The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy!
Switch eShop – Highlights
MONSTER HUNTER STORIES 2: Wings of Ruin (Capcom, 9th Jul, $59.99) – A new adventure awaits you in this second installment of the turn-based RPG series set in the world of MONSTER HUNTER! Become a Rider and form bonds with friendly monsters to fight alongside them as you take part in an epic story. You play as the grandson of Red, a legendary Rider. The story begins with a fateful encounter with Ena, a Wyverian girl who has been entrusted with an egg with the potential to hatch into a legendary Rathalos, which could wreak havoc if awakened to its destructive power. Embark on a journey which will test the bonds of friendship in a changing world, and discover the truth behind the legends of old. – Read our MONSTER HUNTER STORIES 2: Wings of Ruin review
Boomerang X (Devolver Digital, 8th Jul, $19.99) – In this action-filled arcade game, catapult yourself through the air, use the power drawn from fallen creatures to slow time and cut through the swarms of dark beings with a razor-edge boomerang. Travel through once bustling locales, sacrificed to hide a myth, and descend the Godpath into the lost realms below. Cleanse these halls and ensure that whatever lies beneath doesn’t come back.
Switch eShop – New Releases
3D Air Hockey (14th Jul, $4.99) – Enjoy fast-paced action in this very close to reality Air Hockey Game. Easy to play, tough to master.
A Plague Tale: Innocence – Cloud Version (Focus Home Interactive, 6th Jul, $39.99) – Follow the critically acclaimed tale of young Amicia and her little brother Hugo, in a heartrending journey through the darkest hours of history. Hunted by Inquisition soldiers and surrounded by unstoppable swarms of rats, Amicia and Hugo will come to know and trust each other. As they struggle to survive against overwhelming odds, they will fight to find purpose in this brutal, unforgiving world.
Arcade Archives RAIDEN (HAMSTER, 1st Jul, $7.99) – "RAIDEN" is a shooting game released by SEIBU KAIHATSU in 1990. Get aboard the ultra high-altitude fighter-bomber RAIDEN and protect the Earth from a sudden alien invasion. A variety of stages and power-up items provide lots of excitement for you to enjoy.
ARIA CHRONICLE (8th Jul, $39.83) – ARIA CHRONICLE is a rogue-like, role-playing game featuring dungeon exploration, strategic battles, and unique heroes with complex growth factors. Enjoy strategic, turn-based battles which are sure to keep you on your toes. An important aspect of this game is the management of each hero’s mentality, which will greatly affect their performance in battle. Be sure to keep alert to the state of your heroes, not only in battle, but also in the randomized dungeons, so that you can fully utilize the capabilities of your entire party.
Bai Qu: Hundreds of Melodies (9th Jul, $9.99) – While visiting his sick father, college student Wei Qiuwu accidentally encountered a girl playing a concertina. Though unlikely at first, Wei Qiuwu becomes a good friend of Li Jiayun, the musician. Both of them act as an indispensable tune in each other's life. Until one day someone unveils to Wei Qiuwu the cruel truth hidden under a fairy-tale cover…
Beauty Bounce (8th Jul, $4.99) – In the sexy sequel to Beach Bounce, Tomo has inherited his grandmother’s beach resort and he must now prove himself a capable owner. To do this he needs to manage the financial reports to keep the bank happy, and also run an exciting and glamorous local beauty pageant. This wasn't the job he was expecting to be doing when he learned about the resort and can be quite trying. It’s up to him to keep the park afloat, or otherwise, he’ll put all the sweet girls who work there out of a job. Help Tomo succeed with business and romance in this new adventure!
Bitmaster (23rd Jun, $4.99) – You need to destroy the enemies and collect power-ups to improve weapons. Game balance changes periodically, which makes the game unpredictable and difficult to get a high score.
Blitz Breaker (7th Jul, $4.99) – Take the role of a newly built robot named Blitz and try to escape the maniacal machinations of the factory where you were created! Blitz Breaker is a fast-paced action platformer with one big twist – Blitz can’t run. That means you’ll need to jump and air dash everywhere you go, navigating the confines of the perilous factory by wall-jumping, avoiding traps and enemy weapons, smashing into barricades and thinking strategically.
