Nintendo Download: A King and an Assassin Walk Into a Star…

Nintendo Download: A King and an Assassin Walk Into a Star…

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.

Nintendo eShop is a cash-based service that features a wide variety of content, including new and classic games, applications and demos. Users can add money to their account balances by using a credit card or purchasing a Nintendo eShop Card at a retail store and entering the code from the card. All funds from one card must be loaded in Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch, Wii U or the Nintendo 3DS family of systems, but can be used in any Nintendo eShop if the systems are linked to a single Nintendo Account.

Customers in the U.S. and Canada ages 18 and older can also link a PayPal account to their Nintendo Account to purchase digital games and content for the Nintendo Switch system both on-device and from the Nintendo website. Once the accounts are linked, users may also use PayPal as a payment option when buying digital content for the Wii U or Nintendo 3DS family systems from the Nintendo website.

This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:

Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch

Assassin’s Creed: The Rebel Collection

Assassin’s Creed: The Rebel Collection – Get two action-packed games with Assassin’s Creed: The Rebel Collection. Become the most feared pirate in the Caribbean in Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag, and transform into the ultimate assassin hunter in Assassin’s Creed Rogue. Includes both Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag and Assassin’s Creed Rogue.

Assassin’s Creed: The Rebel Collection will be available on Dec. 6.

Shovel Knight: King of Card

Shovel Knight: King of Cards – Step into the gilded boots of King Knight as you leap, Shoulder Bash and twirl your way to a kingdom of your own in this regal prequel to Shovel Knight. Gather cards, take on challengers and build a deck in the new card game Joustus!

Travel through strange worlds, gather new subjects, best the Joustus Judges and become King of Cards.

World-class platforming, exquisite visuals, a story with heart, action-packed stages, masterful music, glorious new bosses and more await you in Shovel Knight: King of Cards.

Shovel Knight: King of Cards will be available on Dec. 10.

STAR OCEAN First Departure R

STAR OCEAN First Departure R – Space Date: 346. From a power yet undiscovered, a new generation will be born. As a member of the village’s local “Defence Force” tasked with the protection of Kratus, Roddick learns of a mysterious disease that has broken out in the neighboring town.

Those infected turn to stone, but continue to live on in a petrified state.

Roddick, along with his two friends Millie and Dorne, make their way to the neighboring town.

Informed of a cure for the sickness, they head to Mt. Metorx, where a healing herb is rumored to grow…

Alien: Isolation

Alien: Isolation – Survive heart-pounding horror as you’re relentlessly hunted through a desolate space station, in the immersive game rooted in Ridley Scott’s masterpiece.

When she left Earth, Ellen Ripley promised her daughter she would return home to celebrate her 11th birthday. She never made it.

Fifteen years later, Amanda Ripley learns that the flight recorder from her mother’s ship has been recovered. Amanda enters Sevastopol space station to finally solve the mystery of her mother’s disappearance, only to confront an unknown menace.

Engage in a terrifying quest for survival as you navigate the labyrinthine Sevastopol station. Unprepared and underequipped, you will need all your wits and daring to get out alive.

INSPIRED BY THE 1979 FILM ‘ALIEN’

A game that returns to the roots of Ridley Scott’s sci-fi horror masterpiece, using its atmosphere, art direction and production values to deliver the same terrifying thrills.

IMPROVISE AND SURVIVE

Explore Sevastopol station and scavenge for hidden resources, crafting items and tech to improvise weapons and deterrents against the ultimate threat.

ADAPT TO THE ALIEN’S MOVES

To evade the Alien as it hunts you down, make calculated moves and use your environment, from crawling through ventilation ducts to hiding in the shadows.

THE COMPLETE COLLECTION

Loaded with all seven DLCs including ‘Last Survivor’, a recreation of Ellen Ripley’s final mission on board the Nostromo.

FEEL THE FEAR ANYTIME, ANYWHERE

From gyroscopic aiming to HD rumble, Nintendo Switch™ technologies will keep you immersed in the horror.

