Nintendo Download: 3rd April (North America)

AWWW YEAH!!, GBA games, here I come!

Interesting Wii U promotion too, it is pretty much get Dr. Mario for free if you buy Dr. Luigi. (thought you need to buy Dr. Mario first)

There needs to be an option for "all the GBA games" because I am getting them all.... how can I pick between getting just one.....!

Rusty's Real Deal Baseall for me because I need some baseball on my 3DS. I hope it's good.

I'll probably get Advance Wars down the road, but need to play through Link to the Past still which I got on Club Nintendo awhile back.

Rusty and M&L for me. I still voted for Rusty in the poll.

Yush! The GBA games are here. Let see how Rusty works.

Nothing for me besides the Retro City Rampage update.

Advance Wars!!!! I love this game and IS.
I'm also getting Metroid Fusion, and I'll see what other games they offer.

I'll be getting Rusty and the GBA Downloads. Ha, sounds like a cheesy name to a musical group.

I probably the only person not getting any of the GBA games, because I still have all the carts and my DS Heavy. Otherwise I'd be all over them.

Not gonna actually buy anything from him, but I'll download Rusty just to see how entertaining/creepy he is to haggle with.

I'll be picking up Mario & Luigi for sure, and probably Metroid Fusion just to be able to play it on the big screen.

I actually really dug the Batman Blackgate 3DS game from what I played of it so I may pick up the HD remake.

Super Monkey Ball 3D on eShop.....interesting.

I may get M&L Superstar Saga.

I put batman since I downloaded it on Tuesday but I am getting Advance Wars first out of the rest. Since I can't hook up my Gamecube to my new tv I am going to get the other GBA games I have. I have some and a GBA that is a square folded up with the back light built in. GBA SP maybe? I got used to playing those games on my GBA Player on gamecube though. CAN'T wait for Castlevania to get there.

No 3DS Virtual Console update this week? Ugh... We'll never get Bubble Bobble, Final Fantasy, Tetris Attack, and such at this rate... (Which have been out in Japan for months...)

This week. This week! Makes up for some crummy selections in past weeks this year.

GBA for me!

I lost my Superstar Saga ages ago, and I never had a chance to get into Advance Wars... I'll probably try those out on the giant screen as soon as I get a chance next week!

I'll probably download Rusty's Real Deal just for some Club Nintendo points, but who knows? Maybe I'll end up enjoying it.

Patiently waiting for eShop to update so I can download Advance Wars......and by patiently I mean staring at the clock, pacing, arguing with the physics of time and generally being angry that my clocks move at the rate they are suppose to.

@bezerker99 Lolz

Gonna check out Rusty. The price is too high for Monkey Ball, it's the weakest MB entry by far and I'm a big fan. Wait for a price drop potential buyers.

Rusty and Superstar Saga! And maybe even Advance Wars!

I gotta say I was initially excited when Arkham Origins Blackgate was announced for the 3DS, mainly because it reminded me of sidescrolling classic The Adventures of Batman & Robin on the SNES. Reviews were lukewarm enough that I never gave it a shot. Who knows, maybe I'll give this enhanced version a go - the price point is attractive enough.

@WiiULoveGBA

I wouldn't really say this week alone makes up for it.... but this month sure does

I hope the GBA goodness continues into the month of May!

Oh, yeah! To the Wii U! Death to productivity!

What a strong selection of GBA games to debut with! Very nice. Kinda wish Dr. Mario was cheaper if you already bought Dr. Luigi.

Love Monkey Ball 3D. Could be a little cheaper though...

When we get Warioware Inc. I hope that you can still unlock Dr. Wario, and the other unlockible games

Honestly, this isn't a great selection. There should be like 10 GBA games initially, and with Nintendo's broken account system why bother. If the account system was better then I would buy.

Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst is a port of a port?

Is Tulip Games trying to pull a Sega? (Sonic Adventure on XBLA/PSN is believed to be a port of the PC version, which is a port of the GCN version, which is a port of the original)

yuck

M&L and Rusty for me. Tempted to play Metroid Fusion on the big screen, but I might just stick with the Ambassador version.

Nothing for me since my game pad was sent to get fixed. And it's impossible to navigate the eshop without it! Seriously patch that Nintendo.. .

@Mr_Trill281
Seriously? NOA already announced a date for SMB3. Just wait 2 weeks.

Mario & Luigi for me

@8bitforever

Lol, there is always one of you. complains that the GBA titles are not enough... we have a great launch lineup for it. Maybe you should look at it. Though I do agree that the account system does need some work.

