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12th of October Wii U eShop drops; Wii U eShop Eba & Egg: A Hatch Trip (Giga Drill Games, €4.99 / £4.49) Wii U Virtual Console MOTOROADER (IREM, €5.99 / £5.39) Legend of Hero Tonma (EXTREME, €5.99 / £5.39) Wii U eShop Temporary Discounts Dragon Skills (Joindots, €3.99 / £3.39 until 26th October, regular price €7.99 / £6.79) Jones on Fire (Joindots, €2.99 / £2.29 until 26th October, regular price €5.99 / £4.59) Queen’s Garden (Joindots, €3.49 / £2.74 until 26th October, regular price €6.99 / £5.49) Sweetest Thing (Joindots, €3.49 / £2.74 until 26th October, regular price €6.99 / £5.49) 360 Breakout (nuGAME, €4.90 / £4.20 until 9th November, regular price €7.00 / £6.00) Laser Blaster (Petite Games, €1.59 / £1.43 until 26th October, regular price €1.99 / £1.79)

12th of October brings this barrel of goodies to the Switch eShop; Switch Retail Download Sine Mora EX (THQ Nordic, €29.99 / £24.99) 88 Heroes: 98 Heroes Edition (Rising Star Games, €29.99 / £29.99) Tiny Barbarian DX (Nicalis, €29.99 / £26.99) Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle (NIS America, €29.99 / £29.99) – Available from Friday, 13th of October. Switch eShop Wulverblade (Fully Illustrated, €16.99 / £14.99) The Flame in the Flood (The Molasses Flood, €14.99 / £14.99) Yono and the Celestial Elephants (Plug In Digital, €14.99 / £12.99) Unbox: Newbie’s Adventure (Merge Games, €26.99 / £22.49 until 18th October, then €29.99 / £24.99) Neon Chrome (10Tons, €14.99 / £12.99) Squareboy vs Bullies: Arena Edition (Ratalaika Games, €4.99 / £4.49) The King of Fighters ’95 (HAMSTER, €6.99 / £6.29) Switch eShop Demo Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas (FDG Entertainment, free) Switch eShop Temporary Discounts Infinite Minigolf (Zen Studios, €10.49 / £9.44 until 17th October, regular price €14.99 / £13.49) The Bridge (The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild, €7.49 / £6.74 until 2nd November, regular price €9.99 / £8.99)

Just before I go to work, a quick word on Tiny Barbarian DX. The game does nothing that you haven't seen before. Castlevania, Mega Man, Ghouls N' Ghosts, all 2D action platform tropes and cliches are in here. However, the game does them all so well, and with such a variety of things to do. It unashamedly pays homage after homage to the greats, and excels at those pokes of fun while maintaining its own identity. To be truly critical, this game offers nothing that you haven’t seen before, but it’s just so damn good at what it does offer. One minute you are jumping, hacking and slashing through a combo-driven 2D platformer. Then, riding on the back of a beast. Followed, by a persistently scrolling level, up an elevator, or running from a massive chasing boulder. After that, flying on a tamed bee. Later still, jumping over barrels being thrown at you by a woman stealing large monkey-type creature. Lastly, fighting some dramatic mid or end boss that throws all previous conventions out of the window. Variety is certainly the spice of the Tiny Barbarian’s life. It controls so well, no slowdown, and looks great with bright 16-bit style graphics and fluid animations, and good music. It's really difficult to point out a negative of the game. Yes, it's difficult, but fair. Yes, there are no RPG-lite elements, but this is a straight forward, linear, 2D action platformer. Yes, it's overpriced, but what's on offer is an extremely well executed game made by people who know their history, and the 2-player co-op is great fun. If you don't like this genre then steer clear, you've seen it all before. But if you do, I can't recommend it highly enough, even through the 26.99 pounds asking price. Maybe wait for a sale??

It really needed it when it came out. I feel like if they do SplatNet style info boards then they've missed the boat. Still I wouldn't complain, and it might drag me back into it.

