New Nintendo eShop releases: It's raining nintendogs + cats
Among all the big games Nintendo chucks at the Q4 window is the weekly eShop cluster grenade, ready to spread just about everything across your Wii U and 3DS. This week there's plenty of stuff to pick and mix, from platform-puzzler The Swapper where you can create clones of yourself and swap (ah!) between them, to the GBA Super Mario Advance remake of Super Mario Bros. 2 which also features a Mario Bros. remake.
Or you could garden-gander at Shigeru Miyamoto's Pikmin Short Movies animations on 3DS and Wii U, and then try out the new Pikmin 3 demo. If you'd prefer something spikier and scarf-ier, there are Sonic Boom demos for both 3DS and Wii U ahead of next week's retail releases. Keeping the animal theme but travelling back in time, out of nowhere there are eShop versions of the three-year-old nintendogs + cats 3DS games, complete with a free theme when you buy one of them. A bit out of the blue, yes. On the other hand... d'awwww.
It's one of those weeks where it might be easier to digest a full list of new releases, so it's handy you'll find one of those below the break. Bargain hunters, we refer you to Nintendo's press release for a list of this week's sales and permanent price reductions.
Wii U
Sportsball (TOO DX, up to 5 players, $10)
The Swapper (Curve Digital, 1 player, $20)
Disney Infinity: 2.0 Edition (Disney Interactive, up to 4 players, $20)
Super Mario Advance (Nintendo, 1 player, $8)
Pikmin Short Movies (Nintendo, video, $5)
Flapp & Zegata (Denysoft, 1 player, $5)
Pier Solar and the Great Architects (WaterMelon, up to 4 players, $15)
SDK Paint (HullBreach Studios, 1 player, $3)
Shuttle Rush (Takusan Works, 1 player, $8)
Planes Fire & Rescue (Little Orbit, 1 player, available Nov. 11, $40)
3DS
nintendogs + cats: Golden Retriever (Nintendo, 1 player, price TBA)
nintendogs + cats: French Bulldog (Nintendo, 1 player, price TBA)
nintendogs + cats: Toy Poodle (Nintendo, 1 player, price TBA)
Pikmin Short Movies (Nintendo, video, $5)
Pokemon Puzzle Challenge (Nintendo, 1 player, $5)
Kemonomix+ (Rocket Studio, 1 player, $5)
Safari Quest (Maximum Games, available Nov. 11, $5)
Planes Fire & Rescue (Little Orbit, 1 player, available Nov. 11, $30)
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