Nintendo Download: 28th April (North America)

Nothing to download, again.

As euro trash here are Atlas having a sale every week? Conception II this week and SMT IV last week in Europe and 2 etrian odyssey games on the American eshop this week as well.

Wonder should I expect them here next week as I nearly bit the bullet for a physical copy of EO IV last week for £35.

If that Sega collection got a physical release in the UK I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

Mini Mario for 3ds and Wii U for Me, also that other Free to play Wii U game.

Europe would need to have months of no VC for NA to catch up. This has been out for like 9 months already!

games not showing up yet ):

Every week I check this list hoping to see Star Fox 64....and every week I die a little more

@Pahvi Really? I don't know of any Wii game on Wii U that allows using the GamePad as a controller, not that I have many, because my Wii games are discs except for Metroid Prime Trilogy.

Good that Americans have finally easy access to Xenoblade Chronicles... one generation later.

@dekuthered you know its on 3DS right?

@VanillaLake u dont say. ive come pretty close to paying double for the n3DS version.

Good Ole Nintendo. Stopped following their 3ds download Thursdays right after the Super Mario Bros 3 on 3ds Virtual Console fiasco/year long delay and I can see nothing has changed. Came back for the SNES releases and it's the waiting game again. They learn nothing and apparently neither do I thinking they may be trying to do better with their Virtual Console releases. My fault.

Bought star fox at work on pc and it was downloaded when i returned home! Wattba

@thepeterwright

Yes but Im not willing to drop $40 on that version

@Don
Man, not even the free Mini Mario and Lost Reavers? Seems like a decent week, especially compared to some of them that we have had. I plan on grabbing those and the Deer God and Xenoblade (since I never got a chance to play it). Being an old guy, I was wish they would release at least one VC game each week (and not one that we have a different version of already!).

@Pahvi - thanks for confirming the game pad

@dekuthered damn, its only £12.99 for physical copy here in the UK

Probably get Xeno even though I have the disk....I can retire it and the art book to a safe spot. I will also get free amiibo game and Lost Reavers but the beta wasn't very fun because people would just stand there and you would get stuck doing nothing waiting on 1 guy

Will get mini mario and lost reavers once my systems are back up. I may buy xenoblade just because that game is huge and saves me from having to unpack the disc. I hate moving.

Probably just the 3ds themes. I plan on getting that Humble Bundle Nintendo instead.

It's the 28th, yet Mini Mario isn't out yet? Does Nintendo need to do maintenance?

What time are they going live? Nothing available yet.

Lots of awesome stuff! Xenoblade for me as well as probably the Steamworld DLC and maybe also a 3DS home theme (Star Fox one sounds interesting)!

@Jaredfrogman It's always about 11:00 central time so it'll depend on your time zone. 12:00 if you're in Eastern time, 9:00 Pacific, 10:00 Mountain.

@VanillaLake Yes, I've read several accounts that claim the gamepad works with Xenoblade. Supposedly, any game completely playable with the classic controller is compatible with the gamepad.

Here's a source if you're interested. http://nintendoeverything.com/xenoblade-chronicles-for-wii-u-wii-download-can-controlled-with-the-gamepad/

Think GOD., i don't have to shell out extra $$$ to buy a New 3DS to play Xenoblade, glad Nintendo choose to bring Xenoblade to Wii U Eshop in NA, i'm planned to get that soon.
tbh, it's not that i don't hate the New 3DS, i just don't want to invest the money on a new handheld when i already have a regular 3DS

@ThomasBW84 @Dakt cool thanks guys. I haven't been paying much attention to the eshop for a while here so just thought maybe Atlas were doing some sort of promo.

I'll hold off for a few more weeks as if I can get them for €9.99 at some point I'm not gonna drop £35 on one game, ya know that way.

I already have Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge for both the Wii U and 3DS so I'll just be getting The Deer God and the SteamWorld Heist: The Outsider DLC and tomorrow I'll be picking up the retail version of Pokemon Rumble World.

