This week is probably one of the bigger release weeks for Nintendo in quite some time with Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Pokemon Omega Ruby, and Pokemon Alpha Sapphire all coming out tomorrow. Meanwhile in the "it's about time" category, Watch Dogs finally releases on the Wii U, but is it a bit too late to the party? After my trip to California a while back to check out the PS4 version of the game I was anticipating the Wii U version, but was hoping the release was a bit closer to the others. Still, it might be worth picking up.
As for the Virtual Consoles, it seems the only release this week is DK: King of Swing on the Wii U. This Game Boy Advance game has you swinging from peg to peg while collecting bananas and Crystal Coconuts through vie worlds in Adventure Mode, or going through puzzling levels in Jungle Jam Mode. To be honest, the first time I played this I wasn't really that fond of it, but to each his own.
Nintendo News: Nintendo Download Highlights New Digital Content for Nintendo Systems
REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- This week's Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:
In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, face off against a massive roster of video game all-stars!
Special Offers:
Nintendo eShop Sales:
Coming soon:
Also new this week:
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.