Nintendo Download: 3rd January 2013 (North America)

no new wii u sales ?

Clive and Blades for me this week. Been waiting far too long for Unchained Blades!!

Gunman Clive for me, eventually. Maybe Unchained Blades and/or Code of Princess later when I don't have a mountain of games to go through.

"quite a big week"
> no wii u

>_____>

Well, I guess everyone can stop complaining about Unchained Blades now. On second thought, they'll start complaining about $30 for an uninspired, mess of a JRPG that wasn't worth the wait.

Good to see Nintendo is off to a great start supporting the WiiU. Oh, wait.......

Anyone know how much CoP is going to be yet? I'll think about it at 30$ but not 40$. I'll just wait for it to come down at retail if that's the case.

Clive it is for me. Already played the retail version of Code of Princess. Very nice hack-n-slash title. Would love to get Unchained Blades, but will need to come up with $30 first. So will probably have to push that off til a later date.

No new Wii U titles because developers are working on it, they put all they had into launch day already.

Nothing for Wii, nothing for me.

Finally Unchained Blades!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll probably get Unchained Blades, but I want to read the review first.

Getting GC, have to look at UCB and COP, might get ABH3D.

I might get Unchained Blades, but there's 2 things holding me back.
1) Price, regardless of how long it is.
2) I just got like 10 games for Xmas, and 2 of them are RPGs.

Love that a $2 3DS game actually looks to be interesting and worthwhile. Gunman Clive, I'll be trying your chaps on soon.

Unchained Blades is all I'm interested in, and even then, it'll be a while before I get that.

How much is Code of Princess?

Unchained Blades, digital only. I'll wait for a true retail version.

@Damo : Air Battle Hockey 3D is published by Agetec. Nintendo made an error on the publisher. If you go to the official website, it brings you to the product page on Agetec's website.

@Damo : Developer is Silver Star Japan by the way ( http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/eshop/jahj/index.html )

@retro_player_22 You'll be waiting until the end of time, then. XSEED isn't in the habit of releasing retail versions of their digital-only games.

toki tori:(

@retro_player_22 You'll have to import from Japan then. Only they have the game card version. XSEED on the other hand has no plans to release a game card version here.

Gunman Clive FTW!!

The Wii U just came out two months ago people, relax. I am sure Zen Pinball and Toki Tori 2 are on the way sooner rather than later. Why don't you all just get in a line so I can slap you in one fell swoop, please? Idiocy reigns supreme these days, and patience is nowhere to be found. What ever happened to being grateful for what you have, instead of acting like a child saying something along the lines of "What? No Wii U eShop games? I want them NOW!". Please be smarter about having kids people

Having said that, I might have to try out Gunman Clive since the price is so friendly and the game seems solid enough.

@Dazza No problem. I'm sorry if I was a bit hard on this. It's been showing that publisher on Nintendo of America's website for the last week and a half at least.

I want another Neo Geo game

Really wish there was some wii u in the mix. Then again I still need to beat trine2.

Galaxy Saver looks kinda like Missile Command in space. May get it. Nice visuals. Not intereseted in anything else.

Exciting week for those of us not into portables!

This week I'll get Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (I did not download it last week). Wondering if they going to release some Art Style series games in eShop like Wii, those are extremely good games and I'd be glad of having that series in my 3DS (new games of course).

Waiting for the reviews on Unchained Blades. It's pretty pricey to just impulse buy, but if it's as good as I expect then I'll get it.

Finally Unchained Blades is out! I've had the money in my account since it was announced just for it!

OK it doesn't really look like Missile Command anymore.

I'll be downloading unchained blades (about time), code of princess (been waiting), gunman clave, air battle hockey 3d....and maybe galaxy saver =]

Please review Unchained Blades soon! I trust Nintendolife and I need a good opinion on this game.

Possibly Unchained Blade, will have to find out what the RPG mechanics are like first.

Already got the retail version of CoP and pre-order was $39.99, my guess is the download version would be around that price. That said, the retail version came with a soundtrack CD/art booklet, with any luck it might be a slightly lower price for the downloadable version without the extra content.

Where's the ZombiU demo said to be coming in December?

@Shiromikio Sadly, Atlus doesn't really do that. It'll probably be full price.

I'll have to see if I have enough room in my 3DS. I still have to finish Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracles and Pokemon Conquest hasn't been giving me too much of a chance to play due to it lengthy episodes.

Nothing for me this week... I was initially interested in Unchained Blades but after all the negative response I think I'll have to wait for some more reviews.

@Pixel-Perfect,

If you have a PSP, Vita or PS3, get Elminage Original. It's a really cool dungeon crawler with some shoddy menu translations. The gameplay is solid though. Lots of classes and professions. Lots of dungeons and it's pretty hard. I spent a lot of time on it already and barely got anywhere.

