Nintendo Download: 26th December and 2nd January (Europe)

Many typos in Wii U temporary discounts...

Will be getting Duck Tales, Steamworld Dig & Poke Bank.

Might trade in my physical copy of Zombi U and get it digitally.

"Super Little Acorns 3D Turbo (Pixel Toys, €1.24 / £1.24 until 16th January, normally €4.99 / £4.99)"

Both € prices are incorrect, I guess. What's the real discount price in € going to be? 1.99?

"3DS Virtual Console
Super Mario Bros. 3 (Nintendo, €3.99 / £3.49 until 2nd January 2014, then £3.49/€4.99) "

I presume this is a mistake and that it should be £2.79 like the wii u version, and not that there is no discount on the 3DS version for UK people.

Hopefully we get SMB3 here in North America as well. I mean, it was only promised by the end of 2013, and this Thursday marks the last Thursday of the year. Guess I won't be too disappointed if it isn't released though.

Pokemon Bank/ Transfer and Ducktales for me. Maybe Mario Bros 3 too

SMB3...finally!! I hope that the DLC for ACIII will be discounted too.

@ThomasBW84 Well, not many, but here's one:
In Wii U temporary discount, Resident Evil Revelations — )Ubisoft,

GBC Mario Tennis? Yes please! Hopefully golf isn't too far behind

Not that much interesting stuff to be honest. Maybe after the holiday season I'll buy SMB3.

Looks quite sweet. Rush n edge for 1.99€ in European eshop. Mario bros is still the best pick prolly

Ubisoft feelin' generous

Anyone know how much space ZombiU takes up?

SMB3 on 3DS for me. Shame it's missing Christmas Day but better than never.

Brillant week/2 weeks!

I'm gonna get for the Wii U:
Ducktails €8.99
CloudBerry €4.99
Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara €7.49
ZombiU €9.99

And I'm gonna get on the 3DS:
SMB 3 €3.99
Steamworld Dig €5.99
Super Little Acorns 3D €1.24
The Mercenaries 3D €4.99

Grand total of €47.67 thats amazing value!!!!!

PS: I did the list out for myself to follow later on, haha

@taffy my ZombiU file is 5644MB including save and update data.

Ducktales

i already have ... 3-4 copies of mario 3.. so will pass on it this time

I'll get Edge, Super Mario Bros. 3 and Mario Tennis.

Super Little Acorns 3D Turbo is a must for that price. You won't regret it.

Mario Tennis is coming 2nd of January 2013?

AC: Black Flag down from £55.99 to £38.99 - lol

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Assassins-Creed-IV-Black-Flag/dp/B00BMRR666/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1387797236&sr=8-1&keywords=black+flag

So why is Mario Tennis included in this update if it is going to be available on January 2nd?

Will N64 games ever get released on VC?

@Boxmonkey nope

Where's your Steam now?!

@Boxmonkey Just use Wii VC, coz there technically already on the VC service.

@ThomasBW84 "Available from 2nd January 2013" Umm I'm quite positive this has happened like eons ago, unless its 2012 at the moment, in which case the cake is a LIE along with my life...

but lol'd at not seeing any errors on the article, nice try though.

I'm interested in CastleStorm, looks quite fun & having a level editor (iirc) is awesome. Might wait for a review though. Will definitely get Super Mario Bros. 3 on discount. Might try to get cloudberry kindom, D&D: Chronicles of Mystara, AC III (big maybe), & Splinter Cell: Blacklist. & maybe one or two 3DS eShop discounts. Lots to download these next two weeks!

Wow, the Euro eShop looks great this week. Hopefully those of us in NA get a similar treatment... I'm looking at you LttP.
Would sure love to see that ZombiU discount (amongst others, Assassins Creed 3 at that price is worth every... uh, quid? euro? shilling?). Hopefully Santa (aka my wife) brings me many eShop gift cards on Wednesday.

Wow, I'm getting rayman, castlestorm and blacklist I think. Lots of goodness:D

Super Mario bros. 3 and Mario golf for me

@ThomasBW84 Resident Evil Revelations — )Ubisoft, €24.99 / £19.99 from 26th December until 9th January, normally €49.99 / £39.99) Capcom lol

@ThomasBW84 resident evil for Wii u is made by Capcom, not Ubisoft.

