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This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:
Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch
Fitness Boxing – Get moving with fun, boxing-based rhythmic exercises set to the instrumental beats of songs by popular artists. You can personalize your workouts by selecting from different fitness goals. Train your way, whether you’re on your own, with a friend, at home or on the go.
Now you can work out anytime, anywhere on the Nintendo Switch system! A free demo of the Fitness Boxing game is available for download now, and the full version is available Jan. 4
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Catastronauts – Gather your friends and join the illustrious Space Fleet in this fast-paced party game.
Local Co-Op
Captain the ship alone or with friends as a team of 2-4 and become the crew of a spaceship that must hold together in the face of enemy fire – teamwork is essential for success!
The Ultimate Party Game
Jump in and play instantly without learning complicated controls – anyone can be a Catastronaut! However, not everybody can survive the challenges of space…
Can you deal with unrelenting disaster and hold your ship together long enough to destroy the enemy invaders? Repair systems, extinguish fires, arm the torpedoes, avoid deadly solar flares, destroy your friends and clone them back again – it’s all in the life of a Catastronaut.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
99Seconds – The saga continues after 99Bullets. Now your problem isn’t the number of bullets, rather the amount of time.
99Seconds, a fun, retro-style video game, where you can modify time to avoid all kinds of dangers.
After finishing off Black Eye, V-99 entered a mysterious zone called Bit 8, without knowing why V-99 could modify time!. But everything became complicated with the appearance of the BLACK VECTORS: mysterious beings that aim to destroy any intruder who reaches Bit 8.
- Online Ranking!
- Control V-99, dodging, using SLOW DOWN to slow !
- Arcade mobility like in the classic arcade games!
- 60 Images per second in 1080p!
- 4 Players in Arcade and Survival mode!
- Retro-style levels!
- Incredible enemy patterns!
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) – Available Jan. 4
ACA NEOGEO THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2002 – The Dream Match is back in this, the long-awaited 9th entry! Get hyped for intense battles!!
“THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2002” is a fighting game released by SNK in 2002.
The 9th entry in the KOF series. In this tame, the “Striker System” is replaced by creating teams for the comeback of the “3-on-3 Battle Mode”.
The easier to use MAX Activation System adds a more in-depth experience to your gameplay!
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: Wild Animals – Piece together video jigsaw puzzles capturing wild animals close up in their natural environments!
Complete video jigsaw puzzles alone or team up with friends and finish them together! Animated Jigsaws: Wild Animals contains short videos as jigsaw puzzles that are pieced together to reveal stunning shots of wild animals close up!
The video puzzles capture 12 animals in their natural habitats, such as Lions, Elephants, Meerkats, Polar Bears and Penguins in fantastic detail.
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:
- Solve puzzles with friends in multiplayer for up to 4 players
- Easy-to-play traditional jigsaw puzzle
- Selection of three background colors
- 3 sizes for each puzzle: 60, 120 and 240 pieces
- Saves time spent completing each puzzle and each size
- Separate edge and inner pieces
- Each piece snaps into place for stress-free experience
- Ability to snap individual pieces together
- Save a puzzle half way and continue later
- Selection of music to choose from
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Don’t Sink – A Sandbox-Adventure-Pirate RPG! Capture islands, sink ships, defend your towns, and discover an exciting world full of adventure!
GAMEPLAY
Explore a massive world with unique islands and landscapes. Discuss rumors and discover the origins of each island by talking to the people that live there
Expect the unexpected when at sea. Events you may be unprepared for may occur such as a foodborne illness among your crew. You’ll need to have access to the right supplies and have the experience to keep your ship afloat
A casual but real challenge – While simple to pickup and understand, there are numerous events that only an experienced swashbuckler will be prepared for. This makes the game more satisfying for long term pirates
Thoughtfully executed cutscenes that help to bring the world to life as well as reward pirates that explore
MORE FEATURES
Sailing between islands is necessary to expand your control over the world and to increase your reputation
Tending to the morale, hunger, and thirst of your crew will require you to maintain a supply of food/water and consider whether or not rationing food is required during long journeys
Governing islands you’ve conquered is a difficult responsibility as you will need to solve economic issues before they get out of hand
Purchase larger ships as you fight your way through the sea. Famously powerful vessels such as the Galleon and Man of War are but a few of the available ships
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Dreamwalker – Guide Walker through the maze of Dreamland while avoiding sleep-depriving hazards! 50 unique action-puzzle levels, hours of family-friendly play, two bonus games, and a rich soundtrack!
