October 5, 2017 – Stardew Valley, Mario & Luigi, and Layton's Mystery Journey head up this week's long list of new games. Check out all of this week's updates today at noon eastern on your favorite eShop.
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This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:
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Stardew Valley – You’ve inherited your grandfather’s old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home? It won’t be easy. Ever since Joja Corporation came to town, the old ways of life have all but disappeared. With a little dedication, you might just be the one to restore Stardew Valley to greatness!
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Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser’s Minions – There are so many surprises, thrills and laughs in store for Mario and Luigi that it isn’t even funny … except it is! Every hee-hee and ha-ha in this classic RPG adventure has been remade in 2D for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems. Plus, a new squad-based strategy tie-in sees Bowser’s Minions on a quest to stop Fawful. “Have you readiness for this?!?” Mario& Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser’s Minions will be available on Oct. 6.
LAYTON’S MYSTERY JOURNEY: Katrielle and the Millionaires’ Conspiracy – The renowned Layton series returns to Nintendo 3DS with the seventh installment, LAYTON’S MYSTERY JOURNEY: Katrielle and the Millionaires’ Conspiracy. A new adventure packed with puzzles, mystery and humor introduces Katrielle Layton, daughter of the famous Professor Layton, in a casual, comical quizzical quest. Full of ingenious challenges, charming characters and clever plot twists, the newest instalment will prove that “The truth is always stranger than fiction.” LAYTON’S MYSTERY JOURNEY: Katrielle and the Millionaires’ Conspiracy will be available on Oct. 6.
Nintendo eShop sales:
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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:
Halloween My Nintendo Rewards – Get set for Halloween with these spooky new rewards from My Nintendo. Here are our picks for Halloween and fall-inspired rewards for the month of October.
Three days to save the world – Link’s shadowy tale:
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D (Nintendo 3DS) – 40 percent off
Try out a new look for Halloween:
Splatoon (Wii U) – 20 percent off
Yoshi’s New Island (Nintendo 3DS) – 20 percent off
Horribly scary battles:
Sin & Punishment (Wii U) – 30 percent off
Sin & Punishment: Star Successor (Wii U) – 40 percent off
Epic adventures battling the darkness:
Golden Sun (Wii U) – 30 percent off
Golden Sun: The Lost Age (Wii U) – 40 percent off
Halloween brain teasers that are frightfully challenging:
Brain Age: Concentration Training (Nintendo 3DS) – 30 percent off
Puzzle & Dragons Z + Puzzle & Dragons Super Mario Bros. Edition (Nintendo 3DS) – 30 percent off
A pulse-pounding plummet down a well:
Kersploosh! (Nintendo 3DS) – 40 percent off
Special offers for RPG fans:
Xenoblade Chronicles 3D (Nintendo 3DS) – 40 percent off
Theme Shop on Nintendo 3DS:
New themes this week include:
BOXBOY! 2.5th Year Anniversary
Also new this week:
Axiom Verge (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Earth Atlantis (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) – Available Oct. 10
Tiny Barbarian DX (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) – Available Oct. 10
OXENFREE (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) – Available Oct. 6
Tumblestone (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Volgarr the Viking (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Ninja Shodown (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
ACA NEOGEO METAL SLUG X (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Symphony of Eternity (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)
@Zero Wow I didn't even see Volgarr buried down there. And I seem to remember Tiny Barbarian getting a little buzz years ago. Oh, and Oxenfree I think, too.
Yeah this week is packed with indies. None of them are *new* (and some are quite old) but the volume is definitely impressive.
I can't keep up with all of this. And next week we're getting The Flame in the Flood, and Super Mario Odyssey is just around the corner. I need to quit my job.
@carlosrox A job is essentially the concept of you providing a company with your services in exchange for currency which you can then in turn exchange for goods and services from other companies.
*ba-dum-tsssss*
Sorry.
It's a rogue-ish survival adventure where you and your dog travel along a river and explore various islands and locations in a post-apocalyptic american south. Seems like a good one, I think.
This Layton game is a port of the mobile one, right?
From what I understand, it's the same game. But with all the content included right off the bat, instead of having to buy it piecemeal like the phone version.
Also, that's a great trailer to that game. Man, there's too much to play on the switch. I usually hop on the shop every few weeks and marvel at the games that have been added, several of which I've never heard of. Good on you, Nintendo! What an awesome problem to have.
Wait, when did Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime release? It's not on the list but I read somewhere that it released the 3rd? Since when do games release on a Tuesday?
It's a fun / unique local co-op game where you're all controlling the same big spaceship with multiple stations everyone can run around to to move, shoot, etc. Requires some real coordination. It was pretty well reviewed too and it's worth checking out.
@carlosrox Volgarr is BRUTAL at first. Even when you learn what you need to do, you'll still fail at it a bunch, even the parts you're well familiar with. But at some point it just clicks, and suddenly everything is completely reflexive. After a few hours I was cruising through the early levels, and even the later ones that were completely new to me benefit tremendously from the muscle memory the early game beats into you.
