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Nintendo Plans To Go Big With Super Smash Bros. For Switch At E3 This Year

E3 is right around the corner and Nintendo is already preparing to bring the big guns out in June to keep viewers around the world – and attendees in Los Angeles – engaged and having fun. As with recent years, Nintendo will focus its E3 activities on games that are coming out in the immediate future, with a special spotlight given to a key headlining title: the recently announced Super Smash Bros. for Switch. Games launching beyond 2018 will be featured at a later date.

The festivities kick off with two days of high-level competitive action. Night owls across Europe can watch qualifying international teams – including the reigning European champions from Germany – ink their way to glory in the semi-finals of the Splatoon 2 World Championship tournament, from Monday 11th June at 23.30 (UK time) / Tuesday 12th June at 00.30 CEST until 02.00 (UK time) / 03.00 CEST. The finals will take place on Tuesday 12th June, immediately followed by the Super Smash Bros. Invitational 2018 tournament, which will pit invited players against each other in Super Smash Bros.

All the action from both days will be streamed live on Nintendo of Europe’s E3 2018 website, and on YouTube with a chatroom available in viewers’ local language.

At 17.00 (UK time) / 18.00 CEST on Tuesday 12th June, Nintendo will debut a video presentation featuring games releasing in 2018. Right after the presentation, Nintendo Treehouse: Live | E3 2018 will begin three days of live gameplay, appearances by developers and an insider look at games, starting with the upcoming Super Smash Bros title.

From 12th to 14th June, visitors to Nintendo’s booth at the Los Angeles Convention Center will be able to play a variety of games, including Super Smash Bros. Additionally, some of the most noteworthy upcoming third-party games on Nintendo Switch will be featured across several Nintendo activities throughout E3 week. 

Here’s the schedule for all the E3 festivities:

Splatoon 2 World Championship opening rounds

Starts: Monday 11th June at 23:30 (UK time).

Ends (approx.): Tuesday 12th June at 02:00 (UK time).

Splatoon 2 World Championship finals

Starts: Tuesday 12th June PT (European times to be confirmed).

Super Smash Bros. Invitational 2018

Starts: Right after the conclusion of the Splatoon 2 World Championship finals.

Video presentation

Starts: Tuesday 12th June at 17:00 (UK time).

Get a look at Nintendo Switch games for 2018, including the recently announced Super Smash Bros. game.

Nintendo Treehouse: Live | E3 2018

Starts: Tuesday 12th June, immediately after the video presentation.

Three days of Nintendo Switch gameplay with Nintendo Treehouse members and developers. Starts with the recently announced Super Smash Bros. game, right after the video presentation.

It sounds like another fun packed E3 with Nintendo bringing a splash of colour to proceedings as usual. Let us know what you are looking forward to most with a comment below.

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Flipping Death Will Bring Its Dark Humour To Switch In August

While it’s going to miss the Spring 2018 release window that was originally attached to it, Zoink! Games has now confirmed puzzle/platformer Flipping Death is headed to Nintendo Switch this August. This will be the digital version of the game, with a physical edition (with extra goodies included) planned for later in the year.

Coming from the studio that brought you Stick it to the Man and Fe, you’ll play Penny, a girl who finds herself filling in for Death itself. You’ll leap between platforms, solve puzzles, and help the dead rest in peace by possessing the living and making them dance around at your merest whim in this interactive black comedy.

Will you be adding Flipping Death to your platforming collection come August? Share your thoughts with the Nintendo Life community below…

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Details Regarding Nintendo Switch Online Services Will Be Shared In May

A results briefing for the last fiscal year has revealed that Nintendo plans to share more details on the upcoming Nintendo Switch Online service next month.

We already know that the service is set to launch this September, priced at $19.99 for an annual subscription (or $3.99 / $7.99 for a one-month, or three-month subscription respectively), but what we’ll actually be receiving for our money is still pretty unclear.

The one thing we do know, aside from it being necessary to play your favourite games online, is that the service will include access to a ‘Classic Game Selection’. Including the likes of Super Mario Bros. 3, Balloon Fight, and Dr. Mario, this will act similarly to Sony’s ‘PS Plus’ and Microsoft’s ‘Games With Gold’, allowing you to play the games as much as you like while you have an active subscription.

Other details surrounding the online subscription are few and far between, however. Will a subscription provide players with digital download discounts? Will it come with themes for the Switch’s bare-looking home screen? Hopefully we’ll find out soon enough.

Until the big news, then, what do you think we’ll see for the Nintendo Switch Online service? Is there anything you’re desperate for Nintendo to include? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.

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Nintendo And Game Freak’s Latest Patent Hints At A New Direction For Pokémon On Switch

Details have emerged surrounding a patent application submitted by Nintendo and Game Freak, the developer of the Pokémon series. The application appears to be for an interactive kind of trading card design, which seems to be able to communicate with the Switch and change appearance based on in-game activity.

