Nintendo Download: 30th March (North America)

When I pressed nothing this week it will not take

Snake Pass!

Pikmin 2 is good to see but crazily priced.

Was hoping for more than one Neo Geo game.

@Pablo17 I was hoping for a SNES game on the new 3ds

Some reason it wont take my 'nothing for me this week' option when I choose.

@majinx07 me too also on anyone of them

Brave Dungeon is actually a "sequel" to the Legend of Dark Witch series. I mean, I'm not sure people care at this point, but there are returning characters from those games.

It's cool that they translated it anyway. I might get that or that weird city game.

It doesnt let me vote for snake pass. It says i didn't pick anything

The cube life make your own fps actually looks interesting. Might have to check it out

Does anybody know when the update goes live on the eShop?

Snake Pass is a little harder to control than I thought it would be. I even watched the video of Alex playing it, which is mainly the reason I ended up buying it, but I figure I'll get the hang of it eventually. It's gonna be another nice little diversion from Zelda.

Do yourself a favor and get Snake Pass. Wonderful game that deserves the praise it's getting. Awesome music by David Wise as usual.

I wish they would bring the Pikmin trilogy to Switch. It's good to see their old system still get some support, I guess, but I think their new system needs it even more.

As for Snake Pass - initial reviews don't seem great. I was super interested for it, but I think I'll wait until I get a chance to read some more reviews or play it somewhere else first. I don't mind difficult games, but I do mind difficult/frustrating controls, which seems to be a common complaint.

@derickw69 try changing the controls to the easy setting. It makes it so that you dont have to use zr to move forward. It made it a lot easier for me.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE If you're talking about online-offline stores then yes, I've seen Pikmin 2 command at least $30-50 bucks or more. I've been lucky to find this for 5 bucks at a Walmart!

@Captain_Toad I knew someone would mention this. That's irrelevant. Physical copies of Metroid Prime Trilogy regularly sells for much more. Should they charge €50 so? These games should be €10 and no more.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE I know, right? Only twenty bucks is a fantastic bargain.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE No it isn't.

Yay pikmin 2! This was my fav next to 3. But every one of these games just make you smile while killing bugs
Can't wait for 4...and even the 3ds one.

Didn't the game Has Been Heroes come out this week on the Switch as well?

Not a biggie but you guys left out Has Been Heroes retail and download 3/28/17

@majinx07 in North America it did on 3/28 Tuesday

Guys, guys, I think we're all missing the big thing here... RCMADIAX is back! Holy crap, Minesweeper, guys! Guys?

Tried to cast my vote for Snake Pass, but it won't let me. It says "Erm, you didn't an answer", which looks like a bug to me.

Not working. Computer says no.

@GeminiSaint I could copy your comment but yeah, same here.

@PanurgeJr It is pretty much irrelevant. You can't compare the price to an out of print physical copy to a modern digital re-release. I would say $20 is too much, though it is in line with their previous releases (Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime, etc...) so I'm not surprised.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE lol you really must not know anything about games lol but once again your wrong.$79 for the Wii version and $99 for GameCube​.as Nintendo is still giving us the Nintendo select price lol

Snake Pass. Voting system does not work. Downloaded it and it's a wonderful game. If you read negative reviews about this game it means the X reviewer didn't wake up with a smile today.

At this point Nintendo really should be going all hands on deck with the Switch instead of continuing to support the Wii U. I could understand wanting to continue with the 3Ds, but at least give us an ETA on the virtual console. There's so little to do on the Switch right now! lol

@SLIGEACH_EIRE lol biggest troll you are lol instead of complaining about the price don't buy it lol

@roadrunner343 https://www.pricecharting.com/game/wii/pikmin-2-nintendo-selects

@NandN3ds I guess I'm not sure what point you are trying to make? Your link shows that the price has been steadily going up - yes. But my point was that the price of an out of print physical copy of a game - which has extra value to collectors - isn't really relevant when discussing what the price of a new digital release would be. We wouldn't say Metal Slug series is a steal at $100 for Nintendo Switch, just because the AES carts cost thousands of dollars.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE If you knew about the prices online and complain that it's overpriced on another store then it shouldn't be brought up as such.

Someone like me might bring this point up.

