That European kid sure plays a mean pinball.
The last full month of summer opens with a bit of a quiet week for the eShops - in fact, Europe's only getting two new games this week. They're just getting a lot of pinball sales - of both the Star Wars and Zen variety - to make up for it. With the Olympics somehow managing to start in Rio tomorrow, both North America and Europe will get to wear out their 3DS buttons with Stickman Super Ahtletics.
North America gets Dragon Skills, whose eShop box art suggests Exeggutor came across his loooooooong neck from other dragons besides the ones in Alola. And the Virtual Console gets another Manaphy-free Pokémon Ranger game. Honestly, the biggest deal this week is the demo for Style Savvy: Fashion Forward which sadly has to compete with the 2016 Game of the Year in two weeks.
Speaking of, we should expect the preload for Style Savvy and the aforementioned GOTY, Metroid Prime Federation Force, to go live this week as well.
North America
3DS Retail
Metroid Prime: Federation Force (US$39.99/C$49.99; preload, unlocks August 19)
Style Savvy: Fashion Forward ($29.99/$39.99; preload, unlocks August 19)
Wii U eShop
Dragon Skills ($7.99/$9.99)
Overworld Defender Remix ($5.99/not available)
3DS eShop
Stickman Super Athletics ($2.99/$3.99: $2.49/$3.19 until August 22)
Wii U Virtual Console
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (DS) ($9.99)
3DS Themes
Disney: Toy Story, Monsters Inc, Winnie the Pooh, Disney Princess, Tangled
Pokémon: Pokémon-Amie Substitute and Pair Art Set
Demos and Trials
Style Savvy: Fashion Forward
Just Dance 2017
Sales and Price Drops
The Fall is $1.99 (from $9.99) until August 9.
Star Wars Pinball is $4.99 (from $9.99) until August 18.
Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures (Wii U/3DS) is $4.99 (from $9.99) until August 9.
Steel Rivals is $4.99 (from $6.99) untiul August 25.
Midnight 2 is $1.59 (from $1.99) until August 25.
Ascent of Kings is $1.49 (from $1.99) until August 15.
SDK Paint and Defense Dome are on sale until August 10.
Beatbuddy is $3.99 (from $8.99) until August 8.
Ash is $2.79 (from $3.99) until August 25.
My Pets is $9.99 (from $24.99) until September 9.
Joindots titles are on sale until August 18.
Europe
3DS eShop
Alien on the Run (€4.99/£4.19)
Stickman Super Athletics (€2.99/£2.69: €2.49/£2.25 until 22 August)
3DS Themes
Pokémon: Substitute, Pair Art Set (€1.99/£1.79 ea, Friday)
Hello Kitty: lovely apples, gymnastic, ice cream, tropical (€0.99/£0.89 ea, Friday)
Demos and Trials
Alien on the Run
Sales and Price Drops
Zen Pinball 2 DLC and Star Wars Pinball plus its DLC are 50% off until 18 August.
Nano Assault Neo is €7.49/£6.70 (regular €9.99/£8.99) until 25 August.
Ascent of Kings is €1.49/£1.11 (regular €1.99/£1.49) until 11 August.
RCMADIAX titles are on sale until 1 September.
Goosebumps: The Game has been permanently reduced to €19.99/£14.99.