Wow, it’s been a busy week so far with one Nintendo Direct yesterday and another tomorrow!  There are a lot of games mentioned in this Nintendo Download but several of them don’t actually release today.  Mario & Luigi: Dream Team launches this Sunday and DuckTales: Remastered launches this coming Tuesday.  I realize these are bigger games but it would’ve been nice to see SteamWorld: Dig, Tangram Style, and Smash Bowling 3D promoted more since they’re actually available today.  Tristan actually had a great idea about this.  It would be great if Nintendo featured Indie games in a separate press release on a different day of the week.  Then focus on Virtual Console and other eShop published titles on another day.

If you’re reading this Nintendo, just something to think about.

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Mario & Luigi™: Dream Team
For Nintendo 3DS™ – Available 8/11
Nintendo eShop

DuckTales: Remastered
For Wii U™ – Available 8/13

Romance of the Three Kingdoms™ IV Wall of Fire
For Wii U Virtual Console™
Nintendo eShop

Spin The Bottle: Bumpie’s Party
For Wii U

Nintendo eShop Sale

escapeVektor™
The award-winning and critically acclaimed escapeVektor is on sale for 50 percent off starting today through 9 a.m. PT Aug. 22 in the Nintendo eShop on the Nintendo 3DS. Grab this fast-paced, retro-styled arcade game and help Vektor escape the evil CPU.

Also New This Week

In addition to video games available at retail stores, Nintendo also offers a variety of content that people can download directly to their systems. Nintendo adds new titles weekly to the Nintendo eShop for the Wii U™ system as well as the Nintendo 3DS™ and Nintendo 3DS XL systems, to the Nintendo DSi™ Shop for the Nintendo DSi system and to the Wii™ Shop Channel for the Wii console.

The Nintendo eShop is a cash-based service and features games, applications and videos. Users can add money to their account balance by using a credit card or by purchasing a Nintendo Prepaid Card at a retail store and entering the code from the card. All funds from one card must be redeemed in either the Wii U eShop or the Nintendo 3DS eShop, respectively. They are not transferable and cannot be divided between the two systems.

The Wii Shop Channel offers games and applications and uses Wii Points™, which can be purchased via the Wii Shop Channel. The Nintendo DSi Shop offers games and applications and uses Nintendo DSi Points™, which can be purchased in the Nintendo DSi Shop. A Wii Points Card™ and Nintendo DSi Points Card™ can be purchased at retail locations. All points from one card must be redeemed in either the Wii Shop Channel or the Nintendo DSi Shop, respectively. They are not transferable and cannot be divided between the two systems.

Remember that Wii U, Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 3DS XL and Nintendo DSi feature parental controls that let adults manage some of the content their children can access. For more information about this and other features, visit http://www.nintendo.com/wiiu, http://www.nintendo.com/wii,
http://www.nintendo.com/3ds or http://www.nintendo.com/ds.

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