Blocky Puzzle (Kistler Benjamin, 23rd Jun, $4.99) – BLOCKY PUZZLE is a challenging puzzle game where you need to fit all the shapes in the grid to complete the level. Put the shapes to the right place on the game board without empty spaces and every shape in place.
Classic Pool (10th Jul, $7.99) – Classic Pool Classic Pool is a wonderful, exciting pool game that allows you to test your skills and improve them in a traditional game of pool. You have multiple AI opponents to choose from, many different cues and tables, as well as complete multiplayer for 2 players. The game also comes with handheld, TV and tabletop mod. If you love pool games and want to test your prowess against friends or AI, then check it out today!
Connect Bricks (9th Jul, $9.98) – Connect bricks with matching colors and cover the entire board with bricks to solve each puzzle. But watch out, connections will break if they cross or overlap! Each puzzle has a grid of squares with colored bricks occupying some of the squares. The objective is to connect bricks of the same color by drawing connections between them such that the entire grid is occupied by bricks.
Crash Drive 3 (8th Jul, $19.99) – Experience ridiculous fun in this cross-platform multiplayer, free-roaming game! Drive monster trucks, tanks and more amazing vehicles across a huge open world. Level up, play events, earn cash, unlock new cars and discover secrets. . . . Crash Drive is back!
Egg Up (10th Jul, $2.99) – You need to get the egg to the top. To get your egg to the top, jump from platform to platform. Some platforms have red bounce pads allowing the egg to jump much higher. Some platforms contain diamonds that the player can collect while bouncing to the top of the level. Simple in concept yet very addictive, this game will ask for your best skills to succeed! Get it up!
Fantasy Cards (9th Jul, $4.99) – Challenge 3 levels of AI in this Heroic Fantasy themed card game. Use the unique skills of your cards in fast-paced battles and deal big blows to your enemy with spells and magic to achieve victory. Whether you're a novice or an expert strategist, you'll quickly pick up the game and face its challenges. The incredible graphics and special effects will impress you!
Fates of Ort (12th Jul, $14.99) – Magic is powerful, but it is not free. Every spell you cast requires a little bit of your life energy to spark it. Cast enough spells and you will extinguish your very soul. This means you need to be strategic when fighting, balancing the cost of magic with the risk of taking damage from your enemies. How each spell manifests in the world depends on what divine power you choose to combine it with.
FLATLAND Vol. 2 (QUByte Interactive, 29th Jun, $3.99) – FLATLAND – Vol. 2 is a fast-paced hardcore platformer featuring hand-crafted levels and Lightning-fast respawns. Help Square in crossing the most dangerous part of Flatland: the flooded wells.
Glitchangels (Pumpkin Games, 5th Jul, $14.99) – Experience the thrill of old-school arcade mayhem, updated and improved for the modern day! Defeat hordes of enemies, purify areas of corruption and unlock devastating abilities as you go. Become a ghostly apparition, go supersonic, summon minions, nuke the world, or even rewind space-time itself! The braver you are, the deeper you go, into the depths of the virtual realm – headlong into confrontation with the five bosses of the forbidden partions.
Heart of the Woods (8th Jul, $19.99) – Heart of the Woods is a fantasy yuri visual novel about paranormal investigation, ancient mysteries, and a love between two girls that transcends life and death. Maddie Raines has had enough. After years of serving as manager, editor, and general business-handler for her best friend Tara's popular paranormal vlog channel, she's finally ready to move forward with her own life. But when she agrees to take one last trip with Tara to the mysterious village of Eysenfeld, she's suddenly swept up in a dangerous supernatural crisis that will change the course of both of their lives forever.
Indigo 7 Quest for Love (8th Jul, $14.99) – Wear your swimsuit, dust off your beach tennis rackets, and put batteries in your old radio to enjoy this cool puzzle game.
Induction (14th Jul, $8.99) – Induction is an abstract puzzle game about time travel and paradoxes. As you master its logic, Induction will rewire how you think about cause and effect. Across more than 50 meticulously designed puzzles, you must explore the counter-intuitive possibilities time travel permits. You will learn to choreograph your actions across multiple timelines, and to construct seemingly impossible solutions, such as paradoxical time loops, where the future depends on the past and the past depends on the future.
