Nintendo Download: 9th February (North America)

Nothing for me this week...unless there's a random Atlus sale. We haven't had one of those in a while.

Was really hoping for Ogre battle 64 on Wii U. The more N64 games the better!

nothing for me since I haven't gotten Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World yet and I plan to get it through Amazon tomorrow

Hunting down Mario vs DK on GBA with the SP limited edition. Collecting rules...

@olrodlegacy My childhood copy of Mario vs DK has been lost for a decade, but I still have the box and manual! I had been thinking I wanted to rebuy the cart, but Mini Mario & Friends Amiibo Whatsit really fills the void nicely. If you already happen to own the $100+ worth of the figures... >.>

Plantera actually looks a bit interesting and cross buy is always nice so am probably gonna pick it up.

@olrodlegacy true. It's nice when old games go up in value

Anyone else got reminded of the Terraria boss when they saw the title Plantera?

No Ogre Battle 64 sucks.

I'm playing through Yoshis Woolly World until Zelda releases so I'm not bothered by this week's offerings.

The collector in me wants to download Mario Vs. Donkey Kong, but the practical side of me realizes I'll likely just be buying it again for Switch, so I'll abstain.

Why are they ignoring 3ds VC?

Hard for me to download stuff with Switch on the way. I wish Nintendo would go ahead and say what will carry over.

The eshop is so sad now......

"Parascientific Escape: Gear Detective: A follow-up to a bit of a surprise gem from 2016,

Did someone say gem?

this seems likely to also incorporate a blend of escape room-style gameplay with a sense of adventure.

Augh, not a fan of the escape room games from my newgrounds flash games days...... But it did say gem...... (Takes out wallet.)

Can't be buying games. I've got to rush through as much of my Wii U and 3DS back catalogs before I buy Switch, Zelda, Bomberman and Snipper Clips

plantera has great reception on steam. great to see it.

The upside of having download weeks be this bad is that it allows for more money to be saved for the Switch and accessories.

@GameOtaku

Great question, and it's the biggest thorn in my side right now! To support the Wii U VC while leaving the 3DS/N3DS VC to rot would be like Sony neglecting the PS4 to throw their support behind the Vita. It's backwards, and it makes no sense. The Wii U, great of a system as it really was, is a sunken ship and VC support won't turn that around considering that they have ceased production. There is no reason for them not to throw 3DS owners a bone, but this is typical of them.

Is this any indication of what the Switch is going to be like because, honestly, I'm getting a bit annoyed with the drip feed approach.

@Kenology
Yes. That is incredibly disappointing! I was going to go straight to the eshop and download Ogre Battle 64, but I thought I would come here and check to see what was new first. Yuck!

I love collecting 3DS Download Video so I will get that Azure Strike anime

Haven't pick my 3DS up since the Switch presentation, no good sale to make me come back.

To me, the best thing about this week is that my Xbox-bizarro-me-friend actually got the less-than-15€ version of A Link Between Worlds.
He's in for a treat, what do you think, guys?

@BlueKnight07 Nothing will, they are cutting all ties with the Wii line. This is something they would have talked about by now if they were carrying VC over.

@BanjoPickles You can ask for more 3DS support without throwing the Wii U under the bus. They may be out of production but they still have plenty of them warehoused I imagine and they will be selling them eventually even if only online.

Why don't they just discount Picross 3D: Round 2 already? I would buy that immediately!

There really needs to be a Switch direct at this point, to detail the rest of the features. i.e. online plans, VC, Voice Chat.

@Crono1973

No, I agree. That's actually what I'm saying, only reversed. Nintendo could easily support the Wii U VC without throwing the 3DS/N3DS under the bus. They can do both, I'm sure.