So no Power Drift sold by itself. Then nothing to buy. Not spending $30 when I've already spent that on all the earlier 3D Sega games.

guys something is wrong from the past 2 -3 years.. think realistically. it is not normal everything what is happening. STAR FOX is 3 hours long game for 60 dollars and and on ps4 there are games that are 10 times more innovative and with better graphics.
at the time when ps4 has DARK SOULS, DIRT RALLY, WITCHER 3 , FALLOUT 4, and so on big titles are 5 good big games a month. IS IS NOT REAL that the last fifa is 13, no racing games( mario kart is not) everything seem rushed like xenoblade chronicles with voice and same faces , with RODEA and STAR FOX amazingly ugly grafics and short gameplay. Why pickmin is still 60 dollars . every ps game is getting lower price after month/year...OPEN YOUR EYES. all nice games for ESHOP are also PS4 games on ps4 store . before buying NX think because there may be 1-2 3rd party games agt the beggining but after that... I am feeling that nintendo have 2 developers right now it is not real it is not 2016 STAR FOX 3 hours game ugly graphics it is not real . I was very big nintendo supporter dont get me worng but I felt cheated. with all remakes not new games... zelda twilightg princess HD for example . nintendo are making remake for 60 dollars hm... it have to be 5 dollars for wii and 20 dollars for wii u ... because for wii it old game

Arg, just picked up the 3ds version of xenoblade chronicles a few days ago. May still grab the wii u eshop version.

@thepeterwright That's great! I don't know why its still priced so high over here

@nikolcho2 Open your eyes, Star Fox is much longer than 3 hours. I bet you're the type that stops playing Smash after beating classic and all-star mode once.

Nothing for me, but it's nice to see NA get XBC so that people don't have to hunt around Gamestop for it anymore.

Just the Free games for me.
It's nice that Xenoblade Chronicles is released on the WiiU VC, but I'm still waiting for a sale on the new 3ds version, at least in the $20 range.

check fallout 4 , witcher 3 they are costing 40 bucks ...

howlongtobeat.com you can check all length in every game .. before spending money
I am always check the story length

it is 4 hours long of course it may come up to 7 if you play slow if game is over and so on ...

If I had the money I would buy Xenoblade Chronicles in a heartbeat. Maybe I'll try the Mini Mario & Firends amiibo challenge game.

Xenoblade is a stunning game and one of my favorites of all time. I hope everyone that likes RPGs at all at least considers it. I'll be buying it a second time, as I played the N3DS version and would love to play it again on the television for a slightly better graphical experience when I can now do so cheaply.

What's the price on Etrain? I have been interested in it for a long while but haven't wanted to pay full price.

MY question is, do I get Xenoblade on 3DS or on VC now. I had plans to get it on 3DS and play it while on vacation over the summer. Any thoughts on this? Is it basically the same game no matter what?

I voted for Xenoblade Chronicles, but I won't be buying it right away. I'll snag it eventually, hopefully on sale (although Nintendo is always more stingy with sales than their competitors). Very happy that it's available for $20 at the most for whenever I'm ready. Maybe I'll treat myself if I ever get my backlog down under 100 games again (it's at 187 after the Humble Bundle, and it'll grow by at least 5 games on Tuesday when the May PS+ games release, more if I don't own the extra games they add the the bundle).

I thought the DLC was gonna be free

Hey guys explain me a thing. I have the Xenoblade Chronicles Wii disc, if I put the disc on the Wii U can I use the same functions as the downloaded version?

I'd really like to see more of these 5-10 full retain sales for these 3rd party devs. I literally would buy them if they were priced at that point.

I'm gonna get lost in lost reavers!

@Frank90 Yes, your save data is the same between all versions on your Wii U.

Really? No Super Punch-Out? Again with the lack of Europe's VC! Come on, Nintendo! You're not losing any supply by keeping your games away from us; you're losing sales and potential customers by screwing us over again.

@nikolcho2 ...Ok if you can't spell, fine...but spell check is a thing. So much of that was illegible.

XenoBlade! Finally a reason to turn on my Wiiu.

Bought an amiibo recently, so have the Mini Mario thing, but haven't played yet.

Also downloaded the Reavers demo, haven't played that yet either.

Can I buy more free time? Right now playing Star Fox Zero, Fire Emblem: Awakening (yes that one) and started Mighty Switch Force.

If I get anything this week, it will be the new Nintendo Humble Bundle.

