Nintendo Download: 31st January 2013 (Europe)

I got Zen HD on Android the other day and already put several hours into it and purchased 4 tables,my favourite being War Hulk.Its great but will be so mucb better with the triggers of the Gamepad.Now if only they would release the Wii U in Thailand!

what the!? No games at all for 3ds. Arrrrrggggg where is my CAVE STORY

no wii downloads then?

Wow not 1% for batman, might want to sort those prices out Nintendo, 50 quid for a download is ridiculous

Yeah, Zen Pinball !!! BTW: Batham is already on sale in some shops here at about 35 euro

aw, I just bought Arkham City as a disc.... oh well -.-

I will get Zen Pinball 2. But when I think about it... 4 Tables = 9,99€ - 12,96€...

Zen Pinball 3D & Marvel Pinball cost 6€ & 7€...=(

@PinkSpider

I think the publishers set their own prices on the eShop.

I am getting sick of waiting for Cave Story+

Also you can get Batman for £25 right now at shopto.net. These download prices are ridiculous.

@PinkSpider nintendo doesn't choose the price, thats the publisher that chooses

So happy for you guys in the EU getting Zen. Anxious to see it on this side of the pond

Australia also finally gets Trine 2, I've been waiting all January. Very big download week for me. Pinball and Trine 2 Insta Downloads!

I'd kind of assumed Batman wasn't getting a download release for some reason. It's an odd decision to release it now when it's widely available at half the price elsewhere.

Would have been nice to have some more demo's (e.g. NBA 2K13, which is available in NA), but, oh well, a good week for my bank balance.

Please excuse my cynicism but... It's just pinball! I must be missing something here!

Zen Pinball 2, woohoo. 4 tables for €9,99 is a bit expensive, especially when you look at the 3DS-versions that had 4 tables for €6,- and €8,-.

Does anyone know if you can choose 4 tables yourself or do they come in packs?

Hey are you going to update this news? Where are Nano assault EX, Cave story+, Nightsky ... ???????

Zen Pinball 2 - HOOZAH!

Might as well let my 3DS hibernate in a drawer til March.

@ThomasBW84 Or in some cases £54.99...

@Kyoto They come in packs unfortunately!

As for a NA date according to the Zen Forums we still don't have one yet. That doesn't mean it won't hit this week but there is officially no release date for NA as of yet!!!

Also why would people not at the very least dl Zen?! It doesn't cost anything. If its a space issue I guess I can understand that but still its free!!

What a pathetic week. Well, more time for my backlog which is kind of huge...

@ThomasBW84
I'm still waiting to see if Nintendo ever decide to have sales or reductions of retail titles on the eShop. Those £49.99 prices seem ridiculous today but what are they going to look like in twelve months time for titles like Batman and Assassin's Creed?

I'll be getting Zen Pinball when it comes to the NA eShop!

@ngamer155 Me and you both!

Brace yourselves, as your records will be blown away soon.

@Tech101 Yeah, I've noticed that the EU releases seem to be announced before the NA. I'm really hoping it will hit us this week as well. Since the concern was functionality and getting the distribution system perfect before releasing the game, it seems like once that has been figured out for the EU eShop it would work on the NA side.

Finally .

@Everly Hopefully this won't be too long of a wait. I remember Europe got Zen Pinball for the 3ds like 3 months ahead of NA. The wait was Soooo long! Hopefully its no more then a week for NA. I'm happy for you to get to experience Zen for yourself!!

It's Pinball time baby!

@Tech101 3 Months! Please tell me you are making that up Tech. Seriously hoping that we get it within a week of the EU release.

@chewytapeworm I think with Pinball you either get it or you don't.I've only ever played real Pinball tables in Dutch coffee shops but I've been playing console versions since the Megadrive days.I could waste hours trying to beat my own high scores but with Zen you also get online rankings so its even more addictive.Metroid Pinball has been my favourite till now but Zen has perfected it imo and I've only played the Android version.Great game!

@Everly Would I make something like that up!! . I think they got it early November and we got it mid January I believe. Might've more closer to 2 months but still it seemed to take forever.

I got Batman AC a few weeks ago for 23.99 from on-line retail. Shakes head

Don't have a Wii U yet, so nope. I would get the free Zen Pinball and play it for half an hour before I get bored though.
But seriously, £50 for a game which I can easily get for £25 online, and £15 on other platforms? No thank you...

My real concern is that if retail and boxed games end up disappearing all together and we are left only with downloadable content, we may be forced to pay £50 per game as there will be no alternative method of buying it...

It will be at that point I get myself a new hobby!

Ouch .. £50 for batman when it's £20 in retail form

Zen Pinball 2! I'm so jealous...

@Tech101 Well, if it comes to that I can always fall back on the MH3U demo coming out 2/21!

@Everly Don't worry it won't! It's ready as I'm sure its the same as the European version but that darn NA date can be elusive some times!

Will give Zen Pinball 2 a go, but getting seriously disappointed in the lack of 3DS VC games. Really want a good GB or GBC game...

No Cave Story for Europe means no Ikachan in the US for me! haha I'm boycotting Ikachan until Europe gets Cave Story

I already have Batman and Zen on PS3 so nothing for me. I little later to the party for me Nintendo..

