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Fonst said:
Why is that? Even if it is $2?
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The pinball tables in Pinball FX3 also work out to about $2-3 each.

Mummy Pinball and the others by this developer are shovelware tables made with a program called Pinball Creator for Unity.



I would recommend buying each and every table in Pinball FX3, The Pinball Arcade and Zaccaria Pinball before buying any of these. There's no shortage of excellent pinball tables on Switch for a fair price and even the worst tables in those programs are better made than these.

Very soon we should be getting Pinball FX3's Williams Pinball Volume 1, which will include stone-cold classics Medieval Madness, The Getaway, Fish Tales and Junkyard. These were tables that were removed from The Pinball Arcade on Switch before anyone could buy them and these new versions appear to be just as good if not better based on my time with the Steam beta.



I expect the 4 pack to go for $10, standard PBFX3 pricing, so you're getting faithful recreations of 4 of the best pinball tables ever made (well, I'm personally iffy on Junkyard but it's fine) for $2.50 each if I'm right about the price.

They also said to expect another Williams 4 pack before the end of the year with many more to come in 2019.
 
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Epilexia said:
The thing is, with the online subscription and the NES games, plus 'Phantasy Star' releasing this month, plus 'Marble It Up!', plus I have already purchased 'Into the Breach', I only want to buy a Hamster title this month. And 'Argus' is looking at me. All the day I have been thinking in pulling the trigger, because well, I'm terribly bad playing 'Argus', and I don't have too much confidence in my skills to improve and learning how to play well.

Plus I have found this Youtube video with a 1cc run, in which the creator writes a phenomenal review of the game in the description.



And the more I read about the game, the more terrified I feel :)





So my dilemma this month regarding the Arcade Archives series is 'Alpha Mission II' with a discount, or 'Argus' to be completely destroyed :)
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I bought Argus because of the cool logo/music, and because it's another TATE game to enjoy once that Switch grip ships!
 
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Nairume said:
The big issue I found was the lack of Dipswitch access. Gates of Doom is really unfair with the settings they lock the game to.
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If you google it, you can find the manual for the Gate of Doom arcade machine. Based on it, the settings in Johnny Turbo are the default settings for the arcade machine, so it's probably as hard as most of the machines at the time.

I played through the game a few times and, though it looked pretty hard at first, I slowly began to understand it. Today, I can play through the first half of it without using extra credits. The game only starts to kick my ass in the second half, but it gets easier every time I play it.
 
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What's everyone's take on Broforce? I loved the Early Access version and am curious as to how different the final game is.
 
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I pre-purchased Shikhondo and I want to finally get around to playing Hyper Light Drifter but with Dragon Quest XI arriving tomorrow I'm probably gonna hunker down with that until I'm done. Lots of great games this month!
 
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So, Hyper Light Drifter is up in the EU eshop. Has anyone already tried it? How's the port? I'm in the middle of Dead Cells and I still have to even try Okami HD, but this looks like the kind of game I'd enjoy a lot.
 
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I searched through the eshop threads and the rest of Era, but I haven't seen anyone mention Epic Loon more than in passing. I like the look of the game, and the parody of the old movies, but am not sold on the actual gameplay. Anyone have experience playing it on the Switch? It's currently on sale for 50% off for one more week.
 
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Epilexia

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It's curious how this year, for a lot of early Switch owners, 'Celeste' has been the equivalent of 'Breath of the Wild' in 2017.

A game that focused all the attention and reviews, obtaining perfect scores and creating a sense of community with threads of people sharing passionately their experiences with the game.

And even after all this months, people still find fond memories of the game, and every time that anyone tries to make a list of essential titles this year, 'Celeste' is the first name to come.

That a small production with 2D graphics and without a budget for marketing has been able to achieve this, it's one the things that shows me how much has matured the video game medium since the dark times in the last generation, in which an increasingly rise in the production values of HD games focused all the attention, making irrelevant in conversations all of these amazing PSP or DS obscure Japanese titles, a lot of the Wii hidden gems because they were't big productions and a lot of the early exclusive digital titles.

