Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for May 8th, 2024. In today’s article, we arrive at another usual Wednesday. We’ve got a few half-decent new releases to look at, a little treat for the bins, and the usual lists of new and outgoing sales. Quite a lot of outgoing sales, as the Golden Week sales wrap up tomorrow. Well, sometimes it’s nice to chill out a bit before those big Thursday releases come in, don’t you think? Let’s chill.
New Releases
Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs ($19.99)
Another Stadia game rises from the ashes, and this time it’s the Pac-Man Battle Royale game. No, not Pac-Man 99. That’s still dead. This is the one for up to sixty-four players that involves more direct competition. Looks fun enough, I suppose. This is the regular edition, following on last week’s early access release of the Deluxe Edition. It’s a little cheaper, but you don’t get a Klonoa hat. So, choices.
The Night of the Rabbit ($19.99)
Another one of Daedalic’s old point-and-clickers makes its way to the Switch. Well, is it actually old? It’s from 2013. Yes, I suppose it is. Sigh. Anyway, this one uses classic children’s story books as a source of inspiration, but puts the usual Daedalic spin on things. It’s been a really long time since I played this one, but I remember it being pretty decent. If you like your adventure games and aren’t completely turned off by Daedalic’s house style, I think you’ll have a good time with it.
The Prisoner of the Night ($14.99)
A little girl stuck in an eternal night must run and jump her way through over a hundred and fifty stages of platforming action. You’ll gain special skills along the way, and you’ll have to deal with the occasional light puzzle. It’s all steeped in Brazilian folklore too, apparently. That sounds pretty cool. This has been available on Steam for a few years, and the general vibe over there is positive on it. Just be warned that it’s a relatively challenging game.
The Bin Bunch
King of Pyramid Thieves ($3.99)
Sales
(North American eShop, US Prices)
Look, it’s not the worst list of new sales. Blossom Tales II at the lowest price yet! With that said, it certainly pales in comparison to what is going on in the outbox. Sure, there will be another big sale next month, maybe even this month, but that doesn’t mean all of those games will be part of it. Check the list, check your wishlist, check whatever, but buy what you want while you can.
Select New Sales
Promesa ($2.49 from $4.99 until 5/11)
Cuccchi ($3.99 from $7.99 until 5/11)
Will Die Alone ($2.49 from $4.99 until 5/11)
A Sketchbook About Her Sun ($2.49 from $4.99 until 5/11)
Golfinite ($1.99 from $12.99 until 5/14)
Wira & Taksa: Against the Master of Gravity ($1.99 from $16.99 until 5/14)
Fluffy Horde ($1.99 from $9.99 until 5/15)
Bugsnax ($12.49 from $24.99 until 5/15)
Octodad: Dadliest Catch ($4.49 from $14.99 until 5/15)
The Wreck ($9.99 from $19.99 until 5/20)
Caveman Ransom ($2.99 from $4.99 until 5/23)
Prisonela DX ($2.99 from $4.99 until 5/23)
Dr. Frank’s Build a Boyfriend ($2.99 from $4.99 until 5/23)
The Adventures of Panzer Collection ($4.49 from $8.99 until 5/23)
Ashina: The Red Witch ($4.99 from $9.99 until 5/23)
Embraced by Autumn ($9.49 from $18.99 until 5/23)
Acceptance ($2.99 from $5.99 until 5/23)
Takorita Meets Fries ($1.99 from $4.99 until 5/23)
Gleylancer ($3.49 from $6.99 until 5/23)
Ravensword: Shadowlands ($2.79 from $6.99 until 5/23)
Death Becomes You ($3.99 from $7.99 until 5/23)
Aquadine ($9.99 from $19.99 until 5/23)
Bone Marrow ($1.99 from $4.99 until 5/23)
Moto Roader MC ($3.49 from $6.99 until 5/23)
Gynoug ($3.49 from $6.99 until 5/23)
Avenging Spirit ($2.99 from $5.99 until 5/23)
Working Hard Collection ($2.49 from $4.99 until 5/23)
Sephonie ($9.99 from $19.99 until 5/23)
ARK: Ultimate Survivor ($24.99 from $49.99 until 5/28)
BPM: Bullets Per Minute ($12.49 from $24.99 until 5/29)
