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TalkBack / Nintendo Downloads - January 18, 2024
« on: January 15, 2024, 03:00:00 AM »

The weeks of peace are about to be shattered.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65986/nintendo-downloads-january-18-2024

Things we missed last week: Another Reigns title - Three Kingdoms - dealt itself in on Thursday, and Namco's Cosmo Gang: The Puzzle in the Archives.

No less an authority than James Jones noted that the last couple of weeks were silent, and no lies there. But that changes this week (as evidenced by the hentai game we got on Sunday), headlined by a pair of in-store releases of Noah and Mio... I mean, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown and Another Code: Recollections. (Both have demos if you want to see what's going on there.)

The download-only space includes more crimes as Turnip Boy skips from white collar crime to standard with Turnip Boy Robs a Bank, and an interesting RPG coming out in a bit with Legend of Grimrock. And to answer a question posed last week: the Golden Sun releases WILL have internal link cable support for moving the data from 1 to The Lost Age.

North America

Retail

Another Code: Recollection (US$59.99/C$79.99: Friday)

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown ($49.99/$69.99: a bundle with DLC and early access is +$10)

Digital

Dreadout 2 ($24.99/$34.99)

Choo-Choo Charles ($19.99/$25.99)

The Pedestrian ($19.99/$22.79)

Legend of Grimrock ($14.99/$19.99: Monday)

Knights of Grayfang ($14.99/$20.99)

Turnip Boy Robs a Bank ($14.99/$18.99)

The Cub ($14.99/$18.99: Friday)

Neon Drifter ($11.99/$16.99: Sunday)

Detective - Stella Porta Case ($10.49/$14.00)

Ultimate Racing 2D 2 ($9.99/$12.99: Monday)

Downhill Driver: Extreme Racing Simulator ($9.99/$12.99)

Super Sean 007 ($9.99/$13.49)

Fastest Finger First! 3 Hint Quiz ($8.99/$11.49)

Rescue! Dropkick On My Devil ($8.99/$11.49)

Nephenthesys ($4.99/$7.49: Wednesday)

Witch Rise ($4.99/$6.99: Friday)

Vigour ($3.99/$5.39)

Monster Truck Freestyle ($3.99/$3.99: Saturday)

Hentai: Make Love, Not War 2 ($2.49/$3.40: Sunday)

Death Motel ($2.49/$3.30: Friday)

Fairytale Theatre: Momotaro's Adventure ($2.23/$3.00)

Easy Dice for RPG/Tabletop ($1.00/$1.40)

Launched Later

Valis: The Fantasm Soldier Collection III ($54.99/$74.00)

Beauties Unveiled ($19.99/$25.99)

Rising Lords ($19.99/$25.99)

nDay ($16.99/$22.56: Tuesday)

Superfluous Returnz ($14.99/$19.49: Monday)

Hero of Fate ($14.99/$19.99)

Connected Hearts: Full Moon Curse ($14.99/$14.99)

Beach Boys 2: Zodiac Signs ($11.99/$15.99)

Bahnsen Knights ($9.99/$13.64)

Noobs Want To Live ($9.99/$13.58)

Room of Depression ($9.99/$12.99)

Mystery Box: Evolution ($9.99/$9.99)

Stories in Glass: Winter ($9.99/$9.99)

Coloring book series Aquarium ($9.99/not released)

Hentai Girls: Office Romance ($5.99/$8.49)

Sir Questionnaire ($4.99/$4.99: Tuesday)

Pixel Game Maker Series Lunlun Superherobabys X ($4.99/$6.77)

Goo Fighter ($4.99/$6.75)

Meow Match ($4.99/$6.62: Friday)

Sushi Shot ($3.80/$3.57)

Bugby ($1.99/$2.73: Monday)

Swingers ($0.99/$1.29: Saturday)

Archives

Super Contra ($7.99/$9.87)

Sales and Price Drops

Highlights: Bandai Namco games are om sale until the 22nd including 60% off JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R. PSPrices, DekuDeals

Europe

Retail

Another Code: Recollection (€59.99/£49.99: Friday)

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (€49.99/£44.99)

Digital

DreadOut 2 (€24.99/£22.49)

Choo-Choo Charles (€19.5/£17.59)

The Pedestrian (€16.79/£15.09)

Legend of Grimrock (€14.99/£13.49: Monday)

Turnip Boy Robs a Bank (€14.99/£13.49: Wednesday)

Knights of Grayfang (€14.99/£13.49)

The Cub (€14.99/£13.49)

Reef Escape (€14.79/£13.29)

Hero of Fate (€13.9/£12.49)

Neon Drifter (€11.99/£11.99: Sunday)

Detective - Stella Porta Case (€10.49/£10)

Knights of the Rogue Dungeon (€9.99/£8.99: Sunday)

Nystery Box: Escape the Room (€9.99/£8.99: Sunday)

Mystery Box: The Journey (€9.99/£8.99: Sunday)

Super Kart Mini Cart Race (€9.99/£8.99: Sunday)

Ultimate Racing 2D 2 (€9.99/£8.99: Monday)

Super Sean 007 (€9.99/£8.99)

Room of Depression (€9.75/£8.69)

Farm Knight Adventures (€9.49/£8.59: Monday)

Tenement (€8.99/£7.99)

Nephenthesys (€5.99/£5.49: Wednesday)

Tennis 2024 Simulator (€5.99/£5.39)

Hard Racing: Stunt Car Driving (€4.99/£4.49: Sunday)

Witch Rise (€4.99/£4.99)

Poppy Playtime: Chapter 1 (€4.49/£4.09: Monday)

Vigour (€3.99/£3.59)

Found It! (€2.49/£2.24)

Death Motel (€2.49/£2.29: Friday)

Fairytale Theatre: Momotaro's Adventure (€2/£1.79: Wednesday)

Easy Dice for RPG/Tabletop (€0.99/£0.89)

Launched Later

Valis: The Fantasm Soldier Collection III (€50.00/£44.99)

Broadsword: Warlord Edition (€29.95/£29.89: Wednesday)

Beauties Unveiled (€19.99/£17.99)

Rising Lords (€19.99/£16.99)

nDay (€16.99/£15.29: Tuesday)

Superfluous Returns (€14.99/£12.79: Monday)

Connected Hearts: Full Moon Curse (€14.99/£13.49: Wednesday)

Monster Loves You Too (€14.99/£13.49)

Ominous Tales: The Forsaken Isle (€14.99/£13.29)

Beach Boys 2: Zodiac Signs (€11.99/£10.99)

My Child Lebensborn Remastered (€9.99/£8.99: Monday)

Mystery Box: Evolution (€9.99/£8.99: Wednesday)

Stories in Glass: Winter (€9.99/£8.99: Wednesday)

Bahnsen Knights (€9.99/£8.49)

Gladitorial Conquest Battle (€9.99/£9.99)

Noobs Want To Live (€9.19/£8.29)

Moon Lander (€8.99/£8.09: Monday)

Anime Girls: High School of Dead (€7.99/£7.19)

Buddy & Friends: Santa's Workshop Animal Party (€6.9/£6.19: Saturday)

Hentai Girls; Office Romance (€5.99/£5.39: Wednesday)

Santa's Workshop Challenge: The North Pole Gift Adventure (€5.90/£5.29: Saturday)

Eggconsole Marchen Veil PC8801 MkIISR (€5.59/£5.39)

Kumamon Run (€5.00/£4.49)

Sir Questionnaire (€4.99/£4.49: Tuesday)

Goo Fighter (€4.99/£4.49)

Pixel Game Maker Series Lunlun Superherobabys X (€4.99/£4.49)

Meow Match (€4.99/£4.49: Friday)

Sushi Shot (€3.8/£2.11)

Xmas Toy Merge (€2.99/£2.69)

Swingers (€0.99/£0.99: Saturday)

Archives

Super Contra (€6.99/£6.29)

Japan

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (¥6600)

Another Code: Recollection (¥6500: Friday)

Dreadout 2 (¥3980)

Everdream Valley (¥3980)

Hero of Fate (¥2200)

The Pedestrian (¥2050)

Super Sean 007 (¥1500)

Knights of Grayfang (¥1320)

Chickenoidz Super Party (¥1200)

Escape Room: Brain Training Mystery (¥980)

Fastest Finger First! 3 Hint Quiz (¥980)

Rescue! Dropkick On My Devil (¥980)

Nephenthesys (¥600)

Hangul Applied Vocabulary (¥420)

Sushi Shot (¥380)

Fairytale Theatre: Momotaro's Adventure (¥300)

Launched Later

Yuna and the Haunted Hot Springs (¥3520)

nDay (¥2416)

Rising Lords (¥2300)

Ominous Tales: The Forsaken Isle (¥2139)

Ultimate Racing 2D 2 (¥1500)

Mystery Box: Evolution (¥1449)

Moon Lander (¥1425)

Noobs Want To Live (¥1350)

Bahnsen Knights (¥1320)

Room of Depression (¥1200)

Ryunosuke Todo Detective Diary Vol. 4 "Zinc Box -Soma House Serial Murder Case-" (¥1200)

Coloring book series Aquarium (¥980)

Vostok 2061 (¥860)

Super Contra (¥838)

Hentai RPG: Isekai Journey (¥710)

Meow Match (¥709)

Pixel Game Maker Series Lunlun Superherobabys X (¥550)

Night of the Crabz: Watch Out For The Crab Head (¥100)


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One wonders how one gets to the other.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65974/golden-sun-and-the-lost-age-venture-into-expansion-pack-gba-library-next-week

A pair of games that partially offset Camelot's sentence for creating Waluigi are joining the Switch's Game Boy Advance library.

Nintendo have announced that 2001's Golden Sun and its sequel, 2003's The Lost Age, will join the Expansion Pack on January 16-17. Golden Sun was included in the first announced wave of GBA games when the library was announced last February, though the second was not.

The Lost Age was able to use either a Game Boy Advance link cable or a long password to import data from the original Golden Sun: it is not known how this function will work with the NSO libraries, though at worst it could use the Switch's screenshot function to ensure accurate passwords.


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Not just an excuse to not add the base game to the Expansion Pack.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65971/new-mario-vs-donkey-kong-trailer-reveals-new-levels-and-features

Nintendo has revealed new details on next month's Mario vs Donkey Kong remaster, including some brand new modes and content.

The trailer promises over "130" stages, including a pair of new worlds later confirmed as "Merry Mini-Land" and "Slippery Summit" with new obstacles and puzzles also involved. A two player (local) co-op mode with an optional Toad and enhanced difficulty options are also available, alongside a Time Attack mode.

A Casual mode will also be available in this release, in which failing returns Mario to the start of the stage to try again immediately; it promises "a few do-overs".

Mario vs. Donkey Kong is still slated for launch on February 16.


