First party games on sale? Happy New Year indeed!
We had written a story for this update, making a joke about having a slow start to the year, a bit of a hangover and not much going on. However, Nintendo went and put a selection of their games on sale for the first week of 2019 and we had to rewrite this all. That’ll teach us.
The new releases still aren’t too exciting, but you’ll certainly want to look at the new sales now. You might also notice a new look to the updates, just a refresh for the new year.
NB: From this update onward we’ll no longer be including any Nintendo 3DS or Wii U sales unless they are of particular note. New releases will be included.
So what are you picking up this week?
✚ 99Seconds (EnjoyUp Games) – $4.50
✚ ACA NEOGEO THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2002 (HAMSTER) – $10.50
✚ Don’t Sink (Hitcents) – $13.99
✚ Fitness Boxing (Nintendo) – $69.95
✚ Johnny Turbo’s Arcade: Express Raider (FTE Games) – $12.57
✚ Johnny Turbo’s Arcade: Fighter’s History (FTE Games) – $12.57
✚ Marble Power Blast (EntwicklerX) – $4.50
✚ Overdriven Reloaded: Special Edition (Mailys Brouste) – $12.00
✚ Pang Adventures (DotEmu) – $15.00
✚ Pic-a-Pix Pieces (Lightwood Games) – $11.99
✚ Samsara: Deluxe Edition (Marker) – $11.99
✚ Unicornicopia (Pocketmoneygames) – $6.30
✚ Xenon Valyrie+ (COWCAT) – $15.00
Release dates refer to the date listed in the eShop. Sometimes a game may be listed for the 19th for example, but not arrive on the Australian eShop until very late in the day or the next day due to our affiliation with the European eShop system. Titles available will change and update during the week, we’ll do a major update to the article on Thursday night/Friday morning which traditionally is the ‘usual’ update time.
✚ 1-2-Switch (Nintendo) – $48.95 (Usually $69.96, ends 10/1)
✚ ARMS (Nintendo) – $53.30 (Usually $79.95, ends 10/1)
✚ Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) – $59.95 (Usually $79.95, ends 10/1)
✚ Splatoon 2 (Nintendo) – $53.30 (Usually $79.95, ends 10/1)
✚ Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion (Nintendo) – $24.00 (Usually $30.00, ends 10/1)
✚ Snipperclips – Cut it out, together! (Nintendo) – $21.00 (Usually $30.00, ends 10/1)
✚ Snipperclips – Cut it out, together!: Plus Pack (DLC) (Nintendo) – $10.50 (Usually $15.00, ends 10/1)
✚ Rocket League (Psyonix) – $12.67 (Usually $25.34, ends 10/1)
✚ Golf Story (Sidebar Games) – $14.85 (Usually $22.50)
✚ Hollow Knight (Team Cherry) – $11.55 (Usually $17.50)
✚ A Case of Distrust (Serenity Forge) – $9.00 (Usually $22.50, ends 14/1)
✚ Ayakashi Koi Gikyoku -Forbidden Romance with Mysterious Spirit- (DIGIMERCE) – $25.12 (Usually $37.50, ends 17/1)
✚ Battlezone Gold Edition (RebellionInteract) – $31.50 (Usually 52.50, ends 6/1)
✚ BLACK BIRD (Onion Games) – $14.49 (Usually $28.99, ends 10/1)
