Nintendo of America has revealed exactly what’s available this week to download on the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U eShop. If you’re a JRPG fan then you will want to check out the extensive Bravely Second demo titled The Ballad of the Three Cavaliers. Oh, and if you like Mega Man games then you’ll be pleased to know that Mega Man Battle Network 6 Cybeast Falzar and Mega Man Battle Network 6 Cybeast Gregar are on the Wii U Virtual Console. There’s also new DLC for Fire Emblem Fates. Here’s what’s available this week!
- eShop on Wii U
- Star Ghost – Save the galaxy from the Metagons in this explosive shoot-’em-up by former Rare and Retro Studios developer Rhys Lewis. Star Ghost features procedurally generated levels, a unique control scheme and an atmospheric soundtrack from renowned composer David Wise. It is available exclusively in Nintendo eShop on Wii U. Click here to see the trailer.
- Virtual Console on Wii U
- MEGA MAN BATTLE NETWORK 6 CYBEAST FALZAR and MEGA MAN BATTLE NETWORK 6 CYBEAST GREGAR – After moving with his family to Cyber City, Lan, with the help of Mega Man, must intervene before an ancient creature of enormous power destroys the network and the world. Game content is the same for MEGA MAN BATTLE NETWORK 6 CYBEAST FALZAR and MEGA MAN BATTLE NETWORK 6 CYBEAST GREGAR, but NetNavi chips and other items may differ.
- Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS
- Blast ’Em Bunnies – Blast ’Em Bunnies is an endless first-person shooter in which you must defend your rabbit burrow using fun new types of weapons and ammo. From Watermelon Machineguns firing sticky raspberries to Turnip Mortars firing explosive Pepper Bombs (which release heat-seeking chili seeds), you’d better get shooting those coins to buy all of the upgrades. Click here to see the trailer.
- BRAVELY SECOND: END LAYER DEMO The Ballad of the Three Cavaliers – Square Enix’s critically acclaimed Bravely Default game is all set to enjoy a much-lauded sequel, and you can try a portion of it right now, for free. In the BRAVELY SECOND: END LAYER DEMO The Ballad of the Three Cavaliers, you’ll return to the land of Luxendarc and embark on a bonus adventure not found in the main game. Make sure to try out different jobs during your adventure. Whether they’re formidable fighters and mages looking to test their skills, giant trolls with a chip on their shoulder or alien entities with a bent for drama, all of them pose a risky challenge … along with the irresistible promise of great rewards.
- New DLC
- Fire Emblem Fates: Revelation – This third path in the Fire Emblem Fates story reveals many secrets not available in the Birthright or Conquest versions. Players who own either Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright or Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest can purchase Revelation for $19.99 via the Dragon’s Gate in game. Once purchased, a third option will appear at the Branch of Fate moment of the game: “Refuse to Choose a Side.” Additional content will be released on a weekly basis through April 21 and is all part of Map Pack 1 available now for purchase.
Nintendo eShop sales:
- Nintendo eShop on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS
- Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric and Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal from SEGA are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 21.
- Jones on Fire, Gardenscapes and more games from Joindots are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 24.
- Nintendo eShop on Wii U
- VoxelMaker is 20 percent off (reduced from $4.99 to $3.99) from 9 a.m. PT on March 11 until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 21.
- KEYTARI: 8-bit Music Maker is more than 35 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $4.99) from 9 a.m. PT on March 13 until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 26.
- Test Your Mind is 33 percent off (reduced from $2.99 to $1.99) from 9 a.m. PT on March 11 until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 25.
- Christmas Adventure of Rocket Penguin is 20 percent off (reduced from $1.99 to $1.59) until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 31.
- Art of Balance is 25 percent off (reduced from $8.99 to $6.70) until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 31.
- Mortar Melon and Plenty of Fishies from Nitrolic Games are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 30.
- Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS
- Fantasy Pirates, Toys vs Monsters and more from EnjoyUp Games are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 7.
- Snow Moto Racing 3D is 50 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $3.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 17.
- Code of Princess is more than 65 percent off (reduced from $29.99 to $9.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 21.
- The Delusions of Von Sottendorff and His Square Mind is more than 35 percent off (reduced from $12.99 to $7.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 22.
- The Keep is more than 35 percent off (reduced from $12.99 to $7.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 24.
- Big Hero 6 Battle in the Bay, Disney Frozen: Olaf’s Quest and more games from GameMill Entertainment are on sale from 9 a.m. PT on March 11 until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 18.
- Classic Games Overload: Card & Puzzle Edition is 50 percent off (reduced from $29.99 to $14.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 4.