Described as a “non-limiting example game apparatus”, and “information processing apparatus” in other cases, the card is set to include a display screen consisting of a character image which is placed on top of a composite image. The composite image (which essentially sounds like the background layer behind the character’s image) can change its colour, background, and pattern. 

The most interesting part of this, however, is that these parameters can change “according to an attitude of the game apparatus”. Of course, the exact meaning behind this in unclear, but this seems to suggest that your actions on Switch will affect the image on your trading card; perhaps the Switch’s motion controls can sync up with the card’s background design, or maybe the card can change appearance based on the outcome of in-game battles, with your character’s image changing depending on their current health level.

In case you’re in any doubt that this application has anything to do with Pokémon, some terminology used later in the application should put your mind at ease. 

The player can capture (collect) the character of the wild monster by operating the player character… Furthermore, the player can train (raise) the fellow character and raise its level… The fellow character may evolve (deform) in some cases.

It’s also interesting to note that, while we suspect this technology is intended for use with Pokémon on Switch, the application makes it clear that it could also be used elsewhere. It describes the application’s main apparatus as “a portable information processing apparatus”, with mentions of buttons, gyro sensors, and a touchscreen, but then says that “it is not necessary to be limited to a game dedicated machine”, going on to specifically suggest the use of smart phones.

While it is possible that we’ll never see this technology ever be released – many patents never go any further than their initial applications – it would appear that Nintendo and Game Freak have some pretty big ideas for ways to move Pokémon forward. Could this be the start of a Pokémon amiibo card collection? Could this be a device that can interact with Pokémon on Switch and Pokémon GO, combining the ideas and mechanics of both games?

Make sure to let us know your wild thoughts and dreams in the comments below.

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Review: Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs – Royal Edition (Switch eShop)

Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs – Royal Edition started out life in 2015 as a Kickstarter project and was eventually launched on PC, Mac and Linux in 2017 after being successfully backed. This strategy role-playing game by Polish-based developer Pixaleted Milk channels trademark aspects of classic strategy JRPGs while adding a number of modern enhancements to make the overall experience more accessible. 

Drawing inspiration from its source material, Regalia includes an intriguing story, an unlikely protagonist supported by a cast of colourful characters and takes place in a fantasy setting where a bunch of baddies reign supreme. You take on the role of Kay, a young individual who inherits a rundown kingdom in lands far away, only to discover his deceased father was in some serious debt. The task is to now clean up the surrounding lands and restore the kingdom to its former glory by taking on quests and acquiring resources in order to fill the evil debt collector’s pockets with cash.  

The humorous storyline quickly establishes the light-hearted tone of the game – with a large cast of JRPG character archetypes who make silly comments and observations about anything and everything. Dialogue-heavy sequences will occasionally drag but the more you immerse yourself in this universe, the more interested you’ll naturally become in what each character has to say. The general conversation does a substantial job of keeping you engaged as the story unfolds. It’s easy to see, based on the verbal exchanges and humour, how the Disgaea series has influenced the developer behind this project.

Everything in the world of Regalia is linked to a calendar system you would find in the likes of Persona. Kay and his party of companions must complete milestones within a set amount of days. Typically, you’ll lead a busy life with your day-to-day agenda split between developing strong social relations with characters around the kingdom (who also operate on their own unique schedules), to buying, selling, crafting and adventuring the lands far and wide – with restoration of the kingdom acting as the key motivational factor. The game gives you a certain level of freedom to pick and chose how exactly you go about accomplishing milestones. Regular interaction with the cast of characters in the game will unlock special expeditions and enhance skills of specific party members.

When you’re not in town, you’ll be out adventuring. Each area essentially doubles as a dungeon and is broken up into individual nodes – which separate each area into a series of individual tasks. Completing a dungeon requires you to complete each node within that specific area. Nodes assist with the pacing and are commonly divided up into battles as well as social and text-based scenarios with branching storylines. Once you’ve got the idea of how the daily routine works in Regalia, you’ll develop a rhythm. The nature of this design means there is plenty of replay value if you do decide to start a new game file.

The tactical turn-based combat doesn’t exactly revolutionise the genre. It’s a standard strategic affair, where you deploy Kay and the rest of his team mates on grid covered maps and then engage in battle with a variety of enemies – ranging from giant rats to zombies – by moving your party members one at a time. Each character has a set of options including the ability to move and perform a series of attacks and skills (from close combat to ranged) that can harm or even nullify enemies. There are also line of sight obstructions on the battlefield. If you do want the edge in battle, you will need to construct a party of characters that complement one another. With more than 20 unique characters available to recruit, befriend and develop relations with, there are plenty of choices on offer if you do have a specific team setup in mind.