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TalkBack / Switch Pokemon TV App To Sunset On March 28, Already Delisted
« on: January 08, 2024, 08:23:44 AM »

And another one's gone, and another one's gone, another one bites the dust. At least it's going for everybody.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65970/switch-pokemon-tv-app-to-sunset-on-march-28-already-delisted

Pokemon TV is about to wind down for good.

The service which offered the ability to watch the long-running animated series in its entirety will be shutting down effective March 28, and has been delisted from all services where it was offered including the Nintendo eShop. The Pokemon Company has a page listing the other streaming services that offer select seasons of the anime as well as movies and other specials.

No reason has been given for the closure. The Pokemon app follows Twitch, which announced on Halloween last year that it would no longer run on Switch as of the 31st of this month.


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TalkBack / Nintendo Downloads - January 11, 2024
« on: January 08, 2024, 03:00:00 AM »

The only good thing about last year's North American release count is that none of those 2,431 games had Waluigi.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65958/nintendo-downloads-january-11-2024

Things we missed last week: Nichibutsu 1986 scrolling brawler Mighty Guy in the Archives.

Apart from the demo for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown and the epilogue update for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's DLC, this is a light week on the new release front. Third person action/adventure hybrid Cynthia: Hidden in the Moonshadow and shooter (scrolling, not Doom clone) Shinorubi look to be the most intriguing releases, but we're barely into the 20s for North American release count heading into the first full week of the year. Of course, that's going to change dramatically by the end of the week.

Regarding sales, a note to watch for: Europe is running a New Year's sale as of last Thursday and it MIGHT start in North America this week or next, but since Nintendo jumped into the annual pre-Christmas sales in North America they may not want to double dip. We'll see.

North America

Digital

nGolf (US$21.99/C$29.71)

Shinorubi ($19.99/$25.99: Friday)

Cafe Owner Simulator ($18.99/$24.79: Wednesday)

Frogsong ($14.99/$19.49: Friday)

Cynthia: Hidden in the Moonshadow ($13.99/$17.99: Wednesday)

Grotto ($12.99/$17.99: Friday)

Ikkarus and the Prince of Sin ($9.99/$11.99: Wednesday)

Pixel Coloring Paint ($9.99/$12.99: Saturday)

Wild Seas ($4.99/$6.83)

8-Colors Star Guardians+ ($4.99/$4.99)

Hatland - Pixel Impossible Game Over ($4.99/$6.99: Friday)

Kitten Hero ($4.99/$6.99: Friday)

Coin Rush ($4.99/$6.70: Friday)

Released Later

Crystal Project ($13.99/$15.49: Friday)

Farm Knight Adventures ($8.99/$10.99: Monday)

Gladitorial Conquest Battle ($9.99/$13.99: Friday)

EggConsole Marchen Veil PC-8801 MkII SR ($6.49/$7.34)

Reigns: Three Kingdoms ($2.99/$3.89)

Archives

Cosmo Gang: The Puzzle ($7.99/$9.87)

Sales and Price Drops

Highlights: Super Mega Baseball 4 is half off until the 16th. PSPrices, DekuDeals

Europe

Digital

Pan'orama (€19.99/£17.99)

Shinorubi (€19.99/£17.99: Friday)

Cafe Owner Simulator (€18.99/£17.09: Wednesday)

Dungeon Defence Simulator 2024 (€14.99/£13.49: Monday)

Roman Empire Simulator (€14.99/£13.49: Friday)

Frogsong (€14.79/£13.29: Friday)

Cynthia: Hidden in the Moonshadow (€13.99/£12.59: Wednesday)

Grotto (€12/£10.79: Friday)

Geo Jelly (€10.99/£9.89: Monday)

Ikkarus and the Prince of Sin (€9.99/£8.99: Wednesday)

Bowling Fever (€9.99/£8.99: Friday)

Pixel Coloring Paint (€9.99/£7.99: Saturday)

Monty Mole Collection (€7.99/£6.99: Monday)

8-Colors Star Guardians+ (€4.99/£4.99)

Wild Seas (€4.99/£4.49)

Kitten Hero (€4.99/£4.99: Friday)

Coin Rush (€4.99/£4.49: Friday)

HatLand - Pixel Impossible Game Over (€4.99/£3.99: Friday)

Capitals Quizzer (free to start: Monday)

Released Later

My Life: Farm Vet (€29.99/£26.99: Monday)

nGolf (€21.99/£19.79)

Battlefront Trench Warriors (€11.99/£11.99: Monday)

Bike Courier (€11.99/£11.99: Monday)

Crystal Project (€11.59/£10.99)

Coloring Book Series: Zoo (€9.99/£8.99: Sunday)

All I Want For Christmas Are Subgames (€9.99/£8.99: Monday)

Super Bear Adventure (€9.99/£8.99)

Military Combat Shooter: Desert War (€6.99/£6.29: Monday)

EggConsole Silpheed PC-8801 MkII SR (€5.59/£5.39)

Reigns: Three Kingdoms (€2.99/£2.69)

Archives

Cosmo Gang: The Puzzle (€6.99/£6.29)

Japan

Gungrave Gore (¥5500)

nGolf (¥3233)

Electrician Simulator (¥3000)

GeoJelly (¥1600)

Trash Punk (¥1470)

The Spy Who Shot Me (¥1200)

8-Colors Star Guardians+ (¥800)

Shivering Stone (¥500)

Wild Seas (¥499)

Released Later

Hentai Number Place (¥2962)

For The Warp (¥2299)

Cat Simulator (¥2000)

My Bakery Empire (¥1160)

Anime Girls: High School of Dead (¥920)

Hentai Girls: Office Romance (¥900)

EggConsole Marchen Veil PC-8801 MkII SR (¥880)

Cosmo Gang: The Puzzle (¥838)

Kitten Hero (¥610)

Reigns: Three Kingdoms (¥350)


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TalkBack / 2023 In Review: The State Of The Switch eShop Is Fallen
« on: January 02, 2024, 03:20:00 AM »

Observations from a year that single-handedly proves Sturgeon’s Law to be true.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/editorial/65948/2023-in-review-the-state-of-the-switch-eshop-is-fallen

Early in 2023, author and hot-air balloon resident Cory Doctorow published a piece on how TikTok had shifted value from users to business partners to itself and now was in the process of dying, calling the process “enshittification”. For most of the year, I’ve thought of this as a good explanation for what has happened to the Switch eShop since early 2021 with the rise of the eShop spamming publishers. You know who they are, you know what they publish. (Though the rise of “hentai” in game titles that top out at a T rating has been a disturbing subplot of the last few months on our Discord server.)

However, I’m beginning to realize that this process doesn’t strictly apply to the eShop as it stands. Because previously the eShop as a platform for games has seemingly completed the first two steps; the value started with consumers, then shifted to the publishers… but it’s hard to imagine the third step happening to Nintendo as the platform holder. Sure, their digital sales are growing, but they brought back Game Vouchers this year and had a game (that is already over 20m shipped) retail for $69.99 US for the first time ever. But if Nintendo is going to get the 30% cut of third party sales on the eShop, it’s hard for actual quality publishers to sell their wares when the most common search (“Recently released”) buries anything and everything under a sea of 29th bundles for games and stuff that I’d call asset flips but that’d be an insult to asset flippers.

And that’s not even accounting for the stuff that the lawyers killed because it flew too close to the copyright sun (see: Last Hope, The and Burnout (2023)).

A sample bullshot from the eShop page or a screen of a game that got ripped off wholesale? (The latter: it's Burnout Paradise Remastered.).

Let’s drop some numbers here (all based on the chart here and accurate to 1% 19 times out of 20):

  • North America and Europe both blasted past 2000 releases, with North America hitting a previously thought unfathomable 2431 releases
  • The average week this year in North America had 47 games, with only two weeks under 30 and a new North American record being set with 71 releases the week of October 25 - and even a world record being shattered in Japan with 79 on the week of December 21
  • Since I began tracking release counts in 2021, there were 5000 games released just on Switch as of June 1 - and this went over 6000 roughly around Halloween

This is a clearly unsustainable pace that - ideally - will cut off this year with the launch of a Switch successor. Hopefully it’s announced and launched sooner than later so as not to combine holiday pressure with difficulties in launching the new system (maybe in June) but I’m not holding my breath. Obviously, Nintendo could deny the right to publish software on the successor to these outlets, but that doesn’t seem like something they would do. I mean, VG Games and GameToTop still get to put games out after the previously mentioned copyright infringers were slapped down.

So what features does the Switch eShop need to make it so I’m the only one who sees these works on the successor, assuming similar publishing agreements? I can see three - but feel free to suggest more in the Talkback thread.

  1. “New Releases” list includes publisher blacklisting. One click on the publisher’s page and they get removed from the New Releases view, while retaining the option to search for a specific game if the blind squirrel finds the nut. VG Games? VG Gone. RedDeer Games? Shipped off to High Level. GameToTop? Shoved six feet under. And if I want to block a certain AAA publisher in retaliation for only paying royalties for a game to someone who wants a significant portion of my friends and at least one person who has written for Nintendo World Report to die for existing, I have that option.
  2. An option to toggle bundles from the new releases page, if not confined to a “Bundles” page assuming similar functionality to the Switch eShop. This way, these publishers who release one random new DLC every week with a new 90% off bundle can’t game New Releases with it. Looking at you, AAA Clock. Legitimate bundles can still be listed on the main game page as we see now, and scenarios of “early access with premium editions” can put the game on the main page until everyone has access.
  3. Actual quality control of eShop advertising. If your key art isn’t at least somewhat accurate to the game you’re publishing, you don’t get to launch. This would ideally also include a legal review to preemptively catch the most flagrant copyright violations, and a special master to immediately ban any game that puts “hentai” in the title. The fact that I have 25 hits on our Switch game list for that term is about 25 too many.

Some other functionality the successor’s eShop needs, but isn’t strictly tied to this:

  1. A g-d shopping cart for new games. We know it’s possible, you can buy multiple pieces of downloadable content on the same page, but I would really like an option to put through a single transaction for multiple games when there’s a big sale that’s knocking off 20% of my wishlist at once. Speaking of…
  2. Buying a game by default removes it from the wishlist. I’m pretty sure this was the case on 3DS and Wii U, so why do I have to clear items manually from the list on Switch? If you want to make it toggleable, that’s fine; it could be used as a way to tell your friends that a game you enjoyed is on sale.
  3. Speaking of Wii U and 3DS eShop features, music and pages. The former to make the eShop less of a sterile experience, and the latter to avoid the pagination issues that occur when going more than 30 / 50 / whatever releases deep into the schedule.
  4. A simple refund system. Not only will it get certain government authorities off your back (hi European Union), but if we’re going to live in the era of “known shippable” it’d be nice to have some recourse.

