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Nintendo Downloads - April 2016
- Thread starter tolkir
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I'm looking forward to that one. Steam Reviews are very favorable. PEW's last port to Wii U was Elliot Quest, an incredible game we still need to beat....
AU/NZ isn't getting the Selects at all, as far as I know.
Here in NA, they know our Brain Age is less advanced so we won't question things and will just buy them.
Waluigilicious
Member
Is the Runbow DLC out yet?
I love Brain Age. Brain Age Concentration is hardcore training. I will not buy the Wii U version to go backwards.
Already have the best part of that in BAC and BA:Sudoku on my 3DS, anyways. 
TheBaldEmperor
Member
Really good week in NA. About to spend some cash.
Right, so I recently did an interview with Blowfish Studios about the FPS construction game Gunscape, which is currently available on platforms but is hitting the WIi U due to performance issues. While it does not have a release date quite yet, it is getting close and what is more it is hitting the Wii U as uncompromised as possible. That is to say it is going to have all of the same content as the other versions and rally the only thing being scaled back is the resolution. Most interestingly the game is going to take advantage of the Gamepad for asymmetrical gameplay. Finally pricing has been announced as being in parity with the other versions as 20 USD.
I think this is SMT4 Final coming soon to USA?
https://twitter.com/AtlusUSA/status/720644956306583553
https://twitter.com/AtlusUSA/status/720644956306583553
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
I was hoping we'd get Star Fox 64 on the Wii U before Zero comes out, want to play with the classic voices and don't feel bothered to find my Wii controller to play the Wii version.
Week finished
Wii U | eShop Original Software, Downloadable Content and Demos
Wii U | Virtual Console and Wii Software
Wii U | Sales
New Nintendo 3DS | Virtual Console
Nintendo 3DS | eShop Original Software, Downloadable Content and Demos
Nintendo 3DS | Sales
Wii U | eShop Original Software, Downloadable Content and Demos
Wii U | Virtual Console and Wii Software
Wii U | Sales
New Nintendo 3DS | Virtual Console
Nintendo 3DS | eShop Original Software, Downloadable Content and Demos
Nintendo 3DS | Sales
Wii U | Virtual Console and Wii Software
Nintendo 3DS | eShop Original Software, Downloadable Content and Demos
Wii U | eShop Original Software, Downloadable Content and Demos
- Asdivine Hearts (Kemco | $9.99) Trailer
- Paranautical Activity (Digerati | $9.99) Trailer
- Draw 2 Survive (Unit DTH Studio | $1.99) Trailer
- Dodge Club Party (James Montagna | $1.99) Trailer
- Slots - Pharaoh's Riches (Skunk Software | $9.99) Trailer
- Runbow (13AM Games)
Lilac (Free)
Extra Val-Hue Bundle (€12.99)
Satura's Space Adventure ($6.99)
New Costumes and Music Bundle ($6.99)
Professionals Pack ($1.99)
Winter Pack ($1.99)
Anime Pack ($1.99)
Steampunk Pack ($1.99)
- Lost Reavers (Bandai Namco Games | Beta)
Wii U | Virtual Console and Wii Software
- Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! (Nintendo | NDS | $6.99) Trailer
Wii U | Sales
- Peg Solitaire, Skeasy and more games from RCMADIAX are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 20.
- Shovel Knight – Digital Version (Wii U and Nintendo 3DS) is more than 30 percent off (reduced from $14.99 to $9.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 21.
- Joe’s Diner and more games from Joindots are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 21.
- Runbow is 25 percent off (reduced from $14.99 to $11.25) until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 28.
New Nintendo 3DS | Virtual Console
- Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (Nintendo | SNES | $7.99) Trailer
- Super Metroid (Nintendo | SNES | $7.99) Trailer
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (Nintendo | SNES | $7.99) Trailer
Nintendo 3DS | eShop Original Software, Downloadable Content and Demos
- Excave III: Tower of Destiny (Bergsala Lightweight | $7.99) Trailer
- Super Strike Beach Volleyball (Natsume | $4.99) Trailer
- Bravely Second: End Layer (Nintendo | $39.99) Trailer Upcoming 04/15
- Langrisser Re:Incarnation Tensei (Aksys Games | $39.99) Trailer Upcoming 04/15
- Fire Emblem Fates (Nintendo)
Ballistician Blitz and A Gift from Anna ($1.99)
Nintendo 3DS | Sales
- Jewel Match 3 and more games from Joindots are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 21.
