Nintendo Download: 5th February (North America)

Worst....week....ever

NOTHING

Mappy Land!

Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan if the price is right

@ThomasBW84 Aren't the two Football games on temporary discount supposed to be titled Soccer in America? Soccer Up Online, Soccer Up 3D.

Still waiting for more Wii titles.

You would think that they would want to continue the Wii promotions knowing that there are other games on offer, but this seems to be the usual nintendo style of things. Start out a new offering with a bang, forget about it for a while, and then drip feed the rest after everyone has forgotten about it.

About time G&WG3 is here. Heh.

I am a happy sponge. I've been waiting on Game and Watch Gallery 3 for months since it was given a rating classification, and of course the MM DLC will rock. What a good week!

awful

Now that America has caught up to Europe in the NES games on the Wii U, you should be getting SNES and GBA games from next week. Unless they do more surprise NES games like Mappy-Land - that game hasn't even been released in Japan on Wii or Wii U. Three games across both Wii U and 3DS is good to me.

Game & Watch Gallery 3 and the Game & Watch theme?!?! AND Flipnote?! (Hopefully) AND the games I plan on getting from Club Nintendo?!?!?! This is a really good week for me!

Two words:

Kooloo Limpah!

Probably just the MH4U demo. I recently went from having no backlog to acquiring 5 games to get through with a little help from the Club Nintendo blitz. Currently trying to get through Mario Galaxy 2, DKCR3D, Metroid Prime Trilogy, New Super Mario Bros 2, and NES Remix. No time for much else!

The first Episode of Moon left me with a bad taste in my mouth. Don't see myself caring about those.

Now next week I'm getting ton o games!

I wouldn't mind getting GetClose if it were to be released in Europe.
Especially for just 3 €.

A joke as usual...oh well the massive amounts of coins I have on my Club Nintendo account are being put to good use. Just picked up Link's Awakening and Earthbound to keep me busy.

No Wii games?

And the winner for me this week is: Game & Watch Gallery 3. Weirdly enough, I was waiting for this as I've enjoyed the first 2 games.

I wish I had interrest in Moon Chronicles, since I love Renegade Kids 2D stuff like Mutant Mudd and recently Xeodrifter (where's Treasurenauts?), but quite frankly, Episode 1 was pretty meh. So I'll pass on those...

I just ordered a hard drive for my Wii U because things have been so awesome lately on the download front, but now we're back to "meh". Oh well, I have too many games to play right now anyway.

Still waiting for DKC

Even though its 3rd party ... really wish MH4U had a pre-download system; that was so convenient for Smash4. Tempted on the Moon Chronicles games.

Game and Watch 3 gets my vote, Yes! I might pre-download Kirby Rainbow Curse, maybe try the Moon Chronicle episodes seeing that they are on discount, and possibly the Game and Watch 3ds theme. Good week.

My heart skipped a beat when I saw Kirby and the Rainbow Curse there... then I realized that it was a pre buy...

Maybe its time for Nintendo to go with more of an Apple or Android Model for the Eshop. Although I have a game backlog miles and miles long and certainly don't need a bunch of free to play games. Each week feels so frustrating especially in the Virtual Console section and Classic 3D section . I can only imagine how tough it is to run these online stores and the competition but I think this model is going to bite them in the ass one of these days. Gaming consoles still kick the crap out of Android and Apple gaming.

The fact that we get Dig Dug and a Mappy game on the same week reminds me of ShiftyLook's Mappy cartoon.
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I'm a fan of Game&Watch games, so I'm definitely happy to see Gallery 3 released, but I kinda figured NoA would be lazy with the Wii games from the moment they only announced 3, unlike NoE.

Oh no games this week for me. I don't know why but have gone back to play a new character on Heroes of Ruin. After playing that again I forgot how much fun it actually was and was ripped on by a lot of people. Its a good fun game for the time you get. The online is fun too.