Theme Shop on Nintendo 3DS:
- New themes this week include:
- Fire Emblem Fates: Two Kingdoms
- Blast ’Em Bunnies: Zombies
- Blast ’Em Bunnies: Western
- Blast ’Em Bunnies: Ninjas
- Blast ’Em Bunnies: Luchadors
- Blast ’Em Bunnies Bundle
Price reduction:
- Nintendo Selects – Starting on March 11, some of the most popular and critically acclaimed Wii U and Nintendo 3DS games become a part of the Nintendo Selects program and will be available at a suggested retail price of only $19.99 each. Newly priced games include Super Mario 3D World, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Pikmin 3 and NES Remix Pack for Wii U; The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, Yoshi’s New Island, Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D and Mario Party: Island Tour for Nintendo 3DS; and Super Mario Galaxy 2, Animal Crossing: City Folk, Donkey Kong Country Returns and Super Mario All-Stars for Wii.
Also new this week:
- Grumpy Reaper (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
- Jewel Quest (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
- Rhapsody – Music & Radio (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
- Word Puzzles by POWGI – Demo Version (Nintendo eShop on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS)
Another Mega Man virtual console? Come on! It’s like their go-to franchise. Half the VC is probably Mega Man games. Let’s get some Earthworm Jim or some N64/Gamecube games or something interesting. Oh well. I don’t know why I bother with VC articles anymore.
Sorry, the 3DS can play wii games, but not SNES games, so certainly not N64 games.
Just shows how much Wii games sucked. It’s easier for Nintendo to get them working on a 3DS than a SNES game…
Unless the whole, “SNES won’t run on a 3DS” excuse is truly bullshit.
It will be nice to plug in my Revelations code today, although I’m not even half way through Conquest.
Goddamn, if you don’t want people to die, it takes a while to beat the levels. Hard and Classic for me! And so much fun, even if I get frustrated most nights.
I might pick up Code of Princess Digitally… It was a fun brawler.
Well at least there’s a Demo….
Did anyone ever play The Delusions of Von Sottendorff and His Square Mind? I thought it kind of looked interesting.
Who the hell cares about the Bravely Second demo? How about the Hyrule Warriors demo that everyone else has. Heck, Japan even has the game already. Damn NOA.
*waiting on Bravely Second demo to download right now* Hyrule Warriors Legends? What’s that again? Is that the 3DS port that’s screwing the Wii U release out of more sales?
Not just screwing the Wii U version- screwing the people who bought the Wii U version like myself.
At least let us use our amiibo to transfer our characters levels & badges over from the Wii U version to the 3DS version. I refuse to start over again from scratch. Fuck that shit!
Oh & cross buy would have been nice, too. So if you own the Wii U version digitally, you can get the 3DS version for either free or half off when you buy it digitilly for your 3DS.
Shit! Misspelled the second digitally. D:<
Does NA simply not get a Hyrule Warriors demo? WTF?
They’re too busy trying to figure out what to censor in it.
“Wait, for 2 frames Tetra has a panty-shot that’s only visible from an angle the camera doesn’t normally go? Better edit that animation so this game doesn’t get bumped up to a T rating.”
That’s a bit extreme. Then again, so is removing lingerie outfits from an M rated game. *cough*FatalFrameV*cough* Oh God no! Please don’t let a bunch of adults see half naked chicks! They can’t handle naked chicks, much less those that are half naked! /s lol
Whatever happened to that other game that tried to sell to us on the Wii U by pointing out that David Wise, the great composer of the music for Donkey Kong Country series, was making the soundtrack for said game?
Yay! My Bravely Second demo just finished downloading! :D No sight of a demo for Hyrule Warriors Legends? Oh well. Fuck that bullshit noise, anyway.
Too bad Fire Emblem Fates: Revelations doesn’t come as a standalone game. I might have actually strongly considered getting a Fates game then. I like the idea of playing as a group independent of two warring kingdoms trying to bring peace to both kingdoms. In fact, it’s one of my favorite things about the Gundam Seed franchise as one of the main heroes eventually joins a neutral faction trying to stop the fighting between both sides.
I’m downloading it next time I boot my 3DS up, I’ll tell you how it is after I get through the first two paths.
…Yeah, I got it- I wasn’t going to let the corrupted North American sector keep me from enjoying a game that the devs put a lot of real work into (they’ve still gotten a lot of angry comments from me though). The Birthright side’s story is already pretty engrossing and I can’t wait to see how tough Conquest is.
Too bad the n3DS is region locked or I could just import the Japanese version so I could still support the devs. As it stands, oh well. Them not getting my support is just collateral damage, so I can live with that.