© Square EnixThe latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, bringing new games in abundance to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to leave a vote in our poll and comment below with your possible choices for the week. To enjoy!
Switch eShop – Highlights
Capcom Arcade Stadium (Capcom, Feb. 17, $ 0.00) Dozens of Capcom’s best-loved arcade classics are on Nintendo Switch as part of Capcom Arcade Stadium. Rewind the game, adjust game speed or difficulty, and choose from a variety of display options to relive that sweet arcade goodness. Get 1943 – The Battle of Midway for free, then purchase game packs or the Ghosts’ n Goblins standalone add-on to build your collection.
Persona 5 Strikers (SEGA, Feb. 23, $ 59.99) – Join the Phantom Thieves and strike back against the corruption that is overtaking cities across Japan. A summer vacation with close friends takes a sudden turn when a distorted reality emerges … Reveal the truth and save the hearts of those trapped in the midst of the crisis! – Read our Persona 5 Strikers review
Curse of the Dead Gods (Focus Home Interactive, Feb. 23, $ 19.99) Your desire to seek untold wealth, eternal life and divine powers leads to this cursed temple, a seemingly never-ending labyrinth of bottomless pits, deadly traps and monsters. Your greed will lead you to death, but that is no escape. Get up to fight again. Dive deeper again.
Project TRIANGLE STRATEGY (working title) Demo (Square Enix, Feb. 17, $ 0.00) – Recently announced in the latest Nintendo Direct, this new tactical RPG from SQUARE ENIX is launching for Nintendo Switch in 2022 … but you can try a free demo for the game now!
Switch eShop – New releases
Anodyne 2: Return to Dust (Feb. 18, $ 19.99) – Anodyne 2: Return to Dust combines the thrilling scale and cinematic storytelling of 3D games with the sleek design and easy-to-pick-up satisfaction of 2D action adventures. Explore beautiful and terrifying locations, talk to strangers and make friends and memories along the way.
Arcade Archives THUNDER CROSS (HAMSTER, Feb. 11, $ 7.99) – “THUNDER CROSS” is a shooting game released by KONAMI in 1988. Pilot the BLUE THUNDER M-45 and battle the Mechanikon hordes.
Astrologaster (Plug in Digital, Feb. 18, $ 9.99) – Astrologaster is a story-driven astrological comedy game set in Shakespeare’s London. Take on the role of infamous doctor Simon Forman and use astrology to treat his patients. Will you win their favor or ruin their lives? London, 1592. A great plague engulfs the capital. When doctors flee the city in fear, a hero arises. His name is Simon Forman, “Doctor” of Astrology and Physick. Not only does he have the power to heal the sick, he can find their lost pets or even predict their future by reading the movements of the stars!
Black Jack World Tour (Dolores Entertainment, Feb. 18, $ 3.99) – Feel happy today! Now you can play BLACKJACK World Tour, your favorite 21-card deck, anywhere, anytime. Bet without spending money and enjoy a unique experience! If you are a fan of casino table games, you will love our blackjack. Today luck is on your side.
Boom Blaster (ChiliDog Interactive, Feb. 19, $ 4.99) Boom Blaster is an excellent, mind-bending, groundbreaking, old-school mega Run ‘n Gun game! A group of space prisoners took the opportunity to escape. But their path to freedom wouldn’t be so easy. Encounter all kinds of classic monsters and deadly enemies – from tiny sour bugs to huge one-eyed bosses with guns and bad temper.
Cape’s Escape Game 2nd room (Feb. 18, $ 4.90) – The main character has finally saved enough money to move. He is relieved that he is no longer dealing with Cape’s pranks. But he doesn’t care how ridiculously cheap the rent is in the next place. Let’s hope nothing terrible happens …
cathedral (Elden Pixels, Feb. 18, $ 14.99) – Wake up to a world without remembering how you got there. A world full of secrets, hidden chambers, dungeons and cities; Cathedral has a huge world, meant to be explored! Take control of an unnamed protagonist from another world and team up with the ghost known as Soul and try to destroy the demigod known only as Ardur. – Read our cathedral review
Crazy Oce (Funalter Games, Feb. 18, $ 5.99) – Oce is a drop of dew, which comes from the pronunciation of Hindi dew. Océ went out as usual, but this time it was very strange, suddenly the space vortex appeared, taking Océ to a new space. It’s weird here, not only have the rules of gravity changed, but it’s also full of triggers and traps! However, Océ does not sit still but flees from here!
CROSSBOW: Bloodnight (Hyperstrange, Jan. 29, $ 4.99) – In the year 1139, the Second Lateran Council, convened by Pope Innocent II, pronounced an atrocity over the use of the crossbow. The council regarded his unstoppable power as wicked, devilish in nature. They were not completely wrong. The Coven of Crossbow, an ancient order of hunters sworn to guard the balance between the forces of heaven and hell, ruled against all odds.