Infinite Golf 2 (8th Jul, $4.99) – Are you ready for a new golf challenge? Infinite Golf is back! You can choose from 4 different game modes in 4 different environments. In Classic Mode you don't have to worry about losing or winning. Just enjoy the calm atmosphere! In Time Attack mode you have 30 seconds and 5 additional seconds for every completed level. In Arcade Mode you have 3 tries for each level. If you run out of tries your game is over. In Multiplayer mode you can compete against up to 3 other players in 81 different game mode combinations! With procedurally generated levels there is always one more level!
Kids: Farm Puzzle (Cool Small Games, 2nd Jul, $4.99) – Kids: Farm Puzzle offers unique fun and relaxing jigsaw puzzles! The game shows you cute pictures of farm animals, which can be divided into different numbers of pieces to make your challenge easier or harder.
Kirakira stars idol project Reika (1st Jul, $10.00) – After experiencing joint lessons with DivaFes and Uesugi Produce. Ai and Nobuyuki have taken another step forward as idol producers. What awaits them at the time when they thought their normal life was about to start again is an encounter with new idols. 'I'll take care of you from now on as an idol candidate! Nice to meet you, juniors. It's nice to meet you. A dormant senior idol and a junior idol candidate. Will they bring a new wind to ODA?
Marbles Rush (7th Jul, $4.99) – The game is an amazing three match puzzle game! Your target is to eliminate all the marble and don't let the chain reach the end. You eliminate the balls by shooting the same color in the row to end up with a minimum of three of the same kind to eliminate them. Discover over 80 action packed levels and use different power ups to eliminate the chain.
MARIOZZA COPS (KrzysztofPodsada, 29th Jun, $9.80) – One year after the new world governments, 2:29. Unit 667 MARIOZZA is receiving a report of a suspicious flare in an industrial area. It turns out that there has been an explosion in one of the factories where the agents Jasper and TJ are carrying out unusual missions. While trying to reach out to the staff and explain the cause of the explosion, they encounter strong resistance from cyber machines that protect corporate secrets.
MASAGORO (8th Jul, $12.99) – There is an abandoned Ryokan called "Masagoro" that was closed in the early Showa period. He was locked up in Masagoro where he has got interested to explore. The past of Masagoro has been revealed everytime he found some clues in the residuals. Background of the story: A main character who used to work in "Meshii-village", remembered an abandoned Ryokan that had been remained in his memory one day. He decided to go to the place as he is interested in exploring abandoned buildings.
Merrily Perilly (30th Jun, $4.99) – Merrily Perilly is a game about crisis. You play as Perry, a severely dehydrated man who stumbles into a remote village in search of help, but the inhabitants respond with strange detachment to your trouble. You may think that the nearby fountain is a safe means to quench your dire thirst, but you would soon find yourself in search of aid for a snake bite. And before you know it, you will be chased by bees, fending off bears, cursed by gypsies, and most likely set on fire. Will the crises ever end!?
Monument (8th Jul, $7.00) – Old-school first person shooter. Hardcore classic gameplay. Huge hordes of monsters. Send evil chickens, aliens and other evil spirits to the grave, like the good old days. Play with your best friends: shotgun, machine gun, plasma gun and a homemade rifle
Moto Rider GO: Highway Traffic (30th Jun, $8.99) – Moto Rider GO: Highway Traffic brings to you a compelling and satisfying traffic dodging experience in the world!
My Maitê (8th Jul, $4.99) – Maitê is a very intelligent girl, but she lives over the moon. This is why her dad has to go there and bring her back to Earth in this 50 stages long incredible adventure. Jump over clouds, balloons, trampolines and into special portals in order to get to the ending of this pixel art made beautiful game.
New York Mysteries: Secrets of the Mafia (FIVE-BN STUDIO, 1st Jul, $6.99) – Laura James, an adventurous reporter, starts her own investigation on the mysterious vanishing of the mafia bosses and the forthcoming children kidnapping. New York Mysteries: Secrets of the Mafia – an adventurous hidden object game-quest with puzzles and mini-games that tells a detective story revealing the secrets of the mafia and New York itself. New York, 1955. It's become dangerous in the city. The mafia is trying to seize power. But recently, a new force appeared. A far more terrible force.