Arcade Archives HYPER SPORTS

Arcade Archives HYPER SPORTS – Challenge a variety of 7 sporting events! Claim the top score with your own hands!!

“HYPER SPORTS” is a sports game released by KONAMI in 1984.

Compete for top place in a total of 7 events: swimming, clay shooting, vaulting horse, archery, triple jump, weight lifting, and pole vault.

Up to 4 players can play at once, in what is sure to be a great time!

The “Arcade Archives” series has faithfully reproduced many classic Arcade 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.

Arcade Archives TwinBee

Arcade Archives TwinBee – Take back peace of an island !

“TwinBee” is a shooting game released by KONAMI in 1985. Players will control fighters which are called ‘TwinBee’ and ‘WinBee’, that Dr. Cinnamon developed, and challenge the fight to the army. There are two versions, ‘Bubble system’ and ‘ROM’, in this work. Please enjoy differences of each boards.

The “Arcade Archives” series has faithfully reproduced many classic Arcade 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.

Big Pharma

Big Pharma – Big Pharma is part business sim, part logistics puzzle.

Big PharmaWhat if you had it in your power to rid the world of disease, to improve the lives of millions, to ease suffering and cure the sick and earn a tidy profit? As the head of your own Pharmaceutical Conglomerate you have this power resting in your hands.

Will you use it for good?

Being totally altruistic may not be the best business plan. The uncomfortable truth (is there an ointment for that?) is that some remedies are more profitable than others and illness is good for business.

Welcome to the world of Big Pharma!

  •  35 business-busting challenges spread out across 7 unique scenarios
  •  Custom game mode
  •  Freebuild mode
  •  Tons of new ingredients and recipes to discover
  •  Hi-tech machines to help you  refine the next generation of world-changing drugs.
  •  Wide range of business models to fit your Pharmaceutical Conglomerate

Blacksad: Under the Skin

Blacksad: Under the Skin – A dark corruption scandal in the heart of the New York City’s underworld for charismatic detective John Blacksad

Blacksad: Under the SkinThe 50s, New York City: Joe Dunn, owner of a boxing club, is found dead.

Meanwhile, rising star Bobby Yale, due to take to the ring for the most important fight of his career, has mysteriously disappeared.

Sonia Dunn, Joe’s daughter, takes over the gym and must deal with its financial woes. She hires private detective John Blacksad to investigate Yale’s disappearance. This sinister case will take our investigator to the darkest, most dismal depths of New York.

With its anthropomorphic characters and its incredible 1950s feel, BLACKSAD: Under the Skin promises all the eerily dark adventure of a detective novel, just like the eponymous comic book series.

Conduct the investigation in your own way. Make use of your feline senses as you hunt for new clues. Make decisions on behalf of Blacksad and influence the outcome of the case.

Features:

  •  An official and all-new story for BLACKSAD, set in the comic book series’ unique world, perfectly recreated for gamers.
  •  An investigative narrative game with gameplay combining investigations, puzzles, quick time events (QTE) and multiple-choice dialog.
  •  Choices that directly influence the development of the character and the story’s ending.
  •  More than 30 characters, including new faces and old favorites, each with their own story.
  •  An immersive world with a jazz soundtrack to rival the very best of Hollywood’s film noir.
  •  Fans of adventure games will love its gameplay and narration while fans of the comic book series will be thrilled to rediscover the characters and graphic style of this unique world.
  •  A dark world of anthropomorphic animals

Available Dec. 10th.

Breathing Fear

Breathing Fear – There’s something wrong about this house. Fate brought you there but now even your own shadow is frightening. Will you stay sane and solve the cursed mysteries?

Embark on a nonlinear and scary survival-adventure game. Why are you in this abandoned house in the woods? Is it fate? The only thing you know for sure is that strange things need to be solved – disturbing letters, objects, recordings, paranormal events… They drive you crazy but you need to keep a clear mind and shed some light on those mysteries.

