Nintendo Downloads – July 3, 2025 – Update

Okay, so, let’s dive into this week, and—wait, no—first, a random note from my life: I’m blaming my forgotten umbrella on the random fear of my apartment springing a leak again. It’s like, who even thinks about plumbing when you’re wrestling through Go Fest exhaustion? Anyway, that’s all in my head while writing this. Let’s talk games.

First week of Q3, usually kinda chill. Like, picture it: Canada Day laziness mixed with July 4 vibes. But man, this week’s like, extra quiet. No shiny new Switch 2 clatter yet. We’ve got the original Switch soldiering on with slim pickings—kinda like my fridge, if we’re being real.

So we’ve got this Irem Collection popping up on Wednesday, a game leaning on Slender vibes, and a third in a series that, no lie, the second is a total mystery to me. Like a ghost game installment? Who remembers? Flip a coin on whether it’s adding any oomph until we hit the real deal with Super Mario Strikers. Or, is it Mario Smash Football? Names get swapped, like those random dreams you only half-remember.

Shadowdrops should be light, fingers crossed. Last week? Missed a Taito classic, Crazy Balloon—a name that tickles, right? I’ve never played it, or I was too young to remember if I did.

Sliding into the details: There’s a reassurance (or not) that this EggConsole game skips the Japanese language barrier. Apparently, it’s more action than dialogue. Good news for the rest of us floundering through kanji.

Okay, now let’s hit the release list like a dartboard full of games.

North America chaos:

• Irem Collection Volume 3 ($24.99)
• Slender Threads ($19.99)
• Poly Bridge 3 ($19.99)
• No Heroes Here 2 (Tuesday launch, $19.90)
• Dead of Darkness (Wednesday at $15.99)
• Touhou Artificial Dream in Arcadia ($14.99)
• And on and on with names blending like my morning coffee…

Sales? Oh, yeah. Classic Nintendo games marked down until July 10. Xenoblade fun for half the price, more or less, if you squint hard at PSPrices and DekuDeals.

Europe hits:

• Pretty much the same deal, but with euros and pounds doing the dance at a discount. Irem, Poly Bridge, Slender Threads—everyone’s here.
• Did someone say, "Fool’s Pub"? What a name. Dropping on Wednesday, sounds like my kind of distraction.

Japan lineup:

• Slender Threads priced in yen at ¥2920.
• Dead of Darkness and its digital buddies, all sharing the umbrella of familiarity but I’ll admit, my grasp on Japanese is like a leaky sieve—just hide the translations.

And that’s this cluttered quilt of digital delights! I should grab some dinner, maybe ponder why I bothered about my leaky apartment instead of focusing on the fact that life, much like game releases, just keeps rolling whether you’re ready or not. Maybe the fortunes in these games hold the answers. Or just some quirky fun. Who knows?