Nintendo Store Update - 27/01/12

Wii News | Up, up and awaaaaayyyyyy!

This week's exciting installment of Nintendo download service updates sees two new titles ready for consumption and primed to consume your dollars. WiiWare and creepy-crawly fans can look forward to taking a bite out of The Very Hungry Caterpillar's ABC's, while those of a more handheld mindset (or indeed handset for that matter) can go sky-high with Balloon Kid on the Nintendo 3DS eShop Virtual Console.

Title: The Very Hungry Caterpillar's ABC's
System: WiiWare
Price: 800 Wii Points

Taking inspiration from the children's learning book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar's ABC's helps young players to learn the alphabet via picture-word association. There are also drawing sections, colouring segments and a whole lot of learning to be had.

Title: Balloon Kid
System: Game Boy (Virtual Console)
Price: $4.50

Man, I'm so high right now....

Proving that you're never too young to take to the skies, Balloon Kid, gamers take on the role of young Alice, who is on a perilous mission to rescue her brother, who has been swept away by clouds. You will have to navigate a variety of dangers, collect balloons and run the risk of being locked in combat with enemies on the ground in order to save your sibling.

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10 Comments

Grom

1 year ago

This is just awful.

skrob73

1 year ago

Ninty have a steep learning curve ahead if they want the the up-coming Nintendo Network for Wii U & 3DS to compete head to head against PSN & Live because this utter TRASH & RUBBISH, seriously Balloon Kid WTF???

themashedavenger

1 year ago

why even report this?
no offence but dont u guys have any standards?
what are nintendo paying u?
this is like a food critic reviewing a week old dim sim he found in the gutter....

Gutsman Heavy

1 year ago

bad news is still news

themashedavenger

1 year ago

sorry guys, that sounded really angry n stupid now that i read it back...
i gotta stop reading nintendo news, it only ever makes me sad.

waz79

1 year ago

It is remarkable how childish these comments are.

(noting the specific irony in terms the critisizm being given for Balloon Kid)

skrob73

1 year ago

^ How can you view the comments as childish. Criticism is warranted. I thought themashedavenger's 1st comment was hilarious.

This is a crap update & not worthy of reporting. Ninty are making a push for serious online marketing and this just makes people cringe. And Balloon Kid was a mediocre game even in it's day, to release this is beyond a joke given the HUGE backlog of top quality titles Nintendo have at their disposal.

Vervain

1 year ago

That said, people like myself who have access to the US 3DS eShop got Mutant Mudds this week.

It's an awesome little NES styled 2D platformer by Renegade Kid (Dementium on DS). Deceptively hard and quite fun to play.

realitybites

1 year ago

Sadly though I think is the actual pricing for such a game. At $4.50 they really need to look at what is happening on iOS and Android. At 0.99c you could keep someone happy for a few hours.

Charly

1 year ago

Firstly, I really like Balloon Kid.

Secondly, just because the news isn't of interest to you, doesn't mean it isn't worth reporting. Heck, if nothing else, the article lets you know there isn't anything of interest to you so you don't have to waste your time checking the user-unfriendly Nintendo 3DS eShop.

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