Category: Nintendo News

When it comes to games about planes and flight simulation, Nintendo Switch is fast becoming the most populous airspace in video games, and the platform is getting another aerial adventure in the form of the upcoming Air Mail.

Placing you in the shoes of Scoop, the youngest pilot to join the Domeekan Island Fliers, your postal delivery duties get thrown to the wind like flimsy letters when the Kingdom of Domeeka erupts into conflict. With 25 missions to complete and all manner of locations to explore in your plane, this award-winning little odyssey looks right up Switch’s alley. Check out some footage of it in action below.

Let us know what you make of Air Mail in the comments below…

Just lately, every day seems to bring more troubling stories of hacking issues on Switch; already this week we’ve seen Splatoon 2 players being forced to play with unreleased content by game hackers, as well as some rather bold movements from Nintendo itself to combat attempted piracy. This particular story is by far the most disturbing and upsetting so far, however.

As you will no doubt be aware if you own a Switch yourself, there are a limited amount of display pictures that you can choose from to set as your user profile picture. Ranging from Mii characters to Nintendo favourites like Mario and Link, these pictures are mostly just for your own profile purposes, but in some cases – such as in Super Mario Odyssey‘s Luigi’s Balloon World game – they can also appear in-game.

Hackers have now found a way to use any custom image as a profile picture, therefore being able to display any imagery they like within Super Mario Odyssey itself. When you find another player’s balloon, that user’s display profile is very clearly visible and, sadly, hackers are taking advantage of this to display adult-themed imagery in the game.

Multiple users on Reddit (mostly parents) have been posting about the dangers of this with others, with one user stating that “there are multiple of these balloons all being made by the same user. This is obviously intentional, and made to upset children”. It certainly is an awful manipulation of the system, and one that could cause upset for those innocently playing the game as intended. Super Mario Odyssey is rated as being safe for users aged 7 and up by PEGI, and as ‘Everyone 10+’ by ESRB, and parents should be safe in the knowledge that their children won’t be subjected to such material.

As we’ve seen with other cases, we imagine Nintendo will be aiming to combat this as soon as possible. Hopefully something can be done swiftly to remove the offending content and prevent it from happening again in the future.

The Switch’s ability to play games in vertical mode is a truly wonderful thing; some games, such as arcade titles like Namco Museum and TATE-enabling shmups like Ikaruga, become a perfect fit for the console in this style. Unfortunately, playing games in this way forces you to adopt a tabletop mode style – propping the Switch up against something and holding your controller(s) separately. This new accessory aims to change all of that, however.

Launching on Kickstarter today, the Flip Grip is a vertical grip accessory designed for the Nintendo Switch. Made with sturdy ABS plastic, the Flip Grip holds your Switch screen securely in place, with a release tab on the back allowing you to remove your system when required. Your Joy-Con controllers slot into the side of the grip, essentially making it seem like the Switch’s screen has turned around in your hands, allowing for portable, on-the-go play with a vertical setup.

The accessory has been prototyped and refined extensively over the past eight months, and is now hoping to generate the funding it needs through its Kickstarter campaign (which should be live very soon). If successful, production is set to begin immediately, with the intent of having Flip Grips in backers’ hands by October or November.

Do you like the look of the Flip Grip? Do you think it would be a nice way to play your favourite vertical Switch games? Let us know if you hope to see this product be successful with a comment below.

Four Horses has announced that Miles & Kilo will land on Nintendo Switch on 5th July.

A long-awaited sequel to the popular Kid Tripp, Miles & Kilo aims to offer the same charming retro appeal and challenging gameplay, but is now re-vamped with new mechanics, bosses, and a trusty sidekick. The game allows you to choose between two play-styles, either as a regular platformer to take time and be precise, or as an autorunner to aim for the fastest times possible.

Features:
– Super challenging, fast- paced platforming action.
– Silky smooth 60 frames per second.
– 36 formidable levels across five detailed worlds.
– Video capture and HD rumble on Nintendo Switch.
– Gorgeous hand drawn pixel art and charming retro soundtrack.
– Two super adorable characters with unique abilities.

To celebrate, Four Horses has revealed two genuinely impressive offers for anyone wanting to buy the game at launch. Players who don’t already own the game’s predecessor, Kid Tripp, will get the prequel completely free of charge when they buy Miles & Kilo through a 100% discount on the eShop. For those who already own Kid Tripp, a 50% discount will be applied to their purchase of Miles & Kilo at the Switch eShop checkout. Both of these offers only run until July 12th, so don’t hang around!