✚ Bridge Constructor Portal (Headup Games) – $15.75 (Usually $22.50, ends 14/1)
✚ Bulb Boy (Bulbware) – $2.08 (Usually $10.40, ends 21/1)
✚ Castle of Heart (7Levels) – $13.47 (Usually $22.90, ends 6/1)
✚ Destiny’s Princess: A War Story, A Love Story (D3 Publisher) – $9.75 (Usually $19.50, ends 17/1)
✚ Earth Atlantis (Headup Games) – $11.25 (Usually $22.50, ends 14/1)
✚ Gakuen Club (D3 Publisher) – $21.77 (Usually $32.50, ends 17/1)
✚ Gaokao.Love.100Days (Navila Software Japan) – $12.75 (Usually $15.00, ends 7/1)
✚ Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition (DrinkBox Studios) – $15.11 (Usually 20.15, ends 14/1)
✚ GUILT BATTLE ARENA (ForwardXP) – $5.98 (Usually $14.95, ends 9/1)
✚ Iconoclasts (Bifrost Ent.) – $23.99 (Usually 29.99, ends 6/1)
✚ Iris School of Wizardry -Vinculum Hearts- (DIGIMERCE) – $25.12 (Usually $37.50, ends 17/1)
✚ Kitty Love -Way to look for love- (DIGIMERCE) – $25.12 (Usually $37.50, ends 17/1)
✚ Lifeless Planet: Premiere Edition (Serenity Forge) – $15.00 (Usually $30.00, ends 14/1)
✚ Ludomania (Baltoro Games) – $3.15 (Usually $4.50, ends 21/1)
✚ LUMINES REMASTERED (Enhance) – $14.62 (Usually $22.50, ends 17/1)
✚ Neo ATLAS 1469 (StudioArtDink) – $31.99 (Usually 63.99, ends 13/1)
✚ Neon Chrome (10tons) – $10.99 (Usually $21.99, ends 6/1)
✚ Otto (34BigThings) – $3.75 (Usually $7.50, ends 14/1)
✚ Parallel (34BigThings) – $7.50 (Usually $15.00, ends 14/1)
✚ Pinstripe (Serenity Forge) – $14.13 (Usually $21.75, ends 14/1)
✚ Pixel Action Heroes (Cypronia) – $3.74 (Usually $7.49, ends 30/1)
✚ Pub Encounter (D3 Publisher) – $12.75 (Usually $25.50, ends 17/1)
✚ Rento Fortune Monolit (LAN – GAMES EOOD) – $10.49 (Usually $14.99, ends 12/1)
✚ Retro City Rampage DX (Vblank) – $15.00 (Usually $22.50, ends 14/1)
✚ Rogue Trooper Redux (RebellionInteract) – $12.75 (Usually $37.50, ends 6/1)
✚ Runbow (Headup Games) – $15.75 (Usually 22.50, ends 14/1)
✚ Severed (Drinkbox Studios) – $13.65 (Usually $19.50, ends 14/1)
✚ Snake vs Snake (Casual Games) – $5.39 (Usually $5.99, ends 19/1)
✚ Sparkle 2 (10tons) – $5.99 (Usually $9.99, ends 6/1)
✚ Sparkle Unleashed (10tons) – $7.19 (Usually $11.99, ends 6/1)
✚ SpiderSolitaire BLACK (G-mode) – $5.35 (Usually $7.65, ends 26/1)
✚ Splash Blast Panic (Digital Smash) – $12.60 (Usually $21.00, ends 6/1)
✚ Super Blackjack Battle 2 Turbo Edition – The Card Warriors (Headup Games) – $3.49 (Usually $10.50, ends 14/1)
✚ Tennis in the Face (10tons) – $3.37 (Usually $7.49, ends 6/1)
✚ Tesla vs Lovecraft (10tons) – $13.79 (Usually $22.99, ends 6/1)
✚ The Amazing Shinsengumi: Heroes in Love (D3 Publisher) – $9.00 (Usually $18.00, ends 17/1)
✚ The Charming Empire (D3 Publisher) $21.77 (Usually $32.50, ends 17/1)
✚ The Inner World – The Last Wind Monk (Headup Games) – $11.25 (Usually $22.50, ends 14/1)
✚ The Inner World (Headup Games) – $9.00 (Usually $18.00, ends 14/1)