- Snow Moto Racing 3D is 50 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $3.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 21.
- The Legend of Legacy is 25 percent off (reduced from $39.99 to $29.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 25.
- Karous – The Beast of Re Eden – and Samurai Defender from CIRCLE Entertainment are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 28.
- Aeternoblade is more than 25 percent off (reduced from $14.99 to $10.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 28.
Wii U | eShop Original Software, Downloadable Content and Demos
- Olympia Rising (PlayEveryWare | €4.99 | £4.49) Trailer
- Paranautical Activity (Digerati | €9.99 | £8.99) Trailer
- Star Sky 2 (JMJ Interactive | €4.00 | £3.60) Trailer
- Color Bombs (Rcmadiax | €1.49 | £1.39) Trailer
- Runbow (13AM Games)
Lilac (Free)
Extra Val-Hue Bundle (€11.99 | £10.79)
Satura's Space Adventure (€6.49 | £5.89)
New Costumes and Music Bundle (€6.49 | £5.89)
Professionals Pack (€1.99 | £1.79)
Winter Pack (€1.99 | £1.79)
Anime Pack (€1.99 | £1.79)
Steampunk Pack (€1.99 | £1.79)
- Lost Reavers (Bandai Namco Games | Beta)
Wii U | Virtual Console and Wii Software
- Yoshi’s Story (Nintendo | N64 *US Version* | €9.99 | £8.99) Trailer
Wii U | Sales
- Runbow (13AM Games) - €10.49/ £8.24 (Ends April 28, normally €13.99/£10.99)
- Wicked Monsters Blast! HD PLUS (CORECELL) - €2.99/ £2.69 (Ends April 28, normally €7.99/£7.19)
- Stone Shire (Finger Gun Games) - €1.00/£1.00 (Ends May 14, normally €1.99/£1.79)
- New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U (Nintendo) - €24.99/£19.99
- New Super Luigi U (Nintendo, Add-on Content) - €9.99/ £8.99 (Previously €19.99/£17.99)
- The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD (Nintendo) - €24.99/£19.99 (Previously €59.99/£49.99)
- Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze (Nintendo) - €24.99/£19.99 (Previously €49.99/£39.99)
- LEGO City Undercover (Nintendo) - €24.99/£19.99 (Previously €59.99/£49.99)
- Nintendo Land (Nintendo) - €24.99/£19.99 (Previously €59.99/£49.99)
- Wii Party U (Nintendo) - €24.99/£19.99 (Previously €44.99/£34.99)
New Nintendo 3DS | Virtual Console
- Pilotwings (Nintendo | SNES | €7.99 | £7.19) Trailer
Nintendo 3DS | eShop Original Software, Downloadable Content and Demos
- Super Strike Beach Volleyball (Natsume | €4.99 | £4.49) Trailer
Nintendo 3DS | Sales
- Snow Moto Racing 3D (Zordix AB) - €3.99/£3.59 (Ends April 21, normally €7.99/£7.19)
- Karous - The Beast Of Re:Eden (CIRCLE Ent.) - €3.99/£3.29 (Ends April 28, normally €5.99/£4.79)
- Samurai Defender (CIRCLE Ent.) - €1.99/£1.59 (Ends April 28, normally €2.99/£2.39)
- AeternoBlade (CORECELL) - €10.99/£9.99 (Ends April 28, normally €14.99/£13.50)
Wii U | Virtual Console and Wii Software
- Pokemon Ranger (Nintendo | NDS | ¥950) Trailer
- Final Fantasy IV Advance (Square Enix | GBA | ¥702) Trailer
Nintendo 3DS | eShop Original Software, Downloadable Content and Demos
- Ninja Smasher! (Pumo | ¥400) Trailer
- Polara (Flyhigh Works | ¥400) Trailer
Knowing NOA they'll release both the same week.