The game’s standard price is set at $7.99 / €7.99 / £7.19, but we’d recommend taking advantage of the deals above if possible – we enjoyed Kid Tripp when it originally launched on Switch and 3DS.

Make sure to throw us a comment below if you’re interested in this one – and remember that these pre-order deals end on 12th July!

The Nintendo Download has arrived on the EU eShops, and that means lots of new games, DLC, demos and themes to add to your growing collection. Be sure to leave a vote in the poll below, and a comment with your hot picks from the latest digital haul. Enjoy!

Switch eShop

Mario Tennis Aces (Nintendo, €59.99 / £49.99 / CHF 77.90) – Mario steps onto the court in classy tennis garb for intense rallies against a variety of characters in full-blown tennis battles. There are more than 15 playable characters, each with their own distinct characteristics! The game offers a refined approach to tennis gameplay, focusing on deep strategic payoffs, and non-stop, split-second strategies. Players can take to the court using just a single Joy-Con controller as a tennis racket, and experience the thrill of playing tennis anytime, anywhere, with anyone.

Minecraft (Mojang, Free for owners of Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition – Regular price €29.99 / £19.99 / CHF 39.00) – Minecraft is a game about placing blocks and going on adventures. Explore randomly generated worlds and build amazing things from the simplest of homes to the grandest of castles. Play in creative mode with unlimited resources or mine deep into the world in survival mode, crafting weapons and armor to fend off the dangerous mobs.

Bloons TD 5 (Ninja Kiwi, €14.99 / £12.99 / CHF 21.99) – Five-star tower defense with unrivaled depth and replayability. The Bloons are back and this time they mean business! Build awesome towers, choose your favorite upgrades, hire cool new Special Agents, and pop every last invading Bloon in the best ever version of the most popular family friendly tower defense series in history.

Flashback (Anuman Interactive, €19.99 / £17.99 / CHF 28.00) – FLASHBACK, the hit action-adventure game with over 2.2 million units sold, is back on Nintendo Switch!

INK (Digerati, €7.19 / £6.47 / CHF 10.08 until 28/06/2018, 23:59 local time – regular price €8.99 / £8.09 / CHF 12.60) – The world’s first splatformer is here! INK is a fast-paced platformer with a twist – levels are invisible and must be splattered with brightly colored paint before they can be seen!

Grab the Bottle (Sometimes You, €4.49 / £4.04 / CHF 6.30 until 20/06/2018, 23:59 local time – Regular price €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF 7.00) – Grab the Bottle is a quirky puzzle game in which you solve puzzles by stretching your arm through the level.

Lanota (Flyhigh Works, €14.99 / £13.59 / CHF 20.30) – Lanota offers a unique blend of dynamic music rhythm gameplay and storytelling, delivering a colorful narrative and enticing soundtrack in one package!

Vegas Party (Funbox Media, €24.99 / £22.49 / CHF 35.00) – Played as a race, the goal is to reach the end of the Strip before anyone else. Manage your token account in 10 gambling minigames, avoid the dangers like twisters and earthquakes, take advantage of your gaming skills and your good luck, trust no one and forget the meaning of the word “mercy” because it does not apply here!

ACA NEOGEO THE LAST BLADE 2 (HAMSTER, €6.99 / £6.29 / CHF 9.80) – “THE LAST BLADE 2” is a fighting game released by SNK in 1998. The Four Gods aiming to seal Hell’s Gate and the eternal dead who aim to stop them are in the middle of an intense battle. A variety of systems have been introduced. Characters have their own individual Sword Quality, the ability to Repel and turn back enemy attacks, Desperation Moves and Super Desperation Moves, as well as the ability to cancel enemy moves and sequence them into Desperation Moves known as Super Cancel.

D/Generation: The Original (West Coast, €16.99 / £14.99 / CHF 19.99) – Alone with your jetpack, you have flown from Finland across Asia to deliver a package to Genoq Biolabs in Singapore, but nobody is there to greet you. When you enter the building, you narrowly escape being killed by the building’s security system. Genoq’s head scientist Derrida, has been demanding the package you’re carrying. His last panicked message came over an hour ago. You realise that there is only one course of action, that you must take the package to Derrida, and if at all possible, rescue any survivors you find along the way.

Destiny’s Princess: A War Story, A Love Story (D3 Publisher – €14.99 / £13.49 / CHF 19.60) – A historical Japanese romance game for women, with beautiful visuals and sound.
Enjoy romance with famous Warring States military leaders in a tense environment born of despair and amidst the beauty of Japan.