Speaking of light, make sure it doesn’t go out, your heart might not handle it…

Breathing Fear is the winner of Games Jam: Gamm. No jumpscares here, just a meticulously-crafted story, pixel art, music and atmosphere that will give you the creeps.

Available Dec. 6th.

Call of Juarez: Gunslinger

Call of Juarez: Gunslinger – STAND AGAINST THE DEADLIEST GUNSLINGERS WHO EVER LIVED

From gold mines to saloons, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger is a real homage to the Wild West tales. Live the epic and violent journey of a ruthless bounty hunter on the trail of the West’s most notorious outlaws. Blurring the lines between man and myth, this adventure made of memorable encounters unveils the untold truth behind some of the greatest legends of the Old West.

HUNT THE LEGENDARY OUTLAWS

Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, Jesse James… Face down the Wild West’s most notorious gunslingers and live the untold stories behind the legends.

BECOME THE WILD WEST’S FINEST

Personalize your skills and master your weapons to unleash lethal combos and become the best gunslinger the Wild West has ever seen.

RELIVE THE GLORY OF THE WILD WEST

Blaze a trail through the wilderness and stunning landscapes of the Old West and live an epic adventure of a ruthless bounty hunter on a journey made of all-out gun battles.

ENHANCED FOR NINTENDO SWITCH™

Feel like a true Gunslinger thanks to motion control and HD rumble.

Available Dec. 10th.

Defenders of Ekron: Definitive Edition

Defenders of Ekron: Definitive Edition – Defenders of Ekron mixes shoot’em up action and the exploration of an adventure game.

Defenders of Ekron mixes the classic action of a shoot-em-up with the exploration of an adventure game, all wrapped up in an exciting sci-fi story.

You take the role of Eneas, a young and bold cadet in the Ekron Defence Force. Eneas has trained his entire life to pilot his Anakim, an advanced mech capable of absorbing and transforming the energy around it into special abilities. When something goes wrong, Eneas is forced to face the Renegades, a group of rogue Anakim pilots who threaten to plunge the nation into a civil war.

Defenders of Ekron features fast-paced 360° shooting and dungeon-crawling style adventuring. Upgrade and customize your Akim to suit your playstyle and face ever more challenging enemies and bosses. How far will you be able to progress and uncover the dark secrets within?

Get Me Outta Here

Get Me Outta Here – Fight your way through an alien abduction nightmare in this retro arena shooter!

Get ready intensive action-packed retro gameplay! You play as a middle-aged farmer who wakes up to find that you have been abducted by aliens. Wearing only a hospital gown and a pair of boxers you manage to get a hold of one of the alien weapons. Can you last long enough for rescue to arrive while taking out as many enemies as you can build combos for an insanely high score? Get Me Outta Here is a title action fans and retro enthusiasts will love!

Features:

  • Precise controls for strategic action-packed gameplay.
  • Epic story driven by hilarious dialogue.
  • Insanely fun combo system for building high scores.
  • Outrageous bosses, including your own cow!
  • 3 ships to fight your way through.
  • Variety of enemies, power-ups, and game modifiers.
  • 2 Player CO-OP mode.
  • Authentic retro gameplay and pixel art.

Happy Animals Bowling

Happy Animals Bowling – Full & Demo Versions – When nobody’s looking, animals love to come together and organize bowling tournaments. Yep, they just love bowling!

This time, the turnout was amazing! The little lamb is here, the crocodile is here, and even the champion Piglet Joffrey is here!

Come on, it will be fun!

10 LOCATIONS

Bowl in the forest, desert, and many other parts of the world!

12 CHARACTERS

Many funny animals are waiting for you to play!

PLAY WITH FRIENDS

Up to 4 players on a single Switch console!

CAMPAIGN

Defeat all rivals and challenge the champion, Joffrey Piglet!

Immortal Planet

Immortal Planet – Explore the crumbling remains of a society of immortals trapped in endless cycles of rebirth. Fight your way to discover the planet’s mystery and escape its curse.

