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[Dash Kappei]

thanks for the impressions!

You're welcome, I'm just glad somebody bothered to read my badly written post, thanks!

 

[maxcriden]

According to NintendoLife, Alien on the Run is a really good little game, its from g-style, the same ones from jump trials supreme.

I just came to post the same thing. Apparently there's a demo, too! They gave it an 8/10.

Alien on the Run is a pleasant surprise, but don't take our word for it: it has a free downloadable demo available now on the 3DS eShop, so you can check it out. We think it's worth the low price of admission for dozens of shrewdly-designed levels of unique action racing gameplay; the 3D graphics and bizarre sense of humour are simply icing on the extraterrestrial cake. With intuitive controls and quick portable-friendly stages, Alien on the Run is a title you'll have trouble putting down.

http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/3ds-eshop/alien_on_the_run

I'm not sure I'm enjoying Ittle Dew as much as I'd like and anticipated :/
The game looks lovely, really it seems the word has been cut around this game's visuals because it's really that: LOVELY. You could easily mistaken it for a top notch Nintendo 2D production and if the sheer quality of the art could've been followed by comparable variety/quantity then you'd get a perfect match.
The downfall of the game IMO is its mediocre combat mechanics. Honestly, it looks like the devs knew that from the beginning since Ittle Dew is a 2D Zelda sans combat and enough action to really be considered a proper Zelda-esque game: the vast majority of ID's gameplay revolves around puzzle-solving of the push-this-block nature. I miss the action, but the combat's so mediocre that you'll be happy there's so little of it and yet... something's missing. Boss battles are also puzzles to solve and in true Zelda fashion you'll be using the latest item you've acquired to beat it. Also, the game is pretty short and if it weren't for the production values the asking price would be honestly way too much. I'm not one to value filler/padding in a game or even prioritize the length of a game over a tightly built experience, but I feel there's some minimum standards a game should aim for and provide in relation to the asking price (I mean, I didn't buy Ground Zeroes despite loving MGS and dying to play it). I liked the story, it's charmingly simple and well written and the characters borrowed from TWW Link's designs appeal to infuse their portraits with character and emotions, I loved that!

Well, just my two cents anyway... hopefully it'll d...DON'T SHOOT ME PLEASE! XD

Thanks for the impressions. This is the overall feeling I'd be getting from reviews and stuff I'd read so I really appreciate your thoughts.

 

[Colonel Mustard]

I anticipated Alien on the Run being good. G-Style makes good games that are sadly overlooked.

Their output is akin to really good B or C-tier Dreamcast era games. Chain Blaster and Crazy Construction are two of the best games on the 3DS eShop and Undead Bowling is pretty good as well (goofy as hell to boot). Their only real misstep is Jump Trials (which isn't bad) in comparison to 10 Second Run.

I really wish Tom Create would produce more 3DS content, their DSiWare games were actually really good. I would really like a new 10 Second Run, Portable Shrine Wars and Undead Storm.

 

[cw_sasuke]

Haha, sweet Jesus, no. The demo was one of the worst things I've played on the 3DS.

True, the demo reminded me of some n-gage titles and I only continued to see how bad it can get.

 

[SkeptiMism]

It's over now, but the developer of Abyss on Wii U ran a small contest today by the way (in Miiverse). He gave 5 Unepic download keys for the winners. A small thing but pretty awesome anyway.

 

[Colonel Mustard]

It's over now, but the developer of Abyss on Wii U ran a small contest today by the way (in Miiverse). He gave 5 Unepic download keys for the winners. A small thing but pretty awesome anyway.

He's actually done this twice before.

 

[SkeptiMism]

He's actually done this twice before.

Oh that's pretty cool.

 

[zroid]

apparently Advance Wars Days of Ruin and Nintendouji are now available to purchase on the Japanese eShop

 

[steveovig]

apparently Advance Wars Days of Ruin and Nintendouji are now available to purchase on the Japanese eShop

Are these 3DS or Wii-U?

 

[zroid]

Are these 3DS or Wii-U?

3DS.. and I THINK Nintendouji is a DSi game

 

[Man God]

3DS.. and I THINK Nintendouji is a DSi game

They both are. Exclusive CN rewards.

 

[zroid]

They both are. Exclusive CN rewards.

DoR isn't actually a DSiWare though, right? Wouldn't be possible due to the size limitations.

 

[Man God]

DoR isn't actually a DSiWare though, right? Wouldn't be possible due to the size limitations.

They made the impossible possible.

 

[Elija2]

DoR isn't actually a DSiWare though, right? Wouldn't be possible due to the size limitations.

So Nintendo actually put a full DS game up on the eShop? I hope they aren't doing it just because it was never released in Japan and will begin putting more DS games on there.