TheBaldEmperor
Member
Is this out in the US?
alright, i checked the port quality of olympia rising and compared it to the pc version
- there is occasional (but still regular) hitching which is unfortunate
- the slowdown in the pc version (only in rare spots) is worse in this version
- some shoddy stuff like the rising lava being cut off mid-air sometimes
the game is still worth getting as it is quite fun and a steal for five bucks but i wouldn't fault anyone for waiting to see if these issues get ironed out
there was even a day 1 patch so i wonder if they had trouble with the port, period
- there is occasional (but still regular) hitching which is unfortunate
- the slowdown in the pc version (only in rare spots) is worse in this version
- some shoddy stuff like the rising lava being cut off mid-air sometimes
the game is still worth getting as it is quite fun and a steal for five bucks but i wouldn't fault anyone for waiting to see if these issues get ironed out
there was even a day 1 patch so i wonder if they had trouble with the port, period
How much content is in the game? Jealous you get to play it already.
PEW has a terrific track record of implementing needed & QoL patches with Elliot Quest, so I'm confident they'll do the same here.
P.S. what's hitching? Like hitching frames? How does that differ from slowdown?
ETA: per GoNintendo via PEW's Twitter:
i haven't beaten the game so i wouldn't know!
hitching is basically the game freezing/stuttering for a second (or less than second in this case). i noticed it immediately
edit: good to know they're on top of it, just messaged the dev on twitter, as well
I believe PEW (who ported the game) might be the one to msg, in case you meant the original dev.
Oh, I wasn't sure if you'd played it all the way through on PC already.
Thanks for the info on the hitching. That's unfortunate. These sound very reminiscent of the EQ issues. I don't recall, did you play that one?
(BTW, HLTB says 3.5 hours, but that's based on just one user.)
I believe PEW (who ported the game) might be the one to msg, in case you meant the original dev.
Oh, I wasn't sure if you'd played it all the way through on PC already.
Thanks for the info on the hitching. That's unfortunate. These sound very reminiscent of the EQ issues. I don't recall, did you play that one?
(BTW, HLTB says 3.5 hours, but that's based on just one user.)
i have not. i own it, though, and will hopefully get around to it at some point
I hope you do. Best indie game on the eShop.
Nah, it's just those games for the duration of the sale. But, there are some good new sales this week. Shovel Knight. But I'm sure you have that.
-shadow-
Member
Bought Fire Emblem The Sacred Stones just now before after having some doubts. But missed the DLC due to lack of funds which is a bit of a waste. With a bit of luck they'll eventually do another discount on the DLC of Awakening.
Might buy Yoshi's Story tomorrow. Never played that game before and it seems fun even if it isn't Island.
Might buy Yoshi's Story tomorrow. Never played that game before and it seems fun even if it isn't Island.
*Simbabbad whistles nonchalantly and drops 200 Euros on -shadow-'s doorstep.*
*Agent Unknown, watching from the shadows like an anonymous...agent...walks up to the envelope and writes "for Yoshi's Island haters only.*
*Poochy hops up to the door, grabs the envelope in his mouth, and saunters off to the melon stand to get him and his BFF some snacks.*
Robin64
Member
Too simple?
absolutely. very barebones and there's only two areas in the beta. but yeah, you shoot stuff with some clunky controls and hold a on obstacles to move them, then you bring back the gem, that's it
-shadow-
Member
Agent Unknown
Member
No, getting 100% on Yoshi's Story is not "extremely hard," it's extremely tedious and time consuming and far less satisfying especially in comparison to the other Yoshi games where obviously more skill is required of veteran players besides simply feathering the analog stick and holding down the R trigger to tiresomely sniff out a bunch of hidden fruit space by space in levels designed in a way where the player literally has to try to lose.
As was already pointed out to you by both I and another poster which you chose to gloss over or ignore, yes, technically Epic Yarn's core game is easy but unlike YS, a dedicated player (or the silly, arrogant term you used of "an actual gamer") going for score is constantly at risk of losing their beads and possibly the gold medal simply by getting hit because Epic Yarn has more complex levels, tougher enemies, better enemy placement, and much tougher bosses than YS. Standard campaign levels aside, anybody who has ever obtained a proper, bead chained Gold medal during a boss battle in Epic Yarn and then plays any one of the laughable bosses in Yoshi's Story where a player never has to worry about getting penalized if they get hit would know there's no comparison.