Some small games like 'Braid', 'Limbo' or 'Etrian Odyssey' were fortunate to obtain this attention.

But it's also truth that form a video game history standpoint, the last generation was a graveyard full with the corpses of these small titles, eclipsed and ignored by the general public.

We still live in the narrative of a decline in JRPGs in the last generation, when we had one of the most brilliant periods for the genre, thanks to the healthy market for Nintendo DS and PSP in Japan.

And there are so many digital games that were ignored, I'm thinking in 'Fluidity' for Wii, 'Mutant Storm Reload' or the first 'Spelunker HD'.

I'm so glad of this turnaround in the coverage and integration of small titles, as a part of the narrative regarding the current state of the video game medium. In which games like 'Celeste' or 'Into the Breach', will obtain a similar place in video game history and are accepted and celebrated, together with the big hits of the year such as 'God of War' or 'Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'.
 
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I just bought Shikhondo and first thing I did was go to the Online Rankings...completely empty.

Maybe this is my chance to get 1st place on an Online High Score table!!
 
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First impressions of Shikhondo, I'm disappointed. The graphics are all too small. There is no Tate mode. And the game has a nice, but invasive border on both sides of the screen. The action takes place in small window in the centre of the screen. All that flowery stuff you see in the screenshot, doesn't move out of the way and is persistent through the entire game, both gameplay and menus.

You can't scroll up and down or cycle through the scores on each individual ranking table.

And the game lacks sound effects. There's a nice soundtrack that plays but sound effects are few and far between and the tutorial takes place in silence. Odd.

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EDIT: And I've had a moment where I died and the menu stopped working. Had to restart my Switch.
 
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if anyone has any info or anything on the co-op in Hyper Light Drifter, I'd appreciate it. specifically, can you play the whole game from the beginning in co-op, and can you switch to single player at any point? and whether it's worth playing in that mode in general I suppose.

my partner and I played through Hollow Knight recently, passing the controller back and forth, and it seems like this would be fun in a similar way, but if the co-op is pretty good that would probably be preferable....
 
Epilexia

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First impressions of Shikhondo, I'm disappointed. The graphics are all too small. There is no Tate mode. And the game has a nice, but invasive border on both sides of the screen. The action takes place in small window in the centre of the screen. All that flowery stuff you see in the screenshot, doesn't move out of the way and is persistent through the entire game, both gameplay and menus.

You can't scroll up and down or cycle through the scores on each individual ranking table.

And the game lacks sound effects. There's a nice soundtrack that plays but sound effects are few and far between and the tutorial takes place in silence. Odd.

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EDIT: And I've had a moment where I died and the menu stopped working. Had to restart my Switch.
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TATE mode has no sense in this game, because it uses a 4:3 horizontal layout, similar to other vertical games such as 'MUSHA' or 'Giga Wing'.

A 4:3 display is still one of the established conventions of the genre, it doesn't matter if you choose a TATE or a YOKO display. Because to use the full spectrum of 16:9 can make things too much convoluted.

Let's say that traditionally, you have two types of vertical shmups. Ones using a vertical TATE display, so in this case, a TATE mode is the way to play. But even with this, you will see black margins in the upper and lower part of the screen. And there are also examples of vertical games using an horizontal display, normally manufactured thinking in fitting in normal cabinets.

I'm really super into horizo-vertical shmups, so definitely, 'Shikhondo' has my interest.

Many thanks for posting your impressions because this a thing that I read in the only review that I have found of the game. That in portable mode, it's very hard to read the bullets patterns, due to the size of the screen. It seems a game more suited to play in docked mode.

How is the framerate, being a game made in Unity?

At this point, this is the thing that worries me. After the bad performance of other shmups made in Unity, such as 'RXN -Raijin-'.
 
