Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for January 5th, 2024. Today’s hospital visit went well, so here I am. It’s another relatively quiet day, finishing out a relatively quiet week. We have a handful of new releases to close things out for the week, with nothing that I’m casting into the bin. There are some new sales, though not a whole ton of them. Well, that’s this week for you! Next week business will pick up again, so do look forward to that. For now, let’s wrap things up!
New Releases
Arcade Game Zone ($24.99)
A virtual version of the arcades you know and love. Provided, of course, those arcades had a bunch of knock-offs of real games in them. You get forty mini-games in this one, with thirty of them dedicated to paying homage to famous video games and ten serving as reproductions of the kinds of physical games you’d find in a Charles Entertainment Cheese restaurant. You know, shooting hoops, throwing darts, that kind of thing. Up to four players can join in via local multiplayer.
Electrician Simulator ($19.99)
It is as you would think from the title. You’re having to carry out various electrical jobs and repairs to earn money, which you can then use to upgrade your tools and garage. It seems to suffer from the usual issues with these ported PC titles, with tiny text and a UI that is ill-suited to play with a controller. But they keep coming, so I assume they keep selling, so I further assume people don’t have a huge problem with any of that stuff.
Ominous Tales: The Forsaken Isle ($15.99)
Find the hidden objects! There is probably some kind of story here. Let’s see. Some kind of haunted island? With a ghost lady? And for some idiotic reason you decide to go there? Well. Find the hidden objects!
Shivering Stone ($4.99)
Do you like sliding block puzzles? This game has fifty of them for you. Slide the rocks into the holes to open the exit. You know how this works, and you probably also know if this is your kind of gig or not.
They Know ($6.99)
This appears to be a fairly simple turn-based stealth game of a sort. You have to explore a six-floor facility and take pictures of evidence of mass conspiracies, all while avoiding the security roaming the premises. It doesn’t seem like terribly fancy dining, but the goofy theme helps it if nothing else.
Sales
(North American eShop, US Prices)
Some low prices on a few Kairosoft sims in today’s list, along with some other interesting titles like Super Woden GP and Sword & Fairy Inn. Another big outbox to comb through today as the holiday sales taper off. Grab those Arcade Archives if you have any interest, and make sure you look through all those hot indies while you’re at it.
Select New Sales
3 out of 10: Season One ($4.99 from $9.99 until 1/11)
The Shape of Things ($2.09 from $6.99 until 1/12)
Monster Blast ($1.99 from $7.99 until 1/15)
Traditional Braves ($9.99 from $19.99 until 1/18)
The Jota Collection ($13.22 from $31.48 until 1/18)
Toy Soldiers HD ($9.89 from $29.99 until 1/19)
Excessive Trim ($3.49 from $4.99 until 1/19)
Burning Secrets: A Bara Visual Novel ($3.49 from $4.99 until 1/19)
Mugen Souls Double Pack ($48.99 from $69.99 until 1/19)
Super Woden GP ($5.99 from $11.99 until 1/19)
