{"id":3315,"date":"2017-10-24T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/10\/out_today_enticing_switch_eshop_titles_arrive_to_stretch_your_bank_account"},"modified":"2017-10-24T11:30:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T11:30:00","slug":"out-today-enticing-switch-eshop-titles-arrive-to-stretch-your-bank-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2017\/10\/24\/out-today-enticing-switch-eshop-titles-arrive-to-stretch-your-bank-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Out Today: Enticing Switch eShop Titles Arrive to Stretch Your Bank Account"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we&#8217;ve mentioned previously, eShop release dates are getting a little bit more dynamic than they used to be. This is a good thing, as it reflects the positive third-party support coming the Switch&#8217;s way, and with crowded weekly schedules and occasional multi-platform launches publishers are more than happy to break the &#8216;release on a Thursday&#8217; eShop download model.<\/p>\n<p>As a result today (24th October) brings us <em>four<\/em> new games, though it&#8217;s three in Europe. For those of you that have lost track, below is a reminder of what&#8217;s coming &#8211; they should go live at some point today (likely morning in the US, early afternoon in Europe).<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[embedded content] <\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Sure to be tempting with Halloween around the corner. Forget the questionable movie, this promises &#8220;a 16-bit-inspired battle against the undead in a 2D, nonlinear, action-packed adventure&#8221;. WayForward has earned plenty of credibility over the years and this looks enticing; our review will be with you later today.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[embedded content] <\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>A strategy and adventure game set in the crime-ridden city of Freeburg. You assume the role of Police Chief Jack Boyd &#8211; voiced by Jon St. John (<strong>Duke Nukem<\/strong>) &#8211; and have to tackle a wide range of crimes, assigning officers to certain jobs and facing numerous moral dilemmas along the way. The ultimate aim is to raise\u00a0$500,000 in 180 days, but you can choose to do that in any way you wish.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[embedded content] <\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/knight_terrors\">Knight Terrors<\/a> (Nicalis) &#8211; \u00a32.69 \/ $2.99USD<\/h2>\n<p>This budget title offers\u00a0simple controls but arcade-style challenge; you have to dodge dangers and also destroy any creatures that come your way. It could be a bit of fun for Halloween, but we&#8217;ll brave the horror and let you know what we think in a review.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[embedded content] <\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wii\/just_dance_2018\">Just Dance 2018<\/a> (Ubisoft) &#8211; $59.99USD (NA-only)<\/h2>\n<p>The popular series (we assume) continues with this latest entry, including over 40 tracks at launch on the cartridge and over 300 more through &#8216;Just Dance Unlimited&#8217;.\u00a0It even has a &#8216;Mario dance&#8217;, above, which is both humorous and slightly worrying.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>[Update: we should mention that prior to these titles <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/nights_of_azure_2_bride_of_the_new_moon\"><strong>Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon<\/strong><\/a> also arrived in North America this week for $59.99USD] Also of note, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/violett\"><strong>Violett<\/strong><\/a> will be another early arrival this week in Europe, due on 25th October.<\/p>\n<p>So, are you tempted by any of these titles?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we&#8217;ve mentioned previously, eShop release dates are getting a little bit more dynamic than they used to be. This is a good thing, as it reflects the positive third-party support coming the Switch&#8217;s way, and with crowded weekly schedules and occasional multi-platform launches publishers are more than happy to break the &#8216;release on a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3315\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}