On the icy surface of a forgotten planet stand ruined tombs where immortals sleep. While sleepless warriors roam the halls with their minds eroded by eternity, a lone Awakewalker emerges from cryosleep. With no memory of their past, it’s up to them to forge their future, discover the planet’s mysteries, and find a way out of this icy hell.

Souls-like Progression

Recover Experiences lost upon death and use them to upgrade your character. Customize your playstyle with dozens of items and spells.

Tight Level Design

Levels are designed around single checkpoints from which you explore the area around it. Levels feature many unlockable shortcuts so you are always progressing no matter what.

Intense Bossfights

Every level features a powerful boss enemy. Fights with these enemies are multi-stage struggles that are a real test of skill and determination.

Available Dec. 6th.

March to a Million

March to a Million – Run a music talent agency and make platinum-selling records!

Become the boss of a talent agency in this management simulation game!

Hire up-and-coming unique talent by advertising and scouting!

Start by deciding on a record company. Give your new artists lessons and steady training, and if they can dazzle the judges in the auditions, they’ll get the chance to debut as a professional singer!

Once they’ve debuted, hold events and jobs around the country, produce albums and have them interact with fans at concerts to raise their popularity! If they get famous, they might even be able to guest star on popular TV shows!

As their fans increase, you’ll get access to more jobs and sell more albums and merchandise! Build a wide fanbase and aim for the prestigious music prizes from each record company!

What are you waiting for? It’s time to go for the greatest prize in show business, the Million Award! The March to a Million begins now!

Must Dash Amigos

Must Dash Amigos – Loco top-down Battle Racer with Piñata Stampedes, Avocados and mayhem for up to 4 Players!

Experience a Loco top-down Battle Racer filled with Piñata Stampedes, Avocados and mayhem for up to 4 Players! Must Dash Amigos is a humorous, family friendly fun-fest with controls so simple that anyone can play!

  • Leave rivals eating your dust as you blaze past them in Race Mode!
  • Dish out the damage in Battle Mode to prove your might!
  • Compete in Tournaments to truly uncover the worthiest champion!

To survive in this world you cannot just run; you Must Dash Amigos!

NekoMiko

NekoMiko – It turns out that this is the start of a somewhat eventful and sexual cohabitation between the young man and the 2 cat-eared shrine maidens!

The main character is an unfortunate man who can’t do anything well.NekoMiko

One fateful day, he meets 2 cat-eared shrine maidens by the name of Ayame and Kaede at an old shrine, and ends up living with them! Set in Akihabara, enjoy this adventure game of the slightly dirty-minded and eventful cohabitation life with 2 cat-eared shrine maidens.

<STORY>

Nekofuku Shrine is a small shrine located in a corner of Akihabara. It is dedicated to 2 cats that are said to bring in good fortune and expel any misfortune.

The legend goes that 2 cats came to help the revival of the town after a huge fire burnt it down a long time ago. Although the ancient and honorable shrine has stood in a quiet side street of Akihabara for hundreds of years, its surroundings have developed, leaving it with no worshippers for many years.

One day, a very unfortunate young man came to visit the old shrine.

The 2 cat-eared girls in the appearance of shrine maidens, could not stand by and not greet their first worshipper for many years. Especially one riddled with such misfortune.

The 2 cat-eared girls start living with the young man to rid him of his misfortune, but…

It turns out that this is the start of a somewhat eventful and sexual cohabitation between the young man and the 2 cat-eared shrine maidens!

Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition

Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition – Return to the Forgotten Realms in this bestselling Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. Combines all the content of Neverwinter Nights Diamond Edition with all-new enhanced features. Includes 100+ hours of award-winning adventures!

Riverbond

Riverbond – Riverbond is a fun and frantic couch co-op adventure game for 1 to 4 players set in a stunning voxel world.

Embark on a heroic journey to complete missions, battle adorable enemies, and smash everything into tiny cubes! Will you and your friends be the legendary heroes of Riverbond?

