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[Here we have the first post-price increase (worldwide) earnings.]

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TalkBack / Nintendo Reveals Earnings For Second Quarter Of 2026-27 Fiscal Year

« on: Yesterday at 02:05:22 AM »

Here we have the first post-price increase (worldwide) earnings.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/78087/nintendo-reveals-earnings-for-second-quarter-of-2026-27-fiscal-year

Nintendo has released their financial results for the second quarter (July to September) of their 2026-27 fiscal year, which were the first before price increases due to component costs took effect, and this is shown in their financial results.

All figures quoted in yen with a US$1 = ¥158.284 rate used to provide US$ figures for comparison only.

Financial indicators

• Revenue: ¥448.228bn (approximately $2.831bn), down 14.98% compared to Q2 25-26.
• Operating income: ¥73.904bn (~$466.9m), down 16.26%.
• Ordinary income: ¥94.526bn (~$597.1m), down 32.59%.
• Digital sales: ¥116.5bn (~$738.5m), up 36.41%.
• Mobile/IP revenue: ¥27.9bn (~$176.2m), up 68.07%.

Hardware Unit Sales

Switch 2 shipped 2.67m units last quarter for a new lifetime total of 26.35m units. This places it 6.58m units short of the Nintendo 64 on the lifetime sales chart, which may be attainable this quarter and if not certainly by the end of the fiscal year in March.

The original Switch saw shipments of 610,000 systems (310,000 OLED, 190,000 original, 110,000 Lite), leaving it 2.9m shy of the PlayStation 2's currently stated record. This may be attainable by the end of 2026, but if not may be more difficult due to the original Switch models being discontinued in Europe during the first quarter of 2027 due to battery regulations in the region.

New Software Unit Sales

Nintendo had three new software releases during the quarter, and all of them shipped more than 1m copies: Rhythm Heaven Groove (July 2) led the way at 2.89m units sold, followed by Splatoon Raiders (2.42m) and Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave (1.31m). For comparison, Fire Emblem: Three Houses shipped 2.29m units and Fire Emblem: Engage 1.61m units in their opening quarters, though both had more than two months to ship compared to Fortune's Weave having two weeks.

Catalogue Software Unit Sales

For Switch 2, Mario Kart World continues to pull in million unit quarters, with 1.09m units shipped for a new lifetime total of 16.48m. Pokemon Pokopia reports 4.04m units shipped from Nintendo (outside Japan), with a worldwide total of 5.3m including Japan where Koei Tecmo is the publisher. Star Fox, which launched with less than a week in the prior quarter, has also joined the 1m club at 1.17m units. Switch 2 million sellers can be found here: this will likely become a top 10 list with the next quarterly results given the release of Nintendo Switch Sports Resort and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream has reached a new lifetime total of 8.81m units, adding another 870,000 to its tally. Nintendo has also begun reporting combined totals for Switch 2 edition releases in cases where the Switch 2 edition is over a million, as seen with Pokemon Legends: Z-A (4.04m on Switch 2, combined 13.31m) and Super Mario Party Jamboree (1.28m on Switch 2, 12.01m combined). The Switch top 10 is here.

Other News

In light of recent controversy over the state of physical games, Nintendo noted that 64.1% of its software sales in the first half of the fiscal year have been digital. This figure will likely drop slightly for the holiday season.

No changes have been made to Nintendo's expected financial results or unit sales for Switch 2 and Switch hardware/software.

[The News Editor is going to stick a sword in an AI data center and abscond with all the RAM, graphics cards, etc in revenge for last week.]

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TalkBack / Nintendo Downloads - November 5, 2026

« on: November 02, 2026, 03:00:00 AM »

The News Editor is going to stick a sword in an AI data center and abscond with all the RAM, graphics cards, etc in revenge for last week.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/78081/nintendo-downloads-november-5-2026

So for those in North America who missed Titanium Court or Mouthwashing last week, it's probably because it was buried (especially on Switch 2) under a combined one hundred and twenty six releases - a record 96 on Switch, and a record 30 on Switch 2. So the eShop is currently going through a minor version of what Steam and itch.io are currently being effectively DDoSed for, which is still more than enough reason to have Claude and whatever other AI slopping tools drug into the street and shot.

As for this week, the big kahuna is the first good main-series Zelda game on the Switch 2 (third time's the charm, apparently) with the remake of the immortal Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Despite not being as good as The House in Fata Morgana, it's still a remake of one of the most critically acclaimed games in history with some new quality of life and a graphic style that I look forward to seeing in full once I'm out from under the combination of Fortune's Weave and everything mentioned in the first paragraph. Other Switch 2 items of note: Godzilla's back (go ahead and destroy the data center Godzilla, make the people happy) with Destroy All Monsters Melee, the worst first impression for a great game in Guardians of the Galaxy (2021) is finally playable outside the cloud on a Nintendo platform, and Zero Parades for Dead Spies is the first game from ZA/UM since Disco Elysium and the Ship of Theseus sailed through the studio, taking virtually everyone who worked on DE with it.

THINGS WE MISSED LAST WEEK: There was an entire Indie World with a few shadowdrops, and two games John would like us to mention - but we'll stick with the one that DOESN'T have a physical edition put out by war criminals and call out Wild Blue Skies, a Star Fox-esque game from Chuhai Labs.

IS THE EGGCONSOLE GAME PLAYABLE IN ENGLISH: As a rule, Japanese adventure games are an automatic no.

North America

Switch 2

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (US$59.99/C$84.99)

Stellar Blade: Complete Edition ($59.99/$79.99)

Zero Parades For Dead Spies; Director's Cut ($39.99/$47.99: Tuesday)

Guardians of the Galaxy: Encore Edition ($39.99/$55.99)

Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered ($29.99/$35.99: Tuesday)

Hasbro Games Junior Collection ($29.99/$39.99: Friday)

Shelterra The Skyworld ($20.99/$29.49)

Crymelight ($19.99/$23.99: Wednesday)

Faraway ($9.99/$12.99)

Chivalware ($9.99/$11.99)

Let's Sing 2027 (tba: Tuesday)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Shelterra The Skyworld ($0.99/$1.49)

Switch

K-Pop Rising - Dream to Shine ($34.99/$46.99)

Hasbro Games Junior Collection ($29.99/$39.99: Friday)

Billionaire Secret Affaire: Forbidden Desire Boys ($24.99/$34.99)

Billionaire Secret Affaire: Forbidden Desire Girls ($24.99/$34.99)

Zeus Evolve Weapons Survivor: Greek Gods Versus Heaven ($24.99/$34.99)

Lilac: Side Witch ($24.99/$32.50)

Lilac: Side Wizard ($24.99/$32.50)

The Slormancer ($24.99/$30.99)

Valkyrie Tune: Synthesis of Souls ($24.99/$29.99)

Shelterra The Skyworld ($19.99/$27.99)

Don Bradman Cricket Jr ($19.99/$26.99)

Kingdom of Night ($19.99/$26.99)

Dungeon of Dragon Knight Remake ($14.99/$20.99)

Cat-astrophy ($14.99/$20.69)

Manic Miner ($12.99/$17.99)

Eternal Palace Sakura ($11.99/$14.25)

Sora - Oasis Treasures ($9.99/$14.99)

Get Fit - Street Workout ($9.99/$14.99)

Guided Meditations: Calm Mind ($9.99/$14.99)

1x1 Street Football: Mini Soccer PVP ($9.99/$13.99)

Breachcam ($9.99/$13.99)

Next of Kin: Epiphany ($9.99/$13.99)

Faraway ($9.99/$12.99)

LightQb ($9.99/$12.99)

Gemporium ($9.99/$12.79)

Chained Cars ($9.99/$13.99: Friday)

Tarot Tokens ($9.50/$13.00: Sunday)

Cat President 2: Purrlitical Revolution ($8.99/$12.49: Tuesday)

Meccha Hide and Seek ($7.99/$10.99: Tuesday)

Phantom Floor ($7.99/$10.29)

Outbreak: Dead City ($6.99/$8.99: Wednesday)

Make It! Karaage ($6.99/$9.99)

Shardwatch Dominion ($6.99/$9.99)

Big Jhow Jet ($6.99/$7.99: Saturday)

EggConsole Harry Fox MSX Special ($6.49/$7.34)

Needle in a Haystack 2026 ($5.99/$8.45)

We Are Eva ($4.99/$4.99: Wednesday)

Hide & Hue ($4.99/$7.49)

Geode Cave ($4.99/$6.99)

Primary School - English Grade 2 ($4.99/$6.99)

Tidebreak ($4.99/$6.99)

Puppet of Pain ($4.50/$4.70)

Hidden Cats In Beijing ($3.99/$5.49)

Beautiful Women Around The World Photo Puzzle ($3.99/$5.39)

Circuit Puzzle: Brain Training - Connect The Wires ($3.99/$5.39)

Creepy Manga: Hidden Horrors -Spine Tingling Urban Legend & Ghost Story Mystery Game ($3.99/$5.39)

Play and Learn: My First Korean ($3.99/$5.39)

Sleepless Night Mysteries: Unsolved Case Files ($3.99/$5.39)

Something's Wrong With This Era: Find What Doesn't Belong In History ($3.99/$5.39)

Worm Wars: Snake Battle ($3.49/$4.99: Wednesday)

FlipFlip Jigsaw Double-Side Puzzle ($3.40/$4.66)

Climb the Tsunami Obby ($3.29/$3.99: Friday)

Let's Sing 2027 (tba: Tuesday)

Sales and Price Drops

Highlights: Disco Elysium is a record 75% off until November 14 in observation of the follow-up game from the same developer. PSPrices, DekuDeals

Europe

Switch 2

Stellar Blade: Complete Edition (€59.99/£54.99)

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (€59.99/£49.99)

Zero Parades For Dead Spies; Director's Cut (€39.99/£39.99: Tuesday)

Let's Sing ABBA (€39.99/£36.99: Tuesday)

Guardians of the Galaxy: Encore Edition (€39.99/£35.99)

Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered (€29.99/£26.75: Tuesday)

Hasbro Games Junior Collection (€29.99/£24.99: Friday)

Shelterra The Skyworld (€20.99/£18.89)

Crymelight (€19.99/£17.75: Wednesday)

Chivalware (€9.99/£9.09)

Faraway (€9.49/£7.99)

Let's Sing 2027 (tba: Tuesday)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Shelterra The Skyworld (€0.99/£0.89)

Switch

K-Pop Rising - Dream to Shine (€34.99/£28.99)

Hasbro Games Junior Collection (€29.99/£24.99: Friday)

Valkyrie Tune: Synthesis of Souls (€25.49/£22.99: Wednesday)

Billionaire Secret Affaire: Forbidden Desire Boys (€24.99/£22.50)

Spa Massage Girls: Love & Relax (€24.99/£22.50)

Zeus Evolve Weapons Survivor: Greek Gods Versus Heaven (€24.99/£22.50)

The Slormancer (€24.99/£21.99)

Lilac: Side Witch (€24.50/£20.99)

Lilac: Side Wizard (€24.50/£20.99)

Kingdom of Night (€19.99/£17.99)

Shelterra The Skyworld (€19.99/£17.99)

Don Bradman Cricket Jr (€19.99/£15.99)

Cat-astrophy (€14.99/£14.99: Wednesday)

1x1 Street Football: Mini Soccer PVP (€9.99/£8.99)

Breachcam (€9.99/£8.99)

Get Fit - Street Workout (€9.99/£8.99)

Guided Meditations: Calm Mind (€9.99/£8.99)

LightQb (€9.99/£8.99)

Next of Kin: Epiphany (€9.99/£8.99)

Sora - Oasis Treasures (€9.99/£8.99)

Gemporium (€9.99/£8.39)

Chained Cars (€9.99/£8.99: Friday)

Faraway (€9.49/£7.99)

Tarot Tokens (€8.80/£7.00: Sunday)

Meccha Hide and Seek (€7.99/£6.99: Tuesday)

Cat President 2: Purrlitical Revolution (€7.79/£6.99: Tuesday)

Outbreak: Dead City (€6.99/£6.29: Wednesday)

Shardwatch Dominion (€6.99/£6.29)

Make It! Karaage (€6.99/£5.99)

Big Jhow Jet (€6.99/£6.99: Saturday)

EggConsole Harry Fox MSX Special (€5.59/£5.39)

Geode Cave (€4.99/£4.49)

Hide & Hue (€4.99/£4.49)

Primary School - English Grade 2 (€4.99/£4.49)

We Are Eva (€4.79/£3.99: Wednesday)

Hidden Cats In Beijing (€3.99/£2.99)

FlipFlip Jigsaw Double-Side Puzzle (€3.09/£2.79: Wednesday)

Climb the Tsunami Obby (€3.29/£3.19: Friday)

Circuit Puzzle: Brain Training - Connect The Wires (€2.49/£2.24)

Creepy Manga: Hidden Horrors -Spine Tingling Urban Legend & Ghost Story Mystery Game (€2.49/£2.24)

Play and Learn: My First Korean (€2.49/£2.24)

Something's Wrong With This Era: Find What Doesn't Belong In History (€2.49/£2.24)

Let's Sing 2027 (tba: Tuesday)

Japan

Switch 2

Stellar Blade: Complete Edition (¥7980)

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (¥7980)

Guardians of the Galaxy: Encore Edition (¥4700)

Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered (¥3600)

Shelterra The Skyworld (¥1640: Friday)

Crymelight (¥3278)

Industria (¥2970)

Chivalware (¥1350)

Faraway (¥1200)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Shelterra The Skyworld (¥100: Friday)

Switch

Goodboy Galaxy (¥4928)

Billionaire Secret Affaire: Forbidden Desire Boys (¥3990)

Billionaire Secret Affaire: Forbidden Desire Girls (¥3990)

Zeus Evolve Weapons Survivor: Greek Gods Versus Heaven (¥3990)

K-Pop Rising - Dream to Shine (¥3960)

Lilac: Side Witch (¥3480)

Lilac: Side Wizard (¥3480)

Valkyrie Tune: Synthesis of Souls (¥3150)

The Slormancer (¥3000)

Dungeon of Dragon Knight Remake (¥2400)

Cat-astrophy (¥2310)

Kingdom of Night (¥2200)

Guided Meditations: Calm Mind (¥1600)

Sora - Oasis Treasures (¥1600)

1x1 Street Football: Mini Soccer PVP (¥1599)

Shelterra The Skyworld (¥1540: Friday)

Breachcam (¥1500)

Eternal Palace Sakura (¥1500)

Cat President 2: Purrlitical Revolution (¥1400)

Faraway (¥1200)

Meow Meow Balls (¥1200)

EggConsole Harry Fox MSX Special (¥880)

Hide & Hue (¥800)

Primary School - English Grade 2 (¥800)

Geode Cave (¥790)

Make It! Karaage (¥700)

Play and Learn: My First English (¥680)

Play and Learn: My First Korean (¥680)

Alien Cat 2 - Retro Collectathon (¥660)

Puppet of Pain (¥599)

FlipFlip Jigsaw Double-Side Puzzle (¥500)

Circuit Puzzle: Brain Training - Connect The Wires (¥420)

City Road Puzzle - Connect City Streets (¥420)

Creepy Manga: Hidden Horrors -Spine Tingling Urban Legend & Ghost Story Mystery Game (¥420)

Easy Mystery Solving: 1-Minute Detective Mysteries (¥420)

Find the Banana: A Brain Training Game With A Pretty Girl (¥420)

Find The Best Outfit For Today (¥420)

Memories of Eternal Summer: Tropical Vacation (¥420)

My Girlfriend Spinning Around: A Secret Date at the Water Park (¥420)

Otherworldy Montage Puzzle: From Saints To Monster Girls (¥420)

Spot the Difference: Black Haired Beauties In Summer (¥420)

Terrifying Manga: Chilling Horror Mystery Puzzle Game (¥420)

Test Tube Water Sort Puzzle (¥420)

The Secret Kitten -Searching for Pretty Girl Items- (¥420)

[They probably could have gone for the 7th, it's not like there's a franchise using that day anymore.]

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TalkBack / Nintendo Declares November 1 Pikmin Day, Airs Dedicated Direct

« on: October 31, 2026, 06:57:03 AM »

They probably could have gone for the 7th, it's not like there's a franchise using that day anymore.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77969/nintendo-declares-november-1-pikmin-day-airs-dedicated-direct

Nintendo is apparently big enough to declare their own holidays.

According to a video released on Nintendo's YouTube channel today, November 1 will be "Pikmin Day" going forward. The video also contained some series announcements:

• A reminder trailer aired for the Nintendo Switch 2 edition of Pikmin 4 (+ Dandori Academy) releasing on November 12. Shorlty after the Direct was posted, a demo for the game was announced for release Monday with the first two stages and save carryover.
• A trailer for a new Pikmin Bloom feature called "Secret Caves" aired, including touchscreen battles against series regular enemies that will be available "this winter".
• The Nintendo Pictures imprint has released a new video series called "Hello, Pikmin" with the first episode available today and a second later in November before episodes release on a monthly basis after that.

[Among those who saw this coming this late in 2026 were the now thankfully retired CB Bucknor.]

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TalkBack / Duskbloods Officially Delayed To 2027

« on: October 29, 2026, 07:00:02 AM »

Among those who saw this coming this late in 2026 were the now thankfully retired CB Bucknor.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77926/duskbloods-officially-delayed-to-2027

Although it was becoming clearer on a daily basis, it's now official: The Duskbloods is a 2027 game.

From Software have confirmed the delay for the Switch 2-exclusive action RPG today after it being announced for 2026 in the Switch 2 unveiling Direct from April 2025. The delay allows for what was called "final adjustments to game rules and balancing".

Duskbloods held a beta test in August and From also cited data from the sessions as a reason for the delay.

[Good news: Release dates for long-hyped game. Bad news: At least one dev is hiding AI coding use.]

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TalkBack / Other Items From The October 28 Indie World

« on: October 28, 2026, 09:36:00 AM »

Good news: Release dates for long-hyped game. Bad news: At least one dev is hiding AI coding use.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77927/other-items-from-the-october-28-indie-world

In addition to the games with demos, the Indie World presentation highlighted xx games:

• Bao Bao's Cozy Cleaning Services (Switch) was the sole shadowdrop of the worldwide presentation, a 4 player online co-op cleaning simulator.
• Sword of the Sea (Switch 2, Thursday) is the first game to offer a hoverSWORD as the player has to ride through a desert in order to restore the oceans.
• Lost and Found Co. (S2/S, November 10) involves finding lost objects and learning the secrets of the world, with the Switch 2 version offering mouse controls and 4 player local co-op play via GameShare.
• Tanuki: Pon's Summer (S2/S, November 10) is a life sim that takes place over a single summer as the title character has to rebuild a tanuki statue.
• Spirit Crossing (S2/S, November 16) from the team behind Cozy Grove is an online-only life sim: the developer has come under fire for not disclosing the use of the Claude generative AI coding system for the game's PC release.
• Everything is Crab (S2/S, January 26) is a monster-raising RPG with a heavy amount of carcinisation: the Switch 2 version will add mouse controls and will be a free upgrade for Switch purchasers.
• Witchbrook (S2/S, January 28) opened the presentation and confirmed a release date for the Chucklefish-published RPG.
• Slime Rancher 2 (S2, January 2027) sees the    farm sim make its debut on Nintendo platforms.
• My Arms Are Longer Now (S2/S, March 11) has the player controlling an increasingly long arm to plan and perform heists, with voice acting provided by Australian comedians.
• Super Battle Golf (S2, March 25) tees up 8-player golf with a side of combat, as items and weapons can be used to prevent other players from reaching the holes: the online play will be cross-platform with an extant PC version and PS5/Xbox Series releases the same day.
• Dumpster Gang (S2, March 2027) sees you control a raccooon in a co-op dumpster diving sandbox game, with support for GameShare (local) and GameChat (online) in the co-op.
• Hyperyuki: Snowboard Syndicate (S2, "early 2027") from Jeff Jarrett's Acclaim is a snowboarding game in the vein of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and other extreme sports games of the turn of the century.
• Finding Polka (S, spring 2027) is not a rhythm game, but a hand-drawn adventure game involving finding a creature that resembles the player character's pet named Polka.
• Floor Plan: Slap Out Of It! (S2/S, spring 2027) crosses the arts of escape rooms and duel initiation by exploring an office building in which the primary mode of interaction is slapping.
• Kitsune: The Journey of Adashino (S2/S, spring 2027) is a Japanese folklore inspired 3D adventure about a fox girl travelling with a pet frog who has to evade demons.
• Threads of Time (S2/S, summer 2027) is a turm-based RPG which involves travelling through time to foil an all-eras wide conspiracy.
• City of None (S2/S, 2027) is a new adventure platformer with mild RPG elements which claims a developer of Celeste among its development team.
• R.E.P.O (S2, 2027) is an online co-op game with proceduraly generated levels in which the team must control a tool (with realistic physics) to extract different items.
• Tenjutsu (S2, 2027), published by Devolver Digital, is a top-down brawler with roguelike elements where crime syndicates need to be destroyed with a combination of weapons and martial arts.