✚ The Men of Yoshiwara Ohgiya (D3 Publisher) – $9.75 (Usually $19.50, ends 17/1)
✚ The Men of Yoshiwara: Kikuya (D3 Publisher) – $13.47 (Usually $26.95, ends 17/1)
✚ The MISSING: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories (ARC SYSTEM WORKS)
✚ Tied Together (Headup Games) – $11.25 (Usually $22.50, ends 14/1)
✚ Time Recoil (10tons) – $9.99 (Usually $19.99, ends 6/1)
✚ Toast Time: Smash Up! (Force of Habit) – $10.19 (Usually $11.99, 6/1)
✚ Toby: The Secret Mine (Headup Games) – $7.49 (Usually $14.99, ends 14/1)
✚ 10 Second Run RETURNS – $4.97 (Usually $7.65, 13/1)
✚ 1979 Revolution: Black Friday (Digerati) – $5.40 (Usually $18.00, ends 23/1)
✚ 36 Fragments of Midnight (Ratalaika Games) – $2.25 (Usually $4.50, ends 7/1)
✚ 3D Billiards – Pool & Snooker (Joindots) – $23.99 (Usually $29.99, ends 10/1)
✚ 3D MiniGolf (Joindots) – $23.99 (Usually $29.99, ends 10/1)
✚ 7 Billion Humans (Tomorrow Corporation) – $15.75 (Usually $17.50, ends 31/12)
✚ 88 Heroes – 98 Heroes Edition (Rising Star Games) – $22.50 (Usually $45.00, ends 10/1)
✚ A.O.T. 2 (KOEI TECMO EUROPE) – $63.00 (Usually $105.00, ends 7/1)
✚ Alchemic Jousts (Lunatic Pixels) – $11.24 (Usually $14.99, ends 14/1)
✚ Anima: Gate of Memories – The Nameless Chronicles (BLG-Publishing) – $22.50 (Usually $30.00, ends 9/1)
✚ Anima: Gate of Memories (BLG-Publishing) – $22.50 (Usually $30.00, ends 9/1)
✚ Animal Super Squad (DoubleMoose) – $6.00 (Usually $15.00, ends 7/1)
✚ Astro Bears Party (QubicGames) – $1.50 (Usually $7.50, ends 13/1)
✚ Atelier Lydie & Suelle ~The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings~ (KOEI TECMO EUROPE) – $54.00 (Usually $90.00, ends 7/1)
✚ ATOMIK: RunGunJumpGun (Gambitious) – $9.09 (Usually $12.99, ends 31/12)
✚ Battle Group 2 (Merge Games) – $5.10 (Usually $15.00, ends 14/1)
✚ BILLIARD (D3 Publisher) – $5.25 (Usually $10.50, ends 7/1)
✚ Bleed (Digerati) – $5.40 (Usually $18.00, ends 23/1)
✚ Bleed 2 (Dihgerati) – $6.75 (Usually $22.50, ends 23/1)
✚ BRAWL (QubicGames) – $1.50 (Usually $15.00, ends 13/1)
✚ Brawlout (Angry Mob Games) – $15.00 (Usually $30.00, ends 18/1)
✚ Candle: The Power of the Flame (Merge Games) – $8.48 (Usually $24.95, 14/10
✚ Car Quest (Ezone) – $1.55 (Usually $12.99, ends 24/12)
✚ Catch ‘Em! Goldfish Scooping (D3 Publisher) – $4 (Usually $10.05, ends 7/1)
✚ Child of Light Ultimate Edition (Ubisoft) – $20.96 (Usually $29.95, ends 7/1)
✚ Clustertruck (tinyBuild Games) – $11.25 (Usually $22.50, ends 7/1)
✚ Conga Master Party! (Rising Star Games) – $8.10 (Usually $13.50, ends 10/1)
✚ D/Generation HD (West Coast) – $18.00 (Usually $26.99, ends 16/1)
✚ D/Generation: The Original (West Coast) – $18.00 (Usually $26.99, ends 16/1)
✚ Danger Mouse: The Danger Games (9th Impact) – $6.00 (Usually $7.50, ends 7/1)
✚ Dead Cells (Motion Twin) – $29 (Usually $37.50, ends 31/12)
