It’s the last Nintendo Download before Christmas next week, but I think it’s the calm before the storm (hopefully).  We’ve been promised Super Mario Bros. 3 before the end of the year and there’s just a couple more weeks for that to happen.  Rumor is it’ll happen next Thursday, December 26.  This week we have a couple new 3D Classics from SEGA as well as the original Castlevania on the Wii U Virtual Console.

What games are you picking up this week?

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This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:

Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS™
3D Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master – 3D Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master is the seventh of eight SEGA 3D Classics making its way to Nintendo 3DS. Use deadly weapons and lethal ninja arts to stand against hordes of bio-ninjas and save the city.

3D Streets of Rage™ – 3D Streets of Rage is the final of eight SEGA 3D Classics making its way to Nintendo 3DS. Now in 3D, the classic brawler 3D Streets of Rage features local multiplayer and a single-hit KO mode to help you take on the city’s crime.

Nintendo eShop on Wii U™
Nano Assault Neo – Demo Version – Stop the deadly Nanostray virus from spreading across the nano cosmos. You are one against millions in Nano Assault Neo. Try out the demo of this amazing sci-fi-themed action game.

Virtual Console™ on Wii U
Castlevania® – Step into the shadows of Castlevania, the deadliest dwelling on Earth. Make your way through six monstrous floors filled with bats, ghosts, zombies and every kind of ghoulish creature you can imagine. Use the legendary whip Vampire Killer and a host of deadly weapons to battle your way to Dracula’s chamber and the ultimate duel of good vs. evil.

Nintendo eShop Sale
Little Inferno – Burn flaming logs, screaming robots, credit cards, batteries, exploding fish, unstable nuclear devices and tiny galaxies in an adventure that takes place almost entirely in front of a fireplace. Starting today, download Little Inferno in the Nintendo eShop on Wii U for 50 percent off until 9 a.m. PT on Jan. 2.

Also new this week:
• Knytt Underground™ (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
• Crash ‘n the Boys™ Street Challenge (Virtual Console on Nintendo 3DS)
• Banana Bliss: Jungle Puzzles (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)
• Winter Sports – Feel the Spirit (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)
• Brunch Panic – Demo Version (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)
• World Conqueror 3D – Demo Version (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)

To view this week’s Nintendo Download in its full graphical version, please visit:http://news2know.net/nintendo/downloada5ew9hyt.php.

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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