The Japanese show, in addition to including late localizations for the region, revealed a pair of games out worldwide now in One Turn Kill (S2/S, single player card battler where the cards have limited uses) and a Switch 2 Edition release for Urban Myth Dissolution Center, as well as confirming a December launch for acclaimed one-button rhythm game Rhythm Doctor.

[May the shadowdrops be bangers.]

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TalkBack / Second Indie World Of Year To Air October 28

« on: October 27, 2026, 05:59:13 AM »

May the shadowdrops be bangers.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77924/second-indie-world-of-year-to-air-october-28

The world of indie games is getting some love from Nintendo again.

The Nintendo Today app has confirmed an Indie World presentation will air tomorrow at 10 a.m. ET, 7 a.m. PT, and 11:30 in Newfoundland: the presentation will run for approximately 15 minutes.

Indie World last ran in March and included the Switch 2 release of Blue Prince and action title Minishoot Adventures.

[Y'all ever see a lineup so big you are forced to immediately go to sleep after posting it?]

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TalkBack / Nintendo Downloads - October 29, 2026

« on: October 26, 2026, 04:00:00 AM »

Y'all ever see a lineup so big you are forced to immediately go to sleep after posting it?

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77921/nintendo-downloads-october-29-2026

It's Sickos Week here in the Downloads, and not just because the new post-launch record high of confirmed Switch 2 launches and overstuffed Switch week made the news editor physically ill. The two unquestioned big games of the week are both Switch releases for PC cult hits in the indescribable Titanium Court (something about a roguelike puzzle game with references to either baseball or Blaseball) or in the reason for the season, first-person horror title Mouthwashing. Note: Titanium Court lists a Switch 2 version in Europe, but not North America.

Everything else has major caveats, though the most significant goes to Minecraft (and not just for parent company reasons): there is a free Switch 2 upgrade, but only for the digital version. Physical owners, which represent something between a strong minority and majority of Switch Minecraft owners, can pound sand apparently. Village in the Shade (review in progress from Allyson) is a STANDUP release as well (Switch 2 Available, No Discount Upgrade Plan) and then... Cities: Skylines would have gone in the above paragraph but we don't yet have confirmation of mouse control support for Switch 2. Surely a city builder adapted from PC to Switch 2 would support that... right?

THINGS WE MISSED LAST WEEK: Aspyr alert: Shadow of the Tomb Raider hit Switch 2, alongside Cult of the Lamb (no cost upgrade), Darkest Dungeon II (highly discounted upgrade), and Hitman: Absolution. For Switch, the newest fashion game from the people who taught us what the Burning Hammer was (Syn Sophia aka AKI) Magical Craft: My Enchanted Dress Shop and hockey roguelike Tape to Tape.

North America

Switch 2

Steins;Gate Re:Boot (US$59.99/C$79.99)

Village in the Shade ($49.99/$59.99: Tuesday)

Anomalith ($49.99/$59.99: Wednesday)

Cities: Skylines ($49.99/$65.99: Wednesday)

Hello Kitty Party Land ($49.99/$66.99)

Minecraft ($29.99/$41.00: Tuesday)

Sulfur ($29.99/$39.99: Wednesday)

The Seance of Blake Manor ($19.99/$25.99: Tuesday)

Joe & Mac Retro Collection ($19.99/$25.99)

Queen's Domain ($19.99/$25.99: Friday)

Sno: Ultimate Freestyling ($13.99/$19.44: Wednesday)

Fangtopia ($12.99/$16.99: Monday)

The Spectrum Retreat: Redux ($12.99/$17.99)

Burrgeist ($12.00/$16.00: Tuesday)

Look Outside ($9.99/$12.99: Friday)

Frog Sqwad ($7.99/$9.99: Wednesday)

A Tower Full of Cats ($5.99/$5.99: Wednesday)

Glow Box ($2.99/$3.59)

Switch

Steins;Gate Re:Boot ($59.99/$79.99)

Village in the Shade ($49.99/$59.99: Tuesday)

Hello Kitty Party Land ($49.99/$66.99)

Meiji Tokyo Renka Twilight Kiss ($47.50/$66.80)

9 R.I.P Sequel ($39.99/$59.99: Tuesday)

Dog Man: Bark in Action ($39.99/$59.00: Tuesday)

The Cat in the Hat: Rainy Day Mayhem ($39.99/$49.99: Friday)

Kowloon's Gate Suzaku ($36.00/$53.00)

Goodboy Galaxy ($34.99/$46.99: Friday)

Sulfur ($29.99/$39.99: Wednesday)

Asylum ($29.99/$39.99: Friday)

Death Room Boys: A Psychological Horror Killing Game ($24.99/$34.99)

Death Room: A Psychological Horror Killing Game ($24.99/$34.99)

Innocent Memory ($24.99/$34.49: Saturday)

Love Love Mystery Club ($19.99/$28.00)

Pardon My French Toast ($19.99/$27.29)

Bella Umbrella And The Mysterious Garden ($19.99/$26.99)

Joe & Mac Retro Collection ($19.99/$25.99)

SimsalaGrimm - The Chaos Crystal ($19.99/$25.00)

The Zibbo Show ($19.99/$24.99)

Ailuri ($14.99/$19.88: Wednesday)

Fallen City Brawl ($14.99/$19.99: Wednesday)

Titanium Court ($14.99/$16.49)

Valheim City Builder ($12.99/$18.99: Tuesday)

Meow Power! Yachiyo ($12.99/$18.00)

Mouthwashing ($12.99/$16.99)

Beyond the Evil ($12.99/$16.49)

Hellbound Inc ($12.00/$16.60)

Pinballoid Crush ($11.99/$14.99: Friday)

Smithsonian: Planets and the Solar System ($9.99/$12.99)

Zombie Outbreak: Last Stand Survival ($9.99/$13.99)

Tom the Postgirl ($9.99/$11.99)

Retro Video Store Simulator ($9.99/$14.99: Friday)

Look Outside ($9.99/$12.99: Friday)

Hokko Spaces ($7.99/$not released)

Hundred Files: Open Vector - Episode 1 ($6.99/$9.64)

The Last Cat in the Universe ($6.99/$6.99)

The Night of the Exorcism ($6.99/$9.99: Friday)

Choice of Life: Floors ($5.99/$7.19)

Sirokuma Clicker ($4.99/$not released: Sunday)

Capsule Arcade ($4.99/$6.99)

Exorcist: Guns of Heaven ($4.99/$6.99)

Zombie Bullets - Dead Zone ($4.99/$6.99)

Air Hares ($4.99/$6.49)

Distorted - Paranormal Activities ($4.99/$6.99: Friday)

Super Arrow Shot ($4.99/$6.99: Saturday)

A Day in the Life of a Beautiful Office Lady -Follow Her From Morning To Night- ($3.99/$5.39)

Cosplay Beauties Best Shot Puzzle ($3.99/$5.39)

For Ages 10 And Up: My First Code Logic Quiz ($3.99/$5.39)

Hot Springs Beauties Japanese Inn Date Memory ($3.99/$5.39)

Masters of Art: 19th Century French Painting Quiz ($3.99/$5.39)

Mystery Room - Crime Scene Tap Detective - ($3.99/$5.39)

Sort It Out! Odd-One-Out Puzzles ($3.99/$5.39)

Olivia ($3.99/$3.99)

Glow Box ($2.99/$3.59)

Slime Jump ($2.49/$3.99: Sunday)

Melting Attacker ($1.26/$1.80)

Escape Game Room18 ($1.00/$1.42)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

The Outlast Trials ($39.99/$49.99: Tuesday)

Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2 ($39.99/$53.49)

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game ($29.99/$38.99)

Sword of the Sea ($29.99/$39.99)

Manairons ($24.99/$34.99)

Urban Myth Dissolution Center ($18.98/$24.68: Wednesday)

Schrodinger's Call ($17.99/$23.49: Wednesday)

Titanium Court ($14.99/$16.49)

One Turn Kill ($7.99/$10.49: Wednesday)

RV There Yet? ($7.99/$10.29)

Switch 2 Upgrades

Urban Myth Dissolution Center ($0.99/$1.19: Wednesday)

Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2 (no cost)

Switch 2 Archives

Marl Jong ($11.99/$16.63)

Swimmer ($9.99/$13.72)

Switch

Croc 2 Kingdom of the Gobbos ($29.99/$39.99)

Four Bloods Academy ($27.99/$39.99: Friday)

Ouija ($27.99/$39.99: Friday)

Yandere Hotline ($27.99/$39.99: Friday)

White Box Quiz ($24.99/$38.99)

In Love With My First Victim ($24.99/$34.99)

Undergrounded ($24.99/$34.99)

Warfighter ($24.99/$32.99)

Horror Love ($24.99/$34.99: Friday)

Soft Coven ($24.99/$34.99: Friday)

Black Lily's Tale ($22.00/$31.00)

Scarlet Deer Inn ($19.99/$23.99)

Catgirls: Secret Operation ($19.99/$19.99)

Horror Vale: Deadluxe Edition ($17.99/$24.99: Saturday)

Knock 'em Dead! Halloween Costume Party ($14.99/$20.99: Monday)

Bao Bao's Cozy Cleaning Services ($14.99/$19.49: Wednesday)

Wild Blue Skies ($14.99/$18.99: Wednesday)

Apache Heli Strike: Desert Gunship Air Warfare ($14.99/$23.99)

Yet Another Zombie Survivors ($14.99/$20.99: Friday)

The Transference ($12.49/$16.99)

How to Hook Fish ($9.99/$14.19)

Schoolboy Escape 2: Granny House ($9.99/$13.99)

The Trolley Solution ($9.99/$13.99)

One Turn Kill ($7.99/$10.49: Wednesday)

Five Nights at Pizzeria 2 ($6.99/$9.49: Friday)

Space Rock Breaker ($6.00/$8.55: Friday)

Number Logic ($4.99/$6.99)

Parking Quest ($4.99/$6.99)

Choice of Life: Samosbor ($4.99/$6.49)

Tokyo Wanted ($4.99/$6.49)

Nyghtmare: The Night King ($4.99/$6.99: Saturday)

The Strange Giraffe's Strange Jump ($4.00/$6.00)

Puzzle X: Premium Girls ($3.99/$3.79)

Ride It! ($3.49/$4.49: Tuesday)

Turbo Hills ($2.99/$3.99: Friday)

Word Quest Error ($2.99/$3.99: Saturday)

Derby.io ($0.99/$1.39: Saturday)

Switch Archives

Prehistoric Isle ($7.99/$9.87)

Sales and Price Drops

Highlights: A "Screaming Deals" sale until, naturally, November 1 includes 60% off the Cyberpunk 2077 Ultimate Edition, and the Hitman: Absolution Switch 2 upgrade is no cost until Thursday so it might be worth picking up even if you don't own the game yet. PSPrices, DekuDeals

Europe

Switch 2

Steins;Gate Re:Boot (€59.99/£44.99)

Village in the Shade (€49.99/£49.99: Tuesday)

Anomalith (€49.99/£49.99: Wednesday)

Cities: Skylines (€49.99/£41.49: Wednesday)

Hello Kitty Party Land (€49.99/£44.99)

Minecraft (€29.99/£29.99: Tuesday)

Sulfur (€29.99/£26.99: Wednesday)

Joe & Mac Retro Collection (€19.99/£17.99)

Queen's Domain (€19.99/£16.74: Friday)

The Seance of Blake Manor (€19.50/£16.75: Tuesday)

Titanium Court (€14.99/£12.79)

Fangtopia (€12.99/£9.99: Monday)

Sno: Ultimate Freestyling (€12.06/£10.33: Wednesday)

Burrgeist (€12.00/£10.00: Tuesday)

Look Outside (€9.99/£8.99: Friday)

Frog Sqwad (€7.99/£6.99: Wednesday)

A Tower Full of Cats (€5.75/£5.09: Wednesday)

Glow Box (€3.15/£2.65)

Switch

Steins;Gate Re:Boot (€59.99/£44.99)

Village in the Shade (€49.99/£49.99: Tuesday)

Hello Kitty Party Land (€49.99/£44.99)

Meiji Tokyo Renka Twilight Kiss (€41.10/£35.30)

Dog Man: Bark in Action (€39.99/£39.99: Tuesday)

9 R.I.P Sequel (€39.99/£35.99: Tuesday)

The Cat in the Hat: Rainy Day Mayhem (€39.99/£34.99: Friday)

Goodboy Galaxy (€34.99/£31.49: Friday)

Kowloon's Gate Suzaku (€32.00/£29.00)

Sulfur (€29.99/£26.99: Wednesday)

Asylum (€29.99/£26.99: Friday)

Innocent Memory (€25.99/£23.99: Saturday)

Death Room Boys: A Psychological Horror Killing Game (€24.99/£22.50)

Zombie Hearts: Turn the Undead Into Anime Girls (€24.99/£22.50)

Bella Umbrella And The Mysterious Garden (€19.99/£17.99)

Joe & Mac Retro Collection (€19.99/£17.99)

Love Love Mystery Club (€19.99/£17.99)

Pardon My French Toast (€19.99/£17.99)

SimsalaGrimm - The Chaos Crystal (€19.99/£17.99)

The Zibbo Show (€19.99/£17.99)

Mercenary Corps (€17.99/£15.99: Friday)

Fallen City Brawl (€14.99/£13.49: Wednesday)

Titanium Court (€14.99/£12.79)

Yet Another Zombie Survivors (€14.99/£13.49: Friday)

Ailuri (€14.59/£13.09: Wednesday)

Meow Power! Yachiyo (€12.79/£11.49)

Mouthwashing (€12.79/£10.99)

Pinballoid Crush (€11.99/£10.79: Friday)

Hellbound Inc (€9.99/£8.99)

Smithsonian: Planets and the Solar System (€9.99/£8.99)

Tom the Postgirl (€9.99/£8.99)

Zombie Outbreak: Last Stand Survival (€9.99/£8.99)

Look Outside (€9.99/£8.99: Friday)

Hokko Spaces (€7.99/£7.99)

Phantom Floor (€7.00/£6.69)

The Night of the Exorcism (€6.99/£6.99)

The Last Cat in the Universe (€6.99/£5.99)

Choice of Life: Floors (€5.99/£5.39)

Capsule Arcade (€4.99/£4.49)

Choice of Life: Samosbor (€4.99/£4.49)

Exorcist: Guns of Heaven (€4.99/£4.49)

Zombie Bullets - Dead Zone (€4.99/£4.49)

Distorted - Paranormal Activities (€4.99/£4.49: Friday)

Super Arrow Shot (€4.99/£3.99: Saturday)

Olivia (€3.99/£3.59)

Puppet of Pain (€3.99/£3.59)

Cursed Statue: Horror (€3.99/£3.59: Saturday)

Glow Box (€3.15/£2.65)

For Ages 10 And Up: My First Code Logic Quiz (€2.49/£2.24)

Masters of Art: 19th Century French Painting Quiz (€2.49/£2.24)

Sleepless Night Mysteries: Unsolved Case Files (€2.49/£2.24)

Melting Attacker (€1.12/£0.96)

Escape Game Room18 (€1.00/£0.89)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2 (€39.99/£34.99)

The Outlast Trials (€38.99/£33.50: Tuesday)

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game (€29.99/£24.99)

Sword of the Sea (€29.99/£24.99)

Manairons (€24.99/£21.99)

Urban Myth Dissolution Center (€18.48/£16.74: Wednesday)

Schrodinger's Call (€17.49/£14.99: Wednesday)

The Spectrum Retreat: Redux (€12.99/£9.99)

RV There Yet? (€7.99/£7.19)

One Turn Kill (€7.29/£6.29: Wednesday)

Switch 2 Upgrades

Urban Myth Dissolution Center (€0.99/£0.95: Wednesday)

Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2 (no cost)

Switch 2 Archives

Marl Jong (€10.99/£9.89)

Swimmer (€8.99/£8.09)

Switch

Croc 2 Kingdom of the Gobbos (€29.99/£26.99)

Four Bloods Academy (€27.99/£22.49: Friday)

Ouija (€27.99/£22.49: Friday)

Yandere Hotline (€27.99/£22.49: Friday)

In Love With My First Victim (€24.99/£22.49)

Warfighter (€24.99/£22.49)

White Box Quiz (€24.99/£20.99)

Horror Love (€24.99/£21.99: Friday)

Soft Coven (€24.99/£21.99: Friday)

Black Lily's Tale (€22.00/£20.00)

Undergrounded (€21.99/£19.79)

Catgirls: Secret Operation (€19.99/£17.99)

Scarlet Deer Inn (€19.99/£17.99)

Horror Vale: Deadluxe Edition (€15.99/£14.39: Saturday)

Bao Bao's Cozy Cleaning Services (€15.49/£13.99: Wednesday)

Knock 'em Dead! Halloween Costume Party (€14.99/£13.49: Monday)

Wild Blue Skies (€14.99/£13.99: Wednesday)

Apache Heli Strike: Desert Gunship Air Warfare (€14.99/£13.49: Wednesday)

Beyond the Evil (€12.99/£11.25)

The Transference (€12.49/£10.99)

Schoolboy Escape 2: Granny House (€9.99/£8.99: Wednesday)

How to Hook Fish (€9.99/£9.99)

The Vault: Logic Puzzle Box (€9.99/£9.99)

Frutageddon (€8.99/£8.50)

One Turn Kill (€7.29/£6.29: Wednesday)

Hundred Files: Open Vector - Episode 1 (€5.99/£5.39)

Space Rock Breaker (€5.99/£5.39: Friday)

Tokyo Wanted (€4.99/£4.49)

Number Logic (€4.99/£4.44)

Parking Quest (€4.99/£4.44)

Fisherman's House (€4.99/£4.49: Friday)

Nyghtmare: The Night King (€4.99/£4.49: Saturday)

The Strange Giraffe's Strange Jump (€4.00/£3.59)

Puzzle X: Premium Girls (€3.99/£2.89)

Word Quest Error (€2.99/£: Saturday)

Ride It! (€2.95/£2.59: Tuesday)

Turbo Hills (€1.99/£1.79: Friday)

Derby.io (€0.99/£0.99: Saturday)

Switch Archives

Prehistoric Isle (€6.99/£6.29)

Japan

Switch 2

Anomalith (¥8580)

Cities: Skylines (¥6890)

Hello Kitty Party Land (¥6380)

Minecraft (¥4730: Tuesday)

Sulfur (¥3980)

Queen's Domain (¥2350: Saturday)

Fangtopia (¥1700: Tuesday)

Sno: Ultimate Freestyling (¥1600: Wednesday)

Burrgeist (¥1500: Tuesday)

Frog Sqwad (¥980: Wednesday)

Glow Box (¥350)

Switch

Railway Japan! RealPro Multi-Level Urban Transport: XOver Nagoya Edition (¥8580)

Meiji Tokyo Renka Twilight Kiss (¥7480)

Hello Kitty Party Land (¥6380)

