Summer starts to cool down early in this week's Nintendo Download.

eShop Exclusives
Touch Battle Tank 3D (3D Digital Download - Agetec, $4.99)

Wii Shop Channel
Real Bout Fatal Fury Special (Wii Virtual Console - D4 Enterprises, 900 points)

DSiWare (also available in the eShop)
Commando: Steel Disaster (Cinemax, 800 points/$7.99)

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 Land 2: 6 Golden Coins($2.99 sale price through Wednesday, August 15)

DLC
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy (songs cost $0.99 each)

Battle Theme (Final Fantasy X)

The Dalmasca Estersand (Final Fantasy XII)

The Darkness of Eternity (Final Fantasy IX)

This is the Last Battle (Final Fantasy III)

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The trailer for Touch Battle Tank 3D is hilarious to me. It goes on for super long, completely destroying any hope that there are less basic levels in the game. It explains the controls as if we had never seen them before and pretends they're original. It's horrible.

Posted by

Guillaume

on: 08/09/12, 16:38

I'll buy super Mario land 2. Never played/owned it. Plus I have $5 in eshop cash on my system.

Posted by

Scrawnton

on: 08/09/12, 16:56

Super Mario Land 2 come to papa!

Commando: Steel Disaster sounds hilarious just from the title, will check out...

Posted by

deathly_hallows

on: 08/09/12, 16:57

@Scrawnton

It's fun! More like a console Mario than the first Super Mario Land, but still unique.

Posted by

ludist210

on: 08/09/12, 16:57

Oh wow, Commando: Steel Disaster on DSiWare?!? That's great!

That game is basically a Metal Slug rip-off. And it's not anywhere as good as SNK's classic franchise, but for $8? I might bite.

@ludist210

Wait, how is Super Mario Land NOT like a console Mario?

Posted by

GameDadGrant

on: 08/09/12, 16:59

Edited:

08/09/12, 17:00

@ludist210 Totally agree. Absolutely worth $3 (heck, everyone should have bought it for $4).

Posted by

rebonack

on: 08/09/12, 17:10

Here's a video of Commando: Steel Disaster by the way. I think you can see the Metal Slug "inspiration" here.

Posted by

GameDadGrant

on: 08/09/12, 17:18

@GameDadGrant Maybe he means that Super Mario Land 2 is more like the other Mario platformers? Unlike the original game, you actually have regular koopa shells and fireballs and stuff.

Posted by

X-pert74

on: 08/09/12, 17:46

@X-pert74

Perhaps. It's kind of funny, because the very first, introductory stage in Six Golden Coins is basically a "normal" Super Mario game. The only enemies you find in that stage are Goombas, Koopa-Troopas, and Pirahna Plants. And you only get the Fire Flower as your power-up; no Bunny Ears in that first stage.

It almost seems like the team wanted to ease players in with familiar console Mario gameplay first. .... also something interesting? That first stage? You enter in through a Mushroom. Perhaps it's a gateway to/from the Mushroom Kingdom?

Posted by

GameDadGrant

on: 08/09/12, 19:14

@X-pert74

That's what I meant. It feels more Mario than Mario Land 1 does. That does not make Mario Land 1 a bad game (it's one I enjoy and still pick up on a somewhat regular basis), it's just different...

Posted by

ludist210

on: 08/09/12, 19:18

Meh... good thing I still have Kid Icarus, Wario Land and Mole Mania to play.

Posted by

anon_mastermind

on: 08/09/12, 20:53