Pictooi (Limited Run Games, 2nd Jul, $9.99) – Welcome to Pictooi, a relaxing logic puzzle game where you fill in cells to solve puzzles and reveal pictures. Professor Ishida is your host, mentor, and friend. "Oh, hello! Did you know your brain is kind of like a muscle? Let's exercise your brain by challenging it with logic puzzles. Solving logic puzzles can expand your mind! I look forward to sharing our journey together." – Professor Ishida
Rally Racer: Offroad Racing Car Game (Game Mavericks, 26th Jun, $19.99) – Take an extreme RIDE on the WILD side with Rally Racer 4×4: Offroad Racing Car Game! Forget about driving on asphalt! Sand, dirt, sharp turns, cliffs and the heavy roar of the engines – this is what will test your driving skills to the fullest. One of the best extreme rally car games; this is your chance to tap into dirt racing! Sports car stuck in a pit of the track, and you must drive from the start? Why do you need a sports car when you have a huge 4×4 ready to DRIFT on the DIRT?
Rubix Roller (5th Jul, $3.99) – This puzzle strategy colour game requires thinking and planning ahead. Procedural level generation gives you an endless and unique gameplay experience every single time.
Ruvato: Original Complex (7th Jul, $14.99) – 'Ria', a veteran mercenary of HA Company, receives a command to "enter the Neuroscience Research Institute and capture a scientist alive", but fails her mission as the scientist kills himself. On her way back, Ria rescues a child 'Ai,' a girl in a state of suspended animation, and secretly lives a secluded life with the girl, aiding her recovery. Their peaceful life is soon interrupted, when HA Company finds out about the girl and sends another mercenary to attack Ria.
Shopping Mall Parking Lot (9th Jul, $11.99) – Shopping Mall Parking Lot offers an opportunity to drive multiple vehicles of all shapes and sizes around authentic looking, immersive environment! Select from a wide variety of cars, covering all popular types. From an awesome American muscle car, through a sports car, a truck, a delivery van to even a long bus.
Spider Solitaire Collection (eSolutions Nordic, 1st Jul, $5.79) – Do you love Spider Solitaire (also known as "Spider" or "Spider Patience"), but want a bigger challenge? Now you can play Spider Solitaire and other popular variants with different levels of difficulty. The collection contains 10 different games • Beetle • Black Widow • Mrs. Mop • Scorpion • Simple Simon • Spider • Spider (2 suits) • Spider (1 suit) • Spiderette • Tarantula Features: • Unlimited undo • Auto complete • Statistics • Rules for each game
VasterClaws 3: Dragon slayer of the God world (Mediascape, 30th Jun, $30.00) – The gameplay focuses on raising your soldiers' levels, strengthening their weapons, and balancing their unique traits and skills to create the strongest squad possible. Lead your ultimate squad deeper into the realm of evil, or try it skills online against other players' squads and move your way up the online ranks.
Woodcutter (8th Jul, $4.99) – Embark on a magical adventure through the land of Aaran and help Woodcutter retrieve his firstborn. There are 50+ levels to complete, filled with coins and enemies (including 2 levels with bosses and 5 bonus levels), 3 weapons to use (Boomerang, Wooden pegs, Explosing barrels) and your body to smash your enemies, You can: run, jump, double jump, wall jump, wall slide, swim and more.
Worms Rumble (Team17, 23rd Jun, $14.99) – Worms Rumble is Worms like you’ve never played it before, with intense, real-time, arena-based 32 player cross-platform combat. Get ready for Deathmatch and Last Worm Standing modes where you’re only ever a Holy Hand Grenade away from death! Use a variety of fan-favourite weapons like the Bazooka, Shotgun and Sheep Launcher plus all-new additions to the armoury to bring the pain to your invertebrate opponents as you climb the ranks. Customise your worm, take part in challenges and seasonal events and experiment with new ways to play in The Lab. This is Worms, reinvented. – Read our Worms Rumble review
So that's your lot for this week's North American Nintendo Download. Go on, be a sport and drop a vote in the poll above, and comment below with your hot picks!