Kowloon's Gate Suzaku (¥5800)

Dog Man: Bark in Action (¥5600)

Death Room Boys: A Psychological Horror Killing Game (¥3990)

Death Room: A Psychological Horror Killing Game (¥3990)

Sulfur (¥3980)

Bella Umbrella And The Mysterious Garden (¥3500)

Innocent Memory (¥3500)

Asylum (¥3399: Friday)

Fallen City Brawl (¥1980)

Yet Another Zombie Survivors (¥1980)

Hellbound Inc (¥1870)

Ailuri (¥1700: Wednesday)

Zombie Outbreak: Last Stand Survival (¥1575)

Tom the Postgirl (¥1350)

The Last Cat in the Universe (¥1250)

Meow Power! Yachiyo (¥1200)

Devil & Angel: Sky Battle (¥1190)

Hokko Spaces (¥1003)

The Night of the Exorcism (¥990)

Distorted - Paranormal Activities (¥800)

Exorcist: Guns of Heaven (¥800)

Zombie Bullets - Dead Zone (¥800)

Easy Fishing Simulator (¥790)

Capsule Arcade (¥780)

Tokyo Wanted (¥680: Sunday)

Air Hares (¥590)

Choice of Life: Samosbor (¥580)

Sirokuma Clicker (¥500: Sunday)

Olivia (¥500)

Fandom-Focused Hangul: Place and Study (¥420)

Find the Historical Inconsistencies (¥420)

For Ages 10 And Up: My First Code Logic Quiz (¥420)

Masters of Art: 19th Century French Painting Quiz (¥420)

Glow Box (¥350)

Before All Saints' Day (¥200)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2 (¥6490)

Darkest Dungeon II (¥4930)

Sword of the Sea (¥4380)

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game (¥3410)

Order of the Sinking Star (¥3400)

Schrodinger's Call (¥2480)

Urban Myth Dissolution Center (¥2080)

Marl Jong (¥1200)

One Turn Kill (¥1200)

Look Outside (¥1200: Saturday)

Swimmer (¥1100)

RV There Yet? (¥930)

Switch 2 Upgrades

Darkest Dungeon II (¥430)

Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2 (¥100)

Urban Myth Dissolution Center (¥100)

Switch

Four Bloods Academy (¥4500)

Horror Love (¥4500)

Ouija (¥4500)

Soft Coven (¥4500)

Yandere Hotline (¥4500)

White Box Quiz (¥4390)

Black Lily's Tale (¥3480)

Catgirls: Secret Operation (¥2999)

Isle of Reveries (¥2950)

Warfighter (¥2800)

Apache Heli Strike: Desert Gunship Air Warfare (¥2499)

Love Love Mystery Club (¥2420)

Ad Aquilonem - Seto's Journey (¥2200: Friday)

Bao Bao's Cozy Cleaning Services (¥2000)

Wild Blue Skies (¥1870)

Isekai Princess: Monster Siege (¥1800)

Zombuffonery (¥1700: Saturday)

Schoolboy Escape 2: Granny House (¥1580)

Mouthwashing (¥1500)

One Turn Kill (¥1200)

Look Outside (¥1200: Saturday)

Five Nights at Pizzeria 2 (¥1099)

Hundred Files: Open Vector - Episode 1 (¥950)

Space Rock Breaker (¥949)

Prehistoric Isle (¥838)

Number Logic (¥799)

Parking Quest (¥799)

Super Arrow Shot (¥799)

The Strange Giraffe's Strange Jump (¥600)

Puzzle X: Premium Girls (¥599)

Cursed Statue: Horror (¥500)

Derby.io (¥149)

[By popular demand of the other games writer from Halifax, Nova Scotia: are we going to get a Genesis update soon?]

8

TalkBack / Three Original Game Boy Games To Be Added To Nintendo Classics Library

« on: October 22, 2026, 05:16:00 PM »

By popular demand of the other games writer from Halifax, Nova Scotia: are we going to get a Genesis update soon?

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77807/three-original-game-boy-games-to-be-added-to-nintendo-classics-library

A trio of classic Game Boy titles will be added to the library for basic Nintendo Switch Online subscribers on Tuesday (Monday in North America), joining the GBA update earlier this month for subscribers to the Expansion Pack.

• Revenge of the 'gator (1989/90) is an early pinball game for the Game Boy. Developed by HAL Laboratory, the general objective is to avoid the titular alligator for as long as possible, and the original released offered a 2 player mode via the Link Cable. It was previously released on the 3DS Virtual Console in 2013, though without multiplayer support.
• Avenging Spirit (1992) from Jaleco is a stage-based side scrolling platformer in which the player (who in the original arcade game was shot to death by a crime syndicate, and is a ghost) possess enemies to locate keys and defeat bosses. It was a 2011 3DS VC release.
• Mole Mania (1996/97) is a Nintendo-developed overhead puzzle game which credits Shigeru Miyamoto as its producer. Playing as a mole, the goal is to move a black ball from stage to stage, using the ability to go underground to your advantage. It was released on the 3DS VC in 2012.

[Having finally dealt with simulated gambling in Balatro, PEGI turns their eye on free to play and gacha.]

9

TalkBack / Some Pokemon And Nintendo Mobile Games Have Age Rating Raised In Europe In Gambling Crackdown

« on: October 21, 2026, 09:00:11 AM »

Having finally dealt with simulated gambling in Balatro, PEGI turns their eye on free to play and gacha.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77804/some-pokemon-and-nintendo-mobile-games-have-age-rating-raised-in-europe-in-gambling-crackdown

Europe's game rating authority PEGI is turning up the heat on gacha games beyond Belgium outright banning some of them.

Five Nintendo or Nintendo-adjacent games now show a PEGI age rating of 16 in European app stores: Fire Emblem Heroes (character gacha), the now-closed Mario Kart Tour (character / cart randomness originally), Pokemon Masters EX (character gacha), Pokemon TCG Pocket (random card packs), and Pokemon Go (multiple methods and desired results). Some of the games have been restricted in other regions previously, such as Heroes being removed from the app store in Belgium, Masters EX and Pocket never releasing there, and anti-"loot box" legislation in Brazil preventing the sale of egg incubators or research containing incubator rewards in the country as of June 2026.

PEGI have taken a strong stance on gambling even in a simulated form in recent years. Infamously, the blackjack-themed indie hit Balatro went through multiple rating changes which required the game to be pulled from sale on the European eShop before it finally settled at a 12 rating, and the releases of Pokemon Fire Red and Leaf Green on the Switch in February were rated 12 due to simulated gambling in the form of the Game Corner.

[This week from the war crimes company: war crimes!]

10

TalkBack / Nintendo Downloads - October 22, 2026

« on: October 19, 2026, 04:00:00 AM »

This week from the war crimes company: war crimes!

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77801/nintendo-downloads-october-22-2026

In terms of octane of releases, there's two flagrant outliers this week: the first Call of Duty game on a Nintendo system since the last one I played in Ghosts, and the newest game in Nintendo's wide Sports series (of which I believe Wii Sports has outsold each individual entry in the CoD series). So the big game as far as I'm concerned is... Final Fantasy Resonance, because it's multiplatform, has a chance of getting a legit Ariana Grande crossover, and a little* bit of News Editor obligé. And it's an actual turn based Final Fantasy game that really should be named Final Fantasy XVI, let's be real.

Joining Call of Duty on the war criminals front we have the Switch 2 release of Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, and there's also another Direct regular (somehow...) in One Piece: Grand Gourmet. The original Switch also gets the PC strategy RPG Frostpunk.

THINGS WE MISSED LAST WEEK: A STANDUP release for It Takes Two from Hazelight, and a warning about Console Archives The Drug Store: it's Japanese language only.

IS THE EGGCONSOLE GAME PLAYABLE IN ENGLISH: You might recognize "Megalopolis SOS" under its name prior to the serial numbers getting filed off: Missile Command.

North America

Switch 2

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 (US$69.99/C$89.99: Friday)

Nintendo Switch Sports Resort ($49.99/$69.99)

Azure Striker Gunvolt Trilogy Enhanced ($49.99/$67.49)

Final Fantasy Resonance ($49.99/$66.99)

My Friendly Neighborhood ($29.99/$38.99)

Cotton Reboot ($29.99/$35.99)

Warrior Cats: Clans of the Forest ($29.99/$39.99: Friday)

HoloVillage: Our Cozy Days ($24.99/$27.99: Wednesday)

Beyond the Dark: Nightwatch ($19.99/$29.99)

Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves ($19.99/$25.99)

One Piece: Grand Gourmet ($19.99/$26.99: Friday)

Switch 2 Upgrades

Azure Striker Gunvolt Trilogy Enhanced ($10.00-/$13.50-)

Switch

Final Fantasy Resonance ($49.99/$66.99)

Demons' Night Fever ($39.99/$53.49: Wednesday)

Frostpunk ($29.99/$38.99: Monday)

Warrior Cats: Clans of the Forest ($29.99/$39.99: Friday)

Cult Seduction: Boys Horror Romance ($24.99/$34.99)

Cult Seduction: Girls Horror Romance ($24.99/$34.99)

Cotton Reboot: High Tension ($24.99/$29.99)

Moadra ($24.99/$29.99)

One Piece: Grand Gourmet ($19.99/$26.99: Friday)

DIY Dadish ($15.00-/$21.22)

Hail to the Rainbow ($14.99/$19.99: Wednesday)

Sunshine Farm ($14.99/$19.99: Saturday)

Solo Shift! Karaoke ($9.99/$13.99)

Calcium Chaos ($9.99/$12.99)

Fitness Club Simulator 2027 ($9.99/$13.99: Friday)

Cozy Packing ($8.99/$12.62)

Omni Growth ($7.99/$11.99: Friday)

EggConsole Megalopolis SOS MSX ($7.34/$10.35)

Seahorse Soap Patrol ($6.99/$6.99: Friday)

Vixen 357 ($5.99/$8.99: Friday)

Climber Buddies Crazy Animals ($4.99/$6.99: Tuesday)

Chico's Delivery ($4.99/$6.83: Wednesday)

No Exit 9 ($4.99/$6.99)

Solitaire Realms: Horror ($4.99/$6.99)

Veggie Warfare - Haunted Harvest ($4.99/$6.99)

Zumba - Monster Marble Madness ($4.99/$6.99)

Bottle Logic Puzzle ($3.99/$5.49)

A Tempting Life With My Neighbor ($3.99/$5.39)

Glasses Wife: Cozy Spot the Difference ($3.99/$5.39)

Heart-Pounding Office Puzzle With My Boss ($3.99/$5.39)

Heart-Pounding Uniform Montage Puzzle -From After-School To The Office- ($3.99/$5.39)

IQ Cross Logic: Spot the Pattern, Solve the Puzzle ($3.99/$5.39)

Match & Crush: Aqua Park Beauties ($3.99/$5.39)

Reversi Brain Quiz: Spot the Max Flip In 1 Move ($3.99/$5.39)

Slot and Learn: Easy English Words ($3.99/$5.39)

Slot and Learn: My Faves Hangul ($3.99/$5.39)

Toxic or Safe? Dr Poison's Dangerous Quiz ($3.99/$5.39)

Youth Assemble: High School Girl Montage ($3.99/$5.39)

Press! Support! The Heartwarming Kemomimi Cafe ($1.28/not released)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Darkest Dungeon II ($42.98/$53.98)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider ($39.99/$54.99)

Reel Fishing: Days of Summer ($39.99/$52.99)

Hitman: Absolution ($39.99/$44.99)

Tales from Toyoyoki: Arrival of the Witch ($29.99/$39.99)

Cult of the Lamb ($24.99/$27.99)

Industria ($19.99/$25.99: Monday)

I Am Your Beast ($19.99/$25.99: Tuesday)

Peak ($9.99/$12.99)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Reel Fishing: Days of Summer ($10.00/$13.00)

Darkest Dungeon II ($2.99/$3.99)

Cult of the Lamb (no cost)

Hitman: Absolution (no cost)

Switch 2 Archives

Ace Driver: Victory Lap ($16.99/$23.44)

Raiden Project ($11.99/$16.63)

Switch

Korean Rail Celesti Express KTX Seoul-Busan ($44.99/$62.70)

Magical Craft - My Enchanted Dress Shop ($39.99/$53.49: Wednesday)

Death Game: The Last Vote ($24.99/$31.99)

Duskpunk ($19.99/$27.99: Tuesday)

I Am Your Beast ($19.99/$25.99: Tuesday)

Pocket Mirror ~GoldenerTraum ($19.99/$26.99: Wednesday)

Yes, Your Grace 2: Snowfall ($19.99/$26.00: Wednesday)

Tape to Tape ($19.99/$26.99: Friday)

Catgirls: H Puzzle ($14.99/$19.99)

123 Halloween Early Learning Games for Kids, Toddlers, Babies 1+ ($14.99/$21.99)

Entwined: Strings of Deception ($14.99/$23.99)

Isekai Princess: Monster Siege ($14.99/$20.99)

Do Not Feed The Monkeys 2099 ($14.99/$17.99)

X-Force Genesis 2 ($10.00/$10.00)

Sweet Home: Look and Find 7 ($9.99/$13.99)

Bad Dog ($9.99/$13.99: Friday)

SCP-3008: Infinite Store ($9.99/$13.99: Friday)

Tingus Goose ($7.99/$10.99)

Momolitos ($7.99/$9.99)

Devil & Angel: Sky Battle ($7.99/$9.99: Friday)

Cursed Gaze ($4.99/$6.99)

Rhino Delivery ($4.99/$6.99)

Subliminal Backrooms Horror ($4.99/$6.99: Saturday)

Puzzle X: Luxury Girls ($3.99/$3.79)

Kids Sudoku ($3.00/$4.00)

Save Memes 2 ($2.49/$3.99: Wednesday)

Switch Archives

Ace Driver: Victory Lap ($14.99/$20.71)

Sales and Price Drops

Highlights: The Capcom fighting compilations are on record sale (85% off the SF 30th Anniversary collection) until November 5. PSPrices, DekuDeals

Europe

Switch 2

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 (€79.99/£69.99: Friday)

Final Fantasy Resonance (€59.99/£49.99)

Nintendo Switch Sports Resort (€49.99/£41.99)

Azure Striker Gunvolt Trilogy Enhanced (€43.49/£39.18)

Cotton Reboot (€29.99/£26.99)

Warrior Cats: Clans of the Forest (€29.99/£24.99: Friday)

Beyond the Dark: Nightwatch (€19.99/£17.99: Wednesday)

Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves (€19.99/£19.99)

HoloVillage: Our Cozy Days (€17.75/£16.99: Wednesday)

One Piece: Grand Gourmet (€19.99/£15.99: Friday)

Switch 2 Upgrades

Azure Striker Gunvolt Trilogy Enhanced (€8.50-/£7.69)

Switch

Final Fantasy Resonance (€59.99/£49.99)

Demons' Night Fever (€39.99/£34.99)

Frostpunk (€29.99/£26.99: Monday)

Warrior Cats: Clans of the Forest (€29.99/£24.99: Friday)

Criminal Hearts: Obsession Bad Girls Dating Sim (€24.99/£22.50-)

Cult Seduction: Boys Horror Romance (€24.99/£22.50-)

Moadra (€24.99/£22.49)

Cotton Reboot: High Tension (€22.99/£20.69)

One Piece: Grand Gourmet (€19.99/£15.99: Friday)

DIY Dadish (€15.69/£14.09)

Hail to the Rainbow (€14.99/£13.49: Wednesday)

Sunshine Farm (€14.99/£13.49: Saturday)

Fitness Club Simulator 2027 (€9.99/£8.99: Friday)

Calcium Chaos (€9.75/£8.5)

Cozy Packing (€8.99/£8.09)

Omni Growth (€7.99/£7.19: Friday)

Seahorse Soap Patrol (€6.99/£6.29: Friday)

EggConsole Megalopolis SOS MSX (€6.44/£5.79)

Vixen 357 (€5.99/£5.99: Friday)

Climber Buddies Crazy Animals (€4.99/£3.99: Tuesday)

Chico's Delivery (€4.99/£4.49: Wednesday)

No Exit 9 (€4.99/£4.99)

Veggie Warfare - Haunted Harvest (€4.99/£4.99)

Solitaire Realms: Horror (€4.99/£4.49)

Zumba - Monster Marble Madness (€4.99/£4.49)

Bottle Logic Puzzle (€3.99/£3.59)

Glasses Wife: Cozy Spot the Difference (€2.49/£2.24)

IQ Cross Logic: Spot the Pattern, Solve the Puzzle (€2.49/£2.24)

Reversi Brain Quiz: Spot the Max Flip In 1 Move (€2.49/£2.24)

Slot and Learn: Easy English Words (€2.49/£2.24)

Slot and Learn: My Faves Hangul (€2.49/£2.24)

Toxic or Safe? Dr Poison's Dangerous Quiz (€2.49/£2.24)

Press! Support! The Heartwarming Kemomimi Cafe (€1.12/£0.96)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Darkest Dungeon II (€41.48/£36.24)

Reel Fishing: Days of Summer (€39.99/£35.99)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider (€39.99/£35.99)

Tales from Toyoyoki: Arrival of the Witch (€29.99/£26.99)

Hitman: Absolution (€29.99/£24.99)

My Friendly Neighborhood (€28.99/£24.99)

Cult of the Lamb (€24.99/£22.49)

Industria (€19.99/£16.99: Monday)

Peak (€9.49/£7.49)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Reel Fishing: Days of Summer (€10.00/£9.00)

Darkest Dungeon II (€2.49/£2.24)

Cult of the Lamb (no cost)

Hitman: Absolution (no cost)

Switch 2 Archives

Ace Driver: Victory Lap (€16.99/£14.99)

Raiden Project (€10.99/£9.89)

Switch

Ace Driver: Victory Lap (€14.99/£13.49)

Magical Craft - My Enchanted Dress Shop (€44.99/£40.49: Wednesday)

Korean Rail Celesti Express KTX Seoul-Busan (€44.99/£40.49)

Death Game: The Last Vote (€24.99/£22.49)

Duskpunk (€19.99/£17.99: Tuesday)

Pocket Mirror ~GoldenerTraum (€19.99/£15.99: Wednesday)

Catgirls: H Puzzle (€19.99/£17.99)

Tape to Tape (€19.99/£16.75: Friday)

Yes, Your Grace 2: Snowfall (€19.60/£17.59: Wednesday)

I Am Your Beast (€18.99/£14.83: Tuesday)

Isekai Princess: Monster Siege (€16.99/£14.99)

123 Early Learning Halloween Games for Kids, Toddlers, Babies (€14.99/£13.49)

123 Halloween Early Learning Games for Kids, Toddlers, Babies 1+ (€14.99/£13.49)

Entwined: Strings of Deception (€14.99/£12.70)

Do Not Feed The Monkeys 2099 (€12.75/£13.75)

X-Force Genesis 2 (€10.00/£10.00)

Sweet Home: Look and Find 7 (€9.99/£8.99)

Bad Dog (€8.99/£7.49: Friday)

SCP-3008: Infinite Store (€8.99/£7.49: Friday)

Momolitos (€7.99/£7.19)

Tingus Goose (€7.99/£6.99)

Devil & Angel: Sky Battle (€7.99/£7.99: Friday)

Cursed Gaze (€4.99/£4.44)

Rhino Delivery (€4.99/£4.44)

Subliminal Backrooms Horror (€4.99/£4.99: Saturday)

Puzzle X: Luxury Girls (€3.99/£2.89)

Switch Archives

Ace Driver: Victory Lap (€14.99/£13.49)

Japan

Switch 2

Final Fantasy Resonance (¥7678)

Azure Striker Gunvolt Trilogy Enhanced (¥6480)

Nintendo Switch Sports Resort (¥5980)

My Friendly Neighborhood (¥3400)

Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves (¥2970)

One Piece: Grand Gourmet (¥2940)

HoloVillage: Our Cozy Days (¥2900)

Switch 2 Upgrades

Azure Striker Gunvolt Trilogy Enhanced (¥1500)

Switch

Final Fantasy Resonance (¥7678)

Demons' Night Fever (¥4950)

Cult Seduction: Boys Horror Romance (¥3990)

Cult Seduction: Girls Horror Romance (¥3990)

Moadra (¥3150)

Farm Camp (¥2999)

One Piece: Grand Gourmet (¥2970)

Horgihugh and Friends (¥2200)

Life With A Maid S (¥2200)

Fitness Club Simulator 2027 (¥1599)

Hail to the Rainbow (¥1500)

Cozy Packing (¥1414)

EggConsole Megalopolis SOS MSX (¥1200)

Phel the Penguin (¥1200: Friday)

Solo Shift! Karaoke (¥980)

Zumba - Monster Marble Madness (¥900)

Refreshing and Invigorating: Brain Training - Fit (¥880)

Solitaire Realms: Horror (¥800)

Veggie Warfare - Haunted Harvest (¥800)

Climber Buddies Crazy Animals (¥799)

Play & Learn: My First Kanji (¥680)

Bottle Logic Puzzle (¥590)

Chico's Delivery (¥499)

Glasses Wife: Cozy Spot the Difference (¥420)

Press! Support! The Heartwarming Kemomimi Cafe (¥120)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Hitman: Absolution (¥4990)

Reel Fishing: Days of Summer (¥3980)

Cult of the Lamb (¥2530: Friday)

Beyond the Dark: Nightwatch (¥2480)

Ace Driver: Victory Lap (¥1800)

Raiden Project (¥1200)

Peak (¥1200: Friday)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Hitman: Absolution (¥1239)

Reel Fishing: Days of Summer (¥1000)

Cult of the Lamb (¥100: Friday)

Switch

Korean Rail Celesti Express KTX Seoul-Busan (¥6980)

Death Game: The Last Vote (¥4500)

Frostpunk (¥3400: Monday)

Catgirls: H Puzzle (¥2999)

Duskpunk (¥2990)

Pocket Mirror ~GoldenerTraum (¥2970)

Entwined: Strings of Deception (¥2599)

Combat Bandit (¥1800)

Sweet Home: Look and Find 7 (¥1800)

Somewhere Small (¥1590)

Bad Dog (¥1589)

SCP-3008: Infinite Store (¥1579)

Ace Driver: Victory Lap (¥1500)

Omni Growth (¥1400)

Fishing Valley Remastered (¥1260)

Tingus Goose (¥1200)

X-Force Genesis 2 (¥1200)

Seahorse Soap Patrol (¥1099)

Momolitos (¥850)

Cursed Gaze (¥799)

Rhino Delivery (¥799)

Paddle Guys (¥790)

No Exit 9 (¥789)

Puzzle X: Luxury Girls (¥599)

Kids Sudoku (¥340)

[And it's not like every other Monster Hunter demo you may have seen.]

