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Gah, left my Wii U at uni and won't be able to take advantage of the Legend of Kay discount in time. This is why Nintendo need an online storefront like its competitors have had for years.

Have to say, I'm impressed! £25 eShop card should cover me for Runbow, Sin & Punishment, both StarTropics games and a Gunman Clive double dip.

@Spideron Just a typo, the price is £9.34.

@EllenJMiller I'm not optimistic about that. This one seems a lot more tied to CN than the Animal Crossing one did.

eBay it is!

This wasn't on the list of forthcoming gifts, right? I'm annoyed.

Taking this with a pinch of salt, and if it's true then I"m disappointed as there were much more deserving choices. (And that's coming from the guy with the Shovel Knight icon!)

Also quite disappointed in NL for reporting on this... no actual source and even if it was true, it's a bit irritating to have "Shovel Knight" immediately in the headline. Some people prefer not to have the surprise ruined.

£50 for Devil's Third? WOW.

Erm... why? Seems like a really pointless port.

@TwilightAngel The general release pattern for a Nintendo console is for it to be revealed briefly at one E3, announced formally at the following E3, and released shortly afterwards. If the NX follows that pattern (and it likely will), that would mean we wouldn't be getting any Nintendo games until the end of 2017.

Of course Nintendo will still be releasing on the Wii U.

Really like the look of it. My only issue is that the pre-made levels in the book give you codes to watch videos to teach how you to make them - surely it would be easier to just give us the levels themselves?

@Webby-sama But that's really not the issue here. The problem is that this happens every time there's a major release on the eShop. It shouldn't take two and a half hours to download DLC.

This is bordering on ridiculous now. Nintendo really will never learn, will they?

...seriously?

@Artwark Nintendo can get games like GTA already - the DS even got an exclusive one (at the time). They get the same age ratings as any other console.

It's developers who don't want to bring GTA to Nintendo consoles because they don't think it will sell.

I'm glad they're supporting Wii U but this is really, really disappointing.

@Grafeaux In my defence, you never mentioned in that comment that you had a family of 5...

But anyway, that's really sweet! It's adorable to see entire families who play video games together. And once the update is released in August, you'll be able to form a team together!

@Grafeaux In what universe are you getting a good deal there? You do realise you can only play with one copy of Splatoon at a time, right?

amiibo hunters really have gone too far this time.

In all seriousness, I hope the driver of the lorry is okay. I'm sticking with the normal edition of the game they offered me as the £10 I save on that can hopefully be used if they restock the amiibo 3-pack (and I don't see why they wouldn't, given the marketing push they're giving this game). At least I still get a cool hat!

These are still released separately on the VC, right? I'm in the UK so haven't been able to check on the eShop, but everywhere I've seen has them on the same listing.

Got my Dr. Mario amiibo! I'm pretty sure he acts as a regular Mario amiibo in other games and seeing as I don't have a Mario one yet, it'd be nice to have a fairly unique one. (Even better if he turns out to be rare!)

Oh my LORD, I need that Toad lamp. Hopefully I can still afford it.

I'll be picking up Paper Mario seeing as I"ve had it on Wii VC for ages and still never played it past the first chapter.

Great to see Epic Yarn hitting the eShop too! One of the Wii's gems.

According to Miiverse, the American title is "Stretchmo". I assume it'll be Stretchblox in Europe.

This is a terrible idea. Imagine if Pokemon were locked away to only the top 10k players in the regular series games.

This game started out so well but it's slowly turning into more and more of a money-grab, with the near-impossible added levels and stuff like this.

Garfield Kart doesn't look half bad, actually.

WE SHOULD HAVE LISTENED

@rdrunner1178 @sketchturner NintenDaan has been playing it recently and has said he's quite underwhelmed. The footage for the 3DS version in particular is pretty underwhelming as the framerate is abhorrent.

I'm still really looking forward to trying the Wii U version. Hopefully we get a demo over here.

Just in time for my birthday!

Sadly I'm hearing... not good things about it

@Quorthon I think you'll find what I'm "basically saying" is that I'm a student and don't have a massive disposable income to spend on games as and when they come out. I try my best to keep up with new releases but smaller ones such as this aren't a massive priority for me.

@JLPick PS4 and PC too, as far as I can tell.

This looks pretty solid and I'll probably get it after another inevitable price drop.

@Espy I wasn't aware your Wii showed HD visuals? That's pretty cool.

Good.

I think action needs to be taken with retailers too, who need to make parents aware of exactly the content they're letting their kids access. Too often I'll see a mother buy her 8-year-old son a copy of GTA V and clearly have no idea exactly what's on the disc. It's irresponsible and parents need educating.

Disappointed but not surprised. Serves Natsume right for getting greedy with the IP.

I'm willing to wait a little longer if it means it'll be as well-polished as Dig was. Turn-based strategy isn't really my thing anyway.

Super excited for this to come to Europe. The first Battle Network on VC was my first exposure to the Mega Man series and it turned me into a serious fan.

Comes to something when developers don't even want to release shovelware on the Wii U

It's not part of the cartoon. The YouTube uploader added it in.

@earthboundlink In that case, there's the discount you'd then get for the Wii U version. You'll be saving more money that way than you would have with the throwback sale.

Still nothing for me. Feeling pretty put out by Nintendo right now.

@Scary_Old_Lady I think that's used when the game is not available in other European languages.

To what extent has the Toon Link functionality been confirmed? It appears to be mentioned on the Japanese amiibo site but not the UK one.

@KeeperBvK The third and fourth waves in Europe are one big third wave in America, I think.

"bit.ly/HYAARRGH" Game's pricing and website may be awful, but their sense of humour is up there.

I was going to get Captain Toad shortly after Christmas, but now I want all the GBA games, Child of Light, and Duck Hunt - which adds up to £26.25!

Hopefully there are sales on eShop cards on Boxing Day.

@AugustusOxy Well, I at least laughed. And anyway, that's hardly the sole opinion of Nintendo Life - the game's been absolutely ripped to shreds everywhere.

I'll be getting Pit, simply because I've been waiting for some kind of Kid Icarus merch. From Wave 2 I'll be getting Toon Link as he's one of my Smash mains and unlocks stuff in MK8 and Hyrule Warriors, and then hopefully later I'll get Bowser Jr. and Dark Pit, my other mains.

Although really I'm crying out for a Roy Koopa amiibo.

I've wanted this since the trailer. Praying for a Western release.

Hopefully there'll be other ways to get it. I live in a big city so hopefully this won't be too hard for me, but for others it's terrible.

What about that leaked Shovel Knight release date? I'll hold out hope for a surprise date announcement

I'd really like that Cat Mario theme. It's really cute and quirky (and especially if it's free).

Ringtones? What an awful reward for Europe. Most people know how to make their own, and the rest are smart enough to google how.