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Nintendo eShop Update Week 48

This week’s line-up of Nintendo eShop software coming to Japan including Taiko no Tatsujin, Zoids Wild, Food Girls, Picross, and more.

Select highlights

The second Taiko no Tatsujin release on Switch which contains two previous Japanese 3DS RPG × rhythm titles. that have since been removed from the eShop, in one package!

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The second Zoids Wild game on Switch continues where the original Blast Unleashed title left off with more 3D battles along with an all new Create-a-Zoid customisation mode.

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Also releasing this week

The Alto Collection	Snowman	¥1,070
Arcade Archives Green Beret	Hamster	¥838
Arrog	indienova	¥399
Azarashi Dentetsu	Now Production	¥400
Ciel Fledge: A Daughter Raising Simulator	PQube	¥1,000
Curious Cases	OnSkull Development	¥499
Cyber Protocol	RedDeerGames	¥1,199
Dungeon Limbus	TROOOZE	¥1,800
The Explorer of Night	TERNOX	¥599
Fly Punch Boom!	Jollypunch Games	¥1,599
Food Girls	JUSTDAN	¥4,180
In Other Waters	Fellow Traveller	¥1,520
Koisuru Otome to Shugo no Tate Re:boot The “SHIELD-9”	Entergram	¥7,150
Lovekami -Divinity Stage-	MoeNovel	¥1,800
Mana Spark	Rainy Frog	¥1,000
Noroi no Space Shuttle	Now Production	¥400
Northgard	Oizumi Amuzio	¥6,800
One Line Coloring	MythicOwl	¥1,000
Phoenotopia	Flyhigh Works	¥2,000
Picross S5	Jupiter	¥1,000
Police×Senshi Lovepatrina! Love na Rhythm de Taiho Shimasu!	Nippon Columbia	¥6,380
Pumpkin Jack	Beep	¥3,490
QV	CFK	¥1,650
Saints Row IV: Re-Elected	Koch Media	¥4,850
Shark Copter VS Bon Odori Zombie	Now Production	¥400
Soul Searching	Rainy Frog	¥1,000
Starter’s Pack　- Inu Neko Edition –	BottleCube	¥500
Super Saurio Fly	Shinyuden	¥790
Tabe-o-ja	BANDAI	¥5,940
Tsuku Series Steos -Yatoware Hougekisyu no Aisyuuka-	Gotcha Gotcha Games	¥980
UNI	Game Museum	¥200
Yes, Your Grace	No More Robots	¥2,100

Coming soon

Select highlights newly added to the coming soon section of the Japanese Switch eShop include Gensou Rougoku no Kaleidoscope which finally launches on December 17th after a couple of postponements and will be priced at ¥3,960, Abyss of the Sacrifice which also launches on December 17th priced at ¥3,990, and Sangokushi 14 with Power Up Kit which launches on December 10th with the standard edition at ¥10,780 and a digital deluxe at a whopping ¥15,730 ($150). All upcoming Japanese Switch releases are listed here.

Playable demos

Five demos released last week were the pictured Sumikko Gurashi: Oheya no Sumi de Tabikibun Sugoroku from Nippon Columbia, Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise from Imagineer, Cake Bash from Coatsink Software, Koisuru Otome to Shugo no Tate Re:boot The “SHIELD-9” from Entergram, and Picross S5 from Jupiter. Check back in a few days for announcements of any demos releasing this week!

Downloadable content

Five DLC fighters from the Virtua Fighter series are now available to buy in Goonya Fighter priced at ¥100 apiece with more details at this post. This week’s DLC includes a free update to Yo-kai Gakuen Y adding a new story, new transformation, new “Campfire” multiplayer mode, and more. Itsuka Kendo also joined My Hero One’s Justice 2 as the game’s third DLC character! Finally, DEEMO saw its first paid DLC with the “DJMAX” collaboration song pack.

Sales highlights

This week’s highlights include 50% off the pictured Friday the 13th: The Game ULTIMATE SLASHER EDITION (¥2,592), 50% off Blair Witch (¥2,640), 32% off Doraemon: Story of Seasons (¥4,562), 91% off Battle Princess Madelyn (¥198), 50% off Omega Labyrinth Life (¥4,290), 50% off Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD (¥1,644), 57% off Romancing SaGa 3 (¥1,470), and much more! Visit this page for a full list of every game on sale.

Download ranking

1. Momotaro Dentetsu ～Showa Heisei Reiwa mo Teiban!～ (Konami)
2. Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (Marvelous)
3. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Koei Tecmo Games)
4. Gear.Club Unlimited (3goo)
5. ABZÛ (505 Games)
6. Pikmin 3 Deluxe (Nintendo)
7. Human: Fall Flat (Teyon Japan)
8. Rune Factory 4 Special (Marvelous)
9. Romancing SaGa 3 (Square-Enix)
10. Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo)

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Notes: All prices listed are inclusive of tax and do not include discounts unless otherwise stated. Purchase your Nintendo eShop cards from here and find out how to play Japanese Switch games here.