11

TalkBack / Monster Hunter Wilds Switch 2 Prologue Demo To Launch On October 19

« on: October 14, 2026, 07:33:50 PM »

And it's not like every other Monster Hunter demo you may have seen.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77730/monster-hunter-wilds-switch-2-prologue-demo-to-launch-on-october-19

The next demo up after Metaphor: Refantazio is going to be an interesting test of the Switch 2.

Capcom have confirmed a "prologue" demo for the Switch 2 version of Monster Hunter Wilds will be available starting on October 19. The demo is expected to be equal in content to the demo on the other platforms Wilds is on (PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series), with no online play but local multiplayer.

The reason for the difference is that unlike prior Monster Hunter demos which have presented two or three monsters to hunt in a mock multiplayer session, the Wilds demo is the game's opening and the save data will carry over to the final game.

[Because Kalla knows this game didn't have enough stuff to do in it.]

12

TalkBack / Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Expansion Pass Available, New Story Content In 2027

« on: October 14, 2026, 05:15:08 PM »

Because Kalla knows this game didn't have enough stuff to do in it.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77729/fire-emblem-fortunes-weave-expansion-pass-available-new-story-content-in-2027

The inevitable Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave expansion pass got its details - and a launch - tonight.

The pass is now available on the system eShop for US$34.99 or equivalent and will come with three waves of content.

• Wave 1 (out now): four new weapons based on existing Heroes' Relics from Fire Emblem: Three Houses (specifically the Sword of the Creator, Areadbhar, Amyr, and Failnaught).
• Wave 2 ("holiday"): New outfits for the playable cast and the ability to have three gods playable in part III of the main story.
• Wave 3 (2027): New stories for the four other "Flame Lords" - Bertrand, Tallimun, Orchel, and Anatolia.

[Featuring intentionally watered down drinks, no doubt. Bond is a spy.]

13

TalkBack / 007 First Light Gets Switch 2 Premiere March 18

« on: October 14, 2026, 12:03:37 PM »

Featuring intentionally watered down drinks, no doubt. Bond is a spy.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77728/007-first-light-gets-switch-2-premiere-march-18

The date's the 18th. March 18.

Following the news that 007: First Light was delayed to March 2027 a few weeks ago, IO Interactive have announced the Switch 2 version of 007: First Light will be available on March 18, 2027. Preorders have already opened at most retailers for a Deluxe Edition with additional cosmetics accompanying the Game Key Card.

All preorders on Switch 2 will also receive an option to have Bond wear an outfit based on the most Nintendo-relevant James Bond story, Goldeneye.

[In a sad irony, the run and gun game is owned by an autocart who favors blades for his extrajudicial killing.]

14

TalkBack / Three More Game Boy Advance Games Added To Nintendo Classics Including North American Debut

« on: October 13, 2026, 05:31:08 PM »

In a sad irony, the run and gun game is owned by an autocart who favors blades for his extrajudicial killing.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77727/three-more-game-boy-advance-games-added-to-nintendo-classics-including-north-american-debut

Another trio of Game Boy Advance games are now available on the Nintendo Classics for Switch Online subscribers at the Expansion Pack level, including one making its debut outside Japan.

• Monster Rancher Advance (2001) is a portable spinoff of the long-running monster creation series, which replaces the option to insert discs (or perhaps other GBA carts) to create odd monsters with a text entry in addition to offering a monster fusion option.
• Kururin Paradise (2002) is a sequel to the spinning-top maze game Kurukuru Kururin, which was previewed at E3 2002 but never released. The sequel adds new minigames and branching paths to the existing top-spinning maze game.
• Metal Slug Advance (2004) is a GBA treatment for the SNK-owned run and gun shooter, which was recently promised to be included in a Switch 2 and Switch bound Metal Slug anthology in 2027.

[Keep honking, Square Enix is reloading.]

15

TalkBack / Nintendo Downloads - October 15, 2026

« on: October 12, 2026, 04:00:00 AM »

Keep honking, Square Enix is reloading.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77670/nintendo-downloads-october-15-2026

As the 2026 MLB postseason continues and I curse the lack of a meteor landing on the Little Trop of Horrors during Rays / Yankees, we're going live with a new term. In the tradition of baseball acronyms like TOOTBLAN (Thrown Out On The Bases Like A Nimcompoop) we have STANDUP: Switch 2 Available, No Discount Upgrade Plan. This week is chock full of them with Bluey's Happy Snaps, Tales of Eternia Remastered, and a pair of Toy Story games, with the only one beating the allegations being a new Harvest Moon. That leaves the big game(s) of the week for Switch 2 as Residents Evil 2 - 4, as I have to mea culpa for inadvertently writing "February" instead of "October" in the initial coverage.

The OG Switch gets some love this week as well with Castlevania: Belmont's Curse (your reminder that closed worlds mean open game developers), horror title Tenebris Somnia, the newest Jackbox Party Pack, and the newest game from the developer behind WWF No Mercy and Def Jam Vendetta... Meow Meow Balls. If I mention they've done more fashion games lately, does it make more sense?

THINGS WE MISSED LAST WEEK: Nintendo dropped a couple of "My Mario" line puzzle games with Hello, Luigi and Hello, Peach. For the Archives, just the OG Switch got Fighting Golf, which came to consoles as Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf and lives on today as Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge. ("Ball is in PARKING LOT. Would you like to play again?" *beep* "You have selected 'no'.)

IS THE EGGCONSOLE GAME PLAYABLE IN ENGLISH: For The Screamer, I'm going to assume no - there's no text beyond stats in the screenshots on the eShop but it's still a Japanese PC-8801 RPG.

North America

Switch 2

Harvest Moon: Echoes of Teradea (US$59.99/C$77.99)

Resident Evil 4 Gold Edition ($49.99/$68.99: Friday)

Bluey's Happy Snaps ($39.99/$49.99)

House Flipper 2 ($39.99/$45.99)

Resident Evil 2 Deluxe Edition ($39.99/$54.99: Friday)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Holiday Play Edition ($39.99/$49.99: Friday)

Ratatan ($34.99/$49.19: Wednesday)

Tormented Souls II ($29.99/$39.99)

Toy Story: Retro Roundup ($29.99/$35.99)

Resident Evil 3 ($29.99/$41.99: Friday)

Tales of Eternia Remastered ($29.99/$39.99: Friday)

The Witch's Bakery ($19.99/$25.99: Wednesday)

Desolus ($19.99/$23.99)

Toy Story 3: Complete Edition ($19.99/$23.99)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Harvest Moon: Echoes of Teradea ($10.00/$13.00)

Switch

Harvest Moon: Echoes of Teradea ($49.99/$64.99)

SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide ($39.99/$53.49: Tuesday)

Bluey's Happy Snaps ($39.99/$49.99)

The Jackbox Party Pack 12 ($29.99/$41.99)

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse ($29.99/$39.99)

Toy Story: Retro Roundup ($29.99/$35.99)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Holiday Play Edition ($29.99/$39.99: Friday)

Tales of Eternia Remastered ($29.99/$39.99: Friday)

Ghost Dating: Hunt Spirits to Create Dark Anime Boys ($24.99/$34.99)

Ghost Dating: Hunt Spirits to Create Dark Anime Girls ($24.99/$34.99)

Tenebris Somnia ($24.99/$24.99: Friday)

Chained Beasts ($19.99/$25.99)

Toy Story 3: Complete Edition ($19.99/$23.99)

Cubic Cosmos ($17.99/$24.85)

Shockwave Triggers ($14.99/$19.99: Wednesday)

Creepy Tale: Snow Child ($14.99/$19.99)

Super Arcade Soccer 2026 ($14.99/$19.99)

Wolfsschanze - Operation Gotterdammerung ($14.99/$19.99)

Cut Corner Reservations USSR ($12.99/$17.99: Tuesday)

Zenonia ($9.99/$11.99: Wednesday)

Meow Meow Balls ($9.99/$not released)

Delivery Simulator ($9.99/$9.99: Saturday)

Valkyrie Saga ($7.99/$9.65)

Counter Squad ($7.99/$10.99: Saturday)

Asteranova ($6.99/$9.99)

Croc's World 5 ($6.99/$9.99)

Freaky Trip: Puzzled ($6.99/$9.71)

Cozy Cat Shop ($6.99/$9.69: Friday)

EggConsole The Screamer PC-8801 ($6.49/$7.34)

Play & Learn: My First Kanji ($5.99/$7.99)

Crab Evolution Roguelike ($5.99/$8.99: Friday)

Moto X ($5.99/$8.99: Friday)

Backrooms Escape ($4.99/$6.99: Monday)

Solid Void: Halloween Nonograms ($4.99/$6.99)

Primary School - English Grade 1 ($4.99/$6.99: Friday)

-Kyun-Cute Maid Puzzle: Heart-Fluttering Maid Service Time ($3.99/$5.39)

Shiba Stroll: Brain Puzzles Around Town ($3.99/$5.39)

French Fries Pusher Friends ($3.99/$4.99)

Prison Run and Gun ($3.99/$4.99)

The Mysterious Library ($2.80/$3.80)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Model Debut 3: Nicola ($39.99/$54.72: Wednesday)

It Takes Two ($39.99/$54.99)

Warhammer 40k: Boltgun ($21.99/$29.49: Wednesday)

Colorbound ($14.99/$18.99: Monday)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Colorbound ($1.99/$2.49: Monday)

Switch 2 Archives

The Drug Store ($11.99/$16.63)

Stinger ($9.99/$13.72)

Thundercade ($9.99/$13.72)

Switch

Just Dance: Decades of Hits ($39.99/$54.99: Tuesday)

ShuriRingo ($24.99/$29.99)

Combat Bandits ($14.99/$20.99)

Pixel Combat: Zombie Shooter ($14.99/$19.90)

123 Early Learning Halloween Games for Kids, Toddlers, Babies ($14.99/$21.99: Friday)

Walk The Frog ($12.99/$14.49: Wednesday)

The Family Detective: Hidden Legacy ($9.99/$13.99)

Yummy Girl: Cherry Glow ($9.99/$9.99)

Escape: Immersion ($9.99/$13.99: Friday)

Top Down Rally Racing ($9.99/$11.99: Friday)

Somewhere Small ($9.99/$13.99: Saturday)

Fishing Valley Remastered ($7.99/$11.39: Saturday)

Gold Up Oasis ($6.99/$9.99: Friday)

+1 Speed Cat ($5.99/$7.99)

Pixel Path Quest ($4.99/$6.99)

Snail Puzzle Quest ($4.99/$6.99)

Angry Panda ($4.99/$6.99: Friday)

ERF+The Year After ($4.99/$6.99: Friday)

Easy Fishing Simulator ($4.99/$5.99: Saturday)

My Lost Card Collection ($3.99/$5.99: Tuesday)

A Bird Story ($3.99/$5.99)

Mushroom Tower ($3.99/$3.99)

Puzzle X: Elegant Girls ($3.99/$3.99)

ZapStick ($2.99/$3.59)

Dodge Mayhem ($1.99/$2.49: Saturday)

Switch Archives

Thundercade ($7.99/$9.87)

Sales and Price Drops

Highlights: Sea of Stars is 50% off (new record) until Friday. PSPrices, DekuDeals

Europe

Switch 2

Harvest Moon: Echoes of Teradea (€59.99/£53.99)

Resident Evil 4 Gold Edition (€49.99/£44.99: Friday)

Bluey's Happy Snaps (€39.99/£34.99)

House Flipper 2 (€39.99/£34.99)

Resident Evil 2 Deluxe Edition (€39.99/£34.99: Friday)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Holiday Play Edition (€39.99/£34.99: Friday)

Ratatan (€34.99/£31.49: Wednesday)

Toy Story: Retro Roundup (€29.99/£26.99)

Tormented Souls II (€29.99/£24.99)

Resident Evil 3 (€29.99/£24.99: Friday)

Tales of Eternia Remastered (€29.99/£24.99: Friday)

Toy Story 3: Complete Edition (€24.99/£22.49)

The Witch's Bakery (€19.99/£16.99: Wednesday)

Desolus (€19.99/£17.99)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Harvest Moon: Echoes of Teradea (€10.00/£9.00)

Switch

Harvest Moon: Echoes of Teradea (€49.99/£44.99)

SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide (€39.99/£34.99: Tuesday)

Bluey's Happy Snaps (€39.99/£34.99)

Toy Story: Retro Roundup (€29.99/£26.99)

The Jackbox Party Pack 12 (€29.99/£24.99)

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse (€29.99/£24.98)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Holiday Play Edition (€29.99/£24.99: Friday)

Tales of Eternia Remastered (€29.99/£24.99: Friday)

Ghost Dating: Hunt Spirits to Create Dark Anime Boys (€24.99/£22.50)

Toy Story 3: Complete Edition (€24.99/£22.49)

Tenebris Somnia (€24.99/£22.49: Friday)

Chained Beasts (€19.99/£17.99)

Cubic Cosmos (€17.99/£16.19)

Shockwave Triggers (€14.99/£13.49: Wednesday)

Creepy Tale: Snow Child (€14.99/£13.49)

Super Arcade Soccer 2026 (€14.99/£13.49)

Wolfsschanze - Operation Gotterdammerung (€14.99/£13.49)

Cut Corner Reservations USSR (€12.99/£10.99: Tuesday)

Zenonia (€9.99/£9.09: Wednesday)

Meow Meow Balls (€8.60/£7.69: Wednesday)

Valkyrie Saga (€7.99/£7.19)

Fishing Valley Remastered (€7.99/£7.19: Saturday)

Freaky Trip: Puzzled (€6.99/£6.29)

Croc's World 5 (€6.99/£5.39)

Cozy Cat Shop (€6.99/£6.99: Friday)

Moto X (€5.99/£5.99)

Play & Learn: My First Kanji (€5.99/£5.99)

Asteranova (€5.99/£5.39)

Crab Evolution Roguelike (€5.99/£4.99: Friday)

EggConsole The Screamer PC-8801 (€5.59/£5.39)

Backrooms Escape (€4.99/£4.99: Monday)

Primary School - English Grade 1 (€4.99/£4.49: Friday)

Solid Void: Halloween Nonograms (€4.49/£3.69)

French Fries Pusher Friends (€3.99/£3.39)

Prison Run and Gun (€3.99/£2.99)

The Mysterious Library (€2.80/£2.50: Wednesday)

A Day in the Life of a Beautiful Office Lady Follow Her From Morning To Night (€2.49/£2.24)

Heart Pounding Unifrom Montage Puzzle - From After School to the Office (€2.49/£2.24)

Shiba Stroll: Brain Puzzles Around Town (€2.49/£2.24)

KoKoRo Applique (€1.12/£0.96)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Model Debut 3: Nicola (€39.99/£35.66: Wednesday)

It Takes Two (€39.99/£34.99)

Warhammer 40k: Boltgun (€21.99/£17.99: Wednesday)

Colorbound (€14.99/£12.49: Monday)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Colorbound (€1.99/£1.69: Monday)

Switch 2 Archives

The Drug Store (€10.99/£9.89)

Stinger (€8.99/£7.49)

Thundercade (€8.99/£7.49)

Switch

Just Dance: Decades of Hits (€39.99/£34.99: Tuesday)

The Witch's Bakery (€19.99/£16.99: Wednesday)

ShuriRingo (€18.99/£18.99)

Combat Bandit (€16.99/£14.99)

Pixel Combat: Zombie Shooter (€14.99/£13.49: Wednesday)

123 Early Learning Halloween Games for Kids, Toddlers, Babies (€14.99/£: Friday)

Walk The Frog (€12.99/£9.99: Wednesday)

The Family Detective: Hidden Legacy (€9.99/£8.99)

Yummy Girl: Cherry Glow (€9.99/£8.99)

Top Down Rally Racing (€9.99/£9.99: Friday)

Somewhere Small (€9.99/£8.99: Saturday)

Escape: Immersion (€8.99/£7.49: Friday)

Counter Squad (€7.99/£6.99: Saturday)

Gold Up Oasis (€6.99/£6.29: Friday)

+1 Speed Cat (€5.99/£5.99)

Pixel Path Quest (€4.99/£4.44)

Snail Puzzle Quest (€4.99/£4.44)

ERF+The Year After (€4.99/£4.49: Friday)

Easy Fishing Simulator (€4.99/£4.99: Saturday)

Angry Panda (€4.49/£3.99: Friday)

A Bird Story (€3.99/£3.99)

Mushroom Tower (€3.99/£3.59)

Kids Sudoku (€3.00/£2.80)

ZapStick (€2.99/£2.69)

Save Memes 2 (€2.49/£2.49: Saturday)

Dodge Mayhem (€1.99/£1.99: Saturday)

Puzzle X: Elegant Girls (€0.99/£2.89)

Switch Archives

Thundercade (€6.99/£6.29)

Japan

Switch 2

Ratatan (¥6160)

Resident Evil 4 Gold Edition (¥4990: Friday)

Bluey's Happy Snaps (¥4650)

House Flipper 2 (¥4500)

Resident Evil 2 Deluxe Edition (¥3990: Friday)

Tales of Eternia Remastered (¥3960)

Toy Story: Retro Roundup (¥3850)

Toy Story 3: Complete Edition (¥3300)

Resident Evil 3 (¥2990: Friday)

Stellar Code (¥2860: Friday)

Desolus (¥2600)

The Witch's Bakery (¥2400)

Switch

SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide (¥5720)

Bluey's Happy Snaps (¥4650)

Ghost Dating: Hunt Spirits to Create Dark Anime Boys (¥3990)

Ghost Dating: Hunt Spirits to Create Dark Anime Girls (¥3990)

Tales of Eternia Remastered (¥3960)

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse (¥3850)

Toy Story: Retro Roundup (¥3850)

Toy Story 3: Complete Edition (¥3300)

Chained Beasts (¥3000: Friday)

Stellar Code (¥2860)

Cubic Cosmos (¥2799)

The Witch's Bakery (¥2400)

Creepy Tale: Snow Child (¥2330)

Cut Corner Reservations USSR (¥1999)

Derby Heroine (¥1980)

Shockwave Triggers (¥1980)

Vault of Power (¥1840)

Freaky Trip: Puzzled (¥1799)

Cargo Rail Tycoon (¥1490)

Cozy Cat Shop (¥1080)

Valkyrie Saga (¥1050)

Croc's World 5 (¥999)

Zenonia (¥990)

Sky Dunk (¥899)

EggConsole The Screamer PC-8801 (¥880)

Primary School - English Grade 1 (¥800)

Rhythm Roll (¥780)

Prison Run and Gun (¥550)

French Fries Pusher Friends (¥470)

IQ Cross Logic (¥420)

Place-and-Study Easy English Vocabulary (¥420)

Poison Doctor's Dangerous True or False Quiz (¥420)

Reversi Brain Training (¥420)

Tropical Eye Spot The Difference (¥420)

Youth Assemble! High School Girl Montage (¥420)

The Mysterious Library (¥400)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Model Debut 3: Nicola (¥6908)

It Takes Two (¥4300)

Tormented Souls II (¥4180)

Warhammer 40k: Boltgun (¥2970)

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor (¥2320)

Echo Weaver (¥2300)

Colorbound (¥1750)

The Drug Store (¥1200)

Stinger (¥1100)

Thundercade (¥1100)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Colorbound (¥230)

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor (¥100)

Switch

Just Dance: Decades of Hits (¥5610: Wednesday)

ShuriRingo (¥3300)

Antonblast (¥3080)

Wolfsschanze - Operation Gotterdammerung (¥2680)

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor (¥2320)

Colorbound (¥1750)

Escape: Immersion (¥1569)

Sugar Rush Rescue (¥1499)

Yummy Girl: Cherry Glow (¥1490)

Walk The Frog (¥1300)

Sip Fisher (¥899)

Thundercade (¥838)

Lost Savior (¥800)

Pixel Path Quest (¥799)

Snail Puzzle Quest (¥799)

Angry Panda (¥789)

+1 Speed Cat (¥650)

A Bird Story (¥600)

Puzzle X: Elegant Girls (¥499)

ZapStick (¥395)

Mushroom Tower (¥300)

Dodge Mayhem (¥299)

[Featuring something that should've ended four US presidential administrations ago, and also Jonathan Blow's career.]

