Nintendo eShop - October 2018

Several WayForward games are on sale on the Switch eShop in North America starting today. Saw this while writing up the new eShop sales for my article later today.

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero ($13.99 from $19.99)
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse ($15.99 from $19.99)
The Mummy Demastered ($13.99 from $19.99)

I am playing The End is Nigh right now and it is really really good, enjoying it more than Super Meat Boy. I would say to turn off the antialiashing is a must, though.

ryushe said:

I fucking love Rogue Legacy but I'm not sure I have it in me to unlock everything again.

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Same for me.
But i would buy a Rogue Legacy 2. The first one is absolutely a blast. Buy it if you haven't alread played it.

I already own Disc Jam and despite the generic visuals it is really a blast to play against friends. Is Windjammers comparable in terms of gameplay? I know about Windjammer's glowing reputation, but the action in videos looks rather hectic to me. Does it have depth in terms of tactics or the learning curve?

Did any of you play through Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition? I bought it impulsively on launch day, cos it was new & discounted. Haven't started it yet. But is it a good game, did you enjoy it?

Ninjadom said:

Did any of you play through Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition? I bought it impulsively on launch day, cos it was new & discounted. Haven't started it yet. But is it a good game, did you enjoy it?

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Honestly, not really.

It's a neat concept but the execution is not very good. Battles aren't very fun, the truncated exploration robs the game of its best feature and it just runs poorly. Honestly, outside of the novelty of a PS1-ified version of FFXV, it isn't worth your time.

... That's said, as someone who loves XV proper, put well over 100 hours into it and even platinumed the game, I maybe wasn't the target demo for this version of it.

Ninjadom said:

Did any of you play through Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition? I bought it impulsively on launch day, cos it was new & discounted. Haven't started it yet. But is it a good game, did you enjoy it?

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I started it and got to chapter 4, I think. I got kind off bored with the battle. The combat is pretty simple, and playing dragalia lost at the same time made it even more obvious because combat is similar. I know it's originally a mobile game, but it didn't cost the same as one. The story was ok. The exploration was meh. Areas aren't huge, and the things you're looking for are generally just stars on the ground. I do like the scavenger hunt maps though.

Fergus Mac Roich said:

Played the demo for that Mighty Gunburst game and it seems like a really solid Megaman style title. I'll have to get it.

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It's an underrated gem, a really fantastic game. I'd put it up there with any of the best Megaman titles.

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It's an underrated gem, a really fantastic game. I'd put it up there with any of the best Megaman titles.

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Loved what I played of it. It felt snappy and responsive, loved the aesthetic as well.

Phil32 said:

Several WayForward games are on sale on the Switch eShop in North America starting today. Saw this while writing up the new eShop sales for my article later today.

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero ($13.99 from $19.99)
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse ($15.99 from $19.99)
The Mummy Demastered ($13.99 from $19.99)

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Thanks for the heads-up! The Mummy Demastered was considered to be pretty good, right? If I'm recalling correctly it was patched after release which fixed some early complaints.

zoodoo said:

The second is way better. They did a very good job at improving on the first.

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Bought it as soon as I finished the first one and it is way better. Amazing games.

Ninjadom said:

Did any of you play through Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition? I bought it impulsively on launch day, cos it was new & discounted. Haven't started it yet. But is it a good game, did you enjoy it?

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It is ok, but not compelling enough to stop me getting distracted and/or looking forward to all the other Final Fantasy ports.

Funnily enough, there is a great framework to make a decent FF game using this engine. It just needs to be baked longer.

No halloween sale this year ? Should be announced soon if it happens.

Nabbit said:

Speaking of Spelunky, is it a good entry roguelite? I'm more interested in platforming than rogue-ing. Sorry for the off topic question.

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Hmm, I wouldn't recommend that to you based on that and knowing stuff you liked previously. It's obviously a classic but there's probably lots of other stuff more in line with your established taste/style.

AceyPrime said:

Thanks for the heads-up! The Mummy Demastered was considered to be pretty good, right? If I'm recalling correctly it was patched after release which fixed some early complaints.

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Yes.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/mu...anic-switch-perf-improvement-hd-rumble.24636/

tolkir said:

It just appeared Full Metal Furies for the same day. :lol

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Wait, so Rogue Legacy AND Full Metal Furies are coming out on November 6? Just like that?! HOLY COW! What are the prices?

tolkir said:

It just appeared Full Metal Furies for the same day. :lol

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November will be quite interesting, because it seems that for the 20% of the monthly releases assigned to "old" ports by Nintendo, we will see a lot of the most iconic titles still missing the Switch library.

Between November and December, we will see close to 50 ports (at 25 per month) from titles already available in other consoles.

I will not be surprised if in these months is when we will finally see the releases of highly anticipated titles such as 'Hotline Miami', 'Fez', 'Spelunky' or 'Superhot', plus other previously announced titles without a release date such as 'Firewatch' and 'Downwell'.

Also, I imagine that at this point, a lot of developers are in a waiting list, probably with completed games. Waiting to have a release month assigned.