The Knight has imprisoned the leaders of the Eight Worlds, causing chaos, droughts and disarray! Adventure together to defeat evil and help the charming citizens of Riverbond in this action-packed journey through beautiful, hand-crafted worlds. Unlock a variety of weapons, equip new skins, and activate power-ups to hack and slash your way to glory!

Classic Single Player or Chaotic Couch Co-op!

Whether in single player or taking it up a notch in chaotic couch co-op, you can play this epic adventure your way. With drop-in, drop-out couch co-op, everyone wins together!

Cubic Combat and Awesome Voxel Destruction

With a selection of fast and responsive weapons, wreaking havoc on everything is always satisfying. Topple massive towers with a swoosh of your sword, get trigger happy on mobs of enemies, and explode environments into colourful bursts of voxel goodness!

Cute Characters and Deadly Bosses

Meet charming characters, make unexpected allies, and battle with cute (but deadly!) bosses. Choose from over 50 weapons to suit your play style and triumph over evil. Cue epic adventure music!

Riverbond is available Dec. 10th.

Smash Rush

Smash Rush – Rush, hit and smash your way through futuristic alien crystal glass tunnels, avoiding laser beams, traps and other alien obstacles! Explore colourful dimensions in a galaxy far away! Your task is to navigate monumental alien structures, smashing all crystal panels and score bubbles while avoiding deadly obstacles, and laser beams! The procedurally generated levels ensure every run is different!Smash Rush

Sharpen your reflexes to climb the leaderboards!

KEY FEATURES

  • Satisfying destruction physics
  • Brilliant, colourful, futuristic dimensions
  • Procedurally generated levels
  • Randomized alien structures
  • Smooth controls ensuring satisfying gameplay
  • Leaderboards

TRICKS & TIPS

  • Follow the score orbs, power ups and crystal panels as they set an optimal route!
  • Be careful to avoid solid obstacles and the laser beams!
  • Listen to warnings about approaching enemies and hidden turrets!
  • Smash through everything on the Triumph levels for maximum score!

Space Blaze

Space Blaze – Let’s start your travel back to the future!

Space Blaze taps into that old-school sideways scrolling shoot’em up, by leading you through 7 challenging levels filled with action. There are three different weapon systems with a single mega-weapon for each and don’t forget that classic 80s games feature – a giant boss to shoot it out with at the end of each level.

Today it’s all about cool retro without the frustrating loading times, so get started and get a friend to join you in a two-player battle against hordes of enemies in Space Blaze.

  •  Exciting retro-style gameplay is waiting for you in 7 challenging levels
  •  Detailed levels and enemies in a lovely crafted space world ensure pure game fun.
  •  Choose the right weapons from 3 different weapon systems to pass the levels.
  •  A single mega-weapon for each weapon system provides additional action.
  •  In the two player co-op mode you fight your way through the dangerous battles together with your friend

Space Pioneer

Space Pioneer – The universe is a dangerous place – and you’re on cleaning duty. Explore the galaxy as an intergalactic bounty hunter. Lock and load!

Space PioneerDiscover new planets, chart incredible worlds and reveal ancient secrets. Explore strange new worlds with your trusty robot sidekick. Make your way across fantastical planets from the icy tundra to the lush jungles brimming with flora and fauna.

The endless universe has countless hostile galaxies to conquer. Combined with the dynamic objectives system, the gameplay is truly infinite in Space Pioneer. Recover stolen disks, defend probes, repair crashed craft and complete missions to earn loot and unlock awesome gear and skills. Every time you play missions have new objectives, enemies and additional challenges.

To make it through hordes of aliens, you need to be a skilled, versatile hunter. This fast action-packed top-down shooter will test your combat skills and tactics to the max! From cybernetic arachnids to venomous hornets, stand against massive bosses, each with unique offensive and defensive capabilities. Use the latest hi-tech weapons to crush your enemies and earn loot to unlock awesome new gear including gun turrets, rifles, blasters and mines – all with upgrades! Select one of three available classes: The Light, The Heavy and The Standard. Each one with a set of combat, survival and engineering skills to give you the fighting edge.

