Digital Download Thursdays
This week’s highlights for Nintendo’s eShop are Yo-Kai Watch and Toki Tori 3D for the 3DS and Electronic Super Joy and Rodea: The Sky Soldier (Nov. 10) for the Wii U. Although I have yet to try it, Electronic Super Joy looks especially fun with its abstract art style and catchy music. For a full list of games and sales, read on:
This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:
- Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS
- YO-KAI WATCH – The Japanese sensation is here! Hundreds of sometimes spooky, sometimes cute and usually mischievous Yo-kai secretly inhabit our world. From flaming feline Yo-kai to three-headed bosses, they’re hiding everywhere! In the YO-KAI WATCH game, discover these secret tricksters to battle and befriend them. Turn them into a team on your Yo-kai Watch and take down troublemaking Yo-kai to help people in need. You can even try before you buy with the free demo in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS.
- Nintendo eShop on Wii U
- Electronic Super Joy – Acclaimed by critics, adored for its style and praised for its spot-on platforming, the original Electronic Super Joy game is legendary. Now you can play it on the Wii U console! Run, jump, smash and fly your way through quirky levels, with low gravity, world rotation, giant monsters and swarming missiles. Click here to watch a trailer for the game.
- Virtual Console on Nintendo 3DS
- Stinger – Aliens from the planet Attackon have kidnapped Professor Einstein J. Cinnamon. They are scheming to zap his brain and steal his secret bio-nuclear sweetener formula – a formula they will use to turn the Earth into a big ball of cotton candy. In this wacky and wonderful NES shooter, soar into action in your Stinger jet fighter. Defeat the aliens and rescue the professor to save the world!
Nintendo eShop sales:
- Nintendo eShop on Wii U
- Nano Assault Neo is 25 percent off (reduced from $9.99 to $7.49) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 26.
- SDK Paint is 25 percent off (reduced from $3.99 to $2.99) starting at 9 a.m. PT on Nov. 6 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 13.
- Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS
- Siesta Fiesta is 75 percent off (reduced from $5.99 to $1.49) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 12.
- The Keep is more than 35 percent off (reduced from $12.99 to $7.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 18.
- Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker is 25 percent off (reduced from $39.99 to $29.99) starting at 9 a.m. PT on Nov. 9 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 23.
Also new this week:
- Rodea: The Sky Soldier (Nintendo eShop on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS) – Available Nov. 10
- The Peanuts Movie: Snoopy’s Grand Adventure (Nintendo eShop on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS)
- Toki Tori 3D (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)
- Battleminer – Demo Version (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)
Christmas Adventure of Rocket Penguin (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
Craig has been covering the video game industry since 1995. His work has been published across a wide spectrum of media sites. He’s currently the Editor-In-Chief of Nintendo Times and contributes to Gaming Age.