16

TalkBack / Nintendo Downloads - October 8, 2026

« on: October 05, 2026, 04:00:00 AM »

Featuring something that should've ended four US presidential administrations ago, and also Jonathan Blow's career.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77569/nintendo-downloads-october-8-2026

The big ones for Switch 2 this week are in the RPG realm again, with one of them actually being good: Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen. And then... there's the out-of-wedlock child of a company that should have gotten the business end of Lena Khan and the Vince Russo of JRPGs, a game series that has taken permanent residence up its own ass. And one of them is even coming to Switch. Yes, Kingdom Hearts is unfortunately coming to Switch 2, which proves why I haven't booted Smash Ultimate in five years. Nintendo, you owe me money. Or the inevitable Switch 2 Edition of Ultimate replacing the last character of Fighter's Pass 2 with Rillaboom. In happier news, we also have Clive Barker's Hellraiser, Hell Is Us, and keeping on the theme of hell there's a new game called Order of the Sinking Star which you should not buy because a) it is led by Jonathan Blow and b) is plagiarized to hell and back.

For good games on the OG Switch, we have the hilarious-sounding Dungeons and Degenerate Gamblers, plus Neon Abyss 2 and a Survivors-like spinoff of PC strategy game Deep Rock Galactic.

THINGS WE MISSED LAST WEEK: The rare Archives Taito triple header: Balloon Bomber (both), Crazy Balloon (new for Switch 2), and Chack 'n Pop (Console).

IS THE EGGCONSOLE GAME PLAYABLE IN ENGLISH: Aggres is an RPG where the attack text is all in Japanese so that is a hard no.

North America

Switch 2

Hell Is Us (US$59.99/C$79.99)

Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen ($49.99/$68.99: Friday)

Epic Mickey Rebrushed ($39.99/$53.49: Tuesday)

Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival ($39.99/$59.00)

Kingdom Hearts 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue ($39.99/$53.49)

Kingdom Hearts -HD 1.5+2.5 Remix- ($39.99/$53.49)

Kingdom Hearts III + ReMind ($39.99/$53.49)

The Relic: First Guardian ($34.99/$48.40: Friday)

Earth Defense Force 5 ($29.99/$35.99)

Order of the Sinking Star ($29.99/$35.99)

Silver Pines ($24.99/$31.99)

Deck of Haunts ($19.99/$26.99)

Echo Weaver ($19.99/$25.99)

Forever Ago ($19.99/$25.99)

Mamon King ($12.99/$16.99)

Switch

Kingdom Hearts -HD 1.5+2.5 Remix- ($39.99/$53.49)

Horse Club: Ride West ($39.99/$64.00: Friday)

Rainbow Islands CS ($29.99/$35.99)

Sesame Street: Friends & Fun ($29.99/$39.99: Friday)

Queen's Blade: ReBuild ($27.77/$33.33)

Manairons ($24.99/$34.99)

Highway Blossoms - Gold Rush Edition ($19.99/$27.54: Wednesday)

Wild Rose: Broken Compass ($19.99/$28.05)

Deck of Haunts ($19.99/$26.99)

Neon Abyss 2 ($19.99/$26.99)

Isles of Sea and Sky ($19.99/$25.99)

Heroic Songs: The Remix ($16.99/$21.99)

Quern - Undying Thoughts ($14.99/$19.99: Tuesday)

Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers ($14.99/$19.99)

The Sound of Spring Is Like You ($14.99/$19.49)

BioMenance Remastered ($14.99/$17.99)

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor ($12.99/$17.99: Friday)

Parcel Inspector Simulator ($12.99/$17.99: Friday)

Vault of Power ($11.99/$16.49)

My Lovey-Dovey Demon ($10.99/$15.99: Friday)

Anime Fitness - Ninja Workout ($9.99/$14.99)

Thunder Hoop Collection ($9.99/$12.99)

Wrap House Simulator ($9.99/$13.99: Friday)

Sugar Rush Rescue ($9.99/$9.99: Friday)

Car Drift Simulator 2027 ($9.99/$13.99: Saturday)

Aha... Oh No ($8.99/$11.49)

Cursed Images: What You Shouldn't See ($8.99/$11.49)

Neatly Organized ($7.99/$11.10)

Colorful Boi 2 ($6.99/$10.99)

Super Shooting Galaxy Battle ($6.99/$9.99)

Void Miner ($6.99/$8.99)

EggConsole Aggres PC-8801 ($6.49/$7.34)

Sky Dunk ($5.99/$8.49)

Play & Learn: My First Katakana ($5.99/$7.99)

MyPOPGOES ($4.99/$6.99)

Solitaire Dreams - Lofi Cozy Coffee ($4.99/$6.99)

Solitaire Realms - Vampires & Werewolves ($4.99/$6.99)

Hidden Dogs ($4.99/$6.95)

Rhythm Roll ($4.99/$6.99: Friday)

Cozy Meowmory ($4.99/$6.79: Friday)

Rusty Prison: Horror ($4.99/$5.99: Saturday)

Break Your Limits: Ultimate Memory Quiz ($3.99/$5.39)

Flow Pipe Code -Connect The Pipes Logic Puzzle- ($3.99/$5.39)

Lazy Day Girlfriend Observation Puzzle ($3.99/$5.39)

Me In A Dress? Femboy Maid: Spot the Difference ($3.99/$5.39)

Crazy Lamb RC ($3.99/$4.99: Saturday)

WordBuzz 5 ($2.99/$4.49)

WordBuzz 6 ($2.99/$4.49)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Battle Spirits: Crossover ($49.99/$64.99: Wednesday)

The Crew: Motorfest ($49.99/$64.99)

Once Upon A Katamari ($39.99/$53.49)

Astral Ascent ($24.99/$28.99)

Burger Bistro Story ($17.99/$24.00)

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor ($12.99/$17.99: Friday)

Switch 2 Upgrades

Burger Bistro Story ($3.99/$6.00)

Astral Ascent (no cost)

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor (no cost: Friday)

Switch 2 Archives

Ripple Island ($7.99/$11.08)

Switch

Puzzle X: Fashion Girls ($39.99/$39.99)

Silver Pines ($24.99/$31.99)

Dirty Little Puzzle 2 ($19.99/$19.99)

Uncle Lee's Cookbook: Five Recipes for Disaster ($11.99/$15.49)

3Or4 ($10.00/$13.00)

10 Seconds Dash! ($9.99/$)

Toy Rhythm Beat ($9.99/$11.99)

Hidden Objects ($9.99/$13.99: Friday)

-Clearing Blade ($8.99/$11.99)

Mother Simulator ($6.99/$9.99: Friday)

-Scary Shawarma: Kiosk ($4.99/$6.99: Wednesday)

Lightbringer's Journey ($4.99/$6.99)

Realm Under Siege ($4.99/$6.99)

Woodland Trail ($4.49/$4.99: Saturday)

Fashion Princess: Dress Up For Girls ($3.99/$5.99: Wednesday)

Marble FX ($2.99/$4.06)

Hello, Luigi! (free: Monday)

Hello, Peach! (free: Monday)

Switch Archives

Fighting Golf ($7.99/$9.87)

Sales and Price Drops

Highlights: A Castlevania 40th anniversary sale until Thursday (Oct includes 50% off on the Dominus Collection. PSPrices, DekuDeals

Europe

Switch 2

Hell Is Us (€59.99/£49.99)

The Crew Motorfest (€49.99/£44.99)

Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen (€49.99/£44.99: Friday)

Epic Mickey Rebrushed (€39.99/£34.99: Tuesday)

Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival (€39.99/£35.99)

Kingdom Hearts 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue (€39.99/£32.99)

Kingdom Hearts -HD 1.5+2.5 Remix- (€39.99/£32.99)

Kingdom Hearts III + ReMind (€39.99/£32.99)

The Relic: First Guardian (€34.99/£29.99: Friday)

Order of the Sinking Star (€30.49/£26.75)

Earth Defense Force 5 (€29.99/£25.99)

Silver Pines (€24.99/£21.99)

Deck of Haunts (€19.99/£17.99)

Echo Weaver (€18.99/£15.99)

Forever Ago (€18.99/£15.99)

Mamon King (€12.79/£11.49)

Switch

Kingdom Hearts -HD 1.5+2.5 Remix- (€39.99/£32.99)

Horse Club: Ride West (€39.99/£35.99: Friday)

Rainbow Islands CS (€29.99/£26.99)

Sesame Street: Friends & Fun (€29.99/£24.99: Friday)

Queen's Blade: ReBuild (€27.77/£24.77)

Therian Crush: Wild Animal Girls (€24.99/£22.50)

Manairons (€24.99/£21.99)

Highway Blossoms - Gold Rush Edition (€19.99/£17.99: Wednesday)

Wild Rose: Broken Compass (€19.99/£19.99)

Deck of Haunts (€19.99/£17.99)

Neon Abyss 2 (€19.99/£15.99)

Isles of Sea and Sky (€19.50/£16.99)

Quern - Undying Thoughts (€14.99/£12.99: Tuesday)

BioMenance Remastered (€14.95/£13.39)

Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers (€14.79/£12.79: Friday)

Motel Renovator Simulator (€12.99/£12.99)

Parcel Inspector Simulator (€12.99/£10.99: Friday)

Heroic Songs: The Remix (€11.99/£10.75)

Vault of Power (€11.99/£11.99)

My Lovey-Dovey Demon (€10.99/£10.99: Friday)

Anime Fitness - Ninja Workout (€9.99/£8.99)

Thunder Hoop Collection (€9.99/£8.99)

Sugar Rush Rescue (€9.99/£8.99: Friday)

Wrap House Simulator (€9.99/£8.99: Friday)

Car Drift Simulator 2027 (€9.99/£8.99: Saturday)

Aha... Oh No (€7.99/£7.99)

Neatly Organized (€7.99/£7.19)

Colorful Boi 2 (€6.99/£6.29: Wednesday)

Super Shooting Galaxy Battle (€6.99/£5.99)

Sky Dunk (€5.99/£5.39)

Parables of Jesus (€5.99/£5.39: Saturday)

EggConsole Aggres PC-8801 (€5.59/£5.39)

Solitaire Dreams - Lofi Cozy Coffee (€4.99/£4.49)

Solitaire Realms - Vampires & Werewolves (€4.99/£4.49)

Cozy Meowmory (€4.99/£4.49: Friday)

Rhythm Roll (€4.99/£4.49: Friday)

Rusty Prison: Horror (€4.89/£4.39: Saturday)

MyPOPGOES (€4.49/£4.09)

Build Your Own Car (€3.99/£3.99: Sunday)

Hidden Dogs (€3.99/£3.99)

Crazy Lamb RC (€3.99/£3.59: Friday)

WordBuzz 6 (€2.99/£2.69)

Break Your Limits: Ultimate Memory Quiz (€2.49/£2.24)

Cosplay Beauties Best Shot Puzzle (€2.49/£2.24)

Cursed Images: What You Shouldn't See (€2.49/£2.24)

Do Not Find It: Anomaly Photo Files (€2.49/£2.24)

Flow Pipe Code -Connect The Pipes Logic Puzzle- (€2.49/£2.24)

Lazy Day Girlfriend Observation Puzzle (€2.49/£2.24)

Me In A Dress? Femboy Maid: Spot the Difference (€2.49/£2.24)

Tropical Eye Spot the Difference (€2.49/£2.24)

Youth Assemble! High School Girl Montage (€2.49/£2.24)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Battle Spirits: Crossover (€48.99/£41.99: Wednesday)

Once Upon A Katamari (€39.99/£34.99)

Astral Ascent (€24.49/£20.99)

Burger Bistro Story (€15.99/£13.00: Wednesday)

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor (€12.99/£11.69: Friday)

Switch 2 Upgrades

Burger Bistro Story (€2.99/£3.00: Wednesday)

Astral Ascent (no cost)

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor (no cost: Friday)

Switch 2 Archives

Ripple Island (€6.99/£6.29)

Switch

Puzzle X: Fashion Girls (€39.99/£35.99)

Silver Pines (€24.99/£21.99)

Dirty Little Puzzle 2 (€19.99/£17.99)

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor (€12.99/£11.69: Friday)

Uncle Lee's Cookbook: Five Recipes for Disaster (€11.79/£9.99)

3Or4 (€10.00/£8.99)

10 Seconds Dash! (€9.99/£8.99)

Toy Rhythm Beat (€9.99/£8.99)

Hidden Objects (€8.70/£7.49: Friday)

Void Miner (€6.99/£6.29)

Mother Simulator (€5.99/£4.99: Friday)

Lightbringer's Journey (€4.99/£4.44)

Realm Under Siege (€4.99/£4.44)

Woodland Trail (€4.99/£4.49: Saturday)

Marble FX (€2.96/£2.66)

Hello, Luigi! (free: Tuesday)

Hello, Peach! (free: Tuesday)

Switch Archives

Fighting Golf (€6.99/£6.29)

Japan

Switch 2

My Fishing Diary (¥6578)

Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen (¥5990: Friday)

Once Upon A Katamari (¥5940)

The Relic: First Guardian (¥5456)

Kingdom Hearts -HD 1.5+2.5 Remix- (¥5280)

Kingdom Hearts III + ReMind (¥5280)

Epic Mickey Rebrushed (¥5170)

Kingdom Hearts 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue (¥4180)

Earth Defense Force 5 (¥3980)

Jenny LeClue - Detectivu (¥3300)

Forever Ago (¥2300)

Deck of Haunts (¥2200)

Mamon King (¥1480)

Switch

My Fishing Diary (¥6578)

Kingdom Hearts -HD 1.5+2.5 Remix- (¥5280)

Queen's Blade: ReBuild (¥4400)

Rainbow Islands CS (¥3300)

This is Fine: Maximum Cope (¥3200)

Neon Abyss 2 (¥3080)

Spica Adventure (¥2750)

Heroic Songs: The Remix (¥2500)

Deck of Haunts (¥2200)

Isles of Sea and Sky (¥2000)

Kemono Heroes (¥1650)

Parasol Stars: The Story Of Bubble Bobble III (¥1650)

Anime Fitness - Ninja Workout (¥1600)

Save the President (¥1505: Friday)

Stock Cars Racing (¥1490)

The Sound of Spring Is Like You (¥1480)

Clearing Blade (¥1250)

Neatly Organized (¥1234)

Colorful Boi 2 (¥1200)

Searching For An Unsettling Feeling (¥980)

EggConsole Aggres PC-8801 (¥880)

Solitaire Realms - Vampires & Werewolves (¥800)

Super Shooting Galaxy Battle (¥700)

Hidden Dogs (¥660)

Cosplay Beauties Best Shot Puzzle (¥420)

Flow Pipe Code -Connect The Pipes Logic Puzzle- (¥420)

Lazy Day Girlfriend Observation Puzzle (¥420)

Me In A Dress? Femboy Maid: Spot the Difference (¥420)

Monster Girls: Alluring Heart Catch (¥420)

Mystery Time: Case Files (¥420)

Office Lady's Day (¥420)

School Uniform Montage Puzzle (¥420)

Shiba Inu Walk -Puzzles Inspired By Walking Around Town- (¥420)

Summer Memories By The Pool (¥420)

Tap Based Crime Scene Deduction (¥420)

World Flag Parts Quiz (¥420)

WordBuzz 6 (¥299)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Battle Spirits: Crossover (¥7920)

The Crew: Motorfest (¥7040)

Astral Ascent (¥3300: Friday)

Silver Pines (¥2500)

Burger Bistro Story (¥2000)

Heartworm (¥1700)

Ripple Island (¥800)

Switch 2 Upgrades

Burger Bistro Story (¥500)

Astral Ascent (¥100: Friday)

Switch

Puzzle X: Fashion Girls (¥5999)

Dirty Little Puzzle 2 (¥2999)

Silver Pines (¥2500)

Parcel Inspector Simulator (¥1999)

Thunder Hoop Collection (¥1800)

Heartworm (¥1700)

Car Drift Simulator 2027 (¥1599)

Hidden Objects (¥1569)

Asphalt: Car Racing Game (¥1300)

My Lovey-Dovey Demon (¥1300: Friday)

3Or4 (¥1200)

Mother Simulator (¥1099)

Cat Simulator (¥1089)

Dead Seek (¥1089)

10 Seconds Dash! (¥990)

Fighting Golf (¥838)

Void Miner (¥820)

Lightbringer's Journey (¥799)

Realm Under Siege (¥799)

The Bathrooms (¥779)

Cozy Meowmory (¥750: Friday)

Rusty Prison: Horror (¥500)

Marble FX (¥299)

Hello, Luigi! (free: Tuesday)

Hello, Peach! (free: Tuesday)

[Hopefully the team that uses Perfect Bird Time as a crowd pop fares better with it than the Dockers did with Wharfie Time in the Grand Final.]