Doom & Destiny Advanced (Feb. 19, $ 11.99) – Go on an adventure with the nerdiest antiheroes of all time, embark on a crazy adventure, defeat a crazy businessman and save the universe, one retrieve at a time.
Dry drowning (VLG, Feb. 22, $ 24.99) – Follow the story of Mordred Foley, an unscrupulous private investigator haunted by his dark past, and watch a series of macabre serial murders inspired by Greek mythology.
Dynos & Ghosts (Feb. 23, $ 4.99) – Save the Dynos Colony from the deadly ghosts. You control a nano robot whose goal is to crush the ghosts and their power-ups, while sparing the dynosaurs. Served by beautiful graphics, sounds and animations, this arcade game introduces a new type of gameplay that will give you hours of fun!
Glam (Three Legged Egg, Feb. 18, $ 19.99) – Glam has the most unique skill in video game history. She can grab branches and swing by using her hair. The operation is simple: three buttons and a stick. Master your swing and jump skills on the epic obstacle course where every death is a lesson. In this game you play as Glam, her goal is to save her mother from the realm of Caterina.
Johnny Bonasera full season (Rafael Garcia Moreno, Feb. 23, $ 14.99) – This is the story of Johnny Bonasera, a boy who was beaten and humiliated by a punk gang. Fueled by an insatiable desire for revenge, Johnny Bonasera pledges revenge on each of the punks who bullied him. One by one. Unscrupulous. Merciless. But the story gets messy, his mother is kidnapped, and Johnny will face off against aliens who kidnap humans while the government tries to hide everything.
Knight’s Retreat (QUByte Interactive, Feb. 11, $ 3.99) – Featuring: 80 handcrafted levels with increasing complexity. A fun chess puzzle now available to everyone (even those who have never played chess before) Beautiful, abstract world inspired by the Middle Ages; Music originally composed to help you focus and relax while solving the puzzles
Offroad Mini Racing (Pix Arts, Feb. 20, $ 5.99) – Float, slide, slip! Offroad Mini Racing is the isometric 3D perspective car racing game that makes racing more fun than ever. As an experienced racer you have to control your car on bumpers and jumps, narrow roads and even ice. Avoid collisions and don’t let the fast computer-controlled cars overtake you.
Persephone (Momo-pi study, Feb. 11, $ 8.00) Persephone is a puzzle game that explores the following possibility: what if death is not the end, but the key to solving puzzles? Where, when and how do you choose to die in order to progress? Discover more than 100 puzzles in 10 different environments, each with unique mechanics. Transport yourself to this magical world enriched with beautiful graphics and captivating music.
Pussy! (Samustai, Feb. 19, $ 11.99) – In this game you play as a cat trapped in another dimension. Find the way out or stay there forever! – Read our PUSS! review
Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos (Team17, Feb. 23, $ 19.99)
Ski Jump Challenge (Ultimate Games, Feb. 20, $ 5.99) – Get ready for real winter madness! We present Ski Jump Challenge, the game so playable you will never want to stop playing. It’s so easy for anyone to play and so realistic that you can control all of your ski jumper’s actions.
Speed limit (Chorus Worldwide Games, Feb. 18, $ 9.99) Speed Limit is a non-stop genre warping arcade experience that never slows down. No cuts, no falling into chaos, Speed Limit is an old-school action extravaganza that boils down to its core elements: hard. Fast. Addictive.
Thomas was alone (Ant Workshop, Feb. 19, $ 9.99) Thomas Was Alone is the award-winning, critically acclaimed platformer about friendship and jumping and floating and anti-gravity. Guide a group of conscious rectangles through a series of obstacles and combine their skills to reach the end of each level.
Digital spotlight
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – There has never been a larger cast of characters or a better time to jump into the ultimate brawl! Super Smash Bros. Ultimate features a massive array of video game icons that challenge it in fierce battles that take place in dozens of iconic locations from game history. It also includes over 1,000 music tracks from classic game franchises, confirming its legacy as the ultimate tribute to the past and future of gaming.
Plus, with the Fighters Pass Vol. 2 DLC, which can be purchased for $ 29.99, you also get access to Min Min from the ARMS game, Steve & Alex from Minecraft and Sephiroth from the FINAL FANTASY series, as well as the recently announced Pyra / Mythra and two more other -announced fighters as soon as they release. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is currently available on Nintendo eShop.
Activities
A golden opportunity – For a limited time, you can earn up to 600 My Nintendo Gold Points – twice the normal amount – when you purchase certain digital games through Nintendo eShop, Nintendo.com (where available) or participating retailers. Eligible games include Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild!
So that’s your fate for this week’s North American Nintendo Download. Go ahead, be a sport and leave a vote in the poll above, and comment below with your favorite picks!