Week of December 13th, 2020 Nintendo Switch Physical Releases & Limited Preorders

PIGEON DEV GAMES COLLECTION PRE-ORDERS!

Our second release is live for pre-order right now!

U.S. Customers – Premium Edition Games
Outside U.S. Customers – Video Games Plus

Limited to 5,000 copies worldwide. Pigeon Dev Games Collection consists of four titles developed by Pigeon Dev Games and published digitally by Sometimes You in a single package: Awesome Pea, Awesome Pea 2, Bucket Knight, and Explosive Jake. The collection, coming soon from Premium Edition Games, will feature high-quality, exclusive items and packaging in three versions:

“Premium Edition” (3,000 available), priced at $39.95 with free shipping, includes:

Nintendo Switch™ Physical Case and Game
Double-sided Insert
Full Color Manual
A "Special Challenge" Trading Card
A Logo Sticker
First Prints of the game will have a hand-drawn Full Color Glossy Slipcase by legendary artist Paul E. Niemeyer of Mortal Kombat fame!

“Retro Edition” (1,000 available), priced at $59.95 plus shipping, includes:

Premium Edition (everything listed in the Premium Edition)
Official Steelbook
Retro "NES" Box that will hold the Premium Edition and Steelbook

“Deluxe Edition” (1,000 available), priced at $99.95 plus shipping, includes:

Retro Edition (everything listed in the Retro Edition)
Single CD Cardboard Soundtrack
Enamel Pin
NEOGEO Case w/Single Sided Insert to hold Retro Edition, CD and Pin
300 Page Hardcover Book
Hard Cardstock Slipcase over both NEOGEO Case and Book

Super Blood Hockey($39.95)

(Open – limited to 1,000 copies) U.S. Customers: Premium Edition Games
(Open) Canada/International Customers: Video Games Plus

Included are the following:

Nintendo Switch Physical Case and Game
Double-sided Insert
Full Color Manual
A "Special" Trading Card
A Logo Sticker
First Prints of the game will have a hand-drawn Full Color Glossy Slipcase by legendary artist Paul E. Niemeyer of Mortal Kombat Fame!

THE SWITCH COLLECTOR VOLUME TWO is available to pre-order here.

THE SWITCH COLLECTOR VOLUME ONE! That's right! You can still purchase Volume One (Year One) right now….right here.

SUNSHINE MANOR BACKERKIT! We are so honored and excited to be partnering with Fossil Games and HoundPicked for their Sunshine Manor: A Retro Horror Game. The Kickstarter has closed and the Backerkit is now open. So you can still secure your pre-orders here.

Kickstarter Exclusive Premium Edition

Kickstarter Exclusive Sunshine Edition

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New Releases/New Preorders

Sunday, December 13th

(LAST DAY PRE-ORDER) Towerfall from Limited Run Games

Regular ($34.99)
Collector's ($69.99)

Pre-Orders for both the Regular and Collector's Edition close on Sunday, December 13th at 11:59 PM EST. Best Buy may be receiving a small amount of this game (Regular Edition), but with a different copy.

The Collector's Edition includes:

Limited Run #89: TowerFall (Switch)
10 Archer Trading Cards
Acrylic Diorama Standee
Overworld Cloth Map
Reversible 18" x 24" Poster
Enamel Pin Set (4)

Tuesday, December 15th

Blaster Master Zero ($29.99) Best Buy Exclusive

Blaster Master Zero 2 ($29.99) Best Buy Exclusive

Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted ($29.99) Amazon

You can also get a $10 eGift Card when you pre-order at Best Buy here.

Indivisible ($39.99) Amazon

Ion Fury ($29.99) Best Buy

Panzer Dragoon Remake ($39.99) Best Buy Exclusive

Redout

Please note that this came out awhile ago on Nicalis' website, along with a pack-in mini cd edition, but it appears the standard is finally hitting retail.

Standard ($39.99) Amazon
Store Exclusive w/ Mini CD ($39.99) Nicalis

Retail Cover

Nicalis Store Exclusive

Shantae and the Seven Sirens ($34.99) Best Buy Exclusive

Ys Origin ($34.99) Best Buy Exclusive

Wednesday, December 16th

Space Invaders Forever ($29.99) Amazon

This release includes the following games on cart:

Space Invaders Extreme
Space Invaders Gigamax 4 SE
Arkanoid vs. Space Invaders

Thursday, December 17th

Abyss of the Sacrifice

This does support English.

