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New Nintendo eShop releases: GBA arrives on Wii U Virtual Console
This week sees the first wave of Game Boy Advance games make their way onto the Wii U Virtual Console, starting with Metroid: Fusion, Advance Wars, and Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. If that doesn't satiate your retro hunger, there's still the likes of Golden Sun and Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 to come later this month - check out April's full list of GBA re-releases here. On the more fresh-faced front, the Wii U port of 3DS and Vita 2.5D platformer Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate is out now in North America, complete with enhanced visuals and an improved map system. Sorry Europe, you'll have to wait a couple of weeks longer. Things then take a turn for the surreal with Rusty's Real Deal Baseball. The free download pits you against wheeler dealer Rusty Slugger as you haggle over the genuine, real-life eShop prices of baseball minigames - when Nintendo goes weird, it goes properly weird. Finally, sales news for plumbers masquerading as doctors: If you own or buy the recent re-release of Dr. Mario on the Wii U Virtual Console, you can get $5 off Dr. Luigi if you grab it before 9AM PT/midday ET on April 10. [Image: Nintendo]
Rusty's Real Deal Baseball launches in 3DS eShop April 3
Oddball microtransaction-haggling minigame compilation Rusty's Real Deal Baseball is coming to the Nintendo 3DS eShop in North America on April 3, Nintendo confirmed this week. Announced via Nintendo Direct back in February, Rusty's Real Deal Baseball offers a series of unlockable sports-themed minigames that range from simple batting challenges to all-out assaults from invading UFOs. Additional games can be bought with real-world money, but players must first negotiate purchases with in-game dealer Rusty, who may lower his prices based on item exchanges and player timing. Rusty's Real Deal Baseball will be released as a free download when the 3DS eShop updates next Thursday. Starting add-on content prices have not been announced. [Image: Nintendo]
Nintendo's free-to-play game lets you haggle for bargains
Nintendo announced a 3DS mini-game collection by the name of Rusty's Real Deal Baseball during today's Nintendo Direct livestream. The game is free to download, and offers one demo game by default. The rest are cartridges that players purchase for their "Nontendo 4DS," a small console inside the game that houses all the baseball mini-games. The catch to Rusty's Real Deal Baseball is the haggling system within the game, in which players attempt to talk the mini-game store's owner (Rusty, who happens to be a dog) into lowering the real-life prices of the mini-games. This is accomplished not only by chatting Rusty up at the right times, but by bribing him with items earned within the games players already own until the shopkeeper (or one of his kids) announces the minimum price has been met. Completing rounds in mini-games also earns players collectible stamps, which unlock items for use in bargaining. Nintendo first released the game as Darumeshi Sports Store in Japan in August 2013. [Image: Nintendo]
