New Nintendo eShop releases: Bayonetta 2, Fantasy Life, Aria of Sorrow

It's a busy week on the Nintendo eShop, with PlatinumGames' inimitably stylish action game Bayonetta 2 premiering on the Wii U while Level-5's RPG Fantasy Life leads the charge on the Nintendo 3DS.

Players who purchase Bayonetta 2 on the eShop will additionally receive a copy of the original Bayonetta for free starting this week. Other Wii U games premiering today include Ubisoft's Just Dance 2015, Activision's karaoke sim The Voice, and a Virtual Console port of Konami's 2003 Nintendo DS platformer Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow.

Over on the 3DS side of the eShop, Nintendo's instructional app Pokemon Art Academy and WayForward's exploratory platformer Shantae and the Pirate's Curse headline a selection of 10 new games. 3DS owners may also want to check out Detune's portable synthesizer KORG DSN-12, Bandai Namco's Power Rangers: Super Megaforce, and Activision's The Legend of Korra: A New Era Begins.

Nintendo additionally teased next week's Virtual Console lineup, revealing that Capcom's ghoulish side-scrollers Demon's Crest and Gargoyle's Quest 2 will launch alongside Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land on October 30. Hit the jump below for a full list of this week's featured releases.

Wii U

• Bayonetta 2 (PlatinumGames, 2 players simultaneous, $60)

• Bayonetta (PlatinumGames, 1 player, $60)

• Just Dance 2015 (Ubisoft, 2 players simultaneous, $40)

• Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (Konami, 1 player, $8)

• The Voice (Activision, 8 players simultaneous, $40)

3DS

• Fantasy Life (Level-5, 1 player, $40)

• Pokemon Art Academy (Nintendo, 1 player, $40)

• Shantae and the Pirate's Curse (WayForward, 1 player, $20)

• KORG DSN-12 (Detune, 4 players simultaneous, $37)

• Big Hero 6: Battle in the Bay (GameMill, 1 player, $30)

• Castle Conqueror EX (Circle Ent, 1 player, $4)

• Power Rangers: Super Megaforce (Bandai Namco, 1 player, $30)

• Secret Journeys: Cities of the World (Teyon, 1 player, $5)

• The Legend of Korra: A New Era Begins (Activision, 1 player, $30)

• Magical Diary: Secrets Sharing (Collavier, 1 player, $5)

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