 

[steveovig]

So Nintendo actually put a full DS game up on the eShop? I hope they aren't doing it just because it was never released in Japan and will begin putting more DS games on there.

That'd be irony. Give Japan imports and never released stuff but no one else.

 

[JoeM86]

Guess we may not be getting the PR today. Seems to be a bit late.

 

[Jo Shishido's Cheeks]

It's a Bank Holiday today though isn't it?

 

[Jethro]

It's a Bank Holiday today though isn't it?

No, normal work day here in germany. Thursday is public holiday. That's why we all hope, we'll get MK8 at Wednesday

 

[JoeM86]

This week, in Europe

Wii U
Mario Kart 8 €59.99 (£49.99)
Special offer until 30/06/2014: You can save £5.49 / €7.99 on Mario Kart 8 if you own Super Mario Kart or download it now! (Offer only valid if both games are purchased from Nintendo eShop on the same Wii U by 30/06/2014. Super Mario Kart must be downloaded first.)
Gravity Badgers €4.99 (£4.99)

Wii U Virtual Console
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap €6.99 (£6.49)

3DS
Coaster Creater 3D €7.25 (£6.00)
Me & My Furry Patients 3D €29.99 (£24.99)
Castle Clout 3D €4.00 (£3.59)
BLUE EXORCIST MANGA VOL. 3 €4.49

3DS Virtual Console
The Mysterious Murasame Castle €4.99 (£4.49)
Mario Golf €4.99 (£4.49)

====

Price Reductions

Wii U
Batman Arkham City: Armoured Edition (WB Games) - €14.99/£12.49 (Ends June 5, normally €59.99/£49.99)
Batman: Arkham Origins (WB Games) - €14.99/£12.49 (Ends June 5, normally €59.99/£49.99)
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (WB Games) - €12.49/£9.99 (Ends June 5, normally €49.99/£39.99)
Injustice: Gods Among Us (WB Games) - €12.49/£9.99 (Ends June 5, normally €49.99/£39.99)
Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara (Capcom) - €8.99/£7.19 (Ends June 8, normally €14.99/£11.99)
Resident Evil Revelations (Capcom) - €29.99/£23.99 (Ends June 8, normally €49.99/£39.99)

3DS
Resident Evil Revelations (Capcom) - €17.99/£14.99 (Ends June 8, normally €29.99/£24.99)
Resident Evil The Mercenaries 3D (Capcom) - €5.99/£5.39 (Ends June 8, normally €9.99/£8.99)
Super Street Fighter IV 3D (Capcom) - €11.99/£10.79 (Ends June 8, normally €19.99/£17.99)
Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate (WB Games) - €9.99/£8.74 (Ends June 5, nomally €39.99/£34.99)
Real Heroes: Firefighter 3D (Zordix AB) - €4.99/£4.49 (Ends June 19, normally €9.99/£8.99)
Funfair Party Games (Joindots) - €6.99/£6.99 (Ends June 12, normally €19.99/£17.99)
Gardenscapes (Joindots) - €5.99/£5.99 (Ends June 12, normally €14.99/£14.99)
3D MahJongg (Joindots) - €3.99/£3.29 (Ends June 12, normally €4.99/£4.49)
Secret Agent Files: Maimi (Joindots) - €6.99/£5.79 (Ends June 12, normally €7.99/£6.99)
SpeedX 3D Hyper Edition (Gamelion) - €0.99/£0.89 (Ends June 19, normally €1.99/£1.79)
10-in-1: Arcade Collection (Gamelion) - €0.99/£0.89 (Ends June 19, normally €1.99/£1.79)
Rage of the Gladiator (Gamelion) - €3.49/£3.09 (Ends June 19, normally €6.99/£6.29)
PIX3D (Gamelion) - €1.99/£1.79 (Ends June 19, normally €3.99/£3.59)
Angry Bunnies (Cypronia) - €4.85/£4.49 (End July 31, normally €6.49/£5.99)
Bubble Pop World (Cypronia) - €3.74/£3.35 (End July 31, normally €4.99/£4.49)
Fishdom H2O: Hidden Odyssey (Cypronia) - €3.74/£3.35 (End July 31, normally €4.99/£4.49)

 

[Refyref]

Wow, Murasame is finally coming out of Japan!
Also, tons of sales this week for Europe.

 

[Neff]

Wii U Virtual Console
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap €6.99 (£6.49)

Fantastic

 

[Jethro]

Nice Sales and a good week because of MK8 and Minish Cap but again only one Wii U VC game. Wonder when we in Europe will get the Mega Man 3DS VC games.

 

[Rubixcuba]

Really hope this trend of one GBA VC title each week keeps continuing.

 

[Katsuragi]

The Mysterious Murasame Castle €4.99 (£4.49)

Whoa! I always wanted to play this game. Here's hoping it will see a release on the North American eShop as well.