Drawful 2 (Jackbox Games, €8.49 / £7.99 / CHF 12.00) – Drawful 2, the game of terrible drawings and hilariously wrong answers!
You use your phone or tablet to draw weird and funny things like “pitcher of nachos” or “death by trombone.” The other players type in what they think the (probably terrible) drawing is and those become the multiple-choice wrong answers. Then everyone tries to guess the REAL answer.

GUNBIRD 2 for Nintendo Switch (Zerodiv, €6.99 / £6.99 / CHF 9.99) – Five characters with distresses went out for an adventure to get the medicine that was handed down from the ancient times. However, they need to gather three materials and meet the god who lives in an illusionary underground temple to be able to get the medicine. In the middle of their journey, they will meet the Queen Pirates and will be blocked by them from getting three materials. Will they be able to get the medicine before the Queen Pirates!?

Just Shapes & Beats (Berzerk Studio, €16.79 / £15.49 / CHF 19.50) – “Just Shapes & Beats” is a chaotic co-op musical bullet-hell based on three simple things: avoid Shapes, move to the rad Beats, and die, repeatedly. It’s a new spin on SHMUPs, adding a layer of coop that’s at the core of the game: ’cause everything is better with friends.

Lost in Harmony (Plug in Digital, €6.99 / £6.29 / CHF 9.80) – Experience music in a new way with the combination of rhythmic tapping and choreographic runner. Discover the musical story from the co-creator of Valiant Hearts. Guide Kaito and Aya through their adventures, in total harmony with music.

Moorhuhn Remake (Higgs Games, €5.59 / £5.03 / CHF 7.84 until 30/06/2018, 23:59 local time – Regular price €6.99 / £6.29 / CHF 9.80) – The Original Moorhuhn, probably the craziest chicken in the world, is now on the Nintendo Switch™, and hunting season is open! It’s time for you to keep things quiet and tidy. Take on the role of the chicken hunter as you move the screen left and right to search for more chickens and power-ups. Then use your bullets to shoot incoming birds.

Pode (Henchman&Goon, €24.99 / £22.49 / CHF 24.99) – Pode is a co-op puzzle exploration game about a rock and a fallen star working together to solve ancient puzzles in a stunning environment inspired by Norwegian art and culture.

R.B.I. Baseball 18 (MLBAM, €24.99 / £24.99 / CHF 35.00) – It’s a whole new ballgame with R.B.I. Baseball 18! R.B.I. 18 takes a significant leap delivering all-new Franchise Mode, Home Run Derby Mode, brand new detailed player models, hundreds of new animations, high fidelity MLB ballparks, revamped crowd system, more dynamic camera angles and a stunning UI presentation. This MLB season, get the baseball game that will have you wanting to PLAY IT AGAIN!

The Journey Down: Chapter One (BlitWorks, €9.99 / £8.99 / CHF 14.00) – In a shady corner of Kingsport Bay, at the outskirts of St Armando, Bwana and his trusted sidekick Kito struggle to make ends meet at their run-down gas station. Little do they know that they are about to be thrown into a spine-tingling adventure that will take them far from home and right into a twisting plot of corruption and danger.

WHIP! WHIP! (Alpha-Unit, €7.99 / £7.19 / CHF 11.20) – Tira the dessert hunter explores ruins to uncover the recipe required to revive a dessert from ages past. Ancient machines known as golems are also buried within these ruins.
One day, Tira discovers a golem shaped like a mitten and finds out the legendary dessert she’s been searching for is real. Head out in search of the legendary recipe!

BLAZBLUE CROSS TAG BATTLE (PQube, €39.99 / £34.99 / CHF 56.00) – Additional Characters Pack 1 for all eShop purchasers until 07/07/2018, 00:59 CEST THE ULTIMATE COMBINATION! Top franchises Persona 4 Arena, RWBY, BLAZBLUE and Under Night In-Birth come together for a spectacular crossover!

The Lost Child (NIS America, €49.99 / £49.99 / CHF 70.00) – The Lost Child is an RPG set in modern Japan. Hayato Ibuki, an occult journalist, is thrust into the middle of a conflict between angels, demons, and fallen angels. Now, he must capture defeated foes and turn them into valuable allies.

1917 – The Alien Invasion DX (KORION Simulation & Assistive Technology, €6.99 / £6.29 / CHF 9.90) – You are in the role of Dr. Brunhild Stahlmüller, an accomplished weapon scientist who upgrades a WW1 triplane with superior alien technology to attack the invaders. You will avenge mankind and take the battle into the darkness of space until you reach an ancient alien world.

