Note: Some demo versions do not support all game features, and players cannot save their in-game progress in demo versions. To enjoy the 3D effect of Nintendo 3DS software, you must experience it from the system itself. . Use Parental Controls to restrict 3D mode for children 6 and under.

Wii / Wii U

Super Smash Bros. (Nintendo/Wii U/$59.99/eShop)

The free update includes a Duck Hunt stage for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and the ability to upload match replay highlights to YouTube in the Wii U version of the game. In addition, players can now purchase new Mii Fighter costumes – like Fox (from the and Star Fox series) and Toad outfits – as well as a Pirate Ship stage for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U inspired by The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and a Super Mario Maker stage for both versions of the game.

Mario! Link! Samus! Pikachu! All of your favorite Nintendo characters are back, along with plenty of new faces, in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, the next entry in the beloved Super Smash Bros. series. Up to four players can battle each other locally or online across beautifully designed stages inspired by classic Nintendo home console games. With a variety of control options and amiibo compatibility, the timeless Super Smash Bros. battles come alive.

Features:

• Compete with classic players from the Super Smash Bros. series, along with new challengers like Mega Man, Little Mac or newly announced Palutena, the Goddess of Light from the Kid Icarus games.
• For the first time, players can even compete as their own Mii characters.
• Use a variety of control methods during the high-energy and action-filled battles, including Nintendo GameCube controllers – the longtime controller of choice for hard-core Super Smash Bros. players.
• Customize move sets when playing locally or online with friends.
• Connect with amiibo for added fun.
• Experience the beauty of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U in stunning HD, a first for the series.
• Fight against friends and family locally or online, or battle random challengers from all over the world online in “For Fun” or “For Glory” modes.

No. of Players up to 8 players

The Rivers of Alice : Extended Version (Delirium Studios/Wii U/$7.99/eShop)

Whenever Alice falls asleep, she enters a world of fantasy where the player must help Alice face her fears like Sloth, Envy, or Lie.

Enjoy the leisurely game-play, beautiful graphics made using watercolors, ink and graphite, and the original game soundtrack composed by the indie-rock group, vetusta morla.

If you like adventure games, good music, art and, above all, if you are not in a hurry... This is your game.

No. of Players 1 player

Freedom Planet (GalaxyTrail/Wii U/$14.99/eShop)

Fight your way across the celestial world of Avalice where cats are green, motorcycles drive up walls and monster girls do most of the buttkicking! Freedom Planet is a cartoony, combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragonoid and her friends against an alien attack force.

• As Lilac, you can whip enemies with your hair or use the Dragon Boost to fly through the air at high speed like a comet.
• As Carol, you can bust through foes with a flurry of punches and kicks or summon a motorcycle that lets you ride up walls and ceilings.
• As Milla, you can summon blocks to throw at enemies or reflect their attacks back at them with a psychic shield.

No. of Players 1 player

Toto Temple Deluxe (Juicy Beast Studio/Wii U/$9.99/eShop)

Toto Temple Deluxe is a fast-paced, local-multiplayer king-of-the-hill style game in which players must steal an egg-laying goat from their friends and try to keep it on their own head for as long as possible. You know, normal stuff.

Infinitely dash in any direction to swiftly move around and powerfully headbutt the goat carrier to steal its four-legged booty. Escape your jealous opponents and protect the goat by blocking their attacks with a well-timed shield pop! You’ll "get their goat", guaranteed.

And don’t worry if you’re friendless. Bots will play with you whenever you want and for as long as you want. They never complain. They also never open up your fridge and ask if they can eat that pizza slice you got left from last night. Bots are awesome. Oh, and you can change their difficulty level too, because they will probably kick your astonishing little bottom.

No. of Players up to 4 players

Gemology (BNC Design Studios/Wii U/$6.99/eShop)

Stake your claim and take to the caves in Gemology exclusively for Wii U. Amass your wealth by collecting gems through various methods of play in your effort to accumulate the world's largest gem cache. Will you have what it takes to be the world’s richest jewel tycoon?

