In addition to video games available at retail stores, Nintendo also offers a variety of content that people can download directly to their systems. Nintendo adds new games weekly to Nintendo eShop, which offers a variety of options for the Nintendo Switch console, the Wii U console and the Nintendo 3DS family of systems.
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This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:
Super Mario Party – The original four-player Mario Party series board game mode that fans love is back, and your friends and family are invited to the party. Freely walk the board, choose where to move, select which Dice Block to roll and compete to win the most Stars in skill-based minigames. And wait till you see the 2-vs.-2 mode* with grid-based maps, the creative new uses of the Nintendo Switch system and the series’ first online** minigame mode. The Super Mario Party game launches on Oct. 5.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Mark of the Ninja: Remastered – In Mark of the Ninja: Remastered, you’ll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options. For the first time, enjoy the critically acclaimed game, as well as the additional Special Edition content, on the go. Mark of the Ninja: Remastered launches on Oct. 9.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Disgaea 1 Complete – To celebrate the 15thanniversary of the Disgaea series, the game that started it all returns in HD. Relive the expanded adventures of Laharl, Etna and Flonne in Disgaea 1 Complete, launching on Oct. 9.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
ACA NEOGEO THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2001 – Battles of up to 4 vs. 4 await you! 40 characters in total battle it out with a variety of fighting styles!
“THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2001” is a fighting game released by SNK in 2001. The third entry in the King of Fighters NESTS collection, which reaches its conclusion at last in this tournament! 40 characters in total battle it out with a variety of fighting styles! Make a team of up to 4 fighters with the new Tactical Order Select system!
The “ACA NEOGEO” series has faithfully reproduced many classic NEOGEO masterpieces.
Players can change various game settings such as game difficulty, and also reproduce the atmosphere of arcade display settings at that time. Players can also compete against each other from all over the world with their high scores.
Please enjoy the masterpiece that built a generation for video games.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Animated Jigsaws: Japanese Women – Piece together animated jigsaw puzzles of beautiful women from Japan wearing traditional dresses.
Complete moving jigsaw puzzles alone or team up with friends and finish them together!
Animated Jigsaws: Japanese Women contains short videos as jigsaw puzzles that are pieced together to reveal beautiful ladies.
The video puzzles capture 10 beautiful Japanese ladies wearing traditional kimono and yukata clothes in various locations such Kyoto City, by a lake, and relaxing in a hot spring bath.
An easy-to-use interface such as separating edge and inner pieces makes solving puzzles fun and relaxing. Tackle the puzzles by yourself, or team up with friends and solve them together.
Features:
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Batman: The Enemy Within – In this latest chapter from the award-winning studio behind Batman – The Telltale Series, both Bruce Wayne and Batman will be forced into precarious new roles. The Riddler has returned to terrorize Gotham City, but his gruesome puzzles merely foreshadow an even greater crisis. With the arrival of a ruthless federal agent and the return of a still nascent Joker, Batman must navigate uneasy alliances while Bruce Wayne undertakes a perilous series of deceptions. Which of Batman’s new allies will you choose to trust? And how deep into the darkness will you let Bruce descend?
Includes access to all five episodes in this all-new season from the award-winning studio, Telltale Games.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Bombing Busters – Have a Blast!
Bomb oodles of nasty critters in a series of 30 wicked mazes! Defeat hellish bosses in heroic fights! Embark on a hilarious journey with the witty Dr. Wallow to conquer the galaxy in this explosively fun arcade game!
Game Modes:
Features
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) – Available Oct. 8
Demon’s Crystals – Demon’s Crystals is a frenetic twin stick shooter where you guide the Urican demons through countless hazards in order to restore peace to the world. A variety of weapons and power-ups will help you defeat the massive enemy hordes. The Urican have always been at the top of the food pyramid, but one day three mysterious beings arrived causing the once peaceful inhabitants of the world to become aggressive and destructive.
