Nintendo Download: 26th March (North America)

Nothing this week. Besides Dot Arcade and maybe Namco Museum. Still impatiently waiting for the Platinum CN rewards!

Nothing for me this week, but I can't complain. My wallet could use a break after 4 straight weeks of good stuff.

Damn Nintendo how am i going to afford all these wii virtual console games you keep releasing every week!?!?!?
said no one ever!

Pretty strong numbers for the 3DS home screens. Nothing currently anything else (except nothing for me). We need a new Nintendo Direct to put some more hype on things to come.

Harvest Moon demo and Lego demo for me

Nothing for me this week except for maybe one the 3DS themes.

@Mr_G No kidding. Wish we would see the Nintendo DS and Nintendo 64 titles, or even more Wii digital downloads we have been teased with for a long time now.

What, no Megaman Zero? Where's Golden Sun 2? Sacred Stones? Come on Reggie! Wake me up when [insert game here] releases.

Nice, I've actually been waiting for a Zen Pinball 2 discount.

What a disappointing week.and essentially the last week to register games on club Nintendo. Oh well..my wallet thanks you

Namco Museum? That isn't FE Sacred Stones NoA! I really hope NA get it before Derrick from GameXplain finishes FE7 in the Sunday night streams.

@NbaJunkie I think you've got the right idea, NoA is probably going to release a lot of stuff next week as people won't be able to get coins anymore.

The Lego Batman demo is a little late IMO. I would think demos would work better if they came out the week before a game releases or the same day as the game releases.

These last few weeks have been complete trash in my opinion.

Like outburst said, where the hell is Golden Sun 2?

Well, nothing this week... Thankfully I got three Renegade Kid titles last week to pick away at. Also still have the last two episodes of Resident Evil Revelations 2 on PS4 to finish up, so I'm good...

Nothing for me.

This is wow really disappointing.What a bad week.

@Grumblevolcano
yeah they might drop the 3DS and Wii U virtual console,wii download game bomb on us all in April and May with tons of them we get the ones they been holding back from us in NA/US region we may finally get TG16 games for 3ds and wii u, and more game gear for 3ds,sega GBA and genesis games on Wii u. They will do a lot soon and we may get F1-race,wario blast and some others
as for this week and the past weeks nothing for me

I said once and I'll say again every thursday until it comes out "Wake me up when NoA finally decides to release Metroid: Zero Mission on the eShop."

NO this week is bad well there is always next week also plat and gold rewards next week and then the do a blowout
Hope for good week next week.

Oh look, another crappy week... I guess Nintendo wants people to restock their wallets for cash.... if they ever release anything good again.

If you own more than one console, Namco Museum for GBA is a waste of money. You can get Namco Museum Virtual Arcade for 360, which contains about six times as many games as what's being offered for the GBA title.

I will try the Harvest Moon Demo

I'll be taking Super Mario World for the 3DS Virtual Console.

Wait, what was that? No SNES games for the 3DS? Well, doesn't that suck?

@TruenoGT I second that! Since the announcement of the Club's demise, I've cashed out and totally forgot about it until the other day when I was thinking about this year's gold/platinum rewards.

I'm still playing MH4U. Majora's Mask, IronFall, and a few other big titles I've acquired still need to be beaten as is. I can't complain about the "bad weeks."

@Nico07
dont even get me started about the lack of N64 games on the virtual console. i might burst a blood vessel in anger

I'd consider getting Namco Museum because I absolutely love Ms. Pac-Man. Is the version included faithful to the arcade version, or is it slowed to the point of being boring?

Nothing for me this week either, but that is a good thing. Still need to put time into Code Name: STEAM and haven't even scratched the surface of MH4.

Nothing again from Nintendo this week, at least I have gotten some great deals on PSN spring sales and there under $1 flash sales this week and last week.

Is it Harvest Moon Lost Valley Demo or DLC, I've read somewhere else that it's DLC and they didn't mention anything about a Demo?

