The year ends with a second chance and the author's mom staying up until 4am.
The last week of the year has a couple of North American retro releases, but not much else. The Wii U Virtual Console finally gets Mario Kart 64, which is upgrade eligible for the many people who bought it on Wii, and hopefully the upgrade works right from update time. In the realm of the New 3DS, it's another chance for Castlevania Dracula X following its aborted upload last week.
Europe has a couple of anime episodes and a whole lot of sales to dig through this week. Among the highlights are Pokkén Tournament's first sale, BOXBOXBOY, and a whole boatload of Mario games.
Have a happy New Year, and be careful on the roads if travelling on Saturday night - we want you all back for 2017.
North America
Wii U Virtual Console
Mario Kart 64 (N64) ($9.99: upgrade eligible)
New 3DS Virtual Console
Castlevania: Dracula X (SNES) (US$7.99/C$11.29)
3DS Themes
Pokémon: New Partner, Full-Power Z Move
Sales and Price Drops
New additions include Just Dance 2017, plus 13AM Games and Capcom sales carrying over until next Wednesday.
Europe
3DS Video
Shin Chan Vol. 4/5 (€1.99 ea)
3DS Themes
Pokémon: New Partner, Full-Power Z Move (€1.99 ea)
Sales and Price Drops
Nintendo New Year's Sales: New Super Mario + Luigi U, Super Mario 3D World, Mario and Sonic Rio (Wii U/3DS), Lego City Undercover, Pokkén Tournament, Splatoon, Super Mario Bros , Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels, Super Mario Bros. 3 (Wii U / 3DS), Animal Crossing Happy Home Designer, Lego City Undercover The Chase Begins, Mario Kart 7, New Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario 3D Land and BOXBOXBOY! are on sale until 5 January.
Abylight titles are on sale until 12 January.
CoderChild titles are on sale until 19 January.
Snow Moto Racing 3D is on sale until 5 January.
360 Breakout is on sale until 5 January.
Joindots titles are on sale until 5 January.