If you find the enemies are too much of a hassle – with health bars that seemingly won’t deplete or effects that are unable to be avoided – you can always adjust the settings of battles in the options menu. This is where the modern touches can have an impact and instead of losing interest in the game altogether because you can’t progress, you can adjust a few sliders to ease the level of difficulty. In addition to being able to speed up the animations in battles, you can adjust the damage dealt by party members, change the damage party members receive, disable dodging for enemies and generate authority on defeating an enemy. These options are all listed in the gameplay settings. Upon starting a new game, you can also choose from three different difficulty settings. And if you really want, you can even skip entire battles and cutscenes.

How frequently gameplay settings are adjusted is completely up to you If you are finding the game too difficult to begin with, a few adjustments within this menu is advisable and will make for a much more tolerable experience. This is probably the defining feature of Regalia, allowing anyone to push forth to redevelop their kingdom and conquer all-evil even if they don’t necessarily have a history with games of this type. Purists may not agree with the inclusion of this feature, but it’s easy enough to ignore if you do have the willpower to resist.

The most notable downside to Regalia on Switch is the excessive load times. Every time you move around the kingdom or engage in a battle – each individual area or sequence must be loaded. Obviously, with any role-playing game you’ll need to exercise a certain degree of patience when learning the ropes and participating in prolonged battles but the endless run of loading screens wears thin pretty quickly. Even the smallest of rooms take one too many seconds to load before you can press a button to proceed. Fortunately, the developer is working hard to resolve this problem. The beautiful 3D character models, hand-drawn backdrops along with an appropriately themed soundtrack at least make up for this. 

A few other issues include hard-to-navigate menus – fortunately there is an undo button in battle if you do make the wrong move – and smaller than acceptable text from time to time. Outside of battle, characters – depending on where they spawn – also have a habit of blocking the only exit in some areas, with the developer looking to solve this matter in the next patch. Overlooking these problems, the game performs well enough in both docked and handheld mode.

Conclusion

Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs – Royal Edition is a 30-40 hour adventure, with plenty of replay value when considering the additional in-game DLC, that does a convincing job capturing the spirit and charm of the JRPG formula while providing competent turn-based battles at the same time. The developer has achieved its goal, but doesn’t really make an effort to go above and beyond multiple other (and technically more authentic) offerings already available. There are a few notable shortcomings; however, being able to adjust gameplay settings on the fly makes this a game that can be enjoyed by veterans and newcomers alike.

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Video: Use Colour And Co-Ordination To Win In The Wacky Races Of Trailblazers

Trailblazers is shaping up to be one of the most exciting and – more importantly – unique racers on Nintendo Switch. And the latest gameplay trailer sells its co-operative concept to a tee, showcasing how using paint fired from the front of your floating vehicle can either be used to create a trail your racing partner can boost on (as well as a means of stunning other racers).

You’ll get to zoom around a variety of equally-colourful locales – such as the sunny Brushwood Beach shown off in the trailer – and utilise a roster of characters, each with their own unique traits and driving style. Add in cross-platform play and some split-screen local play and you’ve got a racer with a podium finish in its sights.

Check out the trailer above and let the rest of the Nintendo Life community know what you think of this new indie racer…

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Nintendo Download: 26th April (Europe)

Hello and welcome to this week’s Nintendo Download update for the European corner of the world. We’ve got all manner of goodies direct from Nintendo, so you’re bound to find something that takes your digital fancy. Be sure to drop a vote in the poll, and a comment down below with your potential purchases. Enjoy!

Switch eShop

South Park: The Fractured But Whole (Ubisoft, €59.99 / £49.99) – Delve into the crime-ridden underbelly of South Park with the dedicated group of crime fighters formed by Eric Cartman. Join Mysterion, Toolshed, Human Kite and a host of others to battle the forces of evil. – Read our South Park: The Fractured But Whole review

South Park : The Fractured But Whole – Gold Edition (Ubisoft, €79.99 / £62.99) – The Gold Edition includes the full game and the Season Pass (new adventures, new buddies and additional items including the “Relics of Zaron – Stick of Truth Costumes and Perks” pack). Battle the forces of evil with the dedicated group of crime fighters formed by Eric Cartman and his friends.

Light Fall (Bishop Games, €14.99 / £11.39) – Explore the Forgotten World of Numbra to uncover your mysterious past and save the land and its inhabitants from an imminent threat. In this land of eternal night, you will rely on your Shadow Core to brave the many challenges and foes standing in your way.

NARUTO: Ultimate Ninja STORM (BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment, €19.99 / £16.99) – NARUTO: Ultimate Ninja STORM allows players to battle in full 3D across massive environments. Players will unleash powerful jutsu attacks, perform acrobatic evasive maneuvers and even run up walls and over water as they pursue their opponent for ninja supremacy.

NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja STORM 2 (BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment, €19.99 / £16.99) – NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja STORM 2 is a tour de force of Naruto thrills and spills. Impressively faithful to the universe of the anime, the game takes players through the Naruto Shippuden story arc with new battle systems enhancing the gameplay.

NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja STORM 3 Full Burst HD (BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment, €19.99 / £16.99) – The 4th Great Ninja War continues. NARUTO SHIPPUDEN Ultimate Ninja STORM 3 has been given a thorough overhaul for its FULL BURST comeback! Not least among the wealth of enhancements is the addition of the feverishly anticipated chapter in which Sasuke and Itachi take on Kabuto in a nail-biting confrontation.

NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja STORM Trilogy (Bandai Namco, €49.99 / £44.99) – NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: ULTIMATE NINJA STORM TRILOGY collects 3 STORM games in one breathtaking collection. This collection includes: HD Remasters of NARUTO: ULTIMATE NINJA STORM, NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: ULTIMATE NINJA STORM 2, and NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: ULTIMATE NINJA STORM 3 FULL BURST.

Firefighters: Airport Fire Department (United Independent Entertainment, €39.99 / £35.99) – Move out with your team and experience tense missions. As a member of the airport fire department, you and your team extinguish massive aircraft fires and beat a path through the flickering flames.

Firefighters – The Simulation (United Independent Entertainment, €39.99 / £35.99) – Welcome to the professional fire brigade. You and your team will experience the exciting work of the professional fire brigade, surviving realistic missions where you extinguish house fires, salvage and neutralize extremely toxic and hazardous substances, and accomplish many other fascinating tasks.

Where Are My Friends? (Sometimes You, €5.99 / £5.39) – Every level is a separate genre: runner, point’n’click quest and puzzle-platformer. The plot will be understandable to each one of you, since the story is told without using a single word.

Hello Kitty Kruisers With Sanrio Friends (Rising Star Games, €24.99 / £24.99) – Hello Kitty is back and starring in an all-new 3D racing game! Join Hello Kitty and her Sanrio friends as they race on land, through air and over water. Race by yourself or with up to three of your friends.!

ACA NEOGEO GHOST PILOTS (HAMSTER, €6.99 / £6.29) – “GHOST PILOTS” is a shooting game released by SNK in 1991. The hero flies an old-fashioned seaplane in order to fight the two powerful nations invading their own country. Alongside giant military weapons, a mysterious combat unit arrives and makes for an intense battle.

A Robot Named Fight (Hitcents, €12.99 / £12.99) – A Robot Named Fight is a 2D action adventure roguelite focused on exploration and item collection. Take on the role of a lone robot tasked with stopping the entity known as Megabeast. Explore procedurally-generated labyrinths, uncover randomized power-ups and artifacts and find secrets.

Agatha Knife (Mango Protocol, €11.99 / £9.59) – Embark on this twisted adventure with Agatha, a child torn between her love for eating meat and her friendships with animals. Join her as she discovers religion and creates her own, Carnivorism, to convince the animals that their sacrifice is the secret to their eternal happiness. – Read our Agatha Knife review

Another Lost Phone: Laura’s Story (Plug In Digital, €5.99 / £5.39) – Another Lost Phone is a game about exploring the social life of a young woman whose phone you have just found.

Glaive: Brick Breaker (Blue Sunset Games, €9.99 / £8.99) – Glaive: Brick Breaker is a classic and popular arkanoid-type game with beautiful 3D graphics. Many power-ups, tons of different stages and dynamic gameplay.

Goetia (Forever Entertainment, €4.99 / £4.49 for owners of Violett€6.99 / £6.29 for owners of Sparkle 2 EVO, Sparkle 3 Genesis, Sparkle ZERO, Hollow, Millie, Zombillie, NO THING, Frederic: Resurrection of Music, Frederic 2: Evil Strikes Back or Qbik Regular price €9.99 / £8.99) – The ruins of any village are the silent testament to its final moments. The ruins of Oakmarsh are no different. Their telling silence, the dust blanketing what was once a quiet village near Coventry.

KORG Gadget for Nintendo Switch (DETUNE, €38.99 / £35.09) – Award-winning music creation software KORG Gadget is now available for the Nintendo Switch. Plentiful instrumental gadgets combined with a simple and intuitive graphical interface enable speedy music creation. With this new music creation studio, one can create and perform music by actively twisting and turning the Joy-Con.

Late Shift (Wales Interactive, €12.99 / £9.99) – Late Shift is a high stakes FMV crime thriller. Written by the author of Sherlock Holmes (2009 film), experience a gripping live-action crime thriller with a total of over 180 decision points. Do you steal the car or do you run away? Do you follow orders or sabotage the plan? You’ll have just seconds to decide as the film continues to roll with no pauses and no looping footage.

