Nintendo Download Update – Freedom Planet, Pumped BMX +, River City Ransom

Other than the big Super Smash Bros. update and new DLC, there’s a nice variety of other content launching on the eShop today.

Freedom Planet, Pumped BMX +, VoxelMaker, Toto Temple Deluxe and a few others hit the Wii U today alongside River City Ransom as a Virtual Console release. The 3DS scores Chronus Arc this week and some sales and whatnot.

Read on.

This week?s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:

• Nintendo eShop on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS
  • Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U – DLC ? Fans of Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U can now add even more fun with a free update and new DLC for purchase on both versions. The free update includes a Duck Hunt stage for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and the ability to upload match replay highlights to YouTube in the Wii U version of the game. In addition, players can now purchase new Mii Fighter costumes ? like Fox (from the and Star Fox series) and Toad outfits ? as well as a Pirate Ship stage for Super Smash Bros. for Wii Uinspired by The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and a Super Mario Maker stage for both versions of the game. For full details, visit http://www.smashbros.com/us/.
• Nintendo eShop on Wii U
  • Freedom Planet ? Fight your way across the celestial world of Avalice, where cats are green, motorcycles drive up walls and monster girls do most of the butt kicking! Freedom Planet is a cartoony, combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragonoid and her friends against an alien attack force. If you downloaded the demo during the limited-time Nindies@Home promotion, you can save 15 percent off your purchase of Freedom Planet until Nov 1. Click here to view a trailer for the game.
  • Toto Temple Deluxe ? Toto Temple Deluxe is a fast-paced, local-multiplayer king-of-the-hill style game, in which players must steal an egg-laying goat from their friends and try to keep it on their own head for as long as possible. You know, normal stuff. Be the first to grab the explosive goat and keep it long enough for it to detonate near your soon-to-be-dead rivals. Lose the goat and the timer resets. Play as teams or in free-for-all. Click here to watch a trailer for the game.
• Virtual Console on Wii U
  • River City Ransom ? In this much-loved NES classic, free River City from the clutches of Slick and his underlings. Battle it out on the streets solo or with a friend.

Nintendo eShop sales:

• Nintendo eShop on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS
  • Citizens of Earth (Wii U and Nintendo 3DS) is on sale starting at 9 a.m. PT on Oct. 5 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 19.
• Nintendo eShop on Wii U
  • Spy Chameleon and Rock ?N Racing Off Road from EnjoyUp are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 29.
  • Puzzle Monkeys is more than 60 percent off (reduced from $2.99 to $0.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 22.
  • Zumba Fitness World Party is 75 percent off (reduced from $39.99 to $9.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 12.
  • Midnight is 25 percent off (reduced from $1.99 to $1.49) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 22.
  • Don?t Crash is more than 30 percent off (reduced from $1.49 to $1) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 14.
  • Pixel Slime U is more than 30 percent off (reduced from $2.99 to $2) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 14.
  • Vector Assault is 20 percent off (reduced from $4.99 to $3.99) starting at 9 a.m. PT on Oct. 5 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 30.?
• Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS
  • Tappingo and European Conqueror 3D from Circle Entertainment are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 22.
  • Shin Megami Tensei IV is 25 percent off (reduced from $19.99 to $14.99) starting at 9 a.m. PT on Oct. 5 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 19.

Activities:

• Miiverse Nook?s Homes Drawing Sweepstakes ? To celebrate the launch of the Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer game, we?re hosting a Nook?s Homes Drawing Sweepstakes event until Oct. 30. You can enter every week for your chance to win a digital version of Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer by sharing your Animal Crossing-themed fan art on Miiverse! Clickhere for details.
  • NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Void where prohibited. Open to legal residents of the US (incl. DC), 13 years or older. Promotion begins 11:00 AM PT on 9/25/15 and ends 11:00 PM PT on 10/30/15. To enter, post your Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer fan art in Miiverse or mail postcard as stated in Official Rules. Twenty-five prize winners will each receive one (1) download code for the Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer game (ARV US $39.99). For Official Rules, visithttp://www.nintendo.com/corp/rules/nooks-home-drawing/. Sponsor: Nintendo of America Inc.

Theme Shop on Nintendo 3DS:

• New themes this week include:
  • The Legend of Legacy : ?The Chibi Adventurers?

Price Reduction:

• Stealth Inc. II: A Game of Clones is reduced to $9.99 (from $14.99) beginning at 9 a.m. PT on Oct. 1.
• Battleminer is reduced to $5.99 (from $7.99) beginning at 9 a.m. PT on Oct. 1.

Also New This Week:

• The Rivers of Alice: Extended Version (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
• Gemology (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
• VoxelMaker (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
• Pumped BMX + (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
• Chronus Arc (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)