Axiom Verge 2 (Switch eShop)
£10.52 (-35%)
Axiom Verge is a remarkably tough act to follow, but Thomas Happ managed to do it again in producing a pitch-perfect, excellently paced Metroidvania adventure. Axiom Verge 2 perfectly balances familiar elements that made the original great and trying out new ideas that give the sequel its own identity, and while lovers of the first game may take some time to adjust, everything comes together and makes for a potent experience that no fan of the genre will want to miss out on. The mysterious atmosphere, thrilling pace, and fantastic world design all come together to make for a worthy follow-up that stands well on its own.
Rogue Legacy 2 (Switch eShop)
£13.49 (-40%)
Rogue Legacy 2 is — to put it simply — a banger. While it’s not a game-changing revelation, it manages to follow up on everything that made the original great and makes it bigger and better. Even once you've bested the bosses, you've barely scratched the surface of what this has to offer, considering the in-depth New Game Plus mode and the wealth of content contained across all available classes and options. Whether you loved the original Rogue Legacy or never played it but like a good roguelike, this is a game you simply can't afford to miss.
Kraino Origins (Switch eShop)
£6.47 (-40%)
It may be over in the blink of an eye, but Kraino Origins proves itself to be a well-crafted and deeply enjoyable old-school action platformer while it lasts. There’s a little bit of Mega Man in here, a little more Castlevania, some Super Mario Bros. 3, but Kraino doesn’t feel overly derivative of such titles, largely because of its excellent level design. With some excellent 8-bit pixel art, this is an affordable and brief entry in the neo-retro genre, and one that we would definitely recommend.
Moero Crystal H (Switch eShop)
£17.49 (-50%)
Moero Crystal H is a saucy dungeon crawler that parents should note is most definitely not one for the kids! It is, however, an outstanding dungeon crawler that combines the light-hearted, sexy, character-centric comedy of harem anime with deep combat and progression mechanics, plus a healthy dose of dating sim for good measure.
Unlike other games in the genre, it respects the player’s time with quality-of-life features such as adjustable speed controls for both combat and exploration as well as a helpful autopilot mode – though it would have been nice to also see an option to save and recall party lineups and load-outs. It’s beautifully presented, too, with delightful animated Live2D characters, gorgeous (if infrequent) event images and incredibly catchy music. Most importantly, though, it plays well – and provides enough content in both its main story and endgame to keep even the most avid RPG fan busy for hundreds of hours.
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City of Brass (Switch eShop)
£1.34 (-90%)
This one tended to polarise critics when it launched, but we absolutely love the first-person roguelike action it serves up. While some of its procedural generation can sometimes make for an unnecessarily challenging experience, City of Brass more than makes up for it with the sheer creativity you can have exploring its Arabian Nights-themed maps. With genii to imbue you with wacky powers and the ever-tantalising need to collect more gold (as well the option to compete with others via the leaderboards), Uppercut Games has produced one of the most entertaining roguelikes to swing onto Nintendo Switch. And you can throw ghost chickens. What more do you need?
Sayonara Wild Hearts (Switch eShop)
£6.49 (-41%)
Sayonara Wild Hearts is the video game equivalent of Prince: it’s extremely short and its journey maybe ends a little sooner than you’d hoped, but it packs so many varied and beautiful ideas into its brief life and masters so many different styles that even though there’s a real disappointment it’s over so quickly, what it did give you will remain with you for an extremely long time. A true creative masterpiece.
Mario Strikers: Battle League (Switch)
£33.29 (-33%)
Mario Strikers: Battle League is a masterclass in competitive game design. What it lacks in options is more than made up by just how much fun the game is, and it’s absolutely gorgeous to boot. Post-launch updates brought along content which you could argue should have been there from the start, but the game it played from kick-off was a beautiful one.
If arcade sport action isn’t your bag, it’ll likely do nothing to sway your opinion, but if you have even a passing interest in this kind of caper, Mario Strikers: Battle League is one of the best sports games on Switch.
![Mario Strikers Battle League Football [Download Code - UK/EU]](https://images.nintendolife.com/products/18852/100x100.png)
Evergate (Switch eShop)
£1.99 (-75%)
Evergate is a wonderfully designed puzzle/platformer that starts off strong and goes from strength to strength over the course of its campaign. Every new world you encounter here adds a new twist to proceedings, gradually becoming more complex as it layers mechanics on top of one each other, enabling you to experiment and come up with your own unique ways to bound across its intricate levels. Speed-running here, for us, feels like it was tacked on for no real reason but, besides this one little misstep, this really is an essential purchase for puzzle/platforming fans and a standout example of its genre on Switch.
Hindsight (Switch eShop)
£5.99 (-50%)
Hindsight does what it does with technical and artistic aplomb. The story is eloquent, mature and moving, and the core mechanic of diving into objects creates perfect madeleine moments that boost the experience beyond many other story games. It only asks for a few hours of your time and repays the investment generously.
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Switch)
£33.29 (-33%)
This beautiful Switch remake of the classic Game Boy entry rebuilt everything from the ground up. On top of the beautiful new art style, it added modern conveniences, a dungeon creator, amiibo support, and lots of little quality-of-life improvements whilst infusing every single square inch of Koholint – every secret passage, Piranha, Pokey, and Pig Warrior – with a level of detail and depth that totally reinvigorated both its timeless story and classic Zelda gameplay for a new generation.
If there's anything holding The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening back, some frame rate issues might prove jarring for some players. Others may not even notice, but if you're sensitive to dropped frames, you may be distracted from the otherwise absorbing gameplay. It's a little thing, but with the heritage of technical wizardry behind the Game Boy original, it is a small dent in this game's otherwise glistening armour.
