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Wii / Wii U
LEGO Marvel's Avengers (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment/Wii U/$49.99/eShop)
Avengers Assemble! The best-selling LEGO Marvel videogame franchise returns with a new action-packed, Super Hero adventure. Join the LEGO® Marvel's Avengers team and experience a videogame featuring characters and storylines from the critically-acclaimed films and more. Play as the most powerful Super Heroes in their quest to save the world.
No. of Players 2 players simultaneous
Shadow Puppeteer (Snow Cannon Games/Wii U/$14.99/eShop)
Invite a friend to explore the strange, yet beautiful world of darkness and light in Shadow Puppeteer, an award-winning, local co-op adventure.
Assume the roles of a boy and his shadow, separated from one another by the evil shadow puppeteer. Work together to manipulate light, solving puzzles that bring you closer to finding this villain and freeing other shadows he has stolen.
Winner of the 2015 Indie Prize Director's Choice Award and applauded for its stunning art, enchanting music and clever puzzles, Shadow Puppeteer will captivate from beginning to end.
No. of Players 2 players simultaneous
Joe's Diner (Joindots/Wii U/$7.99/eShop)
Somewhere along the venerable Route 7, in the middle of nowhere, you will find Joe's Diner. As an employee working the graveyard shift for the next month, your primary task is to keep the tables clean – no tough challenge at all.
Unfortunately, there is a rub to it. The old Diner was built on the site of a former Indian cemetery. Amongst the buried, two rival chieftains lay to rest; while alive, each could not stand the other.
One chieftain endeavors only to rest in peace. The other, a prankster both in life and the afterlife, is prone to ruffle the feathers of his fellow chief.
Besides your tasks as a waiter, it is up to you to keep things calm and not incur the angry chieftains' wrath. To lay them both to everlasting rest just do your duty. Sounds easy but it is not – promised.
- Work over 30 night shifts as a holiday replacement
- Keep things calm to not incur the angry chieftains' wrath
- Atmospheric graphics
- Premium sound scenery and effects
No. of Players 1 player
Level 22 (Moving Player/Wii U/$6.99/eShop)
Gary is an office worker who oversleeps after a drunken night out on the town. Here's where it gets tricky, because this isn’t the first time Gary's been late for work, and he could be fired if he's spotted arriving at his desk after everyone else yet again. So he'll have to prove he's smart and sneaky enough to make his way up all the 22 floors between him and his office without being seen.
Hide in closets, crawl through air vents, slink along the walls… nobody must spot you!
Use everything in your reach to get to the end of the level: hide behind a newspaper, smash a vending machine with a well-aimed kick, or use donuts
Want to booby-trap photocopiers, creep around under a cardboard box or give laxatives to your co-workers?
From the basement to the boss's office via the research and development labs, explore the zany little universe of LEVEL 22, Gary's Misadventures.
No. of Players 1 player
Mini-Games Madness Volume #1 - Hello World! (Skunk Software/Wii U/$4.99/eShop)
Whoa Whoa Whoa Stop The Clock! Skunk Software has just released the first volume of their ground breaking new video game series, Mini-Games Madness!
In this pack you will get four great games for one crazy low price!
Games like...
- Mini-Farmer, which is a fun time management game where you get to run your own organic farm.
- Eels and Ladders, which is a 1 to 2 player board game.
- Copter, which is a highly addictive arcade game.
- Cave Run - The Lost Gems Edition, which is one of the best casual games you will play this year.
No. of Players 2 players simultaneous
Nintendo DSiWare/3DS/3DSXL/eShop
Final Fantasy Explorers (Square Enix/3DS/$39.99/eShop)
Final Fantasy Explorers focuses on cooperative play with friends, utilizing a refined party system allowing Explorers to master over 20 jobs, each
offering unique ways to defeat or even recruit the realm’s mightiest monsters. Players will have the ability to call upon the powers of eidolons like Ifrit and Bahamut, as well as to transform into legendary characters from the FINAL FANTASY series via the Trance ability. Multiplayer functionality is enabled through the Nintendo 3DS wireless communication.