@Mr_G I know. It's almost like Nintendo would rather give new content a chance to stick out, for a week at least, rather than bury it under a flood of titles. Or that they think that the average consumer isn't like the loud minority that one finds commenting here, who apparent have so much time on their hands that they need about 500 games a year--just of the old stuff, this isn't even to mention new titles--to fill it.

Dot Arcade! I have been so pumped for this game.

Nothing for me this week. Good thing my Super Smash Bros. Soundtrack arrived today in the mail to keep my ears busy this week.

They can't all be winners, right? Elliot Quest and Majora's Mask are still taking up all of my free time, so that's fine.

Voted "nothing for me this week" mistakenly. Definitely getting some themes.

@Mr_G
On a positive note, I got the Link Edition Fightpad / Gamecube style Classic Controller. My N64 collection felt a lot more natural. I gave Starfox 64 and F-Zero X a spin yesterday. I too would love some N64 on Wii U or 3DS, but the new controller makes what I already have satisfying again.

Dot Arcade for me. And Jet Dog if reviews are good.

My sister used to have Namco Museum for her GBA. I know I already have Galaga and Dig Dug downloaded on my Wii U, but I doubt that Ms. Pac-Man or Pole Position will get standalone releases.

not a great week but thats good since i have quite a backlog anyway

Lots of people complaining, the same people who have had Kirby Wii U for ages while we in Europe have no release date yet, oh well back to Zero Mission and the Sacred Stones for me!

@andyg1971

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/03/kirby_and_the_rainbow_paintbrush_to_roll_into_europe_on_8th_may

also, those people are complaining because of the VC titles half the time such as Golden Sun, Fire Emblem, Metroid, Mega Man, Etc. We still have yet to get Kirby for the Wii and Donkey Kong Returns. Yes, we know you have to wait for the Wii U game in Europe but that is due to translations/localizations and for the rating of the game. Something Nintendo can't really control unless they delay the game everywhere for a global release (or spend a lot more to release the game to get everything translated at once) where as the VC titles, a lot of that work is already don't so delaying those in other regions.... it is just stupid.

Wow... another dull week.... Where is megaman Zero, Metroid Zero mission, Kirby wii, golden sun 2... man I could go on like this forever...

Nothing for me this week which is good news for my eshop credits.

@xj220_afiles We already have Mega Man Zero on the Wii U vc, i guess you mean Mega Man Zero 2.

Nota a great week. But I finally get a Metroid theme for my 3DS.

@Captain_Gonru RE:Club Nintneod

Not sure if this applies to you, but there was a cut-off for new games around the end Feb, so if you purchased games which released before then, even if you bought them after then, you would still get credit, but if a game released after that date you would not get credit.

I'll try and find the very fine print and edit it here later.

Edit: Found it, easier than I thought, and the print was actually rather large also.

http://club2.nintendo.com/program-notice/
Club Nintendo program discontinuation schedule

1/20/2015 Products released after this date are not eligible for registration with Club Nintendo
3/31/2015 Last day to earn Coins, register products with Club Nintendo, and sign up for new Club Nintendo membership

We get a metroid theme but no zero mission... my wounds are thouroughly salted

Nothing for me. Some titles look interesting, but until i can buy "free time" I can't justify most purchases right now.

@Grumblevolcano @NbaJunkie

You haven't been able to get coins on Club Nitneod for any game released after Jan 20, so this week, next week, last week, last month is all meaningless. You can still REGISTER games until next Tuesday, but the game had to be RELEASED before Jan 20. I know, leave it to Ntineod to make things more complicated than need be. They should have just kept this going until autumn anyway when the new program releases. And by autumn Nitneod probably means next Feb, their calendar is weird.

See my previous post #51 for link and details.

figured now would be a good time to pick up the Moon season pass since it's on sale.

Also grabbing the South Park zen pinball table for the same reason.

@HeroOfCybertron And Mega Man Zero 3.

