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Wii / Wii U
Legend of Kay Anniversary (Nordic Games/Wii U/$24.99/eShop/Available July 28)
10 years after its initial release, Legend of Kay Anniversary is a thoroughly remastered version of the original game with high resolution textures, new & more detailed character models, modern rendering techniques and crystal-clear surround sound which give this great classic a new shine.
Full of fond allusions to old martial arts films and pop culture quotes, Legend of Kay Anniversary is both an incredibly funny game and a challenging action-adventure for young and old alike.
No. of Players 1 player
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth (Nicalis/Wii U/$14.99/eShop)
The Binding of Isaac is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy Rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey, players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac's form giving him super human abilities and enabling him to fight off droves of mysterious creatures, discover secrets, and fight his way to safety.
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is the ultimate of remakes with an all-new highly efficient game engine, all-new hand-drawn pixel style artwork, highly polished visual effects, all-new soundtrack and audio by Ridiculon, and hundreds upon hundreds of designs, redesigns and re-tuned enhancements by series creator, Edmund McMillen.
No. of Players 1 player
The Quiet Collection (Nostatic Software/Wii U/$4.99/eShop)
The Quiet Collection - classic, lighthearted adventure game fun. Explore, interact with your environment and solve puzzles in this bundle of four old-school adventure games: "Quiet, Please!", "Quiet Christmas", "Vacation Vexation" and "Candy, Please!".
- Quiet, Please!: After an annoying day at school, you just want some peace and quiet. But everything at home is so noisy! Dad is channel surfing, Mom is on the phone and your pesky kid brother won't go to bed!
- Quiet Christmas: It's Christmas Eve and you just want to go to bed and wake up on Christmas morning. But the tree is broken, the house is too cold, Mr. Peabody's tacky Xmas display is annoying and as always your brother won't go to bed.
- Vacation Vexation: Ah, the family seaside vacation. Sun, sand and... annoyances galore. Explore, solve puzzles and play arcade mini-games.
- Candy, Please!: It's Halloween - a time to dress up, carve pumpkins and amass glorious amounts of candy. Let nothing stop you from getting your fair share!
No. of Players 1 player
Dragon Fantasy: The Volumes of Westeria (Choice Publishing/Wii U/$9.99/eShop)
Experience an all-new old adventure! Fight your way through hordes of strange, silly, and scary monsters! Explore the caves, castles, and dungeons of an ancient evil! Meet warriors, princes, pirates, zombies, and crazy old woodsmen in a huge world of epic retro adventure! Authentic 8-bit artwork and an original soundtrack by renowned Bay Area 8-bit musician Crashfaster keeps the game true to its retro roots.
No. of Players 1 player
Canvaleon (OXiAB Game Studio/Wii U/$11.99/eShop)
Canvaleon is a platform and stealth game in which you will step into the shoes of Canvas, a friendly white chameleon, and help him using your abilities and the environment in order to overcome some really dangerous enemies and threats. To do so, you will have to use camouflages to blend Canvas with the environment. If your camouflages are similar to the background colors your possibilities to overcome the enemies will increase.
There are two ways to obtain those camouflages: you can buy them at Doodle's shop, or you can paint them using the painting tool. You will have to collect lots of butterflies from every stage to paint or buy those camouflages!
Help Canvas get rid of the enemy threat and successfully overcome more than 30 stages from this great adventure full of dangers and emotions that will make you thrill for sure!
No. of Players 1 player
Nintendo DSiWare/3DS/3DSXL/eShop
3D Streets of Rage 2 (SEGA/3DS/$5.99/eShop)
The sequel to the original rumbler is back and re-mastered in 3D. Slam the asphalt with bigger, better and totally devastating attacks. Skull crushing ex-wrestler Max Thunder joins up with Axel and Blaze to throw earth shattering body slams and fist attacks. New thrasher Skate slices punks with high speed inline attacks and spinning jump kicks. Use secret weapons to bash your way through gangs of bikers to rescue your friend and defeat Mr. X.
No. of Players 1 player
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth (Nicalis/3DSXL/$14.99/eShop)
The Binding of Isaac is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy Rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey, players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac's form giving him super human abilities and enabling him to fight off droves of mysterious creatures, discover secrets, and fight his way to safety.
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is the ultimate of remakes with an all-new highly efficient game engine, all-new hand-drawn pixel style artwork, highly polished visual effects, all-new soundtrack and audio by Ridiculon, and hundreds upon hundreds of designs, redesigns and re-tuned enhancements by series creator, Edmund McMillen.
