As always, Monday brings with it the list of releases due to hit the eShop this week in Europe. And it’s a long list this week, with new titles, Virtual Console releases, themes for your 3DS, and discount treats.

Check out the full list below and let us know how you’ll be spending your eShop credit this week.

Wii U eShop

  • Lone Survivor: The Director’s Cut (Curve Studios, €11.99 / £9.99) – the critically acclaimed horror experience from Jasper Byrne and ported by Curve Studios hits the Wii U with this “ultimate version”. The game combines a unique art style with the ability approach things your own way – whether stealth-like or combat-style to rescue others or go it alone.

Wii U Virtual Console

  • Donkey Kong Country (Nintendo, €7.99 / £5.49) – Donkey Kong’s SNES debut from 1994 celebrates its 20th anniversary next month. With this timely release you’ll rediscover Donkey and Diddy Kong’s first platforming romp through the gorgeously rendered jungle.

Wii U Retail Download

  • PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures 2 (Bandai Namco, €34.99 / £24.99)

Wii U DLC

  • Hyrule Warriors Master Quest Pack (Nintendo, €6.99 / £6.29) – this DLC pack contains:
    • Five new Legend Mode scenarios
    • A new Adventure Mode map (Master Quest) with seven new 8-bit weapons and sixteen new alternatively-coloured costumes as rewards
    • A new weapon type for Link (Epona)
    • Two new costumes (Guardian of Time for Lana and Cia)

Donkey Kong Promotion (Wii U)

  • Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo, €33.49 / £26.79, normally €49.99 / £39.99) – the Wii U’s DK platformer sequel is available at a discount for those who buy a classic Donkey Kong game from the eShop on the same Wii U. This includes Donkey Kong Country on 16th October, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong’s Quest on 23rd October and Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble on 30th October.

Wii U eShop Temporary Discounts

  • SteamWorld Dig (Image & Form, €5.99 / £4.49 until 30th October, normally €8.99 / £6.99)
  • Squids Odyssey (The Game Bakers, €5.99 / £4.99 until 30th October, normally €12.99 / £9.99)
  • TNT Racers: Nitro Machines Edition (Keen Games, €3.99 / £3.49 until 30th October, normally €7.99 / £6.99)
  • Gravity Badgers (Wales Interactive, €2.49 / £2.49 until 30th October, normally €4.99 / £4.99)
  • Trine 2: Director’s Cut (Frozenbyte, €8.49 / £6.99 until 3rd November, normally €16.99 / £13.99)

3DS Virtual Console

  • Donkey Kong Land (Nintendo, €3.99 / £3.59) – the DK theme continues with the debut of 1995s Game Boy platformer. Developed by Rare and released less than a year after the SNES version, this title takes the same basic principles for the humble 8-bit handheld.
  • Adventures of Lolo (Nintendo, €4.99 / £3.49) – a fun, if slightly dated, puzzle game originally released for the NES in 1991 in Europe (1989 in the US) and on the Wii U Virtual Console last August. The story revolves around a blue blob named Lolo, who must traverse through rooms in a castle to collect hearts that open a treasure chest before proceeding to the next room. Lolo must also evade increasingly difficult enemies, all whilst on a mission to rescue Lala from evil King Egger.

3DS Retail Download

  • PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures 2 (Bandai Namco, €34.99 / £24.99)
  • Survivor — Heroes (Bigben Interactive, €34.99 / £27.79)
  • Winx Cub: Saving Alfea (Little Orbit, €29.99 / £24.99)

3DS Theme Shop

  • Spinner Mario (Nintendo, €1.99 / £1.79) – this Super Mario theme has folders accented with Super Stars. Scroll the Touch Screen to see Mario spin! Background music: Super Mario Galaxy “Super Mario 2007”
  • Spinner Bowser (Nintendo, €1.99 / £1.79) – his Super Mario theme has folders accented with Bullet Bills. Scroll the Touch Screen to see Bowser spin! Background music: Super Mario Galaxy “Super Mario 2007”
  • Spinner Peach (Nintendo, €1.99 / £1.79) – this Super Mario theme has folders accented with mushrooms. Scroll the Touch Screen to see Peach spin! Background music: Super Mario Galaxy “Super Mario 2007”
  • Spinner Rosalina (Nintendo, €1.99 / £1.79) – this Super Mario theme has folders accented with Super Stars. Scroll the Touch Screen to see Rosalina spin! Background music: Super Mario Galaxy “Super Mario 2007”

Donkey Kong Promotion (3DS)

  • Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (Nintendo, €26.79 / £23.44, normally €39.99 / £34.99) – to take advantage of this offer you must buy a classic Donkey Kong game from the eShop on the same 3DS. This includes Donkey Kong Land on 16th October, Donkey Kong Land 2 on 23rd October and Donkey Kong Land 3 on 30th October.

3DS eShop Temporary Discounts

  • SteamWorld Dig (Image & Form, €5.99 / £4.99 until 30th October, normally €8.99 / £7.99)
  • Squids Odyssey (The Game Bakers, €5.99 / £4.99 until 30th October, normally €12.99 / £9.99)
  • Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars (Atlus, €19.99 / £17.99 until 30th October, normally €29.99 / £24.99)
  • Snow Moto Racing 3D (Zordix AB, €5.99 / £5.39until 27th November, normally €7.99 / £7.19)
  • 4 Elements (MSL, €5.99 / £5.39 until 30th October, normally €11.99 / £10.79)
  • Azada — (MSL, €5.99 / £5.39 until 30th October, normally €11.99 / £10.79)
  • Hidden Expedition: Titanic (MSL, €3.99 / £3.59 until 30th October, normally €11.99 / £10.79)
  • Luxor (MSL, €5.99 / £5.39 until 30th October, normally €11.99 / £10.79)
  • Mystery Case Files: Dire Grove (MSL, €3.99 / £3.59 until 30th October, normally €11.99 / £10.79)
  • Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst (MSL, €3.99 / £3.59 until 30th October, normally €11.99 / £10.79)
  • Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst (MSL, €3.99 / £3.59 until 30th October, normally €11.99 / £10.79)
  • Secret Mysteries in London (MSL, €5.99 / £5.39 until 30th October, normally €11.99 / £10.79)