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This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii Download

Super Mario Galaxy – $19.99

3DS DLC/Update

Puzzle & Dragons Z + Puzzle & Dragons Super Mario Bros. Edition – DLC Update – Puzzle & Dragons Z + Puzzle & Dragons Super Mario Bros. Edition includes two gigantic puzzle RPGs, which both use a unique drag-and-match style of game play. And now your Mushroom Kingdom experience expands even further with a downloadable update for the Super Mario Bros. Edition. This free update brings new Mario and Luigi Leaders, new Transformations and new Allies. You’ll also find updated Score Attack challenges that include online world rankings, new Free Challenges that let you pick your own team and game-play replays.

3DS Themes

Mario’s Winter Wonderland
Pokémon: Peeking Friends
Pokémon: Poké Crests & Kokeshi Dolls

eShop Sales

Wii U/3DS

– Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (Nintendo 3DS), Super Street Fighter II Turbo Revival (Wii U) and more games from Capcom are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 1.
– Shovel Knight (Wii U and Nintendo 3DS) is on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 1.
– The Peanuts Movie: Snoopy’s Grand Adventure (Wii U and Nintendo 3DS), TRANSFORMERS PRIME (Wii U and Nintendo 3DS) and more games from Activision are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 4.

Wii U

– Roving Rogue is 50 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $3.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 7.
– TNT Racers – Nitro Machines Edition is more than 35 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $4.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 7.
– Electronic Super Joy is more than 10 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $6.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 7.
– Toto Temple Deluxe is 40 percent off (reduced from $9.99 to $5.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 6.
– Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune and more from Nordic Games are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 7.
– Little Inferno and Human Resource Machine are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Dec. 31.

3DS

– Chat-A-Lot, Governor of Poker and more games from Teyon are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 7.
– Snow Moto Racing 3D is 50 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $3.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Dec. 31.
– Attack on Titan: Humanity in Chains is 30 percent off (reduced from $29.99 to $19.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Dec. 31.
– Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers and Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth are on sale starting 9 a.m. PT on Dec. 28 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 11.
– Funfair Party Games, Jewel Match 3 and more games from Joindots are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 7.
– Glory of Generals, Parking Star 3D and more games from Circle Ent. are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 14.
– Cubit The Hardcore Platformer Robot is 30 percent off (reduced from $2.99 to $1.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 7.
– Zombie Incident is 25 percent off (reduced from $1.99 to $1.49) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 7.
– Coaster Creator 3D and Cube Creator 3D are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 7.
– League of Heroes, Monster Shooter and more games from Gamelion Studios are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 14.
– KORG DSN-12 and KORG M01D are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 7.
– 2 Fast 4 Gnomz, AiRace Speed and more from Qubic Games are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 14.
– Japanese Rail Sim 3D Journey to Kyoto is 50 percent off (reduced from $19.99 to $9.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 7.

Activities

Fan Faves – The fans have spoken! The Miiverse community voted on their picks for best Nintendo 3DS and Wii U games of the year. Did your favorites make the list? Go to the 2015 Nintendo Fan Faves website to find out!

National StreetPass Holiday – Share the joy of the season with other Nintendo fans by trading StreetPass tags during National StreetPass Weekend. Stop by any of the more than 29,000 Nintendo Zone hotspots across North America with your Nintendo 3DS system from Dec. 24 through Jan. 4 – you could get up to six StreetPass tags from across North America. In the YO-KAI WATCH game, visit the old Wayfarer Manor to meet wandering Yo-kai and receive gifts from them or even battle and befriend them. Collect puzzle pieces for the new Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam panel, or pick up enemy tokens for StreetSmash in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS. You can also find a character named Claude with a special decorating request for you in the Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer game.
Find a hotspot near you here: http://www.nintendo.com/3ds/nintendozone.

Source: Nintendo PR

Temple of Yog made its way to the North American Wii U eShop last week, and it’s arriving in Europe next month. View some footage from the download below.

FAST Racing Neo only just landed on the Wii U eShop a few weeks back. That being said, Shin’en is happy with the game’s sales performance thus far.

Speaking with Nintendo Life, Manfred Linzner from Shin’en said the studio is “very pleased” with how the racer is doing. He said:

“We had a bet running in the company on how many copies would be sold on day one. Martin called the highest number. And he was right. It was almost exactly the number he predicted. We are very pleased with the sales so far, but on the other side our preceding investment was very high as well. Anyway, currently it looks pretty bright for the sales.”

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Super Mario Galaxy is coming to the North American Wii U eShop tomorrow as a Wii download, Nintendo’s website has revealed. The game will be available for $19.99.

Here’s an overview of Super Mario Galaxy:

“Become Mario as he traverses gravity-bending galaxies, traveling in and out of gravitational fields by blasting from planet to planet. Control Mario with the Wii Remote and Nunchuk. Power-up to reach inaccessible areas. Collect Star Bits to either stun enemies or feed Lumas.”

An ESRB rating for Super Mario Galaxy recently popped up on the ESRB, hinting at an upcoming release. The game’s sequel has been out on the Wii U eShop since January.

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Family Gamer TV has posted a lengthy interview with Image & Form’s Brjann Sigurgeirsson about SteamWorld Heist. Topics include amiibo, multiplayer, and lots more. You can watch it in full below.

As a bonus, here’s the latest episode of Image & Form’s “The Engine Room”, which features a big giveaway:

Minecraft: Story Mode – Episode 4 debuted on several platforms this week. For a lengthy look at the download, check out the video below.

Noitu Love: Devolution, Konjak’s PC game from 2008, will be gracing Nintendo platforms early next year. The developer originally hoped to have the game out on WiiWare, “but that developer relationship went south.” MP2 Games is now handling work on Wii U and 3DS eShop versions.

Here’s a brief overview of the title:

“Play as Xoda Rap as she tries to save the city from the invading Darn army, who had previously been thought to be destroyed forever. But this time, they bring with them strange time-warping technology. WHO IS BEHIND THIS?”

A trailer for Noitu Love: Devolution can be seen below. Look for the game sometime in Q1 2016.

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Nintendo eShop

Update: Service has been restored.


The Wii U and 3DS eShops are unavailable at the moment. Nintendo says that both digital shops have been experiencing issues since 6:05 AM PT / 9:05 AM ET. If we see any new updates pertaining to the situation, we’ll update this post.

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This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Genei Ibun Roku #FE (Wii U) – 8/9/9/8
Runbow (Wii U) – 8/8/8/9
I am Bread (PS4) – 7/8/8/8
Super Science Gear Detective (3DS) – 7/7/8/7
Fat Princess Adventures (PS4) – 7/7/7/7
Alphadia (3DS) – 6/7/8/7
Kamen Rider Ghost: Game de Kaigan!! (3DS) – 6/7/8/7
Dogimegi Inryoku-Chan: Love & Peace (PSV) – 6/7/7/7
Momonga Pinball Adventures (Wii U) – 6/6/7/7

When Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 originally came out on the Game Boy Advance, it supported Nintendo’s old e-Reader device. Players could scan e-Cards to add in various content, including levels.

Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 is set to launch on the Japanese Wii U Virtual Console next week. Fortunately, it will be possible to access e-Reader levels. It seems that these can be accessed on the data select screen. Of course, the e-Reader device itself is not compatible.

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