Nintendo Download: 7th January (Europe)

3DS eShop is a complete joke at this point. So many wasted GB/GBC games.

I'll be grabbing Drill Dozer and probably NSMB Wii even though I've got it physically.

Disappointing week of releases. I've no need for New Super Mario Bros. Wii, if I want to play it, I have the disc right beside me. And the pricing is ridiculous. You can buy it physically for that price.

Nintendo were real stingy over the Christmas and New Year period. They'd no sale on any of their games. Scrooge!

Everyone needs to check out Drill Dozer. Such an awesome action platformer.

I'm curious if they will be able to replicate the physical vibration on the Wii U that was part of the DS Drill Dozer game pack.

Drill Dozer is a really good game.I played a ROM of it a few years back.Not sure how it'll play without the rumble though!

I'd get Mario Wii if I wasn't having to buy Street Fighter V next month

I think I'll just wait for Mutant Mudds Super Challenge and the new Shantae. I hope Yooka-Laylee get's released by the end of 2015.

Finally the Legend of Legacy demo comes to Europe, looking forward to it.

@arronishere
Oh man, I forgot it's 2016 already.

Dreadful start to 2016! WELL DONE NINTENDO, start how you mean to go on.

Drill Dozer? Don't you DARE add this one to the absurdly long list of "not crossing the Atlantic" games, NoA!

Drill Dozer? Drill Dozer is finally being released in the UK/EU? Drill Dozer is releasing on the Wii U eShop? YES!

I've always been interested in trying this game out, so you can imagine my disappointment when I found that it never released within my region. Now I'll finally get the chance to try this game out, so this is absolutely wonderful news for me.

First things first, I'll need to test out my external hard drive. I've yet to see if it works and I'll need to move some data off my Wii U if I wish to download anything.

A superb GBA title finally makes it to Europe, yet this week is still disappointing and dreadful. Some folks are hard to please!

@Sligeach You can get a retail copy of NSMB Wii at that price if you're lucky, but it also gets sold at 30 - 40 EUR a lot.

I already have an imported cartridge of Drill Dozer and the VC release will probably not support the rumble that the cartridge had built-in, so I won't be getting the VC one.

Nothing for me this week. I fail to see the need of any other "New Super Mario Bros" games when I already have the Wii U version with Luigi DLC!

"A bit of a treat, as this Game Boy Advance title has never previously been released in Europe."

Drill Dozer gracing our region is a nice surprise and all, but I still stand by my statement: it's an improvement when home console games are available on handhelds, not the other way around (and rumble support won't get me to change my mind). GBA VC on 3DS or bust.

Still getting New Super Mario Bros. Wii as soon as I get back home though.

I've always been curious about Drill Dozer, I might pick it up

@manu0 You can buy it easily in the shops for €25 but if you buy it from a private seller you can get it for €20 and a lot less sometimes. €30-€40 is what you'd pay for the double pack of NSMB U & NSL.

If you're primarily a 3DS player, then this is a bad week. What a horrible start to the year!
...and there's not much on the horizon either. Hopefully get a Nintendo Direct soon...

@Sligeach @manu0:

Yes, NSMBWii is a Nintendo Select that means the official price is around 25 EUR. For a new retail game!

I wish the PictoParty to get more languages support, particularly the Russian. If it's so, this game is a day one purchase for me, otherwise I'll pass as all my best friends are bad in a lingo.

Pictoparty would have been good before christmas, I might pick it up some time in the future

Yes! I was hoping they'd release Pictoparty in EU, nice one!

Tappingo 2 discount sounds promising.

@BestBuck15 Not really sure what you're asking me there

Nothing this time, upgrading NSMBWii from physical to digital seems a bit pointless especially when we know games like MK64 are coming soon. I also totally see NA only getting NSMBWii this week.

I own the original Drill Dozer so won't be downloading but for anyone else I highly recommend it. It's a really unique platformer that's a lot of fun. NSMBWii has already sold bucketloads on Wii so I wonder whether it will sell very well when the pysical disc can already be played on Wii U in Wii mode.

I have no interest in buying Legend of Legacy as it looks like a kind of RPG I would not enjoy, but I'll at least try out the demo.

Nothing for me, have most Wii games to hand if I want to play them.
Have plenty of other games to be getting on with and need to send my 3ds away (again!) to get the shoulder buttons working.

