Nintendo eShop Update
This week’s full Japanese Nintendo eShop update includes The Wonderful 101, Catherine Full Body demo, My Butler, Mr. Driller, and more!
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The highlight of this week is The Wonderful 101: Remastered from PlatinumGames, creators of the Bayonetta series, ASTRAL CHAIN, NieR:Automata, and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. This is PlatinumGames’ first self-published title, and is a powered-up version of The Wonderful 101, which was originally published by Nintendo back in 2013 as a Wii U exclusive.
Available at retail this week is the Nintendo Switch launch title Kamiko which is a game styled around Japanese Shinto beliefs where you fight as priestesses called Kamiko and battle against demons while solving puzzles to make your way through the stages with each stage having several magically sealed gates which need to be broken so you can battle the stage boss.
Also releasing this week is the costume collector SELFY COLLECTION: Yume no Stylist, the 2D vertical platformer Pity Pit, the magazine simulator Magazine Mogul (Fureai Shuppan Kyoku), the shoot ’em up Cosmic Defenders, the 1991 Konami classic Arcade Archives Sunset Riders, and more!
Available for preload this week include the voxel art action-RPG Hakoniwa Explorer Plus, the horizontally scrolling RPG One Way Heroics Plus (Katamichi Yuusha Plus), the otome visual novel My Butler (Shitsuji no Prince-sama), the latest game from the Picross developer – Working Zombies (promo video here), the vertical shoot ’em up Missile Dancer (promo video here), the pictured Mr. Driller DrillLand (Mr. Driller Encore), and many more.
Five demos are also available this week including the previously announced Catherine Full Body for Nintendo Switch and Harukanaru Toki no Naka de７, as well as Working Zombies, Piczle Cross Adventure, and Wan Nyan Doubutsu Byouin Pet o Tasukeru Daiji na Oshigoto.
Purchase your eShop cards here and find out how to play Japanese Switch games here. Check out the full Schedule here for a comprehensive list of all announced Switch games for Japan. The full list of titles are listed below along with select sales and download rankings…
Available this week
ー Ancestors Legacy (Destructive Creations) ¥4,300 (🇬🇧) – releases June 11
ー Cosmic Defenders (Natsume Inc.) ¥999 (🇬🇧) – releases June 11
ー Fureai Shuppan Kyoku (Kairosoft) ¥1,500 (🇬🇧) – releases June 11
ー Pity Pit (eastasiasoft) ¥500 (🇬🇧) – releases June 11
ー SELFY COLLECTION Yume no Stylist (GCREST) ¥1,980 (🇯🇵) – releases June 12
ー The Wonderful 101: Remastered (PlatinumGames) ¥4,378 (🇬🇧) – releases June 11
ー Arcade Archives Sunset Riders (Hamster) ¥838 (🇬🇧) – releases June 11
ー Kunio-kun The World ～Kunio-kun no Nekketsu Soccer League～ (Arc System Works) ¥500 (🇬🇧) – releases June 11
ー Tantei Jinguuji Saburo Prism of Eyes 〜Inu to Yobareta Otoko〜 (Arc System Works) ¥400 (🇯🇵) – releases June 11
Available to preload
ー ＢＤＳＭ：Big Drunk Satanic Massacre (eastasiasoft) ¥1,980 (🇬🇧) – releases June 18
ー Hakoniwa Explorer Plus (PLAYISM) ¥1,200 (🇬🇧) – releases June 18
ー Katamichi Yuusha Plus (PLAYISM) ¥1,500 (🇬🇧) – releases June 18
ー Shitsuji no Prince-sama (D3 Publisher) ¥998 (🇬🇧) – releases June 18
ー Working Zombies (Jupiter) ¥1,980 (🇬🇧) – releases June 18
ー Missile Dancer (Regista) ¥1,980 (🇬🇧) – releases June 25
ー Mr. Driller Encore (Bandai Namco Entertainment) ¥3,520 (🇬🇧) – releases June 25
ー Shoujo Jigoku no Doku Musume (Nippon Ichi Software) ¥7,678 (🇯🇵) – releases June 25
ー Wan Nyan Doubutsu Byouin Pet o Tasukeru Daiji na Oshigoto (Nippon Columbia) ¥5,280 (🇯🇵) – releases July 2
ー CrossCode (DANGEN Entertainment) ¥2,200 (🇬🇧) – releases July 9
ー eBASEBALL Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2020 (Konami) ¥7,678 (🇯🇵) – releases July 9 (a “Powerful Edition” can also be preloaded for ¥9,878)
ー Elden: Path of the Forgotten (Another Indie Studio) ¥1,690 (🇬🇧) – releases July 9
Newly listed
ー Biped (bilibili) ¥1,650 (🇬🇧) – releases July 2
Downloadable content
ー Boku no Academia One ‘s Justice 2：Playable Character Hawks (Bandai Namco Entertainment) ¥440 (🇯🇵) – releases June 11
ー Taiko no Tatsujin Nintendo Switch Version！Don Pack -Natsuori- Vol.1 (Bandai Namco Entertainment) ¥550 (🇬🇧) – releases June 11
ー Taiko no Tatsujin Nintendo Switch Version！Pops Pack Vol.5 (Bandai Namco Entertainment) ¥550 (🇬🇧) – releases June 11
Playable demos
ー Catherine Full Body for Nintendo Switch (Atlus) ¥0 (🇯🇵)
ー Harukanaru Toki no Naka de７ (Koei Tecmo Games) ¥0 (🇯🇵)
ー Piczle Cross Adventure (Rainy Frog) ¥0 (🇬🇧)
ー Wan Nyan Doubutsu Byouin Pet o Tasukeru Daiji na Oshigoto (Nippon Columbia) ¥0 (🇯🇵)
ー Working Zombies (Jupiter) ¥0 (🇬🇧)
Sales highlights
ー BLAZBLUE CROSS TAG BATTLE (Arc System Works) ¥4,180 → ¥1,000 (🇬🇧)
ー Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King (FDG Entertainment) ¥1,480 → ¥740 (🇬🇧)
ー DEAD OR SCHOOL (Studio Nanafushi) ¥2,970 → ¥1,782 (🇬🇧)
ー Overcooked! Special Edition (Team17) ¥2,150 → ¥731 (🇬🇧)
ー Panzer Dragoon：Remake (Forever Entertainment) ¥2,599 → ¥2,079 (🇬🇧)
ー Venture Kid (FDG Entertainment) ¥980 → ¥140 (🇬🇧)
Download ranking
- Club House Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo)
- Minecraft Dungeons (Mojang)
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo)
- Human: Fall Flat (Teyon Japan)
- 10 Second Run RETURNS (Blue Print)
- Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition (Nintendo)
- Minecraft Dungeons Hero Edition (Mojang)
- Splatoon 2 (Nintendo)
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo)
- Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate (Capcom)
Notes: (🇬🇧) denotes English language support／(🇯🇵) denotes no English language support
