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
Shoot The Ball (RCMADIAX/Wii U/$1.49/eShop)
In Shoot The Ball, your objective is simple - use the touch screen to "shoot" the ball into the open space scoring a point. Each shape is randomly given a speed and color to increase the difficulty. Challenge your family and friends to beat your session score. Have many times can you SHOOT THE BALL?
No. of Players 1 player
Nintendo DSiWare/3DS/3DSXL/eShop
Super Mario Maker (Nintendo/3DS/$39.99/eShop/Available Dec 02, 2016)
Earn in-game medals in 100 built-in courses and access recommended courses from the Super Mario Maker game on the Wii U console. Plus, design courses and share them with other players via the StreetPass feature and local wireless!
Want your cannons to shoot coins? Go for it! In this game, you call the shots, and simple touch-screen controls and interactive tutorials make designing courses a snap. Learn design tips and tricks from Mary O. and Yamamura, then share your masterpieces via the StreetPass™ feature and local wireless. Collaborating has never been easier now that you can share incomplete courses with other players. Finish off a course together and a special icon will commemorate the collaboration. That's one of many reasons that this is the must-play portable Mario™ game for inventive groups of friends and anyone yearning for never-ending Super Mario magic.
- Enjoy a nearly limitless supply of side-scrolling 2D Mario courses anytime, anywhere.
- Take on 100 built-in courses as you tackle the Super Mario Challenge.
- Create the Super Mario™ courses of your dreams!
- Play recommended courses from the Super Mario Maker game on the Wii U console and take on that game's 100 Mario Challenge.
- Share courses with other players via the StreetPass feature and local wireless.
- For the first time ever, collaborate to make special shared courses.
No. of Players 1 player
Swapdoodle (3DS/FREE/eShop)
Swapping doodles is a snap thanks to stamps based on the icons of played titles and your Mii™ character. You can also purchase in-game add-ons packs that have doodle lessons of Nintendo characters!
Doodle lessons allow you to trace beloved Nintendo characters from the Super Mario™ series, The Legend of Zelda™, Splatoon™, and more! With the right add-on, you can also draw more doodles per note, boost your note storage to over 6000, get more than 45 pen colors, and download stationaries featuring Nintendo characters. Put a piece of yourself in your art by sticking on a Mii face with various emotions to choose from. It's also possible to share in-game screenshots with friends who also have the game and even create secret pages that are hidden until your friend replies. It's always fun to see what doodles your friends are swapping!
- Swap messages and doodles with your Nintendo 3DS™ friends
- Purchase add-ons packs to enhance your doodles and learn to doodle Nintendo characters
- Take doodle lessons featuring characters from Splatoon™, The Legend of Zelda™, Super Mario ™, and more!
- Draw 3D doodles on 2 layers
- Place a sticker of your Mii character's face with different emotions
- Send in-game screenshots from select titles
No. of Players 1 player
Cup Critters (RCMADIAX/3DS/$1.49/eShop)
In Cup Critters, you must manipulate gravity to keep those crazy balls in the cups. As you advance, your score gets higher and the tricks get more difficult. Great fun for casual players and core gamers alike!
No. of Players 1 player
Hyperlight EX (CatfishBlues Games/3DS/$5.49/eShop)
Hyperlight is an high intensity arcade action game in which you control a spaceship that fights against hordes of evil alien monsters in a virtual cosmic environment. Your spaceship has a special capability: it can travel at a Faster Than Light speed (F.T.L.) becoming itself the final weapon. By colliding with enemies in this state the ship can instantly destroy everything it touches! In the game there are also plenty of other bonus, weapons and entities that can help you overcome the many difficulties you'll be facing, including the battles against the terrific final bosses that await you in the dark side of the universe!
Features:
- Full Nintendo 3DS controller support.
- Stereoscopic 3D viewing only for Nintendo 3DS!
- Stunning game graphics, rich in special effects, enemies and explosions!
- Innovative gameplay, immediate and highly rewarding!
- Arcade Mode with 50+ levels, 8 mid-boss stages and 4 final boss battles!
- Infinity Mode with tons of new levels and several mid-boss stages.
- Panic Mode with its peculiar tilt control (uses accelerometer)
- 3 Bonus entities (Drones, Turrets and Plasma Barriers) that will help you in fighting the continuous waves of enemies.
- 7 Bonus weapons (Bomb, Laser, Globe, Crystal, Machinegun, Missle and Virus) that will help you in pulverizing everything on the screen.
- Local Leaderboads for Arcade, Infinity and Panic game modes.
- Achievements system: 40 unlockable medals!
No. of Players 1 player
Virtual Console
Advance Wars: Dual Strike (Nintendo/Wii U/$9.99/eShop)
On the heels of its last defeat, the nefarious Black Hole Army has fallen under the control of a deadly new commanding officer. He has sent its new COs to attack the nations of Wars World once again, and it’s up to the allied armies of Orange Star, Blue Moon, Yellow Comet and Green Earth to put an end to Black Hole once and for all. Players lead their new Commanding Officers to fend off the Black Hole Army’s latest invasion. With massive battles that sweep across both screens, Advance Wars: Dual Strike will change the face of Dual-Screen warfare foreve
No. of Players 1 player
Nintendo eShop sales:
- Last chance for Cyber Deals: Up to 50% off select games ends Dec. 5 – A gift for them ... a gift (or two) for you! Treat yourself this holiday season with big savings on select digital games for both Wii U and the Nintendo 3DS family of systems. My Nintendo members also earn Gold Points on qualifying digital purchases, so it’s a win-win. This sale runs until 8:59 a.m. PT on Dec. 5.
- Nintendo eShop on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS
- Great deals this week include Jeopardy!, Fun! Fun! Minigolf TOUCH! and Astral Breakers, plus several more! Check out the full list of deals on Nintendo 3DS and Wii U available this week at http://www.nintendo.com/games/sales-and-deals.
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