Starring chili dogs and wiggling chickens.
The two big games of the week are across two systems as Sonic Mania has already been dropped, while the 3DS gets the first post-Renegade Kid product of Jools Watsham with Chicken Wiggle. The former is created by modders, while the latter comes with its own modding tools. Which one's the more fun platformer? We'll leave that up to you. Jared reviewed Sonic Mania for us, while Matt West's review of Chicken Wiggle should be up shortly.
In other news, we have another demo as the Rayman Legends demo for the Switch's Definitive Edition is now available. Press X to MUUUUUUUURPHY. There's also two Jackbox Party Packs for those really pricey parties. On the retro front we have Magician Lord, one of the more popular non-fighting game properties of the Neo Geo.
Since the lineups for all three territories are largely similar, a word about the retail release Troll and I: Multiple reports exist of a repeatable hard lock bug in the Switch version, that according to the publisher can be resolved by power cycling the system (turning off and back on). No word yet on a patch for this issue.
North America
Switch Retail
Troll and I (US$29.99/C$39.99)
Switch eShop
The Jackbox Party Pack ($24.99/$33.99)
The Jackbox Party Pack 2 ($24.99/$33.99)
Sonic Mania ($19.99/$25.99)
Magician Lord ($7.99/$9.87)
Sky Ride ($7.00/$9.87)
3DS eShop
Chicken Wiggle ($14.99/$20.00)
Alchemic Dungeons ($5.00/$7.49)
Demos and Trials
Rayman Legends: Definitive Edition (Monday)
Sales and Price Drops
Highlights: FAST Racing NEO (Wii U) is on sale; Tank Troppers coupon available on My Nintendo.
Europe
Switch Retail
Troll and I (€34.99/£24.99)
Switch eShop
The Jackbox Party Pack (€20.99/£18.99)
The Jackbox Party Pack 2 (€20.99/£18.99)
Sonic Mania (€19.99/£15.99)
Magician Lord (€6.99/£6.29)
3DS eShop
Chicken Wiggle (€14.99/£13.49)
SmileBASIC (€9.50/£8.00)
Little Adventure on the Prairie (€3.49/£2.99)
Demos and Trials
Rayman Legends: Definitive Edition (Monday)
Sales and Price Drops
FAST Racing NEO (Wii U) is 25% off until 7 September.
Star Splash: Shattered Star is 30% off until 7 September.
Starsign titles are on sale until 7 September.
Real Heroes: Firefighter 3D is on sale until 24 August.
Nostatic Software titles are on sale until 24 August.
Petite Games titles are on sale until 31 August.
Lightwood Games titles are on sale until 24 August.
nuGAME titles are on sale until 14 September.
EnjoyUp titles are on sale until 14 September.
Japan - Switch
Sonic Mania (¥1944)
Magician Lord (¥823)