@ohhaime
I could buy it on the PS3, or Vita, or even the 360, but I've been waiting for Wii U off-tv play feature, and now it's quite time

@Windy Make sure you write to Nicalis so they understand the reason.

Waiting for ZP2 to appear in the NA eshop as well.

@hiptanaka haha They would just laugh

I cant help but notice that Retro City Rampage is once again MIA. So much for that promise.

Without any warning, the basketball game demo is available from now

@Cosats
Thanks for that, it's downloading as I type this. They did that a couple of weeks ago with SonicTR. I guess we just have to keep an eye on the demo's.

@ThomasBW84 I hear that Thomas! It is a similar instance with Pilotwings Resort. I can find that game for less than $20 in store here in the US. I would love to have that on my SD card for a similar price, but I'm not paying full price for that game.

I asked Zen Studios if the game was coming out this week and I got Not likely, but we'll be sure to post the date once we have it confirmed.

@mellloyellow02 Thanks for the update Mello, now I won't have to bother Barbie with that same question. Nice of her to be straight up with us.

@Everly I bet it we will get it in 1 or 2 weeks

I can't believe the 3DS got no games at all on its eshop. What would have been wrong with increasing the VC library by one title or adding a retail title from the back catalog, just to avoid the embarrassment of an empty week?

Its not like they have third party publishers falling at their feet to release stuff on the eShop to fill out the empty spaces that could occur- even DLC. I think Nintendo need to realise the importance of a steady steam of content to the eshop on a weekly basis; not just just to entice confidence in publishers but also consumers. Its worrying when the eshop goes a week without content. It displays no future planing on the part of Nintendo.

Though I'm Secretly hoping for a surprise announcement to prove me wrong.

@mellloyellow02 Yeah, I'll get on board with that. I'm sort of surprised they couldn't get it released on both at the same time, so taking more than 1 additional week would be absurd.

@Everly By the way what tables are you getting at launch I know Im getting the Plant Vs. Zombies table

@mellloyellow02 Definitely wanting the Classic Pack with Tesla, V12, El Dorado, and Shaman. Other tables that I think I would like are Epic Quest, Excalibur, and Plants vs. Zombies. Some members on the forum really spoke highly of MARS so I may look into that after I learn my way around those first ones.

@Everly I cant get much becausce I only have 8 dollars in my eshop balnce

@mellloyellow02 I'm sitting on a good bit of cash, just don't have anything that interests me to spend it on..........yet!

Finaly zen, yesh!

@Everly whats your nintendo network id

Nice to see Zen 2 in the shop; I'll be curious to see if there's anything I want to spend some cash on. Also nice to see Batman in the shop. Had it been out earlier I'd already have it; as things stand I'll be getting Ninja Gaiden tonight, but I might well get it next month as I think Rayman is likely to be in the eShop in February, yes?

@Sean_Aaron
Barely. I think it's due for release on 28th.

Here is a quote from the moderator of the Zen Pinball forums on the date for NA

"It's actually not NOA's fault, it's ours"

So Nintendo is not to blame for the delay!

What a terrible week for those of us who have opted not to get the Wii U.

I had forgotten cornishlee. Cool, so if I get a second disc download this month it will likely be Warriors Orochi 3 - Batman will have to wait!

I've just been asking on Miiverse abut Warriors Orochi 3. I'm enjoying Ninja Gaiden 3 right now but I think by the time I finish that and Red Steel 2 (I had to stop for a few weeks after cracking my ribs) Ken's Rage 2 should be out as well. I'm interested to see how that compares to WO3.

@Windy What a total loss that is

@LordLzGlad: Why mock somebody who's doing something for others? He might not change anything on his own, but it's at least nice for us Europeans to see somebody taking a stance against Nicali's stupid policies.

Retro City Rampage comes on January. Yes, this is guaranteed. No doubt at all.
It would be better for them to say nothing if they do not want to loose the last of their credibility.

You guys think Batman's price is ridiculous, you should see how Nintendo charges full price for PilotWings Resort.

Whats so good about a pinball game?

Wow, I've never seen such a barren week! Only game released on any of the download services (I don't count retail downloads) and its only a pinball game so I won't be getting it once I've got a Wii U.
Sean_Aaron Rayman legends will be out in most of Europe on the 28th February but the UK will have to wait 'till the 1st March.

NOE are usually a bit better than this, this list looks pathetic next to NOA's downloads this week. Nintendo really need to get on Nicalis case about the EU backlog, is there like...an actual reason Cave Story and pals is such a problem to release here?

Also Nintendo's prices for retail make me laugh, really guys? Seeing as GAME of all people just cut 20-50% this week on Wii U software, I just don't see people flocking to buy Batman at this price. Unless you have Nintendo Premium and really want your first £5 asap - hopefully Nintendo will take a page out of Sony's book and start cutting prices on retail releases (though if the 3DS eshop is any indication...sigh)

Haha @ "Retro City Rampage Still On Course For Release This Month"... =(

So let me get this striahgt, I could pay £50 to download the game or I could own a physical disc copy with box for half that price. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Batman-Arkham-City-Armored-Nintendo/dp/B00844Q6L6

The download option sounds way better. NOT. <_<