Nintendo Download: 19th December (Europe)

It's time for the MD 3D classic money shot climax

Still no Korg M01D for France ?
They are so disrespectfull for that, yet I want this app so much.

Nice, I like all those discounts. Nothing too impressive, though.

Sure are a lot of tempting discounts across both platforms now!
Does anyone know if any Virtual Console games have been on special offer since the initial 30p days?

I have now officially given up on waiting for Cave Story+ in Eu. It's been over a year since its release in the US and though Nicalis have said numerous times it "will be released soon" it's difficult to believe them.

Not sure what the problem is but they have missed my money!

I wonder if Nintendo will ever do discounts. Other developers and publishers regularly have discounts on the eShop, but Nintendo never do.

Ugh, it's just impossible for them to offer their 2 year old + 3DS games at reasonable prices isn't it?

@RainbowGazelle - I doubt it.

Nintendo never gave discounts at retail so doubt they will do the same digitally.

They don't seem to follow basic rules of economics i.e. when sales drop off for a product, lower prices to stimulate demand. It seems they prefer to take a larger amount over smaller sales than lesser amounts over bigger sales.

I'll be getting a few Wii u e'shop games I was waiting to go on discount.

Oh nice Lifeforce, I'm a huge gradius fan

i always wanted to play this back on the Wii VC but sadly never got released here in Europe

Knytt, SoR 3D and Shinobi 3D for me. This is a good week.

Nothing for me this week. Busy playing Tearaway which is awesome (and quite Nintendo-esque)

Finally Knytt Underground!!! I love the original game, so I'll happily buy this the moment they upload it!!!

Holy guacamole Batman!! Soooo many discounts. I'll be buying some of these discounts on Thursday, thankfully the discounts are staying until the new year so it gives me some time to juggle monies around & try to get most if not all of the games I hadn't gotten until now. I definitely want to buy Knytt Underground first though.

@AJWolfTill Yeah, I remember a discount on Super Mario Bros. 2 if you bought Super Mario World. Also some Kirby games were discounted if you owned another Kirby game. Or something like that.

Cool week. Some demos and witch n hero!

@AJWolfTill Thanksgivivg weekend all the Mario VC games were on sale, and I think this past week was all DK games were on sale.

Finally Nintendo seems to take the eshop a bit more seriously. Still not enough VC titles though... As for the 3D Sega games for the 3DS, I'll be waiting for Sonic 2 and SoR 2. It's great that they release these 3D Classics so quickly!

Been meaning to get Nano Assault Neo for a while. If these discounts come to the Americas, this would be my chance.

Streets of rage first for me, but i could be tempted to get any of knytt, nano assault or puddle

NES Lifeforce is even less acceptable now. (Arcade Salamander 3d classic or based on the PC Engine version). I think I may even get Altered Beast before I get any more NES games (Crisis Force / Gun-Nac excluded).
Interesting at the moment Sega is more profitable than Nintendo.

Zen Pinball finally! Maybe it's time to add such a lovely "time waster" to my WiiU

I want to buy Giana Sisters, but the $15 asking price is way too high for an indie game that didn't review very high.... dropping the price a couple of dollars isn't going to motivate me to buy. Drop it to the same price as the SNES titles and I'll insta buy.

I was going to get Bomberman Blitz, but Streets of Rage will be taking its place, alongside Sonic, Ecco, and discounted Crimson Shroud & Attack of the Friday Monsters.

Another Little Inferno discount...
Might get Akari for my wife, otherwise I'll keep waiting for Pokemon Trading Card game...

Hope N/A gets these same discounts this week... i picked up Toki Tori last week, and will definitely be picking up 2+ either way, but it would be nice to save a couple bones. Two Tribes definitely has the best series of games on the eShop. Rush and Edge were great too

Morris the monkey. how nice.

life force salamander WOW! this game is great should have two player download play too!

Kind of wished we had more than one option on these download polls

Streets of Rage 3D and Mutant Mudds discount ooohhh yeah!
Last weeks Guild 01&02 discounts and this week is certainly looking sweet.

@RainbowGazelle Nintendo has discounted quite many of their own games in North America now before Christmas, but Nintendo of Europe never does that for some reason.

I hope we get Nintendogs here in NA. My daughter really want that game but it's hard to find retail. Just hope it's not $40, though I will still probably get it for her anyways

Witch and Hero for me. I quite like the demo but didn't think it was worth full price.

@Metroidlink The poll is to say which one you are most excited for. If you have a few you will download, then which one do you most want?