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Well there you have it, all of the games in Nintendo's Blockbuster Sale that we awarded a 9/10 or higher. There are a whole host of wonderful games out there that scored an 8/10 from us, though you will have to sniff them out yourself (be warned, there are a fair few).
Let us know if you are picking up any of the above and be sure to flag any other 9/10s on sale that we might have missed.
Comments 34
Pentiment for me for that price. I don't know much about it but I've heard that's the best way to experience it anyway.
well how much are they on sale in U.S. dollars though? Im an American in the U.S. and I don't go by British pound or whatever.
yeah Nintendolife is a UK/British videogame website but come on. Nintendolife staff needs to be considerate where Americans come to this dang website too
@XandertheWise Have you missed the part where they said Europe in the title? They also had plenty of similar articles aimed at America specifically.
@XandertheWise It's specifically said in the article that this sale is in Europe, so they probably didn't put prices in dollars because some of these same games are likely not on sale in the US. Not everything revolves around your country.
@XandertheWise it's a European sale. When it's an American sale they usually post the prices in dollars.
@XandertheWise I assume they have people from all over the world that view the site making pricing guides a slippery slope on what currency to include or not include. In fairness to them ive seen them include articles from time to time based on sales in the USA. If they include us dollars do they have to include Canadian dollars also. So I side with NL in this case
It's a European eshop sale not a US sale. Why would they list it in dollars you can't even pay in dollars for them.youd have ron convert into a European currency Be nice if they listed the Ruro prices as well as pounds though.
Did you use the word "dang" to prove that you are American?
@XandertheWise Xander the not so wise.
I got Mark of the Ninja Remaster for that price during the last sale, but didn't get to play it yet. And it's likely to remain in the backlog till the next couple of sales
And ... there is never enough of Bayonetta 3 ... and for that price!
Hope this sale comes to the US. Thinking I might pick up Pentiment on Switch even though I have it via GamePass. Definitely is a great fit for a mobile device.
Pentiment and Prince of Persia are totally worthy at that price! Go for them, guys!
@Roibeard64 well Im not the only American that comes to the Nintendolife website. Other Americans besides me probably do get fed up with the UK/British pound sale for Nintendo eShop announcements.
Would be nice if the site would also include the American dollar sale too for us U.S. folk
@awp69 exactly. I hope the same sale is included for us U.S. folk.
Some of Americans do come to the dang Nintendolife website and its companion sites push square etc. yet we have to deal.get used to the UK folk being the first ones to get the sales before we do
@XandertheWise https://www.nintendolife.com/tags/sales
All coverage for sales, including those in the U.S., can be found there. Now please stop embarrassing us.
@Nontendo_4DS lololol. Yeah man. Not to mention the answers are just a Google away.
Including the price in US dollars would be silly. But since these articles are about European sales, and most of the European countries use the Euro, I'd say it would be the minimum to include the price in Euros, and yet Nintendo Life never does.
I wish I could take advantage of the Atelier Ryza 3 sale, the first 2 gane were just enjoyable comfy gaming. But I just cannot read the tiny subtitle text on the third game in handheld mode (which is the only way I use the Switch).
@XandertheWise it's for the European sales, you want dollars go see the North American sales articles on the site. They are separate eshops with separate sales and separate accepted currencies how are you not grasping that basic fact.
@FreasurePlanten yeah I don't know what Nintendolife has against listing Euro prices like you do get Eurozone readers like myself that would love to not have to open the eshop to see extactly what it's going for here.
I know reviews are subjective, but there appears to be a pretty big difference between the NL review scores and the user ratings on some of these.
The Atelier games really went on sale in only parts of Europe. Wtf. The rest of us only get discount on the remake.
I was hoping for a better sale, not many of my wish list have a discount, so then my interest is piqued for the following:
1. Pentiment
2. Tails of Iron
3. The Stanley Parable
1 & 2 would make a nice medieval double header, whereas 3 has a bit of a Half Life vibe (it being based on a mod).
Decisions, decisions....I was going to buy the Jeff Minter collection, but that might need to wait, so which should I buy from the above or are there any other unmissables?
I realised yesterday that my switch had fallen out of my bag after playing pocket card jockey on the plane to Portugal. 😭 I'm praying Jet2 found it. Luckily I left most of my game cards at home but did have 6 heavy hitters in the carry case 😢😢😢
Already have everything I want from this list, but just stopped in to say how crazy it was for Mario Strikers to get a 9!
@cra1g0s Pentiment was my GOTY on Xbox when it came out. Absolutely loved it, amazing game.
(Having said that, I'm also really enjoying the Jeff Minter collection at the moment too, so...)
@Alex79uk The Jeff Minter collection for me, would bring back a lot of memories, not just of games like Revenge of the Mutant Camels and others, but that whole era of PET computers, followed by the Vic-20 and C64...yeah, I'm that old!
I'm going to think about Pentiment, I like to have games that are a bit unique and this certainly appears to be.
@cra1g0s There are more than a few games on the Minter collection that you'll play for a couple of minutes just to see what they're like. Realistically there are probably 7 or 8 that you'll put any time in to (although your milage may vary, of course) but those games are brilliant and the accompanying interactive documentary is really nicely done. I'm definitely pleased with the package.
Trust an American to want American dollar prices in an European shop sale 😅
Just wait for the US eshop sale - the big sales are always mirrored there.
@SuperRetroArt
I like that was a good one lol that’s funny 😆 Im from Russia but I have lived in America since I was 2
and I’ve used the word dang now so many times 😂
So much absolutely amazing titles!
As much as I love me some sales, a 65 game list spread over 6 pages doesn't help me to narrow my focus very much, does it?
For most of these I bought them physical. I prefer physical over digital anyday.
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