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Nintendo Downloads - December 23, 2021

by Donald Theriault - December 20, 2021, 8:00 am EST
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It will take all of Donald's strength this Festivus to not hold the Airing of Grievances in the middle of a client phone call.

Initially I thought about doing this as a Night Before Christmas ripoff but when I still have to do my non-NWR job all week after flying more than 3000 miles (4800 km), right after "the arse fell outta her", my usual lack of Christmas spirit is only exacerbated. So instead, we note that at least Nintendo and developer friends are taking the rest of the year off in the west: North America has 14 games this week pending the inevitable Archives release while Europe has 11. (Since Japan's major holiday is a week later, their list... is more than NA and Europe combined including early Picross S7.)

As far as things that are deciding to launch this week, there's a possibly neat arcade racer in Pure Chase 80's, the latest Kairosoft joint (Beastie Bay DX) finally hits North America, plus we get to drink a Madness Beverage. (Presumably that's what egg nog becomes around the 27th.)

Still, for those who are hoping to see eShop cards aplenty this week in their stockings or Christmas cards Europe's major sale has already kicked off and the third parties will be right behind them in North America. (Square Enix has already kicked off theirs, for instance.) Stay safe, get jabbed if you can, and we'll wrap this year up right after Boxing Day. Happy holidays.

North America

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Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship (US$29.99/C$39.99)

Carebotz ($18.99/$25.26: Monday)

Jigsaw Fun: Greatest Cities ($14.99/$19.99)

Madness Beverage ($14.99/$19.95: Friday)

Pure Chase '80s ($14.99/$19.95: Friday)

Beastie Bay DX ($14.00/$18.00)

Tunnel of Doom ($13.99/$18.61)

Moorhuhn Jump and Run: Traps and Treasures ($12.99/$17.28)

Zombie Watch ($12.00/$15.96: Tuesday)

8 & 9 Ball Pocket ($11.99/$15.95: Friday)

Planet Quiz: Learn & Discover ($11.99/$15.95: Saturday)

Match Three Pirates II ($9.99/$12.99: Monday)

Real Time Battle Shogi Online ($9.99/$12.99)

Teratopia ($9.99/$12.99)

Crazy Zen Codeword ($9.99/$12.99: Friday)

American Man ($9.99: Saturday)

Santa Throw ($9.89/$13.15)

Shinya Ichizoku The Battle For Hokkaido's Delicious Foods ($8.99/not released)

Lynn, The Girl Drawn on Puzzles ($7.99/$10.63)

Horatio Goes Snowboarding ($6.99/$9.29: Wednesday)

Creepy Balls ($6.99/$8.99: Monday)

Merry Christmas Snowball Bubble ($5.99/$7.97: Friday)

Gardener's Path ($4.99/$6.99: Wednesday)

Christmas Racing ($0.99/$1.30: Friday)

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Orius ($7.99/$9.87)

Sales and Price Drops

Highlights: Among sales ending December 31 are the aforementioned Square Enix sales which includes discounts on Dungeon Encounters and Voice of Cards - plus, for no readily explainable reason Saints Row IV is 93% off ($2.79 US / $3.49 Canadian). PSPrices, DekuDeals, @eShopNotifier