Mario and Donkey Kong headline the Nintendo Download

It’s a super-slow week for Nintendo fans, though there is a little Mario vs Donkey Kong action to be had.

Trudging towards Switch

Is this going to be the way it is till the Switch launches? I mean seriously, there’s like… nothing.  Well not nothing, but you know what I mean.

This week’s Nintendo Download offers a cartoon (Azure Striker Gunvolt) for the 3DS, and Mario vs Donkey Kong for the Wii U VC. So, one game basically. And it’s a game that most fans have probably played already. Also, not really a game that you’d probably want to play on a home console.

Yep. Is it March yet?

Here’s what’s on tap this week:

• Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS
  • Azure Striker Gunvolt: The Anime – Put together by anime superstars LandQ Studios and Touhoku Shinkai, Inti Creates debuts an electrifying anime adaptation on the Azure Striker Gunvolt series. The anime presents a scenario that fans of the series will be familiar with, while simultaneously presenting a deeper look into the world of Azure Striker Gunvolt. Download today.
• Virtual Console on Wii U
  • Mario vs. Donkey Kong – Donkey Kong just made off with all the Mini-Mario toys, and now it’s up to Mario to chase his longtime nemesis and retrieve the stolen goods. In this GameBoy Advance action-puzzler, leap and battle through increasingly difficult levels as you use switches, conveyor belts and hammers to overcome the hordes of enemies that block your way.

Nintendo eShop sales:

• Nintendo eShop on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS

  • Great deals this week include Shadow Puppeteer, The Legend of Kusakari and Word Search by POWGI (Wii U and Nintendo 3DS), plus several more! Check out the full list of deals on Nintendo 3DS and Wii U available this week at http://www.nintendo.com/games/sales-and-deals .

Also new this week:

• Plantera (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS and Wii U)
• Parascientific Escape – Gear Detective (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)
• BRICK RACE (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
• Words Up! Academy (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
• Y.A.S.G. (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)

In addition to video games available at retail stores, Nintendo also offers a variety of content that people can download directly to their systems. Nintendo adds new games weekly to Nintendo eShop on the Wii U console, the Nintendo 3DS family of systems and the Wii^™ Shop Channel for the Wii console.

Nintendo eShop is a cash-based service that features a wide variety of content, including new and classic games, applications and demos. Users can add money to their account balances by using a credit card or purchasing a Nintendo eShop Card at a retail store and entering the code from the card. All funds from one card must be loaded in Nintendo eShop on either Wii U or the Nintendo 3DS family of systems, but can be used in either Nintendo eShop if the systems are linked to a single Nintendo Network account.

The Wii Shop Channel offers games and applications and uses Wii Points^™, which can be purchased via the Wii Shop Channel. The Nintendo DSi^™ Shop offers games and applications and uses Nintendo DSi Points^™. Click here for details about the recent Nintendo DSi Shop service change.

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