Saturday Morning RPG (Limited Run Games, €7.99 / £7.19) – Saturday Morning RPG is a Japanese style turn-based RPG set in world heavily inspired by 1980s Saturday morning cartoons and pop culture. Players take the role of Martin ‘Marty’ Michael Hall, an average high-school student who has just been granted an incredible power – a power that ultimately leads him to attract the ire of the world’s most notorious villain, Commander Hood!

SKYPEACE (Sonic Powered, €0.99 / £0.89) – SKYPEACE is a high-speed action game where you clear stages by carefully avoiding the enemies that appear.

Sky Rogue (Fractal Phase, €16.99 / £14.99) – Sky Rogue is a fwooshy rogue-lite action flight simulator! Blow things up over land, sea, and air, on an infinite number of procedurally-generated islands. Choose one of a diverse set of aeros and kit it out with a dizzying array of weaponry. Go toe-to-toe with enemy aces or assault giant flying aircraft carriers and battleships. – Read our Sky Rogue review

Sparkle ZERO (Forever Entertainment, €2.49 / £2.24 for owners of Millie, Qbik, Zombillie or NO THING Regular price €4.99 / £4.49) – Go back to the beginning of evolution. Start from ZERO and become the smallest creature – a spark of life – which has endless development paths ahead of it. Your task is to find food, which helps to grow and develop. But be careful, you are not alone on your climb to the evolutionary peak. Many other organisms also fight for the same resources and development opportunities.

12 orbits (Roman Uhlig, €1.99 / £1.75) – 12 orbits doesn’t require any prior knowledge, preparation time or additional controllers. Your left and right Joy-Con, or even the touch screen alone, are all you need for any number of players. The only limit is how close you’d like to be together.

Bouncy Bob (SONKA, €4.99 / £4.49) – Defeat hordes of zombies and seal your fate with the push of one button! Beat your own score in Single Mode or invite your friends to play together in Multiplayer Mode.

DragoDino (Plug In Digital, €9.99 / £8.99) – Fight your way to the top in DragoDino, an epic adventure set in an ever changing world! Meet Bob, a cute DragoDino, and guide him through the 10 levels of the Forest Kingdom in a quest to recover his lost egg stuck atop a giant tree.

Jotun: Valhalla Edition (Thunder Lotus Games, €14.99 / £10.99) – Jotun is a hand-drawn, action-exploration game set in Norse mythology. In Jotun, you play Thora, a Viking warrior who died an inglorious death and must prove herself to the Gods to enter Valhalla.

Save the Ninja Clan (Sometimes You, €4.99 / £4.49) – An evil ninja kidnapped your friends. You must collect scrolls in order to find your friends and save them. You will play as different ninjas as the journey progresses. Each ninja has a different ability: Green ninja has a double jump, Purple Ninja has a sprint, and the Grey Ninja has a dash (with temporary invincibility)

Super Saurio Fly (FraxelGames, €12.95 / £11.59) – “Super Saurio Fly” is a 2D arcade platformer and adventure video game. Players will move along the stages crossing different parts of the world by using Super Saurio´s ability to fly, dodge traps and defeat other dinosaurs.

Switch Pre-Orders

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition (WayForward, €24.29 / £21.89, pre-order from 24/04/2018) – Pre-Order until 08/05/2018, 00:59 CEST Game description: This all-inclusive version comes with all of the previously released DLC, Modes, and Costumes!

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (Bethesda Softworks) (€59.99 / £49.99, pre-order from 24/04/2018) – Pre-Order until 28/06/2018, 23:59 local time Game description: As BJ Blazkowicz, experience an unforgettable action-packed story brought to life by extraordinary characters. Reunite with your friends and fellow freedom fighters as you take on the evil Frau Engel and her army. Wage the second American Revolution your way – at home or on the go. And, for the perfect blend of immersion and accuracy, utilize the Nintendo Switch’s unique motion controls to stop The Regime.

Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection (CAPCOM Europe, €49.99 / £44.99, pre-order from 26/04/2018) – Pre-Order until 29/05/2018, 14:59 CEST Game description: Celebrate Street Fighter’s historic legacy with the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection. In this massive collection of 12 Street Fighter titles, which encompass the Street Fighter I, Street Fighter II, Street Fighter III and Street Fighter Alpha series, perfect arcade balance makes it to consoles for the first time ever.