Can't wait for the RCMADIAX Compendium of games to get a physical release on Switch. These games are an international treasure and need to be preserved for future generations.

Yikes. Was expecting a little more than that for Switch. Nintendo needs to step it up. I realize it has only been a month, but seems like a trickle. Especially with no Virtual Console yet. I have Breath of the Wild, Bomberman, Blaster Master, Neo Turf Masters, Metal Slug 3, Nam 1975, World Heroes '98, I Am Setsuna. But seems like we could be getting a little more by now.

It's really starting to bum me out that Europe gets the download notices so late, how come we even get it after the US? I want them back on monday.

@andrew20 That's because Pikmin 2 is available and the server knows that you can't be serious about 'Nothing' this week.

Getting Brave Dungeon, but for some reason it won't let me pick it on the poll

I was going to buy Snake Passss but the pole won't let me. I guess I will get it next week

@uncha1n3d Don't throw the Wii U (or us Wii U owners) under the bus just because you rushed out and bought a system with very little to play. You aren't even asking for support for both, you are asking for Wii U to be abandoned and that's not cool.

Oh, baby. If Brave Dungeon is as good as the trailers appear to be, then that'll be my jam for quite a while. DARK WITCH LIFE.

@Slim1999 lol biggest troll you are lol instead of complaining about my post, ignore it lol

See what I did there?

Keep getting the messege"Erm, you didn't an answer".

Snake Pass shall be on my Switch by tomorrow

Already purchased Snake Pass. Really enjoying it so far, it's really different.

@super08mario thanks for the tip. I tried that but ended up going back to the default control settings. I found out that the only times I'm really having a hard time controlling Noodle is when I'm trying to get those hard to reach and hard to find coins.

Oh score! I was hoping we'd get Pikmin 2 before they forgot about the Wii U. Been keeping my eye out for it ever since Europe got it.

Snake Pass looks great but the price is a bit steep for a game with only 15 fairly short levels. I'll probably wait for a sale.

@majinx07 @joey302 Yeah for some reason Has Been Heroes was on last week's download list while Snake Pass is on this week's.

Also missing from the list is Lego City Undercover, which comes out on Tuesday. It'll probably be on next week's list lol.

@Crono1973 The fact is, the Wii U is a dead console. Nintendo said it themselves. They need to instill confidence in their customers by ensuring they are sending all their development teams to develop for the Switch, especially in it's current state where there really isn't much to play. Part of the reason the Wii U generation was so poor is because you had to wait like, 4 months between every major release.

Speaking of dead consoles, don't forget that tomorrow is the last day you can buy anything on the DSi Shop, if you happen to still have any unspent points languishing there. You haven't been able to add points since last September.

@uncha1n3d The games coming out now were being worked on before the Switch came out and I must say, it also looks bad to see Nintendo drop a console like a bad habit. I guess I am trying to understand why you rushed out and bought a console with a small library that you clearly aren't happy with?

@rdrunner1178
You speak as if to say adding the Virtual Console would remedy the "trickle" of content.

When really, we'd only be adding another trickle.

@mjnmixael Yeah and some people are complaining about Wii U still getting games at all. It's like they are jealous looking at the their Switch library. 'Wah, those Wii U owners have all the good games and we've got little more than a Wii U port with more Wii U ports on the way. Wah! Nintendo stop giving Wii U games you meanies!'

I am still working on Breath of the Wild. I will be Shovel Knight Treasure Trove when I get done with Zelda.

Snake Pass does look interesting though =)

@SmaMan
Yeah. I'm dreading when VC finally does drop and we have to pay an upgrade fee to re-download and we get the games 1-2 per week. At least I kept my Wii U since I have 300 VC and eshop/Wiiware games between it and what was transferred from the Wii VC. Oh well!

Maybe one day Pocket Rumble will come out...

I tried to vote Pikmin 2 but the poll isn't working.
Anyway... I'm super happy Pikmin 2 finally made it. Having such a complete collection of Metroid and Pikmin makes WiiU easily one of my favorite systems.

I already downloaded Snake Pass the other day and I honestly don't enjoy it at all.

Got Snake Pass. It's a nice one ...Not fantastic, but still fun.

Wish I was interested in Pikmin 2, but I've barely played Pikmin 3 since getting it free with Mario Kart 8 (still can't abbreviate it "MK" as that goes with entirely different series to me- think: the current MK X and MK XL).