Meet Walker. Walker is wandering the land of dreams, following his sleepy path amongst the clouds and stars. Guide Walker peacefully through Dreamland to Sunrise without him waking up. But be careful… Walker faces many challenges to a good night’s sleep! Alarm Clocks, Early Birds, and Night Mares thwart your efforts.
Dreamwalker is an action puzzler where you control the maze, shepherding Walker safely to his goal while counting sheep and avoiding sleep-disturbing hazards. Collect Reward Stars for clever solutions that complete the puzzle in minimal time or actions. Enjoy 50 levels of evolving challenges that introduce fresh puzzle features like disappearing rainclouds, disorienting spinners, teleporters and more!
Dreamwalker offers hours of game play, two bonus games, and a rich, evolving soundtrack. Appealing to casual and core gamers alike, it’s fun for all ages!
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
JCB Pioneer: Mars – Humanity is in crisis! Survive the perilous conditions on Mars to build a new future.
Experience incredible survival sandbox gameplay and explore Mars using a selection of futuristic, ultra-rugged JCB vehicles designed specifically for the challenge. Mine precious materials, construct large-scale buildings and research new technologies to ensure humanity’s future lies beyond planet Earth.
Key Features
- A hard-core blend of survival and construction gameplay with 100’s of hours of gameplay.
- Explore the planet, discover and mine resources, construct buildings and research new technology to grow your colony.
- 3D Print and Craft items that can help you survive.
- Discover secrets as you traverse the planet using highly futuristic heavy-duty construction and mining vehicles, designed with JCB engineers.
- Overcome everything the hostile environment throws at you including meteor strikes, dust clouds and electrical storms, all Martian hazards are based on real science.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Job the Leprechaun – Help Job the Leprechaun ins this retro-styled platformer adventure.
Help Job the Leprechaun to rescue his friend Eri in this classic platformer game.
Collect all clovers in the stage and find the door to go to the next level.
A horde of goblins, zombies, caterpillars and many more monsters will try to stop you, use your Magic Hat to fight them.
You are not alone in this adventure, yo will meet friends like Catalina Cow and The Elf.
- 40 levels full of enemies and puzzles.
- Retro pixel art and chiptune music.
- Casual but challenging gameplay.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Johnny Turbo’s Arcade: Fighter’s History – Practice your fighting skills and the special moves of each character, as you complete the rounds to win the brawling tournament!
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Mad Age & This Guy – Mix of Bomberman and Steam Punk puzzle game with pixelart graphics and crazy piano music. Did I mentioned about bombs and explosions? Yes, more fire, explosions and bombs.
This is the age of steam. This is the time of unprecedented technology development never seen before. This is the era of science, research, and inventions. However, this world has also another side, the side not everyone aware of. This world is full of mad scientists who plan to use modern technology for the evil purpose – they want to take over the world. But when evil and deception grow in strength, he will appear. He is the secret agent of an elite unit which has to make sure that the newest science inventions do not fall into the wrong hands.
Mad Age & This Guy is a dynamic arcade game that combines many elements from the best classic games you remember and love.
You will meet a lot of enemies on your way through the world of caves, ice and villain’s fortress. Be aware of robots driven by most advanced steam technology and dozens of various traps! Get back the stolen plans and make evil lose again!
Game main features:
Mix of Bomberman and Steam Punk puzzle game.
- 54 challenging levels
- 3 Worlds to explore
- Thrilling story with this Guy, Mad Scientist, Angry robots and the Duck
- Fire and Explosions and more explosins and bombs
- Steampunk setting
- 10 hours of gameplay
- Steampunk piano crazy music
- Pixelart graphics
- Very addictive – what! it’s 3am!