Not a bad week. We got Game and Watch Gallery 3 and Mappy!

Wow MappyLand. I used to love that game as a kid, but I have a feeling it wouldn't hold up so well today. Maybe if it goes on sale at some point I'll pick it up.

Currently have Dr. Luigi, Super Punch Out, Metroid Prime Trilogy, Super Mario Galaxy 2, and Super Smash for Wii U to play. I am probably good for a month or two at the rate I can play things. By then the Club Nintendo Platinum reward should be rolling around.

Weren't there supposed to be more Wii Games being released? I hope this won't turn into another NDS situation ... Nintendo is king of disappointment as it is, they shouldn't fuel the fire for no good reason whatsoever ;-/

Going to pre-purchase Kirby and the Rainbow Curse later in the week, but for now I'm going to play the new Hyrule Warrior dlc when I go home this evening. So glad they released the Majora's Mask dlc this week instead of next week to go with the release of the game it's based on.

I'm good for right now. Metroid Prime Trilogy will last me for a good while.

I guess I'll just get a theme this week

Game and Watch theme, you say? That might be tempting enough to replace my ridiculous sexy Slowpoke one.

Hyrule Warriors (I have the Season Pass), Game & Watch Gallery 3 and I'll be pre-loading Kirby. Seriously, the Game & Watch titles are amazing pick up and play games. I spent many hours on G&WG2 on the GBC and put another 10 hours into it on Virtual Console. For the price, you can't go wrong. It also has some sprite work for Mario characters you won't find anywhere else.

Never played Monster Hunter before and the demo should give me an idea if I really want to plunge into it or not.

I'm currious why they did not give us the 3DS version of Mappy land also?

Nothing for me...

HW DLC for sure. Looks great. Ill probably get Game and Watch Gallery 3 too. Good to see it. I guess it's only been about 3 and a half months since DKC and DKL were released in EU do probably about 2 more months to go on those.

Is Atlus doing that bad? Their games are always on sale on the eShop and PS Store.

I am super excited to get my hands on more Hyrule Warriors DLC! That is the game that keeps on giving!

On a side note, if anyone is interested, a friend and I have started a podcast where we talk about all things video games. The first episode is recorded, and as long as everything goes smoothly with setting up the host, should be up on iTunes by Saturday.

You could follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lifeofgamingpodcast or on Twitter @lifeofgamingpod

BEST WEEK EVER!
-flys away with big red balloon

Poop.

I do like seeing the classic arcade games but i'd rather play the arcade versions but game and watch 3 is tempting. But to be honest i hardly play my 3ds.

Game & Watch Gallery 3!

@SmashMario Flipnote will be in Club Nintendo in your to-do list. It's not part of the normal update as it's not available to everyone.

Finally the US gets the Game and Watch theme! I'm downloading that first thing.

Already had season pass for Hyrule Warriors but man, what a garbage week. I was expecting DKC Returns, and maybe the DKC trilogy to follow suit, and maybe Fire Emblem Sacred Stones.

Thankfully I own all those games elsewhere but still, I want em on Wii U. Oh well, no good games, no spend. Fine with me.

Hopefully we continue to get at least two virtual console games each week (NES, SNES, GBA, or Wii). I'm disappointed in no Wii game this week but not surprised.

i'm glad the rest of moon chronicles is here, but where is fantasy zone?!?!?!?! weren't we supposed to get it by now? i've been waiting so long for it.
@ThomasBW84 do u know when fantasy zone will get here?

Yawn
Both Nintendo and Sony having a bad download week huh....

When is this going live?

Nothing for me this week. Not a bad update ,but nothing of interest as I'm still waiting on dkl and dkc. Also looking forward to the next sega 3d classic. M2 does a wonderful job with those games.

So, the Monster Hunter demo you don't need a code? I never have played any of the titles. I don't plan to buy anything this week. Question, where's the Wii game? Or, is that once a month?