It's under embargo until late Tuesday, but I'm currently working on a review for Tiny Barbarian DX, coming out on the 10th, and I must say, even though it has a slightly hefty price point of 26.99 pounds, it's a great game to look forward to. I'll elaborate later this week.

Team Front. Available on Sunday only from about 13:00 to 15:00 ish. Might be changing?

5th of October 3DS eShop releases; 3DS Retail Downloads Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser’s Minions (Nintendo, €39.99 / £34.99) – Available from Friday, 6th of October. Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires’ Conspiracy (Level-5, €39.99 / £34.99) – Available from Friday, 6th of October. Culdcept Revolt (NIS America, €39.99 / £34.99) 3DS eShop Symphony of Eternity (KEMCO, €7.99 / £7.19) 3DS DLC Layton’s Mystery Journey: Costume bundle pack (Level-5, €7.99 / £7.19) Layton’s Mystery Journey: Daddy’s girl (Level-5, €1.99 / £1.79) Layton’s Mystery Journey: Luke lookalike (Level-5, €1.99 / £1.79) Layton’s Mystery Journey: Emmy impersonation (Level-5, €1.99 / £1.79) Layton’s Mystery Journey: Anton-ish attire (Level-5, €1.99 / £1.79) Layton’s Mystery Journey: Aurora again (Level-5, €1.99 / £1.79) Culdcept Revolt – Free Bats’ Free Time (NIS America, €3.99 / £3.59) Culdcept Revolt – Free Avatar Pack (NIS America, free) Culdcept Revolt – Free Book Cover Pack (NIS America, free) Culdcept Revolt – Vampire Set (NIS America, €1.99 / £1.79) Culdcept Revolt – Necromancer Set (NIS America, €1.99 / £1.79) Culdcept Revolt – Gothic Lolita Set (NIS America, €1.99 / £1.79) Culdcept Revolt – Green Set (NIS America, €1.99 / £1.79) Culdcept Revolt – Red Set (NIS America, €1.99 / £1.79) Culdcept Revolt – Blue Set (NIS America, €1.99 / £1.79) Culdcept Revolt – Yellow Set (NIS America, €1.99 / £1.79) Culdcept Revolt – Alien Set (NIS America, €1.99 / £1.79) Culdcept Revolt – Angel Set (NIS America, €1.99 / £1.79) Culdcept Revolt – Detective Set (NIS America, €1.99 / £1.79) Culdcept Revolt – Black Knight Set (NIS America, €1.99 / £1.79) Culdcept Revolt – Hero Set (NIS America, €1.99 / £1.79) Culdcept Revolt – Battle Boy Set (NIS America, €1.99 / £1.79) Culdcept Revolt – Shrine Maiden Set (NIS America, €1.99 / £1.79) Culdcept Revolt – Red Riding Hood Set (NIS America, €1.99 / £1.79) Culdcept Revolt – Magical Girl Set (NIS America, €1.99 / £1.79) Culdcept Revolt – Puppet Doll Set (NIS America, €1.99 / £1.79) Culdcept Revolt – Tin Man Set (NIS America, €1.99 / £1.79) Culdcept Revolt – Archer Pack (NIS America, €1.99 / £1.79) Culdcept Revolt – Warrior Pack (NIS America, €1.99 / £1.79) Culdcept Revolt – Musician Pack (NIS America, €1.99 / £1.79) Culdcept Revolt – Horror Pack (NIS America, €1.99 / £1.79) Culdcept Revolt – Mascot Pack (NIS America, €1.99 / £1.79) Culdcept Revolt – Glasses Pack (NIS America, €1.99 / £1.79) Culdcept Revolt – Rose Pack (NIS America, €0.99 / £0.89) Culdcept Revolt – Animal Pack (NIS America, €0.99 / £0.89) Culdcept Revolt – Steel Pack (NIS America, €0.99 / £0.89) Culdcept Revolt – Scale Pack (NIS America, €0.99 / £0.89) Culdcept Revolt – Dragon Pack (NIS America, €1.99 / £1.79) Culdcept Revolt – Avatar Pack (NIS America, €19.99 / £17.99) Culdcept Revolt – Book Cover Pack (NIS America, €14.99 / £13.49) Culdcept Revolt – Dice Pack (NIS America, €9.99 / £8.99) 3DS eShop Temporary Discounts BOXBOY! (Nintendo, €3.74 / £3.36 until 26th October, regular price €4.99 / £4.49) BOXBOXBOY! (Nintendo, €3.74 / £3.36 until 26th October, regular price €4.99 / £4.49) BYE-BYE BOXBOY! (Nintendo, €3.74 / £3.36 until 26th October, regular price €4.99 / £4.49) Zombie Panic in Wonderland DX (Akaoni Studio, €6.30 / £5.67 until 2nd November, regular price €7.00 / £6.30) AeternoBlade (Corecell, €7.49 / £6.75 until 19th October, regular price €14.99 / £13.50) Epic Word Search Collection (Lightwood Games, €5.99 / £4.49 until 19th October, regular price €7.99 / £5.99) Epic Word Search Collection 2 (Lightwood Games, €5.99 / £4.49 until 19th October, regular price €7.99 / £5.99) 10-in-1: Arcade Collection (Gamelion, €0.99 / £0.89 until 19th October, regular price €1.99 / £1.79) Crazy Kangaroo (Gamelion, €0.99 / £0.94 until 19th October, regular price €1.99 / £1.89) Hazumi (Gamelion, €1.34 / £0.99 until 19th October, regular price €2.69 / £1.99) League of Heroes (Gamelion, €1.99 / £1.79 until 19th October, regular price €3.99 / £3.59) Monster Shooter (Gamelion, €2.00 / £1.60 until 19th October, regular price €4.00 / £3.20) Pick-A-Gem (Gamelion, €1.49 / £1.39 until 19th October, regular price €2.99 / £2.79) PIX3D (Gamelion, €1.99 / £1.79 until 19th October, regular price €3.99 / £3.59) Rage of the Gladiator (Gamelion, €3.49 / £3.14 until 19th October, regular price €6.99 / £6.29) SpeedX 3D (Gamelion, €1.49 / £1.34 until 19th October, regular price €2.99 / £2.69) SpeedX 3D Hyper Edition (Gamelion, €0.99 / £0.89 until 19th October, regular price €1.99 / £1.79) Collide-a-Ball (Starsign, €0.99 / £0.99 until 19th October, regular price €1.99 / £1.99) Ping Pong Trick Shot (Starsign, €0.99 / £0.99 until 19th October, regular price €1.99 / £1.99) Crollors Game Pack (Nvriezen, €1.26 / £1.18 until 2nd November, regular price €1.49 / £1.39) My Nintendo 3DS HOME Theme BOXBOY! 2.5th Year Anniversary (Nintendo, 20 Gold Points)

5th of October Switch eShop releases; Switch eShop Stardew Valley (Chucklefish LTD, €13.99 / £10.99) Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime (Asteroid Base, €14.99 / £11.99) Axiom Verge (Thomas Happ Games, €17.99 / £14.99) Oxenfree (Night School, €19.99 / £15.99) – Available from Friday, 6th of October. Earth Atlantis (Headup Games, €14.99 / £13.49) Tumblestone (The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild, €12.99 / £11.99) Ninja Shodown (Rising Star Games, €12.99 / £9.99) Volgarr the Viking (Crazy Viking, €9.99 / £8.99) Metal Slug X (HAMSTER, €6.99 / £6.29) Tower of Babel (EnjoyUp Games, €9.99 / £8.99) Switch eShop Demos Just Dance 2018 (Ubisoft, free) Spelunker Party! (Square Enix, free) – Available from Saturday, 7th of October. Switch DLC Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle: Pixel Pack (Ubisoft, €2.99 / £2.49) – Included in season pass. Infinite Minigolf – Tortuga (Zen Studios, free)