@Mr_Trill281

and for you, Mario 3 is coming out on the 17th..... this is common knowledge now.

Would be great if someone could report how low Rusty's prices can get

Lots of good releases this week! Gonna have to get more eShop cards, especially with that Dr. Luigi discount!

I love how the price has not been set for EvoFish yet.
(I am probably the only person who actually wants that game since it reminds me of Shark! Shark! for Intellvision).

M&L!!

@ThomasBW84 - Both Mystery Case Files are $5.99US / $6.25CA each.

Not sure about Evofish...

No 3DS VC. I was really hoping for Devil World or Blaster Master this week. I'll give Rusty a look though.

Definitely buying Metroid Fusion! Might download Rusty's Real Deal Baseball later on.

@ThomasBW84

did... you guys forget about Metroid Zero Mission?

"With the DS receiving Metroid Prime: Hunters, that makes this the last 2D portable Metroid that we've enjoyed. "

Zero Mission came after Fusion

I never owned GBA, but i'll try Mario & Luigi and Metroid

I wonder if these will ever come to Club Nintendo and how much they will cost us in coins. I'm just getting Advance Wars more out of curiosity ththen anything. Great games but don't have the time for them honestly.

@ThomasBW84 Is someone going to review Blackgate again?

@efaulk84 In the trailer, Dr. Wario was present. So you have nothing to worry about

Nothing, as usual.

@aaronsullivan - "What a strong selection of GBA games to debut with!"

That's petty much what I was thinking, I thought those games came out one a week, guess I need to go back and reread the date list. Buying Advance Wars first, then Maro & Luigi after I get my DDP $5 and I finish Super Mario RPG which I printed out the reward for but haven't even redeemed yet (I'm still deciding between Wii U and old wiped Wii in the boys room where they are playing Paper Mario, SMG 1 + 2 and SSBB.)

Good week to start off April w/ VC before the "indies" start coming. I am SO glad barren wasteland March is over. All the MK8 news makes me think Nintendo was waiting for March to be over as well.

@Guitardude7 - It always updates at noon. Give or take but it's noon.

Forgive my east coast arrogance, noon ET, 9AM PT. Their HQ is in WA state s I think they like to start the day at 9AM. Seems logical anyway, its only a guess.

Now THIS is a good amount of games added to the Eshop! It should be like this every week.

I wonder what the chances are of Nintendo releasing some of the GBA pokemon games for Wii U...

With Captain America: The Winter Soldier releasing in North America this weekend, I was hoping Zen pinball would have a sale on its Marvel tables, or at the very least, the Captain America table.

OR how about if you already own Dr. Luigi you get Dr. Mario free?
Fairness.
Looking forward to the GBA titles, though. A lot!

I just recently replayed Mario & Luigi and Metroid Fusion. Guess I'll wait for Aria of Sorrow.

Broke for now...so just some Rusty for me, I'll keep an eye on some GBA games, probably Advance Wars, already have Metroid on my 3DS and I'm not really a fan of the Mario and Luigi series.

New fiscal year with the dawn of April 1st. I'll be getting Batman, Dr Mario and luigi, Superstars, Metroid, Advance Wars. Excellent, excellent week. Anyone complaining needs to find a new hobby.

I just can't justify paying 7.99 for a GBA game.

Nice to see Rusty in the lead as of this post. Not-so-patiently awaiting its arrival on the eShop as we speak...

Eh, its gonna have to wait...low on money. lol
But I'm definitely getting Superstarr Saga and Advance Wars at some point.

advanced wars

The real game I am waiting for now is Golden Sun and Super Mario Bros 3 later this month, but I will probably get Advance Wars or Metroid: Fusion at some point. Batman looks ok too, but out of the budget reach for now.

I'm having a hard time deciding between Advance Wars and Metroid, both are sooo great! But that's a great problem to have!

@Mrclaycoat

then don't, you can go find them for double or more of the price in physical form

Nothing is worth downloading until they bring out a MK8 demo.

FINALLY....!!!! Just four minutes until a decent Metroid title returns to a Nintendo home console!!!!

Probably gonna get all 3 GBA games eventually. Just one at a time. I can't choose which one to start with though, probably M&L.

So I'm curious do these Advance titles have 1 or 3 save files? I'm hoping 3 so that may sons can have their own and not have to use mine.

It's updated!! Time for GBA Awesome for Wii U Only!!! (except for the Ambassadors)

ThomasBW84 - Since Advance Wars has been reviewed already can you tell me how many save files are on the Advance games?

