September 25, 2014 – Another slow week this week, but one big game stands apart from them all: Hyrule Warriors launches on Wii U tonight at midnight eastern. Other than that, there's not much "new" here, but be sure to see all of this week's updates on your favorite digital storefront at noon eastern today.

Wii U

Retail Games

Hyrule Warriors – Nintendo, $59.99 (available September 26)

eShop Games

Angry Bunnies: Colossal Carrot Crusade – Cypronia, $8.99

Darts Up – EnjoyUp Games, $2.49

Virtual Console

Mario Golf: Advance Tour (Game Boy Advance) – Nintendo, $6.99

Demos

Spin the Bottle: Bumpie's Party – KnapNok Games

Sales

Super Smashing Sale – Select Donkey Kong, Kirby, Star Fox, Pikmin, Pac-Man, and Animal Crossing games are up to 40% off through October 2

Armillo – $4.99 through October 6 (RRP $7.99)

Spin the Bottle: Bumpie's Party – $8.39 through October 12 (RRP $11.99)

Swords & Soldiers – $1.99 through October 9 (RRP $2.99)

3DS

eShop Games

Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL World Duel Carnival – Konami, $19.99

Demos

Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – Nintendo (available September 19)

Sales

Super Smashing Sale – Select Donkey Kong, Kirby, Star Fox, Pikmin, Pac-Man, and Animal Crossing games are up to 40% off through October 2

Glory of Generals – $6.99 through October 9 (RRP $9.99)

Coming Soon

Castlevania: Dracula X – Wii U Virtual Console (Super Nintendo), coming October 2

Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 3DS Retail Software, coming October 3 at midnight

Castlevania: Circle of the Moon – Wii U Virtual Console (Game Boy Advance), coming October 9

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Here in PAL land we're getting Art of Balance for Wii U today. I'm installing it right now!

We also get a bunch of other stuff, like Nobunaga's Ambition for the SNES. Seems like a really cool strategy game, but looks quite complicated. Anyone ever try it or know anything about it?

Posted by

r_hjort

on: 09/25/14, 17:45

I will be picking up Mario Golf.

Posted by

gtarrant

on: 09/25/14, 17:52

Anyone played Armillo? I heard it had some framerate issues, have they been patched out?

Posted by

anon_mastermind

on: 09/25/14, 18:21

@anon_mastermind

Supposedly the patch took care of that.

@r_hjort

I've never played it myself, but I've heard good things. It came out over here a few weeks ago.

Posted by

ludist210

on: 09/25/14, 18:32

Does anyone have what is on sale this week with the Smash sale? Can't find the games listed anywhere online.

Posted by

missypissy

on: 09/25/14, 18:43

@missypissy

Not for another ten minutes, no. Nintendo pushes the update to the site (as well as to the eShop) at noon eastern.

Posted by

ludist210

on: 09/25/14, 18:52

The new Smashing Sale prices still aren't up...someone is asleep at the switch over at Nintendo...

EDIT: Finally they are up! Hang on, brb. Gonna go buy Tropical Freeze now.

Posted by

GameDadGrant

on: 09/25/14, 19:13

Edited:

09/25/14, 19:34

EDIT: Weird. My screenshot stopped showing up in Miiverse everywhere.

So, after having played through the first couple of worlds of Art of Balance I can tell you guys that

- The game is friggin' gorgeous because Shin'en
- The soundtrack is the same as it's always been (which I'm kind of happy about actually)
- There seems to be a slightly increased friction and sense of weight to the pieces
- The 200 levels seem to be identical to those in the 3DS game
- There aren't any people playing online yet

Overall I'm happy about my purchase so far, and especially so since I got a discount for owning the 3DS outing, but I'm disappointed in the recycled levels. It's more out of principle than anything else, 'cause it's not like I remember ever single strategy to every puzzle or even recognize them without looking at my 3DS, but nevertheless.

EDIT:
@ludist210
Looked into it a little bit and it seems pretty neat so I might consider it sometime down the line.

Posted by

r_hjort

on: 09/25/14, 19:54

Edited:

09/25/14, 21:13

Tropical Freeze for $30...that's pretty damn tempting even for a penny-pinching physical media caveman like me.

Posted by

nate38

on: 09/25/14, 20:05

Tropical Freeze is my favorite Wii U game, and was a steal when it launched at 50 bucks. If you're a platformer fan at all, do not miss this outstanding game for 30 dollars!

Also, Pikmin 3 for 40 is a good deal too, if you still don't have it after the MK8 thing.

Posted by

TriforceBun

on: 09/25/14, 20:17

@GameDadGrant
Omg you're in for a treat. The soundtrack is divine.

@r_hjort
Wait, how do you have this?

Thanks for the impressions, sounds great. I bought the 3DS version but didn't really get into it.
All over this one. Loved the Wii version.

Also all over both Castlevanias.

Posted by

carlosrox

on: 09/25/14, 20:21

@carlosrox
It was released here in Europe a few hours ago. If you haven't played the 3DS version much you're gonna love this. Well, you probably would anyway, but you won't mind the recycled levels.

Posted by

r_hjort

on: 09/25/14, 20:29

Nothing on the Super Smashing Sale interests me this week, but Armillo for $4.99! That's a done deal.

Posted by

chrisguy

on: 09/25/14, 20:40

Guess Star Fox is getting a digital upgrade for me this week. Now all I've got left are the "stupid" physical only games (Tales, MGS3)

Posted by

missypissy

on: 09/25/14, 21:30

@missypissy

It's your money, but $30 for that game is still ridiculous to me.

Posted by

Jargon

on: 09/26/14, 00:10

This week looks pretty good for the Smash sale, most of the retail titles on offer actually rival some physical sales for those games.

Posted by

Mop it up

on: 09/26/14, 00:16

I will be replacing Pikmin 3 finally! You can't even buy it on Amazon without paying full price PLUS shipping, so this is great.

Posted by

cooliocuneo

on: 09/26/14, 01:00

Star Fox 64 3D is on "sale" for $30...ugggh....This game should be $15 at this point.

Posted by

PogueSquadron

on: 09/26/14, 02:11

Wait, wait, wait. Castlevania: Circle of the Moon is coming out for the Wii U VC?!?!? I thought they were starting with Aria. This is great news! I know what else I'm playing for Shocktoberfest!

Posted by

sirmastersephiroth

on: 09/26/14, 06:44

Ooh, Rochester Meetup Folks! Time to own Bumpie's Party yourself! I know Smerd is getting it FOR SURE.

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Hey, theres supposed to be a "Falling Skies" (the TV show) Tactical RPG coming out on September 30th for the Wii U.

Weird, right?

Posted by

Mr_Mustache

on: 09/26/14, 07:44