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If anyone is interested, I wrote some impressions about Hyper Light Drifter - Special Edition on the SwitchArcade Roundup I started doing for TouchArcade. This is from the perspective of someone with very little knowledge of the game coming into it, so these might be elementary impressions for most of you.

https://toucharcade.com/2018/09/05/...er-light-drifter-special-edition-impressions/
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I think you were spot-on about the plot:

Everything from the visuals, to the ambient music, to the story that all plays out without a single word of dialog throughout its course is designed in this approach. Sure, I couldn't make heads or tails about what the hell was going on in the game's story, but I felt that the game relies on the player building their own interpretation of Hyper Light Drifter's happenings. That's the way I preferred it, at least.
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There are many complex theories about it, but really, it's way more interesting to find your own interpretation, and I feel that not understanding parts of it makes the game more attractive.

Let me just add something that will fuel your interpretations: the developer has some serious heart issues. If you search about it online, you'll start making big connections in the game.

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First impressions of Shikhondo, I'm disappointed. The graphics are all too small. There is no Tate mode. And the game has a nice, but invasive border on both sides of the screen. The action takes place in small window in the centre of the screen. All that flowery stuff you see in the screenshot, doesn't move out of the way and is persistent through the entire game, both gameplay and menus.

You can't scroll up and down or cycle through the scores on each individual ranking table.

And the game lacks sound effects. There's a nice soundtrack that plays but sound effects are few and far between and the tutorial takes place in silence. Odd.

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EDIT: And I've had a moment where I died and the menu stopped working. Had to restart my Switch.
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Thanks for the impressions, I'm curious about the game.

No tate is a big issue for me. I'm actually intrigued by the lack of sound effects that you've mentioned, because this could be a dev with a weird and different way of doing things... but it could also be just bad game design.
 
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Damn, Into the Breach is no joke. You can be having a great run then make one mistake on a critical turn and it all goes up in flames. You gotta stay sharp at all times.
 
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  • Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch
    • SNK HEROINES ~Tag Team Frenzy~ – The SNK HEROINES ~Tag Team Frenzy~ game brings the party home! Play online* or with friends** as SNK's iconic heroines in this new 2-v-2 fighting game. Choose one of the many heroines from SNK's history, like Athena, Kula and Shermie, and customize her look before letting her battle it out. Who will be the Belle of the Brawl? SNK HEROINES ~Tag Team Frenzy~ is available on Sept. 7.
    • NBA 2K19 – The NBA 2K franchise celebrates 20 years of redefining what sports gaming can be, from graphics and gameplay to unique game modes and an immersive open-world "Neighborhood". The NBA 2K19 game continues to push limits as it brings gaming one step closer to real-life basketball excitement and culture. NBA 2K19 is available Sept. 11 and the NBA 2K19 20th Anniversary Edition is available Sept. 7.
    • Hyper Light Drifter – Special Edition – Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies. Echoes of a dark and violent past resonate throughout a savage land, steeped in treasure and blood. Hyper Light Drifter is an action-adventure-RPG in the vein of the best 16-bit classics, with modernized mechanics and designs on a much grander scale.
    • Gone Home – You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in the Gone Home game, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.
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Epilexia said:
TATE mode has no sense in this game, because it uses a 4:3 horizontal layout, similar to other vertical games such as 'MUSHA' or 'Giga Wing'.

A 4:3 display is still one of the established conventions of the genre, it doesn't matter if you choose a TATE or a YOKO display. Because to use the full spectrum of 16:9 can make things too much convoluted.

Let's say that traditionally, you have two types of vertical shmups. Ones using a vertical TATE display, so in this case, a TATE mode is the way to play. But even with this, you will see black margins in the upper and lower part of the screen. And there are also examples of vertical games using an horizontal display, normally manufactured thinking in fitting in normal cabinets.

I'm really super into horizo-vertical shmups, so definitely, 'Shikhondo' has my interest.

Many thanks for posting your impressions because this a thing that I read in the only review that I have found of the game. That in portable mode, it's very hard to read the bullets patterns, due to the size of the screen. It seems a game more suited to play in docked mode.

How is the framerate, being a game made in Unity?

At this point, this is the thing that worries me. After the bad performance of other shmups made in Unity, such as 'RXN -Raijin-'.
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The biggest problem with the game is that everything is so small in Handheld mode. I've yet to try docked.