 

[L~A]

This week, in Europe

Wii U
Mario Kart 8 €59.99 (£49.99)
Gravity Badgers €4.99 (£4.99)

Wii U Virtual Console
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap €6.99 (£6.49)

3DS
Coaster Creater 3D €7.25 (£6.00)
Me & My Furry Patients 3D €29.99 (£24.99)
Castle Clout 3D €4.00 (£3.59)
BLUE EXORCIST MANGA VOL. 3 €4.49

3DS Virtual Console
The Mysterious Murasame Castle €4.99 (£4.49)
Mario Golf €4.99 (£4.49)

====

Price Reductions

Wii U
Batman Arkham City: Armoured Edition (WB Games) - €14.99/£12.49 (Ends June 5, normally €59.99/£49.99)
Batman: Arkham Origins (WB Games) - €14.99/£12.49 (Ends June 5, normally €59.99/£49.99)
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (WB Games) - €12.49/£9.99 (Ends June 5, normally €49.99/£39.99)
Injustice: Gods Among Us (WB Games) - €12.49/£9.99 (Ends June 5, normally €49.99/£39.99)
Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara (Capcom) - €8.99/£7.19 (Ends June 8, normally €14.99/£11.99)
Resident Evil Revelations (Capcom) - €29.99/£23.99 (Ends June 8, normally €49.99/£39.99)

3DS
Resident Evil Revelations (Capcom) - €17.99/£14.99 (Ends June 8, normally €29.99/£24.99)
Resident Evil The Mercenaries 3D (Capcom) - €5.99/£5.39 (Ends June 8, normally €9.99/£8.99)
Super Street Fighter IV 3D (Capcom) - €11.99/£10.79 (Ends June 8, normally €19.99/£17.99)
Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate (WB Games) - €9.99/£8.74 (Ends June 5, nomally €39.99/£34.99)
Real Heroes: Firefighter 3D (Zordix AB) - €4.99/£4.49 (Ends June 19, normally €9.99/£8.99)
Funfair Party Games (Joindots) - €6.99/£6.99 (Ends June 12, normally €19.99/£17.99)
Gardenscapes (Joindots) - €5.99/£5.99 (Ends June 12, normally €14.99/£14.99)
3D MahJongg (Joindots) - €3.99/£3.29 (Ends June 12, normally €4.99/£4.49)
Secret Agent Files: Maimi (Joindots) - €6.99/£5.79 (Ends June 12, normally €7.99/£6.99)
SpeedX 3D Hyper Edition (Gamelion) - €0.99/£0.89 (Ends June 19, normally €1.99/£1.79)
10-in-1: Arcade Collection (Gamelion) - €0.99/£0.89 (Ends June 19, normally €1.99/£1.79)
Rage of the Gladiator (Gamelion) - €3.49/£3.09 (Ends June 19, normally €6.99/£6.29)
PIX3D (Gamelion) - €1.99/£1.79 (Ends June 19, normally €3.99/£3.59)
Angry Bunnies (Cypronia) - €4.85/£4.49 (End July 31, normally €6.49/£5.99)
Bubble Pop World (Cypronia) - €3.74/£3.35 (End July 31, normally €4.99/£4.49)
Fishdom H2O: Hidden Odyssey (Cypronia) - €3.74/£3.35 (End July 31, normally €4.99/£4.49)

Pretty decent week. But I'll only get Mario Kart 8

I might also add there's tons more mangas coming to the eShop (at least in France) :

- LBX Little Battlers Experience 1 (4.49€)
- LBX Little Battlers Experience 2 (4.49€)
- Beyblade Shogun Steel 1 (4.49€)
- Beyblade Shogun Steel 2 (4.49€)
- Beyblade Metal Fusion 1 (4.49€)
- Beyblade Metal Fusion 2 (4.49€)
- Beyblade Metal Fusion 3 (4.49€)
- Beyblade Metal Fusion 4 (4.49€)
- Beyblade Metal Fusion 5 (4.49€)
- Blue Exorcist 1 (4.49€)
- Blue Exorcist 2 (4.49€)
- Blue Exorcist 3 (4.49€)

 

[Jucksalbe]

Murasame? Wasn't that rated ages ago? Didn't think this would still get released. Hope it comes to the US too, or to WiiU in Europe.

 

[BroggieDoge]

Alien on The Run caught my eye on e-shop and now seeing impressions are positive I may pick it up.

 

[L~A]

Murasame? Wasn't that rated ages ago? Didn't think this would still get released. Hope it comes to the US too, or to WiiU in Europe.

Yup! Appeared last year on the ACB website... I wonder what it means. Did they translate the game? Was there anything to translate at all? Does it mean anything (upcoming reboot à la Kid Icarus maybe?).