I could cite the many reviews which say the exact same things about Yoshi's Story skewing too far towards very young skill sets except its score averages far worse due to the same factors because it is even less challenging, has much less depth and has a much shorter "campaign" than Epic Yarn. This is so obvious to an objective player capable of doing the most basic of comparisons between the two that it should not have to be explained.
Sorry, but there's a reason Epic Yarn has an average 85 Metacritic rating whereas YS is at 65 after all these years and it has nothing to do with editorial "double standards" or conspiracies in the mind of Simbabbad.
Other than thinking that Yoshi's Story somehow has more depth score and skill wise (which it doesn't and is a stance not based whatsoever on actual play mechanics and severe differences in what's required of the player reflex and skill wise between the two titles) what was your point and how was it proven?
Then why on earth should I care in any way, shape or form that you got 100% on Yoshi's Story?
Why are you so bothered about what other players and reviewers say about Yoshi's Story if it's such a good game and if it really has a proper challenge level for "actual players" as you adamantly claim?
If you really have no idea then there's probably no point discussing it with you much further.
You have very odd discussion rules. This is like saying a person has to get every single blue coin on their Mario Sunshine file before they're "qualified" to critique and compare it content and depth wise to other 3D Mario titles.
This is my last reply on this and no offense, but saying "there is no actual gamer way" to play Epic Yarn is by far one of the most silly and ridiculous falsehoods I have ever read on this forum and I absolutely stand by my recommendation to any people sitting on the fence here who may have less history with the Yoshi series to skip Yoshi's Story unless they absolutely must have it and spend their eShop dollars on YI, YI DS or Woolly World instead.
Yes, but not in an actual gamer way.
Agent Unknown
Member
Hahaha
NOTE: Poochy died on his way to the melon stand.
Chaotic-Strike
Banned
You forgot to mention how half the melons are tied to that annoying box carrying mini game in almost every level.
Yoshi Story really was nothing more than a glorified tech demo, and it stung playing it for the first time right after Yoshi's Island.
Yoshi Story really was nothing more than a glorified tech demo, and it stung playing it for the first time right after Yoshi's Island.
Agent Unknown
Member
Ugh, forgot about that.
This. First Yoshi's Story being garbage after YI and then a double kick in the teeth a few months later when the Devlin/Emmerich version of "Godzilla" was released. 1998 was a depressing and disappointing year for highly anticipated forms of fictional dinosaur related entertainment.
Seriously, this game is the definition of rinse and repeat. I thought it might get more interesting after you level up to 10. Nope. The frame rate just gets worse because there are more enemies on screen.
And don't get me started on the controls and camera. Everything is clunky as hell.
whiterabbit
Member
So I have a strange question pertaining to 3DS. I started using my 3DS to play Mp3 music that I put from my computer onto my SD card. I'm just using a 4gb card that came with the system, but it was almost completely full with I don't even know what. I deleted everything and formatted it, but still only had like 1,400 blocks left. So I went back on the PC and deleted a folder called "3DS" on the SD card...and that cleared everything up and it still works. Does anyone know what sort of mystery data was stored in the 4gb folder I just deleted?
The only thing I'm thinking it could be would be save data from something like Pokemon X or Smash, which might be stored on the SD card instead of the game card itself.
The only thing I'm thinking it could be would be save data from something like Pokemon X or Smash, which might be stored on the SD card instead of the game card itself.
whiterabbit
Member
I think there are 6 worlds in the game with around 3 to 4 stages per world, as well as a separate boss level. The average time to complete the title is around 5 to 6 hours I think? The game has a learning curve and it usually takes a bit of analyzing the level and playing carefully before completing a stage. It's definitely a challenging game for sure. I'm one of the two lead programmers for the game, so I'd know lol.
Wish I could tell you more about the WiiU version, but that's being handled by PEW and I honestly have no idea how they got it to work or what they did with it! I hope the gameplay problems can be fixed shortly though.
The game is also releasing in the States as well, I just don't know exactly when. I think some time mid May? Don't quote me on that haha. Regardless, I appreciate some of the support you guys are showing towards it. It ain't perfect, but I like to think one weird kid will somehow happen upon it and really enjoy it.