There's a "bullet-grazing" system that powers up your weapons and that seems a bit odd. Some real close calls don't build up your meter and other times they do. I like the setting, ancient Oriental monsters and it has a very nice look to it.

Sound Effects are weak though and that is an important thing in shmups, you need audible cues for everything that's happening and this lacks so many sound effects. Plus in parts where you expect the characters to be speaking there is no dialogue. With Danmaku Unlimited 3 there isn't any dialogue but then you're not presented with any characters. Here we have to protagonists we can choose and the bosses are (so far) represented by humans and there is no voices for any of them except from a few boss laughs.

Initially then this comes off as disappointing. I'm gonna sink a couple of hours into it on my work commute to see if the actual shooting system is good and enjoyable.
 
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Now speaking of Shmups there is another chump coming out tomorrow called FullBlast. It was released on Wii U a couple of years ago and on iOS & Android before that. It's got a nice perspective to it but it lacks the manic bullet-hell intensity that I'm looking for in a chump these days.

Here's a review of the Wii U version:
 
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Ninjadom said:
The biggest problem with the game is that everything is so small in Handheld mode. I've yet to try docked.

There's a "bullet-grazing" system that powers up your weapons and that seems a bit odd. Some real close calls don't build up your meter and other times they do. I like the setting, ancient Oriental monsters and it has a very nice look to it.

Sound Effects are weak though and that is an important thing in shmups, you need audible cues for everything that's happening and this lacks so many sound effects. Plus in parts where you expect the characters to be speaking there is no dialogue. With Danmaku Unlimited 3 there isn't any dialogue but then you're not presented with any characters. Here we have to protagonists we can choose and the bosses are (so far) represented by humans and there is no voices for any of them except from a few boss laughs.

Initially then this comes off as disappointing. I'm gonna sink a couple of hours into it on my work commute to see if the actual shooting system is good and enjoyable.
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Yeah, after reading your comments, I looked to a video with a complete run of the game.

The sound design is not "bad", but it's clearly inspired by the Touhou series of games, which tends to have a very different approach in sound design to your traditional Japanese shmup. They tend to make the sound effects less irrelevant, to create a more "zenny" experience, centered around dodging complex bullet patterns at slow motion, with your typical "focus mode" button. It even has the long sequences of bosses with transformations, in a pure Touhou fashion.

I always found the sound design lacking in these Touhou clones, in comparison with your typical and more juicy classic shmup, so I understand your exact feelings with this game.

Many thanks for all your detailed impressions. I still find cool to have a shmup with a Touhou approach in Switch. While this way of conceiving shmups is not my favorite, I still enjoy this branch. But seeing how the game is more suited to play in a TV, I think that this is other in the list of games that I will wait for a sale. Specially seeing that the game is distributed by Digerati. So this will have a 50% discount in less than two months.
 
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Hey all,

I keep searching for this information to no avail. What's VC 4's performance and resolution on Switch like? Is it 1080p 30fps docked and 720p undocked or something better or something worse?
 
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So how's the input lag on the ACA Neogeo games in portable mode? I'm tempted to grab Metal Slug during this sale but I'd like to know this before taking the plunge.
 
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Damn, 'Monkey King: Master of the Clouds', other shmup classic arcade port, has seen a phantom release in the European eshop.

Before pushing the buy button, because I fucking adore this game, I need to know if the game includes a CRT shader with scanlines.

If some brave soul purchase the game or can find any video footage of this Switch version online, it will be really appreciated.
 
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Epilexia has the performance of Black: The Fall improved at all since release? I'm interested in the game, but I remember you saying its performance is awful.
 
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Epilexia has the performance of Black: The Fall improved at all since release? I'm interested in the game, but I remember you saying its performance is awful.
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I'm not joking when I say that indeed, via patches, they made the game even worse in portable mode. I'm in a terrible setup writing from my GPD Win, as to be able to take my SD card to post some pictures, buey they made the game looks like MUCH worse and even more downgraded.

