This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:
•Nintendo eShop on Wii U◦Lovely Planet – With boots of speed on your feet, an infinite supply of bullets and the ability to jump over twice your own height, you’re well equipped to go up against any enemy on your quest to reach Lovely Planet. If you downloaded the demo during the Nindies@Home promotion, you can save 15 percent off your purchase of Lovely Planet until May 5, 2016. Click here to see a trailer for the game.
◦Pokkén Tournament – Demo Version – Try before you buy! In this free demo, battle Pokémon in new action-packed arena fights. Perform vivid Pokémon moves using an intuitive fighting system and unleash devastating attacks upon your opponent to become the Pokkén Tournament champion.
◦Mario Super Sluggers – Missed out on this fun Wii game? You can now download it directly on the Wii U system! Rookies and veterans alike will be swinging for the fences in no time. Simply swing the Wii Remote controller like a bat, or use a pitching motion to test your strike power from the mound. Play ball with up to four players, and select from nine unique stadiums – everything from an ice-filled castle to an urban cityscape. (additional accessories required; sold separately)
Nintendo eShop sales:
•Nintendo eShop on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS
◦99Moves (Wii U), Soccer Up 3D (Nintendo 3DS) and more from EnjoyUp Games are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 21.
◦Baila Latino (Wii U), Luv Me Buddies Wonderland (Wii U and Nintendo 3DS) and more games from Oxygene are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on May 15.
•Nintendo eShop on Wii U◦Stone Shire is 50 percent off (reduced from $1.99 to $1) starting at 9 a.m. PT on April 1 until 8:59 a.m. PT on June 1.
◦Canvaleon is 50 percent off (reduced from $9.95 to $4.95) until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 7.
•Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS
◦The Legend of Dark Witch 2, Glory of Generals and more games from CIRCLE Entertainment are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 14.
New DLC:
•Fire Emblem Fates – New DLC Map – Vanguard Dawn – A trial ground that uses the Elincia’s Gambit stage from Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, this new map is now available to download in the Fire Emblem Fates game for only $1.99.
•Fire Emblem Fates – Map Pack 1 – As a reminder, anyone who owns either Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright or Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest can purchase Map Pack 1 at the Dragon’s Gate in the game for $17.99 to get access to 11 DLC maps plus bonus content as they are released weekly through April 21. Map Pack 1 content is priced at more than $24 when purchased individually.
Activities:
•Miiverse Star Fox Zero Intergalactic Art Event – Calling all Star Fox fans! We have less than one month until the Star Fox Zero game launches exclusively for Wii U on April 21. To celebrate, Miiverse is offering an opportunity to win $10 in Nintendo eShop credit. To participate in the sweepstakes, draw some fantastic Star Fox fan art and post it to the Miiverse Star Fox Zero Intergalactic Art Event community by April 22. Fox McCloud, Falco Lombardi, Peppy Hare, Slippy Toad – which classic character will inspire your artistic creation? You can enter once each week for your chance to win $10 in Nintendo eShop credit – 40 winners will be chosen in total.◦NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Void where prohibited. Open to legal residents of the US (incl. DC), 13 years or older. Promotion begins 11:00 AM PT on 3/29/16 and ends 11:00 PM PT on 4/22/16. To enter, post your Star Fox Zero fan art in Miiverse or mail postcard as stated in Official Rules. Forty prize winners will each receive $10 credit to the Nintendo eShop (approx. retail value of all prizes: US$400). For Official Rules, click here. Sponsor: Nintendo of America Inc., 4600 150th Ave. NE, Redmond, WA, USA.
Also new this week:
•6-Hand Video Poker (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
•Chronicles of Teddy: Harmony of Exidus (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
•Now I Know My ABCs (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
•Pixlcross (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Wii U)
•Justice Chronicles (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)
In addition to video games available at retail stores, Nintendo also offers a variety of content that people can download directly to their systems. Nintendo adds new games weekly to the Nintendo eShop on the Wii U console and the Nintendo 3DS family of systems, the Nintendo DSi™ Shop for the Nintendo DSi system and the Wii™ Shop Channel for the Wii console.
The Nintendo eShop is a cash-based service that features a wide variety of content, including new and classic games, applications and demos. Users can add money to their account balances by using a credit card or purchasing a Nintendo eShop Card at a retail store and entering the code from the card. All funds from one card must be loaded in the Nintendo eShop on either Wii U or the Nintendo 3DS family of systems, but can be used in either Nintendo eShop if the systems are linked to a single Nintendo Network account.
The Wii Shop Channel offers games and applications and uses Wii Points™, which can be purchased via the Wii Shop Channel. The Nintendo DSi Shop offers games and applications and uses Nintendo DSi Points™, which can be purchased in the Nintendo DSi Shop.
Remember that Wii U, Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 3DS XL, Nintendo 2DS and Nintendo DSi feature parental controls that let adults manage some of the content their children can access. For more information about this and other features, visit http://www.nintendo.com/wiiu or http://www.nintendo.com/3ds .