Good to see so many sales once again,

Can you add "spam" to the report button? I'm ok w/ the trolls and the fanbois and the spoilers and even the abusive cursing, but I like to save the really obvious spam for my email.

Im glad sale for wii u titles is to 2nd January. (all I want for xmas is some eshop credits).
Big up fpr Two tribes with the added discount to Toki Tori 2+ if you have the other titles.

@Nintendojuenger Yes, PS+ got it free because they pay $50 to be a member. Sony takes some of that money raised and purchases a blanket license for PS+ members. However, stop being a member and you lose access to the game.

Sales! As far as the eye can see!

streets of rage and shinobi for me

Life Force? Wow. Makes me wonder what NA will get this week for the 3DS NES VC. I hope for Blaster Master.

Surprised that Nintendogs is going for 39.99... Kind of insane really considering retail is substantially cheaper almost everywhere else.

Concerning smash bros. 4:

"Officially it'll be out sometime in 2014! I can't answer questions, but we are working really hard every day." - Sakurai— Merry StreetsAhead (@Sab_Mas) December 16, 2013

Something smells, a smelly smell that smells....smelly

@datamonkey
Well that's the thing, Nintendo games don't generally have a lag. When they do however, it's part of a much larger strategy Nintendo uses. Similar to Iwata's statement on paying 3rd parties to include their games, discounting games offers the same pattern. Once you start, you just can't stop. Once a game is discounted due to low demand, we expect it. How many of us 'expect' Nintendo games to go on sale and wait to buy them at a lower price instead of top dollar? I'm willing to wager less than if we KNEW it was to drop price.

Life Force!?!?!? Please tell me this is coming to the US as well!

I think I might just download two zen tables and maybe toki tori since I've got EDGE alredy. Nice week!

It's interesting how SEGA have been porting the original arcade versions of their games to the 3DS, but others just dump the old NES ROM on the virtual console. Nobody should buy Life Force, as it's the far inferior NES version. Instead, we should have been getting Salamander from the coin-op original, and it's amazing sequel for good measure.

Probably knytt underground and maybe life force (never played it on the nes).

@moroboshi I've never played the arcade version? Why should I not buy the one I have played and liked?

@Mommar Sinply because the arcade originals always have better audio and visuals. Ports were mostly awful through the 8 and 16 bit era. Pale imitations of the originals. Would you want to see the Mona Lisa, or some copy a child knocked up from memory?

Was hoping to see Super Probotector on Wii U VC, gutted!

Will pick up the MD 3D Classics, hopefully followed next week with Afterburner 2

I prefer NES Contra and Super C to the arcade versions.

Knytt Underground and cheap Star Wars Pinball on Wii U for me

im really looking forward to knytt underground.hope it arrives in the us on the 19th..

Wonder why Summer Carnival '92 RECCA hasn't been added to the Wii U VC yet. Also, that's a lot of discounts. Hope North America gets those same discounts. Most of those last until early January too. If I get an eShop prepaid card for Christmas I might have to use it on some of these, though I also want to get Retro City Rampage, Shantae and the Pirates Curse, etc. when they come next year. Will be purchasing 3D Streets of Rage or 3D Shinobi 3.

@KnightRider666 Ah Blaster Master! One of the best metroid clones ever!

@moroboshi Because one I can buy and one I cannot.

Witch & Hero (CIRCLE Entertainment, €1.99 / £1.79) until 9th January, normally €3.99 / £3.59)

if that = 1.99 us thursday i might finally buy it

Does anyone know what happened to the Aeterno Blade demo? I thought it was due out on EShop by now? Maybe it's not available in Australia?

@Kawaii_Neko: How do you know what NA is getting this week already? Where is your info coming from? I hate the fact that I don't find out until 10am on this site Thursdays...

@Spoony_Tech: Indeed.

Does anybody know what happened to the Mario Golf game that was in development for the 3DS??? It was supposed to be out at the end of summer 2013, then was delayed. It's no longer listed on GameStop's website.

@KnightRider666 I would also like to know that answer. I've been saying it for a couple months now I believe Nintendo is making a Wii U version kinda like Monster Hunter where both version can be played against each other. It seems like the perfect game to do it with. I just hope they didn't cancel or just altogether move it to Wii U.

It was moved to 2014, but nothing's been announced since then

@Spoony_Tech: I feel the same dude.

Great discount week. I'll get Witch & Hero for 2 bucks and the Giana Sisters. It's just too bad that the 3DS VC has become only NES games. I want some GB :/

€ 45 / $ 60 for digital Nintendogs! I didn't know Ebenezer Scrooge worked for Nintendo... This is just shameful!