We’ll be watching the developments with the eShop with great interest, or dread, or anger depending on what actions Nintendo takes as a platform holder. Hopefully it’s more of the first item on that list so I don’t have to threaten to reenact the most dangerous match portrayed in Beyond the Mat.


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TalkBack / Nintendo Downloads - January 4, 2024
« on: January 01, 2024, 03:00:00 AM »

The year begins quiet, and may it stay that way.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65930/nintendo-downloads-january-4-2024

Editor's note: Donald is writing this article on New Year's Eve proper, after a red-eye cross country flight in which his sleep was at best, 45 minutes. As he lacks the energy to try and make chicken salad out of this week's releases, normal snark resumes next week.

North America

Digital

Tools Up! Ultimate Edition (US$34.99/C$47.99: Friday)

Arcade Game Zone ($24.99/$34.99: Friday)

Electrician Simulator ($19.99/$26.99: Friday)

Truck Simulator 2024 ($13.99/$19.99: Tuesday)

Ski Simulator: Winter Sports ($9.99/$13.99: Sunday)

Isolated ($9.99/$9.99: Saturday)

The Spy Who Shot Me ($7.99/$10.99)

Shivering Stone ($4.99/$5.99: Friday)

Forbidden Ghost Photo ($3.99/$5.39)

Released Later

Ominous Tales: The Forsaken Isle ($15.99/$20.99)

Warzone Chronicles: Virtual Warfare Simulator ($11.99/$15.99: Monday)

Knights of the Rogue Dungeon ($9.99/$13.39: Monday)

Moon Lander ($9.99/$13.25: Monday)

They Know ($6.99/$9.54)

Skin Care ($2.99/$3.99)

Archives

Mighty Guy ($7.99/$9.87)

Sales and Price Drops

Highlights: Various holiday sales end this week, including Nintendo's ending at 2:59am ET on the 3rd. PSPrices, DekuDeals

Europe

Digital

Arcade Game Zero (€24.99/£22.49: Friday)

Hentai Golf (€21.99/£19.79: Monday)

Electrician Simulator (€19.99/£17.99: Friday)

Gates of the Mind (€14.99/£13.49: Saturday)

The World of War II: Frontlines of History (€13.99/£13.99: Sunday)

Truck Simulator 2024 (€13.99/£11.99: Tuesday)

City Bus Driver Simulator (€11.99/£10.99: Monday)

Warzone Chronicles: Virtual Warfare Simulator (€11.99/£9.99: Monday)

Ski Simulator: Winter Sports (€9.99/£8.99: Sunday)

Christas Bubble Puzzle (€9.99/£8.99: Monday)

Bulldozer Tycoon: Construction Simulator (€9.99/£8.99: Friday)

Milk Seller (€9.99/£8.99: Saturday)

The Spy Who Shot Me (€7.99/£7.19)

Shivering Stone (€4.99/£4.49: Friday)

Released Later

Tools Up! Ultimate Edition (€34.99/£31.49: Friday)

Airport (€9.99/£9.99: Monday)

Princess Puzzle Adventure (€9.99/£8.99: Wednesday)

They Know (€6.99/£6.29)

EggConsole Hydlide PC-8801 MkII SR (€5.59/£5.39)

Skin Care (€2.99/£2.69)

SNQZ (€1.00/£1.00: Monday)

Archives

Mighty Guy (€6.99/£6.29)

Japan

Atsushi's Detective (¥1000: Sunday)

They Know (¥999)

Mighty Guy (¥838)


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TalkBack / Nintendo Downloads - December 28, 2023
« on: December 25, 2023, 03:00:00 AM »

The news editor is ready to start whacking the SEO farmers of the eShop with a toaster.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65875/nintendo-downloads-december-28-2023

Things we missed last week: Brawler Rough Justice '84 and Archives title Mystic Warriors (a Konami joint), also we have a new one-territory record for releases as Japan hit 79 releases. More on that later.

Especially in North America, this post is probably mislabeled in terms of the date as 21 of 26 releases there either dropped yesterday, or has a release date of today (the 25th). Bah, humbug. There's obviously nothing major in that bunch, as the big release of the week is Thursday's release of Zen Studios's new, more mature pinball title (Pinball M) and that's free to start as is their want. Meanwhile, in Japan, the 79 releases last week are followed by... one, and likely a second in the Archives when that comes out but it's giving me a bit of whiplash. At least they knocked out some of the shovelware the West is getting.

So with that, hopefully whatever you're celebrating today is being done safely and with love, and watch out for amateur hour if you're going anywhere on Sunday night. We'll reconvene next week for the first column of 2024.

North America

My Life: Farm Vet (US$29.99/C$37.79: Monday)

3 in 1 Game Collection ($19.99/$26.49: Monday)

Sherlock Holmes: The Hunt For Moriarty ($19.99/$26.49: Monday)

Tanuki Sunset ($16.99/$19.99: Sunday)

Truckzilla ($11.99/$16.99: Sunday)

Bowling Fever ($9.99/$13.50: Monday)

Trash Punk ($9.99/$13.50: Monday)

Misbloody ($9.99/$9.99: Saturday)

Party Friends ($7.99/$10.99: Sunday)

My Bakery Empire ($7.99/$10.75: Monday)

Pocket Quest ($7.99/$10.75: Monday)

Space Papers: Planet's Border ($7.99/$10.75: Monday)

Cute Critters Pet Kitty ($5.99/$5.99: Sunday)

Fashion World ($5.99/$8.10: Monday)

Kebab Bar Tycoon ($5.99/$8.10: Monday)

Pocket Foosball ($5.99/$8.10: Monday)

Santa's Workshop Adventure ($5.9/$7.90: Monday)

Hard Racing: Stunt Car Driving ($4.99/$6.80: Sunday)

Bloopy & Droopy ($4.99/$7.45: Monday)

Poppy Playtime: Chapter 1 ($4.99/$6.99: Monday)

Nothing to Declare ($4.99/$6.80: Monday)

Light It Up ($4.99/$6.70: Monday)

Chico and the Magic Orchards DX ($4.99/not releasing: Friday)

Found It! ($3.99/$5.39)

Tiny Treasure Hunt ($3.99/$5.39)

Pinabll M (free to start)

Released Later

Jigsaw Pets ($19.99/$29.99: Monday)

Clue (2023) ($19.99/$26.99: Monday)

Ultimate Moto Bike Simulator ($16.99/$23.99)

Cat Simulator ($14.99/$14.99: Monday)

Monster Loves You Too ($14.99/$19.49)

The Gardener Simulator ($13.99/$19.99)

Battlefront Trench Warriors ($11.99/$)

Mystery Box: Escape The Room ($9.99/$9.99: Monday)

Mystery Box: The Journey ($9.99/$9.99: Monday)

Super Kart Mini Kart Race ($9.99/$13.59: Monday)

Starship Showdown: Galactic Grand Prix ($9.9/$13.90: Tuesday)

Anime Girls: Highschool of Dead ($7.99/$10.49)

Fantasy Blacksmith Shop Simulator ($7.99/$9.99: Friday)

Unpogable ($7.5/$10.37: Monday)

Wizard Hunter: The End of the Magic World ($6.99/$9.5)

Buddy & Friends: Santa's Workshop Animal Party ($6.9/$8.90: Monday)

Kumamon Run ($5/$7)

Nathan Jones and The Empty Century ($4.99/$6.8)

Xmas Toy Merge ($2.99/$3.59: Monday)

Hilm ($1/$1)

Gang Blast ($0.99/$1.29: Monday)

Human Bowling ($0.99/$1.29: Monday)

Archives

Solitary Fighter ($7.99/$9.87)

Sales and Price Drops

Highlights: Nintendo's Hits for the Holidays sale is on until end of day January 3, including sales for Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury and Cocoon among others. PSPrices, DekuDeals

Europe

Tanuki Sunset (€15.99/£15.99: Sunday)

Nekomin (€14.00/£13.00: Monday)

Truckzilla (€11.99/£9.99: Sunday)

100 Demon Fantasia (€9.99/£8.99: Sunday)

Trash Punk (€9.99/£8.99: Monday)

Party Friends (€7.99/£6.99: Sunday)

Poly Shooting Simulator (€7.99/£7.99: Monday)

My Bakery Empire (€7.99/£7.20: Monday)

Pocket Quest (€7.99/£7.20: Monday)

Space Papers: Planet's Border (€7.99/£7.20: Monday)

Cute Critters Pet Kitty (€5.99/£5.39: Sunday)

Fashion World (€5.99/£5.39: Monday)

Kebab Bar Tycoon (€5.99/£5.39: Monday)

Pocket Foosball (€5.99/£5.39: Monday)

Light It Up (€4.99/£4.49: Monday)

Chico and the Magic Orchards DX (€4.99/£4.29: Friday)

Pinabll M (free to start)

Released Later

3 in 1 Game Collection (€19.99/£17.99: Monday)

Jigsaw Pets (€19.99/£19.99: Monday)

Sherlock Holmes: The Hunt For Moriarty (€19.99/£17.99: Monday)

All Of Us Are Dead (€19.5/£16.75)

Ultimate Moto Bike Simulator (€16.99/£15.99)

The Gardener Simulator (€13.99/£11.99)

Japan Train Models - JR West Edition (€13.79/£12.39)

Petit Petit Petit (€9.99/£8.99: Monday)

Wood Guy (€9.99/£8.99: Monday)

Escape From The Island (€9.99/£8.99: Tuesday)

Misbloody (€9.99/£8.99: Saturday)

Starship Showdown: Galactic Grand Prix (€9.9/£8.89: Tuesday)

Piyokoro (€8.99/£7.99: Monday)

Molecano (€7.49/£6.79: Monday)

Unpogable (€6.99/£6.29: Monday)

Wizard Hunter: The End of the Magic World (€6.99/£6.29)

Dani and Evan: Dinosaur Books (€5.99/£5.39: Monday)

Eggconsole Xanadu PC-8801 MkII SR (€5.59/£5.39)

Nathan Jones and The Empty Century (€4.9/£6.8)

Breakout Birdie (€4/£2.99)

Breakout Birdie 2 (€4/£2.99)

Breakout Birdie Adventure (€4/£2.99)

Word Space (€2/£1.79)

Gang Blast (€0.99/£0.99: Monday)

Human Bowling (€0.99/£0.99: Monday)

Archives

Solitary Fighter (€6.99/£6.29)

Japan

Misbloody (¥1200)

Solitary Fighter (¥838)


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Better start grinding out those Blueberry Points.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65844/new-epilogue-announced-for-pokemon-scarlet-and-violet-expansion-pass

The Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Expansion Pass isn't done paying out yet.