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) –Available Jan. 4
Mentori Puzzle – Mentori is now a puzzle game, available on Nintendo Switch™!!
Puzzle game featuring the popular Mentori characters. Use the “Hiyoko Ball” anytime to easily make combos. Easy to pick up for newcomers to the genre. Progress the “Story” to collect Photos and have fun with Mentori 4-Box Manga.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Octahedron: Transfixed Edition – Demo Version – Surf, Ascend, Escape!
Surf through a pulsating underworld on platforms YOU pull from thin air, where and when you want, in this psychedelic action platformer. Unlock devastating abilities across 50+ hand crafted levels as you defy gravity to a pumping beat.
Fry enemies with laser beams, crumble walls, and solve puzzles, while obstacles & enemies move along with the beat. Ascend through the subterranean world of Veetragoul as you lose yourself to a pulse-pounding soundtrack from Chipzel, Andre Sobota, Derek Howell and Monomirror.
Enjoy brand new features & content exclusive to the Transfixed Edition: New time trial medals, dozens of new special challenges and new post-game unlockables
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Pic-a-Pix Pieces – The popular picture crossword game grows bigger, piece by piece!
Pic-a-Pix is a picture logic game, sometimes known as Picross, Nonogram or Hanjie, where whimsical pixel-art pictures are created by solving puzzles.
In Pic-a-Pix Pieces, large pictures have been split into a number of smaller pieces. Each piece is a puzzle grid, and by solving them all you’ll form a mosaic that reveals a spectacular final image.
Play alone or solve puzzles with friends! Co-op play supports up to 4 players using any combination of controllers. Touchscreen controls can be used in handheld mode.
There are more than 300 puzzle grids, from 10×10 to 20×20. They come together to form 20 huge, colourful pictures. Puzzles are designed by Conceptis Ltd and were created exclusively for this game.
Extra add-on packs will be released regularly as DLC.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human – Dive into the perilous depths of an enthralling underwater world.
Explore the ruins of humanity in this mesmerising underwater action-adventure. Discover thriving wildlife, encounter monstrous beasts, and let curiosity guide you through an inevitable voyage of extinction.
The water rose by an unpredictable amount due to climate change. The Earth’s surface froze over, and humans were forced to live underwater, where they could still harvest energy and grow food.
As resources began to dwindle in the year 2971, sub-aquatic spaceships were sent to a nearby wormhole to look for habitable planets. Things did not go as planned. And now the ship Argo9 has returned, thousands of years later…
Melancholic atmosphere: Witness the beauty of the sea as well as humanity’s influence on nature
Exploratory storytelling: Told through the art and backgrounds with some textual hints along the way
Unique conflict encounters: Confront – and learn how to overcome – deadly sea creatures
Polarized gameplay: It’s pretty chill until you’ve gotta fight for your life!
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Unicornicopia – Alone in the forest, a Unicorn wakes, Searching for its herd as a new dawn breaks. Where are my friends? Not to the west, to find them I must set out on a quest!
Aimed at a younger audience this endless runner, virtual pet hybrid is simple to play but hard to put down. With a sprinkle of magical minigames, this enchanted title will be sure to keep you smiling!
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS
RTO 3 – The lunar base, where you are stationed as part of the security forces, is under siege. Having just escaped from enemy captivity you are now on your own and must fight against overwhelming odds to survive.
Featuring large and complex levels with nonstop action RTO 3 is a first person shooter which will keep you entertained for hours.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)
Nintendo eShop sales:
- Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch, Nintendo 3DS and Wii U
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Great deals this week! Check out the full list of deals available this week at http://www.nintendo.com/games/sales-and-deals.
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Activities:
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Piranha Plant Limited Time Offer – Purchase and register your Super Smash Bros. Ultimate game by Jan. 31, 2019, for a download code to play as Piranha Plant when it releases! Get all the details at https://smashbros.nintendo.com/buy/#piranha-plant.