On the shortest day of the year up North, the sun will set by the time you download everything.
'twas four days before Christmas and the author wonders how much Switch memory he has left. Another twenty games are dropping on Switch in North America this week, so let's run down the highlights: Mom Hid My Game (also on New 3DS) is a riot, we have the sequel to Max and the Magic Marker finally hitting a Nintendo system, and the long-awaited Next Penelope is racing into the Switch this week.
Other intriguing options include a lot of adventure titles (The Coma: Recut, Crawl, Blossom Tales) and a nice compilation of Tiny Troopers games. The puzzle genre is also well represented with Puzzle Box Maker on Switch (featuring some indie cameos) and the eighth Picross e title on 3DS. In the retro front, the NeoGeo game of the week is Pulstar but the highlight for most will be Nintendo's contribution in Vs. Super Mario Bros.
Europe's week is even more insane thanks to a couple of fashionably late recruits (Enter the Gungeon and Floor Kids) plus first crack at a game I debated backing on Kickstarter during a NWR telethon (2013) in Guns, Gore and Cannoli. Japan is also loaded up including a free-to-start title based on a Japanese board game and first crack at the return of Atelier games to the Nintendo family.
And on behalf of everyone here have a happy holidays, and we'll see you back here for... oh, about a dozen or so games next week to close 2017 out.
North America
Switch eShop
RXN -Raijin- (US$38.00/C$49.00: Tuesday)
TinyMetal ($24.99/$28.99)
Brawlout ($19.99/$24.99: Tuesday)
The Coma: Recut ($19.99/$24.51)
Puzzle Box Maker ($14.99/$19.99)
Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King ($14.99/$19.99)
Crawl ($14.99/$18.99: Tuesday)
Max and the Curse of Brotherhood ($14.99/$17.99)
Heart&Slash ($14.99/$17.99: Friday)
Bloody Zombies ($14.99/$16.99: Saturday)
Tiny Troopers: Joint Ops XL ($12.99/$14.99)
The Next Penelope ($12.99/$14.99)
60Seconds! ($9.99/$12.99: Monday)
Guns, Gore and Cannoli ($9.99)
The Deer God ($7.99/$9.03)
FruitFallCrush ($5.99/$7.49)
Frederic: Resurrection of Music ($5.99/$6.45)
Mom Hid My Game ($4.99/$6.99)
Woodle Tree Adventures ($4.99/$5.16)
Tactical Mind ($2.99/$3.99: Friday)
3DS eShop
The Legend of Dark Witch 3 Wisdom and Lunacy ($9.99/$14.89)
Picross e8 ($5.99/$6.45)
Mom Hid My Game ($4.99/$6.99: New 3DS only)
Battleminerz ($4.99/$5.99)
Switch Archives
Vs. Super Mario Bros ($7.99/$9.87: Friday)
Pulstar ($7.99/$9.87)
Demos and Trials
Dark Witch Music Episode: Rudymical (Switch)
Sales and Price Drops
Highlights: Rocket League is 25% off until January 2.
Europe
3DS Retail
Mario Party: The Top 100 (€39.99/£34.99: Friday)
Switch eShop
RXN – Raijin- (€31.99/£28.79: Friday)
TinyMetal (€24.99/£19.99)
Brawlout (€19.99/£17.99: Tuesday)
The Coma: Recut (€19.99/£17.99)
Floor Kids (€16.99/£15.99: Tuesday)
Max: The Curse of Brotherhood (€14.99/£14.99)
Puzzle Box Maker (€14.99/£13.49)
Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King (€14.99/£13.49)
Crawl (€14.99/£12.49: Tuesday)
Heart&Slash (€13.99/£12.59: Friday)
Plague Road (€12.5/£11.99)
The Next Penelope (€12.5/£10.99)
Enter the Gungeon (€14.99/£10.99: Tuesday)
Bloody Zombies (€13.49/£10.99: Saturday)
Tiny Troopers: Joint Ops XL (€12.99/£9.99)
Guns, Gore, and Cannoli (€9.99/£8.99)
Hammerwatch (€9.99/£8.99: Saturday)
60Seconds! (€9.99/£8.50: Monday)
The Deer God (€7.99/£7.19)
Frederic: Resurrection of Music (€5.99/£5.29)
FruitFallCrush (€5.49/£4.99)
Woodle Tree Adventures (€4.99/£4.99: Saturday)
Mom Hid My Game (€4.99/£4.49)
3DS eShop
The Legend of Dark Witch 3 (€9.99/£9.89)
Breakout Defense 2 (€6.99/£5.99)
Battleminerz (€4.99/£4.99)
Mom Hid My Game (€4.99/£4.49: New 3DS only)
Switch Archives
Pulstar (€6.99/£6.29)
Vs. Super Mario Bros (€6.99/£6.29: Friday)
Demos and Trials
Pic-a-Pix Deluxe (Switch)
Dark Witch Music Episode: Rudymical (Switch)
Sales and Price Drops
See here.
Japan - Switch
Atelier Lydie and Suelle (¥7884)
One Piece Kaizoku Musou 3 Deluxe (¥6264)
RXN -Raijin- (¥4212)
Toeic Listening and Reading Test (¥3780)
TinyMetal (¥2480)
The Sexy Brutale (¥2160)
Brawlout (¥2100)
Enter the Gungeon (¥1500)
Gorogoa (¥1500)
Of Mice and Sand: Revised (¥1200)
One More Dungeon (¥999)
Pulstar (¥823)
Vs. Super Mario Bros (¥823)
Simple Mahjong Online (¥800)
10 Second Run Returns (¥654)
Mom Hid My Game (¥500)
Platinum Train (free to start)