Gaming🎮 [Mobile] SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Mika and the Witch’s Mountain’, Plus Today’s Other Releases and Sales

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Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for August 22nd, 2024. In today’s article, we’ve got a handful of new releases to check out. That’s unusual for a Wednesday, but I suppose it makes up for the slowness of the last couple of days. After summarizing those, it’s time for the lists of the latest sales and expiring discounts. Star Wars and Capcom, if one must make long stories short. Let’s get to those games!

Select New Releases​

Mika and the Witch’s Mountain ($19.99)​

If you’ve ever been watching Ghibli’s classic Kiki’s Delivery Service and felt like playing a video game version, you might be into what Mika and the Witch’s Mountain is offering. I mean, it isn’t Kiki, but it’s clearly inspired by it. You play as an apprentice witch who has to fly around on her broom to deliver all kinds of packages to the various residents of a mountain town. The game has a nice, colorful vibe and I’m certainly going to be investigating it further to see if it lives up to its initial potential.

My Lovely Empress ($19.99)​

A lovely wife, a lovely daughter, and now a lovely empress? Phew. In this game you play as an Emperor who reigns over a massive empire. Seems like you’ve got it all, but your wife passes away and suddenly none of it matters anymore. Still, you’ve got to keep things running. This is a simulation game of sorts, but one with a heavy narrative bent that will eventually lead to you having to make a critical choice. The previous games in the series have been fascinating despite their rough edges, and I expect this will deliver in the same way.

Cyber Mission ($9.99)​

I’d call this a run-and-gun action game, but it’s probably better classified as a fly-and-gun action game. You play as a cyber trooper who is on a mission to destroy hostile alien forces. If you don’t feel like being a one-trooper army, you can grab a friend or family member for some local co-op multiplayer. Looks like a pretty good time for those enjoy things like S.C.A.T. or Contra, and reasonably priced to boot.

Mangavania 2 ($4.99)​

More Mangavania for those who want it. A gentle reminder that these games are not Metroidvanias, just linear stage-based platformers with very light exploratory elements. If that’s your thing, this does that. Not terribly well, mind you. But it does it. That’s all I’ve got to say about that.

White Eternal ($6.49)​

After his friend goes missing during the harsh winter, Simon sets out from his mountain town to try to find out what happened to them. This is a turn-based RPG where you explore a land cursed to harsh winters (Winnipeg?), seeking out allies and battle monsters as you go. You can actually get in battles where you have as many as sixteen party members. Neat! The description promises over twenty hours of gameplay, which would be quite a lot of game for the price.

Sales​

(North American eShop, US Prices)

Bounty Hunter is already on sale? Wow. Well, that’s good news for Star Wars fans, who likely already own everything else in that sale. We also have a good selection of the usual Capcom stuff, a sale on the Tomb Raider remasters, and a very deep discount on the Switch version of Heads Up!. Over in the outbox, don’t forget to stock up on Picross. Everyone needs more Picross! Have a look through both lists.

Select New Sales

Star Wars Bounty Hunter ($14.99 from $19.99 until 8/28)
Star Wars Battlefront Collection ($28.00 from $35.01 until 8/28)
Star Wars The Force Unleashed ($9.99 from $19.99 until 8/28)
Star Wars Republic Commando ($7.49 from $14.99 until 8/28)
Star Wars Episode I Racer ($7.49 from $14.99 until 8/28)
Star Wars Jedi Academy ($9.99 from $19.99 until 8/28)
Star Wars Jedi Outcast ($4.99 from $9.99 until 8/28)
Star Wars KotOR ($7.49 from $14.99 until 8/28)
Star Wars KotOR II: Sith Lords ($7.49 from $14.99 until 8/28)
Tomb Raider I-III Remastered ($22.49 from $29.99 until 8/28)
MythForce ($14.99 from $29.99 until 8/28)
Heads Up! Phones Down Edition ($1.99 from $39.99 until 8/28)
Street Fighter 30th Anniversary ($9.99 from $29.99 until 9/10)
Ultra Street Fighter II TFC ($19.99 from $39.99 until 9/10)
Capcom Fighting Collection ($15.99 from $39.99 until 9/10)

