Nintendo Download: 4th July (North America)

I wonder why Pilotwings got delayed a week like that.

Nothing for me

Discounts on games I already have!
I might get some of the game gear games but I will get the crazy construction demo for sure.

Nothing for me this week.

Nothing for me, sadly. I was hoping "Attack of the Friday Monsters" would arrive this week, but patience is a virtue. I've got plenty to play anyhow, and already have Pilotwings.

Seriously. Why is it taking VC games so long to come to the Wii U? Is it taking a long time to translate VC games to the the Gamepad? Is it a licensing issue?

Nothing that tickles my fancy this week. Not even the discounts, as I already have MSF HD.

when was dungeons and dragons coming out. The promo video says June and well.... it's july and still not available on the wii U. Pretty sure it's been released for the PS3 now too....

Another decent VC week, but disappointed to see that Shantae still isn't making an appearance.

Oh well.

Definitely picking up that new demo.

I just bought Mighty Switch Force last week... Sigh...

I remember in the early days of 3ds VC I used to buy every single gameboy game that came out (even though I barely played some of them). Now I have to avoid doing the same with GG. It's kinda like collecting pokemon

Mighty Switch Force for me this week!! I have been waiting on a sale for that game forever! Shantae is still isn't here, which is a bit disappointing and I won't be able to get it if I buy anything...

Perfect time to grab by first time Mighty!

@Selene With micro transactions. XD

@herzausstein ....and the 360. I have it on that system.

Did anyone see on facebook, that super mario bros was downloadable on wii u today?

just sonic drift 2 for me

Sonic Drift 2 is actually quite good and possibly the only okay ripoff of the original Super Mario Kart.

There was a Mario Kart-style Sonic racer before All-Stars Racing?

NA and EU are now caught up with Japan on GameGear games! Japan doesn't even have the Game Gear versions of Sonic 1 and Shining Force yet.

@waluigifan1 I didn't see that. Just checked and still don't.

I was hoping they would release Earthbound or something major before Pikmin 3, but fear they're giving us dribble to keep us focused on Pikmin 3.

@Samurairu The Wii U page has a picture of super mario bros, but is telling us to download mario bros instead.

Glad to see a hidden object game being released. I'll definitely be picking up Fishdom H20.

Nintendo need to take a long look at their Wii U release policy. I can understand that they want to continue selling Wii VC games but this is a disgrace. How many more overpriced games will they release before we even get a single N64 game?

If they gave the ambassador programme to 3DS early adopters I am expecting something much better for being a Wii U early adopter. A 3DS XL with inbuilt 2nd circle pad would suffice.

Everyone should get Mighty Switch Force for $4 if you don't already have it.

@Luigifan141

it was never delayed a week, it was set to release on July 4th when it was posted. No one actually went to look at the release date when it first came up.

Wow. Another week of mediocre on the NA VC. Sometimes i wish i had a Japanese Wii U, or that my WiiU could just have access to the Japanese eshop.

Where is dungeons and dragons??????????????

Getting all of the game gear games, fishdom game and order up! game

Clearly Nintendo does not care its an American holiday and people are home and might be more willing to be at home playing a new game. Bad week. Might Force discount by far best thing. Pilotwings... ugh.

Nothing for me this week. I wish we'd get Blaster Master NES and Wario Land 3 on the 3DS eshop.

Happy Independence Day, everybody!

might get Mighty Switch Force x

Nothing, oh well. I wonder if 8-Bit Summer will be back this year.

Awful week.

wow another awful week. no D&D? because Nintendo messed up.... Nintendo likes to say games drive the hardware well if that's the case then the eShop and wii U vc are dead until further notice.

I want to give you my money Nintendo but i guess you don't want it.

I want snes games on 3DS.. could you imagine chrono trigger 3D........even though i beat the DS version recently for the millionth time..

Where is our NeoGeo 2weeks downloadable?

June basically sucked besides a couple of megaman games.

Vegas Strikes??? why waste the time and money.

Mario Bros, Spelunker, Wrecking Crew and Yoshi. fine games but hardly "showcase".

they better do something because they are screwing over early supporters of the wii U.

I have to believe that Nintendo's delay in releasing VC games has a little bit to do with making it compatible. But I also have to believe that a lot of it has to do with a business strategy trying to get as many sales for the "crap" games as possible. If they released everything in giant hunks surrounded by obviously better games many games would get almost no sales at all.

Step it up with the wii u vc games atleast all of the previous titles released on the Wwii should already be there. To me its almost like your gonna have to have two seperate libraries of virtual games: wii (low resolution) which is not that pretty on an he Tv and of course wii u (high definition) . . . Just seems like even if I wanted to play the ones on the wii interface I wouldn't because of how they look. Maybe were supposed to switch your wii u to sd Tv everytime ya wanna play the wii games? Yeah:)(:

That is true@Squiggle55

The Wii vertual console is better than the Wii U's. Also it's really annoying that the 3DS just keeps getting lame NES games, I want more GameBoy, GameBoy Color and eventually GameBoy Advance games on the 3DS vertual console!