Nintendo has been very consistent in the percentage of releases in the last months, with a fixed percentage of old ports, a fixed percentage of small games without publishers normally made by single developers, a fixed number of casual games oriented to a Wii audience, a fixed number of "PC oriented" games, plus other fixed number of games coming from an iOS environment.

Fixed percentages in which the total number of games seems to be based in the sum of physical games+Japanese digital releases+Switch console debuts.

Here's some Windjammers Switch footage -

NateDrake said:

Here's some Windjammers Switch footage -

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I'm not sure I like the pincushion/barrel distortion thing going on there but otherwise looks good!

tolkir said:

You're totally right. I'm making the November thread and most interesting games are old ports. Bigger games like Diablo III, Civilization VI or Warframe, +10 years old games like Katamary and Astérix & Obélix XXL2 or classic indies as Transistor and This War of Mine.

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I don't consider 'Diablo III' or 'Civilization VI' as "ports", but as games used by Nintendo for the count of total "important" releases.

Basically, they take all the games with a physical release ('Diablo III' or 'Civilization VI' are into this list), all the digital games curated by Nintendo of Japan (because they can't say no to games coming from its main brand), and a selection of the indie titles curated by Nintendo of America under the premise of "significant indie titles" (normally because they are a Switch console debut, they were featured in Nindies Direct, or they plan to include these games in its marketing campaigns).

Once they have this total month number, they use fixed percentages to assign slots for the rest of games. Basically, old indie ports curated by Nintendo of Europe and a number of small indie games "without publishers" following a spirit close to to the old XBLIG initiative in 360, plus a number of iOS or Android ports that never can surpass the assigned percentage, to not create a negative image of "mobile storefront".

Other thing is that in November and December we can see the percentage of indie ports increased from the normal 20% in the last months, because not so many developers want to send their new games to die in November and December.

If you have a game with the scoop of let's say 'Celeste' which is already finished in November, it's much more smart to wait for February/March, because you will obtain a lot more of press coverage.

NateDrake said:

Here's some Windjammers Switch footage -

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Honestly the one local multiplayer game I've been wanting on switch since it was shown on Playstation.

I'll prob pick it up and get mummy demastered too.

mute said:

I'm not sure I like the pincushion/barrel distortion thing going on there but otherwise looks good!

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That's just for CRT mode.

AceyPrime said:

Thanks for the heads-up! The Mummy Demastered was considered to be pretty good, right? If I'm recalling correctly it was patched after release which fixed some early complaints.

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Yeah, the patch did wonders for it. My minor complaints when I had finished it shortly after launch were spawn rates of flying enemies (think castlevania medusa heads) and high boss HP which have been rebalanced and are now much smoother as a difficulty curve. My major complaint was the the central system of 'when you die, it autosaves and your corpse is raised as undead and you need to kill it to get your kit back' was so unbalanced with health being a scarce resource, and so I ended up just reloading a save as soon as I reached low HP. Now it's been rebalanced so that killing your old body gives you far more health and ammo back, and so is rewarding rather than often requiring you to expend more than you gain.

It's a really fun Metroidvania title that is far better than the source material would suggest, feels like the exploration from an IGAvania crossed with combat from Contra. Some nice ideas for upgrades too.

Forgot about Football Manager. That's a must buy

Phil32 said:

Several WayForward games are on sale on the Switch eShop in North America starting today. Saw this while writing up the new eShop sales for my article later today.

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero ($13.99 from $19.99)
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse ($15.99 from $19.99)
The Mummy Demastered ($13.99 from $19.99)

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Thinking about picking up one of these, anyone have any thoughts? Mummy Demastered the lowest score wise on metacritic but have heard good things about it on some of the podcasts I was listening to at the time, not sure if they were just surprised if it was not absolute poop given the movie or if it is actually good, think giantbomb at least really liked the sountrack?

never have played a shantae game

Poised Turtoise said:

Thinking about picking up one of these, anyone have any thoughts? Mummy Demastered the lowest score wise on metacritic but have heard good things about it on some of the podcasts I was listening to at the time, not sure if they were just surprised if it was not absolute poop given the movie or if it is actualy good

never have played a shantae game

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The Mummy was a reasonable game at launch, and a bit better/more accessible now that it's been rebalanced since.

Bate said:

I already own Disc Jam and despite the generic visuals it is really a blast to play against friends. Is Windjammers comparable in terms of gameplay? I know about Windjammer's glowing reputation, but the action in videos looks rather hectic to me. Does it have depth in terms of tactics or the learning curve?

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Disc Jam is admirable for what it was trying to do but overall fell short imo. It just feels like a worse Windjammers. Windjammers is an absolute gem to me. It's that exact kind of game that is infinitely replayable and gets better and better the more time you sink into it. Plus it absolutely nails its unique aesthetic, from the character design, to the music, to the over the top action. It created it's own incredibly memorable identity and supplemented that with a unique, deep competitive game, and that is what makes it so great.

What buttons does windjammers use? Im guessing it's playable with a single joycon but do any actions require hitting the R or L buttons?

EricOfSeattle said:

What buttons does windjammers use? Im guessing it's playable with a single joycon but do any actions require hitting the R or L buttons?

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Nope, it's a two button game.