This is a coop mode that can be played by up to four players, with the goal of completing the three worlds and defeating the final bosses. Characters have a leveling system that will affect their endurance and strength.
You will have to survive as long as possible. You will be able to compete against other players around the world thanks to the online rankings.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) – Available Oct. 5
Dokuro – Work your fingers to the bone to save the princess!
Let’s play as a skeletal minion turned hero in this fairy tale action puzzle game on Nintendo Switch!
Arise, lowly skeleton, and rescue the Princess from the Dark Lord’s castle!
Developers Documentation and Difficulty Selection have been added!
You are a nameless skeleton in the Dark Lord’s army. The Princess was abducted to become the dreaded Dark Lord’s wife, after a chance encounter, you set her free. Guide the Princess from the shadows in Skeleton Form, switching to Hero Form when it’s time to mount a gallant offense!
Aid the Princess in her flight from the Dark Lord’s castle, guarding her from traps and enemies as you strike an artful balance between both Skeleton and Hero Forms–each boasting a palette of unique abilities and traits.
Can you safely guide your royal counterpart to the flower at the end of each area?
Succeed, and the fairytale will further unfold!
Immersive gameplay and whimsical storytelling come together in a resplendent production you can pick up and play–as well as save and stop–anytime you please!
Equal parts action and puzzle, a new kind of fairytale awaits you!
Playing in Handheld mode is recommended as touch controls are better suited for some parts of the game.
The Nintendo Switch version comes with new features: difficulty selection and Developers Documentation.
Afraid of the unforgiving difficulty of the original game? On Nintendo Switch you get to play the re-balanced NORMAL mode first! Once you clear the game on NORMAL, step up the challenge and try the ORIGINAL mode!
The Developers Documentation includes various game art and other materials produced at the design stage.
Check out the enemies and other elements which unfortunately never made it into the game!
Once upon a time, the Princess of a faraway land ruled in tranquility…
Until she was kidnapped by the scheming Dark Lord. The Dark Lord was determined to make the unwilling Princess his bride. Locking her away in his castle, he ordered a skeleton to keep a stern watch over his prize.
The docile henchmen kept to his orders…at least at first.
The weeping beauty before the skeleton conjured strange feelings. Yes, he wanted to return the Princess to her former life, away from the Dark Lord’s marital machinations!
And so it was the lowly skeleton betrayed his master and set the Princess free.
But can the pair make it out of the castle in one piece?
Our story begins…
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Frutakia 2 – Frutakia is back and better than ever!
Match 3 or more fruits and level up! Go ahead and move any row up or down! We dare you to discover its ultra-addictive gameplay, play once and that’s it… Simple and smart gameplay, ideal for short periods of time, like buses, trains.
GAME OBJECTIVE:
You must make clever groups of 3 or more cascade lines with the same fruits in any direction!
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams – Owltime Edition – Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams – Director’s Cut is a challenging fast-paced platformer with a twist.
Dash through tricky levels and transform the whole world at will in this fast-paced award-winning platformer.
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams – Director’s Cut combines graphics that pack a visual punch and tight controls with the challenge of retro era platforming.
Fluidly morph between two dynamically different dream worlds to solve puzzles and combat grueling enemies and bosses.
Key Features
The downloadable version of this game supports English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Polish, Russian, Japanese, Chinese.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Goosebumps The Game – The walk home from school today is going to be a lot spookier than usual… Your sleepy neighborhood’s been overrun by monsters! Werewolves prowl the woods, Gnomes roam underfoot, and scarecrows walk at midnight. But these aren’t ordinary monsters—they’re R.L. Stine’s famous Goosebumps monsters, released from their books and looking to wreak havoc!
You’ll need to use your wits to investigate the surroundings, puzzle out clues, and outsmart the monsters before it’s too late!
Survive a trek through your neighborhood, unravel the mysteries of the Dead House, and sneak through the mall after hours; only then can you confront Slappy and stop his plans for revenge!
