Nintendo Download: 2nd May 2013 (Europe)

Nothing for me this week. Great for those who haven't yet bought Zen Pinball 2 or Marvel Pinball, apart from that, I shall continue to play what I have this week.

Hey where is cave story + for 3DS

Going to hold out on quadruple dipping with Mega Man until this Wii U/3DS transfer thing comes to light a bit more (if it does).

I'll have a few of those discounted ZP2 tables to tide me over until the Star Wars pack arrives.

I already have all those Zen Pinball 2 tables and packs (argh!), I'd recommend all. Also Zwn Studios said that Star Wars Pinball tables is coming out on Wii U EShop at some stage (source: their twitter feed). Marvel Pinball 3D is decent but bit of a ropey port. Play Zen Pinball 3D THEN Marvel Pinball 3D straight afterwards and you'll know what I mean. Picdun 2 for me. I think.

@MeddlingIdiot Likewise. I had planned to get the MM VC games for my 3DS as I prefer them on the go, but Mega Man already arrived at a lower price for the Wii U so I'm going to wait too.

That's a lot more VC than they usually do, that's good

I'll have some of that Publishers Dream and Super C this week.

I know it only just released but only two Wii U VC games is a bit poor. I'm not looking forward to the wait for Super Street Fighter 2!

I think I will pick up some tables for those discount prices. Now just need to replay them again to decide which tables I prefer.

still offering the same old crap nes games no one wants for only i don't know, like the third time now?

Wow, I hope we get Zen sales in NA at some point too.

Wow, that's pretty weak for the Wii U VC in the second week. Not saying those aren't great games but I was kinda hoping for them to really push the early VC. Get at least three or four out every week so that by the end of the year there is a sizable collection....

Apparently not

Another lame week. I'm losing the faith.

How come 5€ for the 3DS is converted to £4.49, but for Wii U it is converted to £3.49?

Download Play makes Super C tempting. Going to have a quick look at it before deciding to buy it.

@ThomasBW84 I just find it weird, that's all. Hopefully all 5€ 3DS software will drop to the £3.49 and stay there so that there's some parity with the Wii U eShop. It would also make it much more appealing and a little bit more impulsive.

Haha, I just bought all of the Zen Pinball tables on the Wii U, except for the Marvel stuff listed.
Looks like I'll be getting all of these at the end of the week as well.

What on earth is holding Cave Story+ up?

First it was apparently ready to go end of 2012, then a few weeks ago another confirmation of release, yet here we are, still no CS+?!?!

Glad I waited for Zen Pinball. Anyone has any recommendation on which one is the best pack (of the one on offer, of course)?

I've always had a soft spot for Megaman so will be picking that up.

I hope they keep handing out two games a week for Wii U VC. As for this week, I think I'll pass.

Probably Picdun and Super C for me. Publisher Dream sounds interesting, but I'll wait for the review in case it's actually the exact same thing as Bookstore Dream. Even with the same terrible soundtrack.

And I must say, these weekly updates have been pretty sweet lately

Veeeery tempted by Marvel Pinball with this price... only thing keeping me from insta-buy is my deep despise for anything Blade-related...

I'll get Picdun 2 when I have more time to play it. I enjoyed the first Picdun but haven't finished it yet.

I was hoping the "a game developer's dream" was going to be Petit Computer. Publisher Dream, however looks like a cross between Game Dev Story on the iOS and a free flash game called Game Corp.

I'll have to wait for a review before I even consider it.

Slim pickings for Virtual console - I hope it gears up soon, and with games we don't already have access to on other Nintendo virtual consoles.

(In your face @AbeVigoda! We didn't have to wait until 2015 for Mega Man to appear on the Wii U VC !!)

Megaman for the Wii U for me!

Pickdun 2

Hmm.. The releases this week are good, but i have quite a few of them already.
Will be updating the ambassador scheme games, glad these have finally arrived.
Maybe Super C.
I've recently been playing Mega Man (and MM2) on 3DS. Had to use save states in MM(1) to get over those damn platforms right at the start of the Gutsman stage, and those dissapearing blocks in the Ice satge drove me nuts. Completely failing at Wily's castle too. MM2, much more enjoyable, managed to reach Wily's castle without save states. Not doubling up on Mega Man for Wii U.
As much as i love Pacman, I already have the GB, NES and Arcade (Pacman/Galaga dimensions cart) versions on 3DS. Would still consider the arcade version on WIi U, or the superb Pacman Championship edition arcade game, but not getting the NES version again.
Zen Pinball (Wii U) those are good discounts - i'm not really into Marvel comics but will pick up one of the Marvel packs. i'm sure the tables will be good, regardless of my (lack of) interest in the licenced IP itself.
Still got my fingers crossed for the Pinball Arcade coming to Wii U sometime soon.

Lol at 60% say nothing for me this week! Yeah, nothing for me this week either!

I might get Picdun 2, one of the Zen Pinball discounts or maybe even Marvel Pinball 3D discount. I also plan to pickup Super Mario World on Wii U VC when I get paid this week

Cheap pinball downloads for me

Shame its not 'Operation-C', the gameboy game rather than the NES, I played that for hours in the early 90s...
NES Super C is included as an extra in DS Contra 4 (why was that game never released in Europe? I had to import it in the end...) so I can already play that on 3DS.

