Nintendo Download: 01.21.2016

Minecraft and Mario highlight this week’s offerings!

By Craig Harnett. Posted 01/21/2016 18:45 Comment on this     ShareThis

The download is absolutely jam-packed with delights this week. Not only are Minecraft: Story Mode and Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam available as premium downloads, but two great Virtual Console titles make their debut too. If your budget is a little tight, however, fear not, there are also a ton of discounts to peruse along with a smattering of free demos to try. Let’s do this!


Releases

Wii U eShop

  • Minecraft: Story Mode Episode One: The Order of the Stone – $4.99 per episode or $19.99 for all five episodes when available
  • SKEASY – $1.49

Wii U Virtual Console

  • Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 – $7.99
  • Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure – $19.99

Wii U Retail Download

  • Brunswick Pro Bowling – $39.99

Wii U Demos

  • Cube Life: Island Survival – free
  • A World of Keflings – free

3DS eShop

  • Pet Inn 3D – $19.99

3DS Retail Download

  • Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam – $39.99 (Available from 9pm Pacific on January 21)

Discounts

Wii U eShop

  • Luv Me Buddies Wonderland – discounted until February 22
  • Fit Music for Wii U – discounted until February 22
  • Toon Tanks – $1.59 until February 4, normally $1.99
  • The Quiet Collection – $3.99 until February 1, normally $4.99
  • Super Toy Cars – $3.99 until January 28, normally $7.99
  • Barbie and Her Sisters Puppy Rescue – discounted until February 12
  • Adventure Time: Finn and Jack Investigations – discounted until February 12

3DS eShop

  • Luv Me Buddies Wonderland – $12.90 until February 11, normally $24.90
  • Barbie and Her Sisters Puppy Rescue – on discount until February 12
  • Adventure Time: Finn and Jack Investigations – on discount until February 12
  • Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl – on discount until February 1
  • Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight – on discount until February 1

Source: Nintendo

Minecraft: Story Mode Episode One: The Order of the Stone (Telltale Games, $4.99 for one episode or $19.99 for all five episodes when available) – A relatively rare example of an episodic release on the eShop, with the option to buy one episode or commit to all five (due in the ‘coming weeks) for a bulk discount. This takes the famous sandbox game and translates its world into a structured story, with the Wii U version featuring off-TV play and touch screen controls. We’ll build up to a review soon.

SKEASY (RCMADIAX, $1.49) – The caps lock-loving eShop developer returns with another score chasing game, which appears to once again place the focus on quickfire arcade fun. This time around you’re trying to get a triangle as far down a snowy slope as possible before hitting the trees; we’ll see whether this is an enjoyable diversion or whether it leaves us cold in a review.

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