This week's Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:
Nintendo eShop
VectorRacing (For Nintendo 3DS / Nintendo 3DS XL) - A brand new, high-speed racing game that brings to mind the retro video games of yore! Use one of the 6 different machines to race across 12 courses, some easy and some insane, in 4 different modes: GRAND PRIX, SINGLE RACE, TIME TRIAL, and VS BATTLE! You can play against a friend using the multiplayer VS BATTLE mode or see where you stand in the world by viewing the online ranking in the RECORDS mode.
- Enjoy high-speed racing with vector-style graphics reminiscent of the early days of gaming.
- Use your wireless connection for multiplayer races and online rankings.
- Choose from six racing machines, all with different strengths and abilities.
- Courses range from easy and flat to wild curves and steep slopes.
Virtual Console
METAL SLUG X (For Wii) - Neo Geo's 90's run n' gunner, this is an improved version of Metal Slug 2 that adds the new "Iron Lizard" and "Drop Shot" weapons. It also adds many new enemies and allows players to adjust the game's difficulty level by changing the position of bosses and other things. It includes several arranged production features such as changed backgrounds and some rearranged BGM. It's a solidly enjoyable game-play experience that offers Metal Slug 2 fans some new discoveries if they look for differences while they play. This is also the one where you can get fat and turn into a mummy.
Also new this week:
Abyss (Nintendo DSiWare) - Hard to derive much from the trailer below, but the music is definitely atmospheric, bordering on enchanting. In Nintendo's words, "Earth, 3024. Natural resources are scarce and the survival of the human race is in danger. Desperate to find new energy resources, the ASAN creates a biomechanical robot called Nep2no that is capable of withstanding extreme depths in the hope of finding new energy sources. After many years of exploration, a new energy source is found, code named 'Gaia'. Your mission will be to find the 'Gaia' energy stones by exploring the depths. To do so, you must control Nep2no by counteracting gravity and the surrounding darkness with the aid of a Light that will go out little by little.