Sword & Fairy Inn 2 ($14.99 from $19.99 until 1/19)
Chaos Galaxy ($12.99 from $19.99 until 1/19)
Escape From Terror City ($5.99 from $9.99 until 1/19)
GyroBlade ($4.24 from $4.99 until 1/19)
Golazo 2: Soccer Cup 2022 ($3.19 from $15.98 until 1/24)
March to a Million ($6.00 from $12.00 until 1/25)
World Cruise Story ($7.00 from $14.00 until 1/25)
Cafe Master Story ($7.20 from $12.00 until 1/25)
High Sea Saga DX ($7.20 from $12.00 until 1/25)
Hot Springs Story ($3.96 from $12.00 until 1/25)
My Bakery Empire ($3.99 from $7.99 until 1/25)
Space Papers ($2.79 from $7.99 until 1/25)
Train Driver Simulator ($1.99 from $14.99 until 1/25)
Pocket Quest ($2.79 from $7.99 until 1/25)
Sales Ending This Weekend
Abandon Ship ($9.99 from $24.99 until 1/6)
ACA NEOGEO Aero Fighters 2 ($3.99 from $7.99 until 1/6)
ACA NEOGEO Blue’s Journey ($3.99 from $7.99 until 1/6)
ACA NEOGEO Metal Slug 2 ($3.99 from $7.99 until 1/6)
ACA NEOGEO Real Bout Fatal Fury ($3.99 from $7.99 until 1/6)
ACA NEOGEO Samurai Shodown III ($3.99 from $7.99 until 1/6)
ACA NEOGEO World Heroes 2 Jet ($3.99 from $7.99 until 1/6)
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure ($6.99 from $19.99 until 1/6)
Arcade Archives Hacha Mecha Fighter ($3.99 from $7.99 until 1/6)
Arcade Archives Rabio Lepus ($3.99 from $7.99 until 1/6)
Arcade Archives Saboten Bombers ($3.99 from $7.99 until 1/6)
Arcade Archives Seicross ($3.99 from $7.99 until 1/6)
Arcade Archives XX Mission ($3.99 from $7.99 until 1/6)
Ashwalkers ($8.99 from $19.99 until 1/6)
Astria Ascending ($17.99 from $39.99 until 1/6)
Astrologaster ($3.99 from $9.99 until 1/6)
Backpack Twins ($8.39 from $11.99 until 1/6)
Before I Forget ($4.39 from $7.99 until 1/6)
Borderlands 3 Ultimate Edition ($29.99 from $59.99 until 1/6)
Burly Men at Sea ($1.99 from $9.99 until 1/6)
Camped Out! ($4.99 from $19.99 until 1/6)
Cassiodora ($11.04 from $16.99 until 1/6)
Children of Zodiarcs ($3.59 from $17.99 until 1/6)
Chroma Squad ($2.99 from $14.99 until 1/6)
Double Kick Heroes ($8.79 from $21.99 until 1/6)
Elypse ($14.99 from $19.99 until 1/6)
Foretales ($13.99 from $19.99 until 1/6)
Garden Guardian ($3.49 from $4.99 until 1/6)
Ghost of a Tale ($8.74 from $24.99 until 1/6)
Gimmick: Special Edition ($8.99 from $14.99 until 1/6)
Gravity Circuit ($16.49 from $21.99 until 1/6)
Guild of Ascension ($7.64 from $16.99 until 1/6)
Healer’s Quest ($5.99 from $14.99 until 1/6)
Instant Sports ($4.49 from $14.99 until 1/6)
Instant Sports Plus ($16.24 from $24.99 until 1/6)
Instant Sports Summer Games ($5.99 from $19.99 until 1/6)
Instant Sports Winter Games ($12.49 from $24.99 until 1/6)
Iris and the Giant ($5.24 from $14.99 until 1/6)
Last Labyrinth: Lucidity Lost ($20.99 from $29.99 until 1/6)
LEGO 2K Drive ($19.79 from $59.99 until 1/6)
Lethis: Path of Progress ($6.99 from $19.99 until 1/6)
Letters: A Written Adventure ($8.99 from $14.99 until 1/6)
Linelight ($3.49 from $9.99 until 1/6)
Little Noah: Scion of Paradise ($5.24 from $14.99 until 1/6)
Lost Phone Stories ($1.99 from $9.99 until 1/6)
Lost Snowmen ($2.49 from $4.99 until 1/6)
Mari & Bayu: The Road Home ($10.19 from $16.99 until 1/6)
My Universe: My Baby Dragon ($11.99 from $29.99 until 1/6)
My Universe: Puppies & Kittens ($4.99 from $24.99 until 1/6)
