Will you join a federation or run a shop?
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/43201/nintendo-downloads-august-18-2016
Boy, that escalated quickly.
With two major retail games hitting in 2016 Game of the Year Metroid Prime Federation Force and the long-awaited Style Savvy: Fashion Forward, this week was going to be busy enough. But the quantity is there to back it up as there are no less than 13 eShop titles this week for North America.
Among the highlights of the eShop are Power Disc Slam, recently released in Europe and promoted as a spiritual successor to Neo-Geo cult hit (though I do risk redundancy) Windjammers. As well, there's Poncho, a long awaited platformer published by Rising Star Games and a crossbuy POWGI game. Perhaps the oddest yet most obvious release of the group is Adventure Party: Cats and Caverns, which brings back asynchronous multiplayer with one person as a dungeon master. Even the Virtual Console gets in on it with Pichu's Ukelele Adventures, aka Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs.
Europe is getting some interesting new arrivals with Poncho and Word Logic, plus getting Jump Trials Supreme about... two and a half years after North America? But the oddities are down at the bottom, where Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva (now on STEAM for some reason, and that's not a typo) is joined by the first Inazuma Eleven anime movie and a sale on the StreetPass Mii Plaza games among other oddities.
North America
3DS Retail
Metroid Prime: Federation Force (US$39.99/C$49.99)
Style Savvy: Fashion Forward ($29.99/$39.99)
Wii U eShop
Ziggurat ($14.99)
Adventure Party: Cats and Caverns ($12.99/?)
Poncho ($9.99)
Word Logic by POWGI ($9.99/$12.99)
Blasting Agent: Ultimate Edition ($2.99/$3.49)
Collateral Thinking ($2.99)
MikroGame: Rotator ($1.99)
3DS eShop
Word Logic by POWGI ($9.99/$12.99)
Power Disc Slam ($7.49/$9.99)
Kingdom's Item Shop ($5.00/$7.00)
Touch Battle Ninja ($4.99/$5.39)
Blasting Agent: Ultimate Edition ($2.99/$3.49)
Brick Race ($1.49/$1.99: New 3DS Exclusive)
Wii U Virtual Console
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs (DS) ($9.99)
New 3DS Virtual Console
3DS Themes
Style Savvy: My Room
Monster Hunter Generations: Hunter's Journey, The Fated Four
Ashley's Recipe
Sales and Price Drops
Nintendo will be holding a Summer Savings Event from update time today until September 1. Up to 30% off "select games". The full list can be found here.
Atlus sale rotation: Shin Megami Tensei Devil Summoner Soul Hackers/Devil Survivor and Conception II are $9.99 until August 29.
Nicalis titles are on sale until August 29.
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty is $9.99 (from $19.99) until September 1.
Hot Rod Racer is $1.49 (from $2.99) until September 1.
Art of Balance is $6.70 (from $8.99) until September 8.
U Host is $7.99 (from $12.99) until August 25.
Tilelicious: Delicious Tiles is $1.99 (from $5.99) until August 24.
Inside My Radio is $9.49 (from $14.99) until September 1.
Zombie Panic in Wonderland DX is $4.99 (from $8.00) until September 15.
Carps and Dragons is $2.49 (from $4.99) until September 16.
Classic Games Overload: Card and Puzzle Edition is $14.99 (from $29.99) until September 6.
Explody Bomb and Hold Your Fire: A Game About Responsibility are on sale until September 1.
Joindots titles are on sale until September 1.
EnjoyUp Games titles are on sale until September 15.
Europe
Wii U eShop
Poncho (€8.99/£7.99)
Word Logic by POWGI (€8.99/£7.99: crossbuy with 3DS version)
Blasting Agent: Ultimate Edition (€4.99/£4.49)
Citadale: Gate of Souls (€4.52/£4.09)
Collateral Thinking (€2.99/£2.69)
3DS eShop
Word Logic by POWGI (€8.99/£7.99: crossbuy with Wii U version)
Blasting Agent: Ultimate Edition (€4.99/£4.49)
Jump Trials Supreme (€4.99/£4.19)
Brick Race (€1.49/£1.39)
Wii U Virtual Console
Pokémon Snap (N64) (€9.99/£8.99)
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky (DS) (€9.99/£8.99)
3DS Themes
Monster Hunter Generations: Hunter's Journey (€1.99/£1.79)
Demos and Trials
Splatoon Global Testfire (until 1 September)
Jump Trials Supreme
3DS Video
Inazuma Eleven: The Movie (€3.99/£3.59)
Sales and Price Drops
StreetPass Mii Plaza games sale: Pack 1 is €9.99/£8.99 (regular €14.99/£13.49), Pack 2 is €5.29/£4.80 (regular €7.99/£7.19) and individual games are €3.99/£3.69 (regular €3.99/£3.59) until 28 August.
The Fall is €1.99/£1.40 (regular €9.99/£6.99) until 25 August.
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty is €9.99/£7.49 (regular €19.99/£14.99) until 1 September.
Power Disc Slam is €6.99/£5.99 (regular €11.99/£9.99) until 31 August.
Hot Rod Racer is €1.49/£1.34 (regular €2.99/£2.69) until 1 September.
Art of Balance is €6.70/£5.36 (regular €8.99/£7.15) until 8 September.
Inside My Radio is €9.49/£7.99 (regular €14.99/£12.99) until 1 September.
Job the Leperchaun is €0.99/£0.79 (regular €2.99/£2.69) until 1 September.
STEEL RIVALS is €4.99/£4.49 (regular €6.99/£5.99) until 15 September.
Carps and Dragons is €2.49/£2.24 (regular €4.99/£4.49) until 16 September.
Zombie Panic in Wonderland DX is €4.99/£4.49 (regular €7.00/£6.30) until 18 September.
Springloaded titles are on sale until 25 August.
Typoman has been permanently reduced to €9.99/£8.99 (previously €13.99/£9.99)