Basically, in the release day, the game was in a sub-native resolution, the lower resolution that I have found in a Switch portable game. But thanks to this blurriness, the game looked with some antialiasing.

In the last patch, they increased the resolution in some parts, being still sub-native, BUT they also eliminated any type of antialiasing. So now, the game looks even worse than a Playstation 1 early 3D game connected to a LCD television in some parts. It's like a festival of jaggies.

If you can live with the most dramatic graphic downgrade ever seen in a Switch game, including reducing a lot of effects and elements in the scenario respect to the Steam and PS4 versions, the game is perfectly playable. I completed this, without bugs, and I need to say, without slowdown. My only problem is how terribly looks in the handheld screen.

All of that said, playing in docked mode, the game looks good doing an impressive work in the art department. And while it's not the best cinematic platformer, because they completely dropped the ball in the second half of the game with an excessive use of puzzles manipulating mechanisms, and by completely eliminating the rest of things that the game does in a very good way, like the stealth parts... this is still an European cinematic platformer.

And to say to a fan of cinematic platformers, skip this game because it's a mediocrity, I know that it's not an option. And your desire of playing any game resembling 'Another World', will you make to push the purchase button, as I did, after reading all the terror stories regarding this Switch version :)

So my dear friend Arturo , I see you in a hell reserved for those that purchased this port of 'Black: The Fall' :)
 
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Has anyone heard anything regarding Mark of the Ninja? Not heard anything since the nindie reveal - really looking forward to it.
 
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Hyper Light Drifter - Special Edition (Abylight) - €19.99/£17.99
Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies. Echoes of a dark and violent past resonate throughout a savage land, steeped in treasure and blood. Hyper Light Drifter is an action adventure RPG in the vein of the best 16-bit classics, with modernized mechanics and designs on a much grander scale.

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When evil threatens the world, the world calls on Broforce - an under-funded, over-powered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force. Brace your loins with up to four players to run 'n' gun as dozens of different bros and eliminate the opposing terrorist forces that threaten our way of life.

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Gone Home (Annapurna Interactive) - €14.99/£11.99
You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.

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ACA NEOGEO NINJA COMMANDO (HAMSTER) - €6.99/£6.29
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Gakuen Club (D3 Publisher) - €24.99/£19.99
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Lifeless Planet: Premiere Edition (Serenity Forge) - €19.99/£15.99 (€14.99/£11.99 until September 13)
An astronaut discovers a planet that was reported to be rich with life is instead a barren wasteland. He makes a more startling discovery: evidence that humans have already been to this planet years ago! Equipped with a limited-use jet-pack and a mobile robotic arm, the player must use wits and skill to solve puzzles, unravel the mystery, and survive the Lifeless Planet!

Monkey King: Master of the Clouds (UFO Interactive) - €4.99/£4.49
A huge Japanese coin-op hit developed by HOT-B in 1989, the game was later renamed Cloud Master when released outside Japan on the Sega Master System. This upgraded release of the original arcade version includes HD ready elements by developer Starfish-SD, the company formed by the original HOT-B development team. For the first time, live online leaderboards will add a worldwide competitive quality to the game not possible before.

Shikhondo: Soul Eater (Digerati) - €13.99/£12.59 (€12.59/£11.33 until October 6)
Shikhondo - Soul Eater is a Korean bullet-hell shoot 'em up set within a beautiful and bizarre world of Asian mythology. Armies of demons known as yokai have escaped from Limbo. They are spreading like a plague across the land, sowing fear and stealing souls. You must destroy the pestilent invaders and free the captured souls from eternal torment.

Slice, Dice & Rice (ARC SYSTEM WORKS) - €17.99/£16.19
In "Slice, Dice & Rice", a single, clean hit will determine the victor. The winner of the duel is determined by one's mastery of "Parry" and "Shingan". "Parrying" your opponent's attack will place you in an advantageous position. The "Shingan" will assist you in dealing with incoming attacks. Once activated, time slows down, making it easier to "parry" your opponent's attack.