I dont see why with the rusty game you cant just repeatedly push haggle until its basically free?

@ikki5 3 games isn't a great lineup. I love Metroid Fusion but three games isn't anything to celebrate and based on Nintendo's VC history you'll get about two titles every month. Still doesn't matter when your WiiU breaks your games are gone, good luck with that.

@8bitforever um... have you seen the game lineup for this month? There are 8 fantastic GBA games this month, that may not be all as we are also getting Mario 3 on the 17th so there could be more than just GBA games this month. Also, if my Wii U breaks, it isn't that hard to send it in for repair. If it does get replaced, they'll switch it all over. The same applies to the 3DS.

@8bitforever, what? Only 3 GBA games? Are you kidding? There are more than 3 coming out this month... Just 3 are coming out today.

EDIT: Sure, Nintendo's account system is not ideal, but I'm pretty sure people have said before that if you contact Nintendo, you should be able to get your system repaired/game transferred when sent to Nintendo, games back or refunded, etc. Yes, it is a hassle, but it doesn't mean your games are gone for good.

I am angry as hell that 3DS owners can't get in on that GBA goodness. Want my Superstar Saga!

@pariah164
I'm playing Mario & Luigi SuperStar Saga. I am very happy right now. It looks fantastic on my gamepad.

Mario & Luigi is all. The other games I'd rather (or do) have on my 3DS.

@ikki5 All my jealousy and hate.

when are they gonna release kingdom hearts , metal gear solid 3D , Ace combat & dead or alive on 3ds eShop too .

Where is Bubble Bobble for 3ds? It has been in Japan for months.

@Marioman64 Because they set a limit on how low you can haggle. I've heard you basically won't get the games any cheaper than half price, and the games might not even be worth that much, so it might be just a lot of wasted effort.

@ikki5 Yeah I just feel like the price is crazy high. I mean it's on par with SNES games? As good as Metroid fusion is, you can't compare it to Super Metroid as one example. The overpricing of Virtual Console games added to the very slim selection of choices are clear examples of why it's failing.

I bought Super Monkey Ball 3D when the 3DS launched. It was good but nowhere near the price of $40 so now at $20 its a good time to buy it if your into the series. Probably the only Super Monkey Ball game where going to get for a loooooong time.

Since i got GBA games there's nothing interesting this week on e-shop for me. I think really "NEW" Wii U games are needed.

Rusty BB for sure. I was gonna get the Cubic game that was on sale until I found that I already had it for PC/mobile. I don't know, still may get it anyway if I can't find anything else on sale that I like.

Picking up Metroid Fusion, for sure. Can't wait to see how the GBA games look on a bigger screen, may just play solely on my gamepad.

@Tasuki Nintendo will gladly take your money in two weeks from today.

@Tasuki Um...a date has already been confirmed. Why wait now?

y cant metroid crawl?

I´d like to see Game Cube VC on Wii U.

Got the baseball game just for club Nintendo coins.

@Tasuki Pretty sure SMB3 releases on April 17 or sometime this month. Lol.

I can't pretend to be excited about the releases this week. I already own the GBA games, and Rusty's Ripoff Shop just plain pisses me off by being there. A bunch of little minigames that probably exist thousands of ways in Adobe Flash for more than the cost of DSiWare each... who would buy those?! That said, I'll probably download it anyway for the one free game and the fact that I have a massive SD card...

@ikki5
you mean metroid zero mission

@Nintendo
Now THAT is how you handle VC!

I found a typo. Batman Arkham Origins Blackgate: Deluxe Edition released on April 1st in North America, not April 2nd.

@Tasuki: Plus, it's not like we don't already have a million copies of it anyway.

With Rusty being free at first, I can't see why you wouldn't at least give it a try. I will say that the trailer for the game did not look interesting to me. I always loved the Advanced Wars games so I will most likely pick it up at some point.

Rusty's Real Deal Baseball since it's free ... but really they could have brought the GBA games to 3DS as well, at least I could be a tiny bit excited then with this update. But alas business as usual.

@WiiULoveGBA

LOL, I had a similar reaction. SOOOO many times I was like, "Tennis?! TENNIS!?11" It almost feels strange to have so many good games released at once.

@ogo79 yeah.... that one..... I knew it was Zero something. lol

Rusty's Real Deal Baseball is one of the most interesting experiments I've seen in a while, and to me it proves that Nintendo is right up there with the innovators in monetization on the smart phone market.