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker Demo – Explore a variety of tricky sandbox-style levels inspired by Japanese box gardens called Hakoniwa in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. You can rotate the camera and touch the screen for a better view of hidden treasures! And, this time, we’ve included a few Super Mario Odyssey levels, too! Now you can explore locales from a variety of kingdoms – like New Donk City!

Switch Pre-Orders

Air Mail (N-Fusion) (€12.99 / £12.00, pre-order from 19/06/2018) – Pre-Order until 25/06/2018, 23:59 CEST – N-Fusion Interactive’s award winning flight-adventure game, Air Mail, has arrived on Nintendo Switch! Get ready for an incredible ride through a fantasy world filled with exotic lands to explore.

Disease -Hidden Object- (D3 Publisher) (€6.99 / £6.29, pre-order from 21/06/2018) – Pre-Order until 05/07/2018, 01:59 CEST – This is a horror adventure game where the player goes back and forth in between the real world and the hallucination world. The purpose of this game is to search items and collect scattered documents while solving mysteries and finding out the truth of the abolished hospital.

Kill The Bad Guy (Plug in Digital) (€6.99 / £6.29, pre-order from 21/06/2018) – Pre-Order until 05/07/2018, 14:59 CEST – In this ingenious puzzle game in which physics plays an essential role, you’ll need to keep a cool head and your wits about you.

Miles & Kilo (Four Horses) (€3.99 / £3.59 for owners of Kid Tripp Regular price €7.99 / £7.19, pre-order from 21/06/2018) – Pre-Order until 05/07/2018, 14:59 CEST – Miles and Kilo have been attacked by a mischievous specter! With their plane in pieces and a gang of thieving scoundrels running off with the important parts, the unfortunate duo’s only hope of escape is to embark on a thrilling chase across a haunted island.

Switch Pre-Orders

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo) (€39.99 / £34.99, pre-order from 20/06/2018) – Pre-Order until 12/07/2018, 23:59 local time – Explore a variety of tricky sandbox-style levels inspired by Japanese box gardens called Hakoniwa in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. You can rotate the camera and touch the screen for a better view of hidden treasures! And, this time, we’ve included a few Super Mario Odyssey levels, too! Now you can explore locales from a variety of kingdoms – like New Donk City!