GOD WARS The Complete Legend (NIS America) - €39.99/£35.99
GOD WARS The Complete Legend is a tactical RPG that explores the untold history of Japan through folklore and tactical combat. Discover the secret pasts and ultimate destinies of Kaguya and her friends inside the "Labyrinth of Yomi."

NBA 2K19 20th Anniversary Edition (2K Games, available September 7) - €99.99/£84.99
NBA 2K celebrates 20 years of redefining what sports gaming can be, from best in class graphics & gameplay to ground-breaking game modes and an immersive open-world "Neighborhood." NBA 2K19 continues to push limits as it brings gaming one step closer to real-life basketball excitement and culture.

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SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy (NIS America, September 7) - €49.99/£39.99
Fan-favourite heroines from SNK gather together for 2-on-2 tag-team action in SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy on Nintendo Switch! Activate a variety of moves in battle with just one button. Then, while changing characters, get the upper hand using a huge variety of items!

FullBlast (Ratalaika Games, available September 7) - €5.99/£5.99 (€4.79/£4.79 until September 16)
With an art style inspired by the 80's and the 90's, FullBlast is a vertical-scrolling shooter that will bring a dose of nostalgia to all gamers who spent many an hour at their local arcade, engaging in Shmups. But don't worry, just because it's retro in origin, modern conventions and technology have been considered, resulting in a modern and vibrant presentation that is the perfect way to introduce a new generation of gamers to a largely untapped genre.

Ludomania (Baltoro Games, available September 7) - €3.00/£2.69
Ludomania - a one-of-a-kind app with which you can play the most popular variations of the medieval Indian board game: Pachisi!

Mummy Pinball (EnjoyUp Games, available September 7) - €1.99/£1.79
The most entertaining Pinball is back!

Enjoy Mummy Pinball, a perfect reproduction of a real pinball machine, with all the graphic details and sounds. Discover all the secrets, complete all the missions and become number 1 in the world or the best among your Friends, posting your high score on the online leaderboard.

Super Inefficient Golf (34BigThings, available September 7) - €7.99/£6.99
Super Inefficient Golf builds on top of the most inefficient game ever conceived by making it even LESS efficient. Drop your silly golf stick and start using exploding mines to guide your ball! Place them, choose the right timing, and BOOM - Birdie!

Sigi - A Fart for Melusina (Sometimes You, available September 7) - €4.99/£4.49
Super tight gameplay and wonderful pixel graphics make Sigi a light-hearted and loving 8-bit adventure to enjoy.

Swim Out Demo (Lozange Lab) - Free
Over 100 levels nestled in carefully crafted landscapes, soothed by the sound of seagulls, frogs or water splashes.

7 chapters combining : 12 different types of swimmers, 12 different objects to interact with, 6 disruptive environmental elements like waves, crabs or jellyfish that will give your brain a work out until you swim out!


Downloadable Content

Pic-a-Pix Deluxe - Classic 09 (Lightwood Games) - €2.99/£2.99
An additional pack of 60 classic black-and-white puzzles in various sizes.

WorldNeverland - Elnea Kingdom: Citrus Summer Dress Set (althi) - €3.33/£2.99
A casual dress and stylish kid's clothing inspired by the southern sea and flowers.

*You can buy it at any time in the game shop (Clothing Store in Castle St.) when you purchase it.

GOD WARS The Complete Legend - Additional Equipment: Forest Spear Set (NIS America, available September 7) - €1.49/£1.39
This content adds a set of equipment, which includes:
- Forest Spear
- Forest Armor
- Forest Necklace

GOD WARS The Complete Legend - Additional Equipment: Earth Axe Set (NIS America, available September 7) - €1.49/£1.39
This content adds a set of equipment, which includes:
- Earth Axe
- Earth Armor
- Earth Gauntlet

GOD WARS The Complete Legend - Additional Equipment: Akiba Sword Set (NIS America, available September 7) - €1.49/£1.39
This content adds a set of equipment, which includes:
- Akiba Sword
- Akiba Armor
- Akiba Gauntlet

