Nintendo Download Update – Sportsball, The Swapper, Sonic Boom 3DS demo

With Sonic Boom for the Wii U and 3DS nearly ready to launch on both Nintendo platforms, there’s a Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal demo ready to take for a test drive on the 3DS.

Sportsball launches as a new WIi U eShop release alongside The Swapper and the digital version of Disney Infinity (2.0 Edition) which we assume will need a portal and figures for full functionality.

Read on!

Nintendo eShop on Wii U

• Sportsball ? In this fun local multiplayer game that entertains a room full of friends, up to four players take the reins of exotic birds that flap, tackle and dunk balls into the net for points and glory. Play against your friends in more than seven game modes, or customize options to create your own. Call up all your buddies, hop on your birds and play Sportsball! Click here to watch a trailer for the game.
• The Swapper ? In this atmospheric sci-fi puzzle game set on abandoned space station, solve puzzles by creating clones using the Wii U GamePad controller. Click here to watch a trailer for the game.
• Disney Infinity (2.0 Edition) ? Disney Infinity (2.0 Edition) allows you to conquer a game universe with endless opportunities to create stories and action-filled adventures featuring new Super Heroes, characters and powers. Enjoy up to four players in online multiplayer, use your Wii U GamePad controller to create your own worlds in the Toy Box, activate missions or unlock toys in Play Sets. Click here to watch a trailer for the game.

Virtual Console on Wii U

• Super Mario Advance ? Play the Game Boy Advance remake of two NES classics, Super Mario Bros. 2 and Mario Bros., offering hours of running, jumping, lifting and POW action.

Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS

• Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal ? Free Demo Version ? Try it before you buy it. Download the free demo version of Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal. Sonic must team up with Tails, Knuckles and new friend Sticks to rescue Amy from the clutches of Lyric and his robot army. Click here to watch a trailer for the game. The full version of Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal launches exclusively for Nintendo 3DS on Nov. 11.
• nintendogs + cats: Golden Retriever, nintendogs + cats: French Bulldog, nintendogs + cats: Toy Poodle ? The fun of the nintendogs games returns, with multiple breeds to choose from, accessories for your puppies and kittens to wear, and the ability to let your puppies and kittens train and compete in different challenges and activities. Plus, get a free nintendogs + cats theme for your Nintendo 3DS system when you buy one of thenintendogs + cats games in the Nintendo eShop. You?ll find the download code for the free theme on your Nintendo eShop receipt. See the game information page for offer details. Download codes are available while supplies last and expire on Dec. 31, 2015.

Virtual Console on Nintendo 3DS

• Pok?mon Puzzle Challenge ? Journey to Johto for the ultimate puzzle challenge! With the help of many favorite Pok?mon, you will take on Gym Leaders like Jasmine, Pryce and Falkner on a quest to become the Pok?mon Puzzle Champion. Use lightning-fast reflexes to form chains and combos that will help clear all the challenges that await you. Click here to watch a trailer for the game. Plus, you?ll get a code for the Pok?mon Omega Ruby and Pok?mon Alpha Sapphire Special Demo Version with your purchase of the Pok?mon Puzzle Challenge game. You’ll find the free demo code on your Nintendo eShop receipt. Download codes are available while supplies last and expire on May 31, 2015.

Nintendo eShop on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS

• PIKMIN Short Movies ? Watch the colorful antics of Pikmin as they jump into three short movies: The Night Juicer, Treasure in a Bottle and Occupational Hazards. Directed by Shigeru Miyamoto, the three shorts are available in HD for Wii U and in 3D for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems. Get all three in one pack in the Nintendo eShop. You can also download a free demo of the Pikmin 3 game in the Nintendo eShop for Wii U. You will be able to transfer your data to the full game if you decide to buy.

Nintendo eShop Sales

• Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS
  • Siesta Fiesta is more than 30 percent off (reduced from $5.99 to $3.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 13.

Price reduction:

• Sonic Lost World for Wii U is now available for $29.95 (reduced from $49.99).
• Sonic Lost World for Nintendo 3DS is now available for $29.95 (reduced from $39.99).
• Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed for Wii U is now available for $29.95 (reduced from $39.99).
• Flowerworks HD: Follie?s Adventure for Wii U is being reduced to $2 (from $4) starting on Nov. 7.

Also new this week:

• Flapp & Zegeta (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
• Pier Solar and the Great Architects (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
• SDK Paint (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
• Shuttle Rush (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
• Kemonomix+ (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)
• Safari Quest (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS) ? Available Nov. 11
• Planes Fire & Rescue (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS and Wii U) ? Available Nov. 11