Please Please Please Give us Zombies ate my Neighbors on Wii U VC!! I really don't want to go to the wii menu just to play it...Zombies ate my Neighbors is one of my favorite games of all time! Being able to play it on the Wii U gamepad would be sweet!

Aren't there enough Mario eShop themes? Why is there no Kirby theme yet? There are two Mario ones every single week!

Nada!

It's okay though. I already have more games then I can play. I recently cleared Fire Emblem Awakening from my backlog and have been playing Luigi's Mansion on the 3DS and I have Smash, Kart, and both Bayonetta games on the Wii U, with Rusty's, and the NES remixes sprinkled in.

Wow! 2 vc titles in one week....even tough they suck....rather buy gba namco museum which has dig dug and 4 other games but I'll wait! And of course, STILL WAITING FOR DKC TRILOGY FOR NORTH AMERICA!!! UNBELIEVABLE!!

Get Close (Wii U) looks awesome, but I don't have anyone to enjoy the game with right now.

Moon with a discount and all episodes seems like a good deal for the full package - but I've already got the DS original.

Not a terrible week, but not sure I'm buying anything. :/

Countdown to Tingle is almost over!

What's up with club Nintendo still under maintenance for 3 days now ?!! I can't get/ register my games and I have a lot of coins!!!

@NintyMan
those are the only ones left that and 3d classics unless they put on final fantasy and turbo grafx 16 games

@Megapokepaul Huh? I've used it for the last 2 days. Try going to Nintendo.com & then clicking on the Club Nintendo link. It seems to work better for some people doing that.

Hyrule Warriors is definitely a plus. Next week we get Breath of Fire so I'm going to have plenty to do this month. Good to see retro games are still going strong. I hope Nintendo can cover everything that doesn't require multiple patents. Crossing my fingers for Lolo 3 someday.

@Dreamcaster-X still doesn't work , thanx anyway , I've been trying from my phone , don't know if this is the problem though...

Wow finally game and watch gallery 3.

FINALLY, they decide to throw us Game & Watch fans a bone. How long has Europe had it?

Is there a throwback sale this week?

So much for more Wii games. Darn it EU, you're getting the best of the best.

I think I'm the first person in the world that actually downloaded Mappy-Land.

Mappy Land and Dig Dug? Sure, why not! It's not like the Americas are still missing out on some highly anticipated SNES trilogy or anything.

Darn ... where is Megaman Zero 2

Nice, I'll get the rest of Moon Chronicles and perhaps G&W Gallery 3. Haven't played it sense the GBC days. Man, I wonder why there was such a long wait between the VC releases of 2 and 3...

Everyone's complaining about the lean week, but we forget two major 3DS retail releases next week...

Will pick up the rest of the "Moon Chronicles" episodes and download the Majora's Mask DLC.

@ricklongo It makes you wonder if the vc department staff members are actual gamers.

@xj220_afiles if you don't care about vc menu advantages then the ds collection is a good buy.

@JaxonH - Think of it as Ntineod giving you a chance to catch up w/ your back log cabin before MH4U comes out next week and consumes all of your free time.

@mineralrich So, If I gave you a lump of coal with nintendo's logo on it you'd be good? Vc requests, most certainly roms in high demand is not much to ask for. It just show's noa isn't listening or doesn't care.

@Superryanworld Hey, a lump of coal with a Nintendo logo doesn't sound so bad .

On a serious note, it's a lean week and I often give feedback to Nintendo directly to add more content to VC. I wish there was more as well, but give your feedback direct to them.

I think in my "older" age, I'm just thankful that Nintendo is still doing business today and my kids can enjoy their games in their lifetime. Can't complain too much, really.

Im getting the rest of Moon, but since im replaying the prime series, it will wait anyways.

Getting the Moon episodes now and Game & watch theme, will get game & watch gallery 3 once I get extra money.

