eShop Archive

  • Rayman Legends Demo and Retail Launch Dates Set

    Rayman Legends Demo and Retail Launch Dates Set

    While first-party titles like Nintendo Land and New Super Mario Bros. U are the games most folks are buying with their new Wii U consoles, Rayman Legends, thanks to its demo kiosk stations at retailers, has been the game to satisfy the curiosity of undecided […]

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  • Zen Pinball 2 Coming Soon to Wii U

    Zen Pinball 2 Coming Soon to Wii U

    The Nintendo Wii U launch window lineup is about to get one digital game deeper thanks to an unexpected holiday treat from Zen Studios. Later this month, Zen Pinball 2 will make its debut on the Wii U eShop. Wii U owners will be able […]

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  • Epic Mickey Unleashes the Power of Two on a Console Near You

    Epic Mickey Unleashes the Power of Two on a Console Near You

    Disney’s Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two makes its nationwide debut this week, available now on all modern consoles. PS3 (with Move support)? Yeah buddy! Xbox 360? You bet! Nintendo’s shiny new Wii U? Absolutely! Original Wii? Yep, Disney’s got that one covered too! […]

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  • Trine 2: Director’s Cut Makes Wii U eShop Launch Lineup

    Trine 2: Director’s Cut Makes Wii U eShop Launch Lineup

    Alongside today’s North American Nintendo Wii U launch, Frozenbyte has announced that the Director’s Cut edition of side-scrolling action platform puzzle game Trine 2 is currently available to download from the eShop digital storefront. It is also expected to make the European Wii U launch […]

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  • Review: Retro Pocket

    Review: Retro Pocket

    Once upon a time, before there were GameBoys and Game Gears, DSs and 3DSs, PSPs and Vitas, and long before the smartphone/tablet app boom, single-game LED handhelds sparked the popularity of portable gaming. Ah yes, the Game & Watch days, I remember them well. Donkey […]

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  • Review: Johnny Hotshot

    Review: Johnny Hotshot

    After mixing it up with Mr. Wang in some side-scrolling kung fu combat, the spiky-haired blonde dude they call Johnny is back on the Nintendo 3DS eShop, six-shooters loaded up to gun down bandits in a Wild West showdown. While playing his favorite arcade game, […]

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  • Combo Review: Puzzler World XL and Puzzler World 2012 3D

    Combo Review: Puzzler World XL and Puzzler World 2012 3D

    If you own a recently manufactured Nintendo portable gaming device (i.e. a DSi or 3DS) and enjoy word/number/picture puzzles, like crosswords, wordsearches, Sudoku, hangman, and spot the difference, there are two new titles to vie for your gaming dollar. Both come from the same Puzzler […]

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  • Review: The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave

    Review: The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave

    If, like so many of us tend to do when faced with something unusual, you judged The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave based only on its looks and its B-list movie title, you’d be left with a “WTF?” impression that landed somewhere between Pokemon […]

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  • Review: Samurai G

    Review: Samurai G

    The gaming world would be a whole lot different without gold coins. I mean seriously, could you imagine some of your favorite games without the shiny objects of currency floating around or tucked away in secret corners for you to snatch up? What would Mario […]

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  • Who’s Ready for Some 3D Solitaire?

    Who’s Ready for Some 3D Solitaire?

    The pinball aficionados at Zen Studios are dealing out an addictive hand of solitaire this week on the Nintendo eShop. Come Thursday, August 2nd, $3 will bring the card game time-waster–and Matthew Brock’s favorite office obsession–to your Nintendo 3DS. Yes, solitaire in stereoscopic 3D, carrying […]

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