GOD WARS The Complete Legend - Additional Equipment: Momotaro's Kibi Dumpling Set (NIS America, available September 7) - €0.49/£0.40
This content adds a set of equipment, which includes:
- Kibi D.(Matcha)
- Kibi D.(Peach)
- Kibi D.(Kinako)

GOD WARS The Complete Legend - Additional Equipment: Uzume's Dancer Set (NIS America, available September 7) - €1.49/£1.39
This content adds a set of equipment, which includes:
- Lucky Necklace
- Lucky Hairpin
- Lucky Bracelet

GOD WARS The Complete Legend - Additional Equipment: Fox Weapon Set (NIS America, available September 7) - €1.49/£1.39
This content adds a set of equipment, which includes:
- Fox Bow
- Fox's Pride

GOD WARS The Complete Legend - Additional Equipment: True Three Sacred Treasures Set (NIS America, available September 7) - €1.49/£1.39 (Free until September 14)
This content adds a set of equipment, which includes:
- T.Sacred Blade
- T.Holy Magatama
- T.Sacred Mirror

GOD WARS The Complete Legend - Additional Equipment: Ookami Siblings Treasure Set (NIS America, available September 7) - Free
This content adds a set of equipment, which includes:
- Ookami Fang
- Ookami Stole

GOD WARS The Complete Legend - Additional Equipment: Orihime's Good Fortune Set (NIS America, available September 7) - Free
This content adds a set of equipment, which includes:
- Crane Dagger
- Crane Hagoromo
- Crane's Pride

NBA 2K19 - 5,000 VC (2K Games, available September 7) - €1.99/£1.69
NBA 2K19 - 15,000 VC (2K Games, available September 7) - €4.99/£4.00
NBA 2K19 - 35,000 VC (2K Games, available September 7) - €9.99/£7.99
NBA 2K19 - 75,000 VC (2K Games, available September 7) - €19.99/£16.00
NBA 2K19 - 200,000 VC (2K Games, available September 7) - €49.99/£39.99
NBA 2K19 - 450,000 VC (2K Games, available September 7) - €99.99/£79.99
There are more ways than ever before to spend your VC. Upgrade your MyPLAYER, buy MyTEAM packs to build your perfect fantasy team, and so much more!


Pre-orders

NBA 2K19 (2K Games) - €69.99/£54.99
Pre-Order until 10/09/23:59 local time

Game description: NBA 2K celebrates 20 years of redefining what sports gaming can be, from best in class graphics & gameplay to ground-breaking game modes and an immersive open-world "Neighborhood." NBA 2K19 continues to push limits as it brings gaming one step closer to real-life basketball excitement and culture.

NBA 2K19 includes the following digital items:
NBA 2K19 20th Anniversary Edition: Locker Codes-Pre-Purchase Bonus

NBA 2K19 20th Anniversary Edition (2K Games) - €99.99/£84.99
Pre-Order until 10/09/23:59 local time

Game description: NBA 2K celebrates 20 years of redefining what sports gaming can be, from best in class graphics & gameplay to ground-breaking game modes and an immersive open-world "Neighborhood." NBA 2K19 continues to push limits as it brings gaming one step closer to real-life basketball excitement and culture.

The NBA 2K19 20th Anniversary Edition includes the following digital items:
NBA 2K19 20th Anniversary Edition: Anniversary Edition Bonus

Nefarious (Digerati) - €14.99/£13.49 (€13.49/£12.14 until September 22)
Pre-Order until 12/09/2018, 23:59 local time

Game description: Tired of playing the hero? Nefarious is a 2D action platformer where you get to be the villain! Step into the wily shoes of Crow, an evil genius on an epic quest to steal princesses for his royalty-powered death ray – the world-conquering Doom Howitzer.

The Warlock of Firetop Mountain (Tin Man Games) - €24.99/£19.99 (€19.99/£15.99 until September 13)
Pre-Order until 13/09/2018, 14:59 local time

Game description: Battle, sneak, and charm your way through thousands of story options as you play through over a dozen major quests, each unique to a different Hero.