So are we to assume, given that Mappy Land, of all games, is being released, that N64 games are never going released?! How can a company with such a rich catalogue of games to choose from, just omit an entire generation from download? What about GCN games? Is it due to the hard drive size? What reasonable logic can there be?

@mineralrich Well said! I have a few friends that are parents as well, and it's all xbox&ps in their homes. I'm glad your kids get to grow up playing nintendo games as many of us older gamers have.

@Superryanworld Thank you! I must say that Nintendo must do better in order to thrive in this business climate (not just "survive"). I keep begging for native N64 and GC VC releases (and while I'm at it, Dreamcast) . Personally, I don't think I could be as passionate about console gaming (and gaming in general) if Nintendo wasn't in the picture anymore. Hoping 2015 will be a great year for them.

Nothing until Monster Hunter, I guess.

I'm still waiting for Donkey Kong Country.

Also, is Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate gonna be on the wii u?

@rjejr

Mission impossible. I'm just trying to beat Fire Emblem (GBA) on the Wii U- been playing for a MONTH and am still 10 chapters away from Hector's story, which is the final of the three.

And after that, there's oh, ya know, just ELEVEN other Fire Emblem games I wanted to play (finally completed the series with all 13 games in English). At 2 months a piece (minimum) I'm locked in until 2017, round the time of Nintendo's next home console.

And of course, I still have to play Metroid Prime Trilogy somewhere in that 2 year span. And it would be only fitting to finish Other M and Skyward Sword while I'm at it. And since I started Mario Galaxy 2, throw that one in as well.

All with Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate releasing next week.

It'll be interesting to see just how many years it takes before I finally move on from GBA and Wii games and can actually start sinking time into Wii U games.

Technically I'm getting the Majora's Mask pack. I have the season pass though.

Eshop demo of Monster Hunter 4 got 30 times limit right?

@Megapokepaul

Same for me. Sitting on 1600 useless coins, with a bunch of games waiting for registration and surveys needing completion. I use both cell phone, and PC, nothing works for me.

@rjejr

Not even with ten lifetimes he would be able to catch up with his backlog and you know it

@Windy
True, Heroes of Ruin Rock.
But shame that got dead (i mean any new treads on forum or very few) when i started playing it (march 2013)
No updates/patches. This game is not polished and not so many content.
Even 4 classes. When i strarted playing second character i quit playing it.
Got bored. This game could be good but abandoned by Square and Nintendo.

Yay! We finally have G&W Gallery 3! Now for Devil World and Donkey Kong Land, then we will be all good with Europe for Virtual Console. Oh wait... we never got that free Brain Age game...

@JaxonH - Think I'll start Other M. I played about the first 15 minutes just to see if it worked OK on Wii U but that was awhile ago so I'll just start over.

Wish Swords and Soldeirs 2 would hurry up, it was supposed to be a HOLIDAY 2014 release but their website says "still a couple of months" as of Jan 14.

What do think Nintnedo's % of correct dates will be from this Sept 2014 graphic, maybe half?

We FINALLY get Game & Watch Gallery 3! About damn time. Mappy Land is a nice surprise too, as a relatively obscure nostalgic title for me. And of course, Hyrule Warriors DLC at last. Great week for me, and I find it funny how that so strongly contrasts the opinions of the first two commenters today.

@rjejr

Considering they all say "1st Half" or just "2015" I'd dare to say most.

Other M does sound mighty tempting, you could do worse for sure. Did you end up scooping the trilogy?

@sinalefa - Yeah I know, I'm just hopeing he just sends all his excess games to me Oh, who am I kidding, I have about 3 lifetimes my self.

@JaxonH - No on the trilogy, too much too play as it is. Yeah, probably only a few will slip, Splatoon is just making that "first half" w/ it's May release date. Not looking too good for Yoshi and Mario Maker though. If those 2 both make it by Jun 30th I'll give them a clean bill of health.