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) – Available Oct. 9
Hardway Party – Hardway Party is a fast-paced arcade game.
Unlock over 50 unique cars and over a dozen worlds. Play with up to 3 of your friends in versus mode or crazy survival mode. If that’s not enough, show off your skills in 6 differently-themed missions. Let’s get the party rollin’!
KEY FEATURES:
SINGLE PLAYER
Build bridges across more than a dozen unique worlds.
VERSUS
Compete locally with up to 3 other players in fast-paced Versus mode.
SURVIVAL
Work with your friends to try and manage extra roads in the crazy Survival mode.
SIX UNIQUE MISSIONS
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Hot Gimmick Cosplay-jong for Nintendo Switch – Psikyo is coming back!!
「Hot Gimmick Cosplay-jong for Nintendo Switch」
The No.1 Mahjong arcade game is coming back to Nintendo Switch!
The basic mode is playing with NPC. Of course, you are able to enjoy one mahjong after another with girl.
Everyone has an invisible anguish of heart and your mission is to save their soul.
The method is that you can solve problems by Mahjong. Well, solve them by Mahjong!
Take your chance! The story is kind of that.
The blood, sweat and tears story of 2 men who continue to fighting forever.
Anyway, I feel like” who are you guys?”. That’s it.
In addition, you can use a powerful and joyful technique with a wonderful support character called a Jongken.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Jettomero: Hero of the Universe – All you can do is try your best.
Play as Jettomero, a giant, indestructible, and incredibly clumsy robot determined to save the human race. Explore a procedurally generated universe by flying through space and landing on planets while trying not to destroy everything in your path. Relax as you blast through the cosmos on a hero’s uncertain quest.
Will you ever save the humans?
Jettomero offers a unique and charming experience for players of all backgrounds.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
KEMONO FRIENDS PICROSS – The world of KEMONO FRIENDS has come to Picross!
Solve the puzzles to make cute Friends appear!
Picross now has KEMONO FRIENDS!
Now you can make dot pictures of cute Friends.
There are 300 Picross and Mega-Picross puzzles!
Plus Clip Picross, where you solve puzzle pieces to complete an image.
Help functions and tutorials to help new players.
Friends will appear in the Gallery when you clear a puzzle.
Mimamori Friends watch over your progress in the corner of the screen.
KEMONO FRIENDS PICROSS, filled with the world of KEMONO FRIENDS! Give it a try!
*Not compatible with the Touch Screen.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Ninjin: Clash of Carrots – Demo Version – Ninjin: Clash of Carrots is an anime-inspired beat-’em-up with a gaggle of varied enemies, deep customization…and ninjas! Play through side-scrolling worlds consisting of multiple stages and collect carrots stolen by the evil Shogun Moe! Carrots act as currency which can be redeemed in the Corgi Store for new equipment, or the Shady Shop for special weapons, masks and other customization items. Grab a friend to join you in 2-player online or local co-op.
Featuring over 150 weapons, projectiles, upgrades, and more to modify the experience to each player’s preference, Ninjin: Clash of Carrots is an action-packed thrill-fest with a unique and immersive storyline, stylish environments, and exciting and frenetic gameplay! Ninjin also features a unique survival mode called “Oni TV Show” where players will fight endless waves of enemies for rare rewards. This mode also supports local and online co-op.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) – Available Oct. 10
oOo: Ascension – The Ultimate Arcade Experience
Indie arcade hit oOo: Ascension is out on Nintendo Switch!
Navigate your ship through short but ferociously difficult levels in the shortest time possible without touching any walls, spinning blades, lasers or countless other hazards that will try to destroy you in the process. oOo: Ascension revisits the ramping difficulty of old-school arcade games, whereby each challenge CAN be completed in a matter of seconds – however doing so ranges in difficulty from hard to straight-up rage-inducing.
