featuring real-time tactical combat, a unique rune magic system, and puzzle solving. This game will awaken memories of what made old-school RPG dungeons so much fun to play while you fight, hunt for hidden treasures, avoid deadly traps, experiment with magic and solve complex riddles inside the dungeon.
Odium to the Cor(QubicGames, €2.49 / £2.24) – Guide Odium through dangerous and intense music-fuelled levels to fight and stop the spreading corruption. Reach the core and save the world! Keep the balance to avoid traps, enemies and move through narrow passages. Defeat challenging bosses and discover the story behind the corruption of Odium’s world.
Super Hero Fight Club: Reloaded(QubicGames, €4.99 / £4.49) – Welcome to the marvellous Super Hero Fight Club: – 17 fabulous fighters and their superpowers – Quick tactical combats – Tricky modes, levels and powerups – Up to 4 players rumble – Single player challenges Become the Queen or King of the Fight Club!
Mentori Puzzle(ITL, €7.00 / £6.29) – Puzzle game featuring the popular Mentori characters. Use the “Hiyoko Ball” anytime to easily make combos. Easy to pick up for newcomers to the genre. Progress the “Story” to collect Photos and have fun with Mentori 4-Box Manga.
MIND: Path to Thalamus(Carlos Coronado, €10.99 / £9.99) – Wrapped in a mind-bending tale, the gameplay of “MIND” focuses on changing the very weather in order to solve puzzles: the player will cycle between day and night, modify the levels of fog and rain and even travel in time between seasons, changing the environment to advance the gameplay-driven story…
Rain World(Adult Swim Games, €19.99 / £17.99) – You are a slugcat. The world around you is full of danger, and you must face it – alone. Search for food and shelter between torrential downpours that threaten to drown all life. Evade cunning predators that adapt to catch you. Find your family before death finds you. Inspired by the simplicity of 16-bit classics, this survival platformer requires fast-paced sneaking to catch your own prey and elude ravenous predators. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, but be wary of the many pitfalls and traps that litter the broken landscape.
Venture Towns(Kairosoft, €10.00 / £8.99) – Assume the reins of a mega-conglomerate to build your very own metropolitan utopia! Stores, houses, mansions–towers! The sky’s the limit as you fashion your humble burg into the world’s most powerful fiscal force! Place compatible structures near each other to craft specialty districts or “combos,” adding flavor to your town while reaping big bonuses and boosting Land Price!
Switch eShop – Demos
Mahjong Solitaire Refresh Demo(SUNSOFT, Free) – “Mahjong Solitaire” is a game of Mahjong tiles. You do not need any knowledge about Mahjong, you just combine same design tiles!
Gelly Break Demo(EuroVideo Medien, Free) – Gelly Break is a varied jump’n’run with an intense co-op mode for two players, which will demand real teamwork in addition to the right tactics, especially in the boss battles against huge unique enemies. Discover a new world and rescue the captured Gellies from Evil Blob!
Octahedron: Transfixed Edition Demo(Square Enix Europe LTD, Free) – Surf through a pulsating underworld on platforms YOU pull from thin air, where and when you want, in this psychedelic action platformer. Unlock devastating abilities across 50+ hand crafted levels as you defy gravity to a pumping beat.
Switch eShop – Add Ons
Fortnite – Fortnite – Frozen Legends Pack(Epic Games, €24.99 / £19.99) – Stay frosty this season with the Frozen Legends pack! Includes: – Frozen Raven outfit & its Frozen Iron Cage back bling – Frozen Red Knight outfit & its Frozen Red Shield back bling – Frozen Love Ranger outfit & its Frozen Love Wings back bling V-Bucks are an in-game currency than can be used to purchase new customization items like outfits, emotes, pickaxes, gliders, and more!
Mahjong Solitaire Refresh ExPanel(SUNSOFT, €4.99 / £3.99) – “Mahjong Solitaire Refresh Ex Panel” is the additional content for “Mahjong Solitaire. – An independent Ex panel that is composed only with Extreme stages! – The panel has 80 stages! – As the privilege, it contains 4 arranged music from “Shanghai I”!
WorldNeverland – Elnea Kingdom:New Year’s Set(althi, €2.99 / £2.69) – New Year Formal Wear: Traditional Wa clothes worn to celebrate the new year. Red & White Suikan: Traditional Wa formal attire wear worn by children. Mirror Ihm: An ihm worn on the head. Limited-edition New Year’s version.
Switch eShop – Pre Orders
Double Cross(Headup Games, €19.99 / £17.99) – Double Cross is an exciting action adventure game that has players take on the role of Zahra, an agent of R.I.F.T. (Regulators of Interdimensional Frontiers and Technology) whose job it is to maintain peace and order between all dimensions. A recent attack on R.I.F.T. headquarters thrusts players into a thrilling new case where they must use their R.I.F.T. developed gear to sling, swing, fight and investigate across distinct dimensions.
Forever Forest(Fictive Studio, €14.99 / £13.49) – In a world conquered by darkness, in a forest that never ends, the fate of the Wyld rests on the shoulders of a brave hero with orange fur and a magical mask. Together you will set forth on an epic journey to carry the last ray of light from the deepest south to the darkest north.
Johnny Turbo’s Arcade: Express Raider(FTE Games, €7.99 / £7.10) – Save the Old West, with your rifle and your horse, from thieving Train Robbers.
Johnny Turbo’s Arcade: Fighter’s History(FTE Games, €7.99 / £7.10) – Practice your fighting skills and the special moves of each character, as you complete the rounds to win the brawling tournament!
Unicornicopia(Pocket Money Games, €4.19 / £3.79) – Alone in the forest, a Unicorn wakes, Searching for its herd as a new dawn breaks. Where are my friends? Not to the west, to find them I must set out on a quest!
Octahedron: Transfixed Edition(Square Enix Europe LTD, €9.74 / £7.49 until 23/01/2019) – Surf through a pulsating underworld on platforms YOU pull from thin air, where and when you want, in this psychedelic action platformer. Unlock devastating abilities across 50+ hand crafted levels as you defy gravity to a pumping beat.
Switch eShop – Price Drop
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!