Nocturnal ($13.99 from $19.99 until 1/6)
Nostalgic Train ($9.79 from $13.99 until 1/6)
Old School Musical ($2.59 from $12.99 until 1/6)
Operation Wolf Returns: 1st Mission ($17.99 from $29.99 until 1/6)
Out of Space: Couch Edition ($2.99 from $9.99 until 1/6)
PictoQuest ($1.99 from $9.99 until 1/6)
Piczle Cross Adventure ($1.99 from $9.99 until 1/6)
Pipeline Panic ($2.99 form $14.99 until 1/6)
Pompom: The Great Space Rescue ($5.49 from $9.99 until 1/6)
Prizma Puzzle Prime ($2.49 from $4.99 until 1/6)
Pronty ($7.49 from $14.99 until 1/6)
Red Dead Redemption ($34.99 from $49.99 until 1/6)
Revita ($11.89 from $16.99 until 1/6)
Rice Bowl Restaurant ($2.99 from $14.99 until 1/6)
Ruggnar ($8.39 from $13.99 until 1/6)
Run: The World In-Between ($5.99 from $9.99 until 1/6)
ScourgeBringer ($5.94 from $16.99 until 1/6)
Scrap Riders ($7.99 from $19.99 until 1/6)
Skabma: Snowfall ($18.74 from $24.99 until 1/6)
Skelittle: A Giant Party ($1.99 from $9.99 until 1/6)
Souldiers ($11.99 from $19.99 until 1/6)
Spirit of the Island ($19.99 from $24.99 until 1/6)
Super Ninja Miner ($2.49 from $4.99 until 1/6)
Swoon! Earth Escape ($5.99 from $29.99 until 1/6)
The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk ($17.99 from $39.99 until 1/6)
The Kids We Were ($7.99 from $15.99 until 1/6)
They Always Run ($11.99 from $19.99 until 1/6)
Vernal Edge ($15.39 from $21.99 until 1/6)
A Good Snowman is Hard to Build ($3.74 from $14.99 until 1/7)
Adventure Field 4 ($2.49 from $9.99 until 1/7)
Aeternum Quest ($2.49 from $9.99 until 1/7)
Bonfire Peaks Complete Edition ($20.99 from $29.99 until 1/7)
Cosmic Express ($3.74 from $14.99 until 1/7)
Crown Trick ($3.99 from $19.99 until 1/7)
Draknek & Friends Puzzle Bundle ($37.49 from $74.99 until 1/7)
Epic Chef ($2.49 from $24.99 until 1/7)
Freak Crossing ($3.49 from $4.99 until 1/7)
Killer Frequency ($12.49 from $24.99 until 1/7)
King of Seas ($2.49 from $24.99 until 1/7)
KnifeBoy Rebooted ($7.49 from $14.99 until 1/7)
Menseki: Area Maze Search ($2.49 from $4.99 until 1/7)
Monster Sanctuary ($3.99 from $19.99 until 1/7)
Neon Abyss ($4.99 from $19.99 until 1/7)
Project Knight 2: Dusk of Souls ($2.24 from $8.99 until 1/7)
Red Colony ($3.49 from $6.99 until 1/7)
Red Colony 2 ($3.49 from $6.99 until 1/7)
Red Colony 3 ($3.49 from $6.99 until 1/7)
Retro Mystery Club Vol.1: Ise-Shima Case ($8.90 from $9.90 until 1/7)
Retro Revengers ($8.90 from $9.90 until 1/7)
Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos ($1.99 from $19.99 until 1/7)
Side View Golf ($4.79 from $5.99 until 1/7)
Sokobond ($3.74 from $14.99 until 1/7)
The Atla Archives ($2.09 from $14.99 until 1/7)
The Survivalists ($2.49 from $24.99 until 1/7)
Wathitdew Record Game Studio Battlefield ($3.49 from $9.99 until 1/7)
West Water ($2.74 from $10.99 until 1/7)
Yooka-Laylee & the Impossible Lair ($2.99 from $29.99 until 1/7)
That’s all for the first week of 2024, friends. We’ll be back next week as things start to thaw out a little bit with more new releases, more reviews, more sales, and some news. I’m just happy I’ll be sleeping in my own bed tonight instead of an uncomfortable hospital bed. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and as always, thanks for reading!