The unique neon visuals and electronic soundtrack help to make oOo: Ascension an immersive experience that will have you saying “just one more shot…” for hours on end. Play in single player mode across 90 levels or race against a friend in local splitscreen mode – your progress carries across the two modes!
Features:
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Party Crashers – Drive to Survive!
Fast-paced battle-racing with a retro-future aesthetic for 1-8 players. With over 50 included game modes and almost endless customisation, Party Crashers is amazingly fun out-of-the-box, and then let’s you create your own fun.
Crash your way through varied game modes inspired by decades of racing games
Create your own game modes from hundreds of settings with trillions of combinations… crazy powerups, teleporting track edges, ramps, bollards, icy roads, no brakes, explosive car collisions, coin chasing, backwards driving, air-time bonuses, slow-motion, attached trailers, 15-second rounds… the number of ways to play is practically endless!
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Revenant Dogma – What is the fate of those who have acquired divine power? Discover it in a fantasy RPG featuring stunning 3D battles!
Caine enters a ruins site in search of a feral relic said to be left behind by the gods and meets a mysterious girl in a mask. This strange encounter becomes the catalyst of a grand scheme that will change the worlds of humans and therians.
Will this new-found power lead to prosperity or destruction?
Have a 3D battle experience full of ambience featuring transformations that enable various skills and Bursts that can deal massive damage.
Weapons can be customized to increase their power or be imbued with various effects.
Explore dynamic, constantly changing dungeons, take on many subquests and open up your path in a grand adventure!
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Shift Happens – Local Coop Fun
The two jello jelly creatures Bismo and Plom got connected in a tragic yet funny accident and thus can exchange their size and abilities at will. Welcome to the world of Shift Happens – the only game out there which doesn’t take a closer look at the body mass index and where players are actually forced to work together (and occasionally stab each other in the back).
Experience thrilling adventures in four totally different worlds:
The twist: Shift Happens is pure fun for solo players, yet its full potential can only be experienced together. Play it with your best friend while hanging around on a couch enjoying a pizza. Together you can solve puzzles and fight over precious coins. Coordination and communication are key to a successful journey. We recommend using gamepads for maximum enjoyability.
The game also features a singleplayer mode with different level content. Although the game is primarily meant to be played by two people, you can play the completely different singleplayer levels without another person.
The game features all the good things you should expect from a co-op platformer:
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) – Available Oct. 10
Six Sides of the World – SIX SIDES OF THE WORLD – ALL HAIL THE PUZZLE LORD!
“Six Sides of the World” is a puzzle videogame that takes you into an intergalactic journey through different star systems riddled with brain-racking challenges.
THE ULTIMATE MATCH: YOUR BRAINS vs SCI-FI HAZARDS
Spatial orientation, logic and pure wit will be your weapons to go through the different cube shaped planetary systems. Each level will bring the threats to a whole new level, adding all kinds of sci-fi hazards: from portals to laser beams.
You will need to carefully analyze each cubic planet to understand its dangers and potential solutions. Rushing might lead you to death: it’s all about breaking down each puzzle and finding the right pace.
EXPLORE A VAST GALAXY SYSTEM
Six Sides of the World presents you a series of star systems to be explored. Each one is comprised by different puzzles that introduce new and more challenging mechanics. But most interesting feature of this is that these star systems can be navigated linearly, following a easier predetermined path; or you can make a detour if you are brave enough. Some of the puzzles will present more than one possible solution, enabling you to achieve a more difficult victory, that will unlock new extra puzzles.
ALL HAIL THE PUZZLE LORD!
Maigo is an explorer who’s about to discover something far bigger than he expects. As he navigates through space, facing increasingly difficult puzzles, he starts to understand he’s tapping over something transcendent. Some questions arise: who has created all these worlds? What motivates this intergalactic architect? There’s an utter plan beyond all this? It is a test? A mean to protect something? In seek of the truth Maigo will have to overcome all the challenges to meet this kind of… PUZZLE GOD.
