We get a Yoko Shimomura rhythm game this week! ...wait, who brought in a monkey's paw with a finger curled?
We've got a constrast with the biggest game of the week, as the rhythm game I would buy sight unseen - one with music composed entirely by Mario RPG/Street Fighter/multiple other great games composer Yoko Shimomura - runs smack into reality because it's all Kingdom Hearts music. Yes, Kingdom Hearts, the series so far up its own ass it turned into an egg (stick tap @strawbecky_81 on Twitter) has a Theatrhythm game, and Melody of Memory even adds onto the series canon in some BS fashion. Y'all can have this one, I'm out. Speaking of mistakes, I made the mistake of playing the Senran Kagura pinball game instead of Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin at the Last E3 Ever and now I can redeem myself with the full game finally launching this week in North America.
Other titles of import this week: Just Dance 2021 which surprisingly doesn't contain any Ike Turner tunes because it would match up with Ubisoft executives, the remastered version of Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered, rhythm game Fuser (check out Joe's review), and... no, before you ask, that Speed 3 game does not involve threats of terrorist acts or Sandra Bullock.
Japan has some things with various odds of coming over, such as a Piofiore fandisc, a compilation of Medabots titles (in two versions, because Pokemon marketing), and a Saturn / Wii refugee in the form of HARD AS BALLS dungeon crawler Baroque. Note: Baroque does not support English.
North America
Switch Retail
Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory (US$59.99/C$79.99: Friday)
Just Dance 2021 ($49.99/$59.99)
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered ($39.99/$54.99: Friday)
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin ($39.99/$49.99: Tuesday)
Slide Stars ($39.99/$49.99: Tuesday)
Speed 3: Grand Prix ($39.99/$49.99: Tuesday)
My Universe: Cooking Star Restaurant ($29.99/$39.99: Tuesday)
Family Feud ($29.99/$39.99)
Switch eShop
FUSER ($59.99/$79.99: Tuesday)
Let's Sing 2021 ($39.99/$53.49: Friday)
Ghostrunner ($29.99/$39.99: Tuesday)
Bus Driver Simulator ($29.99/$39.99: Friday)
Metaverse Keeper ($14.99/$18.89)
Grim Legends 3: The Dark City ($14.99/$: Friday)
Beat Me! ($12.99/$16.00: Friday)
Forest Guardian ($10.99/$12.59)
Zombie Blast Crew ($9.99/$12.99: Friday)
Limelight ($9.99/$12.59)
Guitar! ($9.99/$12.59: Friday)
Super Star Panda ($9.99/$12.59: Friday)
Area 86 ($9.99/$11.99: Wednesday)
Apparition ($9.99/$11.99: Friday)
Suguru Nature ($9.99: Friday)
Santa's Xmas Adventure ($8.99/$11.33)
Duck Life Adventures ($7.99/$9.99: Monday)
BrainZ ($6.99/$8.81)
Unhatched ($4.99/$6.49: Friday)
Life of Boris: Super Slav ($4.99/$6.29)
Slash Ninja ($4.99/$6.29: Monday)
Vera Blanc: Full Moon ($4.99/$5.99: Friday)
Zombie's Cool ($3.99/$5.00)
Stencil Art ($3.99/$4.99: Friday)
Squeakers ($2.99/$3.79: Friday)
Sentry ($2.49/$3.14: Friday)
Super Punch ($1.99/$2.51: Friday)
3DS eShop
B.O.O.L: Master Labyrinth Sales ($19.99/$)
Maze Breaker VI ($9.99/$11.99)
Cazzarion Adventureland ($3.99/$4.99)
Kung Tutu ($3.99/$4.99)
Switch Archives
Gradius II ($7.99/$9.87)
Sales and Price Drops
Highlights: Bandai Namco's "Games Under $15" sale is on until the 19th and includes Mr. Driller Drill Land for 50% off, the Namco Museum Archives games 40% off, and Tales of Vesperia Definitive Edition for 70% off. PSPrices, DekuDeals, @eShopNotifier
Europe
Switch Retail
Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory (€59.99/£49.99: Friday)
Just Dance 2021 (€49.99/£44.99)
Slide Stars (€39.99/£35.99: Monday)
My Universe: Cooking Star Restaueant (€39.99/£35.99: Tuesday)
Professor Rubik's Brain Fitness (€39.99/£35.99)
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered (€39.99/£34.99: Friday)
Let's Sing 2021 (€39.99/£32.98: Friday)
Speed 3: Grand Prix (€29.99/£26.99: Tuesday)
Switch eShop
FUSER (€69.99/£59.99: Tuesday)
Ghostrunner (€29.99/£24.99: Tuesday)
Bus Driver Simulator (€29.99/£24.99: Friday)
Family Feud (€not released/£15.99)
Metaverse Keeper (€14.99/£13.49)
Grim Legends 3: The Dark City (€14.99/£13.49: Friday)
Beat Me! (€11.99/£10.79: Friday)
Re:Turn - One Way Trip (€9.99/£9.99: Sunday)
Area 86 (€9.99/£8.99: Wednesday)
Limelight (€9.99/£8.99)
Apparition (€9.99/£8.99: Friday)
Suguru Nature (€9.99/£8.99: Friday)
Super Star Panda (€9.99/£8.99: Friday)
Zombie Blast Crew (€9.99/£8.99: Friday)
Forest Guardian (€8.99/£8.09)
Guitar! (€8.99/£8.09: Friday)
Santa's Xmas Adventure (€7.99/£7.19)
BrainZ (€6.99/£6.29)
Duck Life Adventures (€6.99/£5.99: Monday)
Vera Blanc: Full Moon (€4.99/£4.99: Friday)
Unhatched (€4.99/£4.49: Friday)
Life of Boris: Super Slav (€4.99/£4.49)
Zombie's Cool (€3.99/£3.60)
Stencil Art (€3.99/£3.59: Friday)
Sentry (€2.49/£2.29: Friday)
Super Punch (€1.99/£1.79)
Switch Archives
Gradius II (€6.99/£6.29)
Japan
Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory (¥7480)
Piofiore no Banshou -Episodio1926- (¥7150)
Just Dance 2021 (¥6380)
Medabot Classic Plus (¥5478)
Sakuna: Of Rice & Ruin (¥5478)
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered (¥4300)
Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York (¥3278)
Baroque -Original Version- (¥2400)
Prinny: Can I Really Be The Hero? (¥2178)
Prinny 2: Dawn of Operation Panties, Dood! (¥2178)
Ranshima Monogatari Lair Land Story: Shoujo no Yakujou Remake (¥2000)
Urban Flow (¥1499)
Funtime (¥1480)
Despotism 3k (¥1149)
Cookie's! Theory of Super Evolution (¥1000)
Freakout: Calamity TV Show (¥1000)
Gradius II (¥838)
Hidden Through Time (¥800)
Ord (¥500)
Roombo: First Blood (¥500)
Zombie's Cool (¥400)