✚ Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today (BLG-Publishing) – $14.62 (Usually $22.50, ends 9/1)
✚ Defunct (Soedesco) – $11.25 (Usually $22.50, ends 7/1)
✚ Demon’s Crystals (BLG-Publishing) – $20.25 (Usually $22.50, ends 9/1)
✚ Devious Dungeon (Ratalaika Games) – $8.04 (Usually $12.00, ends 7/1)
✚ Disease -Hidden Object- (D3 Publisher) – $5.25 (Usually $10.50, ends 10/1)
✚ Dokuro (SE Mobile and Online) – $9.59 (Usually $11.99, ends 11/1)
✚ Don’t Die, Mr Robot! (Digerati) – $2.40 (Usually $12.00, ends 23/1)
✚ Doodle God: Evolution (JoyBits) – $7.35 (Usually $10.50, ends 23/1)
✚ Dracula’s Legacy (Joindots) – $23.99 (Usually $29.99, ends 10/1)
✚ Enchanting Mahjong Match (D3 Publisher) – $3.25 (Usually $6.50, ends 7/1)
✚ Energy Cycle (Sometimes You) – $2.25 (Usually $4.50, ends 7/1)
✚ Energy Invasion (Sometimes You) – $2.25 (Usually $4.50, ends 7/1)
✚ ESCAPE TRICK: 35 FatefulEnigmas (D3Publisher) – $13.47 (Usually $26.95, ends 7/1)
✚ Fall of Light: Darkest Edition (Digerati) – $7.65 (Usually $22.50, ends 23/1)
✚ Fear Effect Sedna (Square Enix) – $7.48 (Usually $29.95, ends 31/12)
✚ Frost (Digerati) – $6.63 (Usually $19.50, ends 23/1)
✚ FullBlast (RATALAIKA Games) – $6.74(Usually $8.99, ends 7/1)
✚ Garage (tinyBuild Games) – $11.25 (Usually $22.50, ends 7/1)
✚ Ginger: Beyond the Crystal (Badland Games) – $19.50 (Usually $30.00, ends 9/1)
✚ Guts & Glory (tinyBuild Games) – $11.25 (Usually $22.50, ends 7/1)
✚ Human Resource Machine (Tomorrow Corporation) – $10.40 (Usually $13.00, ends 31/12)
✚ Hyperide: Vector Raid (Arts Alliance) – $3.00 (Usually $6.00, ends 31/12)
✚ I, Zombie (Awesome Games) – $5.01 (Usually $7.49, ends 31/12)
✚ INK(Digerati) – $4.05 (Usually $13.50, ends 23/1)
✚ InkSplosion (Ratalaika Games) – $4.50 (Usually $7.50, ends 7/1)
✚ Iro Hero (eastasiasoft) – $5.99 (Usually $19.99, ends 9/1)
✚ Island Flight Simulator (Joindots) – $23.99 (Usually $29.99, ends 10/1)
✚ Jack N’ Jill DX (RATALAIKA Games) – $5.99 (Usually $7.99, ends 7/1)
✚ Jettomero: Hero of the Universe (Ghost Time Games) – $11.55 (Usually $16.50, ends 30/1)
✚ League of Evil (Ratalaika Games) – $4.80 (Usually $12.00, ends 7/1)
✚ Legendary Eleven (Eclipse Games) – $10.99 (Usually $14.99, 7/1)
✚ Letter Quest Remastered (Digerati) – $5.40 (Usually $18.00, ends 23/1)
✚ Little Inferno (Tomorrow Corporation) – $10.40 (Usually $13.00, ends 31/12)
✚ Lumo (Rising Star Games) – $24.00 (Usually $30.00, ends 10/1)
✚ Mahjong Deluxe 3 (Joindots) – $23.99 (Usually $29.99, ends 10/1)
✚ Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Ubisoft) – $29.95 (Usually $59.95, ends 7/1)
✚ Max: The Curse of Brotherhood (StageClearStudios) – $10.99 (Usually $21.99, ends 7/1)
✚ Metropolis: Lux Obscura (Sometimes You) – $8.04 (Usually $12.00, ends 7/1)
✚ Midnight Deluxe (Ratalaika Games) – $4.50 (Usually $7.50, ends 7/1)
✚ Milanoir (Gambitious) – $13.65 (Usually $19.50, ends 31/12)
