A Month of Mario, a big Colors! 3D discount for the weekend, Wario Land, and five more new titles are up for grabs in this week's Nintendo Download!

eShop Exclusives
Dot Runner: Complete Edition (3D Digital Download - Intense Co., $4.99)
Mole Mania (3DS Virtual Console - Nintendo, $2.99)
Planet Crashers (3D Digital Download - Ignition Entertainment, $9.99)
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (3DS Virtual Console - Nintendo, $3.99)

Wii Shop Channel
World Heroes Perfect (Wii Virtual Console - D4 Enterprises, 900 points)

DSiWare (also available in the eShop)
Decathlon 2012 (Cinemax, 500 points/$4.99)

Game of the Weekend (July 27 at 9:00 a.m. PST until July 29 at 9:00 p.m. PST)
Colors! 3D (3D Digital Download - Collecting Smiles, $3.99 sale price)

A Month of Mario (one classic Mario game on sale each week leading up to the release of New Super Mario Bros. 2)
Super Mario Bros.($3.99 sale price through Wednesday, August 1)

DLC
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy (songs cost $0.99 each)

A Contest of Aeons (Final Fantasy X)

The Archylte Steppe (Final Fantasy XIII)

The Sanctuary of Zi'Tah (Final Fantasy XI)

Crystal Cave (Final Fantasy III)

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Wario Land 3 and Mole Mania in a single day?? Excellent update, Nintendo! This has been a great month for the 3DS VC and I hope to see more Game Boy classics in the coming months.

Posted by

TriforceBun

on: 07/26/12, 21:19

Jargon said:

There is some Neo Geo fighting game fan with a deal with a devil.

TriforceBun said:

This has been a great month for the 3DS VC and I hope to see more Game Boy classics in the coming months.

Indeed! I'm hoping for Castlevania: The Adventure, myself. I know that's like, one of the least-liked games in the series, but it's really nostalgic for me. I used to play it all the time as a kid. I actually own the cartridge, but it'd be an insta-download if it showed up on the VC.

Also, any of the Mega Man Gameboy games. Even the (comparably speaking) terrible Mega Man 2.

Posted by

GameDadGrant

on: 07/26/12, 21:36

Edited:

07/26/12, 21:39

Has anyone picked up Planet Crashers yet? I have my eye on it but wanted to see if anyone had an opinion regarding it.

Posted by

gtarrant

on: 07/26/12, 21:39

@GameDadGrant

Castlevania: The Adventure already came out in Europe, so I think we'll see it. And I don't have nostalgia for it, I just played it in the last year, but I thought it was quite fun and actually had some cool things I hadn't seen in Castlevania before.

Posted by

Jargon

on: 07/26/12, 21:58

Wario Land is good fun. I love these old Game Boy games--the smaller teams behind them (often headed by Gunpei Yokoi) put a lot of heart into them. Looking forward to trying out Mole Mania later tonight!

I'd also like to echo the want for Castlevania and the remaining Mega Man titles. As well as the excellent Wario Land 2!

Posted by

TriforceBun

on: 07/26/12, 23:52

@TriforceBun

Well Wario Land 2 is out in Europe, so it coming over here seems likely. I'd also like to see the old Mega Man Game Boy games (since I've not played any of them aside from the original) and the Castlevania games (never played the Game Boy games).

Posted by

ludist210

on: 07/26/12, 23:58

I'll definitely be getting Wario Land. I loved WL4. Dot Runner looks like a first-person dungeon crawler... do not want. Unless it really is a crazy first-person Pac-Man game.

Is Colors 3D more of a tool for artists or a "learn how to draw" game?

Posted by

Secret_Tunnel

on: 07/27/12, 00:51

I've heard Mole Mania mentioned a lot, I may have to check it out.

Posted by

Mop it up

on: 07/27/12, 01:12

Secret_Tunnel said:

Is Colors 3D more of a tool for artists or a "learn how to draw" game?

It's a tool. It does nothing to teach you how to draw. If you want to learn how draw, check out Art Academy.

Posted by

GameDadGrant

on: 07/27/12, 01:50

gtarrant said:

Has anyone picked up Planet Crashers yet? I have my eye on it but wanted to see if anyone had an opinion regarding it.

I just picked up all 4 titles today. They all look great in their own way. I'll give you a hands-on in a couple days, since that is the one that A) cost me the most and B) has me the most curious, since it looks like a fighting game but they call it an action RPG. It will get my most play time for the next few days.

Posted by

Deerock69

on: 07/27/12, 04:18

Well, as it turns out, Mole Mania is great. It's like a more adventurous Lolo with charm to spare, totally worth the money! I'm having a ball with this week's VC offerings.

Posted by

TriforceBun

on: 07/27/12, 06:05

NWR has a review for Planet Crashers. :)

Posted by

Davoid

on: 07/27/12, 07:04