Ways to Play:

• LAPIDIARY: Solve puzzles by manipulating your environment in Lapidiary! Harvest every gem these shafts can offer in this patient and contemplative puzzler. Be careful, one wrong move at any time may lead to dead ends and disaster!
• ANNEALIATION: Annealing leads to bigger, better, more valuable gems! Tap, drag and combine to make the biggest stones on Earth in Annealiation - the arcade, high score spectacle! Balance your riches against the rising lava to claim the world’s greatest amalgamation of molten magnificence.

No. of Players 1 player

VoxelMaker (Nostatic Software/Wii U/$4.99/eShop)

Create 3D models of your own design and render them with realistic lighting and shadows. Voxel models are made from cubes giving a stylized, "blocky" look - like 3D pixel art. You can use the built-in ray tracer to render high-quality images of your scenes. With VoxelMaker you have both 3D canvas and camera in your hands: be inspired and create!

• Full-featured model editor with both physical buttons and touch controls.
• Cut/copy/paste parts of your model to easily move/rotate/duplicate sections.
• Insert text into your scene.
• Easily paint colors onto a model or flood-fill areas.
• Control light direction and intensity in your scene.
• Render views of your scene with configurable shadow softness, ambient light, and depth of field.
• Save rendered scenes to your Screenshot Album.

No. of Players 1 player

Pumped BMX + (Curve Digital/Wii U/$7.99/eShop)

Pumped BMX + uses the hit game 'Pumped BMX 2' as inspiration - taking everything which made the mobile version so successful and enhancing every aspect of it for console.

Originally developed by one man studio Yeah Us!, Pumped BMX + sees players ride their way through increasingly challenging levels while pulling off crazy and impressive trick combinations. The game lets players choose their rider style and throw down their best stunts whilst racing through more than 500 challenges to reach the top of the leader boards.

• Beautifully rendered 3D high definition graphics and animation
• A new enhanced and intelligent control system
• A brand new fully licensed soundtrack
• Loads of authentic BMX tricks which can be combined for almost unlimited creativity

No. of Players 1 player

Nintendo DSiWare/3DS/3DSXL/eShop

Super Smash Bros. (Nintendo/3DS/$39.99/eShop)

The free update includes a Duck Hunt stage for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and the ability to upload match replay highlights to YouTube in the Wii U version of the game. In addition, players can now purchase new Mii Fighter costumes – like Fox (from the and Star Fox series) and Toad outfits – as well as a Pirate Ship stage for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U inspired by The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and a Super Mario Maker stage for both versions of the game.

Mario! Link! Samus! Pikachu! All of your favorite Nintendo characters are back, along with plenty of new faces, in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, the next entry in the beloved Super Smash Bros. series. Up to four players can battle each other locally or online across beautifully designed stages inspired by classic Nintendo home console games. With a variety of control options and amiibo compatibility, the timeless Super Smash Bros. battles come alive.

Features:

• Compete with classic players from the Super Smash Bros. series, along with new challengers like Mega Man, Little Mac or newly announced Palutena, the Goddess of Light from the Kid Icarus games.
• For the first time, players can even compete as their own Mii characters.
• Use a variety of control methods during the high-energy and action-filled battles, including Nintendo GameCube controllers – the longtime controller of choice for hard-core Super Smash Bros. players.
• Customize move sets when playing locally or online with friends.
• Connect with amiibo for added fun.
• Experience the beauty of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U in stunning HD, a first for the series.
• Fight against friends and family locally or online, or battle random challengers from all over the world online in “For Fun” or “For Glory” modes.

No. of Players up to 4 players

Chronus Arc (KEMCO/3DS/$9.99/eShop)

The Chronus Fragments are needed to prepare for the Time Rewinding, which only takes place once every 10 years. On their way to the Chronus Shrine to get the Fragments, Loka and his teacher Teth are surrounded by a mysterious man named Geppel and his gang. They demand the Fragments. While Teth plays for time, Loka, the main character, rushes out of the cave on his own to fetch reinforcements. He is successful, but Teth and Geppel are nowhere to be found.

