E Shop and Downloadables Discussion

Also 3DS not sure on how it works, not really looked that much into it. But could be useful if like me you sell some bits on eBay and want something on the eShop no need to do bank transfers.

This Week

Wii U eShop
Master Reboot £9.99
Super Toy Cars £6.99
Wooden Sen'SeY £8.00

Wii U Virtual Console
Mega Man Battle Network £6.29
Mega Man 5 £3.49
Mega Man 6 £3.49

Wii U Virtual Console Promotion
The following seven titles are available at a discount if you own either NES Remix or NES Remix 2:
Super Mario Bros. £2.44 until 31st July
The Legend of Zelda £2.44 until 31st July
Dr. Mario £1.74 until 31st July
Excitebike £1.74 until 31st July
Clu Clu Land £1.74 until 31st July
Ice Hockey £1.74 until 31st July
Urban Champion £1.74 until 31st July

It's the news we've all been waiting for!

Balladeer wrote:

It's the news we've all been waiting for!

I'm Trine to think of a reason to get excited about that, but I just can't.

This Week

Wii U eShop
XType Plus £2.69
Ice Cream Surfer £4.49
Midtown Crazy Race £4.49
Bombing Bastards £5.99

Wii U Virtual Console
Pop'n Twinbee Rainbow Bell Adventures £5.49, Might please some

Wii U Virtual Console Promotion

The following titles are all available at a discount on the same Wii U that's purchased either NES Remix or NES Remix 2
Kirby's Adventure £2.44 until 7th August
Super Mario Bros. 2 £2.44 until 7th August
Donkey Kong £1.74 until 7th August
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link £1.74 until 7th August
Wario's Woods £1.74 until 7th August
Ice Climber £1.74 until 7th August
Punch-Out!! £1.74 until 7th August

Wii U eShop Temporary Discounts
TNT Racers — Nitro Machines Edition £4.49 until 14th August
Trine 2: Director's Cut £5.49 until 21st August

Some news, The Wii U will be getting The Swapper. I think PS4 get's it soon and has been getting good reviews, so I might checkout and let you know what's like.

Bombing bastards? Is that the bomberman rip off that I've heard about? If so then I'm surprised Nintendo has allowed it on e shop, also byb the names alone I'm intrigued by Xtype plus & ice cream surfer.

*looks up on youtube*

EDIT: it is the rip off of bomber man.........at least XType looks great https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hKgXdLFu84

Pop'n Twinbee Rainbow Bell Adventures is a platformer, if I remember rightly. That's one for me, then!

Welp, I've been playing Rainbow Bell Adventures with my sister, and... a platform game with a large character sprite doesn't equal a coherent 2 player game, that's for sure.

I bought me some twin stick shooter goodness in the form of X-type Plus earlier, definitely one for us hi-score chasers but saying that ye can't go wrong for £2.69 It'd be nice to have some of you fine folk to compete with.


Yep, I can't break the top 20 leaderboard yet

Jimbob wrote:

Welp, I've been playing Rainbow Bell Adventures with my sister, and... a platform game with a large character sprite doesn't equal a coherent 2 player game, that's for sure.

It feels a bit loose to me, as well, though I haven't played the 2 player. Your character seems to slip off diagonal platforms with consummate ease. Hopefully I'll get used to that, but it's currently proving hard to recommend to y'all...

This Week (Sorry I missed last week)

Wii U eShop Temporary Discounts
Assassin's Creed III £7.99 until 28th August
Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag £9.99 until 28th August
Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth £7.99 until 28th August
Rabbids Land £7.99 until 28th August
Rayman Legends £11.99 until 28th August
The Smurfs 2 £15.99 until 28th August
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist £9.99 until 28th August
ZombiU £7.99 until 28th August
Just Dance 2014 £9.99 until 28th August
Child of Light £7.99 until 28th August, Why are you still reading this go download what could be GNamer's GOTY
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams £7.79 until 21st August
Gravity Badgers £3.49 until 28th August

Wii U Virtual Console Promotion
The following discounts are available if you own either NES Remix or NES Remix 2:
Super Mario Bros. 3 £2.44 until 21st August
Donkey Kong 3 £1.74 until 21st August
Metroid £1.74 until 21st August
NES Open Tournament Golf £1.74 until 21st August
Balloon Fight £1.74 until 21st August
Pinball £1.74 until 21st August
Wrecking Crew £1.74 until 21st August

Child Of Light is a steal at that price. As is Rayman Legends, to be fair!

Obligatory ZJ warning about Giana Sisters... although, to be even more fair, I kind of want someone to download it and back up my dislike of it! 

RL you can find for less on a disc, like most of them in the discount.

If you're a premium wii U user then downloading them would be the way to go to get some £5 activation codes.

Deprived of games since finishing the splendid Guacamelee (seriously, if you've not played it in some form and don't have Cappa's aversion to the Metroidvania template, buy it.  Don't wait for a sale, buy it now for full price.  Drinkbox Studios deserve your money, and it'll encourage them to bring their future games to Wii U.  

And gosh darn it do I want their future games.

Where was I?  Ah yes), I'm probably going to pick something up tomorrow.  Has anyone played both Armillo and Knytt Underground, by any chance?  Because at the moment, that's my toss-up.

Tomorrow I think the eShop will get a unsuspecting release in fire emblem from the GBA (is it a port in the first place) and at a discount in the first week part of the SMASH discounts. Anyone played it and is it worth the £4.80 ish price tag.

I download it, played the prologue it seems like it will be good.

This Week

Wii U eShop
SteamWorld Dig £6.99

Wii U eShop Promotion
SteamWorld Dig £4.99 if you already own the 3DS version on the same Nintendo Network ID

Wii U Virtual Console
Mario Golf: Advance Tour £6.29

Wii U DLC
Mario Kart 8 Mercedes-Benz GLA FREE
Zen Pinball 2:
The Walking Dead £2.39
Doctor Strange £2.39
Deadpool £2.39
Guardians of the Galaxy £2.39

Ah, the Mercedes Kart DLC! I'll probably get it to spite Ubisoft, if nothing else.

I am hoping those cars help me finish these cups with 3 stars. At least having Yoshi cruise around will entertain me anyway.

So it seems the U will be getting at some point Gone Home, I know it's a rather acclaimed indie title with no real gameplay (Andy will love it) and there is a console (ps4) version on it' way. But has any of you PC gamers played and is it to be excited for and will the U bring anything to the game with the gamepad/

Yep, it was revealed during the Unite Wii U and Unity talk by Nintendo of America. Where I learned that Stick it to the Man was a Unity game.

They also showed some Wii U demographics, and they were both surprising and unsurprising, since it's now become fairly obvious that the people who bought Wii Us are 'gamers in the know'.

If anyone's interested in watching, here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6nYz1HHPJU

I like the joke about that's two systems sold, looking at the age group it's people that's grown up with Nintendo.

Rather sweet tweet from the chap behind Teslsgrad. It's coming out on the 11th of September after what seems like an interminable (probably MS parity clause-induced) delay, and I remember it looking pretty interesting! (Here's a trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMmci_Fjf90 How Russian would you like your gaming?)

Also, he's made a Konami-on-the-NES-style box mock-up:

Is this even coming to Xbox? I've not seen anything about it.