James Jones is this column's daddy.
It feels like a light week, but there's some big stuff that will keep the Switch humming for another couple of months. Friday sees the drop of Dragon Quest Builders, which offers all the fun of Minecraft plus a point. There's also Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition and Dandara representing the indie movement in style.
The old-school front has a modern twist this week as though we can't get Giant Bomb Old GOTY Windjammers, we can get the next best thing with Disc Jam. In other retro news, the Archives pick up Super Baseball 2020 (aka Baseball Stars II WITH ROBOTS - punching not included) and Crazy Climber, plus the TG-CD and TG-16 games that the Wii U got last week in Europe are now in North America.
Europe has a similar lineup with the addition of last week's Crypt of the Necrodancer, while Tak Fuji hopes you will be sucked... into his new rhythm game, Gal Metal.
And if James Jones feels the need to punch this column up now that we're under new management, he has my sword. Think of it as a reward for getting The Hollywood Roast's Weinstein jokes pulled from the eShop.
North America
Switch Retail
Dragon Quest Builders (US$49.99/C$64.99: Friday, preload available)
Switch eShop
Mercenary Kings Reloaded Edition ($19.99: Tuesday)
Aegis Defenders ($19.99/$21.99)
Aperion Cyberstorm ($14.99/$20.99)
Mercenaries Saga Chronicles ($14.99/$18.99)
Dandara ($14.99/$17.99: Tuesday)
Disc Jam ($14.99/$16.99)
The Darkside Detective ($12.99/$14.99: Wednesday)
Premium Pool Arena ($11.99/$15.49: Tuesday)
Atomik: RunGunJumpGun ($7.99/$10.99)
Black Hole ($5.99/$6.99: Tuesday)
Switch Archives
Super Baseball 2020 ($7.99/$9.87)
Crazy Climber ($7.99/$9.87)
Wii U Virtual Console
Imagefight II ($7.99)
Imagefight ($5.99)
Demos and Trials
Pic-a-Pix Deluxe (Switch)
Sales Highlights
Golf Story and Rocket League are 25% off.
Europe
Switch Retail
Dragon Quest Builders (€49.99/£39.99: Friday)
Switch eShop
Crypt of the Necrodancer (€19.99/£17.99)
Aegis Defenders (€19.99/£14.99)
Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition (€15.99/£15.99: Tuesday)
Dandara (€14.99/£13.49: Tuesday)
Mercenaries Saga Chronicles (€14.99/£13.49)
Disc Jam (€14.99/£13.49)
The Darkside Detective (€12.99/£11.69: Tuesday)
Aperion Cyberstorm (€12.50/£10.99)
Premium Pool Arena (€9.99/£8.89: Tuesday)
Atomik: RunGunJumpGun (€7.99/£7.99)
Draw a Stickman: Epic 2 (€6.99/£6.99)
Black Hole (€5.99/£5.40: Tuesday)
Millie (€4.99/£4.49)
Switch Archives
Super Baseball 2020 (€6.99/£6.29)
Crazy Climber (€6.99/£6.29)
Demos and Trials
Violett (Switch)
Link-a-Pix Color (3DS)
Sales Highlights
The "Share The Joy" sale is on until 15 February.
Japan
Gal Metal (¥5378)
Cave Story+ (¥3996)
Aegis Defenders (¥2200)
Dandara (¥1690)
Jan Navi Mahjong Online (¥980)
Super Baseball 2020 (¥823)
Crazy Climber (¥823)
Bike Rider DX (¥598)