If you’re having a hard time in space, or you don’t want to talk to the robot all the time you can visit planets with friends! Every place can be explored with up to four players in co-op mode!

Features:

  •  Discover new galaxies & explore incredible worlds
  •  Action-packed gameplay
  •  3 classes available, each with a unique companion
  •  Upgrade your weapons and skills
  •  Annihilate giant bosses and stop the horde of enemies
  •  Co-op for up to 4 players!

Available Dec. 6th.

Tick Tock: A Tale for Two

Tick Tock: A Tale for Two – Uncover the mystery of a missing sister. A two-player co-op game played on two devices. Play with a friend and tell each other what you see.

In Tick Tock: A Tale for Two you and your friend find yourself trapped in an eerie world created by the skilful clockmaker Amalie Ravn. Your mission is to escape! But to do so you need to navigate a mysterious, sinister clockwork world filled with secrets and cryptic puzzles. To find the truth and ultimately escape this place, you must combine the information on both players’ screens.

Prepare yourselves for a narrative adventure where your communication skills are put to the test. Shout out instructions, discuss what you see, and listen. But remember: time is ticking.

Play on two devices, local or remotely, all you need is a voice connection.

Voxel Galaxy

Voxel Galaxy – Space is your battleground! Take part in Co-Op and versus battles filled with comical action!

“Voxel Galaxy is set in a near-future world that is a blend of space and cyberpunk.

Use various weapons and equipment to take out your enemies in this easy-to-play action game.”

“Voxel, year 20XX.

On the planet Voxel that resides in the far reaches of space, a rebel army struggles in their battle with the Voxel Empire who are plotting to rule the Milky Way itself.

The fighting grows more intense by the day…”

[Single]

Make good use of your weapons and defeat your enemies!

Use height and gravity differences to your advantage in each stage!

Create and execute your own plan of battle as you challenge powerful foes!

Complete missions and earn bonus points!

Aim for a high score on all stages!

[Multi]

Stand up to the menace from the stars with 2 and 4 players!

Work together with other players in battles where even a single mistake could mean victory or defeat.

Take the field with friends in epic battles!

Examine the geography and obstacles of each stage and use them to ensure your victory!

[Race Mode]

Enjoy high-speed races as you return to the void of space!

Stay ahead of the competition by mastering the hover feature to reach max speed!

Wizards of Brandel

Wizards of Brandel – You wake up and notice… that your house is gone! Retrieve your life back through a new adventure in a fantasy RPG!

Wizards of BrandelThe young wizard Darius loses his house after he fails to make a loan repayment, and ends up living for free in the house of a wanted sorcerer! As he meets a female swordsman who has absolutely no sense of direction, and a plant girl who shrivels up immediately if she doesn’t drink enough water, fate decrees to end up traveling together. Where will the quarrels over differing principles lead to?

Unleash continuous attacks with Limit Burst in turn-based battles and form partnerships with the Familiar Spirits! The Magic Lab lets you power up your skills and you can also enjoy setting fields, dowsing areas, and visit side-job rooms to get items at the Magical Garden!

Furthermore, explore towns and secret dungeons, experience all the achievements you know and love, such as weapon strengthening, item crafting, and the arena!

Nintendo Mobile now live! – the Mario Kart Tour game hits the streets of London. The London tour includes a course based on the city itself,

Don’t Worry About Your Character Driving on the Wrong Side of the Road – For its next limited-time event – now live! – the Mario Kart Tour game hits the streets of London.

The London tour includes a course based on the city itself, and features spotlight drivers Daisy (Holiday Cheer) and Waluigi (Bus Driver).

Race through London decked out in festive trees for the holiday.

Plus, Mario (Santa) will still be in the Pipe until Dec. 31. You might get to see him if you are super lucky!

Nintendo eShop sales:

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