17

TalkBack / Nintendo Downloads - October 1, 2026

« on: September 28, 2026, 04:00:00 AM »

Hopefully the team that uses Perfect Bird Time as a crowd pop fares better with it than the Dockers did with Wharfie Time in the Grand Final.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77481/nintendo-downloads-october-1-2026

It's another week of Switch 2 games that might be familiar, headlined by The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - note you get it 100% off if you bought the Switch version - and a pair of Octopath Travelers that isn't as generous. (They do have a bundle with both games for $75 US or equivalent, which is like getting one for 75% off if thou must.) A late announcement last week also saw the Monolith Productions (not Monolith Soft, they're like a Fire Emblem father - dead) Middle-Earth games get revealed for Switch 2 in case you wanted to see what that hullabaloo was for the Nemesis system.

Smaller titles include the Dynasty Warriors 3 remaster and TOEM 2.

THINGS WE MISSED LAST WEEK: An Archives duo of your favorite dev's favorite shooter Xevious (the 1996 3D/G version) and Karate Champ from an 8-bit console, plus Elland: The Crystal Wars - a Dune GBA game that had to get the serial numbers filed off before it could come out.

IS THE EGGCONSOLE GAME PLAYABLE IN ENGLISH: It looks to be safe since it's a single screen puzzle game.

North America

Switch 2

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered (US$59.99/C$79.99: Tuesday)

Octopath Traveler ($59.99/$79.99)

Octopath Traveler II ($59.99/$79.99)

Middle Earth: Shadow of War ($39.99/$69.99: Wednesday)

Dynasty Warriors 3: Complete Edition Remastered ($39.99/$53.49)

PAW Patrol: Dino World ($39.99/$49.99: Friday)

Viractal: Will You Trust Your Party? ($34.98/$48.07)

Minecraft Dungeons II ($29.99/$39.99: Tuesday)

Moros Protocol ($24.99/$32.50)

TOEM 2 ($19.99/$25.99: Tuesday)

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor ($19.99/$29.99: Wednesday)

Retrospace ($19.99/$25.99)

Dicevaders ($14.99/$17.99: Tuesday)

Scritchy Scratchy ($6.99/$7.49: Monday)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Viractal: Will You Trust Your Party? ($9.99/$14.57)

Switch

MuchiMuchi Pork! and Pink Sweets Boosted ($39.99/$54.99)

Minecraft Dungeons II ($29.99/$39.99: Tuesday)

Kong: Survivor Instinct ($24.99/$34.99: Wednesday)

My Sexy Boss: Office Romance Boys ($24.99/$34.99)

My Sexy Boss: Office Romance Girls ($24.99/$34.99)

Viractal: Will You Trust Your Party? ($24.99/$33.50)

TOEM 2 ($19.99/$25.99: Tuesday)

The Merlies ($19.99/$23.99: Tuesday)

DownPit ($19.00/$26.00)

Tales From The Dancing Moon ($17.99/$23.49)

Blades & Battles ($14.99/$19.99: Tuesday)

Dicevaders ($14.99/$17.99: Tuesday)

Seek ($14.99/$20.

MotionPlay Sports ($14.99/$19.99)

Sorcerer's Servant SweetWitch ($14.99/$16.75)

Chromascape ($11.99/$14.25: Wednesday)

Funi Raccoon Game ($11.99/$15.49: Friday)

King's Blade ($9.99/$13.29: Wednesday)

Aery - Calm Horizon 2 ($9.99/$14.99)

Guided Meditations: Drift to Sleep ($9.99/$14.99)

Save The President ($9.99/$9.99: Saturday)

Anomaly Space Patrol: Find the Unseen ($8.99/$11.49)

Monster Nursery ($7.99/$10.99)

EggConsole Nyan Pi MSX2 ($7.34/$10.35)

Scritchy Scratchy ($6.99/$7.49: Monday)

Boreal Tenbrae Act 0 ($6.99/$9.71)

Mister Scary: Where Are You? ($5.99/$8.99: Friday)

Soup Weather ($5.00/$7.50)

Cat Magnifier ($4.99/$6.90)

Kesu-ji ($4.99/$5.99)

Screaming Halls: Horror ($4.49/$4.49: Friday)

Dream Hike ($4.49/$5.99: Saturday)

Complete the Flags! World Flag Matching Quiz ($3.99/$5.39)

Cosplay Waifu Treats: Spot the Difference ($3.99/$5.39)

H Match! Asian Beauties ($3.99/$5.39)

H Puzzle: Doki Doki Dress Up ($3.99/$5.39)

Kids' World History: Which Side Are You On? ($3.99/$5.39)

Manga Korean One-Phrase Quiz ($3.99/$5.39)

Monster Girl Montage Puzzle ($3.99/$5.39)

Monster Girls: Alluring Heart Catch ($3.99/$5.39)

Mystery Time: Case Files ($3.99/$5.39)

Once You Get It: Scary School ($3.99/$5.39)

Slot and Learn Hangul: Intermediate ($3.99/$5.39)

Spin and Drip! Wet Guy Puzzle ($3.99/$5.39)

Spin and Howl! Wild Furry Puzzle ($3.99/$5.39)

Sweet Youth! Heroine Spot the Difference ($3.99/$5.39)

Tatami Crime Scenes: What's Wrong? ($3.99/$5.39)

Twitch! Kemomimi Spot The Difference ($3.99/$5.39)

World Waifus: Spin and Snap Puzzle ($3.99/$5.39)

Climber Animals: Together ($3.99/$4.99)

Canvas Puzzle ($3.99/$not released)

Parkour Obby: Food Escape ($3.99/$4.99: Saturday)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Alphadia I & II ($20.99/$29.49)

Heartworm ($14.99/$19.49)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Alphadia I & II ($0.99/$1.49)

Switch 2 Archives

Balloon Bomber ($9.99/$13.72)

Crazy Balloon ($9.99/$13.72)

Chack 'n Pop ($7.99/$11.08)

Switch

Real Girls: Silent Heat ($29.99/$29.99)

H Protocol: Lesson Two ($19.99/$19.99)

Keep Driving ($17.99/$23.49: Monday)

Five Elements Chess ($14.99/$19.99: Tuesday)

Heartworm ($14.99/$19.49)

Nocto And The Ray of Light ($13/$17.97: Wednesday)

Counter Protocol: Origins ($9.99/$13.99: Monday)

Family Journey: Hidden Across The World ($9.99/$13.99)

Flee the Fallen ($9.99/$13.99)

The Face Door ($8.00/$10.00)

Cargo Rail Tycoon ($7.99/$9.99: Friday)

Island Trouble ($6.99/$9.49)

Dead Seek ($6.99/$9.99: Friday)

Cat Simulator ($6.99/$9.79: Friday)

Larcin Laser ($5.99/$6.99: Monday)

Game Shop Panic ($5.99/$8.29)

Mihashira ($5.79/$8.03: Wednesday)

Battlefront Defense ($4.99/$6.99)

Settlement Defense ($4.99/$6.99)

Unearth Relics ($4.50/$6.30)

Toycrafter ($3.99/$5.59)

Unlock Merge ($1.49/$1.99: Saturday)

Switch Archives

Balloon Bomber ($7.99/$9.87)

Sales and Price Drops

Highlights: The Middle-Earth duology has a 50% preorder discount, and in observance of Castlevania's 40th anniversary the Advance Collection is 70% off until October 8. PSPrices, DekuDeals

Europe

Switch 2

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered (€59.99/£45.99: Tuesday)

Octopath Traveler (€59.99/£49.99)

Octopath Traveler II (€59.99/£49.99)

Middle Earth: Shadow of War (€49.99/£44.99: Wednesday)

Dynasty Warriors 3: Complete Edition Remastered (€39.99/£32.99)

PAW Patrol: Dino World (€39.99/£34.99: Friday)

Viractal: Will You Trust Your Party? (€35.91/£32.09)

Minecraft Dungeons II (€29.99/£24.99: Tuesday)

Moros Protocol (€24.50/£19.99)

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor (€19.99/£17.99: Wednesday)

Retrospace (€19.99/£16.99)

TOEM 2 (€18.99/£15.99: Tuesday)

Dicevaders (€14.99/£12.99: Tuesday)

Scritchy Scratchy (€6.99/£4.99: Monday)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Viractal: Will You Trust Your Party? (€10.92/£9.10)

Switch

MuchiMuchi Pork! and Pink Sweets Boosted (€34.99/£31.49)

Minecraft Dungeons II (€29.99/£24.99: Tuesday)

Kong: Survivor Instinct (€24.99/£22.49: Wednesday)

Viractal: Will You Trust Your Party? (€24.99/£22.99)

My Sexy Boss: Office Romance Boys (€24.99/£22.50)

The Merlies (€19.99/£17.99: Tuesday)

TOEM 2 (€18.99/£15.99: Tuesday)

Keep Driving (€18.00/£16.19: Monday)

Tales From The Dancing Moon (€16.69/£14.99)

DownPit (€16.00/£14.00)

Blades & Battles (€14.99/£13.49: Tuesday)

Dicevaders (€14.99/£12.99: Tuesday)

MotionPlay Sports (€14.99/£12.99)

Seek (€14.99/£13.49)

Chromascape (€12.25/£10.99: Wednesday)

Funi Raccoon Game (€11.79/£9.99: Friday)

Sorcerer's Servant SweetWitch (€10.75/£10.25)

Aery - Calm Horizon 2 (€9.99/£9.99: Wednesday)

King's Blade (€9.99/£8.99: Wednesday)

Guided Meditations: Drift to Sleep (€9.99/£8.99)

Save The President (€9.99/£8.99: Saturday)

Anomaly Space Patrol: Find the Unseen (€7.99/£7.99)

Boreal Tenbrae Act 0 (€6.99/£6.29)

Monster Nursery (€6.99/£6.29)

EggConsole Nyan Pi MSX2 (€6.44/£5.79)

Scritchy Scratchy (€5.99/£4.99: Monday)

Mister Scary: Where Are You? (€5.99/£5.99: Friday)

Screaming Halls: Horror (€5.99/£4.99: Friday)

Kesu-ji (€5.19/£4.69)

Soup Weather (€5.00/£4.49)

Cat Magnifier (€4.99/£4.49)

Dream Hike (€4.49/£4.09: Saturday)

Parkour Obby: Food Escape (€3.99/£3.59: Saturday)

Canvas Puzzle (€3.49/£2.99)

Word Buzz 5 (€2.99/£2.69)

Complete the Flags! World Flag Matching Quiz (€2.49/£2.24)

Cosplay Waifu Treats: Spot the Difference (€2.49/£2.24)

H Match! Asian Beauties (€2.49/£2.24)

Monster Girls: Alluring Heart Catch (€2.49/£2.24)

Mystery Time: Case Files (€2.49/£2.24)

Once You Get It: Scary School (€2.49/£2.24)

Slot and Learn Hangul: Intermediate (€2.49/£2.24)

Spin and Howl! Wild Furry Puzzle (€2.49/£2.24)

Twitch! Kemomimi Spot The Difference (€2.49/£2.24)

World Waifus: Spin and Snap Puzzle (€2.49/£2.24)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Alphadia I & II (€20.99/£18.89)

Heartworm (€14.79/£12.79)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Alphadia I & II (€0.99/£0.89)

Switch 2 Archives

Balloon Bomber (€8.99/£7.49)

Crazy Balloon (€8.99/£7.49)

Chack 'n Pop (€6.99/£6.29)

Switch

Real Girls: Silent Heat (€29.99/£26.99)

H Protocol: Lesson Two (€19.99/£17.99)

Five Elements Chess (€14.99/£11.99: Tuesday)

Heartworm (€14.79/£12.79)

Nocto And The Ray of Light (€14.39/£12.99: Wednesday)

D.I.G: Dig In Galaxies (€9.99/£8.99)

Family Journey: Hidden Across The World (€9.99/£8.99)

Flee the Fallen (€9.99/£8.99)

Cargo Rail Tycoon (€7.99/£7.99: Friday)

The Face Door (€7.00/£6.30)

Island Trouble (€6.99/£6.29)

Game Shop Panic (€6.09/£5.49)

Cat Simulator (€5.99/£5.49: Friday)

Dead Seek (€5.99/£4.99: Friday)

Larcin Laser (€4.99/£4.49: Monday)

Battlefront Defense (€4.99/£4.44)

Settlement Defense (€4.99/£4.44)

Mihashira (€4.96/£4.24)

Toycrafter (€3.99/£3.59: Wednesday)

Fashion Princess - Dress Up For Girls (€3.99/£3.99: Friday)

My Lost Card Collection (€3.99/£3.99: Friday)

Scary Shawarma: Kiosk (€3.99/£3.99: Friday)

Unlock Merge (€1.49/£1.49: Saturday)

Boombaz (free to start)

Switch Archives

Balloon Bomber (€6.99/£6.29)

Japan

Switch 2

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered (¥7490: Tuesday)

Dynasty Warriors 3: Complete Edition Remastered (¥7480)

Viractal: Will You Trust Your Party? (¥4950)

Minecraft Dungeons II (¥4730: Tuesday)

TOEM 2 (¥2300: Tuesday)

Dicevaders (¥1800: Wednesday)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Viractal: Will You Trust Your Party? (¥990)

Switch

Sully Land: Nursery Rhyme (¥8580)

MuchiMuchi Pork! and Pink Sweets Boosted (¥5390)

Minecraft Dungeons II (¥4730: Tuesday)

Folly of the Wizards (¥4400)

My Sexy Boss: Office Romance Boys (¥3990)

My Sexy Boss: Office Romance Girls (¥3990)

Viractal: Will You Trust Your Party? (¥3960)

Iris City: Augment Protocol (¥3300)

Seek (¥2399)

TOEM 2 (¥2300: Tuesday)

Dicevaders (¥1800: Wednesday)

Aery - Calm Horizon 2 (¥1600)

Guided Meditations: Drift to Sleep (¥1600)

Chromascape (¥1500)

Sorcerer's Servant SweetWitch (¥1500)

Monster Nursery (¥1299)

EggConsole Nyan Pi MSX2 (¥1200)

King's Blade (¥990)

Cat Magnifier (¥800)

Kesu-ji (¥790)

Marshmallow Kororon (¥550)

Breaking The Limits! Super Memory Quiz (¥420)

Spin and Howl! Wild Furry Puzzle (¥420)

Canvas Puzzle (¥300)

Word Buzz 5 (¥299)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Human Fall Flat (¥2530)

Alphadia I & II (¥1970)

Balloon Bomber (¥1100)

Crazy Balloon (¥1100)

Chack 'n Pop (¥800)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Human Fall Flat (¥700)

Alphadia I & II (¥100)

Switch

Real Girls: Silent Heat (¥4599)

H Protocol: Lesson Two (¥2999)

Modern Forces (¥2800)

MotionPlay Sports (¥2299)

Blades & Battles (¥2270)

Flee the Fallen (¥1800)

Escape from ChungaChunga: Island Survival (¥1499)

The Vault: Logic Puzzle Box (¥1380)

Island Trouble (¥1200)

Boreal Tenbrae Act 0 (¥1116)

The Face Door (¥1000)

Mihashira (¥920)

Balloon Bomber (¥838)

Battlefront Defense (¥799)

Settlement Defense (¥799)

Game Shop Panic (¥760)

Unearth Relics (¥700)

Parkour Obby: Food Escape (¥500)

Hill Climb Legends (¥499)

Monster Slingshot Smash (¥469)

Dream Hike (¥460)

Unlock Merge (¥199)

Boombaz (free to start)

[Last week was record breaking (derogatory), and the last full week of the quarter is usually worse.]

18

TalkBack / Nintendo Downloads - September 24, 2026

« on: September 21, 2026, 04:00:00 AM »

Last week was record breaking (derogatory), and the last full week of the quarter is usually worse.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77451/nintendo-downloads-september-24-2026

Focusing on this week's releases for as long as possible, the rule is "Switch 2 re-releases" with the major releases of the week including Dragon Quest XI S Definitive Edition and Shinobi: Art of Vengeance. Both of which were on the original Switch, both of which have the upgrade policy of "full price plz", and we know full well from its announcement and general Square Enix policy that there's no save conversion. The one company doing it right is Nightdive/Atari with SiN Reloaded.

A couple of notable games for the OG Switch this week include the very unpronounceable Qliphah in Providence's Shadow (a rare Arc System Works RPG that doesn't involve street punks barfing when you punch them), and a recommendation for a bit of a local product to Donald in Superstar Strategy (even if you're too busy competing in the Heroic Games to bother with anything else strategic).

THINGS WE MISSED LAST WEEK: Among the things that gave a) the Switch 2 a record week with 29 games, which beats even the launch week and b) caused all regions to exceed ONE HUNDRED GAMES COMBINED: The previously announced Runescape: Dragonwilds (we just didn't have a price), a Switch 2 version of Trinity Trigger with standard Japanese upgrade pricing (no discount for you), and a Switch 2 version of Absolum (oh hey, no cost upgrade). There's also Truck-Kun Is Supporting Me From Another World?!, which is ironic because I think I'd rather be hit by a truck than keep doing one hundred game weeks.

North America

Switch 2

EA Sports FC 27 (US$69.99/C$89.99: Friday)

Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age Definitive Edition ($39.99/$53.49)

Shinobi: Art of Vengeance ($29.99/$41.99)

SiN Reloaded ($29.99/$39.99)

Graveyard Keeper 2 ($24.99/$34.49: Tuesday)

Sp(l/r)ite ($9.99/$12.99)

Switch 2 Upgrade

SiN Reloaded (no cost)

Switch

EA Sports FC 27 ($59.99/$79.99: Friday)

Bibi & Tina - Ready, Set, Ride! ($29.99/$41.50-)

Farming Camp ($29.99/$39.99)

Garfield - Escape From Monday ($29.99/$39.99)

SiN: Reloaded ($29.99/$39.99)

Graveyard Keeper 2 ($24.99/$34.49: Tuesday)

Qliphah in Providence's Shadow ($24.99/$32.99: Wednesday)

Villain Boys: Date the Dark Side ($24.99/$34.99)

Villain Girls: Date the Dark Side ($24.99/$34.99)

Well Dweller ($19.99/$25.99: Tuesday)

Kalanoro ($19.99/$25.99)

Nocturne for Cyl-Hestia ($19.99/$25.99)

Hack 'n Stack ($19.99/$19.99)

Superstar Strategy ($19.99/$19.99)

Birdcage ($14.99/$19.99: Wednesday)

Pupu's Adventure Park ($14.99/$21.00-)

Tentacle Tango ($14.99/$19.99)

Half Billion: Love Choice ($14.99/$14.99)

Ghostly Whiskers ($12.99/$17.99)

Heroes of Magic and Cards ($12.99/$17.99)

Motel Renovator Simulator ($12.99/$17.99)

The Room Four: Old Sins ($12.99/$17.99)

The Room Three ($11.99/$15.99)

Jalecolle Famicom Ver Shatterhand ($9.99/$13.20: Wednesday)

Sento Survivor: Slip, Grab, and Bathe in Glory ($9.99/$11.99: Wednesday)

Courier ($9.99/$13.99)

Taxi Crew Simulator ($9.99/$13.79)

I Hear Them ($9.99/$13.29)

London: Echoes of the Past ($9.99/$12.99)

Rollick 'n Roll ($9.99/$11.99)

16 Faces: School HP ($8.99/$11.49)

Spooky Tales and Mummy Trails ($8.00-/$11.00-)

Boardwalk Builders ($7.99/$9.99)

Super Dev Quest ($6.99/$9.99)

Lucky Luke - Clock ($5.99/$8.32)

Birds Watching ($5.99/$8.25)

Angle of Attack ($5.99/$8.99: Friday)

Missed Class: Horror ($5.99/$5.99: Saturday)

Floor Wiping Race ($5.00-/$6.90-)

Swing Shift ($4.99/$7.49)

Distorted - Night Shift Anomalies ($4.99/$6.99)

The Pit Is Hungry ($4.99/$6.99)

Tiny Tank Showdown ($4.99/$6.99)

Where Are Leo And Mia? Pirate Island ($4.99/$6.99)

Beautiful Girls on Campus: Memories of Youth ($3.99/$5.39)

Forensic Mystery -Crime Scene Tap Detective- ($3.99/$5.39)