I've added Snake Pass to my Steam wishlist for its eventual sale.

Pikmin 2 is the only one that I didn't find fun.

I am seriously considering getting Snake Pass. If I wasn't still playing Zelda it would be a no brainer (I can't really handle more than 1 single player game at a time and I've learned that if I just let them pile up then I never get to enjoy most of them)

If I were Nintendo I'd fire most of the employees in the virtual console department. 2 weeks just to announce 1 first party game?! On WiiU?! That is just ridiculous. How about supporting the 3ds like they claimed they would. More Gameboy, NES, TG16, Gamegear, SNES etc. Konami, Capcom and Natsume seem like they want to continue support so where is Castlevania Legends, Little Nemo Dream Master and Return of the Ninja?

@marnelljm You mean David Genius.

I can't vote for some reason but Snake Pass and Metal Slug!!

@IceClimbers Lego city is a good one if you haven't played it yet check it out!

I love my switch, but these releases are sooo underwhelming. Patiently waiting for pocket rumble. Maybe april will bring in a plethora of new games.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE It would be refreshing if you'd come in here with a more positive attitude...

Snake Pass is apparently sub-HD when undocked. Also, messed up rumbling. I'll pass.

Nothing for me this week. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe can't come soon enough.

@andrew20 I'm thinking that ship has sailed. Nintendo hasn't updated 3DS VC since Dec.

Not gonna bother with anything this week. Probably won't buy anything until Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, to be honest.

Wait. Wait. Wait. Where's that fighting game that was coming out? The Game Boy Color SNK looking one? I forget the name. Haha. Wasn't that supposed to come out in March? Did I miss something?

@SLIGEACH_EIRE if you would actually be interested in the game then it would definitely not be irrelevant to you that can buy pikmin 2 for $20 now instead of $50.

@Crono1973 Uh, don't include me in that weirdly targeted anger...speech... or whatever that was. Are you actually trying to make fun of Switch owners and/or a brand new system's library compared to an end-of-life system? I.. er.. yeah. No, I'm happy that both systems are still getting games... and I love my "Wii U port" of BOTW on Switch and will gladly buy the port of MK8 as well, too.

Got Metal Slug from the Japanese eShop yesterday and already beat it. With the price being slightly cheaper there and the games coming out earlier, I barely even bother shopping in my local eShop.

I still have my physical copy of Pikmin 2, but I'm glad others now have the chance to buy it at not-quite-inflated prices!

@SuperTeeter64 The game's name is Pocket Rumble, delayed for seemly unknown reasons. (Supposedly to even out the launch schedule?)

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/03/pocket_rumble_misses_march_launch_window_devs_unable_to_comment_on_release_date

@mjnmixael Not including you but yes, making fun of people who want the Wii U to completely stop getting releases because they ran out and bought a system with a smaller library than they were prepared to live with and are now bitter (or jealous). Besides, due to backward compatibility I suspect the Wii U will always have a larger library.

You buy whatever ports you want fella but they are ports and they are full priced ports at that. If you bought MK8 on Wii U and you are still willing to pay $60 for it again, more power to you.

Why did it take them so damned long to get Pikmin 2 on Wii U? This is the most exciting thing to happen to Wii U in months, why the heck did they wait until after the Switch came out to do this?

@Priceless_Spork LOL

The only game on that list I am seriously interested in is Snake Pass. I won't be getting it right away but it is well worth my tine and money.

Oh my! A Wii U Virtual Console game developed by Nintendo! Looks like they're not completely done, meaning Smash 64 could potentially happen!

@majinx07 I was going to point that out too. Missing Has-Been Heroes on the list.

Snake Pass digital, H-BH physical for me. Enjoying both along side Zelda. Blaster Master will have to wait. RMX will still get some play.

@Ralizah The rumble thing is an issue to a degree, they're patching it. It's not as bad as the article sounds but it does dip into the "high frequency" rumble a little hard when you grab an orb. It's not as distracting as the reports make it seem, IMO, but still good they're patching it in a few days supposedly.

