Despite 3D Gunstar Heroes being delayed a week, and Freedom Planet being delayed due to a hard lock bug in the final build for retail Wii Us, there's still a decent amount of new content for the stores this week. The headliners are the second week of Nintendo's "games for hardcore gamers in August" Virtual Console program with Pandora's Tower, and the first game published by Unity in the form of Wind-Up Knight 2.

On the 3DS side for North America, the headliners are a couple of old European retail games that will not be so lucky on this side - Paddington and Garfield Kart. Yes, a cat who has no business moving fast unless lasagna is prominently involved straps into a go kart. Just accept it. In more logical games, the unique Natsume/Arc System Works title Brave Tank Hero dropped on Tuesday, and it seems like everybody missed it.

Europe's week... let's put it this way; the subject line in the PR email advertised a Darksiders II sale. It's a big one - 75% off - but still! There's a demo, Megaman & Bass, and a few other sales. Sorry, Europe. Next week will be better for you, and you can write that in pen, crayon or whatever writing implement you have handy.

North America

Wii U Retail

Super Mario Maker (Preload; unlocks 11th of September) (US$59.99/C$69.99)

3DS Retail

LBX: Little Battlers eXperience (Preload: unlocks August 21) ($39.99/$44.99)

Wii U eShop

Wind-Up Knight 2 ($7.50)

3DS eShop

Brave Tank Hero ($4.99/$6.49)

Garfield Kart ($29.99)

Paddington: Adventures in London ($29.99)

Best of Arcade Games: Bubble Buster ($9.99/$12.50)

Best of Arcade Games: Air Hockey ($9.99/$12.50)

Wii U Virtual Console

Pandora's Tower (Wii) ($19.99/$24.99)

Demos and Trials

I Love My Dogs

Sales and Price Drops

Nano Assault EX is $7.49 (from $9.99) until September 3.

Nordic Games titles are on sale until August 27. Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! are known.

Stone Shire is $5.99 (from $7.99) until October 1.

Excave II is $5 (from $10) until August 20.

Van Helsing Sniper Zx100 is $3.49 (from $6.66) until September 10.

TNT Racers - Nitro Machines Edition is $4.99 (from $7.99) until August 27.

Mobot Studios games (Blocky Bot, Paper Monsters Recut) are on sale until August 27.

G-style titles (Alien on the Run, Undead Storm Nightmare and Jump Trials Supreme) are on sale until August 27.

Joindots titles (3D Game Collection, Murder on the Titanic and Suspension Railroad Simulator) are on sale until August 27.

Sanuk Games titles (Bombing Bastards, Spot the Difference: Party! and Talking Phrasebook - 7 Languages) are on sale until August 20.

Europe

Wii U Virtual Console

Megaman & Bass (GBA) (€6.99 / £6.29)

Demos and Trials

I Love My Dogs

Sales and Price Reductions

Atlus titles are on sale: Shin Megami Tensei IV is €9.99/£8.99 (regular €19.99/£17.99) and Citizens of Earth (both 3DS and Wii U) are €3.99/£3.35 (regular €11.99/£9.99) through 20 August.

Darksiders II is €12.49/£9.99 (regular €49.99/£39.99) through 27 August.

Nano Assault EX is €7.49/£6.35 (regular €9.99/£8.49) through 3 September.

Excave II: Wizard of the Underworld is €5.00/£4.50 (regular €10.00/£8.99) through August 20.

Avanquest titles Doodle Jump Adventures, Hotel Transylvania and Secrets of the Titanic 1912-2012 are on sale through 3 September.

Sanuk Games titles Spot The Differences: Party, Bombing Bastards and Talking Phrasebook: 7 Languages are on sale through 20 August.