Special Offers

Nintendo Switch

• Angels of Death (Active Gaming Media) now €11.24 / £10.16 until Wed 27th Jun, normally €12.49 / £11.29
• Dream Alone (Fat Dog Games) now €8.99 / £7.99 until Wed 27th Jun, normally €9.99 / £8.99
• Figment (Bedtime Digital Games) now €15.99 / £14.39 until Sat 21st Jul, normally €19.99 / £17.99
• Waking Violet (MixedBag) now €4.96 / £4.25 until Fri 29th Jun, normally €6.99 / £5.99
• UNO (Ubisoft) now €6.99 / £5.59 until Wed 27th Jun, normally €9.99 / £7.99
• Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today (BLG-Publishing) now €11.24 / £10.11 until Mon 9th Jul, normally €14.99 / £13.49
• Deep Ones (Sometimes You) now €4.24 / £3.81 until Mon 25th Jun, normally €4.99 / £4.49
• Heart&Slash (BLG-Publishing) now €10.49 / £9.44 until Mon 9th Jul, normally €13.99 / £12.59
• I am Setsuna (SQUARE ENIX) now €19.99 / £14.99 until Mon 25th Jun, normally €39.99 / £29.99
• Metropolis: Lux Obscura (Sometimes You) now €6.79 / £6.11 until Mon 25th Jun, normally €7.99 / £7.19
• Nightmare Boy (BLG-Publishing) now €7.99 / £7.19 until Mon 9th Jul, normally €9.99 / £8.99
• Slayaway Camp: Butcher’s Cut (Digerati) now €7.49 / £13.49 until Mon 25th Jun, normally €14.99 / £13.49
• Spelunker Party! (SQUARE ENIX) now €14.99 / £12.49 until Mon 25th Jun, normally €29.99 / £24.99
• Grand Prix Rock ‘N Racing (EnjoyUp Games) now €5.99 / £5.39 until Mon 9th Jul, normally €7.99 / £7.19
• Suicide Guy (ChubbyPixel) now €7.19 / £6.47 until Thu 5th Jul, normally €7.99 / £7.19
• Joe Dever’s Lone Wolf (Forge Reply) now €9.74 / £8.76 until Thu 5th Jul, normally €14.99 / £13.49
• 10 Second Run RETURNS (BLUE PRINT) now €3.99 / £3.45 until Thu 5th Jul, normally €5.00 / £4.32
• Ambition of the slimes (Flyhigh Works) now €3.50 / £3.49 until Thu 5th Jul, normally €5.00 / £4.99
• Animal Super Squad (DoubleMoose) now €6.99 / £6.29 until Thu 5th Jul, normally €9.99 / £8.99
• Battle Chef Brigade (Cartoon Network) now €11.99 / £10.79 until Thu 5th Jul, normally €19.99 / £17.99
• Danmaku Unlimited 3 (Doragon) now €6.29 / £5.66 until Thu 5th Jul, normally €8.99 / £8.09
• Dark Witch Music Episode: Rudymical (Flyhigh Works) now €5.60 / £4.85 until Thu 5th Jul, normally €8.00 / £6.99
• Deemo (Flyhigh Works) now €23.99 / £21.59 until Thu 5th Jul, normally €29.99 / £26.99
• EARTHLOCK (Snowcastle Games) now €16.99 / £15.29 until Sun 8th Jul, normally €24.99 / £22.49
• Infinite Minigolf (Zen Studios) now €5.99 / £5.39 until Thu 28th Jun, normally €14.99 / £13.49
• Jotun: Valhalla Edition (Thunder Lotus Games) now €9.99 / £7.32 until Thu 5th Jul, normally €14.99 / £10.99
• KAMIKO (Flyhigh Works) now €2.99 / £2.69 until Thu 5th Jul, normally €4.99 / £4.49
• Mantis Burn Racing (VooFoo Studios) now €10.71 / £10.04 until Thu 28th Jun, normally €15.99 / £14.99
• NeuroVoider (Plug In Digital) now €11.19 / £10.39 until Thu 28th Jun, normally €13.99 / £12.99
• Owlboy (D-pad Studio) now €16.09 / £13.29 until Thu 5th Jul, normally €22.99 / £18.99
• Sky Force Reloaded (Infinite Dreams) now €8.99 / £8.09 until Thu 28th Jun, normally €9.99 / £8.99
• The Adventures of Elena Temple (GRIMTALIN) now €3.99 / £3.59 until Thu 5th Jul, normally €4.99 / £4.49
• The Long Reach (Merge Games) now €10.04 / £8.70 until Thu 28th Jun, normally €14.99 / £12.99
• Vesta (FinalBoss Games) now €5.99 / £5.39 until Fri 29th Jun, normally €9.99 / £8.99
• Green Game: TimeSwapper (iFun4all) now €1.49 / £1.34 until Thu 28th Jun, normally €2.99 / £2.69
• Outlast: Bundle of Terror (Red Barrels) now €16.74 / £13.39 until Mon 25th Jun, normally €24.99 / £19.99
• Outlast 2 (Red Barrels) now €20.09 / £18.08 until Mon 25th Jun, normally €29.99 / £26.99
• Paper Wars: Cannon Fodder Devastated (iFun4all) now €4.99 / £4.49 until Thu 28th Jun, normally €9.99 / £8.99
• Perfect Angle (Ivanovich Games) now €6.99 / £6.29 until Mon 2nd Jul, normally €9.99 / £8.99
• Red Game Without a Great Name (iFun4all) now €1.49 / £1.34 until Thu 28th Jun, normally €2.99 / £2.69
• Thumper (Drool LLC) now €9.99 / £7.99 until Fri 29th Jun, normally €19.99 / £15.99
• Time Recoil (10tons) now €9.09 / £7.79 until Thu 28th Jun, normally €13.99 / £11.99

