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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.