✚ Mimpi Dreams (Dreadlocks) – $10.49 (Usually $14.99, ends 7/1)
✚ Mom Hid My Game! (KEMCO) – $5.25 (Usually $7.50, ends 9/1)
✚ Monopoly for Nintendo Switch (Ubisoft) – $29.97 (Usually $59.95, ends 7.1)
✚ Mr. Shifty (tinyBuild Games) – $9.75 (Usually $19.50, ends 7/1)
✚ Nefarious (Digerati) – $7.65 (Usually $22.50, ends 23/1)
✚ Nightmare Boy (BLG-Publishing) – $10.50 (Usually $15.00, ends 9/1)
✚ Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon (KOEI TECMO EUROPE) – $54.00 (Usually $90.00, ends 7/1)
✚ Nihilumbra (BeautiFun Games) – $2.99 (Usually $9.99, 7/1)
✚ Ninja Shodown (Rising Star Games) – $11.70 (Usually $19.50, ends 10/1)
✚ Ninjin: Clash of Carrots (Modus Games) – $5.98 (Usually $19.95, ends 31/12)
✚ Octopath Traveller (Nintendo) – $53.95 (Usually $89.95, 10/1)
✚ Oh My Godheads: Party Edition (Square Enix Europe LTD) – $13.77 (Usually $22.95, ends 31/12)
✚ Oh…Sir! The Hollywood Roast (Gambitious) – $1.79 (Usually $4.49, ends 31/12)
✚ Oh…Sir! The Insult Simulator (Gambitious) – $1.49 (Usually $2.99, ends 31/12)
✚ OKAMI HD (CAPCOM) – $22.46 (Usually $29.95, ends 10/1)
✚ One More Dungeon (Ratalaika Games) – $7.20 (Usually $12.00, ends 7/1)
✚ Overcooked Special Edition (Team 17) – $TBC
✚ Paranautical Activity (Digerati) – $2.40 (Usually $12.00, ends 23/1)
✚ Pirates: All Aboard! (QubicGames) – $1.50 (Usually $8.99, ends 13/1)
✚ Plantera Deluxe (Ratalaika Games) – $3.75 (Usually $7.50, ends 7/1)
✚ Please, Don’t Touch Anything (ForwardXP) – $11.99 (Usually $14.99, ends 7/1)
✚ Punch Club (tinyBuild Games) – $11.25 (Usually $22.50, ends 7/1)
✚ RAYMAN LEGENDS: DEFINITIVE EDITION (Ubisoft) – $29.97 (Usually $59.95, ends 7/1)
✚ Red’s Kingdom (Rising Star Games) – $10.50 (Usually $15.00, ends 14/1)
✚ RiME (Grey Box) – $22.47 (Usually $44.95, ends 8/1)
✚ RISK: The Game of Global Domination (Ubisoft) – $20.96 (Usually $29.95, ends 7/1)
✚ Road To Ballhalla (tinyBuild Games) – $11.25 (Usually $22.50, ends 7/1)
✚ Robonauts (QubicGames) – $1.50 (Usually $12.99, ends 13/1)
✚ Santa Tracker (Onteca) – $1.99 (Usually $2.99, ends 16/1)
✚ Season Match HD (Joindots) – $11.99 (Usually $14.99, ends 10/1)
✚ SEGA AGES Sonic The Hedgehog (SEGA) – $8.21 (Usually $10.95, ends 7/1)
✚ SEGA AGES Thunder Force IV (SEGA) – $8.21 (Usually $10.95, ends 7/1)
✚ Semblance (Gambitious) – $10.50 (Usually $15.00, ends 31/12)
✚ Shadow Bug (Muro Studios) – $5.40 (Usually $13.50, ends 31/12)
✚ Shadow of Loot Box (RATALAIKA Games) – $9.59 (Usually $11.99, ends 7/1)
✚ Sheltered (Team17) – $18.00 (Usually $22.50, ends 31/12)
✚ Shikhondo: Soul Eater (Digerati) – $6.30 (Usually $21.00, ends 23/1)
✚ Shining Resonance Refrain (SEGA) – $39.97 (Usually $79.95, ends 7/1)
✚ SkyTime (Sometimes You) – $3.15 (Usually $4.50, ends 7/1)
✚ Slain: Back From Hell (Digerati) – $9.00 (Usually $30.00, ends 23/1)
✚ Slayaway Camp: Butcher’s Cut (Digerati) – $6.75 (Usually $22.50, ends 23/1)
