This week’s Nintendo eShop update is a busy one, seeing Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows, Skylanders SuperChargers: Portal Owner’s Pack and Year Walk lead the way on Wii U. Wii U’s Virtual Console service adds Natsume’s Car Battler Joe, while other releases see Defense Dome, Rock ‘N Racing Off Road DX and Zombie Defense become available on Wii U.
Nintendo 3DS is similarly treated to a helping of new content, with the free Plague of Shadows expansion having also been added for Shovel Knight owners. Whereas Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson launches, and ATLUS release a demo for The Legend of Legacy. Elsewhere there’s a smattering of discounts, and a price reduction for the lengthily named Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker.
Special Offers (Wii U)
- Another World – 20th Anniversary Edition is on sale until 24th September 2015
- Curve Digital: The Swapper, OlliOlli and more games are on sale until 1st October 2015
- Sanuk Games: Bombing Bastards and Spot the Differences: Party! are on sale until 24th September 2015
- TNT Racers – Nitro Machines Edition: 37 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $4.99) until 1st October 2015
- ZaciSa’s Last Stand: 25 percent off (reduced from $3.99 to $2.99) until 23rd September 2015
Price Reduction (3DS)
- Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker, ATLUS – $39.99, previously $49.99
Special Offers (3DS)
- Another World – 20th Anniversary Edition: On sale until 24th September 2015
- Aqua Moto Racing: 50 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $3.99) until 23rd September 2015
- CIRCLE Entertainment: Glory of Generals, Quell Reflect and Swords & Soldiers 3D are on sale until 8th October 2015
- Curve Digital: OlliOlli and more games are on sale until 1st October 2015
- Fractured Soul: 75 percent off (reduced from $11.99 to $3.99) until 1st October 2015
- Jewel Quest The Sapphire Dragon: 33 percent off (reduced from $5.99 to $3.99) until 1st October 2015
- Qubic Games: AiRace Speed and AiRace Xeno are on sale until 8th October 2015
- Renegade Kid: Xeodrifter and Mutant Mudds are on sale until 1st October 2015
Virtual Console (Wii U)
- Car Battler Joe, Natsume – $6.99
In this Game Boy Advance racing game, play as Joe Todoroki to become a car battler, just like his father before him. Customise a vehicle in the Garage to enhance or diminish its performance. Sign up for jobs, missions and even tournaments as Joe explores the dangerous highways and byways that surround his village.
Wii U Download Software
- Defense Dome, HullBreach Studios – $2.99
Defense Dome is a throwback to classic arcade-style shooters of the 1990s. Target an onslaught of enemy missiles by using the Wii U GamePad as a zoomable, gyroscope-controlled scope, and launch countermeasures to defend your nation. The TV screen provides the entire view of the horizon and all enemy missiles in the playfield. It also displays a moving rectangle, which represents what the Wii U GamePad currently shows.
- Rock ‘N Racing Off Road DX, EnjoyUp Games – $7.99
Rock’N Racing Off Road DX offers the most entertaining and exciting races, with loads of skids, crashes and amazing jumps. You will have several modes of play, such as Cup mode, time trial and multi-player with the option of up to five players at a time.
- Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows, Yacht Club Games – Free
Download this free DLC for hit game Shovel Knight and embark on a new adventure starring Plague Knight, the addled alchemical master of disaster! Featuring a new playable character, new relics, new systems, new boss battles, level tweaks and a new story to adventure through, Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows is available to download for free to everyone who owns the Shovel Knight game.
- Skylanders SuperChargers Portal Owner’s Pack, Activision – $49.99 (Available 20th September 2015)
Kick your adventure into overdrive! The Skylanders SuperChargers Portal Owner’s Pack includes the full video game, works with any Portal of Power from the Skylanders series and includes digital versions of the Instant Spitfire and Instant Hot Streak. Expand your game-play experience with more than 40 Skylanders and vehicles to collect, and embark on epic adventures over land, under sea and through the sky. (Note: A Portal of Power is required to play, sold separately.)
- Year Walk, Simogo – $6.99
Lose yourself in an ancient rite that bleeds from the TV screen into our world through the Wii U GamePad controller. Use the second screen in your hands to study a mysterious folklore encyclopedia, decipher hints and take notes. Solve tactile puzzles using motion controls, and listen for clues through the GamePad.
- Zombie Defense, Teyon – $7.99
The dead burst forth from the earth, beneath a blackened sky an endless horde of zombies rampage across the burning corpse of our dying civilization. You are humanity’s last hope! Use classic RTS/tower-defense strategies and tactics to decimate waves of zombie in Zombie Defense for Wii U. Rally desperate soldiers, outfit them with lethal weaponry, innovate new destructive technologies and march to victory in two game modes and 35 deadly missions.
3DS HOME Menu Themes
- Pokémon: Dancing Pikachu, Nintendo – TBC
- Pokémon: Pikachu’s Cry, Nintendo – TBC
- Pikachu Bundle: Dancing & Cry, Nintendo – TBC
- Pokémon 151: Mewtwo, Nintendo – TBC
3DS Download Demo
- The Legend of Legacy, ATLUS – Free (Available 22nd September 2015)
A mysterious island emerges, prompting adventurers to head towards it in hopes of obtaining glory, treasure, and more. But what does it truly hold? Join the seven characters in The Legend of Legacy and unravel the mystery of Avalon’s past.
3DS Download Software
- Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows, Yacht Club Games – Free
Download this free DLC for hit game Shovel Knight and embark on a new adventure starring Plague Knight, the addled alchemical master of disaster! Featuring a new playable character, new relics, new systems, new boss battles, level tweaks and a new story to adventure through, Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows is available to download for free to everyone who owns the Shovel Knight game.
- Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson, Marvelous – $39.99
The naughty yet very nice ninja girls of the Senran Kagura universe return to the Nintento 3DS in a fresh, new 2.5D side-scrolling brawler. Featuring the series’ trademark high-flying, clothes-ripping battle mechanics, Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson follows the events of Senran Kagura Burst, sending all 12 of the original cast members on another supernatural martial arts adventure through modern Japan.