Lost Reavers, Mini Mario and Humble Bundle for me.

@rdrunner1178

I'm waiting on other VC games I grew up with (I'm 33 so I'm old as well ). Waiting for Mario RPG, Mario Kart, Star Fox and Wave 64, Startropics 1 and 2 and Kirby Mass Attack.

@nikolcho2 Again as I said, you must be one of those who only plays classic mode and all star once with Smash and then never plays again. Star Fox is a franchise where you should be looking at how long it takes to get everything (all secret levels, all gold medals, all challenges completed, etc.). By your logic, Smash Wii U takes about 30 minutes to complete.

Was really hoping for more SNES on N3DS. Oh well. I always have too much to play anyway.

If that Star Fox theme had the animatronic/puppet characters along with music from the original game, I'd get it in a heartbeat, regardless of price, but it's not.

@Rafx Nice to see another Karnage fan.

@Grumblevolcano There's no point arguing with that guy. Some people just don't see the appeal/point of high-scoring games like rail shooters, pinball and SHMUPs, most likely because they're the type of people who toss a game once they're 'done' with it. They just don't replay games. Nothing you say will make them understand what makes them so fun.

It's sad that people today (not ALL people, but some) don't bother playing games purely for fun anymore. They just go by things such as 'price' and 'length.' To them, a 60+ hour game is 'good' and a 5 hour game is 'terrible,' and not every genre/game even benefits from long playthroughs. Length has no bearing on whether a game is good/worth it or not, people!

Looking to try Heist DLC. I had fun with the game, just hope the DLC has enough content.

Oh yeah, also will pick up a theme for the first time in forever. Really dig that Shovel Knight theme.

Ah, Xenoblade... such a good game. The only reason I'm not getting it right now is that I'm still playing Xenoblade X (+200 hours in, already finished it but can't stop playing it).

Looks like a fine week. SteamWorld Heaist DLC is welcome, Mini Mario looks like a harmless way to use my one Luigi amiibo, and I'd get Xenoblade if I weren't halfway through the 3DS version. And maybe I should check out Lost Reavers.

Another week with nothing for me to buy. Would love to have Animal Crossing: Wild World released. Europe seems to get all the VC games that I want here.

@foodmetaphors The eShop updates at 9AM PST/12 PM EST. Which is right about now.

I'm going to be the voice in the wilderness here, but Xenoblade Chronicles did nothing for me. I had high hopes, but it just got repetitive and boring really quickly. Gorgeous game, but it was all hollow wood to me.

Lost reavers is actually really fun dungeon crawler, albeit lil grindy. Definitely worth a download though

@LegendOfPokemon I completely agree... I had my hopes up all week looking forward to Super Punch-out today. Should have known better. It's the cherry on top of all the disappointment from yesterday.

@Pahvi Good point!!! I forgot about that! That should have been in the article!!!
Xenoblade Chronicles should have hit 90%+

Taking a look at the amiibo challenge and getting 3D classics retail. Did the Humble Bundle as well, worth it for SFIV alone (if you can spare 13,000 blocks on your SD card for it)

@dekuthered True, but at least we finally received Xenoblade Chronicles. I had even begun to give out hope. Now if we could just get a few more eShop titles that Europeans are already enjoying on the Wii U VC namely, Star Fox 64, Mario Party 2, Wave Race, and Mario Kart 64. You would think it would be pretty easy to make them available here now. Not to mention other games that were available on the Wii VC like F-Zero X and Cruisn' USA.

@Grumblevolcano That would be true, if Star Fox Zero had a multiplayer dogfight mode like Star Fox 64 did. Multiplayer is where I spend all my time in Smash. I bought Star Fox Zero and I love it, but I really wish it had that dogfight mode. Slap it on the internet and let me fight against my friends online.

@Nico07 I had been wanting Star Fox 64 (for the 4 player mode), but I'm already in love with the gyro aiming I'm not sure if I'd still like that game.

I snagged Sega 3D Classics Collection a few days ago. It's awesome, and the decals were a nice touch too. That, combined with the Humble Bundle made this week one of the best in a long while!

Nothing for me this week. The Deer God interests me, but not at that price. Xenoblade Chronicles is slightly tempting since I missed out on it originally, but it would be ages before I'd be able to play it.