Special Offers

Nintendo Switch

  • Tactical Mind (QubicGames) now €2.39 / £2.15 until Sun 13th May, normally €2.99 / £2.69
  • Brave Dungeon + Dark Witch’s Story: COMBAT (INSIDE SYSTEM) now €6.29 / £5.66 until Thu 10th May, normally €8.99 / £8.09
  • King Oddball (10tons) now €1.49 / £1.19 until Wed 2nd May, normally €4.99 / £3.99
  • Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime (Asteroid Base) now €9.99 / £7.99 until Thu 3rd May, normally €14.99 / £11.99
  • Millie (Forever Entertainment) now €2.49 / £2.24 until Thu 10th May, normally €4.99 / £4.49
  • Revenant Saga (KEMCO) now €9.09 / £8.18 until Wed 9th May, normally €12.99 / £11.69
  • Semispheres (Vivid Helix) now €5.99 / £5.39 until Thu 3rd May, normally €9.99 / £8.99
  • Shadow Bug (Muro Studios) now €6.74 / £6.06 until Thu 10th May, normally €8.99 / £8.09
  • Sparkle 3 Genesis (Forever Entertainment) now €3.34 / £3.00 until Thu 10th May, normally €4.99 / £4.49
  • Star Ghost (RAINYFROG) now €6.29 / £5.59 until Thu 10th May, normally €8.99 / £7.99
  • Super Toy Cars (Eclipse Games) now €7.99 / £7.19 until Sun 6th May, normally €9.99 / £8.99
  • BUTCHER (Crunching Koalas) now €6.49 / £5.84 until Sun 6th May, normally €9.99 / £8.99
  • Lichtspeer: Double Speer Edition (Crunching Koalas) now €6.49 / £5.84 until Sun 6th May, normally €9.99 / £8.99
  • Pirates: All Aboard! (QubicGames) now €4.79 / £4.31 until Sun 20th May, normally €5.99 / £5.39

Nintendo 3DS

  • Bit Boy!! ARCADE (Bplus) now €5.59 / £5.03 until Fri 11th May, normally €7.99 / £7.19
  • Plantera (Ratalaika Games) now €3.34 / £3.00 until Sun 6th May, normally €4.99 / £4.49
  • PUZZLEBOX setup (Bplus) now €2.09 / £1.88 until Fri 11th May, normally €2.99 / £2.69
  • 7th Dragon III Code: VFD (Deep Silver) now €19.99 / £17.49 until Thu 3rd May, normally €39.99 / £34.99
  • Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Myth (Deep Silver) now €19.99 / £17.49 until Thu 3rd May, normally €39.99 / £34.99
  • Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology (Deep Silver) now €31.99 / £27.99 until Thu 3rd May, normally €39.99 / £34.99
  • Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse (Deep Silver) now €19.99 / £17.49 until Thu 3rd May, normally €39.99 / £34.99
  • 80’S OVERDRIVE (Insane Code) now €4.99 / £4.49 until Thu 17th May, normally €9.99 / £8.99
  • Atlantic Quest (Joindots) now €1.74 / £1.24 until Thu 10th May, normally €6.99 / £4.99
  • Brunch Panic (CIRCLE Ent.) now €1.99 / £1.99 until Thu 10th May, normally €3.99 / £3.99
  • Castle Conqueror EX (CIRCLE Ent.) now €1.99 / £1.99 until Thu 10th May, normally €3.99 / £3.99
  • Demon King Box (CIRCLE Ent.) now €1.99 / £1.99 until Thu 10th May, normally €3.99 / £3.99
  • Dan McFox: Head Hunter (Lightwood Games) now €1.49 / £1.19 until Thu 10th May, normally €2.49 / £1.99
  • Drone Fight (CIRCLE Ent.) now €1.99 / £1.99 until Thu 10th May, normally €3.99 / £3.99
  • Epic Word Search Collection (Lightwood Games) now €4.79 / £3.59 until Thu 10th May, normally €7.99 / £5.99
  • Epic Word Search Collection 2 (Lightwood Games) now €4.79 / £3.59 until Thu 10th May, normally €7.99 / £5.99
  • Epic Word Search Holiday Special (Lightwood Games) now €4.79 / £3.59 until Thu 10th May, normally €7.99 / £5.99
  • Jewel Match 3 (Joindots) now €1.74 / £1.24 until Thu 10th May, normally €6.99 / £4.99
  • Link-a-Pix Colour (Lightwood Games) now €4.79 / £4.19 until Thu 10th May, normally €7.99 / £6.99
  • Murder on the Titanic (Joindots) now €1.99 / £1.49 until Thu 10th May, normally €7.99 / £5.99
  • Pazuru (Joindots) now €1.49 / £0.99 until Thu 10th May, normally €5.99 / £3.99
  • Pic-a-Pix Colour (Lightwood Games) now €3.00 / £2.70 until Thu 10th May, normally €5.00 / £4.50
  • Phil’s Epic Fill-a-Pix Adventure (Lightwood Games) now €4.79 / £3.59 until Thu 10th May, normally €7.99 / £5.99
  • Safari Quest (Joindots) now €1.74 / £1.24 until Thu 10th May, normally €6.99 / £4.99
  • Secret Agent Files: Miami (Joindots) now €1.99 / £1.49 until Thu 10th May, normally €7.99 / £5.99
  • Snow Moto Racing 3D (Zordix AB) now €5.99 / £5.39 until Thu 3rd May, normally €7.99 / £7.19
  • Splat The Difference (Lightwood Games) now €3.00 / £2.70 until Thu 10th May, normally €5.00 / £4.50
  • Sudoku Party (Lightwood Games) now €3.00 / £2.70 until Thu 10th May, normally €5.00 / £4.50
  • SubaraCity (CIRCLE Ent.) now €1.99 / £1.89 until Thu 10th May, normally €3.99 / £3.99
  • Sweet Memories Blackjack (CIRCLE Ent.) now €1.99 / £1.99 until Thu 10th May, normally €3.99 / £3.99
  • Swords & Soldiers 3D (CIRCLE Ent.) now €3.49 / £3.89 until Thu 10th May, normally €6.99 / £6.89
  • World Conqueror 3D (CIRCLE Ent.) now €2.49 / £2.39 until Thu 10th May, normally €4.99 / £4.89
  • Word Logic by POWGI (Lightwood Games) now €5.39 / £4.79 until Thu 10th May, normally €8.99 / £7.99
  • Word Puzzles by POWGI (Lightwood Games) now €5.39 / £4.79 until Thu 10th May, normally €8.99 / £7.99
  • Word Search 10K (Lightwood Games) now €4.79 / £3.59 until Thu 10th May, normally €7.99 / £5.99
  • Word Search by POWGI (Lightwood Games) now €4.79 / £3.59 until Thu 10th May, normally €7.99 / £5.99
  • Worcle Worlds (Lightwood Games) now €5.39 / £4.79 until Thu 10th May, normally €8.99 / £7.99