Siegecraft Commander (Level 77) - €19.99/£17.99
Pre-Order until 19/09/2018, 14:59 CEST

Game description: Play through the Knight campaign as you battle against the tribal Lizardmen or enjoy the ground-breaking PvP combat system that will deliver fast-paced real-time strategy action or tactical turn-based gameplay. Multiplayer allows either game mode, while single-player focuses entirely on real-time strategic gameplay.

Surgeon Simulator CPR (Bossa Studios) - €10.99/£9.99 (€9.89/£8.99 until September 20)
Pre-Order until 13/09/2018, 08:59 CEST

Game description: Didn't fancy seven years at medical school? Skip straight to the operating table with Surgeon Simulator CPR, fully revived and feeling better-than-ever on the Nintendo Switch!

Now featuring all-new motion control functionality as well as local co-op play, it's time to scrub up for the most immersive version yet of the infamous operation sim!

Undertale (8-4) - €14.99/£11.99
Pre-Order until 17/09/2018, 23:59 local time
Game description: The world-famous indie RPG UNDERTALE comes to Nintendo Switch!

Fall into the underworld and explore a hilarious and heart-warming world full of dangerous monsters. Date a skeleton, dance with a robot, cook with a fishwoman... or destroy everyone where they stand. The future is yours to determine!

Wastleland 2: Director's Cut (inXile Entertainment) - €25.99/£23.99
Pre-Order until 13/09/2018, 08:59 local time

Game description: The Wasteland's hellish landscape is waiting for you to make your mark... or die trying. With over 80 hours of gameplay, you will deck out your Desert Ranger squad with the most devastating weaponry this side of the fallout zone, test the limits of your strategy skills, and bring justice to the wasteland.


Nintendo eShop (3DS)

YO-KAI WATCH BLASTERS: Red Cat Corps (Nintendo, available September 7) - €39.99/£34.99
Players can team up with up to three other friends either locally or online to fight towering Big Bosses, using skills and powerful Soultimate Moves. While previous YO-KAI WATCH games focused on turnbased battles, YO-KAI WATCH BLASTERS drops you into real-time skirmishes, in the first ever action RPG for the series. Each of the two versions of the game contains different Yo-kai, missions and bosses. By trading between the two, you can collect all the Yo-kai!

YO-KAI WATCH BLASTERS: White Dog Squad (Nintendo, available September 7) - €39.99/£34.99
Players can team up with up to three other friends either locally or online to fight towering Big Bosses, using skills and powerful Soultimate Moves. While previous YO-KAI WATCH games focused on turnbased battles, YO-KAI WATCH BLASTERS drops you into real-time skirmishes, in the first ever action RPG for the series. Each of the two versions of the game contains different Yo-kai, missions and bosses. By trading between the two, you can collect all the Yo-kai!
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No Depth

No Depth

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I've got over 30 games on my wishlist...please let some of them have sale deals today. I feel like its been months and no movement on most.
 
LiftGammaGain

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Epilexia said:
Damn, 'Monkey King: Master of the Clouds', other shmup classic arcade port, has seen a phantom release in the European eshop.

Before pushing the buy button, because I fucking adore this game, I need to know if the game includes a CRT shader with scanlines.

If some brave soul purchase the game or can find any video footage of this Switch version online, it will be really appreciated.
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I like you adore this game so I bought it in a heart beat....WRONG DECISION.
this port has been a major disapoitment.No display options AT ALL.Like 0!your forced to a windowed wallpaper all the time....no difficulty settings...and worst of all the game runs like horse shit in handheld mode. I'm traveling so haven't tried docked.AVOID until further updates. How hard can it be to mess this shit up.
 
Intel_89

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Nairume

Nairume

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bigwinnerx said:
Any must plays in that list?
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Metal Slug, Fatal Fury 2, and Samurai Showdown are all great games that are just outclassed by sequels available on the eshop (just not on sale). Alpha Mission 2 is a really good shooter and King of the Monsters is a lot of fun.

The rest I don't know as much about personally, aside from Burning Fight being an okay Final Fight clone.
 
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