For the first time I'm looking forward to spending money in a free-to-play game!

GBA on VC

ok, let me get this straight: a WiiU version of a 3ds version of a WiiU batman game? one of which wasn't that great to begin with? yeesh.

I'm part of that 3% who are interested in Batman Arkham Origins Blackgate... I'm not buying GBA games until I know that I could play them on my 3DS without paying again if they do come out on the 3DS VC. I heard some bad things about Rusty's Baseball, so I will wait for the review and probably wait for a sale.

M2 did a fantastic job on the GBA games!! They look better to me than the SNES ports on e-shop, plus you get more options/settings for them. Nintendo should let them handle all the SNES/GBA ports!!!

Some of these "budget" games are sold on other systems for $1.99 but sometimes when they come to the 3ds it's $20. blah

@Beau_Skunk
wow i didnt know japan had bubble bobble already. thats one of my favorite games of all time. i hope we get it soon. do u know which version it is?

I caved and purchased Advance Wars as it pushed me to the 500pt level for $5 in eShop credit.

Looks and runs very smooth! The emulation is perfect!

@Dreamcaster-X

Ya, the VC titles Nintendo has put out have suffered from slowdown in several places, but the M2 produced titles (GBA and 3D Genesis so far) have been amazingly well done and run perfectly.

GBA for me! btw, has Ballpoint Universe come out yet?

why can't nintendo put some GBA games on the 3DS?

@TeeJay ditto, seems creepy.

I got Advance Wars and it runs really well on Wii U, I'll try Mario and Luigi later. I'm surprised how good Advance Wars looks on my TV.

I have been playing these GBA games to death today. lol

So glad these are not on 3DS! GBA on the big screen is so awesome! Those saying it would look like crap because of resolution were so wrong.

If the commentary and opinions on message boards and the internet are true, the by putting GBA games on the Wii U first has divided 3DS and Wii U owners.

@Retro_on_theGo no, it hasn't come out yet. It got pushed back, hopefully we'll hear about its release date. I hope it comes out soon...

the baseball game is hands down one of the best most unique games since the snes days Great job nintendo!

I'm most excited to haggle with a digital dog.

Advance Wars, Superstar Saga, Dr. Mario, Dr. Luigi, Rush and Blok Drop for me this week

@3dcaleb @nesvc
Nice to see I'm not the only one eagerly anticipating "Bubble Bobble." It's the NES/Famicom version, which was still a good version. It's been out in Japan sense October, so it's amazing it's not out yet... It probably won't come out, until after "Final Fantasy 1" comes to 3DS's VC, because I hear Square/Enix owns Tato the company that made "Bubble Bobble" originally, and they'd probably want to release a more popular game first.

"Donkey Kong Land" was also released in Japan recently, so don't expect that one for another few months either... Especially, with all the GBA releases this month, and Megaman Gameboy releases next month. I'm never going to get Bubble Bobble!

@Beau_Skunk
cool i love that version. i've been trying to get ahold of a copy of bubble bobble double shot but its hard to find one for under $20. the bubble bobble revolutions version looks like it sucks so i'm not going to get that one. i have the GBA version and its pretty fun but ive played thru it a bunch of times so im ready for something new. soon i hope.

@Dreamcaster-X Wait, M2 did the GBA games for the VC?! Spits out drink Nintendo, shut up and take my money!

I'm waiting for Yoshi's Island a little bit later in the month.

@NbaJunkie This is a huge problem. I had the same thing happen to me.

Still waiting for Kingdom Hearts DDD to become downloadable.

I'm honestly loving RRDB right now! Very fun, charming title so far!

@iphys I mean it's gonna get to the point where there's a faq on how to get the lowest prices for everything, and everyone who doesn't follow that guide will pay more money. feels kinda wrong

Not sure I understand the WIi getting GBA games, I would think the 3ds would be better suited for this, hopefully they will port them over to the 3ds. For Rusty''s baseball, I think they should have made it a real baseball league where you buy a team and then buy and trade players. Just a thought - or just charge me $20 for a full game of regular baseball. Not sure the reason why they won't put a normal baseball game out I am sure there is a market for it. I get this an experiment.

Ok so for me its, Mario and Luigi(never played it) Fusion (a classic) and Advance Wars (amazing game) Nintendo will take my money this week.

@Mrclaycoat They were 30 bucks at retail years ago, you dont even got to get out of bed to buy them.

I'm pretty late to the party but I downloaded Rusty's Real Deal Baseball this week! I can't argue with getting to try it out for free.