I've been waiting far too long for Unchained Blades to release on 3DS. Now I can't afford to buy it anymore due to FE and MH and simply needing to budget a little better. Maybe next year.

i want World of Goo for 3ds XD

@retro_player_22: I totally agree. I'm not paying full retail price for a download(with the exception of Crosswords 3D because it was the only way to get DKOE, damn you Nintendo!). I, like many others; like to have something to show for what I paid for(the box, instructions, & the cartridge). Besides, I need the space on my SD card for download only games. When and if it's released in its physical form, I will wait for a used copy for an even better deal. Oh yeah, and Gunman Clive all the way!

@Pixel-Perfect What negative response? All I've seen are a bunch of idiots complaining about paying $30 for a retail game (when everyone else is charging $40).

About flippin' time.

Yall should watch the gameplay of Gunman Clive, its looks too cool to be a $2 game!! -grabs my 3ds prepaid card- XD

nothing for me this week, my wallet thanks me, but unchained blades looks great tho i dont have the space for it anyway.

Code of Princess is $39.99; Air Battle Hockey 3D is $4.99 (just in case for those that haven't checked yet).

@CanisWolfred,

I've seen lots of negativity mentioned in other forums, although I don't remember the specifics.

One of the reasons I'm not getting it though is the fact the game uses preset characters. To me, one of the best things about dungeon crawlers is being able to create your own band of warriors in their quest for adventure and danger. I honestly don't know any other dungeon crawler that doesn't let you make your own character so this game is a definite oddity.

Another barren Wii U week :c

Want Code of Princess but since it's same price as retail I think I'll just finally get off my butt and see if I can find a physical copy. Definitely picking up Galaxy Saver too and maybe Gunman Clive later.

@Flowerlark: It took almost 15 minutes to download Gunman Clive onto my system(The game was only 252 blocks I believe)! I was wondering if it was my internet or something...

finaly unchained blades!

@KnightRider666: took me less then 1min to DL gunman clave, galaxy saver & air battle hockey. Took me 12mins for unchained blades and still DLing code of princess which is "OVER 9000" blocks ( lol had to of said it) but guessing that will take me around 25mins =]

@Raylax: I agree, it seems Nintendo doesn't know the meaning of SALE, especially when Trine 2 is on sale on Wii U for $15.99, and it was on sale on Steam for $3.74 and the Goblin add on for $2.49.

I might get Gunman Clive just because I liked the trailer so much hahahah

@Azikira Steam is a rare beast actually, you think WiiU sales are bad ? What about XBL with sales of 50% of a game that was released like 5 years ago ? (no kidding)

Stea its the only one doing "real" sales actually...

Unchained Blades in EU Please!!!

PC games get really cheap sales because of competition. I mean, there's a lot of different websites you can go to to buy PC games digitally and it's not just Steam. There's Amazon, Good Old Gamers, Green Man Gaming, Gamefly and Gamersgate plus several others. The competition drives prices down. I've seen plenty of good deals from all these websites and no, Steam isn't the -only- website that has awesome sales. I've purchased games that were cheaper than Steam. You just have to look.

On PSN or say the 3DS Eshop, you can't buy those games anywhere else. For example, you can only buy Tokyo Jungle on PSN and Star Fox 64 3D on the Eshop. The lack of competition means Sony, MS and Nintendo can charge whatever they want and people buy them because it's the only way to get them. There's no other options.

The wii u store is looking bare, i figured something new would release.Its cool and all that its new, but have some stuff ready to be pepperd to keep our interest up.

How much is Code of Princess? Free? I'd like to know the price. If it is $20 or less then I'll dip in. Otherwise I'll wait until I can pick up a physical copy...

How very disappointing. No retro city rampage and nothing for wii U. Again!

Code of Princess. I already have two copies of it (to play multiplayer with the gf). I just need one of them now, and I desire one for on-and-off play.

Sending my other copy to a friend in another State~

Oh... and I might get Crimson Shroud (I didn't get it last time) and Unchained Blades too. :3
Good week for me, at least.

@Raylax
Nintendo no longer sets the prices on their 8th generation downloadable platforms for third party games, at least with Wii U. With 3DS, they negotiate price with the publishers, so the publishers still have some control over pricing (unless 3DS eshop has been made to match Wii U now). With Wii U, publishers have full control on pricing and sales. So now that you know, don't blame Nintendo.

@Azikira
Nintendo has nothing to do with the sales prices nor do they not know how to do sales. Publishers have full control on pricing and sales on the Wii U eShop according to indie devs. So now that you know, don't make uninformed assumptions and accusations again.
Besides, sales on PC are much more common and tend to have a much bigger audience to sell to. Not just Steam, but Amazon and Gamersgate do game sales nowadays, so the amount of people to do sales for on PC is much bigger on Wii U.

Those WONDERING ABOUT DOWNLOAD SIZE on Unchain blades

Almost 4200 blocks (think it was 4176)

You NA guys GET gunman clive! It's brilliant!

@Koto
Don't you know that if it wasn't for porn, the internet would be solely used for making uninformed assumptions.

We would also miss out on some of the comical comments that people make that are usually just regurgitated bs. Some things I hear my son's friends say are hilarious.

Plus, angry people who seem like someone crapped in their cereal wouldn't have much purpose in life.