@Yasume
As stated in the article, two weeks are beeing covered.

il probably get Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara this week iv been tempted for a while now

I wish I could get ZombiU, AC3, Ducktales, Cloudberry Kingdom, and Super Mario Bros. 3, but I don't live in Europe. NOA, don't disappoint this week!

@WiiLovePeace gonintendo linked to a review.... It gave it 8/10, because online mode stretched the replay value. I'm thinking about getting it as well.

Have quite a many, but probabaly RER for my husband for Wii U. SteamworldDig maybe, since I missed last temp discout.

AC4 will prbably drop it's price quite fast so...

Resident Evil Mercenaries just 5€? Get it, the game is pretty impressive and for that money a good deal.

Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag — (Ubisoft, €48.99 / £38.99 from 26th December until 2nd January, normally €69.99 / £55.99) LOL really?! For anyone who wants this game its £22 in Amazon and Game right now, be aware that the DLC is not coming to Wii U and the reviews for the first story DLC have been good.

I'll be picking up Castle Storm for sure and maybe ZombiU. I would get D&D but the new update to Dragons Crown will satisfy my side scrolling appetite for now.

@element187 thanks for the heads up! It's on my list to download, just not at the top. Gotta get NES Remix & Knytt Underground first & maybe some of the other discounts too since they won't last forever.

@Yasume Because Nintendo staff won't be at work to submit release the upcoming games next Monday. They're doing both weeks today.

Nintendo's release video for Super Mario Bros. 3 shows multiplayer working via download play on 3DS, which is awesome. All VC games should have this!

Nothing for me for the next 2 weeks. I haven't downloaded anything from either 3DS or Wii U eShop for nearly a couple of months now!

Poke' bank, smb3 for both, and maybe golf.

The reason why retail disc games are cheap is because of the crappy quality choppy framerates and glitchy lag fest slow loading disc drive poop... Atleast I know I'm paying for a quality gaming experience when downloading a DIGITAL 4 LYFE version while supporting the developers that work hard by giving them an incentive to continue making games this gen and next

So SMB3 on 3DS is not receiving a discount in the UK?

Quite a lot for me this week: Rayman Legends, Splinter Cell Blacklist and Cloudberry Kingdom on Wii U and Resident Evil Revelations on 3DS. 63,5€ total, which is a steal!!!

If you haven't played Mario Tennis on the GBC then do yourself a favor and get the 3DS VC version immediately. That game is fantastic and is basically a full Tennis RPG that just happens to have Mario in it. If it doesn't get a high score in the review I'll be shocked.

.... and then wonder what the nostalgia glasses have done to me yet again

edit: IGN review from 2001 http://au.ign.com/articles/2001/01/25/mario-tennis-4

So the Wii U gets nothing in the next week and the 3DS only one game? O_o

I'll consider DuckTales this week.

@Kaze_Memaryu Still cheaper (At least Duck Tales was yesterday was less than £5). I suspect Chronicles of Mystara will get a flash sale at some point also. Not bothered about Ubisoft so no idea. (Not even worth getting for free with the codes you get thrown in with graphics cards even if you have all the rest like I do).

Ive been waiting on a deal for dungeons and dragons so i will get that, i will upgrade smb3 from my wii vc and might get ducktales too!

Well since Europe is getting the US Version, North America should be getting it as well.

I think I will pick up resident evil Mercenaries for that price.

Why is it that Europe always gets these discounts, while the US doesn't get s***?

I can't wait to see what NA gets. I'm getting a Wii U for Christmas plus gift cards from my mom. This Christmas is going to be awesome. I know one thing that NA is getting that I will be downloading, Dr Luigi game.

Super Mario. Bros. 3 BETTER be coming to North America the day after Christmas too. To say I've been patient is an understatement.

BIRD MANIA CHRISTMAS 3DDDDDD!!!

I'd really like it if NOA did some deep discounts, too. My wallet won't, however.

@Goginho
Ubisoft is less greedy. Nuance.

£7.99 for ZombiU and Assassins Creed 3 wow! And £16 for Rayman legends, I will be getting that
The fact that super mario bros 3 is on both should have been the point where they made it so you can play the same purchase on both 3ds and Wii U
I'm upgrading so unfortunately will be getting the Wii U version but it would be nice to have it on the go also, but I refuse to buy it a third time, nintendo are being greedy. I already bought it on Wii I now have to pay a small fee to upgrade it and if I want it on hand held in have to buy it at full price again
I mean come on Nintendo how many times do u want to get money for the same games.

