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Wii / Wii U
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty (Oddworld Inhabitants/Wii U/$14.99/eShop)
Explore ancient ruins, dodge carnivorous beasts and avoid trigger-happy hunting parties as Abe, the original Oddworld hero in this lovingly recrafted take on the classic Abe's Oddysee.
Once a happy floor waxer in Oddworld's biggest meat processing plant, Abe stumbles across his boss's secret plan to turn the factory's slave labour force into the latest in the RuptureFarms Tasty Treats line of novelty meat snacks. Abe now has to save his own skin from the grinders even if simply escaping the flesh farm is only the start of his Oddysee.
Many dangers await Abe on his journey to discover his people's heritage. Built from the ground up, enjoy breathtaking visuals, enhanced audio and improved, deeper gameplay as New 'n' Tasty reignites the original Oddworld game.
No. of Players 1 player
Word Puzzles by POWGI (Lightwood Games/Wii U/$9.99/eShop)
Enjoy more great POWGI word puzzles with this bumper collection of six new games!
Solve hundreds of pencil-and-paper style puzzles using the stylus and intuitive touch-screen controls.
Get extra challenges by touching any amiibo to generate special puzzles, just for you!
The puzzles included are:
- Word Maze - Like a wiggly word search! Find the words and solve the maze!
- Mixups - A fiendishly difficult anagram puzzle with three words all jumbled together!
- One Word - The word search puzzle where there's only one word to find!
- Flowers - Plant pairs of letters around the flower to grow six words with a common middle.
- Circles - Three overlapping circles hide three connected words. Find the missing letter to unscramble them all!
- Crossovers - Crossword puzzles with only one letter missing, which come together to solve a clue!
POWGI puzzles are all expertly hand-crafted for your enjoyment and puzzling pleasure!
No. of Players 1 player
Cutie Clash (Yazar Media/Wii U/$1.99/eShop)
Welcome to the swamp!
You're a lowly swamp chicken looking to become King. You need to vomit and bomb your way to the top. In this 5-player vomit brawler all rounds are one hit K.O. and matches go to the first chicken with five wins. Defend your swamp crown round after round! May the best chicken win!
No. of Players up to 5 players
Cutie Pets Go Fishing (Yazar Media/Wii U/$1.99/eShop)
Welcome to Cutie Pets Go Fishing!
Race against the clock as you try to match large schools of fish! Grab time bonuses, multipliers and combos to greatly increase your score! Feeling a little stressed by the clock? play Zen Mode and simply see how long you can match fish!
For every achievement you get, you also unlock a sweet stamp to post on Miiverse. You can make posts with our cool stamps or share screenshots of your high score! Get Fishing today!
No. of Players 1 player
Outside the Realm (TreeFall Studios/Wii U/$0.49/eShop)
Use the Wii U GamePad to control Amos the Astronaut as he travels through space collecting crystals for an alien merchant. Solve puzzles and dodge enemies to grab crystals and reach your ship safely. Travel outside the realm of your capability by solving puzzles in different regions of space. Enjoy bonus side-scrolling levels with lines of enemy aliens. Venture far, outside the realm.
No. of Players 1 player
Vector Assault (WizByte Games/Wii U/$3.99/eShop/Demo)
Vector Assault is a fast paced dual stick shooter where you have to survive a onslaught of enemy attackers. The more enemies you defeat the higher your score will become. Try to achieve the highest score possible across multiple game modes, and levels. Compete against your friends and other players to see who can get the highest score on the online leaderboards. Or you can play cooperatively with a friend in local multiplayer.
No. of Players up to 2 players
Nintendo DSiWare/3DS/3DSXL/eShop
Word Puzzles by POWGI (Lightwood Games/3DS/$9.99/eShop)
Enjoy more great POWGI word puzzles with this bumper collection of six new games!
Solve hundreds of pencil-and-paper style puzzles using the stylus and intuitive touch-screen controls.
Get extra challenges by touching any amiibo to generate special puzzles, just for you!
The puzzles included are:
- Word Maze - Like a wiggly word search! Find the words and solve the maze!
- Mixups - A fiendishly difficult anagram puzzle with three words all jumbled together!
- One Word - The word search puzzle where there's only one word to find!
- Flowers - Plant pairs of letters around the flower to grow six words with a common middle.
- Circles - Three overlapping circles hide three connected words. Find the missing letter to unscramble them all!
- Crossovers - Crossword puzzles with only one letter missing, which come together to solve a clue!
POWGI puzzles are all expertly hand-crafted for your enjoyment and puzzling pleasure!
No. of Players 1 player
Petit Novel series - Harvest December (CIRCLE Ent./3DS/$11.99/eShop/Demo)
"Petit Novel series - Harvest December" is a collection of 13 stories set in the small, snowy town of Tagami.
Follow Masaki Konno, a teenager prone to falling into sticky situations through his last year of high school.
Each month is a new story that connects and leads up to the final installment, "Perfect December". Sometimes heartwarming, sometimes violent, sometimes comical, often mystical - for Tagami is known to be a land where a god resides...
No. of Players 1 player
Virtual Console
Big Brain Academy (Capcom/Wii U/$6.99/eShop)
Big Brain Academy brings fresh entertainment anyone young and 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.
No. of Players 1 player
Kuru Kuru Kururin (Nintendo/Wii U/$6.99/eShop)
Kururin's brothers and sisters are lost across 10 different worlds! In his 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.
No. of Players 1 player
Polarium Advance (Nintendo/Wii U/$6.99/eShop)
Create horizontal rows of the same color to clear the board. There are 365 puzzles, with many modes and special titles that will challenge your mind. Get familiar with the rules and try practicing on a few levels, play against the clock, or create your very own puzzles!
No. of Players 1 player
Nintendo eShop sales:
- Nintendo eShop on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS
- Rock ‘N Racing Off Road (Wii U), Dress to Play: Magic Bubbles! (Nintendo 3DS) and more games from Enjoy Up are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 3.
- The Legend of Legacy (Nintendo 3DS), Citizens of Earth (Wii U and Nintendo 3DS) and more games from ATLUS are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Feb. 22.
- 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
- Angry Bunnies, Color Zen and more games from Cypronia are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 14.
- Brunch Panic and Sweet Memories – Blackjackare on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 3.
- Real Heroes: Firefighter 3D is 50 percent off (reduced from $9.99 to $4.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Feb. 18.
- Petit Novel series – Harvest December is more than 30 percent off (reduced from $11.99 to $7.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Feb. 18.
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