Nintendo Download: Once Upon A Block

Perhaps the biggest story this week is not what’s up for download, but what’s missing: Wii U digital content. For the first time we can remember, not a single Wii U game is releasing on the eShop this week. No Virtual Console and no small Indie titles. Perhaps this marks the last breath of the Wii U? We’re kind of surprised it took this long!

All of this week’s releases are below:

This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:

• Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch
  • Minecraft: Story Mode – The Complete Adventure – Embark on a perilous quest across the Overworld, to the End and beyond. With a team of friends at your side, and a troubled land in need of heroes, your decisions – what you say and do – drive the story around you, so choose wisely! The Minecraft: Story Mode – The Complete Adventuregame includes all five episodes of Season One and all three episodes of the Adventure Pass. The game will be available on Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch on Aug. 22.

Nintendo eShop sales:

• Nintendo eShop on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS
  • Great deals this week! Check out the full list of deals on Nintendo 3DS and Wii U available this week at http://www.nintendo.com/games/sales-and-deals.

Activities:

• My Nintendo Rewards – The Flip Wars game for the Nintendo Switch console is now available. This tense multiplayer action game will have you stomping to flip over panels – and unwitting opponents! To win, flip the most panels to your color in local battles, online* or single-player. To celebrate the launch, we’re featuring My Nintendo rewards for players who love a good virtual battle.
  • Redeem your points for 30 percent off:
    • Tank Troopers (Nintendo 3DS): Choose a tank, pick troopers and battle your friends via local wireless**. Each trooper has a special ability, from electric shocks to healing. Deploy them tactically to win 30+ custom tanks with unique stats. Battle with bombs, on teams or in a free-for-all – but always fight! Fight! FIGHT!
    • The Wonderful 101 (Wii U): Developed by Platinum Games, play as Wonder Red, leader of the Wonderful 100. Unite your band of Wonderful Ones to morph into powerful transformations such as a fist, sword, glider and gun to battle invaders throughout Blossom City and across the world. The Wonderful 100 – and YOU – are the city’s best weapon.
  • You can also pick up the Smash Controller application on the Nintendo 3DS system for just 10 Gold Points. This application lets you use your Nintendo 3DS family system as a controller when playing the Super Smash Bros. for Wii U game – even without owning the Nintendo 3DS version of the game.
  • Plus, you can redeem points for Flip Wars and Tank Trooperswallpapers. Interested in more action-packed, battle-based games? Check out the selection here.

Also new this week:

• The Jackbox Party Pack (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
• The Jackbox Party Pack 2 (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
• ACA NEOGEO Magician Lord (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
• Sky Ride (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
• Chicken Wiggle (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)
• Alchemic Dungeon (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)

Craig Majaski

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.