New releases and eShop discounts (week 25)
Posted 18 Jun 2020 at 13:43 by Dennis Tummers
Week 25 is the week of the surprise release of Jump Rope Challenge, Nintendo's stay-in-shape minigame. Have you been picking up your Joy-cons on a daily basis and doing your exercises?
EA releases are rare on the Nintendo Switch platform, but this week the publisher is bringing us Burnout Paradise Remastered. The original released in 2008, and received very positive reviews as a great open-world arcade racer.
If you missed any of the Resident Evil games in the past sale, it may be comforting to know that Resident Evil, Resident Evil Zero, and Resident Evil 4,5 and 6 all received a permanent pricedrop from €29.99 / £19.99 to €19.99 / £15.99.
As always, the full list of new releases can be found below, after the highlights for this week.
Highlights: New Game Releases
| Title | Content Type | Release Date |
| Jump Rope Challenge(Nintendo) | Game – Digital Only | 16/06/2020, 06:00 CEST |
| Description from publisher: Take an active break in your day with Jump Rope Challenge, free for Nintendo Switch! Hold both Joy-Con controllers in your hands and jump while moving your arms, as if you’re exercising with a skipping rope!The on-screen rabbit will reflect your movements, allowing your jumps to be counted, and you can also record how many times you’ve jumped each day. By moving your hands and jumping at the right time, your score will increase.Jump Rope Challenge was developed using Unity, a real-time development platform. | ||
| Invisible, Inc. Nintendo Switch Edition(Klei Entertainment) | Game - Digital Only | 15/06/2020, 15:00 CEST |
| Description from publisher: Tactical Espionage. Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations. Stealth, precision, and teamwork are essential in high-stakes, high-profit missions, where every move may cost an agent their life. | ||
| Edna & Harvey: The Breakout – Anniversary Edition(Daedalic GmbH) | Game - Digital Only | 17/06/2020, 15:00 CEST |
| Description from publisher: Edna & Harvey are back!The award-winning adventure with a new paintjob!For ""Edna & Harvey: The Breakout – Anniversary Edition"", Daedalic's classic has been redrawn and received a complete overhaul: high resolution visuals, new technology, intuitive controls – it's a truly insane adventure. Experience this quirky cult classic with Edna & Harvey anew, but better than ever before – or discover this gem for the first time!Time to go crazy!When Edna wakes up, she has no memories of her past, or why she finds herself in the padded cell of a sanatorium. Though she hasn't the slightest idea how she ended up in a cell, one thing is certain: She wants to get out of there!After all, she feels positively sane – and her talking plush bunny Harvey absolutely agrees.Together they try to make their escape and meet the weirdest inmates – from a man in a bee costume to the pseudo-siamese twins Hoti and Moti. But Dr. Marcel, the head of the sanatorium, does everything in his power to stop Edna from leaving. What is his endgame? And why has her memory been wiped? Bit by bit, Edna remembers the time before the sanatorium... | ||
| Burnout™ Paradise Remastered(Electronic Arts) | Game - Dual Distribution | 19/06/2020, 11:00 CEST |
| Description from publisher: The multi-million selling Burnout™ franchise races onto Nintendo Switch™ for the first time ever. Make action your middle name as you rule the open streets of Paradise City, in Burnout™ Paradise Remastered. Test the limits of skill and endurance as you push the boundaries of speed itself. Hurtle through hectic downtown avenues to wild mountain roads. Smash through traffic, wreck your opponents, and use the open city to find shortcuts. Leave your friends in the dust and define your route to victory – or crash out in spectacular and devastating effect. Packed with 8 pieces of extra content, with 130+ vehicles, new areas to explore such as Big Surf Island, and hundreds of online challenges, embrace high-octane stunts and wanton destruction in one of the greatest arcade racers. Fully optimized for the Nintendo Switch™ in 60 FPS, including pinch-and-pull map control for ease of navigation. Burnout Paradise Remastered is the ultimate driving playground to play with friends or on-the-go. | ||
| Railway Empire - Nintendo Switch™ Edition(KalypsoMediaGroup) | Game - Dual Distribution | 19/06/2020, 15:00 local time |