@dkxcalibur - As a very big fan of demos myself - I think every game should have one - it's probably ok this one is late, it's the 3rd game in a series, and there are many other similar Lego games to this, so it probably won't be the first Lego game for too many people. Though I did play this demo months ago on PS3.

It's also probably a good time to get this out on Wii U as there isn't much new out on Wii U right now and having a new demo will probably get it some space on the Wii U eShop. Since the game is currently going for only $19.99 on Amazon it may even get them some sales. (But I wouldn't buy it on Wii U, no season pass as Wii U is screwed yet again.) This probably should have been out a week ago when the game was also on sale on the eShop.

Nothing. Awful week.

@ikki5 Cheers, don't know how I missed that release date info, alas Japan seems to be the priority for Nintendo with the US and Europe alternating in second place from time to time.

@ikki5 Yeah I saw Japan got MMZ3 when we don't even have 2 yet.

@HeroOfCybertron Europe has all 3 as well I believe. They just got 3 this week.

Nothing. Like always...

I'll buy the Samus theme for my 3ds. It may be the closest thing we get to a new release on the system. :

@rjejr I realize that.. I was referring to sales, discounts.even when the releases are barren a good discount can salvage a week..

Namco Museum for GBA?
I wonder why they didn't release the 50th Anniversary version with a whopping ONE more game.
Or are they going to try that later?

Hmm, can't seem to find the Samus theme anywhere.

Wait, wasn't Namco Arcade already released on VC already? I could've sworn it was... I'd prefer a Wii Download of Namco Museum Remix. That included Pac n' Roll, one of my favorite spin-offs!

Darn I wanted a VC for 3DS. I won't be getting nothing till April 10th anyway, but it would of been nice to have more options. I'm still playing Elliot Quest. I found a super deluxe glitch and had to start over. It's still a good game and I am on a quest to get every gem.

@allav866 You're thinking of Pac-Man Collection.

So, has nintendo ever been interviewed on virtual console releases? I would love to know the process and why the huge gaps in time between releases in different regions...

@NbaJunkie - I think Ninteod is only capable of either having a demo or a discount pr update, not sure if they can manage both. And both Wii U and 3DS got a new demo this week, their servers must be stretched to capacity.

Yikes. Awful week but can't complain since I'm still sated from those sales two weeks ago and gotta save for Story of Seasons next week anyway.

@Mr_G Sorry for bringing up a bad subject, but yeah Nintendo needs to either release some Nintendo 64 games or update their Wii U Virtual console page that states:

"Tip: Check back regularly for the latest releases, including the future addition of titles from the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo 64 systems."

Finally. I really needed to save some money

Dot Arcade might be a nice little distraction.

For some reason the Southpark Table is still coming up full price, guess I'll wait a bit.

Nothing for me this week, and that's fine. I have two games I'm in the middle of to occupy my time and help with my not-so-patient wait for the Platinum CN rewards. Hoping next week they have a Story of Seasons demo (haven't ever played a Bokujou Monogatari game).

If this "Titanic Mystery" download for the 3DS is the same as the physical game sold in the UK then it is both a hidden object and puzzle game.

I for one love HO/puzzlers and would get this one without hesitation except the reviews on Amazon UK are horrid

Isn't South Park pinball a 2-table pack? If so, great deal $2.49 for 2 tables.

still waiting for a NES mach rider home theme

Dot Arcade looks ace.

I feel sorry for those who bought Pac-Man or Galaga individually.
I'll only be downloading demos this week.

Did the harvest moon demo go online yet?

@HeroOfCybertron Yeah ! and 3 since it was just realeased this week in Europe. And i'll especially won't mention thee jap WiiU VC where they have Sonic advance, Final fantasy VI and much more !

Might be the worst week yet. Nintendo better step it up on the eshop because there really isn't anything coming out for a long while retail-wise for Wii U.

@xj220_afiles I really wonder why Jp get's all that extra vc love? I'd like ff VI or any square game on a Nintendo system. It would be nice to get games like zero mission or sonic advance and not have to wait six months to a year for them to arrive. I'd like to have the larger vc library that jp has. Are we just a second priority?

