This week represents a sea of calm in between the mass of insanity of the last couple of weeks and next week's double shot of the Year of the 3DS RPG. We have a small eShop collection from RCMADIAX that has both ice (SKEASY) and fire (VOLCANO), but no Knuckles. There's also a little fighting game imported from Europe in Steel Lords... but that's it.

The Virtual Console offers a couple of NES rarities from late 80's stalwart Culture Brain - the brawler Flying Dragon and in a bit of fortuitous timing for the Major League Baseball all-star break, Baseball Simulator 1.000. On the New 3DS, restrain your Konami hatred for a week as they drop The Legend of the Mystical Ninja to bring some Goemon to the 3DS.

Europe has a really light week. Actually, it's ludicrously light. Once you get past the enrollment drive for Team Callie with a Splatoon sale, the big releases are Tap Tap Arcade 2 and the 2009 film Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva finally being made available for sale on a Nintendo platform. (Hence, the page image.)

North America

Wii U eShop

STEEL LORDS (US$14.99/C$19.99)

Tap Tap Arcade 2 ($2.99/$3.99)

Wii U Virtual Console

Flying Dragon: The Secret Scroll (NES) ($4.99)

Baseball Simulator 1.000 (NES) ($4.99/$6.29)

New 3DS Virtual Console

The Legend of the Mystical Ninja (SNES) ($7.99/$11.29)

3DS Themes

The Legend of Dark Witch 2: Rudy, Soda and Zizou

Sales and Price Drops

Totem Topple is $1 (from $5) until July 14.

Dan McFox: Head Hunter is $1.99 (from $2.99) until July 21.

Alkterios titles are on sale until July 28.

Cypronia titles are on sale until July 29.

Joindots titles are on sale until July 14.

Circle Entertainment titles are on sale until July 28.

Europe

Wii U eShop

Tap Tap Arcade 2 (€2.99/£2.69)

Sudoku and Permudoku (€0.99/£0.89)

3DS Themes

DWANGO: 2D Dream Fever PolyphonicBranch, Happy Synthesizer/EasyPop, Love Trial/40mP, Senbonzakura/Kurousa (€1.99/£1.79 ea)

Rainbow: Winx Magic Summer (€1.99/£1.79)

Sanrio: Row, Row Hello Kitty, Hello Kitty London Calling, Hello Kitty Café, Hello Kitty Bicycle Love (€0.99/£0.89 ea)

3DS Video

Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva (€3.99/£3.59)

Sales and Price Drops

Splatoon is €29.99/£25.99 (regular €39.99/£34.99) until 21 July.

Dan McFox: Head Hunter is €1.99/£1.49 (regular €2.49/£1.99) until 21 July.

STEEL RIVALS is €4.99/£4.49 (regular €6.99/£5.99) until 21 July.

EnjoyUp Games titles are on sale until 4 August.

CIRCLE Ent. titles are on sale until 28 July.

NOVA-111 is permanently reduced to €9.99/£7.99 (from €14.99/£11.99)

Little Orbit titles (Barbie and her Sisters Puppy Rescue, Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of Legendary Legends and Monster High New Ghoul In School) are permanently reduced to €19.99/£17.99 (from €29.99/£24.99)