A streak hits the big 5-0.
You might have heard that there’s a game for North America this week that supports every amiibo, amiibo card and even the Mega Yarn Yoshi. Let me save you a click: It’s Word Puzzles, the POWGI-developed word game that has you using amiibo to create puzzles. (Pokken Tournament will have all-amiibo support for figures, but it seems more like Hyrule Warriors in that instance.) The other big eShop game this week is Oddworld New ‘n Tasty, with a nice launch discount to go with it.
An oddity is Outside the Realm, which is an interesting puzzle game that’s probably not going on sale any time soon – not like it needs to, though. The Virtual Console gets the previously announced Kuru Kuru Kururin, which has a near legendary status among most of the staff, plus a couple of brain teasers in Big Brain Academy and Polarium Advance.
Europe gets ALL OF THE JRPGs this week on 3DS, with the releases of Etrian Odyssey Untold 2 and Project X Zone 2, while also snagging wide-release demos for Bravely Second and Stella Glow. Even the Wii U gets in on the act, with a couple of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon titles ahead of Super Mystery Dungeon’s release next week. If you’re not in the mood for an RPG, may I recommend Renegade Kid’s Dementium Remastered, then also encourage you to show your support for a potential Dementium III if you have a Twitter account.
North America
50 weeks, no 3DS VC releases.
Wii U eShop
Oddworld: New 'n Tasty (US$19.99/C$24.99: $14.99/$19.99 launch week)
Word Puzzles by POWGI ($9.99/$12.99)
Cutie Pets Go Fishing ($1.99/$2.69)
Cutie Clash ($1.99/$2.69)
Outside The Realm ($0.49/$0.70)
3DS eShop
Word Puzzles by POWGI ($9.99/$12.99)
Wii U Virtual Console
Kuru Kuru Kururin (GBA) ($6.99)
Big Brain Academy (DS) ($6.99)
Polarium Advance (GBA) ($6.99)
Demos and Trials
Sales and Price Drops
The “Nindies Love You” sale is on through the 25th.
Atlus titles are on sale until February 22 including The Legend of Legacy and Citizens of Earth (Wii U/3DS).
Nano Assault NEO is $7.49 (from $9.99) until March 3.
Shadow Puppeteer is $13.49 (from $14.99) from Feb 12 - 15.
Girls Like Robots is $4.99 (from $6.99) from Feb 13 - 20.
Petit Novel series - Harvest December is $7.99 (from $11.99) until February 18.
Cypronia titles are on sale until March 14.
Circle Entertainment titles are on sale until March 3.
EnjoyUp titles are on sale until March 3.
RCMADIAX titles are on sale until March 30.
Puzzle Monkeys is $1.49 (from $2.99) until March 3.
Real Heroes: Firefighter 3D is $4.99 (from $9.99) until February 18.
Europe
3DS Retail
Etrian Odyssey Untold 2: The Fafnir Knight (€39.99/£34.99: DLC available, one free, two pieces free until 18 February)
Project X Zone 2 (€39.99/£29.99: DLC available, one free)
Wii U eShop
Oddworld: New 'n Tasty (€19.99/£14.99: €15.99/£11.99 until 25 February)
Discovery (€6.99/£5.99)
Jones on fire (€5.99/£4.59)
3DS eShop
Dementium Remastered (€14.99/£13.49)
Alphadia (€9.99/£8.99)
The Legend of the Dark Witch 2 (€6.99/£5.59)
Wii U Virtual Console
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team (DS) (€9.99/£8.99)
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team (GBA) (€6.99/£6.29)
3DS Themes
CIRCLE Ent – The Legend of Dark Witch 2: Blad and Vern (€0.99/£0.69 ea, Friday)
Demos and Trials
Sales and Price Drops
The Nindies Love You Sale is on until 25 February, and the 3DS version of Turtle Tale is also on sale until 25 February.
Super Street Fighter IV 3D is €8.00/£7.20 (regular €19.99/£17.99) until 25 February.
Atlus titles (Shin Megami Tensei IV, Citizens of Earth Wii U and 3DS) are on sale until 25 February.
Retro City Rampage: DX is €5.99/£5.48 (regular €8.99/£7.99) until 25 February.
Petit Novel: Harvest December and Brunch Panic from CIRCLE Ent are on sale until 3 March.
Shadow Puppeteer is €12.99/£11.99 (regular €14.99/£13.49) until 15 February.
Trine: Enchanted Edition and Trine 2: Director's Cut are on sale until 10 March.
Puzzle Monkeys is €1.49/£1.49 (regular €2.99/£2.99) until 3 March.
Real Heroes: Firefighter 3D Download Edition is €4.99/£4.49 (regular €9.99/£8.99) until 18 February.
EnjoyUp Games titles are on sale until 10 March.
Cypronia titles are on sale until 12 March.