Nintendo Download: 1st May (Europe)

Child of light. Never waited so impatiently for a game.

Woohoo!! These some nice releases!

I'll download Cave story and Galaga, once I get some money that is XD

This is rather disappointing that we go from GBA focused to more NES games which are already on Wii VC. Was hoping for at least Mario Kart Super Circuit before returning to NES/SNES.

Stick it to the man seemed like fun. But it's free with ps plus for ps4. So no need to buy it

Child of Light is a definite purchase... Hopefully Stick It To The Man shows up on the Aussie eShop too

I'll wait for them to release the castlevania trio on nes and buy them all at once along with the SNES one. For child of light, I'd wait for the reviews.

Child Of Light is a no brainier, and the new gamepad features for Stick It To The Man sound really cool (nice to see developers getting creative with the gamepad). This is turning out to be a decent week.

Wow,finally starting to get some good weeks flowing. Keep it up nintendo. I'll be getting child of light first. But may also take advantage of the mario gold offer,oh and stick it to the man looks groovy but i'll be downloading it for free for my ps4 first. If its awesome though il happily support the devs and purchase the wiiu as thanks for support the console

Yessssssss Cave story is really coming

Voted for EO but I'll be picking up a few games this week. Can't vote for stick it too the man BTW.

Cave Story for sure! Considering my schedule, I don't think I'll have enough time to play any new titles until Kirby rears his pink little head and then it's off to the land of Mario Kart 8! Child of light seems like a great game, but I'm looking for some fast paced stuff at the moment.

Child of Light.....

....might not be any good
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/26/child-of-light-review

Cave story only £6? Considering people charge a fortune for the boxed version this sounds excellent to me! Demos seem good too. Good week for the 3ds in general which is nice!

I've been waiting patiently for about 2 years for Cave Story so will be getting that might also get Child of Light if it gets good reviews.

@memoryman3 links not working. Likely removed as the embargo is still in effect.

Why is Mario Golf World tour $30 download but $35 in the store? XD Not really a big deal, but that's kind of weird...

I've had my eye on stick it to the man BUT I'm writing this on my phone in a hospital waiting room because I've broken my thumb.......=(
I don't know if I'll be able to hold the game pad at all but I'm hopeful I'll still be good for some pikmin action with a wiimote if I can still hit the A button. Gutted as I just got dk:tf the day I broke it..........testing times!

It wouldn't surprise me if Child of Light gets low scores... But I want to play something different that doesn't invlove first person face shooting or monotonous platform jumping all the time

Would vote for Stick it to the Man, but you didn't put it up for voting.

Cave Story only took 17 months to reach these shores, nicely done Nicalis once again.

@bouncer0304 You just need remember that the boxed version is the remade 3d model version of the game. The 3ds eShop game is the original 2d graphics game but for 3DS.

Basically same as the Wii and Steam versions, but with the the 3d slider enabled.

Well I'll be damned. They finally have decided to release Cave Story!
Definite purchase, although I do feel like slapping everyone at Nicalis for taking an unnessary long time at releasing the game.

Forgot about Etrian Odyssey, will get that too (retail version though).
Denpa Dudes, and that bizarre Conception II demoes round out a good week for me.

Gonna get £50 eshop credit for Mario Golf and it's DLC. Will be my first Digital Full game which wern't free. Mostly because i'm thinking if I break my 3DS, i'll lose my save and 100 courses, so why not just lose the whole game?

@MAB
In Contra, you do both!

...where's a new Contra btw, people?

Going on a 2 week trip, so no Wii U downloads for me. Getting Hometown Story on cartridge (why nobody vote for it?), and may get Mario Golf (cartridge) after that.

Best Wii U week in a long while.

And the first time (I think) the the home console update has been listed after the handheld. Probably too easy to read too much into that.

For me it will be :
Cave Story
Etrian Odyssey
Mario Golf
and Maybe Hometown Story !!!
My poor wallet...

@MouldyK If you have your NNID you can get your games and dlc back if you send the broken 3DS to Nintendo for repairs (cost varies) or as proof of destruction. However if you have seperate insurance then cart is the best option as you can get it replaced and sell it if you've already had your fill.

Hope to tee off later this week!

I'll download Mario Golf and Etrian Odyssey demos and considers Child of Light if it turns out any good.

Well, back to NES for Europe. Probably same here in USA.

FINALLY!!! Cave Story!!!! Very good week for both systems.

Cave story, Child of Light and maybe Castlevania II.

I love my simulation games. So hometown story for me. But will buy the cartridge, not download. It's cheaper.

Well I had given up all hope for Cave Story+ but looks like my prayers have been answered! Yay

Good week. Im hoping we get Castlevania 3 here in Murica.

Great week! Cave Story, Child of Light, Mario Golf! - Oh hang on - Expensive week

I strongly recommend Cave Story for those who never played it. Awesome game (one of my favorite indie games ever) and this one on 3DS is a great version of it.

...aaand there we go. Back to the same old useless VC. Looking forward to Mario Golf at least!

