Posted October 8, 2014 To be honest that "competition" was a bit of a shambles. Haha. Why? Did you enter? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 8, 2014 Haha. Why? Did you enter? Yes I did. But the 2 winners chosen at random, the first one appears to be a close friend. The second winner too appears to be a friend also and I may be wrong, I apologise if I am but I didn't see any tweet from @zebadee123 and they're not a follower of nintendo_review. Both of which we were meant to do. So how did she qualify? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 13, 2014 This week’s Nintendo downloads are as follows: Wii U Lone Survivor: The Director’s Cut – €11.99 / £9.99 / CHF16.80 Hyrule Warriors™: Master Quest Pack (DLC) – €6.99 / £6.29 / CHF9.80 PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures 2 – €34.99 / £24.99 / CHF38.90 Wii U VC Donkey Kong Country™ (SNES) – €7.99 / £5.49 / CHF11.20 3DS PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures 2 – €34.99 / £24.99 / CHF38.90 Survivor – Heroes – €34.99 / £27.79 / CHF42.39 Winx Cub: Saving Alfea – €29.99 / £24.99 / CHF38.90 3DS VC Adventures of Lolo™ (NES) – €3.99 / £3.59 / CHF5.60 Donkey Kong™ Land (GB) – €3.99 / £3.59 / CHF5.60 3DS Themes Spinner Mario – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF2.80 Spinner Bowser – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF2.80 Spinner Peach – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF2.80 Spinner Rosalina – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF2.80 Special offers Donkey Kong™ Country Tropical Freeze – €33.49 / £26.79 / CHF43.00 until 06/11/2014 for users who downloaded Donkey Kong Country, Donkey Kong Country 2™: Diddy’s Kong Quest™ or Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble™ from Nintendo eShop on the same Wii U. Donkey Kong™ Country Returns 3D – €26.79 / £23.44 / CHF34.70 until 06/11/2014 for users who downloaded Donkey Kong™ Land, Donkey Kong™ Land 2 or Donkey Kong™ Land III from Nintendo eShop on the same Nintendo 3DS with a Nintendo Network ID. SteamWorld Dig (Wii U/3DS) – €5.99 / £4.49 / CHF6.99 until 30/10/2014. Regular price is €8.99 / £6.99 / CHF 10.99 Squids Odyssey (Wii U/3DS) - €5.99 / £4.99 / CHF7.99 until 30/10/2014. Regular price is €12.99 / £9.99 / CHF15.99 TNT Racers – Nitro Machines Edition - €3.99 / £3.49 / CHF5.99 until 30/10/2014. Regular price is €7.99 / £6.99 / CHF11.99 Gravity Badgers – €2.49 / £2.49 / CHF3.50 until 30/10/14. Regular price is €4.99 / £4.99 / CHF7.00 Trine 2: Director’s Cut – €8.49 / £6.99 / CHF9.99 until 03/11/2014. Regular price is €16.99 / £13.99 / CHF19.99 4 Elements – €5.99 / £5.39 / CHF8.40 until 30/10/2014. Regular price is €11.99 / £10.79 / CHF16.80 Azada - €5.99 / £5.39 / CHF8.40 until 30/10/2014. Regular price is €11.99 / £10.79 / CHF16.80 Hidden Expedition® Titanic - €3.99 / £3.59 / CHF5.60*until 30/10/2014. Regular price is €11.99 / £10.79 / CHF16.80 Luxor - €5.99 / £5.39 / CHF8.40 until 30/10/2014. Regular price is €11.99 / £10.79 / CHF16.80 Mystery Case Files Dire Grove – €3.99 / £3.59 / CHF5.60 until 30/10/2014. Regular price is €11.99 / £10.79 / CHF16.80 Mystery Case Files Ravenhearst® – €3.99 / £3.59 / CHF5.60 until 30/10/2014. Regular price is €11.99 / £10.79 / CHF16.80 Mystery Case Files Return to Ravenhearst – €3.99 / £3.59 / CHF5.60 until 30/10/2014. Regular price is €11.99 / £10.79 / CHF16.80 Mystery Case Files Return to Ravenhearst – €3.99 / £3.59 / CHF5.60 until 30/10/2014. Regular price is €11.99 / £10.79 / CHF16.80 Secret Mysteries in London – €5.99 / £5.39 / CHF8.40 until 30/10/2014. Regular price is €11.99 / £10.79 / CHF16.80 Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars – €19.99 / £17.99 / CHF28.00 until 30/10/2014. Regular price is €29.99 / £24.99 / CHF38.90 Snow Moto Racing 3D - €5.99 / £5.39 / CHF8.39 until 27/11/2014. Regular price is €7.99 / £7.19 / CHF11.19 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 13, 2014 (edited) The people over at Neogaf have found information which suggests the web shop will be here soon People have managed to get the "Redeem Code" page to work, which downloads the content directly to the console. Edited October 13, 2014 by Cube Wrong language. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 13, 2014 Hmm, actually seems like it's true. Amazing news! Let's hope it's coming very soon. Still need an app encompassing all of this! Web pages just aren't good enough alternatives! Need messaging in miiverse too!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 13, 2014 And it only took them 2 years to do it. Can't wait for it to go live. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 13, 2014 Can't wait for it to go live.... ...in 2016. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 14, 2014 It's sorta live in the US. You can buy the game from the NoA store and have it sent to your 3DS. https://checkout.nintendo.com/#/item/CTRNAXCE/billing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 15, 2014 It's sorta live in the US. You can buy the game from the NoA store and have it sent to your 3DS. https://checkout.nintendo.com/#/item/CTRNAXCE/billing Your links seem to be to a web store; you are emailed a digital download code. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 15, 2014 Your links seem to be to a web store; you are emailed a digital download code. So why does it say send it straight to your machine or input the code manually? Admittedly its unnecessarily confusing... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 15, 2014 Your links seem to be to a web store; you are emailed a digital download code. You can enter your NNID and they send it to your device. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 15, 2014 You're right, its hidden in (what I feel) is the wrong FAQ section. Looks to me as if it'll only support eShop direct - unlike PS4 app which allows you to redeem codes from retailers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 15, 2014 You're right, its hidden in (what I feel) is the wrong FAQ section. Looks to me as if it'll only support eShop direct - unlike PS4 app which allows you to redeem codes from retailers. You're blind, twice over. It says at the top, in huge letters - Download straight to your machine... Also, the leaks earlier were where you could put a download code in so that'll be fine too! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 15, 2014 You're blind, twice over. It says at the top, in huge letters - Download straight to your machine... Also, the leaks earlier were where you could put a download code in so that'll be fine too! Aha! I'm not blind, the mobile site does not say this! But the desktop site does. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 15, 2014 This is the first time in MONTHS, maybe even a year, that a VC game I've wanted has arrived, heck, TWO! I love the DKC games, so will definitely get the first two and I never got to play Donkey Kong Land so that will be interesting. Also, to everyone that hasn't got it yet, DKC Tropical Freeze is amazing, £25 is a great price for it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 15, 2014 This is the first time in MONTHS, maybe even a year, that a VC game I've wanted has arrived, heck, TWO! I love the DKC games, so will definitely get the first two and I never got to play Donkey Kong Land so that will be interesting. Also, to everyone that hasn't got it yet, DKC Tropical Freeze is amazing, £25 is a great price for it. The thing is that it's over 11GB in size so it'll eat your puny 32GB memory alive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 15, 2014 The thing is that it's over 11GB in size so it'll eat your puny 32GB memory alive. That's true, so it's lame for people just after the deal. I'd say people who generally download games to their Wii U should already have or no doubt will need very soon a USB hard drive anyway though. I'd actually forgotten how lame the storage was cause I've had my HDD for so long. Yet another oversight by Nintendo to add to the list :p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 20, 2014 Wii U eShop releases for 23rd October; Wii U Retail Downloads Bayonetta 2 (Nintendo, €49.99 / £39.99, or €29.99 / £24.99 if Bayonetta is downloaded on the same Wii U) – Available from the 24th of October. Bayonetta (Nintendo, €29.99 / £24.99, or €9.99 / £9.99 if Bayonetta 2 is downloaded on the same Wii U) – Available from the 24th of October. Just Dance 2015 (Ubisoft, Price TBC) Wii U eShop My Style Studio: Hair Salon (Cypronia, €4.99 / £4.49) Wii U Virtual Console Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest (Nintendo, SNES VC, €7.99 / £5.49) Namco Museum (Namco, GBA VC, €5.99/£5.39) — A Game Boy Advance title delivers 5 retro arcade games with their original visuals — Ms. Pac-Man, Galaxian, Galaga, Pole Position and Dig Dug Donkey Kong Promotion — Wii U Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo, €33.49 / £26.79, regular price €49.99 / £39.99) — You must buy a classic Donkey Kong game from the eShop on the same Wii U, either Donkey Kong Country on 16th October, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong’s Quest on 23rd October or Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble on 30th October. Wii U eShop Temporary Discounts Master Reboot (Wales Interactive, €5.99 / £4.99 until 6th November, regular price €11.99 / £9.99) Color Zen (Cypronia, €2.24 / £2.24 until 30th November, regular price €2.99 / £2.99) Color Zen Kids (Cypronia, €2.24 / £2.24 until 30th November, regular price €2.99 / £2.99) Angry Bunnies: Colossal Carrot Crusade (Cypronia, free until 30th November if you already own Angry Bunnies on the 3DS eShop and have linked both systems with the same Nintendo Network ID. Regular price €6.99 / £5.99) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 20, 2014 Wii U Virtual Console Namco Museum (Namco, GBA VC, €5.99/£5.39) — A Game Boy Advance title delivers 5 retro arcade games with their original visuals — Ms. Pac-Man, Galaxian, Galaga, Pole Position and Dig Dug. That now is something I might go for. I've bought a couple of Jakks Pacific Namco Arcade 2 Plug & Play TV Games over the years. They knacker out very quickly. I only buy them because of Ms. Pac-man, I love it. Me and the ex played it for ages. It's the only real game she liked and was addicted to it. The joystick made it easier for her as well. It's far better than the original Pac-man. In this one you'll be able to cheat like hell with a restore point. