Mega Man 2 and more form this week’s eShop offerings

Featuring such games as the Bomberman inspired Bombing Bastards and ‘90s influenced racer Midtown Crazy Race, last week’s eShop line up had something of a retro theme. This week that theme is even more predominant – Thursday sees the release of four Virtual Console titles and very little else. On 3DS there’s the Game Boy’s …

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Pullblox World set to stretch your grey matter

As one of the first major 3DS eShop releases, Pullblox was a delectable little puzzler that signified the kind of bite-sized morsels that Nintendo had in mind for their new download platform. Putting a unique twist on puzzlers of the block-shoving variety, and with an exemplary use of 3D to boot, it was one of …

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World Cup fever spreads to Nintendo eShop

Not even the Nintendo eShop is safe from World Cup fever – the 3DS’s Inazuma Eleven GO: Light / Shadow lead the charge, arriving on Friday at £34.99 a punt, while the NES’s Soccer arrives on Wii U Virtual Console for £3.49. Reviews of Inazuma Eleven GO went up earlier this month and were – …

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Klonoa on Virtual Console? We’re all ears

Although we can’t vouch for quality, it’s hard not to be impressed by the number of new titles due on Nintendo’s download services this week – four on Wii U, and five on 3DS. On Wii U there’s the 2D underwater tactical RPG Squids Odyssey (£9.99) and a bargain priced belated release of Swords & …

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A triple dose of Kirby

Of the five Nintendo eShop releases due this week, no less than three are worthy of attention. Maybe even four if Conception II’s mixed review aren’t too off-putting. In time for the retail release, Kirby: Triple Deluxe arrives on 3DS eShop this Friday, priced at £34.99. Although that’s slightly more than you may expect to …

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The Denpa Men 3 set to soar this Thursday

Both Rusty’s Real Deal Baseball and Chibi-Robo: Photo Finder have managed to elude the 3DS eShop for another week, but don’t despair – Nintendo has seemingly fast-tracked the release of THE “DENPA” MEN 3 The Rise of Digitoll from “summer 2014” to this Thursday. The colourful RPG adventure series has gained a small cult following, …

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Child of Light set to delight

It’s a busy week for eShop offerings – two recommended Wii U downloads, two Virtual Console releases, two 3DS demos, three new 3DS games and three re-releases of older 3DS titles. Blimey. Ubisoft’s stylish 2D RPG adventure Child of Light (£11.99) has been getting strong reviews, including an 8/10 from Eurogamer: “Child of Light stands …

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Nintendo remixes more 8-bit hits

Usually Nintendo spaces their sequels years apart, but that’s not the case for NES Remix 2. The £8.99 download is due to arrive on the Wii U eShop this week, almost five month exactly after the original launched. With a stronger line-up of NES classics broken into bite-sized bits – including Super Mario Bros. 3, …

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