FEATURES
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Soulblight – Soulblight is a dark, unforgiving, top-down action roguelike luring you to cross the thin line between good and evil.
Instead of XP grinding, it introduces a Tainting Mechanics. While traveling through the shattered reality of the Sanctuary, you will receive personality traits based on your choices. These will be the main source of your strength. To harness them, you will have to act accordingly. Becoming an alcoholic means that you will be rewarded for getting drunk, but from that point being sober might prove to be unbearable.
FEATURES
GAMEPLAY
Before entering each level of the Sanctuary you get to choose a Taint that represents a certain personality trait. That choice will shape your future experiences as each Taint unlocks a new way of gaining power – a custom mechanic designed to encourage role-playing. Tainting Mechanics channels your will to survive into actions that are aligned with your hero’s personality. Let’s have a look at some examples:
Greed
Fierce
As you go deeper into the Sanctuary you’ll be able to add more Taints to your character’s personality making the shifting levels of the dungeon itself a skill tree of a kind. However with each new Taint you’re a step closer to the point of no return. Are you sure you know where it is?
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Splash Blast Panic – Ruin your friendships with some jetpack and watergun mayhem!
Colourful hand-drawn graphics mixed with an old arcadey feel, accessible for both newcoming players and with little intricacies for more advanced and skilled gamers.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Tangrams Deluxe – Tangram Tranquillity
It’s time to fit in like a tangram master! Turn, flip, and drag shapes together to solve the puzzle and reveal a doodle.
A tangram is a Chinese logic puzzle in which you must fit seven pieces into a target shape without any overlapping.
Enjoy solving over 200 deceptively simple puzzles in Tangrams Deluxe!
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
The Midnight Sanctuary – “Um, so. Are you… maybe one of the Dead, too?”
A curious, haunting tale.
Is it salvation which the Saint who descended into this isolated village brings… or is it the end of things?
An occult horror visual novel wrought by mystical visuals & talented voice artists.
“What ending do those eyes desire, little watcher?”
— Mysterious Graphics —
Gorgeous graphics like cut-paper art that blur the line between realism and surrealism.
Experience a trip into a mysterious world that’s not quite two or three dimensional.
— Fully Acted, Fully Animated —
Animated by the two-person team at CAVYHOUSE and voiced by a team of professional Japanese actors, Midnight Sanctuary comes to life in ways you’ll never expect.
* Voice audio is in Japanese.
— Mysterious Doings —
Hamomoru Tachibana has been invited to catalogue the traditions of Daiusu Village, long isolated from the rest of Japan. But once she arrives, a being the villagers identify as the Saints also appears. What could it mean?…
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Trouserheart – Unsheathe your sword and journey through a realm filled with monsters, traps and treasures! Defeat monster mobs, slay bosses, hoard treasure and upgrade your sword, shield and armor. Follow your trousers to the world’s end and claim what is rightfully yours! Trouserheart is all about fun, instantly accessible, pick up and play hack’n’slash gameplay with playful art style and humorous tone. The game offers two difficulty levels and even an optional perma-death mode for the bravest of adventurers!
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
True Fear: Forsaken Souls – Part 1 – True Fear: Forsaken Souls – Part 1 – Demo Version – True Fear: Forsaken Souls combines the best of the psychological thriller with intuitive gameplay mechanics for a mind-bending mystery escape game.
If you’re looking for a horror game that doesn’t sacrifice the story, this is the game for you!
Skeptical that a point and click adventure can be compelling or scary? Try the free demo!
Main Features:
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Vertical Drop Heroes HD – Battle your way to the bottom!’
Vertical Drop Heroes is a procedural platformer RPG hybrid with roguelike elements, where your hero adventures through randomly generated stages. Armed with a variety of skills and traits, you must use your cunning and reflexes to survive the dangers of each stage, until you face the final boss and uncover the truth behind the game!
Key Features:
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
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