Wii U

  • Plantera (Ratalaika Games) now €3.34 / £3.00 until Sun 6th May, normally €4.99 / £4.49
  • Absolutely Unstoppable MineRun (Yappa Pie) now €2.00 / £1.60 until Thu 10th May, normally €3.59 / £2.99
  • Dragon Skills (Joindots) now €1.99 / £1.69 until Thu 10th May, normally €7.99 / £6.79
  • Jones on Fire (Joindots) now €0.99 / £0.78 until Thu 10th May, normally €5.99 / £4.59
  • Joe’s Diner (Joindots) now €0.99 / £0.78 until Thu 10th May, normally €7.99 / £5.99
  • Pic-a-Pix Colour (Lightwood Games) now €3.00 / £2.70 until Thu 10th May, normally €5.00 / £4.50
  • Queen’s Garden (Joindots) now €0.99 / £0.78 until Thu 10th May, normally €6.99 / £5.49
  • Sudoku Party (Lightwood Games) now €3.00 / £2.70 until Thu 10th May, normally €5.00 / £4.50
  • Sweetest Thing (Joindots) now €0.99 / £0.78 until Thu 10th May, normally €6.99 / £5.49
  • Word Logic by POWGI (Lightwood Games) now €5.39 / £4.79 until Thu 10th May, normally €8.99 / £7.99
  • Word Party (Lightwood Games) now €9.59 / £8.99 until Thu 10th May, normally €15.99 / £14.99
  • Word Puzzles by POWGI (Lightwood Games) now €5.39 / £4.79 until Thu 10th May, normally €8.99 / £7.99
  • Word Search by POWGI (Lightwood Games) now €4.79 / £3.59 until Thu 10th May, normally €7.99 / £5.99

DLC / Add-On Content

Nintendo Switch

  • South Park: The Fractured but Whole – Season Pass (Ubisoft) – €29.99 / £25.00
  • Relics of Zaron – Stick of Truth Costumes and Perks Pack (Ubisoft) – €4.99 / £4.00
  • South Park: The Fractured but Whole – Towelie: Your Gaming Bud (Ubisoft) – €1.99 / £1.69
  • South Park: The Fractured but Whole – Super Streamer Starter Kit (Ubisoft) – Free
  • South Park: The Fractured but Whole – « Danger Deck » DLC (Ubisoft) – €5.99 / £4.99
  • South Park : The Fractured But Whole – From Dusk Till Casa Bonita (Ubisoft) – €11.99 / £9.49
  • Gal*Gun 2 – DLC Set 1 (Pqube) – €9.99 / £8.99
  • Gal*Gun 2 – Bubble Bath Bikini Set (Pqube) – €4.49 / £4.09
  • Gal*Gun 2 – Classy Bunny Girl Set (Pqube) – €4.49 / £4.09
  • Gal*Gun 2 – Meowvelous Sweater Set (Pqube) – €4.49 / £4.09
  • LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes 2 – Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War Movie Character and Level Pack (WB Games) – €2.99 / £2.50
  • MIGHTY GUNVOLT BURST: DLC Character: Tenzou (Inti Creates) – €1.99 / £1.79
  • Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition: FINAL FANTASY XV Skin Pack (Mojang) – €2.99 / £2.39
  • Chess Ultra: Santa Monica Game Pack (Ripstone Publishing) – €5.99 / £4.99
  • Gear.Club Unlimited: Gear.Club Unlimited – Premium Cars Pack (Microids) – €2.99 / £2.69
  • Gear.Club Unlimited: Gear.Club Unlimited – Limited Edition Cars Pack (Microids) – Free
  • WorldNeverland – Elnea Kingdom: Interior set for farmers (althi) – €1.99 / £1.79
  • WorldNeverland – Elnea Kingdom: Jade Ancestral Garb Set (althi) – €2.99 / £2.69
  • Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Rare Blade (Nintendo) – €- / £- / CHF –