Aiming to gather information about his missing teacher, Teth, and Geppel, who is trying to get his hands on the Fragments, Loka decides to set out on a journey with his friend Sarna.

The game features familiar quests, but also dungeons filled with puzzles to solve, and characters who grow and can be developed as the story progresses with the class change system.

Also, additional dungeons and special items are available for extra fun by collecting Mana!

Don't miss out on Loka and his friends' grand adventure!

No. of Players 1 player

Virtual Console

River City Ransom (Arc System Works/Wii U/$4.99/eShop)

River City Ransom takes place in River City, where our heroes, Alex and Ryan, find a letter on Ryan’s locker from a guy named Slick. The letter says that Ryan’s girlfriend, Cyndi, has been kidnapped, and Slick has taken River City hostage with the help of countless gangs and evil bosses. It’s up to our heroes to save poor Cyndi and free River City from the clutches of Slick and his underlings. You can play as Alex and take on the challenge alone or battle as Alex and Ryan simultaneously with a friend. Kick and punch to fight your way through gang members, evil bosses, and other goons. Or use a variety of weapons ranging from a chain whip, brass knuckles, and a tire, to name a few. Raise your stats by eating right, and gain new techniques by reading books. With your fighting prowess and never-ending spirit, the bad guys won’t know what hit them!

No. of Players 2 players simultaneous

Nintendo eShop sales:

• Nintendo eShop on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS
  • Citizens of Earth(Wii U and Nintendo 3DS) is on sale starting at 9 a.m. PT on Oct. 5 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 19.
• Nintendo eShop on Wii U
  • Spy ChameleonandRock ‘N Racing Off Roadfrom EnjoyUp are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 29.
  • Puzzle Monkeys is more than 60 percent off (reduced from $2.99 to $0.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 22.
  • Zumba Fitness World Party is 75 percent off (reduced from $39.99 to $9.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 12.
  • Midnight is 25 percent off (reduced from $1.99 to $1.49) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 22.
  • Don’t Crash is more than 30 percent off (reduced from $1.49 to $1) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 14.
  • Pixel Slime U is more than 30 percent off (reduced from $2.99 to $2) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 14.
  • Vector Assault is 20 percent off (reduced from $4.99 to $3.99) starting at 9 a.m. PT on Oct. 5 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 30.
• Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS
  • Tappingo and European Conqueror 3D from Circle Entertainment are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 22.
  • Shin Megami Tensei IV is 25 percent off (reduced from $19.99 to $14.99) starting at 9 a.m. PT on Oct. 5 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 19.

Activities:

• Miiverse Nook’s Homes Drawing Sweepstakes – To celebrate the launch of the Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer game, we’re hosting a Nook’s Homes Drawing Sweepstakes event until Oct. 30. You can enter every week for your chance to win a digital version of Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer by sharing your Animal Crossing-themed fan art on Miiverse! Click here for details.
  • 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 9/25/15 and ends 11:00 PM PT on 10/30/15. To enter, post your Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer fan art in Miiverse or mail postcard as stated in Official Rules. Twenty-five prize winners will each receive one (1) download code for the Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer game (ARV US $39.99). For Official Rules, visit http://www.nintendo.com/corp/rules/nooks-home-drawing/. Sponsor: Nintendo of America Inc.

Theme Shop on Nintendo 3DS:

• New themes this week include:
  • The Legend of Legacy: “The Chibi Adventurers”

Price Reduction:

• Stealth Inc. II: A Game of Clones is reduced to $9.99 (from $14.99) beginning at 9 a.m. PT on Oct. 1.
• Battleminer is reduced to $5.99 (from $7.99) beginning at 9 a.m. PT on Oct. 1.