The two mascots of my two currently least favorite companies. If they're coming to NA this week, then that's a big pass for me.

Nice catch up on the Ambassador games Europe!

Also, the Wii U VC releases remind me of Street Fighter X Tekken.

I want Warioware Inc.

Instead of the discount, I would like to have new tables for the pinball on the 3DS.

Meh

Hmm...I think I prefer NES games on the 3DS, the graphics are much more crisp, especially on the XL.

Ice climber!

pass on picdun.

Biggest waste of money on the 3DS so far... One of those games that looks amazing from screens / videos, and bores to tears in minutes.

Getting PicDun 2 for sure, thinking about Super C.

Just as I predicted, Ninty is gonna roll out all the NES games way before they do the SNES games which is what people really want. I JUST DON'T GET Nintendo sometimes man!!! = (

I am SO tired of NES games!

If I were in Europe / had an European console, I would have checked out Publisher Dream this week.

Unfortunately, it's not (or doesn't look like it) coming to North America this week. However, I still think it will come sometime in May.

@skywake 2 is better then 1 game a week, and we only just had 7 just 2 days ago.

So...why does Ice Climber deserve to be 90p more then Balloon Fight? 0.o

And damnit, they had to reduce the Zen Pinball DLC just days after I brought the Captain America table.... >.<

Wouldn't it be great if for say the first month of the Wii U VC there was a game every day...

@bahooney AGREED!! There's only a couple of the NES games that I can still play & enjoy. Many of them just haven't aged well.

I thought that Petit Computer was going to be released...
I still have the £8 on my eshop account to pay for the game, if it is ever put on sale.

@Angelic_Lapras_King
Well for comparison the Wii VC launched one month after the Wii's launch with 17 games in the EU. Compared to that 7 VC games almost six months after the Wii U's launch seems pretty average.

At this rate it'll be E3 2014 before there's 100 VC games on the Wii U VC......

Will download some pinball tables. Also cautiously interested in Publisher Dream.
PS: Does anyone know if Mega Man will be the 60Hz version of the game?

Yay for giving Third Party VC titles a run on Wii U, boo for them being so few and no SNES.
Well I've got enough games as it is.

Wow! They really wanted to finally get those Ambassador games out. Got to wonder if this is paving the way for GBA games...

I almost got excited for SNES Contra on 3DS.

Nothing for me this week, I'm still saving money in the balance for Super Metroid and the original Donkey Kong.

Woot I've been waiting for Publishers dream! I hope North America gets it on Thursday BTW guys No Cave Story again this week for Europe still continues my North American Boycott against Nicalis. My boycott started some time ago. I'm going to continue on with it. There is no reason why our friends in Europe should be without Cave Story. Really my own loss and just a dumb boycott but I'm sticking with it to show you Guys in Europe we support that everyone should play or get good games to play. Ikachan is just waiting for me to download

So, outside of Japan, we're not getting one Wii U VC a week... we're getting TWO! And more 3DS VC games than the newly launched Wii U VC? LOL WUT?

@Moshugan They still haven't released NES Contra for any VC system yet.

I might download the original Picdun as I've always liked the look of it and the sequel's appeared now. And will probably grab some cheap DLC for Zen Pinball 2

mega man like the platformers,got super mario world its a lot better as you can save anytime,must for us lot that havent time to put in lots of hours to find every nook and cranny.

@Mikazi . When the Wii came out 1000 points was €10 which converted to £7 (£7.50 if you bought a points card). Remember what happened in 2008, the £ became worth a lot less. So when the DSi Shop came out NOE decided €1.10=£1. These prices have remained since.

NOE didn't want VC games cheaper to buy on the Wii Shop channel than the eShop on the Wii U so kept the cheaper UK prices. I guess your point still stands about why couldn't the 3DS be the same. I guess on the Wii U you can access either shop (i.e. they are competing) and oddly enough Mario's Super Picross is actually cheaper on the Wii U side (as the added 100 points for it being an import has not been applied).

This aside, what is up with Balloon Fight being €4 instead of €5?

If you're into RPGs, give Picdun 2 a DL. It's no Denpa Men or Crimson Shroud, but it's still well worth it's price tag. The puzzles can get grueling later on, as well (heck, I still think I have two floors left).

If you're interested in Marvel or pinball, grab Marvel Pinball 3D as well.

@RR529 I agree to be honest I enjoy Picdun 2 more than Soul Hackers. They totally play different but Picdun 2 is more enjoyable to me it plays faster. I guess its more an arcade type RPG

So all but one of the ambassador NES titles will be released by this thursday. Wonder when they will release Wrecking Crew.

Will probabley pick up publishers dream and when on sale Picdun 2

At what time these updates become available? I live in Portugal and so far none of these games are in the 3DS eshop. :/

@Nintenjoe64 Street fighter II is probably my favourite SNES Fighter. With Super being my least favourite out of the three. I always buy all three though haha, maybe you'll do the same anyway even though you have one favourite

It annoys me that there are far more NES games being released on 3DS VC than GB/GBC/GG games as those aren't available on other download services. So far this year we have only had two non-NES games released on the service! I hope this improves soon.