| Description from publisher: United States, 1830: ‘The New World’ is in its ascendancy. Industry is booming, and the race is on to establish the most dominant and powerful rail empire in all of North America. It’s time to outthink and outmaneuver your competitors as you lead your company into the 20th century!In Railway Empire, you will create an elaborate and wide-ranging rail network, purchase over 40 different trains modelled in extraordinary detail, and buy or build railway stations, maintenance buildings, factories and tourist attractions to keep your travel network ahead of the competition. You’ll also need to hire and manage your workforce if you want to ensure an efficient train service, whilst also develop over 300 technologies ranging from mechanical improvements to the trains themselves to workplace infrastructures and advanced amenities as you progress through five eras of technological innovations.However, you can’t just build and research your way to the top – the competition never sleeps, and to keep your business on track you’ll have to survive against up to three rival tycoons. To get to the top you may have to resort to more cutthroat tactics as you attack and sabotage your opponents through raids and industrial espionage.In Railway Empire, you will create an elaborate and wide-ranging rail network, purchase over 40 different trains modelled in extraordinary detail, and buy or build railway stations, maintenance buildings, factories and tourist attractions to keep your travel network ahead of the competition. You’ll also need to hire and manage your workforce if you want to ensure an efficient train service, whilst also develop over 300 technologies ranging from mechanical improvements to the trains themselves to workplace infrastructures and advanced amenities as you progress through five eras of technological innovations. | ||
Highlights: New DLC Releases
| Title | Release Date |
| Dead by Daylight: Silent Hill Chapter(Behaviour Interactive) | 16/06/2020, 19:00 CEST |
| Description from publisher:Silent Hill is a new Chapter for Dead by Daylight. It includes a Killer, The Executioner; a Survivor, Cheryl Mason; and a map. Purchasing the add-on will unlock its new Killer, new Survivor, and an exclusive universal Charm: the Seal of Metatron.The Silent Hill Chapter includes a new map, Midwich Elementary School: the childhood trauma that once took place in its halls has since manifested itself into a twisted, nightmarish design. The new Killer is The Executioner: take control of Pyramid Head and wield his great knife to unleash his twisted brand of punishment on all who cross him. The new Survivor is Cheryl Mason, a courageous, outspoken woman who survived the hellish Otherworld of Silent Hill, and exacted revenge on the Order that killed her father. With experience beyond her years, she's prepared to once again stand against any evil that confronts her. | |
Highlights: New Pre-Loads
| Title | Pre-Load Start Date | Pre-Load End Date |
| Pokémon Café Mix(Nintendo) | 17/06/2020 15:00 CEST | 24/06/2020 01:59 CEST |
| Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour(Gearbox Publishing) | 16/06/2020, 18:00 CEST | 23/06/2020, 17:59 CEST |
| Ninjala(GUNGHOONLINE) | 17/06/2020, 17:00 CEST | 24/06/2020, 16:59 CEST |
| Tower Of Time(Digerati) | 18/06/2020, 15:00 CEST | 25/06/2020, 14:59 CEST |
Highlights: Permanent Price Drops
| Title | Content Type | Price Drop Effective From | Price Point on Nintendo eShop* |
| Resident Evil 0(CAPCOM) | Game - Digital Only | 19/06/2020, 00:00 local time | €19.99 / £15.99 / CHF 22.9 / ₽1399Previously€29.99 / £19.99 / CHF 34.89 / ₽1799 |
| Resident Evil 4(CAPCOM) | Game - Digital Only | 19/06/2020, 00:00 local time | €19.99 / £15.99 / CHF 22.9 / ₽1399Previously€29.99 / £19.99 / CHF 34.89 / ₽1799 |
| Resident Evil 5(CAPCOM) | Game - Digital Only | 19/06/2020, 00:00 local time | €19.99 / £15.99 / CHF 22.9 / ₽1399Previously€29.99 / £19.99 / CHF 34.89 / ₽2199 |
| Resident Evil 6(CAPCOM) | Game - Digital Only | 19/06/2020, 00:00 local time | €19.99 / £15.99 / CHF 22.9 / ₽1399Previously€29.99 / £19.99 / CHF 34.89 / ₽2199 |
| Resident Evil(CAPCOM) | Game - Digital Only | 19/06/2020, 00:00 local time | €19.99 / £15.99 / CHF 22.9 / ₽1399Previously€29.99 / £29.99 / CHF 34.89 / ₽1799 |
Download versions of packaged software
- Burnout Paradise Remastered
- Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade
- Darius Cozmic Collection Console
- Railway Empire - Nintendo Switch Edition
Nintendo Switch download software
- Across the Grooves
- Aery: Little Bird Adventure
- Blood and Guts Bundle
- Colt Canyon
- Destrobots
- Edna & Harvey: The Breakout – Anniversary Edition
- Endless Fables: Dark Moor
- Hakoniwa Explorer Plus
- I Dream of you and Ice Cream
- Invisible, Inc. Nintendo Switch Edition
- Jump Rope Challenge
- -KLAUS-
- Lost Lands: Dark Overlord
- My Butlet
- Namco Museum Arcades Volume 1
- Namco Museum Archives Volume 2
- One Way Heroics Plus
- Paint
- Polandball: Can Into Space
- Push the Crate 2
- Radio Squid
- RUINER
- Seeds of Resilience
- Summer in Mara
- Super Soccer Blast
- Tcheco in the Castle of Lucio
- The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters
- Working Zombies
Nintendo Switch downloadable content
- Dead by Daylight
- Goonya Fighter
- GROOVE COASTER WAI WAI PARTY!!!!
- Link-a-Pix Deluxe
- Railway Empire - Nintendo Switch Edition
- The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters
- WorldNeverland - Elnea Kingdom
Nintendo Switch demos
- Infini
- The Almost Gone
- Wanderlust Travel Stories