@Emblem Yeah, but if there is any game which i'd appreciate not having to change carts to play, it's Mario Golf due to the pick-up and play, especially with Kirby coming out in 2 weeks and Tomodachi Life next month.

lol, i did not see the Wii U at first so i thought there was nothing for a minute until i scrolled down.

@Igmx Depends though the steam version is the definitive one. (Even more so with the original text). And for 6$ you get loads of the best indie games. For less than the price of just Cave Story you get VVVVVV and Mutant Mudds as well. (Along with Thomas was Alone / Dustforce / Limbo). I can see a small premium but the markup Niaclis uses is obscene.

No discounts (not counting the golf one) - shame.

Nintendo Lfe:'Nintendo Download May 1st' Me:'Only 1 Month To Go Until Mario Kart 8' I'm I REALLY Excited About Mario Kart 8...

What a horrible night to have a curse...

1st thing @1st May: Stick It To The Man!

Child of Light.. 6/10.

Nothing for me this week although I will pick up Child of Light on Xbox Live since I have friends with Xbox 360s who'll be playing it and I find achievements usually add a lot of replayability to games like this.

Mario Golf looks quite good, yet another strong case for me to buy a 3DS (well, 3DS XL) but I have quite a Wii U VC backlog and I'm still hoping Minish Cap and Mario vs. Donkey Kong will appear on Wii U VC to fill the gap between Mario Kart 8 and whatever Nintendo announce at E3 to see out the year.

Two great looking Wii U games in one week! Nice!

Hhmmm… I'm thinking of getting Child of Light, but… on PC, as I want the Special edition. Kinda peeved that the WiiU isn't getting that special edition that PC and PS are getting, as then I'd have it preordered already…

Nothing really that exciting this week for the Wii U VC but that's just my opinion, some decent enough games i suppose but none that i would instantly download. Patience really is a virtue when it comes to Wii U VC and e Shop, hopefully it will get rewarded somewhere down the line.

And Millennium Girl… I've got it preordered after I adored the Demo… I can't wait…
Stick it to The Man… I need to look into a bit more… probably not a first day buy for me…
Kinda curious about buying Mario Golf actually… though again, not a first day purchase…

what about tappingo price cut?
i will buy that game then

Cave story in Europe congrats guys! I had pledged not to buy anymore Nicalis games until you guys got Cave story. I'm sure my boycott had nothing to do with you guys getting the game. I held true though. Now I can buy Grinsia or Ikachan. I had already bought the others before I started this. congrats guys enjoy

I thought the spider man game was out on the eshop this Friday.

@VictoryStar06 activision refuses to put any of their games on the eshop for some unknown reason

Great week for new releases I think I'll go for hometown story to try something different and catch up on some of the others later

Mario Golf fever for weeks! I can't wait for its release.

@unrandomsam I agree with the Steam one being the definitive version, but the one on 3DS is still really good as well. I disagree with your point about the other games, since I don't think VVVVV or Mutant Mudds are all that good - Mutant Mudds, especially, was just an average game at best.

Poll is missing Stick it to the man, that's my choice btw.
Also, Hometown story £29 and €29?

@am21 it recieved a 10/10 from Nintendo Enthusiast; they praised it incredibly highly.

Best week for months and months (3DS)

Cave Story, MG:WT, Galaga ...........

Why aren't more people buying Child of Light??? It is the most anticipated game for me right next to Mario Kart

Stick It to the Man and Child of Light for me, but I really need to finish Earthbound before the latter!

Nicalis you made me wait 2 years to play Cave Story on my 3DS. In that time I played Cave Story+ on PC and loved it. Even though its one of my favourite games I believe that this version is inferior to that one, so I decided not to buy it...that is until I saw Nicalis actually priced the game in the EU accordingly with the US price. I'm Sold.

@Igmx I think VVVVVV is better than either (I don't like Mutant Mudds either though.) Thing is out of that whole set if you like two of the games then you win.

No Mega Man GB/GBC game?

@Takerkaneanite6 I misread 'Nintendo Download May 1st' in your post as 'Nintendo Direct May 1st'. Although it was a mistake on my part, the idea isn't too unrealistic especially given how close to Mario Kart 8 and we know absolutely nothing about Mario Kart TV and Battle mode.

Stick It To The Man for me this week. The fact that it's much cheaper than the PC version cemented the fact that I'm buying it.

@arkady77 just read your opposable thumbs comment and cried a little inside.....I just broke my left thumb this week, same day I bought tropical freeze......feeling a bit of a fail at the moment =(

Aggh so much...
The Conception Demo is a definate as I'm very curious about that game.
Child of Light and Stick it to the Man both look like gems so I will be umming and arring over those.
However I'm amazed Etrian Oddysey:ME is getting so overlooked. I loved the demo and an very tempted to buy it. Also hurray for Cave Story FINALLY arriving.

@Grumblevolcano A Agree, I Just Hope That There Will Be A Mario Kart 8 Nintendo Direct In May To Hype The Game Up Even More...

Cave Story for me I'm glad we're finally getting it over here! I didn't want to buy that 3D remake..I prefer sprites with stereoscopic 3D.

Hmmmm.....bought Mario Gold earlier from the eShop and no download code for Mario Golf GBC. Dissapointing. Hopefully this will be addressed soon.