@OorWullie I think it will support rumble

Drill Dozer was, I think, the only GBA rumble game.
Does the Wii U GamePad even support that?
I'm guessing it will just be left out.

@Grumblevolcano

Don't fool yourself... NA is only getting a couple themes for 3DS this week and that RCMADIMAX compilation shovel ware.

@KingMike The gamepad does support rumble + the Japanese VC release of Drill Dozer supports rumble as well, so I'm pretty sure we're getting it, too.

@KingMike I remember reading it was supposed to be added to the Japanese release.

I see NoA only getting Wave Race 64 this week. If not that then I could see NSMBWii.

Good grief. Virtual console could have some corking releases, but instead we get a plethora of mario platformers. If you have super mario U or even better, Mario Maker, there is no point in having these games. Why don't Nontendo release some games that we want like The Last Story or Madworld?

NSMB n Legend of legacy for me this week and I'll check out Drill Dozer aswell.

Drill Dozer for me. I might get Temple of Yog too.

@Marshi Mad World can be had for pennies physically, but agreed on TLS!

@Sligeach They had sales through Black Friday. Your Scrooge for constantly ba humbuging around here

@Marshi na has the last story doesn't it?

Dont get me wrong, I am a mario fan ... but when will nintendo understand we like other games besides mario

Damned if you do add mario eventually, damned if you don't add mario eventually. What'cha gonna do in Nintendo's virtual console service? Anyway. Drill dozer, I felt silly skipping this when I saw this at gamestop. Will this come with the patented rumble support and cross westside? Find out EVENTUALLY on NA'S DOWNLOOOOOADSSS!

Even EU is getting boring stuff. :c

I'll give the Legend of Legacy demo a try. I've seen people say great things about it, but I'm not convinced that it's a game that I will enjoy.

Have SF4, so I'll be passing on 5. But there's nothing Nintendo can drop in the next month that will sway my wallet like Digimon and maybe Megadimension Neptunia 7.
I almost feel bad for how bad this year is gonna be and then I remember: Nintendo did this to themselves.

I bought Drill Dozer a long time ago, as I was looking at special cartridges for any game boy games. Found it very cheap, noticed it was never released in Europe, and... LOVE it.

It's nice to see one or the other Wii title on the Wii U VC but as the Wii U is capable of running Wii titles from discs I'd rather prefer titles from the GameCube era released for the VC.
Imo, there are enough that would justify the effort.
Or some Dreamcast pearls (come on, SEGA).

@Ambermoon The Game Pad doesn't replicate the Gamecube L & R triggers. So Gamecube can't be done unless they remake the Classic Controller to support it.

And New Super Mario Bros. Wii was bound to be added sooner or later. Other games have been released before this so its not like they're only giving us Mario. I hope we get Mario Kart Wii soon as the disc got scratched for me and I had to throw it away.

And since when did an outstanding 10/10 Wii game and a great GBA game never before released in Europe being released make it a boring VC week? I won't be downloading NSMBW straight away but eventually. I sold the original disc in 2013.

oh man i am jealous.

@Sligeach Agreed.

What! Drill Dozer!? Such a cool/weird game.

Nintendo are obviously still on holidays , I mean it's not like anybody who recently got a nintendo console for xmas would want any new games to play in the second week.

Any word on whether PictoParty will have localized word lists? It seems like a fun game to play with the kids, but it would need to be in a language they can understand properly...

@vinicity Quote from user Retroid (Niklas from Retroid Interactive), check NL review - comment section - to see his whole post:
"The European release will feature the following languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish, German and Swedish."

So doest e-shop versions of Wii games has advantages over using disk versions? Any difference in picture?

@Bass_X0

Not all games for the GameCube make real use of the analogue input of the L/R triggers, they just see triggered or not. Besides there's the GC controller adapter, would be a reason to release a new batch of those and would make it more useful besides its use in SSB Wii U. It's predestined for such games, imo.

I think "a boring week" is relative. For those who already own NSMB on disc this game is not a reason to call this an exciting release week. And not all see GBA games released for the VC as a reason to cheer.

Do you know "Drill Dozer"? Is it worth a try?

A, finally a Tappingo 2 discount! I will download.

I already have NSMBWii on disc. I'll buy the digital version when it goes on sale.