December 4, 2014 – Captain Toad and NES Ultimate Remix lead off a somewhat slow week for this Nintendo Download. Be sure to check out all of this week's new games, demos, and sales on your favorite digital storefront today at noon eastern.
Wii U
Retail Games
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – Nintendo, $39.99 (available at midnight on December 5)
Virtual Console
Fire Emblem (Game Boy Advance) – Nintendo, $7.99
Lode Runner (NES) – Konami, $4.99
Demos
Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric
Sales
Happy birthday, Walt Disney! – select Disney games, including Disney Epic Mickey 2, are on sale through December 8
99Seconds – $1.49 (RRP $2.99) through December 26
3DS
Retail Games
Ultimate NES Remix – Nintendo, $29.99 (available at midnight on December 5)
eShop Games
Christmas Wonderland 4 – Microvalue, $9.99
Disney Violetta: Rhythm & Music – Little Orbit, $29.99
Sales
Happy birthday, Walt Disney! – select Disney games, including Disney Epic Mickey 2, are on sale through December 8
AeternoBlade – $7.99 (RRP $14.99) from December 5-19
AiRace Xeno – $1.69 (RRP $2.49) through December 25
Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan – $14.99 (RRP $29.99) from December 8-22
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers – $14.99 (RRP $29.99) from December 8-22
I'm sad that EU has gotten Lufia and it was confirmed a while back as a November release for NA as well. But now it's December and still no word of a NA release...
I'm sad that EU has gotten Lufia and it was confirmed a while back as a November release for NA as well. But now it's December and still no word of a NA release...
Well, we still haven't received the Donkey Kong Country/Land games either.
Trying out the Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric demo right now, and I don't think I've ever felt like a running stage has been less interactive than this one. How did they even manage to pull this off?
At first I tried the exploration level and thought, hey, maybe this isn't that bad, 'cause it was kind of fun strolling about as Amy, whacking enemies over the head with her giant mallet, but then the level just seemed to go on forever, and it had these running-towards-the-camera sequences crammed in there just to get the tempo up. Poor Sonic.
EDIT: I hope a lot of you will give Etrian Odyssey IV a shot now that it's on sale! That game will eat all your spare time. And your soul. In a good way. I guess.
Yes, anyone interested in RPGs should jump at Etrian Odyssey IV for that price. I believe the demo of it is still available for anyone who's unsure about it.
I nabbed Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion since it was on sale. $10 for that game ain't too shabby. Too bad Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance isn't on the eShop - I think more people would download that if it were cheaper and easier to find.
Or...would that even "count" as a Disney game? Is it considered more of a Square property?