Limbo Without Skin, Bro!
Well folks, it’s August, which means that PAX West is only a month away! But before I get ahead of myself, that still means a month of Nintendo Downloads to enjoy before I become utterly consumed by my favorite convention. The Nintendo Download for 8/6/26 is pretty juicy, with several featured titles, Nintendo Classics, music and a bunch of digital adventures. And if all that wasn’t enough, we’re also graced with two memorable publisher sales this week! But let’s get started with a purrfect collection of silly platforming.
Cat Got Your Tongue?
You may not love Bubsy, but he’s here to stay! And today, that’s courtesy of a pretty sweet game called Bubsy 4D + Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection. It explores the history of the contentious character, and offers plenty of challenging platforming.
But that’s not all this week! We also have more serious adventures like The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, as well as the multiplayer mayhem of LEGO Party! If you’re looking for ghosts, then you might enjoy OBAKEIDORO 2: Chase & Seek as well as Spooky Spirit Shooting Gallery. And if you’re ready for the next epic monster catcher, you need to check out Montabi.
If you’re playing the Virtual Console on Nintendo Classics, you have two new entries to try out this week. That includes ZERO RACERS and D-HOPPER. Next up, how about some promotions directly from Nintendo?
Pokémon Pokopia Expansion Pass – Part 1: Bubbly Basin – The Pokémon Pokopia Expansion Pass – Part 1: Bubbly Basin paid DLC for the Pokémon Pokopia game is available now! Use the move Dive to make a splash in the new underwater town, Bubbly Basin. Grow watermelons with the help of Pokémon with the Water specialty, power bubble machines or activate streetlights using Pokémon with the Generate specialty and make buildings which float at different levels using buoyant blocks. Traverse a hole in the sea floor to explore the deep sea, all while discovering more Pokémon, new outfits, a power-up for the move Surf, and a newly added prepared food – smoothies!
Tetris® 99 56th MAXIMUS CUP – Make a splash in the Tetris® 99 game during its 56th MAXIMUS CUP event! Nintendo Switch Online members playing the Tetris 99 online mode during the event period can collect 100 event points to unlock a new in-game theme featuring art, music and Tetrimino designs inspired by the Splatoon Raiders game. The Tetris 99 56th MAXIMUS CUP event will run from 12 a.m. PT on Aug. 7 to 11:59 p.m. PT on Aug. 10. Additionally, there’s more Tetris 99 fun to be had with a limited time event happening until Aug. 16 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Collect in-game themes from past events for just 2 tickets each. If you’re playing Tetris 99 for the very first time, you’ll earn 10 tickets right away!
Mythical Mayhem
Stereo-scopic Sounds – Prepare to enter the third dimension! Tracks from five Virtual Boy games have been added to Nintendo Music. Surround yourself with sound and jam out to tracks from Mario Clash™, Galactic Pinball™, Teleroboxer™, Virtual Boy™ Wario Land™ and Mario’s Tennis™.
Fanfare for Worthy Fighters – Excited to enter the Heroic Games when the Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave game launches for Nintendo Switch 2 on Sept. 17? Warm up your sword hand with a special release of some tracks from the upcoming title on Nintendo Music before you adventure into Dagsion!
Tracks on Tracks! – Don’t pump the brakes just yet! More Free Roam tracks from the Mario Kart World game have raced onto Nintendo Music. Enjoy even more memorable Mario Kart tunes with the Free Roam with Mario Kart 7, Free Roam with Mario Kart Tour and Free Roam with Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit playlists.
Trick or Treat?
Before we move on to the digital games, we have two publisher sales this week! One for Annapurna, and the other for Curve Games.
Starting with Annapurna, they have several titles on discount for the next 15 days. Here’s my highlights – The Artful Escape, Cocoon, Donut County, Florence, Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, Mixtape, The Pathless, People of Note, Sayonara Wild Hearts and Stray. To see all the details, just click here.
As for Curve Games, their sale isn’t quite as long, and lasts for the next 13 days. Check these titles out – A Knight’s Quest, For the King, From Space, Hue, Smoke And Sacrifice, The Swindle, Velocity 2X and Wax Heads. Here’s everything you need to know.
Fix-y Foxy
Now it’s time for the digital offerings. If you’re looking for a bit of horror, try Angel Engine and CloverPit.
If you prefer puzzles, check out FixFox and Mai: Child of Ages – Storms of Time. Or for a narrative adventure, try Love Spell: Written In The Stars (Starlight Edition).
For some silly platforming, try Limbot. Or for tactical RPG mayhem, there’s Fantasy Maiden Wars – DREAM OF THE STRAY DREAMER –.
Rogue-like fans might enjoy Gods With Guns and Pets Survivors. Deckbuilder fanatics might enjoy Talespinner. And for beat ’em up energy, try John Fox.
Such a Foxy Download
That’s a great start to August. Thanks for joining us, and tune in all throughout the month for more Nintendo adventures.
