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Nintendo Download for 2/11/2016: The world is about to get a little odd

by: Russell - posted: 2/11/2016 9:13:00 PM
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This week's Nintendo Download is going to make the world a little odd.  Specifically I'm talking about Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee - New 'n' Tasty hitting the Wii U.  While it's been out on most other systems since last year, it just hit the PS Vita last month and the Wii U today.  New 'n' Tasty brings the original Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee to the Wii U with next-gen visuals, new audio and music, and reworked game play.  If you're a fan of the series and own a Wii U, this is one to add to your digital collection.

Over on the Wii U's Virtual Console we have Big Brain Academy for the Nintendo DS, bringing the original game in the series to the Wii U.  This version can test your mental acuity with a five category quiz that includes thinking, memorization, computation, analysis, and identification.  I have a feeling that I'd do pretty well outside of memorization as my short term memory isn't quite what it used to be, though video games do seem to be the exception to that.

The Wii U also got two Game Boy Advance games today in Polarium Advance as well as Kuru Kuru Kururin.  Polarium Advance challenges players to create horizontal rows of the same color to clear the board.  While I've never played this version, I do own the DS version and really enjoyed it, so I can only imagine that the GBA version would be at least just as much fun.  As for Kuru Kuru Kururin, you control Kururin through multiple mazes across ten different worlds in order to rescue your lost brothers and sisters.  This is one of the oldest Game Boy Advance games, releasing in Japan in March of 2001 and a few months later in PAL territories as a launch title.  However, this is the first time that it's been released in North America.

Nintendo News: Nintendo Download Highlights New Digital Content for Nintendo Systems

REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- This week??s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:

Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty brings the original classic Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee game to the Wii U consol ...

Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty brings the original classic Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee game to the Wii U console with a fully ground-up remake, featuring amazing next-gen visuals, reworked game play and new audio and music (Photo: Business Wire)

  • Nintendo eShop on Wii U
    • Oddworld: New ??n?? Tasty ?? Oddworld: New ??n?? Tasty brings the original classic Oddworld: Abe??s Oddysee game to the Wii U console with a fully ground-up remake, featuring amazing next-gen visuals, reworked game play and new audio and music. Can you save the hapless Mudokons as Abe attempts to escape the meat factory and ultimately learn the true nature of his fate? The future of Oddworld relies on you!
  • Virtual Console on Wii U
    • Big Brain Academy ?? This Nintendo DS staple brings entertainment that anyone young or young-at-heart can enjoy. It??s the perfect way to challenge and stimulate your mind. Test your mental acuity in a five-category quiz: thinking, memorization, computation, analysis and identification.
    • Kuru Kuru Kururin ?? Oh no! Kururin??s brothers and sisters are lost across 10 different worlds! In a special helicopter, the Helirin, navigate through mazes as quickly as you can while avoiding obstacles such as walls, pistons and cannons. You can also customize your Helirin by using items acquired in Adventure mode.
    • Polarium Advance ?? In this Game Boy Advance puzzler, create horizontal rows of the same color to clear the board. Challenge yourself to 365 puzzles, with many modes that will test your mind.

Nintendo eShop sales:

  • Nintendo eShop on Wii U
    • Save up to 50 percent on select Wii U games including Teslagrad, Chariot and more in Nintendo eShop during the ??Nindies Love You?? sale! This offer is valid until 8:59 a.m. PT on Feb. 25.
    • Nano Assault NEO is 25 percent off (reduced from $9.99 to $7.49) until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 3.
    • Puzzle Monkeys is 50 percent off (reduced from $2.99 to $1.49) until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 3.
    • Avoider, Color Bombs and more games from RCMADIAX are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 30.
    • Shadow Puppeteer is 10 percent off (reduced from $14.99 to $13.49) starting at 9:00 a.m. PT on Feb. 12 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Feb. 15.
    • Girls Like Robotsis over 25 percent off (reduced from $6.99 to $4.99) starting at 9:00 a.m. PT on Feb. 13 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Feb. 20.
  • Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS

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 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.

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 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.