Other

Nintendo Switch

  • The Bridge Demo (QuantumAstroGuild, Demo) – Free

Nintendo 3DS

  • The GO.ZY.-est guys (Rainbow, Theme) – €1.99 / £1.79
  • Rock & GO.ZY. (Rainbow, Theme) – €1.99 / £1.79
  • fairytale pets (Rainbow, Theme) – €1.99 / £1.79
  • fairytale pets (Rainbow, Theme) – €1.99 / £1.79
  • transformation (Rainbow, Theme) – €1.99 / £1.79

What are you downloading this week? (68 votes)

South Park: The Fractured But Whole

13%

Light Fall

4%

NARUTO: Ultimate Ninja STORM

  0%

NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja STORM 2

  0%

NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja STORM 3 Full Burst HD

3%

NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja STORM Trilog

4%

Firefighters: Airport Fire Department

  0%

Firefighters – The Simulation

  0%

Where Are My Friends?

  0%

Hello Kitty Kruisers​

4%

ACA NEOGEO GHOST PILOTS​

3%

A Robot Named Fight

  0%

Agatha Knife

3%

Another Lost Phone: Laura’s Story

1%

Glaive: Brick Breaker

  0%

KORG Gadget

6%

Late Shift

  0%

Saturday Morning RPG

4%

SKYPEACE​

3%

Sky Rogue

10%

Sparkle ZERO

  0%

12 orbits

  0%

Bouncy Bob

  0%

DragoDino

  0%

Jotun: Valhalla Edition

6%

Save the Ninja Clan

  0%

Super Saurio Fly

  0%

Nothing for me!

26%

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And that’s this week’s EU Nintendo Download done and dusted. Thanks for reading, and be sure to leave a vote in this week’s poll. We’d love a comment or two as well, championing your potential purchases…

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Video: Check Out This New Trailer For Pool Panic

In the last Nintendo Direct focused on Nindies, one of the standout titles shown off was that of Pool Panic, billed as “the world’s least realistic pool simulator”. Though it still holds to the basic conventions of pool, this game looks absolutely nuts; placing you as the cue ball in a variety of bizarre and humorous situations where you must seek and sink every other ball on the map. It looks like loads of fun, and though the game still doesn’t have a release date, it recently got a new trailer.

If you view the video above, you can get a feel for the kind of game that Pool Panic is, going for a diverse and weird gameplay experience that’s sure to keep you on your toes. Hopefully it won’t be too much longer until Adult Swim launches this one; we can’t wait to get our hands on it.

What do you think? Will you be picking this up? How are your skills at actual pool? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

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While Other Toys-To-Life Products Struggle, Sales Of amiibo Continue To Grow

It’s fair to say that the Toys-To-Life party is pretty much over now with Skylanders, Disney Infinity and LEGO Dimensions all seemingly at the end of their natural lives.

You might assume that the same would be the case for Nintendo’s amiibo line, but Nintendo’s latest financial statements suggest that amiibo sales are going from strength to strength:

We grew amiibo sales compared to the previous fiscal year, with approximately 10.30 million figures sold, while card sales hit approximately 5.80 million units.

This is the amiibo situation from the 2017 financial statement:

Although the release of some new titles offering amiibo functionality restored some momentum, amiibo sales remained limited to 9.1 million units for figure-type and 9.3 million units for card-type. In addition, there were relatively fewer offerings of downloadable content during this period, so digital sales were also down to a large extent on the same period last year.

Predictably, amiibo card sales have reduced as Nintendo really hasn’t made any more cards since the Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer line. Of course, we have had some seriously tempting amiibo figurines during the last fiscal year, including the Super Mario Odyssey range, The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild: The Champions series – and who could forget the lovely squishy Metroid and not-so-squishy Samus figures released to go alongside Metroid: Samus Returns on 3DS?

Let us know your thoughts on the continued growth of amiibo with a comment below.