Interesting, I remember Natsume was a bit reluctant to making a demo.

What a marshmallow week. Still no 3DS VC.

Nice to see MOON Chronicles DLC getting half off. I'll actually snag it for that price!

Looks like it's a week for catching up on my backlog. The Samus and Pit themes are honestly the only things that have piqued my interest today :/

As I recall, last year the eShop offerings were pretty weak wrapping up the fiscal year, but once March 31st hit (or whenever it is their fiscal year ends) they started dropping good GBA games every week for like 2 months straight.

I suspect the same will happen this year as well. I hope, anyways

It's a sad release week
when what seems like the best release is a 3DS home theme.
And even those managed to lack oomph.

So, has nintendo ever been interviewed on virtual console releases? I would love to know the process and why the huge gaps in time between releases in different regions...

I think its because Nintendo of America doesn't care what Nintendo of Europe releases and vice versa. I would say that Nintendo of America and Nintendo and Europe have access to a large list of games available (with a few exclusives) to release but each country pick games independently.

Still no Metroid Zero Mission? Ugh, back to Super Metroid I guess.

Nothing! Again! I haven't bought anything off the 3DS eShop in months!

@rjejr Thanks. I agree. We actually picked this up back when they did a sale after Christmas and my boys just started playing it last week.

@TeeJay Try the 3d classics. Afterburner or Outrun are good. The Dk land games lack some of the graphical omph that the snes games have, but are excellent games none the less.

Boycotting the VC until Metroid Zero Mission is brought to the states. Absolutely no reason for it's continued absence.

@JaxonH - Wasnt that after a Nintendo Direct? We could really use one of those.

Nevermind, googled it and it was announced in the January ND. Still would like to see an ND soon, if only to stop thinking about it, then we wouldnt need anything else until E3.

I'm getting Dot Arcade and Namco Museum.

@rjejr I agree, last year by this time we had info on plenty of upcoming titles from the February Direct with special single game Directs in April for Mario Kart 8 and Smash. This year we've had nothing since mid January with lots of unanswered questions such as DLC.

Funny that after all this time, Natsume releases a demo for Harvest Moon The Lost Valley. Just days before Story of Seasons comes out! Looks like they are nervous, and rightfully so! Natsume made a train wreck of the Harvest Moon series and they know Xseed's new version is going to leave them in the dust! No demo of that horrible Harvest Moon will save them! They should have called it Harvest Minecraft: The Lost Attempt.

@HylianSane I'm sure NOA has a perfectly good explanation for not releasing zero mission. Maybe it's some corporate suit throwing dart's blindfolded at the 2015 vc release schedule.

@Grumblevolcano @rjejr
No 2 years are alike- I'm sure we'll have a Direct in April for Splatoon, Mario Maker and Yoshi's Epic Yarn, and maybe the MK8 DLC, which will be enough til E3

garbage. why dont we get the sega 3d classics discount like everyone else? and they said 2 more new ones were coming out in march. this was the last thursday this month right? LIARS!! hehehe

My only hope that we'll get Zero Mission soon is possibly they plan to release it along with the MH4U Metroid DLC ... which, yes, I'm also hoping will be April's 4U DLC

http://www.reddit.com/r/MonsterHunter/comments/2z1dhh/summary_of_next_months_dlc_on_3rd_of_april_2015/

Good week for people who like arcades. The tabletop cabinet experience is, if you ask me, the one thing that the Gamepad excels at.

I know I have more games than I can play at this point and yet I still want Zero Mission to show up on the US store. Oh, well.

Lego Batman 3 demo, I've been interested in the game so I'm happy they put up a demo, but I wish they would put up more demos for the Wii U.

I want to download the harvest moon demo but it doesn't appear to be on the eshop. anyone else having this problem?

@andrew20 wow I hope you're right cause vc has just been terrible!