A trailer released today by the Pokemon Company has announced a new "epilogue" will be available on January 11. Completion of all prior stories - the main game and both portions of the DLC - is required to access it.

The teaser shows the main characters of the base game on Kitakami Island (the location of the Teal Mask) and hints at a Pokemon previously found in datamines of the Indigo Disk that wasn't available in the DLC otherwise.


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TalkBack / Another Code: Recollection (Switch) Demo Impressions
« on: December 18, 2023, 11:27:22 AM »

An intriguing attempt to bring dual screen adventure into 3D.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/hands-on-preview/65644/another-code-recollection-switch-demo-impressions

There was a legitimate feeling of surprise when the demo for Another Code: Recollection launched on the eShop last week, mostly because it was a rare example of Nintendo talking about the game in any sort of fashion since it was introduced in September. The fact that demo progress carries over to the game when it launches next month makes it worth playing, but it’s harder to hit the ground running with an adventure game than it would be with an RPG. Still, the demo does show that it would be easier to take a 2D DS game and bring it into 3D than I first thought.

As mentioned at release, the demo covers the entire first chapter of the game and sets up the crux of the plot. Main character Ashley has been sent a “DAS” - a camera/tablet that looks an awful lot like a Switch in this version - by her father, who allegedly died when she was three but asks to meet her on the tastefully named Blood Edward Island when she turns 14. Accompanied by her aunt Jessica, Ashley quickly becomes separated from her aunt as she tries to enter a mansion that serves as the centerpiece of the island. As she tries to get in, she encounters a ghost named “D” who has lost their memories and the objectives become two-fold: Locate Jessica and (optionally) Ashley’s father, and recover D’s memories. It’s a basic plot that I missed out on in its first run, but it should carry through that half of the final product at least.

"My father sent me this device... but for some reason the stick is drifting."

The Recollections release offers a good hint system for its puzzles; the sole issue I had with a puzzle that stopped me from playing through the entire demo on an extended flight was self-inflicted. (The first puzzle of the game, which involves maneuvering a key into a hole in the mesh on the bottom of a stool, requires motion controls at least in handheld mode. Guess who left his Joy-Cons at home due to a general distaste for motion controls?) The other puzzles - both locked door ones - at least provide different takes on the trope: the first was easily opened after spotting part of a missing grave in the environment, while the second just required some clarification of a pattern near the puzzle location.

The chief difficulty I think I’ll end up having with the final game is that Ashley isn’t exactly the fastest character I’ve worked with in a 3D adventure game. I found myself constantly hoping for one of the buttons to trigger running, but not so much. And it doesn’t seem like it’ll unlock in any part of the Two Memories portion of the package at least. The rest of the controls (that unlock in Chapter 1) are basic, and not really using anything beyond what the DS had for controls initially.

The hooks left in the first chapter of the game are enough to get me to pick up the final product, though I may end up replaying it anyway to see if I can get a better time and to remember the finer details. Adventure games are designed to place a lot of guns on the mantle, and I don’t want to be surprised when one goes off.


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TalkBack / Nintendo Downloads - December 21, 2023
« on: December 18, 2023, 03:00:00 AM »

Apparently eShop developers believe in the power of last-minute holiday shopping.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65841/nintendo-downloads-december-21-2023

Things we missed last week: Potion Craft (as featured in the House of Indies event from this time last year) dropped on Tuesday, and Aero Fighters was the Archives release.

Europe has what may be a sane release week - and they are the only ones, as both North America and especially Japan have 40+ games this week. (Japan at least has the excuse of the forthcoming New Year's holiday meaning that at least right now, they don't have anything on the list until January 11.) The terraforming simulator Terra Nil looks to be the big game of the week, but we still don't have confirmed pricing anywhere as of yet. Apart from that, there's a couple of Humongous Entertainment games on the menu, alongside another one of those games that breaks the standard $60 price barrier for a download-only game that doesn't even have the excuse of Tears of the Kingdom's file size.

A couple of odd titles also await this week with versions of Hydlide (the poor bastards) and Silpheed, alongside a "plus" version of older indie fighting game The Rumble Fish. And of course, we mentioned the House of Indies, and nothing's stopping Nintendo from dropping another one this year.

But that said, if you're celebrating anything this week, have fun, and we'll reconvene for the final overly long list of the year next week.

North America

One (US$69.99/C$89.99: Friday)

The Curse of Kudan ($39.99/$53.19)

Terra Nil ($24.99/$32.50: Monday)

Synthetic Lover ($24.99/$29.99: Friday)

Gates of the Mind ($14.99/$19.99: Monday)

Freddi Fish 4: The Case of the Hogfish Rustlers Of Briny Gulch ($14.99/$19.99)

Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat From Your Head To Your Feet ($14.99/$19.99)

Three Minutes To Eight ($14.99/$19.99)

Dungeon Defence Simulator 2024 ($14.99/$19.99: Friday)

Roman Empire Simulator ($14.99/$19.99: Friday)

GeoJelly ($10.99/$14.91)

Fireball Wizard ($9.99/$10.99: Monday)

Princess Puzzle Adventure ($9.99/$13.50: Wednesday)

My Child Lebensborn Remastered ($9.99/$13.49: Wednesday)

Ravva and the Phantom Library ($9.99/$11.99: Wednesday)

Aery: Calm Mind 4 ($9.99/$14.99)

My Lovely Dog Adventure ($9.99/$14.99)

Backroom: Constructions ($9.99/$13.62)

Growth ($9.99/$13.49)

100 Demon Fantasia ($9.99/$9.99)

Christmas Bubble Puzzle ($9.99/$13.50: Friday)

Milk Seller ($9.99/$9.99: Saturday)

Cape's Escape Game 6th Room ($9.8/$13.38)

I Seek! Where Is Picto-San? ($8.99/$not releasing)

Mystery Solving! Brain Quiz ($8.99/$not releasing)

Sketch Personality Test ($8.99/$not releasing)

The Rumble Fish+ ($7.99/$10.99: Wednesday)

Monty Mole Collection ($6.99/$9.49: Monday)

Military Combat Shooter Desert War ($6.99/$9.99: Friday)

Moorhuhn Invasion - Crazy Chicken Invasion ($6.99/$8.99: Friday)

EggConsole Hydlide PC-8801 MkII SR ($6.49/$7.34)

EggConsole Silpheed PC-8801 MkII SR ($6.49/$7.34)

Tennis 2024 Simulator ($5.99/$7.99: Monday)

Cleaning Queens ($5.99/$7.99)

Dani and Evan: Dinosaur Books ($5.99/$8.2)

20 Minutes Till Dawn ($4.99/$6.49)

SokoWinter ($4.99/$6.99)

The Artist Colors ($3.99/$5.45)

Santa's World ($2.99/$2.99)

Courageous Reasoning Nori 4 Crossing Sea Street 4 ($1.50/$not releasing)

Released Later

Rough Justice '84 ($19.99/$25.99: Wednesday)

B.O.O.L: Master Labyrinth Puzzles ($19.99/$26.99)

Dungeons & Doomknights ($19.99/$26.99)

Twin Mind: Murderous Jealousy ($14.99/$14.99: Monday)

Jinshin ($14.99/$20.99)

The World of War II: Frontlines of History ($13.99/$19.99)

Bike Courier ($11.99/$16.99)

Anime Tank Blitz ($11.99/$16.49)

Masarada Town Story ($10.00/not released: Saturday)

Airport ($9.99/$13.50: Monday)

All I Want For Christmas Are Subgames ($9.99/$9.99: Monday)

Bulanci ($9.99/$14.99)

Sniper - Elite Shooter Squad ($8.99/$12.49)

Breakout Birdie ($2.99/$5.00)

Breakout Birdie 2 ($2.99/$5.00)

Breakout Birdie Adventure ($2.99/$5.00)

Capitals Quizzer (free to start)

Archives

Mystic Warriors ($7.99/$9.87)

Sales and Price Drops

Highlights: Overcooked 2 is at a record low for the remainder of the year (January 2) as part of a broader indie sale, and third parties will start loading up this week for holiday sales. PSPrices, DekuDeals

Europe

One (€67.99/£58.50: Friday)

The Curse of Kudan (€39.99/£35.99)

Tevi (€32.99/£29.69)

Terra Nil (€24.99/£22.49: Monday)

Synthetic Lover (€24.99/£22.49: Friday)

Freddi Fish 4: The Case of the Hogfish Rustlers Of Briny Gulch (€14.99/£13.49)

Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat From Your Head To Your Feet (€14.99/£13.49)

Raccoo Venture (€14.99/£13.49)

Xiizeal (€14/£12.00: Monday)

Fireball Wizard (€9.99/£8.99: Monday)

Wall World (€9.99/£8.99: Tuesday)

Ravva and the Phantom Library (€9.99/£8.99: Wednesday)

Aery: Calm Mind 4 (€9.99/£9.99)

My Lovely Dog Adventure (€9.99/£9.99)

Backroom: Constructions (€9.99/£8.99)

Cape's Escape Game: 6th Room (€9.27/£8.29)

The Rumble Fish+ (€7.99/£7.19: Wednesday)

Moorhuhn Invasion: Crazy Chicken Invasion (€6.99/£6.29: Friday)

Western Slot Machine (€4.5/£4.09)

The Artist Colors (€3.99/£3.59)

Released Later

Rough Justice '84 (€19.99/£17.99: Tuesday)

B.O.O.L: Master Labyrinth Puzzles (€19.99/£17.99)

World War: D-Day Part Two (€16.99/£14.99)

Twin Mind: Murderous Jealousy (€14.99/£13.49: Monday)

Jinshin (€14.99/£13.49)

Three Minutes To Eight (€14.99/£13.49)

Anime Tank Blitz (€11.99/£11.99: Wednesday)

Growth (€9.99/£8.99)

Bulanci (€9.99/£8.99: Saturday)

Sniper - Elite Shooter Squad (€8.99/£8.99: Wednesday)

Cleaning Queens (€5.99/£5.39)

20 Minutes Till Dawn (€4.99/£4.49)

SokoWinter (€4.99/£4.49)

Make It! Takoyaki (€3.00/£1.13)

Archives

Mystic Warriors (€6.99/£6.29)

Japan

Da Capo 5 (¥8800)

ONE (¥7700)

Spy x Family: Operation Diary (¥7480)

2045 Tsuki Yori (¥7370)

Hop! Step! Dance! (¥5800)

The Curse of Kudan (¥4300)

Royal Romanesque Origin (¥3080)

Gates of the Mind (¥2448)

Tanuki Sunset (¥2420)

Choo Choo Charles (¥2300)

Angel's Present: Marl Kingdom Story (¥2178)

Little Princess: Doll Princess of the Marl Kingdom (¥2178)

Freddi Fish 4: The Case of the Hogfish Rustlers Of Briny Gulch (¥1700)

Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat From Your Head To Your Feet (¥1700)

Backroom: Constructions (¥1599)

Bulanci (¥1599)

Adventure Bar Story (¥1500)

Three Minutes To Eight (¥1500)

Aery: Calm Mind 4 (¥1499)

My Lovely Dog Adventure (¥1499)

Monty Mole Collection (¥1399)

My Child Lebensborn Remastered (¥1300)

Fireball Wizard (¥1250)

Growth (¥1200)

100 Demon Fantasia (¥1200)

Ravva and the Phantom Library (¥1200)

Party Friends (¥1199)

Military Combat Shooter Desert War (¥1030)

Speed or Death (¥1000)

Escape from the cat school (¥990)

The Rumble Fish+ (¥990)

Cape's Escape Game: 6th Room (¥980)

Dani and Evan: Dinosaur Books (¥900)

Milk Seller (¥900: Friday)

Cleaning Queens (¥890)

Fashion World (¥885)

Kebab Bar Tycoon (¥885)

EggConsole Hydlide PC-8801 MkII SR (¥880)

EggConsole Silpheed PC-8801 MkII SR (¥880)

Spirit Roots (¥801)

Poppy Playtime (¥745)

20 Minutes Till Dawn (¥599)

8P Common Sense Battle (¥420)

BL -Our Lucky Happening- (¥420)

Elementary School Textbook Test (¥420)

It's Different (¥420)

Released Later

Chicory: A Colorful Tale (¥2940)

Terra Nil (¥2800: Monday)

Rough Justice '84 (¥2800)

B.O.O.L: Master Labyrinth Puzzles (¥2400)

Roman Empire Simulator (¥2200)

Dungeon Defence Simulator 2024 (¥2100)

Truck Simulator 2024 (¥1999)

Christmas Bubble Puzzle (¥1500)

Princezs Puzzle Adventure (¥1500)

Mystery Box: Escape The Room (¥1499)

Mystery Box: The Journey (¥1499)

Jinshin (¥1320)

Wall World (¥1320)

Super Kart Mini Cart Race (¥1300)

Airport (¥1190)

Masarada Town Story (¥1000)

Fantasy Blackjack Shop Simulator (¥999)

AirRevo (¥900)

Hentai Girls: Pretty Christmas (¥900)

Tennis 2024 Simulator (¥880)

Mystic Warriors (¥838)

Detective Ryosuke Higawa Case Story Vol.13 Twilight is Ruri’s Memories (¥800)

Dude, Where's My Beer? (¥800)

Bloopy & Droopy (¥789)

Kumamon Run (¥770)

SokoWinter (¥750)

Hard Racing: Stunt Car Driving (¥740)

Helix Jump (¥735)

Mob Control (¥735)

Breakout Birdie (¥500)

Breakout Birdie 2 (¥500)

Breakout Birdie Adventure (¥500)

Capitals Quizzer (free to start)


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TalkBack / Another Code: Recollection Receives eShop Demo, New Trailer
« on: December 14, 2023, 03:32:32 PM »

Some big marketing for the release in... a month? Wow, that snuck up.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65770/another-code-recollection-receives-eshop-demo-new-trailer

Nintendo's next retail release now has a demo and a new trailer.

The demo comprises the first chapter of Another Code: Two Memories aka Trace Memory (North America). Progress from the demo can be carried into the full release of the game on January 19.

The overview trailer can be found below:


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We hate to say we told you so, but baby WE TOLD YOU SO.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65767/entertainment-software-association-officially-ends-efforts-to-revive-e3

After more than four years on life support, E3 is officially dead.

A statement in the Washington Post (possible paywall) confirmed the official death of the show, which was last held in 2019. Entertainment Software Association (ESA) president Stanley Pierre-Louis issued a statement to the Post which said partially "We know it’s difficult to say goodbye to such a beloved event, but it’s the right thing to do given the new opportunities our industry has to reach fans and partners."

Following the 2019 show and the revelation of a massive systemic leak of press information, the show attempted to reboot in 2020 with a focus on "influencers" before the COVID-19 pandemic shut the live event down for two years - with only a failed online hosting in 2021. Partner disinterest the last two years prevented the show from returning, with an attempt in 2023 in cooperation with ReedPop (who run the PAX expos and also have put Eurogamer, RockPaperShotgun, VGC, and other outlets up for sale) falling apart. It was reported in June that the 2024 and 2025 shows were already cancelled.


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If there's nothing left in the endgame, you win.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65765/environment-rebuilding-game-terra-nil-entering-switch-ecosystem-next-monday

The week before Christmas will see one of the more unique PC building games land on Switch.

Devolver Digital have confirmed that Terra Nil, which previously launched on PC and mobile in March, will sprout up on the eShop next Monday (December 18). The game's eShop listing is not live, but the Steam version normally retails for $24.99.

Terra Nil is a twist on the city building simulation in which the objective is to build a thriving ecosystem out of an area of barren land.


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TalkBack / Nintendo Downloads - December 14, 2023
« on: December 11, 2023, 03:00:00 AM »

Congratulations to hacker alias xx_G30ff_xx for a new PB in Issue Avoidance at the 2023 Game Awards.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65732/nintendo-downloads-december-14-2023

Things we missed last week: A quartet of old Telenet/Revelation shooters - Avenger, Granada, Gaiares (pronounced guy-are-us) and Psychic Storm - dropped alongside Pole Position II in the Archives.

As expected, there were no major announcements out of the 9th annual Winter Games Fest show (Nintendo skipped entirely for the second time in three years), nor did the host feel free to point out that the industry they were celebrating has had about 4-5x more layoffs than we have Switch games released this year. Considering the latter is over 2300 and might peak 2400 with a little under three weeks left in the year... yeah, you done goofed Geoff. (See also: Nothing about Palestine, to a lesser extent how Dave the Diver is an indie game when it's literally published by a Nexon imprint.) At least one of the announcements was immediate without being a shadowdrop, as the Switch release date for Palia - the F2P life sim announced for Switch release in June - is going 1.0 on Switch this week. And aside from the most expensive game of the week being another Touhou-vania and a couple of strategy games in the Hammerwatch series, that's it for major Western releases. And given that I'm enrolling in Blueberry Academy this week, that's kind of useful.

I do want to cast my eyes down to the Japan released, which includes a trio of Taito laserdisc arcade releases... one of which is the infamous Time Gal.

North America

Digital

Koumajou Remilia II: Stranger's Requiem (US$29.99/C$39.99)

Hammerwatch II ($24.99/$32.89: Tuesday)

Winter Games Challenge ($24.99/$34)

Hammerwatch: Anniversary Edition ($19.99/$26.35: Tuesday)

Metro Quester ($19.99/$27.99)

Pan'orama ($19.99/$27.99)

Never Be Afraid Slam Dunk ($19.99/$19.99: Saturday)

Math, BFF, and Notes ($19.90/not releasing)

Nekomin ($15.00/$25.00)

Raccoo Venture ($14.99/$19.99)

Yuletide Legends: Who Killed Santa Claus ($14.99/$19.49)

City Bus Driver Simulator ($11.99/$15.99: Monday)

Zumaji Deluxe ($9.99/$9.99: Monday)

Bulldozer Tycoon: Construction Simulator ($9.99/$12.99: Monday)

Super Bear Adventure ($9.99/$13.99: Tuesday)

Mechblaze ($9.99/$12.99)

Hirilun ($9.99/$13.99: Friday)

Sakura Agent ($9.99/$13.50: Friday)

Rising Dusk ($9.9/$12.99)

Poly Shooting Simulator ($7.99/$11.99: Friday)

Pony World - Color by Numbers ($6.99/$9.55)

Eggconsole Xanadu PC-8801 MkII SR ($6.49/$7.34)

Aztec Tiki Tailsman ($5.99/$8.00)

Hell Well ($4.99/$5.99: Wednesday)

Stickman's Arena ($4.99/$5.99; Friday)

Western Slot Machine ($4.50/$6.21)

Toybox Christmas ($3.99/$5.24)

Palia (free to start)

Released Later

Hentai Golf ($21.99/$30.13: Friday)

Potion Craft ($19.99/$26.99: Tuesday)

All of Us Are Dead ($19.99/$25.99)

Twin Mind: Power of Love ($14.99/$14.99: Monday)

Reef Escape ($14.99/$19.49)

Japan Train Models - JR West Edition ($13.99/$18.83)

Petit Petit Petit ($12.99/$14.99: Monday)

Wood Guy ($9.99/$9.99: Monday)

Coloring book series: Zoo ($9.99/not releasing: Monday)

Escape From The Island ($9.99/$9.99: Saturday)

Piyokoro ($8.99/not releasing)

SNQZ ($1.49/$1.99: Monday)

Archives

Aero Fighters ($7.99/$9.87)

Sales and Price Drops

Highlights: All WB games released before December 1 - yes, including that one, which now becomes $102/$136 too expensive at 30% off - are on sale until the 28th. PSPrices, DekuDeals

Europe

Digital

Koumajou Remilia II: Stranger's Requiem (€29.99/£26.99)

Yukar From The Abyss (€24.99/£22.99: Sunday)

Hammerwatch II (€24.99/£19.57: Tuesday)

Trip World DX (€19.99/£17.99: Monday)

Hammerwatch: Anniversary Edition (€19.99/£15.45: Tuesday)

Never Be Afraid Slam Dunk (€19.99/£17.99: Saturday)

Yuletide Legends: Who Framed Santa Claus (€14.99/£13.99)

Zumaji Deluxe (€9.99/£8.99: Sunday)

Hirilun (€9.99/£9.99)

Sakura Agent (€9.99/£9.99)

Mechblaze (€9.5/£8.59)

Crashy Laps (€6.99/£5.99)

Pony World - Color By Numbers (€6.99/£6.29)

Aztec Tiki Tailsman (€5.99/£5.00)

Hell Wall (€4.99/£4.49: Wednesday)

Stickman's Arena (€4.99/£4.49)

Toybox Christmas (€3.99/£3.70: Wednesday)

Palia (free to start)

Released Later

Skater XL (€39.99/£34.99: Tuesday)

Winter Games Challenge (€24.99/£22.49)

Potion Craft (€19.99/£17.99: Tuesday)

Metro Quester (€19.99/£17.99)

Twin Mind: Power of Love (€14.99/£13.49: Monday)

Super Prehistoric World Adventure (€9.99/£8.99: Monday)

Rising Dusk (€9.90/£8.89: Wednesday)

Witch's Potion: Water Sort Puzzle (€4.99/£4.49)

Archives

Aero Fighters (€6.99/£6.29)

Japan

Cosmic Fantasy Collection 2 (¥8580)

Railway Japan! RealPro Express Romance Car! Odakyu Electric Railway Edition (¥8580)