Nintendo Switch

• All-Star Fruit Racing (PQube) now €35.99 / £31.49 until Fri 13th Jul, normally €39.99 / £34.99
• Grave Danger (Joindots) now €16.99 / £15.29 until Thu 28th Jun, normally €19.99 / £17.99
• Just Dance 2017 (Ubisoft) now €39.99 / £33.32 until Wed 27th Jun, normally €59.99 / £49.99
• Just Dance 2018 (Ubisoft) now €39.99 / £33.32 until Wed 27th Jun, normally €59.99 / £49.99
• Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Ubisoft) now €39.99 / £33.32 until Wed 27th Jun, normally €59.99 / £49.99
• Monopoly for Nintendo Switch (Ubisoft) now €23.99 / £17.49 until Wed 27th Jun, normally €39.99 / £29.99
• RAYMAN LEGENDS: DEFINITIVE EDITION (Ubisoft) now €29.99 / £22.49 until Wed 27th Jun, normally €39.99 / £29.99
• South Park: The Fractured but Whole (Ubisoft) now €44.99 / £37.49 until Wed 27th Jun, normally €59.99 / £49.99
• Ginger: Beyond the Crystal (BLG-Publishing) now €14.99 / £13.49 until Mon 9th Jul, normally €19.99 / £17.99
• LOST SPHEAR (SQUARE ENIX) now €24.99 / £19.99 until Mon 25th Jun, normally €49.99 / £39.99
• Farming Simulator Nintendo Switch Edition (Focus Home Interactive) now €26.99 / £22.79 until Tue 26th Jun, normally €44.99 / £37.99
• 3D MiniGolf (Joindots) now €17.99 / £16.19 until Thu 5th Jul, normally €19.99 / £17.99
• Gear.Club Unlimited (Anuman Interactive) now €29.99 / £26.99 until Thu 12th Jul, normally €49.99 / £44.99
• Island Flight Simulator (Joindots) now €17.99 / £16.19 until Thu 5th Jul, normally €19.99 / £17.99
• MXGP3 – The Official Motocross Videogame (Milestone) now €24.99 / £19.99 until Sun 8th Jul, normally €49.99 / £39.99

• Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle – Gold Edition (Ubisoft) now €54.99 / £45.45 until Wed 27th Jun, normally €74.99 / £61.99
• South Park: The Fractured But Whole – Gold Edition (Ubisoft) now €59.99 / £47.24 until Wed 27th Jun, normally €79.99 / £62.99

Nintendo Switch (DLC)

• South Park: The Fractured but Whole – Season Pass (Ubisoft) now €17.99 / £15.00 until Wed 27th Jun, normally €29.99 / £25.00

Wii U

• Assassin’s Creed III (Ubisoft) now €4.99 / £3.99 until Wed 27th Jun, normally €19.99 / £15.99
• Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag (Ubisoft) now €11.99 / £7.99 until Wed 27th Jun, normally €29.99 / £19.99
• Just Dance 2016 (Ubisoft) now €19.99 / £13.33 until Wed 27th Jun, normally €44.99 / £29.99
• Just Dance 2017 (Ubisoft) now €24.99 / £19.99 until Wed 27th Jun, normally €49.99 / £39.99
• Just Dance 2018 (Ubisoft) now €19.99 / £15.99 until Wed 27th Jun, normally €49.99 / £39.99
• Rabbids Land (Ubisoft) now €4.99 / £3.99 until Wed 27th Jun, normally €19.99 / £15.99
• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist (Ubisoft) now €7.49 / £4.99 until Wed 27th Jun, normally €29.99 / £19.99
• Watch_Dogs (Ubisoft) now €7.49 / £6.24 until Wed 27th Jun, normally €29.99 / £24.99
• Rayman Legends (Ubisoft) now €5.99 / £4.79 until Wed 27th Jun, normally €29.99 / £23.99
• Sports Connection (Ubisoft) now €9.99 / £7.99 until Wed 27th Jun, normally €19.99 / £15.99
• Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2013 (Ubisoft) now €9.99 / £7.99 until Wed 27th Jun, normally €19.99 / £15.99
• ZombiU (Ubisoft) now €9.99 / £7.99 until Wed 27th Jun, normally €19.99 / £15.99

Wii U

• Cloudberry Kingdom (Ubisoft) now €2.99 / £2.39 until Wed 27th Jun, normally €9.99 / £7.99
• 99 Moves (EnjoyUp Games) now €1.49 / £1.37 until Thu 19th Jul, normally €2.49 / £2.29
• Abyss (EnjoyUp Games) now €1.19 / £1.07 until Thu 19th Jul, normally €1.99 / £1.79
• Defend Your Crypt (Ratalaika Games) now €1.49 / £1.34 until Thu 5th Jul, normally €2.99 / £2.69
• Epic Dumpster Bear (Log Games) now €3.75 / £3.37 until Thu 5th Jul, normally €5.00 / £4.50
• Gunman Clive HD Collection (Hörberg Productions) now €1.99 / £1.79 until Thu 5th Jul, normally €3.99 / £3.59
• Jotun Valhalla Edition (Thunder Lotus Games) now €9.99 / £7.99 until Thu 5th Jul, normally €14.99 / £11.99
• Mr. Pumpkin Adventure (Circle Ent.) now €1.99 / £1.99 until Thu 5th Jul, normally €3.99 / £3.99
• Puzzle Monkeys (Log Games) now €0.99 / £0.99 until Thu 5th Jul, normally €1.49 / £1.49
• Rock ‘N Racing Off Road DX (EnjoyUp Games) now €4.79 / £4.31 until Thu 19th Jul, normally €7.99 / £7.19
• Sky Force Anniversary (Infinite Dreams) now €3.99 / £3.59 until Thu 28th Jun, normally €9.99 / £8.99
• Turtle Tale (Saturnine Games) now €1.99 / £1.66 until Thu 12th Jul, normally €2.99 / £2.49

