Out This Week
On The eShop
04.30 – 05.06
ACA NEOGEO STAKES WINNER
Your goal is to conquer the GI! Race on the turf with your beloved horse!
“STAKES WINNER” is a realistic jockey action game released in 1995 by SNK. Use skills such as showing the whip, formation split and hyper dash, collect items on the course, and power-up your beloved horse in this multifaceted game. Ride with your horse through a variety of races as you aim to conquer the GI.
The “ACA NEOGEO” series has faithfully reproduced many classic NEOGEO masterpieces.
Players can change various game settings such as game difficulty, and also reproduce the atmosphere of arcade display settings at that time. Players can also compete against each other from all over the world with their high scores.
Arcade Archives 10-Yard Fight
Run with the ball or make a pass – you decide how to gain those 10 yards! Go, go, go for the touchdown!
“10-Yard Fight” is a sports game released in 1983 by IREM. Players can enjoy American football with its simple but intense play mechanics. Score touchdowns as you play against increasingly powerful opponents.
* This version also contains the 1984 version of VS 10-Yard Fight with the additional two-player mode.
The “Arcade Archives” series has faithfully reproduced many classic Arcade masterpieces.
Players can change various game settings such as game difficulty, and also reproduce the atmosphere of arcade display settings at that time. Players can also compete against each other from all over the world with their high scores.
Don’t Die, Mr Robot!
Do’nt Die, Mr. Robot! DX is a remixed version of the much-loved arcade bullet-hell avoid ’em up, completely remastered and rejuvenated for Nintendo Switch.
Deep in the electro-abyss lives a little robot who loves to eat exploding fruit. He also likes staying alive. That’s where you come in…
Get the fruit. Avoid the enemies. Try not to die. (Spoilers: you will die)
Key features
- Classic arcade action! Trigger chains of exploding fruit to amass multipliers and score big Multiple game modes!
- Remix Mode: 50 unique missions to complete. The ultimate test of reactions and skill
- Arcade Mode: A never ending, different every time arena-based fun machine!
- Time Attack: Dying costs time and points in this intense race against the clock… so don’t die!
- Chill Out Mode: Slows things down for when your nerves are too fried for full-on action
- New and improved visuals for sensory overload!
- Acid flavoured soundtrack! Including new music from C303PO
- Unlockable characters! Each with their own play styles
Japanese Mah-jongg
Easy play Mah-jongg! 2 players available with single device!
You can enjoy Mah-jongg, one of major table games easily with Japanese Mah-jongg.
2 Players mode is enjoying competition with your friend by hiding your hand with single device.
“How to Play”, “Hands list” and “Glossary” are also available for Mah-jongg beginners.
Johnny Turbo’s Arcade: Sly Spy
Nihilumbra
Discover the beautiful world of Nihilumbra and join Born on his adventure to find himself whilst trying to escape from his inevitable curse.
Born was created from the absolute nothingness: The Void. But somehow he separates himself from the black emptiness and appears in the world. This is where his long odyssey begins, in which he will learn how to use the colors around him to gain powerful abilities and transform the world.
However, his experiences come at a high price. The Void must be one. It seeks to reclaim him and will never stop chasing him, destroying everything in its path along the way. To survive, Born will have to condemn the earth he walks to its inevitable obliteration by The Void…
Advise: Nihilumbra has been designed in a way that everyone can enjoy its story, even without previous experience with puzzle games. However, players seeking for a challenge will find it on the second half of the game: the Void Mode.
Features:
- The ability to change ground physics using five different colors.
- Use five worlds as your canvas and transform them at your will.
- Original soundtrack composed by Álvaro Lafuente.
- Unlock a great surprise by completing the game. Replayability assured.
- Voice Acting
Perfect Angle
Find the perfect angle by rotating the camera to clean up the chaos and find a shocking story fraught with twists.
REAL OPTICAL ILLUSIONS
Nothing is what it seems! Sharpen your perception by beating over 100 puzzles through scenarios with no apparent structure or logic.
PUZZLES BASED ON 3D PERSPECTIVE
Detect the perfect angle in which a chaotic composition reveals the figure hidden behind a game on perspective. Test your visual acuity by accepting a greater challenge each time.
STUNNING GRAPHICS AND SETTING
Penetrate the mind of the protagonist immersed in a seductive atmosphere. Stunning graphics, original music and captivating sound effects.
CHARACTERISTICS:
- Over 100 puzzle levels based on optical illusions.
- Original soundtrack.
- Original script.
- Voicing by professional voice actors.
- Unique graphics and setting.
- Simple and mechanical control for relaxed gaming.
Professional Construction – The Simulation
Experience life on the construction site like the pros, and use heavy equipment and massive machinery. Enter an open world scenario to complete a large variety of assignments. There’s no way you can get bored repairing roads and doing so much more. A wide range of heavy construction equipment stands ready for your use. Utilise pavement milling, bulky cement mixers, powerful dump trucks, practical mini excavators and more!
FEATURES
- Loads of challenging tasks
- An open world with a gravel quarry, port and train station
- Lots of special vehicles like the bulldozer, mill and flatbed truck
- Diverse missions: fuel aircraft, sell vehicles, dispose of rubble and organise construction materials
- Assignments, big and small: repair roads, excavate foundations and repair runways
Timberman VS
Bigger. Better. MORE CHOPS!
The game loved by millions of players all around the world – Timberman, now has a brand new, polished axe! Are you world-class wood chopper?
Enter the digital forest and find out! Discover the Nintendo Switch version of this classic, casual game – slice and dice trees in an arcade-style, challenge your friends and be the fastest timberman alive!
Timberman now features a single player challenge, to test your skills and unlock as much as 56 characters, and local games to have fun with your friends!
Grab your trustworthy axe, become a true Timberman, and chop trees in 3, unique game modes:
- Classic Timberman: train your axe skills, gain exp to develop your account, and beat your personal high score – in a classic, single-player, infinite tree mode. Chop as fast as you can and avoid branches! Prove you’re the REAL THING!
- Hero mode: be the hero and rescue birds from their nest in a burning woods – gain eternal glory and sweet loot! Can you reach the top of a tree and find a golden egg?
- Race: join the race and be the fastest Timberman in a fun, tree-chopping competition! Play with up to 4 players and test your chopping skills against others in a crazy, fast-paced match! First on the finishing line WINS IT ALL!
Join millions of players playing Timberman, now on Nintendo Switch – featuring brand new, exciting game modes, plenty of crazy new characters to unlock, and more fun than ever!
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Barrel-blast into a critically acclaimed Donkey Kong adventure as this beloved franchise makes its Nintendo Switch™ debut with a banana-bunch of new features. Traverse islands packed with platforming perfection and nonstop action as the classic Kongs in the original game, or mix things up by playing the story as Funky Kong in new Funky Mode!
Arctic invaders have turned Donkey Kong Island into their personal frozen fortress, and it’s up to you to save the day. Play as Donkey Kong in Original Mode and team up with Diddy Kong, Dixie Kong, and Cranky Kong—each with unique abilities—to overcome platforming challenges and frosty foes.
For a more accessible experience, start a game in Funky Mode to enjoy a range of gameplay updates and a new main-character option, spectacular surfing simian Funky Kong! His extra hearts and unique abilities make for a more relaxed gaming experience. And no matter which mode you choose, a wealth of collectibles and two-player co-op round out the fun!
Buy all this week’s great games
[Review] Backpack Hero – Nintendo Switch
Developed By: Jaspel Published By: Different Tales Category: Role-Playing, Simulation…
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