Trigger Heart Exelica (¥5280)

Ninja Hayate (¥4180)

Space Battleship Yamato (¥4180)

Time Gal (¥4180)

Hammerwatch II (¥3544: Wednesday)

Koumajou Remilia II: Stranger's Requiem (¥2980)

Hammerwatch: Anniversary Edition (¥2801: Wednesday)

Metro Quester (¥2200: Friday)

Host Security Guard (¥1980)

Nekomin (¥1800)

Rising Dusk (¥1290)

Hirilun (¥1200)

Sakura Agent (¥1000)

Yuletide Legends: Who Framed Santa Claus (¥990)

Mechblaze (¥980)

Piyokoro (¥900)

Eggconsole Xanadu PC-8801 MkII SR (¥880)

Aztec Tiki Talisman (¥750)

Toybox Christmas (¥590)

Anime Puzzle School Trouble (¥500)

Hell Well (¥500)

Stickman's Arena (¥500: Friday)

Palia (free to start: Friday)

Released Later

Hentai Golf (¥3289)

Hentai Nervous Breakdown (¥3004)

Porion Craft (¥2989: Wednesday)

Elypse (¥2980)

Oaken (¥2300)

Raccoo Venture (¥2270)

Escape From The Island (¥2000)

City Bus Driver Simulator (¥1769)

Battle Planet - Judgment Day (¥1490)

Japan Train Models - JR West Edition (¥1320)

Multi Quiz (¥950)

Aero Fighters (¥838)

Retro Game Pack (¥699)


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TalkBack / Announcements From 2023 "Game Awards"
« on: December 07, 2023, 06:03:40 PM »

Or to be more accurate, Blood and Guts.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65712/announcements-from-2023-game-awards

All of the Switch related announcements from tonight's Game Awards presentation:

  • The Switch version of free to play life sim Palia will launch next Thursday (December 14)
  • Two of the bigger eShop titles of the year will cross over as Dave the Diver will add a crossover DLC based on Dredge next Friday (December 15)
  • A demo for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown will be available on January 11, ahead of the game's January 18 launch
  • Surgent Studios - previously known as Silver Rain Games and founded by actor Abubakar Salim - announced a side-scrolling action game called Tales of Kenzera Zau; it will release on April 23 as part of the "EA Originals" publishing line
  • A sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol called "The Rise Of The Golden Idol" was announced for a 2024 release
  • Also receiving a sequel announcement was the seminal WiiWare (and later Switch) puzzle game World of Goo, though no platforms were given for World of Goo 2 it did announce a 2024 release as well. Original World of Goo developer 2D Boy and publisher Tomorrow Corporation have reunited for the sequel

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John is immediately checking for fixed widescreen on JFG.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65711/nintendo-switch-online-n64-library-adds-1080-snowboarding-harvest-moon-64-and-jet-force-gemini-for-west

For the first time since Mario Parties, multiple games have been added to the Switch Nintendo 64 libraries.

In addition to the Western launch of Jet Force Gemini, both Japan and the Western libraries have added 1080 Snowboarding and Harvest Moon 64. 1080 Snowboarding (1998) was the last game promised in the September 2022 Nintendo Direct reveal, while Harvest Moon 64 was previously released on the Wii U Virtual Console immediately prior to the Switch's launch.

UPDATE 8:15pm EST: Our John Rairdin has confirmed that the same issues with the Japanese release of Jet Force Gemini have been found in the Western version.


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Official confirmation that yes, this IS a Pokemon Colosseum reference.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65709/final-details-for-pokemon-scarlet-and-violet-indigo-disk-story-announced

Final details have emerged ahead of next week's Indigo Disk portion of the Pokemon Scarlet and Violet DLC.

The new trailer includes confirmation that as with the second Pokemon Sword and Shield DLC, older legendary Pokemon (including Rayquaza, Kubfu, and the original legendary bird trio) will be accessible in The Indigo Disk, as well as a further portion of "Area Zero". Several more minigames were shown as well. The legendaries are tied to the completion of "Blueberry Quests".

Based on previews of the game, and shown by battle footage, all of the battles in the DLC will be in the Double Battle format as seen in the Pokemon video game championships and one of the gyms of the base game.

A pair of serial code distributions will be live shortly in game; entering "NEWM00N1SC0M1NG" in the Mystery Gift will unlock the mythical Darkrai (available previously through an event download in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl or with older save data in Pokemon Legends: Arceus) through December 21, while "SH1NYBUDDY" will give a shiny Lucario until January 4. The former appears to be tied to an upcoming raid event featuring the generation IV / BDSP box mascots Dialga and Palkia.


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Question for the responsible parties: What in Naga's name is your major malfunction?

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65708/nintendo-live-tokyo-event-postponed-due-to-threats-against-organizers-and-spectators

If you were planning to try and get into the Nintendo Live event in Tokyo next month, we hope the travel expenses are refundable as the event has been postponed.

The event's webpage and a press release obtained by friends of the site The Famicast have confirmed that the event slated for January 20-21 was "postponed" due to persistent threats against Nintendo employees and participants in the Splatoon 3 Koshien 2023 National Championship tournament. The 2024 Splatoon 3 World Championship and a pair of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe tournaments have also been postponed.

The Tokyo event was the first of four Nintendo Live events slated for Asia in 2024, with others taking place in Taipei (Taiwan), Seoul (South Korea), and Hong Kong.


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And the last relevant Amiibo overall is January 19, as a reminder.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65707/last-super-smash-bros-ultimate-amiibo-launches-february-16-anniversary-spirit-event-announced

Noah and Mio will end up being the penultimate set of Amiibo for now.

Sora - the last Amiibo in the Super Smash Bros Ultimate family - has been confirmed for a release on February 16, 2024. The release will coincide with the launch of the Mario vs Donkey Kong Switch remake.

The announcement coincides with the fifth anniversary of the original release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and a separate announcement from game director Masahiro Sakurai has also confirmed that a 5th anniversary Spirit event will be held with 5x the SP earned and five new spirits.


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TalkBack / Nintendo Downloads - December 7, 2023
« on: December 04, 2023, 03:00:00 AM »

We could explore the known and unknown galaxies, or hope for someone to rip a mask off and yell Baba Booey into a live mic. I know what I'm stuck doing Thursday night.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65700/nintendo-downloads-december-7-2023

Things we missed last week: Taito's Scramble Formation, shooter-vania Tevi (Jordan's review), a late release of Zach GOTY 2000 Turok 3, and in what can only be described as a miracle on the level of Doom Eternal running well on Switch... Trip World DX FINALLY came out in North America and Japan.

A good week for smaller titles, headlined by the long-awaited Outer Wilds release on Switch. Can the intergalactic exploration hold up on a portable platform? We'll find out later this week. In another miracle, to the point I had this game marked as cancelled after it went radio silent for a long time, Skater XL is finally paying off a Direct from September 2019 and coming on Tuesday. And for those looking for Thousand Year Door but possibly better, action RPG Born of Bread lands on Tuesday as well (read Jordan's preview for more).

Smaller but still important titles this week include A Highland Song as featured in the Indie World last month, as well as blacksmith sim While The Iron's Hot. And from the house of oddities are a pair of games (Hiveswap Friendsim and Pesterquest) from the Homestuck... universe?

North America

Retail

Skater XL (US$39.99/C$51.99: Tuesday)

Digital

Born of Bread ($29.99/$29.99: Tuesday)

Dreamers: A Nostalgia Adventure ($29.99/$39.99)

A Long Journey To An Uncertain End ($24.99/$32.50: Tuesday)

Outer Wilds ($24.99/$32.99)

Yukar From The Abyss ($24.99/$34.99)

While The Iron's Hot ($19.99/$25.99: Tuesday)

A Highland Song ($17.99/$24.99: Tuesday)

Sunsoft Mahjong Solitaire Shanghai Legend ($17.99/$23.99)

Xiizeal ($15.00/$18.00)

Hiveswap Friendsim ($14.99/$19.49)

Pesterquest ($14.99/$19.49)

Xuan Yuan Sword: Mists Beyond the Mountains ($14.99/$18.99: Friday)

Fearmonium ($12.99/$17.99: Friday)

The Smurfs: Colorful Stories ($11.99/$16.41: Friday)

Battle Stations Blockade ($9.99/$11.99: Wednesday)

City Driver: Car Parking Simulator ($9.99/$12.99)

Defend The Base: Tower Turret Shooting Range ($9.99/$12.99)

Hot Love Dreams: Classic Hentai Logic Puzzle ($9.99/$12.99)

Air Aces ($9.99/$11.99: Friday)

Nessy The Robot ($9.99/$12.99)

Vege Bubble Shoot ($9.99/$13.50: Friday)

Erogods: Asgard ($7.30/$10.00)

Crystal Chip Collector e ($4.99/$6.49)

Golf Guys ($4.99/$6.70: Friday)

Helix Jump ($4.99/$6.70: Friday)

Mob Control ($4.99/$6.70: Friday)

Stone Age ($2.23/$3.00)

Launched Later

Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong ($59.99/$69.99: Tuesday)

Avenger ($15.00/$21.00)

Gaiares ($15.00/$21.00)

Granada ($15.00/$21.00)

Psychic Storm ($15.00/$21.00)

Make Way ($14.99/$19.99: Monday)

Molecano ($8/$11.00: Friday)

Archives

Pole Position II ($7.99/$9.87)

Sales and Price Drops

Highlights: Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2 is on sale until the 11th, and this week traditionally features an "award winners" sale on the eShop to coincide with an alleged awards show. PSPrices, DekuDeals

Europe

Digital

Born of Bread (€29.99/£26.99: Tuesday)

Dreamers: A Nostalgia Adventure (€29.99/£26.99)

A Long Journey To An Uncertain End (€24.99/£20.99: Tuesday)

Outer Wilds (€22.99/£20.99)

While The Iron's Hot (€19.99/£15.99: Tuesday)

Sunsoft Mahjong Solitaire Shanghai Legend (€16.99/£14.9)

A Highland Song (€15.99/£14.99: Tuesday)

Hiveswap Friendsim (€14.99/£12.79)

Pesterquest (€14.99/£12.67)

Xuan Yuan Sword: Mists Beyond the Mountains (€14.99/£12.99: Friday)

Fearmonium (€12.99/£12.99)

The Smurfs: Colorful Stories (€11.99/£10.79: Friday)

Battle Stations Blockade (€9.99/£8.99: Wednesday)

City Driver: Car Parking Simulator (€9.99/£8.99)

Defend The Base: Tower Turret Shooting Range (€9.99/£8.99)

Nessy The Robot (€9.99/£8.99)

Air Aces (€9.99/£9.99: Friday)

Vege Bubble Shoot (€9.99/£8.99: Friday)