Blossom Tales II: Minotaur Prince ($8.24 from $14.99 until 5/29)
Lil Gator Game ($11.99 from $19.99 until 5/29)
Sales Ending Tomorrow, May 9th
ACA NEOGEO Last Resort ($3.99 from $7.99 until 5/9)
ACA NEOGEO Metal Slug ($3.99 from $7.99 until 5/9)
ACA NEOGEO Prehistoric Isle 2 ($3.99 from $7.99 until 5/9)
ACA NEOGEO Puzzled ($3.99 from $7.99 until 5/9)
ACA NEOGEO Real Bout Fatal Fury Special ($3.99 from $7.99 until 5/9)
Alfred Hitchcock Vertigo ($4.99 from $19.99 until 5/9)
Anomaly Agent ($11.24 from $14.99 until 5/9)
Arcade Archives Dig Dug ($5.59 from $7.99 until 5/9)
Arcade Archives Galaxian ($5.59 from $7.99 until 5/9)
Arcade Archives Ordyne ($5.59 from $7.99 until 5/9)
Arcade Archives Pac-Man ($5.59 from $7.99 until 5/9)
Arcade Archives Rolling Thunder ($5.59 from $7.99 until 5/9)
Arcade Paradise ($9.99 from $19.99 until 5/9)
Azure Striker Gunvolt 3 ($14.99 from $29.99 until 5/9)
Azure Striker Gunvolt Striker Pack ($19.99 from $39.99 until 5/9)
Beyond a Steel Sky ($9.99 from $39.99 until 5/9)
Blaster Master Zero ($4.99 from $9.99 until 5/9)
Blaster Master Zero 2 ($4.99 from $9.99 until 5/9)
Blaster Master Zero 3 ($7.49 from $14.99 until 5/9)
Bloodstained Curse of the Moon ($4.99 from $9.99 until 5/9)
Bloodstained Curse of the Moon 2 ($5.99 from $14.99 until 5/9)
Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium Bundle ($19.99 from $39.99 until 5/9)
Capcom Arcade Stadium Bundle ($15.99 from $39.99 until 5/9)
Capcom Beat ‘Em Up Bundle ($9.99 from $19.99 until 5/9)
Capcom Fighting Bundle ($24.99 from $59.99 until 5/9)
Capcom Fighting Collection ($19.99 from $39.99 until 5/9)
Collection of Mana ($19.99 from $39.99 until 5/9)
Cozy Grove ($7.49 from $14.99 until 5/9)
Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII ($24.99 from $49.99 until 5/9)
Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII Deluxe ($34.99 from $69.99 until 5/9)
Demon Gaze Extra ($23.99 from $59.99 until 5/9)
Demon Sword: Incubus ($9.99 from $14.99 until 5/9)
DoDonPachi Resurrection ($11.99 from $19.99 until 5/9)
Dragon Marked for Death ($7.49 from $14.99 until 5/9)
Dragon Quest ($2.99 from $4.99 until 5/9)
Dragon Quest II ($3.89 from $6.49 until 5/9)
Dragon Quest III ($7.49 from $12.49 until 5/9)
Dragon Quest Monsters: Dark Prince ($40.19 from $59.99 until 5/9)
Dragon Quest Treasures ($29.99 from $59.99 until 5/9)
Dragon Quest Treasures Deluxe ($32.49 from $64.99 until 5/9)
Dungeon Encounters ($11.99 from $29.99 until 5/9)
Espgaluda II ($11.99 from $19.99 until 5/9)
Final Fantasy VII ($6.39 from $15.99 until 5/9)
Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD ($19.99 from $49.99 until 5/9)
Final Fantasy XII TZA ($19.99 from $49.99 until 5/9)
Gal Guardians: Demon Purge ($14.99 from $24.99 until 5/9)
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective ($19.99 from $29.99 until 5/9)
Ghosts ‘n Goblins Resurrection ($9.99 from $29.99 until 5/9)
Grand Mountain Adventure Wonderlands ($8.74 from $34.99 until 5/9)
GRIP Digital Deluxe ($6.44 from $42.99 until 5/9)
Gunvolt Records: Cychronicle ($11.99 from $14.99 until 5/9)
Harvestella ($29.99 from $59.99 until 5/9)
Infinity Strash: Dragon Quest ($40.19 from $59.99 until 5/9)
Little Noah: Scion of Paradise ($4.49 from $14.99 until 5/9)
Livestream 2: EfTHP ($17.49 from $24.99 until 5/9)
Luminous Avenger iX ($7.49 from $14.99 until 5/9)
Luminous Avenger iX 2 ($12.49 from $24.99 until 5/9)
Maid of the Dead ($16.99 from $19.99 until 5/9)
May’s Mysteries: TSoD ($3.74 from $14.99 until 5/9)
Mechblaze ($7.99 from $9.99 until 5/9)
Mega Man Battle Network Collection 1 ($19.99 from $39.99 until 5/9)
Mega Man Battle Network Collection 2 ($19.99 from $39.99 until 5/9)
Mega Man Legacy Collection ($7.99 from $14.99 until 5/9)
Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 ($7.99 from $19.99 until 5/9)
Mega Man X Legacy Collection ($7.99 from $19.99 until 5/9)
Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2 ($7.99 from $19.99 until 5/9)
Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection ($9.99 from $29.99 until 5/9)
Monster Hunter Generations Ult. ($9.99 from $39.99 until 5/9)
Monster Hunter Rise ($9.99 from $39.99 until 5/9)
Mushihimesama ($11.99 from $19.99 until 5/9)
My Little Universe ($8.99 from $14.99 until 5/9)
My Universe: Interior Designer ($7.49 from $29.99 until 5/9)
NEO: The World Ends With You ($23.99 from $59.99 until 5/9)
NieR Automata ($23.99 from $39.99 until 5/9)
Octopath Traveler ($29.99 from $59.99 until 5/9)
Octopath Traveler II ($35.99 from $59.99 until 5/9)
OddBallers ($4.99 from $19.99 until 5/9)
Okami HD ($9.99 from $19.99 until 5/9)
Ominous Tales: The Forsaken Isle ($12.79 from $15.99 until 5/9)
Onimusha Warlords ($7.99 from $19.99 until 5/9)
Paranormasight ($11.99 from $19.99 until 5/9)
Phoenix Wright AA Trilogy ($9.99 from $29.99 until 5/9)
Piczle Lines 2: Into the Puzzleverse ($3.74 from $14.99 until 5/9)
Piczle Puzzle & Watch Collection ($1.99 from $7.99 until 5/9)
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown ($29.99 from $49.99 until 5/9)
Radiant Silvergun ($9.99 from $19.99 until 5/9)
Rayman Legends DE ($7.99 from $39.99 until 5/9)
Reknum ($1.99 from $4.99 until 5/9)
Resident Evil ($9.99 from $19.99 until 5/9)
Resident Evil Revelations ($7.99 from $19.99 until 5/9)
Resident Evil Revelations 2 ($7.99 from $19.99 until 5/9)
Romancing SaGa Minstrel Song ($14.99 from $24.99 until 5/9)
Rubberduck Wave Racer ($14.99 from $19.99 until 5/9)
Running Fable ($2.79 from $7.99 until 5/9)
SaGa Scarlet Grace Ambitions ($8.99 from $29.99 until 5/9)
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World DE ($4.89 from $14.99 until 5/9)
Sentimental Death Loop ($11.99 from $19.99 until 5/9)
Starward Rogue ($9.74 from $14.99 until 5/9)
Street Fighter Anniversary Collection ($9.99 from $29.99 until 5/9)
Tactics Ogre: Reborn ($24.99 from $49.99 until 5/9)
Telenet Shooting Collection ($35.99 from $44.99 until 5/9)
The Amazing American Circus ($2.99 from $14.99 until 5/9)
The DioField Chronicle ($23.99 from $59.99 until 5/9)
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles ($15.99 from $39.99 until 5/9)
The Quest for Excalibur: Puy du Fou ($7.49 from $29.99 until 5/9)
The Rumble Fish + ($6.39 from $7.99 until 5/9)
The Rumble Fish 2 ($11.99 from $29.99 until 5/9)
The Sisters Party of the Year ($2.99 from $29.99 until 5/9)
The Smurfs 2: Prisoner of Green Stone ($23.99 from $39.99 until 5/9)
The Trotties Adventure ($8.99 from $14.99 until 5/9)
Theatrhythm Final Bar Line ($24.99 from $49.99 until 5/9)
Touhou Spell Bubble ($27.49 from $54.99 until 5/9)
Valis: Fantasm Soldier Collection ($27.99 from $39.99 until 5/9)
Valis: Fantasm Soldier Collection II ($31.49 from $44.99 until 5/9)
Valis: Fantasm Soldier Collection III ($49.49 from $54.99 until 5/9)
Voice of Cards TBoB ($11.99 from $29.99 until 5/9)
Voice of Cards TBoB + DLC ($15.19 from $37.99 until 5/9)
Voice of Cards TFM ($11.99 from $29.99 until 5/9)
Voice of Cards TFM + DLC ($15.19 from $37.99 until 5/9)
Voice of Cards TIDR ($11.99 from $29.99 until 5/9)
Voice of Cards TIDR + DLC ($15.19 from $37.99 until 5/9)
Voice of Cards Trilogy ($29.99 from $49.99 until 5/9)
Voice of Cards Trilogy + DLC ($38.99 from $64.99 until 5/9)
Wartales ($29.99 from $39.99 until 5/9)
Witch’s Rhythm Puzzle ($3.99 from $4.99 until 5/9)
Yohane the Parhelion: BitD ($22.49 from $29.99 until 5/9)
That’s all for today, friends. We’ll be back tomorrow with a ton of new releases, per usual for a Thursday. There will also be sales! Maybe news? Maybe news! Probably not, though. For those worried about my eyes yesterday, they’re doing better today. It comes and goes. Thank you for your concern, however. I appreciate it when some of you reach out after seeing my little notes. I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday, and as always, thanks for reading!