Nintendo 3DS

• Farming Simulator 14 (Focus Home Interactive) now €6.79 / £5.09 until Tue 26th Jun, normally €19.99 / £14.99
• Farming Simulator 18 (Focus Home Interactive) now €14.99 / £12.49 until Tue 26th Jun, normally €29.99 / £24.99

• Ash (CIRCLE Ent.) now €1.99 / £1.99 until Thu 5th Jul, normally €3.99 / £3.99
• Cube Creator 3D (Big John Games) now €4.50 / £3.15 until Thu 19th Jul, normally €7.50 / £5.25
• Coaster Creator 3D (Big John Games) now €4.35 / £3.60 until Thu 19th Jul, normally €7.25 / £6.00
• Defend your Crypt (Ratalaika Games) now €1.49 / £1.34 until Thu 5th Jul, normally €2.99 / £2.69
• GLORY OF GENERALS (CIRCLE Ent.) now €3.49 / £2.99 until Thu 5th Jul, normally €6.99 / £6.09
• Glory of Generals The Pacific (CIRCLE Ent.) now €3.49 / £3.39 until Thu 5th Jul, normally €6.99 / £6.89
• Gunman Clive (Hörberg Productions) now €0.99 / £0.99 until Thu 5th Jul, normally €1.99 / £1.99
• Gunman Clive 2 (Hörberg Productions) now €1.49 / £1.25 until Thu 5th Jul, normally €2.99 / £2.50
• Karous – The Beast Of Re:Eden – (CIRCLE Ent.) now €2.99 / £2.89 until Thu 5th Jul, normally €5.99 / £5.89
• Musicverse: Electronic Keyboard (Abylight) now €2.95 / £2.66 until Thu 5th Jul, normally €7.99 / £7.19
• Snow Moto Racing 3D (Zordix AB) now €5.99 / £5.39 until Thu 28th Jun, normally €7.99 / £7.19
• Toy Defense (CIRCLE Ent.) now €1.99 / £1.59 until Thu 5th Jul, normally €3.99 / £3.19
• Turtle Tale (Saturnine Games) now €1.99 / £1.66 until Thu 12th Jul, normally €2.99 / £2.49
• Zombie Panic in Wonderland DX (Akaoni Studio) now €4.90 / £4.41 until Thu 19th Jul, normally €7.00 / £6.30

Nintendo Switch (DLC)

• Rocket League – Jurassic World Car Pack (Psyonix) – €1.68 / £1.50
• Gal*Gun 2 – DLC Set 5 (Pqube) – €9.99 / £8.99
• Gal*Gun 2 – Fancy Maid Mini-skirt Set (Pqube) – €4.49 / £4.09
• Gal*Gun 2 – Pole Position Pin-up Set (Pqube) – €4.49 / £4.09
• Gal*Gun 2 – Risque Apron Set (Pqube) – €4.49 / £4.09
• PixelJunk Monsters 2 Encore Pack (Spike Chunsoft) – €4.99 / £4.49
• Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition: The Incredibles Skin Pack (Mojang) – €2.99 / £2.39
• Pic-a-Pix Deluxe – Mixed Puzzles 6 (Lightwood Games) – €1.99 / £1.99
• Pic-a-Pix Deluxe – Large Puzzles 6 (Lightwood Games) – €1.99 / £1.99
• WorldNeverland – Elnea Kingdom: Headshroom Set (Rogh, Mallo and Inber)(althi) – €2.99 / £2.69
• BLAZBLUE CROSS TAG BATTLE – Additional Color Set 1 (PQube Limited) – €2.99 / £2.49
• BLAZBLUE CROSS TAG BATTLE – Additional Color Set 2 (PQube Limited) – €2.99 / £2.49
• BLAZBLUE CROSS TAG BATTLE – Additional Color Set 3 (PQube Limited) – €2.99 / £2.49
• The Pinball Arcade: Doctor Who Ball Pack (FarSight Studios) – €2.99 / £2.69
• The Pinball Arcade: FarSight Ball Pack (FarSight Studios) – €1.99 / £1.79
• The Pinball Arcade: Glo-Ball Pack (FarSight Studios) – €2.99 / £2.69
• The Pinball Arcade: Gottlieb Ball Pack 1 (FarSight Studios) – €1.99 / £1.79
• The Pinball Arcade: Gottlieb Retro Ball Pack(FarSight Studios) – €0.99 / £0.89
• The Pinball Arcade: Stern Ball Pack 1 (FarSight Studios) – €1.99 / £1.79