Capcom Fighting Bundle ($19.99 from $59.99 until 9/10)
Monster Hunter Generations Ult. ($9.99 from $39.99 until 9/10)
Monster Hunter Rise + Sunbreak ($19.99 from $59.99 until 9/10)
Resident Evil Revelations ($7.99 from $19.99 until 9/10)
Resident Evil Revelations 2 ($7.99 from $19.99 until 9/10)
Resident Evil 0 ($9.99 from $19.99 until 9/10)
Resident Evil ($9.99 from $19.99 until 9/10)
Resident Evil 4 ($9.99 from $19.99 until 9/10)
Resident Evil 5 ($9.99 from $19.99 until 9/10)
Resident Evil 6 ($9.99 from $19.99 until 9/10)
Mega Man Legacy Collection ($7.99 from $14.99 until 9/10)
Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 ($7.99 from $19.99 until 9/10)
Mega Man X Legacy Collection ($7.99 from $19.99 until 9/10)
Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2 ($7.99 from $19.99 until 9/10)
Mega Man Zero/ZX Collection ($9.99 from $29.99 until 9/10)

Mega Man Battle Network Collection ($29.99 from $59.99 until 9/10)
Mega Man 11 ($9.99 from $29.99 until 9/10)
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective ($19.99 from $29.99 until 9/10)
Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen ($9.99 from $19.99 until 9/10)
Shinsekai Into the Depths ($9.99 from $19.99 until 9/10)
Okami HD ($9.99 from $19.99 until 9/10)
Ghosts n Goblins Resurrection ($9.99 from $29.99 until 9/10)
Capcom Beat ‘Em Up Bundle ($9.99 from $19.99 until 9/10)
Capcom Arcade Stadium Bundle ($15.99 from $39.99 until 9/10)
Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium Bundle ($15.99 from $39.99 until 9/10)
Disney Dreamlight Valley Gold ($45.49 from $69.99 until 9/10)

Sales Ending Tomorrow, August 22nd

A Fragile Mind ($2.99 from $5.99 until 8/22)
Bunny Garden ($19.54 from $22.99 until 8/22)
Conjured Through Death ($2.24 from $14.99 until 8/22)
Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania ($6.99 from $9.99 until 8/22)
Football Manager 2024 Touch ($19.99 from $49.99 until 8/22)
Hard Racing Stunt Car Driving ($1.99 from $4.99 until 8/22)
Hero’s Hour ($8.99 from $17.99 until 8/22)
Inkulinati ($17.49 from $24.99 until 8/22)
Insurmountable ($18.74 from $24.99 until 8/22)
Life of Delta ($6.99 from $19.99 until 8/22)
Love on Leave ($12.49 from $24.99 until 8/22)
Maid of the Dead ($15.99 from $19.99 until 8/22)
Pickleball Smash ($7.99 from $39.99 until 8/22)
Picross LogiartGrimoire ($15.99 from $19.99 until 8/22)
Picross S Genesis & Master System ($7.99 from $9.99 until 8/22)

Picross S8 ($7.99 from $9.99 until 8/22)
Picross S9 ($7.99 from $9.99 until 8/22)
Plantabi Little Garden ($4.54 from $6.99 until 8/22)
Sentimental Death Loop ($9.99 from $19.99 until 8/22)
Smurfs Kart ($13.99 from $39.99 until 8/22)
Starward Rogue Complete ($9.99 from $19.99 until 8/22)
Survivor Castaway Island ($11.99 from $29.99 until 8/22)
The Night of the Rabbit ($14.99 from $19.99 until 8/22)
Trinity Fusion ($14.99 from $19.99 until 8/22)
Ultimate Racing 2D 2 ($6.69 from $9.99 until 8/22)
You Suck at Parking ($6.79 from $19.99 until 8/22)

That’s all for today, friends. We’ll be back tomorrow with the big Thursday new releases. Should be some goodies in there. I hope, anyway. August. It’s rough. We’ll also have whatever sales and major news items that arrive during the course of the day. I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday, and as always, thanks for reading!