Don't get me wrong, I love the Wii U, but why would it be receiving more support than the system that has shifted four times as many units? It just doesn't make much sense to me.

i am not excited for the gunvolt OVA to focus on questionable anime harem hijinks instead of things getting electrocuted and exploding which is what it should be

Mario vs Donkey Kong is tempting, but my Wii U has become glitchy lately (not recognizing devices plugged into the front port, locking up, and gamepad glitches). Makes me nervous dumping additional cash into it. I just hope it hangs on long enough to get me through Breath of the Wild since I have no plans to "Switch" anytime soon.

@Crono1973 I share the concern but Hope you're wrong...definitely not paying full price to rebuild vc library.

@Crono1973 I share the concern but Hope you're wrong...definitely not paying full price to rebuild vc library.

@BlueKnight07 At worst hopefully VC on Switch is a small $1 to $2 fee. At best VC purchases going forward would be cross platform, so when you buy Mario Kart 64 on the Wii or Wii U it's yours on the Switch. I've already spent $10 on MK64 on the Wii and then $2 to upgrade for Wii U, I really don't want to spend another $2 or more for the Switch version. And that's just one game. I currently have 35 VC titles on my Wii U (30 on 3DS) and wouldn't care to keep buying them when I already even have original carts for many of them. But the convenience of mobile play for these games is appealing so cross platform purchases based on user profile would be nice.

Part of me wants to buy that Gunvolt anime. But I know the wiser choice would be to simply wait for it to pop up on youtube or something.

GUNVOLT!!

Boulder Dash-XL 3D! I almost forgot of its existence, until I went through my "Wish List" last week, on the e-Shop about to get Pac-Land.

Highly recommend Mario vs DK if you don't already own it.

Eh on the rest unless we get a surprisingly good review.

Wished the Gunvolt anime had a Wii U download, so I can watch it in HD.

Picked up the Gunvolt anime.

Is that anime at least an hour? More importantly, Is it good? Gonna' pick up the last first-party GBA game, because I love GBA VC on Wii U!

@Riderkicker that's the plan, and if it's good (or even passable, really) I'll give them more of my money to encourage more of it. If it's wacky harem antics I don't want (at least in this scenario, I'm always up for terrible harem anime from other places), I'm not gonna feel super guilty about it

@BanjoPickles @GameOtaku

One of the things I am most looking forward to with the Switch is no longer having to sit on the fence about which console to buy a VC/indy game for, or whenever one gets release, going, "BUT I'D RATHER PLAY THIS ON THE GO ON 3DS! BUT I'D RATHER PLAY THAT ONE ON MY BIG SCREEN TV ON MY WII U! WHY ARE YOU RELEASING THIS GAME ON N3DS WHEN I CAN GET IT ON WII U!? WHY ISN'T THIS GAME ON 3DS VC YET, WHO CARES ABOUT WII U?"

Just the idea of all my future purchases on a single console that I can choose to take with me or play on a big screen is reason alone for me to buy a Switch.

I will pick up parascientific after I finish Dragon Quest VIII. The first Parascientific was really good. Much better than that Cold Case game which lasted a whole 20 minutes.

@leo13
Ha, I'm in the exact same boat-- the race before the Switch! My Wii U backlog still has Devil's Third (I know the multiplayer is gone but I still want to play the core game so I can have my own opinion), Shantae: 1/2 Genie Hero, and Earthbound Beginnings. Then... there's the 3DS backlog sadly: FEF: Conquest and Revelation will have to wait until later as I'm plowing through Ch 16 of Birthright now, PW: SoJ, Chase: Cold Case Investigations, and Zero Time Dilhemma. I want Wii U backlog dead before Switch, and I will have to work through my 3DS backlog during the Switch this year. Sadly, it won't help with FE Echoes coming for 3DS either
The never ending gamer life

@burninmylight
Sounds more like they are just being lazy. 1 VC game on WiiU took them a week and a half to put out?!

@BanjoPickles
The vita is a great handheld, in my personal opinion it's better than the 3ds. But it suffers from sonys marketing department not doing its job just like the 3ds is suffering from its VC department!