For Wii U I want N64, GameCube and, Wii games offered on the eShop.

All 3 Game Gear games for me this week! I guess that's it for the Game Gear games for now. I'm hoping the Game Gear Mega Man gets a release very soon.

Another week and still no Dungeons and Dragons. Nintendo wonders why third parties run from them. I imagine that their inability to launch a title on release date might have something to do with it.

@Squiggle55 check out the weekly bonanza known as the Japanese VC and it becomes apparent that Either Nintendo of Japan hates the west or Nintendo Of America is incompetent. Take your pick.

Dammit. I bought Mighty Switch Force at regular price just a few weeks ago. sigh

@waluigifan1 I did see that, they were talking about Mario Bros the arcade game port to NES not the Super Mario Bros game, which the picture was of. Confusing and stupid.

@Ambassador_Kong I'm still upset that there is still no word on Dungeons and Dragons, yet its listed as coming soon on the eshop. I need to quit looking since coming soon apparently means coming within the next few months.

@gaby_gabito i think it needs time to make it playable to change the settings for the gamepad, off tv screen and HD mode for tv and to run with no lagg.

Well, I was really hoping D&D would come out today, as you know, it's the fourth of July. A day where I have nothing to do, yet so much to play. Oh well, Pilotwings is a great SNES game

Excellent!!! Digital worthlessness at its finest!

And we STILL don't have the StreetPass Plaza updates... Isn't today a good time NOA?

@XCWarrior Nintendo is a Japanese company, why SHOULD they care?

wouldn't the injustice dlc be apart of this?

Deer Hunting King and FishDom H20:Hidden Odyssey for me...yeah...psyche!

Guess I'll be adding Pilotwings to my Wii U VC library this week

I just want to say: Happy One Month Until Pikmin 3 Comes Out in America Day, everyone!

Oh, and it's also Independence Day or whatever.

Where is Dungeons and Dragons already?!

Seriously not liking the lack of D&D. It's Retro City Rampage all over again. Who wants to bet this won't be released until the very end of the Wii U eShop lifespan?

$5 for Order Up! Grab that if you don't have it yet...stellar price!

I'd get G-LOC if I had some funds.

nothing for me this week, tho ill be grabbing a few more of the FEA dlc, happy 4th!

Just a little nitpick...

'Raptors' in the Deer Huntig game refers to birds of prey, not raptor dinosaurs. So yeah, those are native to NA in mass quantities.

I'm a wildlife biologist. I can't help it

@elejolteon

Impressive. I didn't know there was a bird by that name.

"Today we celebrate our Independence!" - Independence Day

I'll be picking up G-LOC.

Nothin'. I'm gonna celebrate my independence by being independent from this week's selection. Derp.

@WhoBeThat

No, you misunderstand. A 'raptor' is not the name of a specific bird. It is an informal name for birds of prey (hawks, eagles, falcons, etc).

Nintendo is forcing me to hate Thursdays solely because of the Wii U's eShop. I already did this with the Wii 5 years ago. Do they even care about the eShop? I've been waiting for that D&D game and it was suppose to release last month.

Will we ever get an actual hunting game on the Eshop sometime? I guess I'll have to stick to the Carnivores series on the PSP/Vita for my hunting fix.

@Donjwolf

Haha, that's pretty funny.

I just picked up project X zone, which is literally the best thing I've played in a while, I need to play all of the games shown in it... if i can

@Nictendo64 But now you can play your games on the GamePad and have save states.

I'm a bit miffed that I already have both versions of Mighty Switch Force...

@Zach777: I have given up on getting the street pass plaza updates. We'll be lucky to see them by the fall.

I'm really thinking about getting all 3 game gear games

Thanks for posting the discounts. I've wanted Mighty Switch Force: Hyper Drive for a while now, and I finally bought it last night (had just enough money already in my account). I absolutely love the game so far. The music is some of the best I've heard, and it really gives me this fun puzzle feel with a mix of Mega Man X music/stage look. I wouldn't have hopped on the shop if it weren't for your post, Nintendolife. You do small developers and consumers a good service by posting sales. Thanks!

The CC demo was lame so I won't be getting the game, might not buy anything but I really would like to get the game gear games but somethings holding me back.

@Donjwolf

Oh, and that's where the saying "Raptors of the sky" came from?

@WhoBeThat,

To be honest, I've never heard of that saying, but probably. The word comes from the latin word 'rapere,' which means to seize or take by force, an apt name for birds of prey.

Woo-hoo, another week with ONE Wii U VC release. At this pace they'll be able to offer the majority of NES, SNES, N64 and GC classics in about 40-50 years.