It'd be great if they made Xenoblade Chronicles part of the Nintendo Selects range so that new physical copies could be made available, but I don't see it happening.

Probably would have gotten Xenoblade for Wii U if I didn't already have the N3DS version. Would have been better on the bigger screen. Still, I like the game and don't regret the purchase (though I still haven't beaten it...)

I think I'm going to pick up those Sega 3D classics. I really love the idea of 3D classics, because they give me a reason to relive these games I've played a zillion times before. I've been disappointed that Nintendo abandoned that concept some time ago. Sega has not only picked it up, but based on reviews and the one Sonic game I already have, they have done a better job with the concept than Nintendo did.

FWIW, I always play my 3DS handheld VC games in the quasi-3D proper resolution mode where you can see the "system" you are playing. Plus, I always play the Game Boy games with the weird green screen. That kind of stuff is a neat use of the 3D function.

Omg! Finally! Xenoblade! Thank you Nintendo!

I hope they fixed lost Reavers for this final release. the beta was a mess!

On 3DS, but only if you have a N3DS, and only if you have to have it portable. My disc works, and there is no substitution for playing it on the big screen.

Play as Melia, grind for an extra level and the game is easy to beat.

Deer god looks interesting. Unfortunately, all people seem to want here are old games.

Not much this week, but don't drop your guard

I'll ger Xenoblade and the free to play Mario game.
This week is certainly far better than previous weeks!

I'd recommend to everyone Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge. It's one of the most unique and well crafted Mario vs. Donkey Kong games in the series - and it's free! Well worth your time, provided you have at least half of the required amiibo.

Another crappy week from the idiots at NOA!! Good thing Sega in there but that will be a retail copy for me.
Otherwise boooo!!!!

Still waiting on five VC games Europe has that America strangely doesn't: Mario Kart 64, Star Fox 64, Wave Race 64, Super Mario 64 DS, and Mario Party 2. What's the hold up?

I got Sega 3D Classics on Tuesday. It was worth buying just for Power Drift.

I read The Deer God was plagued with bugs on other consoles. Wonder if they've all been worked out?

@Nico07 And now that the Wii U is at the end of it's life cycle, I wonder if they're going to even bother releasing any big titles on Wii U VC

@Pahvi I see. The only Wii game that I wanted but I did not get last generation was Metroid Prime Trilogy, because I already had the three games (1 and 2 for GameCube and 3 for Wii), and this one only supports Wii Remote.

@foodmetaphors Good you didn't since the Wii version is better.

Aw, dang, when I saw ASH under 3DS, I thought it was Archaic Sealed Heat. ^^;

I've got enough Amiibos to get the entire neighborhood to play, so Mini Mario & friends for me.

@dekuthered Well considering there isn't anything else known to be coming to the Wii U library, of any big consequence anyway (except Zelda in 2017), they might as well. Unsurprisingly we have heard that Nintendo is working on a number of unannounced projects, so we could get a surprise announcement of something like Super Mario Galaxy 3 for Wii U this November. But really at this point Nintendo shouldn't be holding anything back for Wii U, especially it's Virtual Console.

@Nico07 Yeah, it's so weird they don't want to make Wii U owners a bit happier with more Virtual Console releases. Because you know, we won't get any new games for Wii U/3DS. They don't even give us old games.

Xenoblade Chronicles!!! And it's playable on the gamepad!!!

Thank you thank you thank you Nintendo! Took long enough, but thank you!!!

[lays on the gas to 100+ mph to speed home]

@dekuthered Can't you get it on the Wii Virtual Console. Go into Wii mode, access the shop channel and get it there. The only real difference will be it's perhaps not quite as nice resolution wise and you'll need to go into Wii mode first to play it but those are very minor issues i'd have to think. BTW if you can find the 3DS version for a reasonable price i'd highly recommend it, it's an awesome remake.

@nikolcho2
Open eyes to what exactly? People know what's on other consoles, and most of us here also play on other consoles. And ya, Dark Souls 3 and Witcher 3 and all those games are fantastic. But a lot of the games on other consoles are meh. In fact a majority of them are meh. OR, maybe they're good but just not a genre you like. Basketball games, baseball games, football games, soccer games, racing SIM's, all that crap is shovelware to me. So it equals out.