WTH is the anime on 3DS, not the HD Wii U?!

I think it's telling when an anime seems like the most appealing addition to the eShop update...

Au revoir, eShop. You had a good run. And a terrible, terrible layout and search functions.

Mario vs DK is phenomenal. Best platformer on the GBA, imo.
That said, I dunno if I have it in me to get 100% completion again. It's quite a challenge. Would be nice to have on the big screen though.

I feel "Gameboy Donkey Kong 1994" was better honestly, (Mario VS DK didn't have as much variety in it's environments, enemies, and puzzles, and relied on the red/yellow/blue switches too much) but nice to see a new GBA game on VC. Maybe the Sonic Advance trilogy does have a chance of making it outside of Japan.

It's been over a month since we got a new VC game on 3DS...

Oh finally they actually put up the REAL Mario vs Donkey Kong on Virtual Console. Not that Mini Mario toys thing that's gotten really old and not interesting anymore.

@sketchturner It's quite a challenge just to beat the game.

@Beau_Skunk: I kinda agree about MVsDK, compared to DK'94.

MVsDK is very good, much better than its successors.

@GameOtaku

Don't get me wrong, I personally love my Vita! It's a great, vastly-underrated handheld. However, it wouldn't make much business sense for Sony to prioritize it over the PS4. Nintendo seems to have placed a certain, misguided priority on the Wii U over the 3DS. They did an admirable job of building a library of games, in place of third parties, but they also essentially left the 3DS in the cold in the interim.

Virtual Console may not be huge business, but it does mean something to many of those who invested in the hardware. If Nintendo has no plans on releasing anything more for 3DS/N3DS, it'd be nice if they would just come right out and say it.

I really shouldn't complain about it too much, because all that is missing on N3DS, in regards to SNES support, are the Squaresoft games, Gradius 3, games that would never make it to the hardware anyway (Starfox, Yoshi's Island), games by companies that no longer exist, and IP that doesn't belong to the original developer anymore (Prince of Persia).

I despise those Mario vs Donkey games lol

@MeloMan fur me, I am half way through Xenoblade X and I really want to finish it plus I want to finish Twilight Princess and Pikmin 3. On 3DS I'd like to get a little more time in with Monster Hunter 4, and I'd like to finish Fire Emblem Fates Conquest and play Revelations. Obviously there's no way on earth I can accomplish all that in 3 weeks unless I quit working 60 hours/week. I took March 3rd and 4th off of work but I know I'll only play Breath of the Wild those 2 days so there's no sense fooling myself into thinking I'll spend some time going back to Wii U or 3DS on those 2 days.

Nothing again, it's to the point where I almost forget about these days completely.

@OdnetninAges does the anime has 3D?

@Dawn-Shade

There is no 3D.

@Darknyht call Nintendo about repair. They are excellent at repair ( swapping with a refurbished one)

Huh. Coulda' sworn Mario Vs. DK was already on there, but I guess not...

Good news the Gunvolt OVA is legit (if not the highest quality), first half is a retelling of the intro level before things get changed up so people can meet more characters in a shorter period of time. No wacky anime harem antics that the second game went overboard with. This is all GV1 here.

Spoilers: You don't get to meet Zonda, which may be a pro or a con depending on your feelings for Zonda (which you have, do not deny them)

Not like a 10/10 or anything but I purchased it to show my appreciation for the franchise. I hope there's more down the line.

You guys only just got Mario Vs DK GBA? You'd think being one of the 3DS ambassador games it be added sooner.....

@Lizuka I mean, you can still get it on wii virtual console

I'm happy they're still providing games for Wii U owners, like myself, but really I'm just saving up so that I can get the Switch.

@Nico07 I hope that's what happens.

@ap0001 Before I decide to buy the EU version (probably next week?) of this OAV, is the US release coming with the original audio track?

@Rei NA version has english dub and japanese audio with english sub (only have to buy it once to get both), not sure what EU version will have