As for me I got Unchained Blades. It's been a while since I've played a game where the B button has been the primary 'action' button.

I was expecting things to be a little slow for the Wii U eShop starting out, while things are under development, but i'm surprised they would let 2 weeks go by with nothing at all for the Wii U. Even a couple of new demos would be nice...

Saving my money for Fire Emblem Awakening and a Wii U.

I wanted Toki Tori 2.

No Wii U stuff again. >_>

@Scollurio IKR!

Good week considering the limitations. I at least wish we would get a estimated release period for Zen Pinball 2 though, since it's missed it's promised deadline and moved to another one (January). Toki Tori 2 didn't look finished back then anyway so I'm not concerned about that.

And I'm also glad we got a break from the Neo geo spam going on right now... Yes I know Shock troopers 2 is not a fighting game, but could we PLEASE get Crystalis or some games on OTHER VC systems?

And you got your facts wrong about the First digital retail download game- That was Best in breed 3D, which came out in the UK as a retail but in the US as a (Crappy) DL only game two weeks ago. But still, Unchained blades, Yay! Now the next major DL game on the list for the 3DS Is PMD: Gates to infinity, since it'll have a demo (And fire emblem, which I'm DDing)

So I got gunman clive this week and enjoy it so far, and will get Unchained blades for my birthday (In 20 days!)

Let's see, no Virtual Console games on 3DS?

What a surprise...

UNCHAINED BLADES!

wow is all i have to say about the second girl in the picture. It's incredible how inappropiate some people make certain female characters...

@JaythekidRS

True, but what gets me is the amount of violence that is accepted, as long as there is no nudity or even sexual themes/innuendo. When I was a kid, of course my friends found their parents' dirty magazines and stuff, and maybe it was the small town I lived in, but we didn't have obsessions or even the slightest fascination with guns.

Yes there was plenty of violence in NES games, but I can't think of anything other than Bionic Commando that even had a hint of blood or gore in it.

Gunman Clive is very nice. Im going to skip Unchained Blades since there are no 3d pics or video in the item description.

blades is in 3d if you want it but i leave my 3D off

@TheDreamingHawk Further back then that was Order Up, except the publishers were really nice about pricing there at $10.

Air Battle Hockey 3D is pretty good unless you're a lefty (the control scheme). They could have easily fixed this... Anyway, it's like a 3d version of the flash minigame "Curve Ball", with special powerups added.

@slidecage yeah I know its in 3d but I put up a red flag on a 3d game that doesnt post a 3d pic or video in the item description it kinda doesnt look good as a selling point

@UnseatingKDawg Whoa, there's been 5 VC games in the past month. We don't need them EVERY week, as long as there is a good game in general (That's Gunman clive and UB)

Picked up Unchained Blades, Galaxy Saver and Gunman Clive. Code of Princess went into the "later" list after a period of consideration between it and Blades.

I hope a future update allows the playing of DS titles off the SD card, like the Wii. My internal memory is starting to fill with DS titles.

I hope that Europe gets Galaxy saver, that looks like a fun game.

@Raylax Publishers set the prices on their games.

Also, Code of Princess is amazing!! I highly recommend it (and I'm not even a big fan of hack and slashers)

I already have Code of Princess, so... I'll wait for Unchained Blades reviews.

isn't a download only retail release an oxymoron?

I completed Gunman Clive on 3DS last week. Definitely worth $2 and much better playing with real buttons compared to the iphone touch controls.

Recommended, especially if you like Mario, MegaMan, Donkey Kong Country etc

Finally, we get Unchained Blades! Not sure I'll get it on 3DS though, $30 is still a lot of money for a game I could loose if something happens to my system. There are other games I have my eye on anyway, plus a backlog.

get code of princess. totally worth it.
cheezy voice acting, but superb quality.

Code of Princess is a really good game for just playing for fun and honing your skills. If anyone is on the fence I would recommend it.

@Samholy
I may be wrong, but I think it's supposed to be that way. It's a very campy vibe and not to be taken seriously.

Unchained Blades is awesome. It's a bit of a stripped down more story driven Etrian Odyssey without having to draw the map yourself. That's not to say it's not deep itself. You get tons of followers, huge numbers of enemies and a simplified FFX Sphere Grid progression. Definitely worth it.

The retail version of CoP netted me a soundrack CD and mini artbook... a week after the release date. Charging retail price for a download is insane.

@meltendo I agree. I still want to get Code of Princess, but charging an amount which accounts for physical middlemen, instead of an amount which accounts for digital distribution, is exactly the reason why the online console shops don't get more business than they currently do. $30 is the right price, not $40 or more. At least XSEED realizes this... But I can forgive Atlus, since they are so faithful in bringing us the good stuff.

It's sad that Code of Princess is not being displayed nor advertised under the new retail releases in the eShop this week in the USA, it's hidden... It's pathetic that we Americans are apparently still so paranoid about "mature sexual themes" in computer games that a little skin showing prevents adequate advertising for game products, yet there's no problem when it comes to Victoria's Secret, movies, and celebrity TV shows...