its such a hassle to find them now. i have to search for the game, and hit a few buttons . I would have never have known about these if it wasn't for you guys.


Why is ' video on demand ' section on e-shop when they all come preinstalled onto the system? seems like a waste of space. And why can't i gift wii u or 3ds games to people, but I can for Wii ?


/end rant

Uh oh, headline's wrong!

Rayman demo is fantastic. It was great playing Teensies and Castle Rock again at home, but Toad Story was an awesome new addition. Soo good!

Thanks to this most helpful article, I set the machine to download all 3 demos of which I am now aware (Sonic, Rayman and FIFA  and set it to turn off when done. When I get home from work (and from my 9 year-old's Christmas Concert) they will be there, ready to play. Can't wait to play Rayman again with the kids.


But, thank goodness for this article. How the heck would people otherwise know there are demos available?  I found no indication on the e-shop front page (except for FIFA) and no notifications or emails or anything from Nintendo indicating demos are live.


You'd think they'd want to  make a bigger deal out of this if for nothing else than to drive traffic to the e-shop.

Is it the Old Black Betty Demo?

On european eShop they have moved Rayman Legends right to the top with caption "Demo available!". And made a special trailer just for demo alone.

I only played Teensies in Trouble at Gamestop before so it was awesome to finally play Castle Rock.  Put a big smile on my face.  The addition of Toad Story was huge for me because the entire level is just platforming.  I was worried the game would shove the touch controls down your throat.

...but on a side note, eShop definitely needs some work showing what's available.

Thanks for the heads up, besides exploring it once near launch I haven't really used the eShop so I wouldn't have known about the demo's, and I've been very curious about Rayman (and to an extent, Sonic) so this is great news. I'm downloading the demos as we speak, I may even download FIFA for the hell of it.

edit there's animated blood in sonic all star racing? weird..

Is this Sonic demo the same one from a while back that still had frame rate issues?  Because it's decent, but I did get slowdown.  I'm hoping they just didn't bother to patch the demo, which was the case in articles about the demo from back in September.

On Russian eShop, Rayman Demos You!!


I got nothing

Rayman demo is FUCKING AWESOME! I want the damn game now more than ever. It's so beautiful too.

I might just pick up the Sonic racing game sooner than I thought because of this demo.

Hooray for demos. Now Nintendo only has to put a dedicated section for them, so as to not keep them from being hidden.

Yeah, no kidding, Caliban. I was surprised to see the Toad Story level added to the demo, too. Made it all that much better. Castle Rock stage is fantastic. I really need to try it out with a second player, though.

Yeah when i tried it in single player i was underwhelmed, Castle Rock kinda needs at least two players.

I can maybe understand the 30 play limit when the game is out and available to purchase, but considering this game doesn't come out until early Spring, I think it's a bit lousy they have a play limit.