As someone whose favorite Christmas special is the first two thirds of the Grinch (before the heel turn), I'm probably not the best person to offer holiday wishes, especially this year. But whatever you're doing this week, do it safely.

This week had a grenade lobbed into it last Tuesday when Super Meat Boy Forever was revealed to be hitting Switch on Wednesday, because nothing celebrates the holidays like endless slaughtering of meat. Double Dragon Neon will be listed as soon as we have a price for it, while Override 2 adds ULTRAMAN to the brawling lineup And of course, the six BIT.TRIP games are getting dumped all at once on Friday, and buying even one of them at full price gives you 60% off the remainder.

In the foreign stores, the big release in terms of importance for yours truly is the Aleste Collection from M2. I would be remiss if I didn't mention the huge sales from third parties this week: we have SquareEnix, Bandai Namco, Capcom... and yesterday, Ubisoft, with what must be a land speed record for non-launch discounts in one case.

North America

Switch eShop

Override 2: Super Mech League (US$29.99/C$39.99: Tuesday)

PBA Pro Bowling 2021 ($24.99/$32.99: Monday)

Super Sports Blast ($24.99/$31.49: Friday)

Super Meat Boy Forever ($19.99/$25.47: Wednesday)

The Hong Kong Massacre ($19.99/$25.19)

Double Dragon Neon ($14.99/$19.40: Monday)

Landflix Odyssey ($14.99/$18.89: Tuesday)

Nekopara Vol 4 ($14.99/$18.99: Tuesday)

Cube Life: Island Survival ($14.99/$18.89: Saturday)

DungeonTop ($13.99/$17.99: Saturday)

Door Kickers ($11.99/$14.99: Saturday)

Match Three: Pirates! Heir to Davy Jones ($9.99/$12.99: Friday)

Killer Chambers ($9.99/$12.59: Monday)

Isolation Story ($9.99/$12.59: Tuesday)

Elliot ($9.99/$12.59)

Kaul's Treasure ($9.99/$12.59)

Kingdom Tales ($9.99/$12.59)

Spirit Arena ($9.99/$12.59)

The Last Dead End ($9.99/$12.59)

Season Match 3: Curse of the Witch Crow ($9.99/$11.99: Wednesday)

Hexxagon Board Game ($9.89/$12.50: Wednesday)

Fatal Fury: First Contact ($7.99/$10.07: Wednesday)

Roundout by POWGI ($7.99/$9.99: Monday)

Candy 2048 Challenge ($7.99/$9.99: Friday)

Dungeonoid ($6.99/$8.81: Friday)

Candy Jump featuring Frosty ($5.99/$7.55)

Smart Moves ($5.99/$7.50: Monday)

Traffix ($4.99/$6.49: Monday)

BIT.TRIP BEAT ($4.99/$6.49: Friday)

BIT.TRIP CORE ($4.99/$6.49: Friday)

BIT.TRIP FATE ($4.99/$6.49: Friday)

BIT.TRIP FLUX ($4.99/$6.49: Friday)

BIT.TRIP RUNNER ($4.99/$6.49: Friday)

BIT.TRIP VOID ($4.99/$6.49: Friday)

JDM Racing - 2 ($4.99/$6.29)

Kolumno ($1.99/$2.5)

Switch Archives

Gradius III ($7.99/$9.87)

Sales and Price Drops

Highlights: Immortals: Fenyx Rising is 33% off until December 31 after being sold for 18 days. PSPrices, DekuDeals, @eShopNotifier

Europe

Switch eShop

My Universe: Pet Clinic - Cats & Dogs (€39.99/£35.99: Monday)

Override 2: Super Mech League (€29.99/£24.99: Tuesday)

PBA Pro Bowling 2021 (€24.99/£22.99: Monday)

Super Sports Blast (€24.99/£22.49: Friday)

The Hong Kong Massacre (€19.99/£17.99)

Dungeon Limbus (€16.99/£14.99: Monday)

Super Meat Boy Forever (€15.99/£15.99: Wednesday)

Landflix Odyssey (€14.99/£13.49: Tuesday)

Nosferatu Lilinor (€14.59/£13.09)

Cube Life: Island Survival (€13.99/£12.59: Saturday)

DungeonTop (€13.99/£12.59: Saturday)

Door Kickers (€11.99/£10.79: Saturday)

Nekopara Vol 4 (€10.99/£9.89: Tuesday)

Killer Chambers (€9.99/£12.59: Monday)

Season Match 3: Curse of the Witch Crow (€9.99/£8.99: Wednesday)

Elliot (€9.99/£8.99)

Kaul's Treasure (€9.99/£8.99)

Kingdom Tales (€9.99/£8.99)

Spirit Arena (€9.99/£8.99)

The Last Dead End (€9.99/£8.99)

Match Three: Pirates! Heir to Davy Jones (€9.99/£8.99: Friday)

Isolation Story (€9.59/£8.59: Tuesday)

Hexxagon Board Game (€8.79/£7.89: Wednesday)

Fatal Fury: First Contact (€7.99/£7.19: Wednesday)

Roundout by POWGI (€7.99/£6.99: Monday)

Candy 2048 Challenge (€7.99/£6.99: Friday)

Dungeonoid (€6.99/£6.29: Friday)

Candy Jump featuring Frosty (€5.99/£5.99)

Xmas: Super Puzzles Dream (€5.99/£5.39)

Smart Moves (€5.99/£5.39: Monday)

Traffix (€4.99/£4.99: Monday)

JDM Racing - 2 (€4.99/£4.49)

BIT.TRIP BEAT (€4.99/£4.49: Friday)

BIT.TRIP CORE (€4.99/£4.49: Friday)

BIT.TRIP FATE (€4.99/£4.49: Friday)

BIT.TRIP FLUX (€4.99/£4.49: Friday)

BIT.TRIP RUNNER (€4.99/£4.49: Friday)

BIT.TRIP VOID (€4.99/£4.49: Friday)

Kolumno (€1.99/£1.79)

Switch Archives

Gradius III (€6.99/£6,29)

Japan

Vampyr (¥7678)

Earth Defense Force: World Brothers (¥7480)

Arresta Kingdom (¥4950)

Death End re;Quest (¥4800)

Let's Sing 2021 (¥4200)

Pachislot Univa Kingdom A-Project (¥3000)

Super Real Mahjong Graffiti (¥2480)

Wingspan (¥2050)

Akita / Oga Mystery Guide Frozen Silver Suzuka (¥2000)

Dragon's Lair Trilogy (¥2000)

Nekopara Vol 4 (¥1650)

Mask of Mists (¥1499)

Clumsy Rush (¥1199)

Kingdom Tales (¥1049)

Kaptain Brawe (¥1049)

Great Conqueror: Rome (¥1000)

Demon's Tier+ (¥999)

Gradius III (¥838)

Drunken Fist (¥800)

Fatal Fury: First Contact (¥800)

Fox Fox (¥790)

Smart Moves (¥640)

Void Source (¥640)

16 Bit Soccer (¥555)

BIT.TRIP BEAT (¥500)

BIT.TRIP CORE (¥500)

BIT.TRIP FATE (¥500)

BIT.TRIP FLUX (¥500)

BIT.TRIP RUNNER (¥500)

BIT.TRIP VOID (¥500)

My Squadron Oranger (¥500)