It might be almost August, but summer is far from over. And you can start your next summer vacation a little early, as publisher Spike Chunsoft has released a free demo of Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Kid on Switch today. The demo is only available on Switch, too.
Launching on 6th August (which is only a week away — not that we're counting!), Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Kid's demo will also let you carry over your progress to the full game, so all of that lovely summer exploring you can get ahead on won't go to waste.

That's not the only thing Spike Chunsoft revealed today, however. Nastu-Mon will also be getting some DLC, titled Broadcast Over Summer. This will give you access to a brand new island where you can find up to 30 new insects and fish which you can't find in Yomogi Town.
Pre-orders for the game are now available on the Switch eShop for both the Standard Edition and the DLC bundle.
If you need bringing up to speed on Natsu-Mon, the slice-of-life game is from developer Millennium Kitchen, the team who is behind the cult classic Boku no Natsuyasumi series on Sony consoles. For us at Nintendo Life, we're huge fans of Attack of the Friday Monsters! and Shin-chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation the latter of which is described as a "spiritual successor" to the Boku no Natsuyasumi series.
Have you downloaded the Natsu-Mon demo on Switch yet? Let us know in the comments.
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Always love to see games getting demos although personally I might skip it since it's practically guaranteed that I'll eventually get this game regardless!
Man, I need to have a demo day: this one, Rise of the Ronin, Mana… all these demos… I really want to try this one, even though the Shin Chan game wasn’t up my alley (I’ve seen the comparisons). I just like the blue sky look to it, you know?
I've always wondered why more games didn't get demos. Sure there's a chance that you might play the demo and decide you don't like the game, but there's also the chance you might find something wonderful that you would have otherwise overlooked.
This looks relaxing and I like the art style but is this a more grown up shin chan than the other game on switch. I was interested in that game but then noticed this kid runs around with his pants down, then I thought well that’s creepy and not for me.
Demo is fun but the framerate is meh!
I loved Attack of the Friday Monsters
@TYRANACLES Crayon Shin-chan is a series that's targeted at young children in Japan, I believe. I don't know for certain, but I figure this game is almost guaranteed to be not as juvenile.
Anything localised by Kaz Ayabe and Millennium Kitchen is always welcome in my eyes. Loved Attack of the Friday Monsters, loved Shin-Chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation and have always wanted to play the Boku no Natsuyasumi series. Can't wait to try this out! 🙌
If you've never heard of this game series, I URGE you to look up the incredible video essay about it on YouTube by Tim Rogers. It is a whopping six hours long, but I promise it is worth your time.
"action button reviews boku no natsuyasumi"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=779coR-XPTw
@Vivianeat It was an insta-buy for me until I played the demo.
Shocking performance and given it's almost time for release, there's no way it'll be any better in the full version.
I'm so disappointed. I can't play games with performance this woeful, because they give me headaches.
It's not even doing anything special, so correctly paced stable 30fps should be the absolute minimum here.
It was probably single digits in places and not acceptable.....cue all the people that don't care and say it's fine.....
@MisterStu I really love the style but the FR just kills it for me.
Did they shorten the demo?? It quit after the first day for me. I noticed it had a patch. Guess I shouldn’t have patched it. Definitely wouldn’t take 6 hours for just the first day!
Frame rate seemed fine to me. Certainly didn’t notice any “single digits”. Yall so sensitive. It’s not like this is super Metroid.
It was a pretty fun demo.
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