Hard West and Full Metal Furies being announced for Switch just made my day.

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I've been eyeing this one for a while. But I dont know if it's worth it with Starlink recently coming out..obviously theres a huge price difference, but Starlink seems it may scratch that space exploration and dogfighting itch better. Can anyone recommend it?

perpetuallyawake said:

Nope, it's a two button game.

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Thanks...I always hear such good things about it and it seems like the perfect game for the switch. The play area seems a bit small though...how hard is it for newcomers? Thinking about playing it with my non-gaming wife or kid.

perpetuallyawake said:

Disc Jam is admirable for what it was trying to do but overall fell short imo. It just feels like a worse Windjammers. Windjammers is an absolute gem to me. It's that exact kind of game that is infinitely replayable and gets better and better the more time you sink into it. Plus it absolutely nails its unique aesthetic, from the character design, to the music, to the over the top action. It created it's own incredibly memorable identity and supplemented that with a unique, deep competitive game, and that is what makes it so great.

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I bought it a couple of hours ago and played several dozen matches with friends that came over. We absolutely agree with you. That game ist awesome and it hasn't aged a day. In a matter of minutes we were able to play frantic matches with all the cursing and taunting that good versus sessions on the couch entails. It's an absolute blast to play.

jariw said:

To me, that's not short. That's perfect! :-)

With so many indies that I want to play, I'm more and more actively looking for games in the 3-12 hours range.

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The game felt short to me, but others might complete the game quicker.

Oh shit! Steven Universe Save the Light is coming to the Switch! I'm so happy I held out for it.

EricOfSeattle said:

Thanks...I always hear such good things about it and it seems like the perfect game for the switch. The play area seems a bit small though...how hard is it for newcomers? Thinking about playing it with my non-gaming wife or kid.

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It's very simple to pick up and play, I think it's a game anyone can enjoy. The super moves are very easy to set up by bumping the disc upward and standing beneath, but the depth opens up as you choose which input and direction to fire them off with. Normal volleys can also be influenced in direction with quarter circle and half circle motions.

If everyone involved is a beginner, though, I say don't even worry about it and just figure it out as you go. It's a blast to play regardless!

Also, friendly reminder to everyone buying Windjammers that Dotemu included the Neo Geo CD soundtrack in the options menu. I personally prefer it to the original, but to each their own.

Poised Turtoise said:

Thinking about picking up one of these, anyone have any thoughts? Mummy Demastered the lowest score wise on metacritic but have heard good things about it on some of the podcasts I was listening to at the time, not sure if they were just surprised if it was not absolute poop given the movie or if it is actually good, think giantbomb at least really liked the sountrack?

never have played a shantae game

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ignore scores because none of them factor in the patch

Full metal furies for switch holy shit =O

I feel like I am like 5% responsable for this xD


I think this totally deserves a thread .... anyone up for the task ?

Or I will just necro bump the poor sales thread =P

Love the graphics of Full metal furies...looks like another purchase for Nov.

They seem to promote co-op the most, is it still a good solo exp?

Clear said:

Love the graphics of Full metal furies...looks like another purchase for Nov.

They seem to promote co-op the most, is it still a good solo exp?

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It is a good solo exp AND it has online coop.

The game is so coop focused that if you are playing solo you choose 2 classes marvel vs capcom style and swap between then with the press of a button

Platy said:

It is a good solo exp AND it has online coop.

The game is so coop focused that if you are playing solo you choose 2 classes marvel vs capcom style and swap between then with the press of a button

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and sold. Day one.

I finished Owlboy last week. It was okay I guess. I enjoyed my time with it enough to finish it. I think the word I'd use to describe it best is uneven. There's certain times you're thinking "here we go, this is getting great now" then it just never takes off. In addition, I found the actual movement to be quite clunky which is never a good sign in a game like this. I'd give it a 6/10.

Platy said:

Full metal furies for switch holy shit =O

I feel like I am like 5% responsable for this xD


I think this totally deserves a thread .... anyone up for the task ?

Or I will just necro bump the poor sales thread =P

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Hold the fuck on, whats this stealth Rogue Legacy release! The best Rogue like as well, will buy yet again

Baba is You has been delayed to Jan/Feb 2019. Seems like it's mainly for business/timing reasons & not really related to development of the game itself so a bit of a bummer, but not huge. Looking forward to it.

Might bite on Mummy Demastered at that price. Been waiting for it to have some kind of sale that means anything.

Poised Turtoise said:

Thinking about picking up one of these, anyone have any thoughts? Mummy Demastered the lowest score wise on metacritic but have heard good things about it on some of the podcasts I was listening to at the time, not sure if they were just surprised if it was not absolute poop given the movie or if it is actually good, think giantbomb at least really liked the sountrack?

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Get Shantae and the Pirate's Curse. Its easily the best Shantae game and a really good 2D platformer / Metroidvania-lite

Platy said:

Full metal furies for switch holy shit =O

I feel like I am like 5% responsable for this xD


I think this totally deserves a thread .... anyone up for the task ?

Or I will just necro bump the poor sales thread =P

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I was thinking about your posts when I saw the announcements lmao