@UnseatingK Same here. I've patiently waited each week only to be disappointed. Why did they wait until the very last opportunity of the year to release it?! Should have just released it when SM3DW released.

I might get Resident Evil Mercs If it gets the Discount in North America. Good Price. There are so many nice discounts in the Eshop Right now. Kudos Nintendo and Game Devs! Project X Zone is also Calling my name at 14.99

Poké Transporter + SMB3 for 3DS, of-a course.

OMG. GBC MARIO TENNIS. I SERIOUSLY JUST GOT CHILLS.

PLEASE, NOA. PLEASE DON'T MESS THIS ONE UP. YOU DIDN'T GIVE US TLoZ:ALttP. PLEASE. I HAVE BEEN DREAMING OF OWNING THIS GAME ON THE SURI DEE ESU.

I say this to myself every week: "I really gotta stop looking at the these guys Download Week." -.-

Lets hope North America gets these same discounts, SMB3, and Mario Golf. Cloudberry Kingdom, DuckTales Remastered, SteamWorld Dig, and all those retail download discounts are the only things missing from the massive amount of discounts in North America right now. Won't be able to choose what games to get.

@Bryon15 @Skeletor Did you miss all the North American promotions or are you simply ignoring them?

@DarkwingLz I was hoping for the ZombiU one, as well as the D&D. I hadn't seen that deep of discounts in NA.

Ask Capcom and Ubisoft then

Adds 50.00 to Eshop Bank

I'm still hoping some of these sales come to America. Even if it's the day after Christmas, Ducktales, Cloudberry, Steamworld, and maybe Super Little Acorns would make awesome gifts (for me), especially after getting eshop credit for 20% off at Best Buy.

@Vriess Ubisoft panics and is like an ADHD child in the way the deal with everything. I think they will collapse after the failure of Watchdogs because consumers won't be burnt again and they always use the same tactics. (Makes it worse for all other 3rd party developers as well).

@ThomasBW84 So GBC Mario Tennis is definitely coming out 2nd of January 2013?

I had to get £60 to cover the current sale and this one coming up lol. I should not look at these updates each week lol

Having SMB3 on both formats is a fantastic opportunity for Ninty to put in the Sony policy of having a game on both formats if you buy on one. Shame Nintendo don't seem keen on doing that.
Not sure what format to get SMB3 on. Will prob be 3DS.
@DarkwingLz love your avatar!

Gee whiz, you Europeans are missing out on a ton of games we're supposed to get in North America by the end of the month — Pure Chess, Gravity Badgers, Dr. Luigi, even the super crappy Percy's Predicament.

But what you do get is Cloudberry Kingdom for $5. Go get that.

Seriously getting like 6 games... My poor poor wallet oh well, I'll be eating soup for a week!

Pokebank. Need the free trial so i can pass all my pokes.

I voted SMB3, but only because I'll have a discount due to having bought it on the Wii.

When is the US getting LOZ ALTTP, MMX2???

Wowzers, what a list!
Do you know why the US never knows what it's getting until the day of?
It makes it hard to plan accordingly eShop fundwise. And it'd just be neat to know =)

Double-dipping for EDGE, getting RE Mercenaries downloadable (keeping my physical copy though) and might consider getting some Wii U discounts, even though I prefer physical.
To anyone who hasn't played ZombiU yet: DO IT NOW! Unless you don't like tense survival horror, you should be ashamed you haven't yet. It's one of the best survival horror experiences I ever had, and I've been playing that genre for ages now, ironically backtracking all the way to it's roots.

If it helps anything, if you want a discount in America, buy an eShop card from Best Buy

I would be jumping at these deals if they were in the U.S.

Hopefully this means Mario Tennis GBC will be hitting the NA eShop in the near future. It's my favorite Mario sports title by a very wide margin, and I have no idea what happened to my old cart.

@ThomasBW84
No, the € prices for Super Little Acorns 3D Turbo are still incorrect.

@unrandomsam Way to kill a joke...

Getting my wii u along with an eshop card tomorrow so im getting ducktales and mario bros 3

Nothing for me, the nes versions of Mario 3 I find a bit too hard. I like the All Stars version much more.

Hmmm...I think I'm done with buying eshop games full price. Always feel ripped off when I see these discounts.