No. of Players 1 player
Epic Word Search Collection (Lightwood Games/3DS/$7.99/eShop)
Each puzzle contains over 1,500 words, hidden in a grid that's much too large to fit on screen! To solve the word search you'll have to scroll around the puzzle looking for words. Use the D-Pad or Circle Pad to move the grid and touch with the stylus to highlight words.
This is a challenge like nothing you've ever seen before with many hours of gameplay in each enormous puzzle. Jump straight in and get solving right away with this fast-loading game. Switch between puzzles at any time and share your progress with other players using StreetPass.
Epic Word Search Collection contains five gigantic puzzles!
- The Epic Food Word Search - munch your way from breakfast to dessert.
- The Epic Movie Word Search - find words about sixteen classic movies.
- The Epic Rock Word Search - rock out to some classic anthems.
- The Epic Sports Word Search - football, baseball, fishing and more.
- The Epic TV Word Search - words from more than a dozen popular TV shows.
No. of Players 1 player
Dragon Fantasy: The Volumes of Westeria (Choice Publishing/3DS/$9.99/eShop)
Experience an all-new old adventure! Fight your way through hordes of strange, silly, and scary monsters! Explore the caves, castles, and dungeons of an ancient evil! Meet warriors, princes, pirates, zombies, and crazy old woodsmen in a huge world of epic retro adventure! Authentic 8-bit artwork and an original soundtrack by renowned Bay Area 8-bit musician Crashfaster keeps the game true to its retro roots.
No. of Players 1 player
Fantasy Pirates (EnjoyUp Games/3DS/$0.99/eShop)
Join in the adventures of the pirate clan. Sail the seas in search of islands and forts with treasures. It is a world of fantasy where you will find unusual things like piggy boats, rare sea monsters and all types of strange objects. Keep both treasures and enemies in sight with 360º navigation; a simple, yet very effective system.
Another ability of your fantastic pirate ship is that it jumps and dives, which is very necessary to dodge or jump over obstacles and move forward in the adventure.
The touch screen controls shooting, which means you will have intuitive and absolute precision.
Get special Items, such as the 'super cannon', which will give you total destruction power, devastating everything you find along the way. Or the 'flea ship' Item, where you become as small as an elusive flea.
Challenge your friends and everyone else with the 1-on-1 online mode. You'll be the world's greatest pirate of all time!!!
No. of Players 2 players simultaneous
I Love My Cats (Bigben Interactive/3DS/$24.99/eShop)
Become a best friend to the animals by taking in abandoned kittens. Look after them every day so they flourish with their new family: feed them, stroke them, tend them, raise them and play with them.
Discover the town around you: take them for walks in the park, enter competitions on the beach and buy new toys for them at the market.
- 8 cat breeds: Siamese, Maine Coon, Abyssinian, Tabby, British Shorthair, Havana Brown, Scottish Fold, Snowshoe.
- 15 activities for playing and caring for your kittens.
- Change the way they look with a wide range of accessories.
No. of Players 1 player
Virtual Console
DK Jungle Climber (Nintendo/Wii U/$9.99/eShop)
King K. Rool is up to no good again, and it's up to Donkey Kong to swing into action. Using a simple control scheme that makes the game fun and easy to play, players of all skill levels can swing and climb to new heights.
Donkey Kong and his friends decide to take a well-earned vacation at the beautiful Sun Sun Island. After enjoying a splash in the ocean, a hungry Donkey Kong and his friends see a massive banana floating atop a mountain. Without hesitation, they race off for the mountaintop, wondering what kind of adventure they'll find! Play as Donkey Kong, or choose to play as Diddy Kong in Adventure mode. Players can look forward to new moves, new items, and a bunch of mini-games that are sure to make them go bananas!
No. of Players 1 player
Nintendo eShop Sales:
- Nintendo eShop on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS
- Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse (Wii U and Nintendo 3DS) and Mighty Switch Force! 2 (Wii U and Nintendo 3DS) from Wayforward are on sale beginning at 9 a.m. PT on July 26 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Aug. 2.
- Nintendo eShop on Wii U
- Midnight is 50 percent off (reduced from $1.99 to $0.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Aug. 6.
- Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS
- Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker is 20 percent off (reduced from $49.99 to $39.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on July 27.
- Real Heroes: Firefighter 3D is 50 percent off (reduced from $9.99 to $4.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Aug. 6.
Theme Shop on Nintendo 3DS:
- New themes this week include:
- Etrian Odyssey Untold 2: Café Theme
- Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX
- BOXBOY!: Qbby & Friends by Starlight
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