E Shop and Downloadables Discussion

29th May for Minish Cap, I read. If you've never played it, get on it - one of the best original GBA games out there.

This Week

Wii U eShop

Gravity Badgers £4.99

Wii U Virtual Console

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap £6.29

Wii U Retail Download

Mario Kart 8 £49.99

Wii U eShop Temporary Discounts

Batman: Arkham City - Armoured Edition £12.49 until 5th June
Batman: Arkham Origins £12.49 until 5th June,
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes £9.99 until 5th June
Injustice: Gods Among Us £12.49 until 5th June
Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara £7.19 until 8th June
Resident Evil Revelations £23.99 until 8th June

Injustice is brilliant and that's a steal for that price. Buy it! (Unless you can get it on PS4 and play it with me natch).

There's a game called Gravity Badgers?  



Of course they're attituded-up space marine badgers. Dunno why I expected anything else.  

From left to right: the stealthy one, the one who'll likely betray them, the hero, the sassy girl, the dumb but strong one and the small annoying one. Pretty solid coverage of the typical action tropes there.

Balladeer wrote:

There's a game called Gravity Badgers?  



Of course they're attituded-up space marine badgers.  Dunno why I expected anything else.  

Could be the closed we get to a Star Fox game on the WiiU.

on Injustice it's £6.30 on amazon, so not much of bargain.

The one on the left is obviously the mentor figure.  Can you not see the white eyebrows and beard?

As far as the Five-Man Band goes, this follows it fairly closely.  The Smart Guy, the Lancer, the Leader, the Chick, the Big Guy, and another aspect of the Smart Guy.

WHY DOES A GAME CALLED SPACE BADGERS HAVE TO BE SO CLICHÉD IN EXECUTION?  SPACE BADGERS I TELL YOU! 

After watching the trailer I thought it (gravity badgers) looked decent, the reviews I found weren't great but it could still be worth a punt at £5.

Ah, I didn't spot the 'stache. Definitely the Master Splinter figure there.

From a cursory glance at some trailers though, I don't think it'll be up to much cop.

Looking through the list again I'm quite tempted to get Lego batman 2 come pay day.

Some really good discounts this week but would say Lego Batman 2 is the only one you couldn't get for a similar price if you shop around.

Read somewhere that the Gravity Badgers guys were going for the 90's anthropomorphic animal-type look, like Turtles, Battletoads, and that cartoon with the rats whose name I can't remember. If it plays well, I'll take a look - another call for demos on the Wii U, please!

Another reason to forget about the 90s ASAP.

The 90s rule.

So Pullbox world is a thing, and is getting a EU release of June 19th. We've all ready got a thread on it.

Gravity Badgers is an Angry Birds clone.

DESPAIR.

Maybe it isn't worth a punt, even at £5.

http://www.godisageek.com/2014/05/gravity-badgers-review/

Ittle Dew gets 8/10 from Nintendo Life. (I think I heard someone saying that they're generally pretty optimistic though - is that right?) However, it's the first paragraph more than the score that excites me:

NL wrote:

Let's get this out of the way first: if you like The Legend of Zelda, you'll absolutely love Swedish studio Ludosity's new Wii U eShop adventure title Ittle Dew – it's a love letter to A Link to the Past with the cartoony art style of The Wind Waker.

Sold. Or I would be, if it had an EU release date.  

Here's some more reviews (of the PC version) that you may or may not be inclined to agree with more than nintendo life.

http://metro.co.uk/2013/07/30/ittle-dew-review-the-parody-of-zelda-3904356/

&

http://www.edge-online.com/review/ittle-dew-review/

It sounds pretty decent to me if a little short but then again I don't really expect indie games (especially story driven ones) to last too long.

This Week

Wii U eShop
How to Survive £12.59

Wii U Virtual Console
Wario Land 4 £6.29)

Wii U eShop Temporary Discounts

Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I DON'T KNOW! £12.19 until 29th June
Ben 10: Omniverse £6.69 until 29th June,
Ben 10: Omniverse 2 £13.69 until 29th June
Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade £9.99 until 29th June
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures £16.29 until 29th June
Rise of the Guardians £11.99 until 29th June
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 £9.99 until 29th June
The Croods: Prehistoric Party £6.59 until 29th June
Turbo: Super Stunt Squad £12.19 until 29th June
TNT Racers - Nitro Machines Edition £4.49 until 19th June

Double Fine's Costume Quest 2 is coming to Wii U.

Really excited about this because I loved the original. Double Fine is my 2nd favourite Developer - after Nintendo, natch.

I presume that's not the dress-up game it sounds like?

The_Jaster wrote:

Here's some more reviews (of the PC version) that you may or may not be inclined to agree with more than nintendo life.

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It sounds pretty decent to me if a little short but then again I don't really expect indie games (especially story driven ones) to last too long.

6/7/8, and the 6 is from Edge? I'd be dubious of buying a game with those scores for full price, but for an eShop title, I might well have a pop.

It does have dressing up I think, Balla. Only played a trail of the first on 360 and wasn't a fan.

Also looking at the GBA VC games the last few have been from the GBA 3DS ambassador program, hope it means we will get fire emblem on the Wii U VC.

Might be relevant to a number of you: Ittle Dew has just been added to this week's Humble Bundle, meaning you can get it (and a bunch of other games, including Metal Slug 3) on Android and Steam for around £3.

https://www.humblebundle.com/?utm_source=Humble+Bundle+Newsletter&utm_campaign=c3673a9a68-Humble_Bundle_PC_and_Android_10_MPA&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_990b1b6399-c3673a9a68-96636157

DS game's might be here soon on the VC as Brain Age was released last night on the JPN WiiU VC.

masofdas wrote:

DS game's might be here soon on the VC as Brain Age was released last night on the JPN WiiU VC.

I reckon they'll launch it in the West during E3- "available to play from the end of this event", or something.