While I will be grabbing namco museum finally after being out 6 months in japan and Europe, and also cause I want Ms Pac Man, the vc wii u service continues to suck on a weekly basis!!! Unbelievable!!! Jesus!😡😡

when does the harvest moon demo go livr i don't see it on eshop yet

a pretty sad week, but demos cuz why not!

Just bought Dot Arcade and played for 20 minutes. Not bad. Kinda cool. Could use a couple more modes as a free update. I could see a dollar per mode considering the overhead and small market. I like the way the games use the brightness of the dat in addition to color. Also never played a snake with falling environmental collisions or wrap around.

Would consider "Namco Museum" if it was on 3DS instead.

@joey302 I hope I am too but we know what going to happen we will not get any also it is only a prediction I do not know but they are going to put more on as soon as the 3rd parties give them games

@JaxonH - And Mewtwo and all the other stuff we were told about in the SSBU 50 things video - tournies, Miiverse stage, sharing.

But I don't wanna wait until April

@rjejr
Lol, see if you were playing Monster Hunter with us the Nintendo direct would be the last thing on your mind

@JaxonH - Yeah, I've gone from being obsessed w/ release dates to being obsessed w/ the date of the next ND to give us the game release dates.

I am having way to much fun playing Hyrule Warriros though. I got these super powered up weapons yesterday I didn't even know existed and have just been rolling over everybody. Hard to want to hunt 1 monster when I can kill 2,500 in about 5 minutes

I don't like challenge, I like wanton destruction. (I spent 8 straight solid hours doing my taxes on Wed, thats more than enough challenge for my life.)

@rjejr
In that case this game is made for you

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5drSYII5mFY

@JaxonH - Is that the new Zelda game? (Did I really need that winky icon?)

@rjejr
That's the new Animal Crossing: Villager Goes Postal game. Next year we get the sequel, Tom Nook's Revenge

@JaxonH - "Animal Crossing: Villager Goes Postal"

Sounds like a reality show about people trying to buy amiibo

@rjejr
Speaking of, my Gold Mario's came in the mail. I officially have every single amiibo released to date now. I'm ready for wave 4, I'm so ready rjejr...

Oh, that MM limited edition came back in stock as a bundle at Gamesop (through their website). So I finally ordered one (my BB order was canceled). It cost an arm and a leg though, cause it included Code Name STEAM, Majoras Mask, digital download of Link Between Worlds and digital MM Prima eGuide. I need to trade or sell all these extras- this is my 5th copy of Majoras Mask, got 2 extra gold Mario's, 2 extra Monster Hunter CE, etc etc. I might need to check out the trade thread and see what I can arrange.

Gosh darn Square Enix store though man. I got Type 0 in the mail, then the CE came in stock on their website so I ordered it, but steel case came crushed and dented. 3 emails now and still no response, I'm losing my patience

I guess the Lost Valley Demo is Lost.......haha. It wasn't posted yesterday anyone know when they are posting it?

@JaxonH - Win some you lose some?

Every amiibo? How is that even possible? Guess you're on the hook forever now though, huh? Paper Mario, baseball Mario, soccer Mario, Galaxy 3 Mario...soon your going to need a bigger house. On the bright side maybe someday you'll be able to say you have "over 9 thousand" amiibo. I'll start buying them when the DB line starts, maybe that's why Wii U didn't get Xenoverse, we're getting a DB amiibo game Man, somebody needs to make that, pronto.

No Turbografx, Neo Geo or N64 VC yet? Wel, i go fot Namco Museum.

@ant seems like they made a mistake i keep hearing it's actually dlc not a demo

@LetsGoRetro

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@ant @Azaris @Kiyata_Hamasaki @HeroOfCybertron @arrmixer @HeroOfCybertron @Blast @Windy The demo isn't coming out. According to the Natsume rep (they actually reply within 1-5 minutes typically!) there was never one planned- looks like this was just a mistake.

bummer. thanks for the heads up @russellohh

@russellohh
Thank you brother.