Amazon Japan (~$42.15)
Playasia ($47.99) – Save 5% with code SWITCHMANIA

Jump King

This does support English.

Amazon Japan (~$31.90)
Playasia ($35.99)

The Amazon Japan description states it includes a CD, but I cannot confirm if Playasia will carry the CD as well.

Tennis World Tour 2

I am including this because it has a variant cover, haha.

Amazon Japan (~$73.81) Link
Playasia ($67.99)

Witch Spring 3 Re:Fine -The Story of the Marionette Witch Eirudy

Please note that both versions support English.

JPN Edition (~$34.43) Amazon Japan
JPN Edition ($39.99) Playasia
ASIA English Edition ($39.99) Playasia

Please note that Amazon Japan states that their Japanese version includes a Collector's Box, Game, Soundtrack CD and Concept Art Book. I cannot confirm if the Japanese version on Playasia also includes these items.

JPN Cover

ASIA English Cover

(NEW PRE-ORDER) Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World from Strictly Limited Games' Partner Store

Please note that there will be a standard retail edition and the listings below are the for the exclusive editions available only through Strictly Limited Games' Partner Store.

Regular Edition (39.99€) – Limited to 3,500 copies
Collector's Edition (99.99€) – Limited to 2,500 copies
Mega Collector's Edition (179.99€) – Limited to 999 copies

The Regular Edition includes:

Exclusive color manual
Reversible boxart

The Collector's Edition includes:

Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World with manual.
Collector’s box with magnetic latch.
Two-sided Poster
Map
Two OSTs (Original + Remix)
Squishy Ball
Shikishi
Artbook
Arcylic Standee
Fridge Magnet
Stamper
Sticker

The Mega Collector's Edition includes:

Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World with manual.
18 cm Figurine of Asha and Pepelogoo
Pixel Pin
Certificate of Authenticity
Mega-Drive/Genesis Style Box
Registration Card
Vinyl Sticker
Collector’s box with magnetic latch.
Two-sided Poster
Map
Two OSTs (Original + Remix)
Squishy Ball
Shikishi
Artbook
Arcylic Standee
Fridge Magnet
Stamper
Sticker

Friday, December 18th

(NEW PRE-ORDER) The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics from Limited Run Games

Regular ($29.99)
Collector's ($79.99)

Pre-Orders open at 10 AM EST. The Regular Edition is an open pre-order until Sunday, January 17th at 11:59 PM EST and the Collector's Edition is limited to 1,500 copies.

The Collector's Edition includes:

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance physical game for the Nintendo Switch
Outer Box
Full Color Manual
Interior art
Premium Crystal Enamel Pin
Sticker Sheet (7 Stickers)
Overworld Cloth Map
Adorable Fizzgig Plush
Branded Lithoprint

Limited/Indie Physical Publishers

Please note that due to the constantly changing availability and releases, I have decided to just provide links to the limited/indie publishers' sites. I encourage you all to visit their sites, see what they have, and support their continued efforts to help bring digital only games physically!

If I am missing any companies, please let me know so I can have them added.

Companies (Listed Alphabetically)

1Print Games
Arc System Works
B-SIDE Games
Dispatch Games
eastasiasoft –
Fangamer
First Press Games
Funbox Media –
GameFairy
iam8bit – | Best Buy Available Titles
Idea Factory
Koei Tecmo EU
Limited Run Games – | Best Buy Available Titles
NGDEV
Nicalis
NISA
Numskull Games
Omake Games
Pix'n Love
Pixelheart
PM Studios
Premium Edition Games – <— That's my company!
Red Art Games
Rice Digital
Signature Edition Games
Skybound
Special Reserve Games
Strictly Limited Games – | Partners' Available Titles
Super Rare Games
Thunderful Games
Ultra Collectors
VBlank
VGNYSoft
Wired Production

Companies No Longer Publishing

Physicality Games

Companies to Stay Away From (DO NOT BUY FROM!!!)

Warned Collectors

That's it for this week! What are you getting? Comment on Twitter and tag @JPSWITCHMANIA!

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