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Nintendo Download: October 5-11, 2017
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October 05, 2017, 16:46
 
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.

Nintendo of America said:
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)


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Nintendo of America said:
Theme Shop on Nintendo 3DS:

New themes this week include:

BOXBOY! 2.5th Year Anniversary

3DS finally gets its killer app

Posted by 
 on: 10/05/17, 17:15   Edited:  10/05/17, 17:15
This is... quite a week for Switch indies. Stardew Valley, Axiom Verge, Volgarr the Viking, Tumblestone... all well reviewed games!

And then you have Layton on the 3DS!

Posted by 
 on: 10/05/17, 17:15
@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.

Posted by 
 on: 10/05/17, 17:20
This Layton game is a port of the mobile one, right?

Posted by 
 on: 10/05/17, 18:05
I need Axiom Verge, Earth Atlantis, and Volgarr.
I also really want Oxenfree.

Wtf Nintendo.

Posted by 
 on: 10/05/17, 18:37
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.

Posted by 
 on: 10/05/17, 18:55
@r_hjort
Never heard of that?

Posted by 
 on: 10/05/17, 22:37
@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.

Posted by 
 on: 10/05/17, 22:44
YES! I've been waiting for a discount on Puzzle & Dragons on 3DS for like...EVER! Finally! My patience has paid off!

Kal-El814 said:
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.

Posted by 
 on: 10/06/17, 00:58   Edited:  10/06/17, 01:03
Volgarr the Viking is a lot of fun. Finding it much easier to play with the Swtich Pro and at a steady framerate.

Posted by 
 on: 10/06/17, 02:04
@r_hjort

That is a unique-looking game! I won't be buying day one with everything else going on but I will keep an eye on it.

Posted by 
 on: 10/06/17, 03:43
@r_hjort

HAHAHA!!!

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.

Posted by 
 on: 10/06/17, 04:30
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.



Posted by 
 on: 10/06/17, 06:19   Edited:  10/06/17, 15:40
Wtf is with the difficulty in Volgarr lol. It's awesome but I can't even get past the first fucking checkpoint or whatever this is.

Reminds me of Ghouls n Ghosts and Actraiser/2. It's fucking brutal and it's already pissing me off lol.

Axiom Verge is pretty awesome. Happy to finally play it.

Posted by 
 on: 10/06/17, 08:17
Am I the only one here picking up Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions today?

Posted by 
 on: 10/06/17, 16:24
Another overwhelming week! I'll start with Volgarr and go from there...

I'm so tempted to rebut all of the indies that I have on PSN and Steam. I really should wait for a sale, though.

(BTW, Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime is one of the best co-op games ever.)

@GameDadGrant
Maybe. Is it on Switch?

On a serious note, does it have 3D?

Posted by 
 on: 10/06/17, 16:24   Edited:  10/06/17, 16:25
@Anand

Did you get Culdcept Revolt yet?

Posted by 
 on: 10/06/17, 16:25
Anand said:
Maybe. Is it on Switch?

On a serious note, does it have 3D?

1.) No.

2.) I think? I'll let you know once I try it out!

...so weird to question/not know if a 3DS game has 3D. Never thought that would be a thing to ask, yet here we are.

Posted by 
 on: 10/06/17, 16:27   Edited:  10/06/17, 16:28
@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.

Posted by 
 on: 10/06/17, 17:07
@GameDadGrant
It IS weird. In this, our age of Switch, though, 3D is a big selling point for me. It's the main competitive advantage of the 3DS!

Posted by 
 on: 10/06/17, 18:28
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