Crystal Chip Collector e (€4.99/£4.49)

Golf Guys (€4.99/£4.49: Friday)

Helix Jump (€4.99/£4.49: Friday)

Mob Control (€4.99/£4.49: Friday)

Stone Age (€2/£1.79: Wednesday)

Launched Later

Make Way (€14.99/£12.99: Monday)

Avenger (€13.50/£12.19)

Gaiares (€13.50/£12.19)

Granada (€13.50/£12.19)

Psychic Storm (€13.50/£12.19)

Archives

Pole Position II (€6.99/£6.29)

Japan

Dream Warrior Valis Collection III (¥8580)

Encouragement of Climb: Next Summit – Ano Yama ni, Mou Ichido (¥8360)

Rasenreijo Spiral Lady Super Hair Machina (¥5742)

Angry Head Bee Great Reincarnation Rinmawari Reincarnation (¥4950)

Dreamers: A Nostalgic Adventure (¥3500)

Outer Wilds (¥3150: Friday)

Adventures of Ben: Rabbit Run (¥2900)

Sunsoft Mahjong Solitaire Shanghai Legend (¥2640)

Yukar: From The Abyss (¥2600: Wednesday)

Cafe Owner Simulator (¥2100)

The Ramsey (¥2000)

Fearmonium (¥2000: Friday)

While The Iron's Hot (¥1980: Tuesday)

The Smurfs: Colorful Stories (¥1795)

Nessy The Robot (¥1500)

Vege Bubble Shoot (¥1500)

Xiizeal (¥1500)

City Driver: Car Parking Simulator (¥1399)

Defend The Base: Tower Turret Shooting Range (¥1399)

Peach Blossoms Are Stained With Fresh Blood (¥1300)

Battle Stations Blockade (¥1000: Wednesday)

Escape From The Dilapidated Hospital (¥990)

Crystal Chip Collector e (¥800)

Our Flick Erasers 3 Online (¥500)

Final Shot (¥499)

English Conversation With Cat Manga (¥420)

Stone Age (¥300)

Launched Later

Gigantosaurus The Game (¥5500)

Bang-On Balls Chronicles (¥3960)

CAD Pretend (¥3000)

Hentai X (¥2991)

Make Way (¥2450)

Avenger (¥1980)

Gaiares (¥1980)

Granada (¥1980)

Psychic Storm (¥1980)

Petit Petit Petit (¥1700)

Bulldozer Tycoon Construction Simulator (¥1474)

Hentai Girls: College Crush (¥900)

Pole Position II (¥838)

Big Banquet Manager (¥800)

Frido (¥760)

Hentai Dream (¥380)


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TalkBack / Nintendo Downloads - November 30, 2023
« on: November 27, 2023, 03:00:00 AM »

I wonder if something would have been done about the eShop if instead of women and POC the developers harmed by the flood were rich old white guys. (APPLAUD NOW)

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65605/nintendo-downloads-november-30-2023

Things we missed last week: Warp and Warp in the Archives, and in light of its Japanese launch this week Snakebird Complete is actually a cool looking puzzle game. (Disclosure: NWR contributor Syrenne McNulty was a producer on the game.)

You know, with single-digit surprise appearances and a light lineup thus far this week, maybe Nintendo of America should take Thursday and Friday off more often. However, that's not to say that this week isn't surprisingly busy, with both the west and Japan taking on major properties in respectively the Batman Arkham Trilogy (which has separate listings for the games but no prices for them yet) and Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince with its attempt to create competitive Dragon Quest Monsters - and based on the 2023 World Pokemon Championships, I hope they succeed. (Seriously, forcing three quarterfinals to sudden death because of an internet drop when that should be local?) Also hitting shelves this week is the very light novel-y My Next Life As A Villainess, which you better believe is an isekai.

The download space has a few headliners, biggest of which is SteamWorld Build as the series attempts to swoop in and snag marketshare from the cluster*bleep* that is Cities Skylines 2. (I sense a theme here.) Also hitting are John Game of the Week Gothic II, prehistoric civilization builder Roots of Pacha as seen in the Indie World a couple of weeks ago, and the crowdfunded strategy RPG (think FF Tactics) Arcadian Atlas as published by Serenity Forge.

Three things of note from Japan: we have a new game from Good Feel that appears to be licensed (Fairy Tale Drama Bakei), I'm cautiously watching for the localization of a Cupid Parasite fancart, and if you grabbed the Japanese N64 app for the Switch Online expansion pack for Custom Robo there's a new one to download. Specifically, the additions of Goldeneye and Jet Force Gemini have created an "18+" version of the app, which will presumably be the main way to access Jet Force Gemini early if the "December" date from NoA doesn't turn out to be "December 1" (or late night on November 30 in North America).

(And before you ask, that "GenseiSuikoden" game is not the Konami one, that's been bumped to next year and would be bundled anyway. It's a public domain concept.)

North America

Retail

Batman Arkham Trilogy (US$59.99/C$79.99: Friday)

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince ($59.99/$79.99: Friday)

My Next Life As A Villainess: All Roads Lead To Doom! ($49.99/$73.49: Tuesday)

Wildshade: Unicorn Champions ($39.99/$49.99)

Digital

Gothic II ($29.99/$29.99: Wednesday)

Metro PD: Close To You ($29.99/$38.99)

SteamWorld Build ($29.99/$39.99: Friday)

Roots of Pacha ($24.99/$32.50: Tuesday)

GenseiSuikoden Plus ($21.99/$26.99)

Cattails: Wildwood Story ($19.99/$25.99: Wednesday)

Arcadian Atlas ($19.99/$26.99)

Motesolo: No Girlfriend Since Birth ($19.99/$27.55)

This Means Warp ($19.99/$25.99)

Uzzuzzu My Pet - Golf Dash ($19.99/$27.62: Friday)

2weistein - The Curse of the Red Dragon 3 - Ronger Pirates ($18/$22.00: Friday)

Mom Simulator 2023 ($12.99/$17.99: Tuesday)

Pixel Cafe ($12.99/$17.55)

Corbid: A Colorful Adventure ($11.99/$11.99)

Draw & Color Maze: Paint Labyrinth Puzzle ($9.99/$12.99)

Toasterball ($9.99/$12.99)

Wall World ($9.99/$13.99)

Master Ninja: Shuriken Killer ($7.99/$10.99: Sunday)

Speed or Death ($7.99/$11.04)

Crashy Laps ($6.99/$8.99)

The Traveler's Path ($4.99/$5.99: Wednesday)

Last Escape: Dead Complex ($4.99/$5.99: Friday)

Zomborg ($4.99/$6.99: Friday)

DIY Paper Doll ($4.99/$6.73: Saturday)

Hentai Tales Vol. 2 ($3.99/$4.99)

Basketball Arcade ($1.99/$1.99)

Ortheo ($1.99/$2.5)

Space Junk Seekers ($1.99/$2.45)

Teravit (free to start)

Released Later

Tevi ($34.99/$48)

Turok 3: Shadows of Oblivion ($29.99/$38.99)

Trip World DX ($19.99/$26.99)

Thy Creature ($19.99/$22.79)

The Ramsey ($17.99/$23.49)

Orten Was The Case ($14.99/$20.68: Wednesday)

World War: D-Day Part Two ($14.99/$20.99)

Super Prehistoric World Adventure ($9.99/$13.99: Wednesday)

Fall Cars - Ultimate Car Battle ($9.99/$13.99: Saturday)

Witch's Potion: Water Sort Puzzle ($4.99/$6.49)

Official Spacefarer Card Game ($4.99/$6.82: Friday)

Dino Get Out ($3.99/$5.25)

Make It! Takoyaki ($2.99/$2.74)

Breakout Birdie Escape ($2.99/$5.00)

Breakout Birdie Escape 2 ($2.99/$5.00)

Breakout Birdie Panic ($2.99/$5.00)

Breakout Birdie Panic 2 ($2.99/$5.00)

Breakout Birdie Puzzle ($2.99/$5.00)

Breakout Birdie Puzzle 2 ($2.99/$5.00)

Word Space ($2.00/$2.50)

Archives

Scramble Formation ($7.99/$9.87)

Sales and Price Drops

Highlights: In addition to the brobdingnagian sales for Black Friday, XSEED games are on sale until December 8 including 50% off Loop8: Summer of Gods. PSPrices, DekuDeals

Europe

Retail

Batman Arkham Trilogy (€59.99/£49.99: Friday)

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince (€59.99/£49.99: Friday)

My Next Life As A Villainess: All Roads Lead To Doom! (€49.99/£44.99: Tuesday)

Wildshade: Unicorn Champions (€39.99/£34.99)

Digital

Gothic II (€29.99/£24.98: Tuesday)

Metro PD: Close To You (€29.99/£24.99: Wednesday)

SteamWorld Build (€29.99/£24.99: Friday)

Roots of Pacha (€24.99/£21.99: Tuesday)

GenseiSuikoden Plus (€20.99/£18.89)

Arcadian Atlas (€19.99/£19.99)

This Means Warp (€19.99/£15.98)

Uzzuzzu My Pet - Golf Dash (€19.99/£17.99: Friday)

Cattails: Wildwood Story (€18.99/£16.99)

Motesolo: No Girlfriend Since Birth (€18.99/£17.09)

2weistein - The Curse of the Red Dragon 3 - Ronger Pirates (€17.99/£16.00: Friday)

Orten Was The Case (€14.21/£12.79: Sunday)

Mom Simulator 2023 (€12.99/£11.39: Tuesday)

Pixel Cafe (€12.99/£11.69)

Corbid: A Colorful Adventure (€11.99/£10.79)

Draw & Color Maze: Paint Labyrinth Puzzle (€9.99/£8.99)

Toasterball (€9.99/£8.99)

Master Ninja: Shuriken Killer (€7.99/£6.99: Sunday)

The Traveler's Path (€4.99/£4.49: Wednesday)

Last Escape: Dead Complex (€3.99/£3.99: Friday)

Zomborg (€4.99/£4.99: Friday)

DIY Paper Doll (€4.99/£4.49: Saturday)

Hentai Tales Vol. 2 (€3.99/£3.59)

Ortheo (€1.99/£1.99: Wednesday)

Space Junk Seekers (€1.99/£1.79)

Basketball Arcade (€1.99/£1.79: Friday)

Teravit (free to start)

Released Later

The Ramsey (€17.49/£14.99)

Dino Get Out (€3.99/£3.59)

Breakout Birdie Escape (€2.99/£2.99)

Breakout Birdie Escape 2 (€2.99/£2.99)

Breakout Birdie Panic (€2.99/£2.99)

Breakout Birdie Panic 2 (€2.99/£2.99)

Breakout Birdie Puzzle (€2.99/£2.99)

Breakout Birdie Puzzle 2 (€2.99/£2.99)