Nintendo Switch (Item)

• Minecraft – 320 Minecoin Pack (Mojang) – €1.99 / £1.69
• Minecraft – 1020 Minecoin Pack (Mojang) – €5.99 / £4.99
• Minecraft – 1720 Minecoin Pack (Mojang) – €9.99 / £8.39
• Minecraft – 3500 Minecoin Pack (Mojang) – €19.99 / £16.74
• Minecraft – 4380 Minecoin Pack (Mojang) – €24.99 / £20.99
• Minecraft – 8800 Minecoin Pack (Mojang) – €49.99 / £41.74

Nintendo 3DS (Theme)

• Summertime is magic (Rainbow) – €1.99 / £1.79
• Rock Maggie (Rainbow) – €1.99 / £1.79
• Joy, LingLing and their pets (Rainbow) – €1.99 / £1.79
• Stylish Bianca (Rainbow) – €1.99 / £1.79
• Fairytale friends (Rainbow) – €1.99 / £1.79
• A super GO.ZY.Couple (Rainbow) – €1.99 / £1.79
• Regal Academy Princes (Rainbow) – €1.99 / £1.79

So that’s your lot for this week’s EU update on the eShops. Feel free to leave a vote in the poll above and a comment below with your favourite picks.

Chucklefish has announced that the highly anticipated 2D fighter Pocket Rumble is finally arriving on Nintendo Switch next month, now scheduled to release on 5th July.

Pocket Rumble is a streamlined, beginner-friendly 2D fighting game inspired by SNK’s classic fighters on the Neo Geo Pocket Color. It aims to retain all the gameplay elements that make traditional fighters great, while reducing the level of execution and memorisation necessary to the absolute minimum.

The game was first announced way back in February of last year – a month before the Switch released. Originally, Pocket Rumble was going to be available during the console’s launch window and was generating some keen interest amongst fans, but the delay has seen it slip out of people’s thoughts thanks to the steady onslaught of indie delights on the system since then. Hopefully it can now finally live the life it was destined to.

Here are some of the game’s features:

Features:
– Simple 2-button controls with universal and easy special move inputs, involving no complex joystick motions
– Short combos with straightforward timing and cancel system
– Diverse cast of characters, each with their own unique meter and mechanics
– On-screen frame data bar and visual indicators for properties such as invulnerability to introduce players to fighting game basics
– Near-flawless online multiplayer with GGPO netcode
– HD rumble support, specific to the Nintendo Switch version

Have you been patiently waiting to hear more about this title? Will you be giving it a go when it launches on Switch next month? Let us know with a comment.

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Bandai Namco has announced that Dragon Ball FighterZ will be punching its way onto Switch on 28th September, and players that pre-order the game will get some extra little goodies, too.

The Switch version of the critically acclaimed brawler will feature all the spectacular fights, iconic fighters and fast-paced action from the game’s release on other platforms, including all the extra characters already released in other versions from day one. Those who decide to pre-order the game will also receive immediate access to Goku and Vegeta SSGSS.

On top of this, and perhaps the icing on the cake, pre-orders will also net you a copy of the Japanese version of the classic SNES game: Dragon Ball Z: Super Butoden – a game that only ever saw releases in Japan, France, and Spain back in 1993. Here’s what it looks like on Switch:

Meanwhile, Bandai has also announced Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Extra Pack 3, which will also be available this summer on Switch. This pack will offer the long-awaited character, Super Baby Vegeta, a parasite-like organism created from the DNA of King Tuffle before the extinction of his race. By taking possession of Vegeta’s body, Baby became Super Baby Vegeta, one of the strongest fighters in the universe. 

Will you be battling it out when the game launches this September? Let us know if you’re hyped for this one in the comments below.