October 9, 2014 – Nintendo still hasn't put out a press release for this, so I'm just going with what I know is out today. Fill in the blanks as needed.

Wii U

Retail Games

PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures 2 – Bandai Namco, $39.95 (available October 14)

eShop Games

Art of Balance – Shin'en Multimedia, $8.99

Turtle Tale – Saturnine Games, $2.99

Virtual Console

Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (Game Boy Advance) – Konami, $7.99

Demos

Bayonetta 2 – Nintendo

Sales

Gravity Badgers – $2.49 (RRP $4.99) through October 15

Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition – $9.75 (RRP $14.99) through October 16

3DS

Retail Games

PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures 2 – Bandai Namco, $29.95 (available October 14)

Petz Beach – Ubisoft, $29.99 (available October 14)

Petz Countryside – Ubisoft, $29.99 (available October 14)

Poptropica: Forgotten Islands – Ubisoft, $29.99 (available October 14)

eShop Games

Ninja Battle Heroes – Tom Create, $2.99

Riding Star 3D – Treva Entertainment, $19.99

Sales

Cypronia Games Sale – deals on select games runs through November 25

EnjoyUp Games Sale – up to 70% off select games through October 30

Swords & Soldiers 3D – $5.59 (RRP $7.99) through October 23

Teyon Games Sale – deals on select games runs through October 30

Coming Soon

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow – Wii U Virtual Console (Game Boy Advance), coming October 16

Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance – Wii U Virtual Console (Game Boy Advance), coming October 16

Harvest Moon 2 – 3DS Virtual Console (Game Boy Color), coming October 16

Bayonetta 2 – Wii U retail, coming October 24

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Battlezone: Rise of the Black Dogs (N64, housed in Madden 64 cartridge)

....wait, what?

Posted by

GameDadGrant

on: 10/11/14, 17:13

@Mr_Mustache You would think so, but they don't sell for much more than opened copies.

@GameDadGrant What what?

Posted by

Mop it up

on: 10/11/14, 21:14

@Mop it up

You know what. Tell me what I want to know. Which is what.

Posted by

GameDadGrant

on: 10/12/14, 00:37

@GameDadGrant If you are asking what I mean by that, the plastic cartridge is for Madden Football 64 and the board/chip inside is Battlezone. So basically the label on the cartridge is for Madden Football 64 but when I pop it into my Nintendo 64 then it plays Battlezone.

If you are asking why it's like this, I don't really know. Somebody at some point opened this cartridge and swapped out the board with a Battlezone cartridge. I also had a Fox Sports College Hoops '99 cartridge that was actually Bomberman 64 as well. My only guess is that it was something like, someone wanted some money for these games but didn't want to sell them, so they swapped out the boards with worthless sports games and then sold the Battlezone and Bomberman 64 cartridges that contained sports games. But then eventually got rid of the sports games later, I guess. Who knows.

Posted by

Mop it up

on: 10/12/14, 01:43

@Mop it up

That would be..dishonest? How would they even get away with it? Sell out of State??

Posted by

Mr_Mustache

on: 10/13/14, 04:11

@Mr_Mustache They traded them to a GameStop/EB Games, which is where I bought them. Because those stores don't (or at least didn't back then) test games before they buy them from people. Or even before selling them, apparently.

Or maybe some bored employees decided to have some fun. Who knows.

Posted by

Mop it up

on: 10/13/14, 04:30

How many DDP is Guacamelee?

Posted by

sirmastersephiroth

on: 10/13/14, 21:08

@sirmastersephiroth

99 before tax. Every ten cents is a point.

Posted by

ludist210

on: 10/13/14, 21:11

@ludist210 Not to nitpick, but won't it be 97? :)

Posted by

Mop it up

on: 10/13/14, 21:30

@Mop it up

You are correct. I thought the sale price was $9.99 (I didn't scroll up and read my own post...I was elected to lead, not read). Thanks for clarification.

Posted by

ludist210

on: 10/13/14, 21:37

Looks like our Euro(trash) friends get the DKC trilogy on Wii U VC.

Posted by

missypissy

on: 10/13/14, 22:12

@missypissy@missypissy


Wish my Wii was healthy so that I could do the system transfer and upgrade the trilogy. Never beat DKC3.

Posted by

r_hjort

on: 10/13/14, 22:17

Edited:

10/13/14, 22:18

Does anyone know if Art of Balance is like... just the same levels from the WiiWare game, or more? I'm reading reviews and the closest I could find to an explanation is that it has the same stages as the 3DS game... I'm not sure if THAT had the same stages as the Wii game?!

If it has some new stages I might grab it up. Shirley and I played a bunch of the Wii game together, and the new Jenga-like mode sounds like a great multiplayer experience.

Posted by

Zero

on: 10/19/14, 05:09

@Zero What I heard was that the 3DS game has the 100 levels from the WiiWare game plus 100 new levels for a total of 200.

Posted by

Mop it up

on: 10/19/14, 06:05

Ah. Seems like that could make the Wii U game a worthy purchase if, like me, you never played the 3DS one. I wonder if you have to play through all the stages you already finished on Wii to get to the new stuff?

Posted by

Zero

on: 10/19/14, 20:49

Edited:

10/19/14, 20:50

@Zero
I think, but am not 100% certain, that the 3DS game (and Wii U version) added four worlds to the WiiWare version's four, so that you would have to revisit stages to begin with.

That being said, the worlds unlock based on the amount of rings you earn for beating levels and challenges, so you won't have to replay every single WiiWare level to get to the new ones. Personally I didn't remember enough of the previous versions' levels for it to take away from my experience with the Wii U game, even though I dislike the repacking thing out of principle.

Posted by

r_hjort

on: 10/19/14, 21:01

Hmm, that is odd. I don't mind repacking, I just wish developers who did this would realize some people might be buying again and not wanting to play through everything again. Just make the new content instantly accessible.

This is part of why I never bought the Wii version of Resident Evil 4 either. Didn't want to have to play through normal again just to unlock the harder modes. Already played that to death.

Posted by

Zero

on: 10/19/14, 21:31

I don't mind repacking a game when it is treated as a re-release of sorts, as not everyone plays a game the first time around so they get a second chance at it. What I don't like is when a company is vague about it, which I think these games are. I don't think the 3DS game says it contains all levels from the WiiWare game plus new ones, and I don't think the Wii U version explicitly says it's the same as the 3DS version either. At least, I haven't seen this said anywhere, so if it is then it isn't easily accessible information.

Posted by

Mop it up

on: 10/19/14, 22:11

@Mop it up
I believe they've mentioned it in interviews and so on when asked, but that's not really enough, no.

Posted by

r_hjort

on: 10/19/14, 22:16