Archives

Scrable Formation (€6.99/£6.29)

Japan

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince (¥7678: Friday)

Cupid Parasite -Sweet & Spicy Darling- (¥7480)

DesperaDrops (¥7480)

Amakano -Second Season- (¥6800)

Home Training -Muscle Training and Aerobic Exercise- (¥6380)

Wildshade: Unicorn Champions (¥5830)

Fairy tale drama Bakel the raccoon dog -Oracle Matsuri Taro's tribulations! (¥5280)

SteamWorld Build (¥4070: Friday)

Gravity Circuit (¥3500)

Nora The Wannabe Alchemist (¥3000)

Uzzuzzu My Pet - Golf Dash (¥3000)

GenseiSuikoden Plus (¥2980)

Metro PD: Close To You (¥2980)

Roots of Pacha (¥2800)

Train Traffic Manager (¥2250)

Motesolo: No Girlfriend Since Birth (¥2178)

Snakebird Complete (¥2140)

Pixel Cafe (¥1950)

Witchtastic (¥1850)

Shikon-X Space Defense Fortress (¥1500)

Air Aces (¥1499)

Deleted (¥1499)

Charrua Soccer - Pro Edition (¥1399)

Draw & Color Maze: Paint Labyrinth Puzzle (¥1399)

Toasterball (¥1200)

Hazlenut Hex (¥900)

Zomborg (¥610: Friday)

The Traveler's Path (¥600)

Hentai Tales Vol 2 (¥470)

Make It! Takoyaki (¥300)

Ortheo (¥299)

Nintendo Switch Online N64 - 18+ Version (free, requires active Expansion Pack sub in any region to use)

Released Later

Batman Arkham Trilogy (¥8228: Friday)

Tevi (¥4399)

Astral Ascent (¥3300)

Now Our School Is (¥3300)

Trip World DX (¥2800)

Orten Was The Case (¥2248)

Thy Creature (¥2050)

Flame Keeper (¥1980)

Aspire: Ina's Tale (¥1980)

Math, BFF, and Notes (¥1980)

World War: D-Day Part Two (¥1800)

Poly Shooting Simulator (¥1211)

Eyra: The Crow Maiden (¥1200)

Let's Play With Coloring Animals (¥980)

Taxi Driver Simulator 2024 (¥899)

Scramble Formation (¥838)

Burger Time (G-Mode Archives) (¥800)

Crashy Laps (¥800)

Breakout Birdie Escape (¥500)

Breakout Birdie Escape 2 (¥500)

Breakout Birdie Panic (¥500)

Breakout Birdie Panic 2 (¥500)

Breakout Birdie Puzzle (¥500)

Breakout Birdie Puzzle 2 (¥500)

Word Space (¥300)

Teravit (¥free to start)


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TalkBack / Jet Force Gemini Coming To N64 Switch Online Library In December
« on: November 21, 2023, 04:11:54 PM »

One less reason to boot up Rare Replay.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65592/jet-force-gemini-coming-to-n64-switch-online-library-in-december

It turns out Banjo and James Bond aren't the only Rare heroes coming to the Switch Online Expansion Pack's N64 library.

After a trailer was posted on Nintendo's Japanese-language YouTube announcing the release of Goldeneye and 1999's Jet Force Gemini in the region on November 30, Nintendo of America later confirmed that Jet Force Gemini would come to North America in "December" (as Goldeneye was added in January).

Jet Force Gemini was not in the last group of announced N64 titles, which still requires the launch of 1080 Snowboarding to be completed.


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TalkBack / Persona 5 Tactica (Switch) Review
« on: November 21, 2023, 03:14:15 AM »

A great strategy game that might be too much for all of its platforms.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/65331/persona-5-tactica-switch-review

One of the chief complaints about the modern Persona trilogy is that they have a very slow opening; it took me ten hours of gameplay before I was out of tutorial land in Persona 5 Royal when I reviewed it last year. Persona 5 Tactica, the newest spinoff of the “jazz-inventing” RPG, aims to resolve this with a streamlined story and high-speed battle system that on paper looks to be as close to a “Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem” as can be found without idol singers, but instead takes a hard left turn into the realm of action-focused strategy instead. The result is probably the fastest Persona experience available today, but it’s going to take a little bit longer to play on Switch compared to other platforms.

Futaba clearly didn't read the opening paragraph here.

Persona 5 Tactica operates a streamlined version of the strategy gameplay of a Mario + Rabbids or the XCOM franchise. A three-member team made up most of the Phantom Thieves in Persona 5 Royal and an original character are set on a grid-based map to complete an objective; these objectives typically involve defeating all enemies, taking down a boss, or having one/all party members reach a particular point on the map. There are obstacles strewn all over the map that provide cover, which is vital for defense as attacking an enemy in the open will give the attacker a “1 More” bonus attack, which can stack. The three party members chosen each have their own movement range, and moving behind partial or full cover (represented by yellow or red on top of the obstacle providing the cover) reflects resistance or immunity to enemy fire from those directions. Each character has their own elemental affinity - the Phantom Thieves represented by their basic Personas - that can affect the enemy’s ability to move or change their position, as well as gunfire and a melee attack at close range. With the right direction, a close range blow knocks the opponent a few spaces away to set up 1 More attacks later or into a wall for added damage. The melee attack required finer movement than I would have expected to pull off in certain situations, but once I got rolling with the battles it was a blast trying to figure out the best way to stack up attacks to keep inside turn limits for maximum rewards.

Outside of battle, Tactica borrows some elements from a previous Persona spinoff; the Persona Q series. All of the Persona wielders can use their trademark Personae - Joker and Arsene, Morgana the team mascot and Zorro, Ryuji and Capt. Kidd - and the ability to equip “sub-Personas” opens up pretty early on for added elemental variety. There’s even a full Persona fusion option complete with “Pokedex” and ability to pay a small fee for added fusions. Aside from that, the growth systems are very basic: the only bit of equipment that can be changed is guns and those only unlock at particular story points. Instead of each party member leveling up individually, the team has a level which provides a level cap for Persona fusion and basic stats, with additional HP and skill points (SP) tackled via a basic character skill tree. Skill points are earned with story progression but predominantly through side missions which provide a lot of opportunities for experimentation and challenge even on the lower end of the five-point difficulty scale. One mission was particularly vexing, as I had one turn to get the original character to an objective 24 spaces across the map with their movement range of six spaces; I basically had to give Joker a particular sub-Persona so he could use wind magic and its “push” effect to create enough openings for the OC to 1 More their way to the end. There’s also an option to replay any map if you missed any objectives, accessible through the map in the story.

The story of Tactica takes place at a point between the ending of Persona 5 (whether original or Royal is unclear, but probably the original) and the events of P5 Strikers. After a politician expected to become the next Prime Minister of Japan disappears, the crew is meeting at the home base of Leblanc when they get transported to another world called a “Kingdom”. After losing all but one of the Phantom Thieves due to tyrannical circumstances, Joker must take Morgana and Erina - the playable original character, that politician is the non-playable one as required by Persona spinoff rules - to rescue their friends and save the Kingdom from a tyrannical Bridezilla, hopefully getting back to the real world afterwards. As with most spinoffs, they can’t actually affect the main plot as outlined in Persona 5, but the speed at which it’s handled works out well. My chief complaint is that despite coming WELL after the complete edition P5 Royal, the major character introduced in Royal as well as one other vital character isn’t in the main story at all and is instead in the non-canonical day one DLC. And though they’re probably playable in game somehow, I would bet dollars to donuts that they’re not going to affect the story in any way simply because there doesn’t seem to be anywhere they’d fit in.

Unfortunately, Yusuke blows what could have been a great moment by not knowing what a surrogate is.

The art style of Tactica takes some cues from the Persona Q spinoff RPGs from the 3DS, and they could probably adapt it wholesale to a Persona Q2 HD should Atlus ever get that bug again. That style is mostly used for pre-map conversations, with a typical 3D effect used for the player characters in battle that works well. The biggest problem is actually that of the plot; aside from named characters, you see basically three types of enemies on the maps; the lanky ones, the giant shouldered ones, and later the guys with drums - the only signifier of strength being different colorations. This can be explained in universe by the tyrant of the Kingdom basically turning the residents into one of these types of creatures, but it does get old after a while. What doesn’t get old is the soundtrack; once again, the battle themes are certified ear worms and even the music in the base is a nice mix of older Persona tunes. The only problem is that the default mix is a little biased towards the music; there were a few times where Erika Harlacher (Ann) was speaking and I had to rely on the subtitles because the music was drowning her out.

Regardless of whether I was playing handheld or docked, the biggest problem I had with Persona 5 Tactica was transitions in and out of the battles. There are two different types of load screens that come up: an “explosion” one and a “gun” one, both of which run for about 10 seconds with the Switch version; the two also show clear artifacting before completing the load. Once that’s done, the battles themselves are fine; it’s just I never like having the “wait, did the game freeze” moment when I’m playing anything but especially if it’s in a review process. There was a minor improvement following the game’s day 1 patch, but it’s still a bit of an issue.

I never got into Mario + Rabbids despite multiple attempts, mostly due to the Rabbids, but throwing characters I care about into this formula worked really well for me. Persona 5 Tactica is certainly the most replayable Persona game in years for someone who doesn’t try to see every romance option, and if Atlus can get out from the crunch for Persona 3 Reload to fix up the load times this could be a sleeper for best strategy game on Switch.


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TalkBack / Nintendo Cyber Deals Sale Underway For Black Friday
« on: November 20, 2023, 07:24:20 AM »

And Cyber Monday, can't forget the end of the Turkey Five.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/65573/nintendo-cyber-deals-sale-underway-for-black-friday

As threatened, Nintendo have unleashed the Cyber Deals portion of their holiday sales promotion.

Running until December 4 at 2:59 a.m. ET, the deals mostly mirror the physical Black Friday deals above, but with a few differences.

First Party

  • 33% off Super Mario Odyssey, Yoshi's Crafted World, Luigi's Mansion 3 (32% off for included DLC)
  • 30% off Fire Emblem: Engage (20% off to include the DLC season pass), Bayonetta 3, Live a Live, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, Dragon Quest (Builders I, Builders II, XI), Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Torna: The Golden Country (and a bundle with them included), Bayonneta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon, Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes

Third Party

  • 83% off MLB The Show 23
  • 60% off Shin Megami Tensei V
  • 50% off Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga Collection, Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope, Minecraft Legends, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, GTA Trilogy, Tetris Effect: Connected
  • 30% off Red Dead Redemption, Cadence of Hyrule, Tunic
  • 20% off The 7th Guest and Cocoon
  • Other publishers including Capcom, Bethesda, and Jackbox Games are holding sales in conjunction: the full list can be found here

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