Nintendo Downloads – News Update for May 8, 2025

If you want to know something peculiar, there’s this wild connection between a game called High on Life and this dude who led Rick and Morty. Yeah, seriously! The guy in charge of High on Life used to be the big shot there till, well, life got messy. Anyway, let’s dive into the chaos of gaming this week.

Okay, so, first off, we probably missed the fact Super Xevious popped up somewhere last week. Honestly, how does one even keep track of all this pixelated nostalgia?

In Japan, and this is riveting if you care about things most people don’t, there’s this remake of a game called Tokimeki Memorial. Big deal over there. But honestly, what steals the spotlight? It’s Switch 1’s Direct with High on Life showing up. Yep, the same High on Life connected to that previous Rick and Morty guy who had… issues. Hey, just saying.

Now, there’s Spiritfall set to drop on Friday. You might care, I guess. But wait! There’s this EggConsole thingy moving to a PC-98 family. Remember the good ol’ PC-98s? Yeah, me neither, but it’s a thing now with something called Rune Worth. If you can’t speak Japanese, maybe pass on that one. And over in Europe, people are already getting their hands on Switch 2 pre-launch sales. Why is this fascinating? I haven’t a clue.

Jumping to North America, brace yourself. Here’s a confusing list of upcoming game prices in confusing US and Canadian dollars:

• High on Life (because why not mention it again?) – $39.99/$51.99 on Tuesday
• Ship Graveyard Simulator 2 – $29.99/$41.99
• Captain Blood – $24.99/$34.99 (Tuesday)
• And there are more like Mirage: Ignis Fatuus, Chaos Galaxy 2, Spiritfall (on Friday), and others you probably won’t remember.

See what I mean about chaos? My head feels like a jumbled Rubik’s cube just reading through this list. There’s even a game called Trash is Fun. That’s, like, weirdly honest, isn’t it?

In Europe, prices flip to euros and pounds, which just means double the confusion. Games like High on Life casually swap dollars for euros and, boom, you got your conversions set for Tuesday. And don’t let me start on Japan’s list because yen makes my brain spin. There’s some Tokimeki game over there. Big whoop.

Summing up, gaming this week delights in its usual frantic yet bewildering pace. Just try not to get lost in the whirlwind of releases, and maybe consider some games… if you can figure out what currency they’re actually using. Now, where was I? Ah, forget it.