 

[Putosaure]

That's some slick Batman sales right there !

 

[m0t0k1]

Man seeing those batman games reminds me i still need to sell them. One of those few games i regret purchasing even after doing extended research.

I will probably grab murasame i was always interested in that game.

 

[SuomiDude]

Damn, Batman Arkham Origins is really tempting at that price. I know about its problems, but for such price it should be a good purchase. I really liked AC.

 

[nikatapi]

Damn, Batman Arkham Origins is really tempting at that price. I know about its problems, but for such price it should be a good purchase. I really liked AC.

Yeah i'll probably get it for such a price.

 

[L~A]

Those sales reminds me: still no price drop/discout for Assassin's Creed IV in Europe, since that 44.99€ for Christmas. Definitely buying it when it drops to 29.99€

 

[AcademicSaucer]

At last, after 28 years, muramase castle arrives in Europe, i hope we get it in America too

And yes a 3ds reboot of Muramase would be great, i like the premise

 

[m0t0k1]

Those sales reminds me: still no price drop/discout for Assassin's Creed IV in Europe, since that 44.99€ for Christmas. Definitely buying it when it drops to 29.99€

25€ at zavvi if you want a box. Even cheaper if you check out other stores like amazon uk etc

 

[cacildo]

Great batman sales!

I dont like batman games all that much... my brother gave me Arkhan City and im struggling to get at it and finish it

But everybody seems to love em, so... great!

 

[Orakio Rob]

If these sales come to the Canadian eshop, I'll get both Batman games. I already own (and love) Arkham City, but I'll probably sell my physical copy, as I prefer my games digital. Do you guys know if the eshop version of Arkham City fixes the nasty Harley Quinn bug?

 

[Qurupeke]

Minish Cap and Muramase. Man, great week.

 

[daydream]

Mario Golf GBC for me (and physical MK8, of course). I'll put Murasame on the Wishlist, may get it later on.

 

[jmizzal]

Damn, Batman Arkham Origins is really tempting at that price. I know about its problems, but for such price it should be a good purchase. I really liked AC.

The game plays fine Arkham Origins is way worth it at that price

I wish they put Arkham Origins Blackgate on the eshop on sale too

 

[Starwolf_UK]

The thing about the WB games for me is the physical price is tanking quite badly so even with NNP these deals remain good for now but unclear in the long term. Well there is the bonus that they should get Club Nintendo (not Arkham City) as NOE lists them but the boxed releases don't have them.

I wish they put Arkham Origins Blackgate on the eshop on sale too

They did?

Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate (WB Games) - €9.99/£8.74 (Ends June 5, nomally €39.99/£34.99)

Isn't this like 4 months old as well?

 

[daydream]

They did?

Maybe he was referring to the WiiU deluxe version or whatever. That's the one I was hoping for, anyway.

 

[L~A]

25€ at zavvi if you want a box. Even cheaper if you check out other stores like amazon uk etc

Talking eShop only, obviously, much more convenient for me

 

[jmizzal]

The thing about the WB games for me is the physical price is tanking quite badly so even with NNP these deals remain good for now but unclear in the long term. Well there is the bonus that they should get Club Nintendo (not Arkham City) as NOE lists them but the boxed releases don't have them.

They did?

Isn't this like 4 months old as well?

I meant the WiiU version not the 3DS version my bad

 

[m0t0k1]

Talking eShop only, obviously, much more convenient for me

Well first time i remember AC3 went under 30 was during last holiday season, so if we are lucky expect it to go on sale during the holiday season this year .

 

[L~A]

Well first time i remember AC3 went under 30 was during last holiday season, so if we are lucky expect it to go on sale during the holiday season this year .

Actually, there was a 34.99€ sales (pretty acceptable for me) in March 2013 (?) I believe... it was the week the 18+ restrictions on the eShop were lifted. But there was no such sale this year, and I got no idea why. Anyway, got enough on my plate already, so I don't mind too much for now. At the very least, there'll be a Christmas sale

 

[Vanillalite]

Damn!!

I hope the US eshop gets all of that!

I'd love to get Injustice and maybe Batman for the cheap low.

Plus Kart and Minish Cap!

 

[Dash Kappei]

How's the WiiU port of Mystara?

I know there's a japanese only PS3 retail release which was handled by emulation wizards M2 instead of Iron Galaxy iirc, is that the one to get? I own every platform btw, but I'd prefer not going PC for those games if possible

 

[BinaryPork2737]

Wow, Murasame is finally coming out of Japan!
Also, tons of sales this week for Europe.

I've always wanted to try it since it's one of Kamiya's favorite games. Now to wait until it comes out in NA.

 

[Vanillalite]

Do we know when this week's eShop list for NA will leak be posted? I assume before Thursday obviously.