✚ SONIC FORCES Digital Bonus Edition (SEGA EUR) – $29.96 (Usually $59.95, ends 7/1)
✚ Sonic Mania (SEGA) – $20.21 (Usually $26.95, ends 7/1)
✚ Space Ribbon (Onteca)- $3.99 (Usually $19.99, ends 17/1)
✚ Spectrum (Digerati) – $6.12 (Usually $18.00, ends 23/1)
✚ Splat the Fruit (West Coast) – $18.00 (Usually $26.99, ends 16/1)
✚ Sports Party (Ubisoft) – $34.96 (Usually $49.95, ends 7/1)
✚ Spy Chameleon (Unfinished Pixel) – $9.00 (Usually $12.00, ends 14/1)
✚ Squareboy vs Bullies: Arena Edition (Ratalaika Games) – $4.50 (Usually $7.50, ends 7/1)
✚ Starlink: Battle for Atlas – Deluxe Edition (Ubisoft) – $ 74.97 (Usually $149.95, ends 7/1)
✚ Starlink: Battle for Atlas – Standard Edition (Ubisoft) – $ 59.97 (Usually $119.95, ends 7/1)
✚ Storm In a Teacup (Rising Star Games) – $3.15 (Usually $4.50, ends 14/1)
✚ Suicide Guy (ChubbyPixel) – $7.20 (Usually $12.00, ends 31/12)
✚ Super Destronaut DX – (RATALAIKA Games) – $5.02 (Usually $7.50, end 7/1)
✚ Super Volley Blast (Unfinished Pixel) – $11.25 (Usually $15.00, ends 14/1)
✚ SUPERBEAT XONiC EX (Rising Star Games) – $39.37 (Usually $52.50, ends 10/1)
✚ Teddy the Wanderer: Kayaking (Forever Entertainment) – $11.25 (Usually $15.00, ends 10/1)
✚ Tennis (D3 Publisher) – $5.25 (Usually $10.50, ends 7/1)
✚ TETRA’s Escape (RATALAIKA Games) – $5.02 (Usually $7.50, end 7/1)
✚ The Bridge (The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild) – $3.45 (Usually $15.00, ends 26/1)
✚ THE Card: Poker, Texas hold ’em, Blackjack and Page One (D3 Publisher) – $3.75 (Usually $7.50, ends 7/1)
✚ The Coma: Recut (Digerati) – $9.00 (Usually $30.00, ends 23/1)
✚ The Final Station (tinyBuild Games) – $11.25 (Usually $22.50, ends 7/1)
✚ THE Number Puzzle (D3 Publisher) – $3.75 (Usually $7.50, ends 7/1)
✚ The Room (Team 17) – $TBC
✚ Three Fourths Home: Extended Edition (Digerati) –
✚ Trailblazers (Rising Star Games) – $36.00 (Usually $45.00, ends 10/1)
✚ Troll and I (Maximum Games) – $14.99 (Usually $59.99, ends 31/12)
✚ Tumblestone (QuantumAstroGuild) – $4.59 (Usually $19.99, ends 23/1)
✚ Uncanny Valley (Digerati) – $7.50 (Usually $15.00, ends 23/1)
✚ Unexplored (Digerati) – $7.65 (Usually $22.50, ends 23/1)
✚ UNO (Ubisoft) – $10.01 (Usually $14.30, ends 7/1)
✚ Valiant Hearts: The Great War (Ubisoft) – $20.96 (Usually $29.95, ends 7/1)
✚ Valkyria Chronicles 4 (SEGA) – $66.96 (Usually $99.95, ends 7/1)
✚ Vertical Drop Heroes HD (Digerati) – $5.10 (Usually $15.00, ends 23/1)
Vertical Drop Heroes HD (Digerati) – $5.10 (Usually $15.00, ends 23/1)
✚ Volgarr the Viking (BLUE PRINT) – $4.97 (Usually $14.99, ends 13/1)
✚ Warriors Orochi 4 (KOEI TECMO EUROPE) – $84.00 (Usually $105.00, ends 7/1)
✚ World of Goo (Tomorrow Corporation) – $10.40 (Usually $13.00, ends 31/12)
✚ Yooka-Laylee (Team 17) – $39 (Usually $60.00, ends 14/1)
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