@ThomasBW84 I pointed that out first but forgot to put the game it was for. Opsie, unless there were 2 errored dates. lol XD

America confirmed to have similar discounts.

@Monsti All games get cheaper as time goes on, unless they are some rare under the radar game that gets cult following.

When the eShop comes back to life, then it's time to buy ZombiU. Definitely a purchase with that price.
One other great one there is Rayman Legends.

Would've got RE: Revelations also for either 3DS or Wii U during this Christmas eShop discount sale, but since it was for 8,50 euros in Green Man Gaming, I got it for PC instead.

So...basically the only addition this week is Mario Golf on GBC?
Nothing else? Nothing at all on WiiU? No demos? Not even any new discount?

So there's nothing being added on Thursday 2nd this week? No new VC? no new discounts? Nothing? Dead week? First retail week in 2014? Nothing?

This is like so last week man!

I suggest if anybody likes Metroidvania type games then download Knytt Underground on WiiU... MAB has forsaken it 9.5/10

@DESS-M-8 Didn't you read my comment just right above yours? Mario Golf is coming to the 3DS VC.
Or are you walkting about WiiU only? In that case you should have made that clear, since the 3DS has a VC as well.

@KeeperBvK I see Mario Tennis, but not Mario Golf...

@DESS-M-8 Mario Tennis is the new VC on 3DS; that's it...

At least this solo game update is better than the other one, when only Golf came out...

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2011/10/nintendo_download_13th_october_2011_europe

One new release is just terrible is this the e-shop in 2011 or what.

If you haven't bought Super Little Acorns 3D Turbo take advantage of this sale! it's a wonderful game.

Going to grab SteamWorld Dig, maybe uper Little Acorns 3D Turb too.

@MAB Did you say "Metroidvania" type game? Those are instant buys on my list. Gonna go DL it now.

@kitroplious Whoops, sorry, yeah, Tennis.

@Boxmonkey

Nintendo said N64 VC will come to Wii U (along with GBA) so just hang on for a while longer.

Soooo, they're not going to extend some of the deals to make up for the eShop downtime? Doesnt seem fair.... :/

@sonicfan1373 You sure they said so? I don't remember any news like that.

@KeeperBvK They did they just didn't give a specific time frame.

@Angelic_Lapras_King Some of those deals last long enough for you to take advantage. I really don't see the need for them to extend

Ive spent too much. But castlestorm is one best indie games ive played in a while.
Had pick up zombie u & Assasins creed at that price.

@TimBiggs What?! For real? Ok, getting 3DS version first.

@hcfwesker Yeah, Knytt Underground is awesome indie stuff. Chapter 1 & 2 is like a tutorial then chapter 3 is the main event on a massive map full of platforming, puzzles, NPCs, side quests and item collecting... The atmosphere in this masterpiece is bloody good

I'd like Knytt Underground but I've spent way too much on downloads lately...got all the Zen Pinball 2 tables I didn't have, Star Wars Pinball, Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D, Super Mario Bros 3 (both 99p Wii U upgrade from Wii VC version and 3DS...yeah, I know I'm paying for it over and over again but it's my favourite 2D platformer and I find it far superior to Super Mario World) and also double dipped with EDGE on both formats just because it's one of the most fun and original games I've played for a while.

I'll start thinking about other stuff towards the end of January 2014 once my wallet's recovered a little more I've got plenty to play for now.

I cave in and got EDGE along with Gunman Clive on my 3DS with what was left of my eshop credit after getting Shantae. So far I'm enjoying both of them. I was a bit torn with EDGE since it looked so, so pretty on Wii U, but the pick-up-and-play nature felt native on the 3DS; but so far it looks pretty great and it's fantastic for sporadic runs. Gunman Clive is practically revered around here, haha, so I went for it and so far it's been pretty good as well, so let's see what happens.

If only I had 21 cents to complete for Kirby Super Star on the Wii U, gotta appreciate the double-dip discount on the virtual console.

@SahashraLA I get what you mean, they're getting ALTTP on Wii U and get Super Mario 3D Land for free when they register a 3DS with Club Nintendo. I really wish I got the chance to take advantage of that promo.

Already bought Bird Mania Christmas and Super Mario Bros. 3. I will also get Mario Tennis as soon as it is released in Europe. Too bad there is no Dr. Luigi. Can't wait for that game.

when dose the E shop update UK time 6pm now and no update yet