This weeks Nintendo Download is, officially, Animal Crossing crazy

The little series that just keeps on going, Animal Crossing gets a new game this week on the eShop (and in retail stores) with Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer.

It’s kind of a weird week on the eShop for the 3DS and Wii U, with Animal Crossing headlining, but then a few interesting lesser releases hitting as well.

Following up the latest from the popular Animal Crossing series is Extreme Exorcism (which has you purging homes of evil spirits), Starwhal (which stars a space… narwhal), and the return of The Ignition Factor for the Virtual Console. If you’re not familiar with that one, it’s a firefighting action title that originally appeared on the SNES. Yep, it’s kind of different, but it’s actually pretty fun.

There’s honestly a little something for everyone this week, so scroll on down and make your picks Nintendo fans.

• Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS
  • Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – All of your favorite Animal Crossing villagers are seeking new looks for their homes, and you’re the designer! Use your creativity to design the perfect houses – inside and out – for old friends (and new ones, too). As a bonus, the digital version comes with a code for an Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer: Your Office Nintendo 3DS HOME Menu theme.
• Nintendo eShop on Wii U

 

• Extreme Exorcism – In Extreme Exorcism, take on the role of exorcist Mae Barrons, whose unconventional supernatural skills are called upon when everything and everyone else has failed to rid a haunted house of its ghostly presence. If you downloaded the demo during the limited-time E3 Nindies@Home promotion, you will save 15 percent off your purchase until Oct. 23. Click here to view a trailer for the game.
• STARWHAL – STARWHAL is the number one local multiplayer couch gaming experience featuring marine mammals in outer space. Play with one to four of your friends in a retro, epic narwhal battle in space! The heart-piercing action is furious and unrelenting. Click here to watch a trailer for the game.

• Virtual Console on Wii U
  • The Ignition Factor – In this Super NES game, take control of a brave firefighter as he battles to save people from towering infernos and flame-filled factories. Choose your firefighting equipment, traverse through the dangerous levels of a building engulfed in flames and rescue the people trapped inside.

Nintendo eShop Sales:

• Nintendo eShop on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS
  • Phineas and Ferb: Quest for Cool Stuff (Wii U and Nintendo 3DS) is on sale for $4.99 until 8:59 a.m. on Sept. 28.
• Nintendo eShop on Wii U
  • Family Tennis SP is 25 percent off (reduced from $4.99 to $3.70) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 15.
  • Legend of Kay Anniversary is 50 percent off (reduced from $24.99 to $12.49) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 1.
  • Elliot Quest is 15 percent off (reduced from $12.99 to $10.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 30.
  • Suspension Railroad Simulator is 37 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $5) until 8:59 a.m. on Oct. 8.
  • Paper Monsters Recut and Blocky Bot from Mobot Studios are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 1.
  • Quadcopter Pilot Challenge is 50 percent off (reduced from $8.99 to $4.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 8.
• Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS
  • Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl is 50 percent off (reduced from $29.99 to $14.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 28.
  • Crash City Mayhem is 75 percent off (reduced from $19.99 to $4.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 28.
  • Snow Moto Racing is 25 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $5.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT

    on Oct. 1.

  • Murder on the Titanic and 3D Game Collection from JoinDots are on sale until 8:59 a.m. on Oct. 8.
  • 10-in-1 Arcade Collection, Hazumi, League of Heroes, Monster Shooter, Pick-A-Gem, PIX3D, Crazy Kangaroo, SpeedX 3D Hyper Edition, SpeedX 3D and Rage of the Gladiator from Huuuge Games are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 22.
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL World Duel Carnival is 50 percent off (reduced from $19.99 to $9.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 21.

Theme Shop on Nintendo 3DS:

• New themes this week include:
  • Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer: My Town

Also new this week:

• Hold Your Fire: A Game About Responsibility (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
• Beatbuddy (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
• Job the Leprechaun (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
• Nova-111 (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
• Mercenaries Saga 2 – Demo Version (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)

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 the Nintendo eShop on the Wii U console and the Nintendo 3DS family of systems, the Nintendo DSi^™ Shop for the Nintendo DSi system and the Wii^™ Shop Channel for the Wii console.

The 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 the 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^™, which can be purchased in the Nintendo DSi Shop.

Remember that Wii U, Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 3DS XL, Nintendo 2DS and Nintendo DSi feature parental controls that let adults manage some of the content their children can access. For more information about this and other features, visit http://www.nintendo.com/wiiu or http://www.nintendo.com/3ds.