Nintendo downloads this week in America and Europe. The games go live at 9AM Pacific time on Thursdays.
Nintendo has now added new/classic games to the Wii Shop Channel, Nintendo DSi Shop and Nintendo 3DS eShop. Users with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points or Nintendo DSi Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel. Nintendo DSi Points can be purchased in the Nintendo DSi Shop. While the Nintendo eShop is a cash-based service, where virtual wallets are added to using a credit card or by purchasing a Nintendo 3DS Prepaid Card at a retail store and entering the code from the card. A Nintendo Points Card can be purchased at retail locations or Amazon.com.
American Nintendo Downloads
Nintendo 3DS eShop:
• VVVVVV ($7.99)
Description: Help Captain Viridian flip to find five crew members, 20 hard-to-reach Trinkets and save a dimension on the brink of destruction. It’s a space opera in the most unique scale with a style that only VVVVVV can bring to you. Instead of jumping, control the direction of gravity by inverting your gravity and allowing Captain Viridian to flip between the floors and ceilings of the environment. For adventurers who save the dimension, there’s still hours and hours of new gameplay with all-new Player Levels. Test your mettle and see if you have what it takes to beat a collection of levels created by other famous game developers. Inspired by classic 8-bit days gone-by and now with experience-heightening 3D, VVVVVV will challenge even the most battle-hardened old-school gamers. (For Nintendo 3DS)
• Bionic Commando (GameBoy, $3.99)
Description: Take control of the powerful bionic arm and infiltrate the Empire’s fortress. Rad Spencer is a member of FF Corps, an elite group of commandos who serve the Federation. The group is specially trained in the use of powerful wired grappling guns. When the Federation’s greatest soldier, Super Joe, is captured while infiltrating the enemy Doraize Army and investigating the development of a powerful super-weapon, Rad Spencer is sent in to save his missing comrade. Take control of Rad and his powerful bionic arm as you infiltrate the Doriaze Army’s heavily guarded fortress, navigate 19 levels, fight to save Super Joe and ultimately take down the enemy leader in this classic side-scrolling adventure. (For Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console)
Nintendo DSiWare & 3DS eShop:
• Cake Ninja (500 DSi Points / $4.99)
Description: Become a true Cake Ninja warrior. This casual game invites you to slide the stylus across the screen to slice cakes into small pieces like a true ninja warrior. It’s very easy to play. The more cakes you slice, the longer you stay around. The longer you survive, the higher your score. How long can you last? You can also challenge your friends to a multiplayer game and find out who’s the best player. (For Nintendo DSi & 3DS)
• Slingo Supreme (800 DSi Points / $7.99)
Description: Create more than 16,000 levels, discover unlimited Daily Challenges and beat the Devil in new mini-games. Slingo Supreme is the sequel to Slingo Deluxe, packed with even more Slingtastic fun. It features a new Supreme mode that lets you build more than 16,000 different Slingo games. It also offers an infinite supply of Daily Challenges, new Powerups (including Reel Nudge and Instant Slingos) and the long-awaited introduction of Devil Mini Games. Now you can finally take on that Devil and beat him at his own game. (For Nintendo DSi & 3DS)
Nintendo WiiWare:
• Carmen Sandiego Adventures in Math: The Big Ben Burglary (600 DSi Points / $5.99)
Description: Carmen Sandiego is back and only you can foil her V.I.L.E plans. Travel the globe, solve brain-twisting math puzzles, and catch the villain behind the Big Ben Burglary. Crack the case of the Big Ben Burglary in single-player Story Mode. Perfect your math skills in single-player Practice Mode. Challenge your friends and family to solve math puzzles against the clock in Multiplayer Mode. In Carmen Sandiego Adventures in Math, you practice your math skills and use them to fight crime. Ideal for grades 4–5, math topics include arithmetic, logic puzzles, fractions and much more!
European Nintendo Downloads
Nintendo 3DS eShop:
• Bionic Commando (GameBoy, £3.60 / €4)
Nintendo DSiWare & 3DS eShop:
• Antipole (500 DSi Points / £4.50 / €5)
• Flipper 2: Flush the Goldfish (500 DSi Points / £4.50 / €5)
Description: The boy has been kidnapped by an evil monster, there is no time to waste! Flush has to act quickly and rescue his best friend and owner. Luckily Flush has a super secret robot suit… which will make things easier!
Nintendo WiiWare:
• Gnomz Demo
Future Downloadable 3DS eShop Games & Software:
- January 5, 2012: 3D Classics: Kid Icarus (Nintendo, 3DSWare)
- January 5, 2012: Samurai Sword Destiny (UFO Interactive, 3DSWare)
- January 12, 2012: Make Up & Style (Cypronia, DSiWare)
- January 2012: Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword (Nintendo, 3DSWare)
- January 2012: Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword (Nintendo, 3DSWare)
- Q1 2012: Dillon’s Rolling Western (Nintendo, 3DS)
- 2012: Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (Nintendo, 3DS Game Boy Virtual Console)
- 2012: Mutant Mudds (Renegade Kid, 3DS)