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 20, 2014 That's true, so it's lame for people just after the deal. I'd say people who generally download games to their Wii U should already have or no doubt will need very soon a USB hard drive anyway though. I'd actually forgotten how lame the storage was cause I've had my HDD for so long. Yet another oversight by Nintendo to add to the list :p Is it similar to the 3DS oversight where you don't actually buy/purchase the game if there isn't sufficient space to download it? I got stung on the MH3 £18 deal on 3DS because of that, not to mention went and bought a whole new frickin SD card...only to find it never bought during the sale due to lack of space. I was seriously pissed off about it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 20, 2014 @Rummy - Oh man that really does suck, weirdly they seem to find any excuse for you to NOT buy things. I went to download Donkey Kong Land just as my battery went to red and it said I must plug in my 3DS first, plugged it in, it said I need more battery before downloading - Despite being plugged in, because it was on red it wouldn't let me download it! The stupid thing is, downloading gb games over my internet takes 30 seconds tops. Impulse purchases are almost non-existent on Nintendo consoles because of how akward it is to buy anything. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 20, 2014 @Rummy - Oh man that really does suck, weirdly they seem to find any excuse for you to NOT buy things. I went to download Donkey Kong Land just as my battery went to red and it said I must plug in my 3DS first, plugged it in, it said I need more battery before downloading - Despite being plugged in, because it was on red it wouldn't let me download it! The stupid thing is, downloading gb games over my internet takes 30 seconds tops. Impulse purchases are almost non-existent on Nintendo consoles because of how akward it is to buy anything. I possibly missed the most sucky point about it - I had 'purchased' up to the price of the game(because my credit was less) - so it left me with £18 sitting on my eShop account that would have been well placed elsewhere at the time(everything counts when you're buying a house) - half the reason I bought Scram Kitty, Earthbound, and some other little bits, is because many months later I had all this monies still sitting in my eShop account! Your example of DKC is perfect of what is just a major oversight in system design. I know people don't like hating on Nintendo etc. but things like this just seem to archaic and basic considering how far technology has come, it's something I'd expect back in the 56k days or something, but not now, not now at all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 20, 2014 (edited) I possibly missed the most sucky point about it - I had 'purchased' up to the price of the game(because my credit was less) - so it left me with £18 sitting on my eShop account that would have been well placed elsewhere at the time(everything counts when you're buying a house) - half the reason I bought Scram Kitty, Earthbound, and some other little bits, is because many months later I had all this monies still sitting in my eShop account! That's exactly why I just purchase each game separately on the credit card now. I never top up my account anymore. Even though I'm buying regularly now it could come to the point where I don't buy anything for ages. I'm not having the Wii situation all over again. Even though it's packed away, there's something like 500 maybe more points still there sitting idle. There was even more than that but I bought a game at the end just to try and use some of them up. It's not much individually but add all the millions of Wii consoles in the same situation and Nintendo have a gold mine of money for nothing. Edited October 20, 2014 by Wii Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 20, 2014 That's exactly why I just purchase each game separately on the credit card now. I never top up my account anymore. Even though I'm buying regularly now it could come to the point where I don't buy anything for ages. I'm not having the Wii situation all over again. Even though it's packed away, there's something like 500 maybe more points still there sitting idle. There was even more than that but I bought a game at the end just to try and use some of them up. It's not much individually but add all the millions of Wii consoles in the same situation and Nintendo have a gold mine of money for nothing. How do you mean on the card? Can you avoid topping up to the value of the purchase? Essentially that's what I did, assuming it'd be charging to my card to download of sorts - but no it just topped up the retail value then told me there was insufficient space to download but didn't actually make it particularly clear I hadn't then spend topped up credit on the game I was, god forbid, topping up for and trying to buy. I'm exactly the same otherwise though, don't top up beyond what I need. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 21, 2014 How do you mean on the card? Can you avoid topping up to the value of the purchase? Essentially that's what I did, assuming it'd be charging to my card to download of sorts - but no it just topped up the retail value then told me there was insufficient space to download but didn't actually make it particularly clear I hadn't then spend topped up credit on the game I was, god forbid, topping up for and trying to buy. I'm exactly the same otherwise though, don't top up beyond what I need. If I was in your position I would have contacted Nintendo directly.. and asked that they honour your attempted purchase. It does initially charge you THEN you d/l... I've never had a similar situation but thanks for the heads up (IF I ever get close to filling my SD card!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