Phantom Thief Mirage and the Curious Clues ($3.99/$5.39)

What Was Here? 1-Minute Memory Quiz ($3.99/$5.39)

Parkour Obby: Ice Escape ($3.49/$4.49: Saturday)

Big Watermelon Galaxy ($2.99/$4.49)

Sputnika Game ($2.99/$3.59)

Escape Game Room17 ($1.00-/$1.42)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Fountains ($14.99/$19.99)

The Convenience Store ($6.16/$8.69)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Fountains (no cost)

Switch 2 Archives

Xevious 3D/G ($16.99/$23.44)

Karate Champ ($7.99/$11.08)

Switch

The Intern: Temptation at Work ($24.99/$34.99)

Modern Forces ($24.99/$32.99)

Sandwalkers ($19.99/$25.99)

Such A Guy ($19.99/$25.99)

Skel the Heroes Hunter: Trap Dungeon! ($19.99/$24.99)

H Party: Intimate Album ($19.99/$19.99)

Zombuffonery ($9.99/$13.99)

Escape from ChungaChunga: Island Survival ($9.99/$13.49)

The Vault: Logic Puzzle Box ($9.99/$12.99)

Real Girls: Forbidden Glow ($9.99/$9.99)

Elland: The Crystal Wars ($8.99/$12.49)

Stock Cars Racing ($7.99/$9.99: Friday)

Mel the Cat ($6.99/$9.99)

Mel the Pyramid Cat ($6.99/$9.99)

Mel the Space Cat ($6.99/$9.99)

Cozy Tea House ($4.99/$6.99)

Quantum Defense ($4.99/$6.99)

Important Thing 2 Forest School ($1.50/not released)

Misaki's Mystery 3 Goodbye, Yuki ($1.50/not released)

Sales and Price Drops

Highlights: Final Fantasy VII Remake Integrade (75%), FFVII Rebirth (50%), and NEO: The World Ends With You (70%) are all part of Square Enix's TGS sale until October 1. PSPrices, DekuDeals

Europe

Switch 2

EA Sports FC 27 (€69.99/£59.99: Friday)

Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age Definitive Edition (€39.99/£34.99)

Shinobi: Art of Vengeance (€29.99/£24.99)

SiN Reloaded (€29.99/£24.99)

Graveyard Keeper 2 (€24.99/£22.49: Tuesday)

Jenny LeClu: Detectivu (€23.99/£20.99: Wednesday)

Sp(l/r)ite (€8.44/£7.50-)

Switch 2 Upgrade

SiN Reloaded (no cost)

Switch

EA Sports FC 27 (€59.99/£49.99: Friday)

Farming Camp (€29.99/£26.99: Wednesday)

Bibi & Tina - Ready, Set, Ride! (€29.99/£26.99)

Garfield - Escape From Monday (€29.99/£24.99)

SiN: Reloaded (€29.99/£24.99)

Graveyard Keeper 2 (€24.99/£22.49: Tuesday)

Qliphah in Providence's Shadow (€24.99/£21.99: Wednesday)

Hospital Romance: Anime Nurse Crush (€24.99/£22.50-)

Villain Boys: Date the Dark Side (€24.99/£22.50-)

Well Dweller (€19.99/£17.99: Tuesday)

Sandwalkers (€19.99/£17.99)

Kalanoro (€19.99/£16.99)

Nocturne for Cyl-Hestia (€19.99/£16.75)

Superstar Strategy (€16.99/£15.29)

Birdcage (€14.99/£13.49: Wednesday)

Pupu's Adventure Park (€14.99/£13.49)

Tentacle Tango (€14.79/£12.79)

Ghostly Whiskers (€12.99/£9.99: Wednesday)

Half Billion: Love Choice (€12.99/£11.69)

Heroes of Magic and Cards (€12.99/£11.69)

Hack 'n Stack (€10.99/£9.42)

London: Echoes of the Past (€10.99/£9.89)

The Room Four: Old Sins (€10.99/£9.99)

Sento Survivor: Slip, Grab, and Bathe in Glory (€10.25/£9.09: Wednesday)

I Hear Them (€9.99/£8.99)

Rollick 'n Roll (€9.99/£8.99)

Taxi Crew Simulator (€9.99/£9.99)

The Room Three (€9.99/£8.99)

Jalecolle Famicom Ver Shatterhand (€8.99/£7.99: Wednesday)

Courier (€8.99/£6.99)

Boardwalk Builders (€7.99/£6.99)

Super Dev Quest (€6.99/£6.29)

Spooky Tales and Mummy Trails (€6.69/£5.99)

Lucky Luke - Clock (€5.99/£5.39)

Birds Watching (€5.99/£4.99)

Angle of Attack (€5.99/£5.99: Friday)

Missed Class: Horror (€5.99/£4.99: Saturday)

Floor Wiping Race (€5.00-/£4.30-)

Distorted - Night Shift Anomalies (€4.99/£4.99)

Tiny Tank Showdown (€4.99/£4.99)

Swing Shift (€4.99/£4.49)

The Pit Is Hungry (€4.99/£4.49)

Where Are Leo And Mia? Pirate Island (€4.99/£4.49)

Parkour Obby: Ice Escape (€3.99/£3.49: Saturday)

Sputnika Game (€3.15/£2.65)

Big Watermelon Galaxy (€2.99/£2.69)

A Tempting Life With My Neighbor (€2.49/£2.24)

Doorway to Nightmares: Terrifying Tales (€2.49/£2.24)

Forensic Mystery -Crime Scene Tap Detective- (€2.49/£2.24)

H Puzzle: Doki Doki Dress-Up (€2.49/£2.24)

Kids' World History: Which Side Are You On? (€2.49/£2.24)

Kyun-Cute Maid Puzzle! ~Heart Pounding Maid Service Time~ (€2.49/£2.24)

Learn English With World Ghost Stories (€2.49/£2.24)

Manga Korean One-Phrase Quiz (€2.49/£2.24)

Match and Crush! Aqua Park Beauties (€2.49/£2.24)

Monster Girl Montage Puzzle (€2.49/£2.24)

Play and Learn: My First Katakana (€2.49/£2.24)

Sort It Out! Odd-One-Out Puzzoes (€2.49/£2.24)

Spin & Drip! Wet Guy Puzzle (€2.49/£2.24)

Sweet Youth! Heroine Spot the Difference (€2.49/£2.24)

Escape Game Room17 (€1.00-/£0.89)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Fountains (€14.99/£13.49)

The Convenience Store (€5.29/£4.79)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Fountains (no cost)

Switch 2 Archives

Xevious 3D/G (€16.99/£14.99)

Karate Champ (€6.99/£6.29)

Switch

Modern Forces (€24.99/£22.49)

Skel the Heroes Hunter: Trap Dungeon! (€22.99/£19.99)

H Party: Intimate Album (€19.99/£17.99)

Such A Guy (€19.99/£17.99: Friday)

Wishing Well Simulator (€9.99/£8.99: Tuesday)

Escape from ChungaChunga: Island Survival (€9.99/£8.99: Wednesday)

Real Girls: Forbidden Glow (€9.99/£8.99)

Zombuffonery (€9.99/£8.99)

Clearing Blade (€8.99/£8.09: Wednesday)

Elland: The Crystal Wars (€7.99/£6.99)

Stock Cars Racing (€7.99/£7.99: Friday)

Mel the Cat (€6.99/£6.29)

Mel the Pyramid Cat (€6.99/£6.29)

Mel the Space Cat (€6.99/£6.29)

Cozy Tea House (€4.99/£4.44)

Quantum Defense (€4.99/£4.44)

Japan

Switch 2

Derby Stallion 2 (¥9980)

EA Sports FC 27 (¥8600: Friday)

Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age Definitive Edition (¥5478)

Hell Is Us (¥4800)

Gobble (¥3980)

Graveyard Keeper 2 (¥3800: Wednesday)

Shinobi: Art of Vengeance (¥3300)

Sp(l/r)ite (¥1500)

Switch

EA Sports FC 27 (¥7600: Friday)

Villain Boys: Date the Dark Side (¥3990)

Villain Girls: Date the Dark Side (¥3990)

Gobble (¥3980)

Graveyard Keeper 2 (¥3800: Wednesday)

Garfield - Escape From Monday (¥3300)

Kalanoro (¥2980)

Qliphah in Providence's Shadow (¥2970)

Well Dweller (¥2860)

Pupu's Adventure Park (¥2450)

Nocturne for Cyl-Hestia (¥2350)

Motel Renovator Simulator (¥2070)

Half Billion: Love Choice (¥1980)

Ghostly Whiskers (¥1949)

Birdcage (¥1900)

Courier (¥1580)

Taxi Crew Simulator (¥1580)

Tentacle Tango (¥1500)

Rollick 'n Roll (¥1350)

Boardwalk Builders (¥1300)

Jalecolle Famicom Ver Shatterhand (¥1300)

Heroes of Magic and Cards (¥1299)

The Room Four: Old Sins (¥1299)

Super Dev Quest (¥1230)

Sento Survivor: Slip, Grab, and Bathe in Glory (¥1200)

The Room Three (¥1199)

I Hear Them (¥990)

The Cat Detective Club: The Strange Case Files of the Sweet Shop (¥990)

Lucky Luke - Clock (¥956)

Swing Shift (¥880)

Distorted - Night Shift Anomalies (¥800)

Tiny Tank Showdown (¥800)

Where Are Leo And Mia? Pirate Island (¥800)

The Pit Is Hungry (¥780)

Angle of Attack (¥720: Friday)

Floor Wiping Race (¥500)

Sputnika Game (¥460)

Asian Beauty Puzzle Collection (¥420)

A Tempting Life With My Neighbor (¥420)

H Puzzle: Doki Doki Dress-Up (¥420)

Play and Learn: My First Katakana (¥420)

Scary School Hidden Meanings (¥420)

Spin & Drip! Wet Guy Puzzle (¥420)

Big Watermelon Galaxy (¥299)

Escape Game Room17 (¥100)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Xevious 3D/G (¥1800)

The Convenience Store (¥990)

Karate Champ (¥800)

Switch

Bibi & Tina - Ready, Set, Ride! (¥5500)

Sandwalkers (¥3600)

H Party: Intimate Album (¥2999)

Such A Guy (¥2970)

Five Elements Journey (¥1700)

Elland: The Crystal Wars (¥1600)

Counter Protocol: Origins (¥1500)

Real Girls: Forbidden Glow (¥1499)

Mel the Cat (¥1200)

Mel the Pyramid Cat (¥1200)

Mel the Space Cat (¥1200)

Cozy Tea House (¥799)

Quantum Defense (¥799)

Missed Class: Horror (¥600)

Parkour Obby: Ice Escape (¥500)

Red Hallway: Horror (¥500)

Tiny Crown (¥489)

Word Quest Nature (¥480)

Important Thing 2 Forest School (¥150)

Misaki's Mystery 3 Goodbye, Yuki (¥150)

["For England, James?" "No. For additional polish."]

19

TalkBack / 007: First Light Delayed To March 2027

« on: September 15, 2026, 04:39:31 AM »

"For England, James?" "No. For additional polish."

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77355/007-first-light-delayed-to-march-2027

007: First Light will return on Switch 2, but not this year as initially planned.

The Switch 2 version of the spy shooter from IO Interactive has been delayed from a planned 2026 launch to March 2027, according to a IOI social media post. The game launched on other platforms on May 26.

The Switch 2 version was already delayed from this launch, and appeared in the sizzle reel near the end of last week's general Nintendo Direct with just a "2026" date. The delay is to allow additional time to polish the performance of the Switch 2 version.

[Since the News Editor doesn't get to take "advantage" of the Customer Appreciation sale, he's going to get his share of tariff refunds when he invoices Nintendo for the time preparing this week's list.]

20

TalkBack / Nintendo Downloads - September 17, 2026

« on: September 14, 2026, 04:00:00 AM »

Since the News Editor doesn't get to take "advantage" of the Customer Appreciation sale, he's going to get his share of tariff refunds when he invoices Nintendo for the time preparing this week's list.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77353/nintendo-downloads-september-17-2026

At the start of 2026 I mentioned that I was considering invoicing Nintendo US$10,000 for wasted time entering the weekly releases (my time is valuable, especially since most of it is on weekends). But in a week where the Switch 2 is opening with its biggest week since opening day even without counting the Runescape game AND all three territories are on pace to sail over 3,000 original Switch games in the full year following Switch 2's launch, there's about to be another comma on that invoice and a couple more 0s to go with it.

The coattails are provided, of course, by Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, which lands a little over a year to the day from its unveiling and promises to keep us all busy for several hundred hours. But it's a big week for RPGs of the eastern persuasion in addition to Fire Emblem with Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter and Another Eden Begins coming to both Switch 2 and Switch, plus an RPG-adjacent fighting game with Granblue Fantasy Versus. Direct appearers Fading Echo and Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight are also coming, alongside part of Microsoft's attempt to head off the 1600 layoffs they're still plotting for the end of this year in the games division with the Switch 2 launch of Diablo IV. Among other reasons to boycott.

THINGS WE MISSED LAST WEEK: Apart from the Direct shadowdrops (Torneko with a disturbing AI credit, Meccha Chameleon), Karnov hit both Arcade Archives.

IS THE EGGCONSOLE GAME PLAYABLE IN ENGLISH: No.

North America

Switch 2

Diablo IV: Age of Hatred Collection (US$69.99/C$89.99: Tuesday)

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave ($69.99/$99.99)

Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight ($69.99/$89.99: Friday)

Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter ($64.99/$86.49)

Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising ($49.99/$54.99: Wednesday)

Another Eden Begins ($44.99/$52.99: Wednesday)

Destroy All Humans 2 - Reprobed ($39.99/$53.49: Tuesday)

Maestro ($34.99/$44.99)

Akiba Lost ($24.99/$29.99: Wednesday)

TCG Card Shop Simulator ($19.99/$23.99: Tuesday)

Woodo ($19.99/$26.00: Wednesday)

Fading Echo ($19.99/$25.99)

The Walking Dead: Streets of Survival ($19.99/$26.99: Friday)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Another Eden Begins ($5.00-/$5.00: Wednesday)

Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter ($4.99/$6.49)

Woodo (no cost: Wednesday)

Switch

Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter ($59.99/$79.99)

Tristia: Chronicles ($49.99/$71.02)

Another Eden Begins ($39.99/$47.99: Wednesday)

The Grinch 2: Saving Christmas ($39.99/$49.99: Friday)

Maestro ($34.99/$44.99)

Akiba Lost ($24.99/$29.99: Wednesday)

Pixel Hunters: Turn Retro Consoles Into Your Boyfriend ($24.99/$34.99)

Pixel Hunters: Turn Retro Consoles Into Your Girlfriend ($24.99/$34.99)

TCG Card Shop Simulator ($19.99/$23.99: Tuesday)

Woodo ($19.99/$26.00: Wednesday)

Little Witch in the Woods ($19.99/$25.99: Wednesday)

Airport Baggage Simulator ($19.99/$25.99)

Flamecraft ($19.99/$25.99)

The Posthumous Investigation ($19.99/$25.99)

Mr. Sleepy Man ($19.99/$22.79)

The Walking Dead: Streets of Survival ($19.99/$26.99: Friday)

Artis Impact ($18.99/$24.79)

Roman Sands RE:Build ($14.99/$20.99: Wednesday)

Fountains ($14.99/$19.99)

Homebound Plush ($14.99/$19.99)

Die in the Dungeon ($14.99/$19.49)

Taxi Life Simulator ($12.99/$17.99)

Sniper Dan ($12.99/$16.99)

Tap Monster Duel ($12.99/$16.99)

Monowave ($9.99/$13.49: Wednesday)

Get Fit: K-Pop Fitness ($9.99/$14.99)

Jane Austen's 8-Bit Adventure ($9.99/$13.99)

Cat Adventure ($9.99/$13.79)

Sweet Land Survival ($9.99/$13.69)

Super Sharket ($9.99/$13.49)

Block Shop ($9.99/$12.99)

Math Pals - Monster Mania ($7.99/$9.99)

Tower of Dreams ($7.99/$9.65)

EggConsole Deep Dungeon II MSX ($7.34/$10.35)

Yummy Yummy Cook Book ($6.99/$9.69)

Shape Wars ($6.99/$7.99)

Hiragana Word Challenge ($5.99/$7.99)

Strange Mystery Room ($5.99/$7.99)

Welcome to Mars 9: The Tale of River ($4.99/$6.99: Wednesday)

Dimensional Animals ($4.99/$6.29: Wednesday)

Solitaire Companions - Cats ($4.99/$6.99)

Au Revoir ($4.99/$6.49)

Aetherfall ($4.99/$6.99: Friday)

Red Hallway: Horror ($4.99/$4.99: Saturday)

Classroom Mystery Secrets Behind the Lessons ($3.99/$5.39)

Do Not Find It: Anomaly Photo Files ($3.99/$5.39)

Doorway to Nightmares: Terrifying Tales ($3.99/$5.39)

Psychopath Mind Quiz: Unmask Their Dark Nature ($3.99/$5.39)

The Master Detective's Eye ($3.99/$5.39)

Parkour Obby: Magma Run ($3.99/$4.49: Saturday)

Jigsaw Puzzle: Fun Shapes ($3.49/$4.99)

WordBuzz 4 ($2.99/$4.49)

Condo ($1.99/$2.49)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Trinity Trigger ($49.99/$59.99: Monday)

RuneScape: Dragonwilds ($29.99/$38.99: Tuesday)

Absolum ($24.99/$35.00)

Shape of Dreams ($24.99/$32.50)

Hololive Treasure Mountain MegaPack ($22.99/$30.59)

Spirit Valor ($20.99/$29.49)

Truck-Kun Is Supporting Me From Another World?! ($19.99/$25.99: Monday)

Twofold - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition ($19.99/$23.99)

Kernel Hearts ($19.99/$22.99)

Sniper Dan ($12.99/$16.99)

Chit Chat Party! ($9.99/$12.59: Wednesday)

Party Party Time 3 ($6.00/$8.28: Friday)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Hololive Treasure Mountain MegaPack ($2.99/$3.59)

Party Party Time 3 ($1.00/$1.38: Friday)

Spirit Valor ($0.99/$1.49)

Absolum (no cost)

Twofold (no cost)

Switch 2 Archives

Dacholer ($9.99/$13.72)

Mr. Do!'s Castle ($9.99/$13.72)

Crazy Climber ($7.99/$11)

Switch

Cartagra ($39.99/$54.99: Wednesday)

Puzzle X: Model Girls ($19.99/$19.99)

Triple Trouble: Panty Secrets ($19.99/$19.99)

My Clothing Store Simulator ($9.99/$13.99: Friday)

Very Scary Game ($9.99/$9.99)

Blocky Blast ($7.99/$10.99)

Lordcraft ($6.99/$8.99)

Scary Ring ($6.99/$9.69: Friday)

Art Rally Simulator ($4.99/$6.99: Tuesday)

Obby Sword Master ($4.99/$7.49)

Rouge Vault ($4.99/$6.99)

Zombie Siege ($4.99/$6.99)

Paddle Paddle Paddle ($4.99/$6.49)

Ragdoll Kart Simulator 2026 ($4.99/$6.99: Friday)

Sakura Branch: Blossom Puzzle ($3.99/$5.99: Monday)

Chopper Strike 2 ($3.49/$4.39: Saturday)

Boombaz (free to start)

Werewolf Online (free to start)

Switch Archives

Mr. Do!'s Castle ($7.99/$9.87)

Sales and Price Drops

Highlights: Untitled Goose Game is 60% off (new record low) until October 3. Lowlights: Nintendo's "Customer Appreciation" sale in the United States only offers insufficient discounts on items such as the Virtual Boy headsets and Everybody 1-2 Switch. PSPrices, DekuDeals

Europe

Switch 2

Diablo IV: Age of Hatred Collection (€69.99/£62.99: Tuesday)

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave (€69.99/£58.99)

Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight (€69.99/£59.99: Friday)

Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter (€64.99/£58.49)

Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising (€49.99/£39.99)

Another Eden Begins (€44.99/£40.75: Wednesday)

Destroy All Humans 2 - Reprobed (€39.99/£34.99: Tuesday)

Maestro (€34.99/£31.49)

Akiba Lost (€24.99/£22.49: Wednesday)

TCG Card Shop Simulator (€20.49/£18.49: Tuesday)

Woodo (€19.99/£15.49: Wednesday)

Fading Echo (€19.99/£16.99)

The Walking Dead: Streets of Survival (€19.99/£16.99: Friday)

Moomintroll: Winter's Warmth (€19.50-/£17.59)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Another Eden Begins (€5.00-/£5.00: Wednesday)

Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter (€4.99/£4.49)

Woodo (no cost: Wednesday)

Switch

Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter (€59.99/£53.99)

Tristia: Chronicles (€49.99/£44.99)

Another Eden Begins (€39.99/£35.75: Wednesday)

The Grinch 2: Saving Christmas (€39.99/£34.99: Friday)

Maestro (€34.99/£31.49)

Akiba Lost (€24.99/£22.49: Wednesday)

Mermaid Catch: Transform Sirens into Anime Girls (€24.99/£22.50-)

Pixel Hunters: Turn Retro Consoles Into Your Boyfriend (€24.99/£22.49)

TCG Card Shop Simulator (€20.49/£18.49: Tuesday)

Woodo (€19.99/£15.49: Wednesday)

Flamecraft (€19.99/£15.49)

The Walking Dead: Streets of Survival (€19.99/£16.99: Friday)

Little Witch in the Woods (€19.5/£16.75: Wednesday)

The Posthumous Investigation (€19.49/£16.75)

Mr. Sleepy Man (€17.49/£15.79)

Artis Impact (€16.99/£14.99)

Roman Sands RE:Build (€14.99/£14.99: Wednesday)

Die in the Dungeon (€14.99/£12.79)

Fountains (€14.99/£13.49)

Sniper Dan (€12.99/£10.49)

Tap Monster Duel (€12.99/£11.69)

Taxi Life Simulator (€12.99/£12.99)

Cat Adventure (€9.99/£9.99)

Get Fit: K-Pop Fitness (€9.99/£8.99)

Super Sharket (€9.99/£8.99)

Sweet Land Survival (€9.99/£9.99)

Block Shop (€9.75/£8.50-)

Monowave (€8.99/£7.39: Wednesday)

Jane Austen's 8-Bit Adventure (€8.99/£6.99)

Tower of Dreams (€8.15/£7.29: Wednesday)

16 Faces: School HP (€7.99/£7.99)

Math Pals - Monster Mania (€7.99/£7.99)

Yummy Yummy Cook Book (€6.99/£6.29)

EggConsole Deep Dungeon II MSX (€6.44/£5.79)

Shape Wars (€5.99/£5.49: Wednesday)

Hiragana Word Challenge (€5.99/£5.99)

Play and Learn: My First Hiragana (€5.99/£5.99)

Strange Mystery Room (€5.99/£5.99)

Dimensional Animals (€4.99/£4.49: Wednesday)

Welcome to Mars 9: The Tale of River (€4.99/£4.49: Wednesday)

Au Revoir (€4.99/£4.49)

Solitaire Companions - Cats (€4.99/£4.49)

VTBattle: It's Not About Subscribers! It's All About Power (€4.99/£4.49)

Aetherfall (€4.99/£4.49: Friday)

Red Hallway: Horror (€4.99/£3.99: Saturday)

Parkour Obby: Magma Run (€3.99/£3.49: Saturday)

Jigsaw Puzzle: Fun Shapes (€3.49/£2.99)

WordBuzz 4 (€2.99/£2.69)

Beautiful Girls on Campus: Memories of Youth (€2.49/£2.24)

Beautiful Women Around The World Photo Puzzle (€2.49/£2.24)

Classroom Mystery Secrets Behind the Lessons (€2.49/£2.24)

Heart-Pounding Office Puzzle With My Boss (€2.49/£2.24)

My Crush Beach Date Puzzle (€2.49/£2.24)

Phantom Thief Mirage and the Mysterious Clues (€2.49/£2.24)

Psychopath Mind Quiz: Unmask Their Dark Nature (€2.49/£2.24)

Tatami Crime Scenes What's Wrong? (€2.49/£2.24)

What Was Here? 1 Minute Memory Quiz (€2.49/£2.24)

Condo (€1.99/£1.79)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Trinity Trigger (€49.99/£44.99: Monday)

RuneScape: Dragonwilds (€29.99/£24.99: Tuesday)

Absolum (€24.99/£22.49)

Shape of Dreams (€24.99/£22.49)

Hololive Treasure Mountain MegaPack (€22.99/£20.64)

Spirit Valor (€20.99/£18.89)

Twofold - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (€19.99/£17.75)

Truck-Kun Is Supporting Me From Another World?! (€18.99/£14.83: Monday)

Kernel Hearts (€17.99/£15.99)

Sniper Dan (€12.99/£10.49)

Chit Chat Party! (€9.99/£8.99: Wednesday)

Party Party Time 3 (€6.00/£3.43: Friday)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Hololive Treasure Mountain MegaPack (€2.99/£2.65)

Party Party Time 3 (€1.00/£0.86: Friday)

Spirit Valor (€0.99/£0.89)

Absolum (no cost)

Twofold (no cost)

Switch 2 Archives

Dacholer (€8.99/£7.49)

Mr. Do!'s Castle (€8.99/£7.49)

Crazy Climber (€6.99/£6.29)

Switch

Airport Baggage Simulator (€19.99/£17.99)

Puzzle X: Model Girls (€19.99/£17.99)

Triple Trouble: Panty Secrets (€19.99/£17.99)

Very Scary Game (€9.99/£8.99)

Counter Protocol: Origins (€9.99/£8.99: Friday)

My Clothing Store Simulator (€8.99/£7.69: Friday)

Blocky Blast (€7.99/£6.99)

Lordcraft (€5.99/£5.39)

Scary Ring (€5.99/£5.19: Friday)

Art Rally Simulator (€4.99/£3.99: Wednesday)

Obby Sword Master (€4.99/£4.49)

Paddle Paddle Paddle (€4.99/£4.49)

Rouge Vault (€4.99/£4.44)

Zombie Siege (€4.99/£4.44)

Ragdoll Kart Simulator 2026 (€4.99/£3.99: Friday)

Sakura Branch: Blossom Puzzle (€3.99/£3.99: Monday)

Chopper Strike 2 (€3.49/£3.49: Saturday)

Boombaz (free to start)

Switch Archives

Mr. Do!'s Castle (€6.99/£6.29)

Japan

Switch 2

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave (¥8980)

Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter (¥8950)

Diablo IV: Age of Hatred Collection (¥8400: Wednesday)

Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight (¥7678: Friday)

Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising (¥6600)

Akiba Lost (¥5500)

Another Eden Begins (¥5480)

Destroy All Humans 2 - Reprobed (¥5170)

How To Solve Mysteries 2: The Mermaid Legend Murder Case (¥4980)

Maestro (¥4980)

Absolum (¥3080)

Woodo (¥2970)

TCG Card Shop Simulator (¥2600: Tuesday)

Fading Echo (¥2300)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Another Eden Begins (¥500)

Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter (¥150)

Absolum (¥110)

Woodo (¥100)

Switch

Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter (¥8800)

Le Mirage Mystique (¥8580)

Akiba Lost (¥5500)

Another Eden Begins (¥4980)

How To Solve Mysteries 2: The Mermaid Legend Murder Case (¥4980)

Maestro (¥4980)

Pixel Hunters: Turn Retro Consoles Into Your Boyfriend (¥4500)

Pixel Hunters: Turn Retro Consoles Into Your Girlfriend (¥4500)

Woodo (¥2970)

Artis Impact (¥2750)

TCG Card Shop Simulator (¥2600: Tuesday)

Mr. Sleepy Man (¥2600)

Flamecraft (¥2350: Friday)

Roman Sands RE:Build (¥2310)

Little Witch in the Woods (¥2300)

The Posthumous Investigation (¥2300)

Taxi Life Simulator (¥2060)

Fountains (¥1900)

Die in the Dungeon (¥1700)

Cat Adventure (¥1580)

Jane Austen's 8-Bit Adventure (¥1580)

Sweet Land Survival (¥1580)

Homebound Plush (¥1550: Friday)

Sniper Dan (¥1500)

Super Sharket (¥1500)

Tap Monster Duel (¥1500)

Quiz Challenge: Multiplayer (¥1490)

Monowave (¥1210)

Block Shop (¥1200)

EggConsole Deep Dungeon II MSX (¥1200)

Math Pals - Monster Mania (¥1200)

Yummy Yummy Cook Book (¥1113)

Tower of Dreams (¥1050)

Aetherfall (¥999)

16 Faces: School HP (¥980)

Shape Wars (¥980)

Solitaire Companions - Cats (¥800)

Dimensional Animals (¥600)

Au Revoir (¥580)

Paddle Paddle Paddle (¥500)

Animal Ear Spot The Difference (¥420)

Beautiful Girls Water Park Puzzle (¥420)

Beautiful Women of the World Photo Puzzle (¥420)

Cosplay Girlfriend's Reward: Spot the Difference (¥420)

Cute Maid Puzzle -Heart Pounding Service Time- (¥420)

Do Not Find It: Anomaly Photo Files (¥420)

Forensic Mystery - Tap Based Deduction Game (¥420)

Heart-Pounding Office Puzzle With My Boss (¥420)

Her Travelling Spinning Photo Puzzle (¥420)

Learn Korean With Manga (¥420)

Monster Girl Montage Puzzle (¥420)

My Crush Beach Date Puzzle (¥420)

Sorting Box Brain Training (¥420)

World History Quiz - You Should Learn In Elementary School (¥420)

Young Girl Find The Difference (¥420)

Condo (¥350)

WordBuzz 4 (¥299)

Revealed Later

Switch 2

Trinity Trigger (¥8580: Tuesday)

RuneScape: Dragonwilds (¥3400: Tuesday)

Hololive Treasure Mountain MegaPack (¥2800)

Shape of Dreams (¥2800)

Sprawl Zero (¥2800)

Twofold (¥2550)

Moomintroll: Winter's Warmth (¥2550: Friday)

Spirit Valor (¥1640)

Sniper Dan (¥1500)

Dacholer (¥1100)

Mr. Do!'s Castle (¥1100)

Chit Chat Party! (¥990)

Crazy Climber (¥800)

Party Party Time 3 (¥600: Friday)

Switch 2 Upgrade

Hololive Treasure Mountain MegaPack (¥400)

Spirit Valor (¥100)

Twofold (¥100)

Moomintroll: Winter's Warmth (¥100: Friday)

Party Party Time 3 (¥100: Friday)

Switch

Airport Baggage Simulator (¥3000)

Puzzle X: Model Girls (¥2999)

Triple Trouble: Panty Secrets (¥2999)

Hero-Hunting Dungeon: Skel's Revenge (¥2300)

My Clothing Store Simulator (¥1599)

Very Scary Game (¥1599)

Blocky Blast (¥1400)

Scary Ring (¥1119)

Cosmic Coop (¥1000)

Lordcraft (¥990)

Hypercar Racing (¥880)

Mr. Do!'s Castle (¥838)

Magic Kittens Merge (¥800)

Obby Sword Master (¥800)

Art Rally Simulator (¥799)

Ragdoll Kart Simulator 2026 (¥799)

Rouge Vault (¥799)

Zombie Siege (¥799)

Chopper Strike 2 (¥525)

Cursed District: Horror (¥500)

Parkour Obby: Magma Run (¥500)

Swamp Defense 2 (¥299)

Werewolf Online (free to start)

[Weird they chose to honor the Dreamcast by sticking Sonic in a puzzle game.]

21

TalkBack / Other News From The September 9 Nintendo Direct

« on: September 09, 2026, 09:16:00 AM »

Weird they chose to honor the Dreamcast by sticking Sonic in a puzzle game.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77213/other-news-from-the-september-9-nintendo-direct

Other announcements from today's Nintendo Direct:

• Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight will finally hit Switch 2 on September 18, about four months after it launched on other platforms.
• A trailer for The Witcher 3 Remastered (Sept 29) went over specific Switch 2 features including gyro and mouse controls, and also reconfirmed the Songs of the Past final DLC would be available next year.
• Action adventure / horror game Hell Is Us confirmed an October 8 Switch 2 release.
• Ubisoft will publish a Switch 2 version of The Crew: Motorfest on October 8.
• Rebuilding simulator (ripped off about 5000 times on the eShop) House Flipper 2 has scheduled a move-in date of October 15 for Switch 2.
• The original co-op adventure It Takes Two will receive a Switch 2 version on October 15 and owners of the Switch version will be able to upgrade for free in most territories.
• Free-to-start (developed by Gameloft) game Bluey's Happy Snaps based on the animated series will snap a Switch 2 and Switch release on October 15 as well.
• The Saudi Arabia-owned SNK made a pair of announcements, with Cristiano Ronaldo's Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves releasing October 22 (physical in January) and a collection of Metal Slug games programmed by M2 will be out next year which includes a location test version of the original and Metal Slug Advance.
• Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy will make its Nintendo direct download debut in an Encore Edition on November 5 for Switch 2: it was previously a cloud release for Switch.
• Stellar Blade Complete will release on November 5, and will be accompanied by a Bayonetta-themed outfit for maximum squick.
• It's Sonic's 30th anniversary, and his crossover with Pico Park is coming on November 12 (Switch 2 + Switch).
• The next expansion for Disney Dreamlight Valley called "The Keepsake Sea" will be out in November, and focuses on aquatic characters like Capt. Jack Sparrow and The Little Mermaid.
• Hela: Of Mice And Magic is an open-world adventure starring a mouse which will burrow into the Switch 2 (including physically) on December 1.
• Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream will follow on December 3 for Switch 2: it is an adventure set in an early 1900s Nordic city and has touch screen and mouse control options.
• They're giving Luke a gun in Professor Layton and the New World of Steam which will make 2026 barely (December 10): the next entry in the Yo-Kai Watch series is a remake of the Yo-Kai Watch 2 games called Haunted Domain and is confirmed to be in development but has no release window.
• Free-to-play life sim Palia will have a Switch 2 Edition launch in December.
• Shooter RPG The Ascent will also come to the Switch 2 in December with mouse control support and all prior DLC included (as an Ultimate Edition).
• The partner rapid fire reel opened with the Switch 2 edition of 007: First Light which still has no date beyond 2026.
• For unavoidable reasons, Danganronpa 2x2 (recently moved to a Game Key Card for its physical release) will hold its first class trials January 14.
• An extended gameplay trailer for Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis (February 12) was shown during the Direct.
• It's not card games on motorcycles (yet), but a remake of Yu-Gi-Oh Tag Force (2006, PSP) will deal a Switch 2 and Switch release February 16. The game's eShop listing is live for preorders, and has a three line disclosure of generative AI used for some of the language translations (which ones are not specified).
• Also due on February 16 is Romancing Saga 3: Destinies United for Switch 2 / Switch as recently spotted by the Brazilian ratings authority.
• Eternal Anima is a new Marvelous-published RPG that will bring time travel and a timing-based combat system a la Grandia to Switch 2 on March 4.
• Far Cry 3 and its highly 80s-tinged spinoff Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon will come to Switch 2 next spring.
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II will come to Switch with a Royal Edition next year including all of the previous DLC.
• Ondeh Ondeh: Kaya's Tasty Tale is a music-focused action game that Bandai Namco will publish next year.
• A rare handheld only Switch 2 game called Onyx: The Dark Grip from Bloober Team is due next year: the game makes heavy use of the touchscreen for puzzle solving.
• Stage Fright is a new 3 player co-op action game scheduled for 2027: it is developed by Ghost Town Games (Overcooked) and published by Hello Games (No Man's Sky)'s publishing label.
• Koei Tecmo and developer Gust will bring licensed mystery solving game The Apothecary Diaries: The False Imperial Brother to Switch 2 and Switch next year.

[If you've lost count of how many ways you can play Resident Evil 2 on Switch 2, you are not alone.]

22

TalkBack / Capcom Bringing New Mega Man Information And Trio Of Resident Evil Remakes

« on: September 09, 2026, 08:22:00 AM »

If you've lost count of how many ways you can play Resident Evil 2 on Switch 2, you are not alone.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77212/capcom-bringing-new-mega-man-information-and-trio-of-resident-evil-remakes

In addition to Monster Hunter, Capcom showed new details on an upcoming anniversary and is bringing a trio of modern remakes to Switch 2.

Resident Evil 2, 3, and 4, which all received modern RE Engine remakes over the last several years, will all come to Switch 2 on October 16. RE2 will be its Deluxe Edition and RE4 a "Gold Edition", both of which include all previously released DLC.

A quick trailer was also shown for Mega Man: Dual Overdrive which confirmed Proto Man will be playable, and the game celebrating the 40th anniversary of Mega Man will be available in spring of 2027. Alongside the Switch 2 and Switch releases will be Mega Man and Proto Man amiibo.

[Along with a few demos for upcoming games.]

23

TalkBack / PC Hit Meccha Chameleon And Remake Of Original Mystery Dungeon Out Today

« on: September 09, 2026, 08:13:00 AM »

Along with a few demos for upcoming games.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77211/pc-hit-meccha-chameleon-and-remake-of-original-mystery-dungeon-out-today

Crisis Core and the Mario Kart World update aren't the only shadowdrops today.

Perhaps the biggest one is the first console release for smash hit PC game Meccha Chameleon. It is a multiplayer hide-and-seek game in which the hiders can cover themselves in spray paint in order to help stay away from the seekers.

A remake of the original Mystery Dungeon game, Torneko's Mystery Dungeon, is also available today: the titular Torneko is the shopkeeper character from Dragon Quest IV. The remake, in addition to support for languages beyond Japanese, also adds difficulty settings and is available on both Switch 2 and Switch.

New demos are out for action RPG Fading Echo (September 17), Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World (Dec 3), and PS5/PC climbing game Cairn's debut on Switch 2 ("early 2027").

[Will kicking it old school make Mario Kart World more palatable to those who prefer worlds closed?]

24

TalkBack / Next Mario Kart World Update Out Now, Final Kirby Air Riders Amiibo Revealed

« on: September 09, 2026, 08:03:11 AM »

Will kicking it old school make Mario Kart World more palatable to those who prefer worlds closed?

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77210/next-mario-kart-world-update-out-now-final-kirby-air-riders-amiibo-revealed

Two of the best selling Switch 2 games received new information today.

Mario Kart World's version 1.8 update is out now, and in addition to adding two more Knockout Tours a "Vs Race" option is available with ten courses based on courses from the original Super Mario Kart. The courses even use ? blocks that must be driven across on the ground in order to get items alongside the retro track designs.

The final rider/vehicle Kirby Air Riders amiibo were also revealed as Sword Kirby+Dragoon and Noir Dedede+Hydra, bringing the final count for the line to seven. The new amiibo will be available in 2027: before that, an event that "refreshes the menus" will be released.

[A blond haired woman who can use Foresight? Nice to see Rex isn't the only Xenoblade protagonist who can have kids.]

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TalkBack / Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Switch 2 Edition To Add Another New Mode And New Hero

« on: September 09, 2026, 07:57:06 AM »

A blond haired woman who can use Foresight? Nice to see Rex isn't the only Xenoblade protagonist who can have kids.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77209/xenoblade-chronicles-3-switch-2-edition-to-add-another-new-mode-and-new-hero

Details continue to pour in for Nintendo's last Switch 2 release of the year, the Switch 2 Edition for Xenoblade Chronicles 3.

A new mode called "Heroes' Vault" was shown which sees the party attempt to defeat enemies and build a meter which can be expended for new skills or allies. The building is necessary in order to defeat bosses at the end of the road.

Additionally, a new hero named Shimmer will be available in the Switch 2 edition: she is an Attacker class hero with the Foresight ability.