No. of Players up to 4 players
LEGO Marvel's Avengers (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment/3DS/$29.99/eShop)
Avengers Assemble! The best-selling LEGO Marvel videogame franchise returns with a new action-packed, Super Hero adventure. Join the LEGO® Marvel's Avengers team and experience a videogame featuring characters and storylines from the critically-acclaimed films and more. Play as the most powerful Super Heroes in their quest to save the world.
No. of Players 1 player
Hello Kitty's Magic Apron (Bergsala Lightweight/3DS/$19.99/eShop)
Get ready to cook up a storm, because Hello Kitty is back with an all-new rhythm action experience – one that's really packed with flavour!
Join Hello Kitty and her friends in the kitchen in this fun-packed cookery caper, jammed with mini games designed expressly with young players in mind. Learn the joys of cooking and the power of rhythm simultaneously, making new friends and coming up with tasty treats to the beat.
Cute visuals, lots of unlockables and the option to create your own Hello Kitty-themed photos come together for hours of fun, all in the cute and lovable style that is Hello Kitty.
No. of Players 1 player
RV-7 My Drone (EnjoyUp Games/3DS/$1.99/eShop)
At some point, on the news or in documentaries, we've all seen the different applications that these devices have, from humanitarian to military. Would you like to be part of that trend? Do you want to conduct rescue missions, run supplies, put out fires, build bridges, defend power plants, protect food convoys? Or would you like to take action, challenging an entire army of air/ground drones?
The RV-7 is one of the most powerful and technologically advanced military-grade drones. The government green-lighted this project for global security.
Do you want to control it? It's not easy to pilot, but it is very fun and exciting. You will have to solve all types of puzzles using the instant teleportation system.
Features
- Procedural generation where scenarios and enemies are generated randomly to make each experience unique.
- Achievements: complete each mission, but also earn award stars for each level to become the best drone pilot.
No. of Players 1 player
The Magic Hammer (Wobbly Tooth/3DS/$4.99/Free Demo/eShop)
The Magic Hammer is an open-world action RPG where you embark on an epic adventure with your Hammer!
Customize your character, explore towns, battle in boneyards and roam the open world in thirdperson.
Level up to unlock new magical powers, travel to different realms, tame animals and take on greater enemies!
Play the entire Story Mode co-op with a friend using Local Play or Internet.
The Magic Hammer also features a creative mode that can be played single player or co-op.
No. of Players 2 players simultaneous
Crazy Train (Floor 84 Studio/NDS/$1.99/eShop/NDSiWare)
Crazy Train is an easy to learn and hard to master puzzle game that's a highly addictive. Put on your thinking cap because hopeless train director Lionel Steeltrack needs your help sending passenger and cargo trains to their correct stations! Don't get "sidetracked"... as you need to make sure your trains don’t crash.
Just when you think you got the hang of it, the pace increases as the speed of trains and their frequency in which they enter the game field becomes fast and furious. All of a sudden... It's railroad madness!
Jump into story mode where there are four unqiue track layouts to complete. Or take part in challenge mode where the difficulty and speed is ever increasing.
With the proper concentration and practice you will become a master engineer!
No. of Players 1 player
Virtual Console
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (Square Enix/Wii U/$7.99/eShop)
When Marche and his friends open an ancient magical tome, their small town is transformed into a fantasy-filled kingdom known as Ivalice. Guide Marche and his clan against countless foes, and discover the wonders of Ivalice. Build up your party, master abilities and summons, and learn tactical combat to win in battle.
No. of Players 1 player
Nintendo eShop sales:
- Nintendo eShop on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS
- It’s the last week of the Winter Warm-up Sale! Check out this week’s deals and save up to 30 percent off select games. The sale ends Feb. 4 at 8:59 a.m. PT.
- 99Moves, Darts Up 3D and more games from Enjoy Up are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Feb. 25.
- Nintendo eShop on Wii U
- TNT Racers – Nitro Machines Edition is more than 35 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $4.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Feb. 11.
- Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS
- Art of Balance TOUCH! is 25 percent off (reduced from $6.99 to $5.20) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Feb. 18.
- Classic Games Overload: Card & Puzzle Edition is 50 percent off (reduced from $29.99 to $14.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Feb. 22.
- The Magic Hammer is 40 percent off (reduced from $4.99 to $2.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Feb. 25.
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