The "sub-HD" thing isn't a big deal. It looks great on the handheld screen. Slightly "soft" in places but it's doing huge FSAA which contributes to that and there's not a jaggy in sight. If we weren't reading DF reports we'd never know it's "sub-HD". I bought it exclusively for handheld play and I'm not disappointed with how it looks or plays.

Ran into an annoying bug in Snake Pass I wanted to let people know about. In the level called Searing Shrine in world 3, there is a puzzle area near the yellow keystone where part of the solution is to lower a lever to release a boulder down a slide. For me it did not work, I depressed the lever and the ball never moved. I restarted the level and tried it again and it worked like it was supposed to. Just a heads up, you may want to focus on doing that section of the level first to make sure you don't have that problem. For me it was literally the last thing I had to do in the level so I lost all my progress.

@ThomasBW84 Forgot to tag you earlier: Has-Been Heroes is missing from the poll. No love for that one here at NL it seems, but it's a thing regardless

I will be getting Snake Pass on Xbox, because it is a play Anywhere Title. Get it on both Xbox One and PC.

@NEStalgia People are saying the patch is already out. If nothing else, it's nice to see the biggest issue with this game was quickly patched.

@Priceless_Spork What about Sliggy's belief that owning a Wii U is like being the victim of domestic violence? Can we call him out on that? And don't bother looking to the mods; they let white nationalism run rampant in the comments on a Playtonic/JonTron article.

@Ralizah Oh, nice! I didn't restart the game since yesterday, I'll give it a restart tonight and see if the patch is there.

I might try the Mercenaries Saga 3 Demo. Gotta check on the Home Themes.

@Amsterdamsters He does apparently, but then you guys dog him for being positive, instead of being negative.

@Captain_Toad - Ah. I did miss this. Thanks. That's a big dumb let down... : /

Come on, Virtual Console. You're cordially invited.

So it would seem the VC isn't dead,but possibly being halted in favor of the Switch.While its nice getting a Wii for the VC game every now and then I would prefer more N64 classics.

I will wat till the cubelife game gets ported to the switch like the original is.

By the way, just FYI, the poll seems to be working again. Vote away!

I already downloaded Snake Pass and love it! There is a learning curve to the controls but it really deserves a try. Most different gameplay I've seen in a while.

@daveh30 I know...I would love to a RCMADIAX compilation in my physical collection. Hope he's listening...

@ThomasBW84 Ahh I think I knew that at one point in time...

It released same day as Snake Pass so it was kind of confusing!

@OmegaBlacky Chances are that the games to be released are already decided and in a queue. I doubt anyone is actively starting new VC projects for the Wii U.

Will be getting Snake Pass as soon as I get my Switch next week. 😎

Although it'll have to wait for a while, I'm gonna get Pikmin 2 eventually.

*impatiently waits for Lent to end so he can spend money on Brave Dungeon (and Blaster Master Zero, and other things), we are getting a Brave Dungeon review I hope

@BlueKnight07 @daveh30 A physical collection of RCCAPSLOCK games would actually be a very good thing...if it bankrupted the studio and got him out of development.

@PanurgeJr Calling what he does "development" is being very generous, but I know what you mean

Wow...what is going on with the 3DS virtual console? Barely any super NES titles and the NES titles have even stopped, and there are plenty of great original Gameboy games that they could add too. Also, is anyone else surprised that Stardew Valley never came to the 3DS...would be a great game to have on it with the touchscreen controls!!!! Love it on PS4, and planning on purchasing it retail on PS4...and re-purchasing it on Switch (once I finally get a Switch that is).

Not keen on anything this week.

Say no to forum trolls. Stop feeding them and they will get bored and hopefully move away to haunt some sony forum or something.

I Dled SubaraCity on my Ipad to try it out and it's pretty fun, and hard. I may get it on 3DS.

@Donutman i love pikmin too!! I won't buy a switch until they announce pikmin 4😉 .Fingers crossed for e3 eh!?!
Just bought a n3dsxl so i can play the new pikmin game when it's out😂😂

Snakes Pass looks great. Really innovative control scheme. Not sure I will have time to pick it up with Persona 5 and Yooka Laylee on the horizon. Maybe later : )

I wish Snake Pass and Has Been Heroes had demos. I'm on the fence on both and I guess I'll just wait. I have plenty to play elsewhere with Horizon, ME, and Persona 5