This week’s Nintendo Download is a little lacking in big titles.  Granted, it’s hard to follow the release of Earthbound last week but they could’ve done a little better I think.  The two games that stood out to me were Kid Icarus and PICROSS e2.  The unfortunate thing about Kid Icarus is that it’s been available on both the Wii and 3DS.  I really wish Nintendo wouldn’t focus on games that were already released on the Wii’s Virtual Console.  Nintendo needs to simply release them on the service and promote new games that we haven’t seen released yet.

With the Holidays approaching, I hope Nintendo has big plans for expanding the platforms available on the Virtual Console.

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Kid Icarus™
For Wii U™ Virtual Console™
Nintendo eShop

Chain Blaster – Full Game & Demo Version
For Nintendo 3DS™

Also New This Week

  • Angler’s Club: Ultimate Bass Fishing™ 3D (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)
  • PICROSS e2 (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)
  • Cute Witch! Runner (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS / Nintendo DSiWare™)

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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