I own a crap load of PS4 games. Probably as many as Wii U games now. But so what? That doesn't make Wii U games any less fun to play. Nintendo gets a lot fewer games but, I want to play around 1 of every 2 Nintendo games, whereas I only want to play 1 out of every 10 PS4 games.

My point is people know other consoles are great. And most play them. People play Nintendo because they like the games on the system. PS4 could get 1000 games a month, I'd still want to play my Nintendo games.

If you don't enjoy Nintendo that's cool. Don't buy any more of their systems. But it's a little brazen to come on a fan site and make a pitch to persuade others to not buy Nintendo products.

@Kevlar44 I've thought about that, but then I realize I dont have a classic controller to use for the Wii VC.

@VanillaLake Especially since the Wii U VC games released in Europe are the same games originally released in North America and not the PAL versions. So you would think it could be a simple copy/paste job for releasing these in North America considering Mario Kart 64 and Star Fox 64 were already released in Europe.

Why the heck are JuJu and Gadolt shown as PCs in the Xenoblade picture?

@Don Not even the free mini's game for the Wii U and 3DS

This reminds me I gotta get back into playing XC and XCX. Awesome that you can play XC on the game pad instead of using wii mote

@JaxonH well said. I usually play my PS4 for half the night and the Wii U for the other half. I have to disagree about racing Sims though, I've been playing through Project Cars and it's pretty freakin awesome! But hey each to their own

@King_Johobo
Right on. Ya that's just me- I do love Forza Horizons 2 though. That game is a masterpiece. Not really a SIM though. More like an arcade racer with SIM upgrade qualities for those that want to dig in deep.

Idk whats up with all the hate sometimes though. Just play games, have fun and enjoy what's on offer, while ignoring what doesn't interest you. I barely touch my Vita but 5 times a year, but I love it because when I do play it I always enjoy myself. Severed just released and is fantastic!

@JumpnShootMan VC. This game is meant to be played on the big screen.

Gee, took them long enough to put Xenoblade on the eShop lol

Anyone play Ash? It sounds interesting. Wondering if it's any good.

You better get ready, Monado Boy...

Now to wonder if I should sell off my Xenoblade disc to get this download version, if only for GamePad support (and cleaner visuals?).

@dekuthered no just 1 good game every year and 100 remakes

Lost reavers beta was fun, now to find out what's behind a paywall.

I think I'm still gonna get Xenoblade on here even though I JUST bought a New 3DS with Xenoblade 3D. It's not as enjoyable to play Xenoblade type games on handhelds unless you're on the go, then it's great. But playing it on a better resolution and bigger screen will make it a lot more of a pleasant experience.

Takes up quite a bit of space at 6GB, though!

@mikegamer Tell me about it! It's ridiculous!

so maybe nintendo does want my money after all. i guess this basically makes it unnecessary for me to buy a jailbroken wii, as xenoblade was the big rare game that was too expensive to buy used.

this gives me a little bit of naïve hope that they will at least have the decency to make this a monster year for older titles on wii u, including skyward, sunshine, gx.

but of course they will find a way to disappoint me.

@JaxonH I know right! People get so hung up on consoles not having "any games" but that's completely subjective to what games you're interested in, so if there aren't any games for you then find something that offers those that do interest you and be done with it. I haven't actually played any of the games in the Forza series but they're meant to be pretty fantastic.

I was actually looking at Vita's with a friend yesterday haha apparently they've got a crazy amount of JRPG's which is cool, so I might look into them. Is Severed made by the peeps who made Guacamelee? It looks pretty awesome! Enjoy!

Anybody know if you can tranfer your beta characters to the full game for Lost Reavers?

Since I'm broke this week, Mini Mario and Lost Reavers.

@Nico07 True. They would only need to copy paste them to the American VC. One of the things I don't like about Nintendo is that they release some games in Europe and not in America and vice versa.

seems like nintendolife forgot to mention that there are 2 new snes games out on european new 3ds eshop, super punch out and pilotwings

Even though I already have the 3ds version I'm definitely buying the Wii version after im done. This game definitely deserves another playthrough for me. For X.....that's another story