Game & Watch Gallery 3 for me! Also like the G&W theme a lot.

Been waiting for Game & Watch Gallery 3 ever since it came out in the EU eShop! Finally I can complete my Game & Watch VC collection~

yus! moar gam and watch!

wait i voted for monster hunter demo. isnt that a given? probably wont buy it though

Everything looks great!

Hey, at least those who haven't gotten the MH4U demo can get it now!

@rjejr

That infographic reminded me of Affordable Space Adventures.

And I noticed something odd. Both StarFox and Mario Maker say (working title) while Zelda does not, and it shows as simply "Zelda".

With Moon Chronicles being half off it is a definite purchase since I have had my eye on the game for quite some time. It is kind of funny to think of the lengths people went to in order to play the Monster Hunter 4 demo a few weeks back. I bet they feel kind of silly now!

Game & Watch Gallery 3....certainly tempting even though I already have it on GBC cart, such a good game!

@DontPlayDumb Yes I feel about the same. I beat the game then started a second Character which I hadn't even played. Still the first run through was a lot of fun. To bad it was so short.

Does anyone know if Nintendo even plans to bring the TurboGrafx games onto the Wii-U VC?

@Windy Japan has some, (including Bomberman '94, one of my faves) so they should come here eventually.

I'm probably the only person here excited for "Mappy-Land," as it was a childhood favorite I liked renting from the video store. I know alot of "Mappy," and "Pac Man" fans hated it, but I felt it had some improvements over the old Mappy game. (Like hidden areas, a bonus round, and how all the places looked different.)
I also liked the music. Even the "Game Over" jingle sounds nice. I also like how unlike other "old-school" arcade/NES games it lets you start from the last level & difficulty mode you were at even if you get a Game Over.

Definitely picking up Moon Chronicles episode one! I knew that game was going to get a discount eventually, so I am glad I stuck to my guns. Paid off this time.

i think ill wait next month to see what they have in stores.

Never got a code for the Monster Hunter demo so I'm all over this! Might check the deal on Moon Chronicles since I never tried it but wanted to.

I will buy Game & Watch Gallery 3, In fact, I bought it, XD, Now, I wait for Game & Watch Gallery 4!!

3 Wii U games, 3 3DS games, 3 VC games and over 40 discounted games on top of a MH4 demo and Majora DLC? People must be new to Nintendo to think this is horrible.

Totally getting the Moon stuff next week. But for now, I'll pick up KAMI when the reviews come in...

@NodesforNoids Or some people will take whatever said company gives them.

Nothing I can buy right now, all my money is going towards 4U and New 3DS.

@Sanya
That's where mine went today too, paid off my MH4U N3DS.

I have plenty of games to play this week though from Club Nintendo.

They should be putting a lot more effort into porting the Wii VC over to the WiiU VC. I'd rather play games like Secret of Mana on the tablet while I watch TV, than have to go into the Wii Console mode and use the Wii Controllers to play on the TV.

There really is no excuse for it.

I am surprised more people aren't getting Kirby. Yea it is only a pre-purchase but still

another pre-purchase! woo!

@sinalefa - Maybe they aren't working on the Zelda "title" yet

You know me and my date obsession, that's all I see.

@SakuraHaruka Sadly, it won't be on your 3ds G&W collection for awhile. GBA Wii U vc ftw.

Hyrule Warriors update downgraded the game load times by tripling the amount of time it takes to load. It is really lame. Aren't updates supposed to improve everything? Too bad there's not a ocarina for the song of double time on load screens now.

@Superryanworld I agree. That Sega 3D Classic line of games is outstanding.

@Beau_Skunk I really thought that all the VC games from Wii would just transfer right over to Wii-U. VC is floundering big time. I would think it would be like free money for the companies who post their games to VC. I just hope Sega will continue to make these 3D classics for 3DS. Can't wait for Outrun

ah, taxan steps up to the plate...