Topic: Nintendo Download - October 20, 2011

[Penguin_Of_Thyme]

Beat 'em up fun arrives in the form of Double Dragon, select animated shorts become available to buy, and more on this download day. 

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/28146

It is another crazy week for downloads, with new games coming to the eShop, WiiWare, Virtual Console, and DSiWare. In addition, for the first time ever, there are video downloads available for purchase.

The Game Boy Virtual Console welcomes Double Dragon to its lineup. Originally released in 1990, this brawler features multiple levels of kicking and punching action for gamers on the go. It can be yours for just $3.99.

Fans of the recent Dreamworks Animation shorts now have a chance to own them forever. The Pig Who Cried Werewolf and others can be downloaded to the 3DS for $1.99 each. In other video news, Night of the Living Carrots Part 2 should be available later today on Nintendo Video.

Only one new game arrived today on DSiWare and the eShop, Castle Conqueror - Revolution. This RTS sequel lets players command an army of soldiers with the stylus and use them to capture castles. The new entry promises a greater challenge and retails for $4.99.

WiiWare receives Fish Tank, which is not a virtual aquarium but instead a puzzle game. Have fun matching colored fish and unlocking achievements. The fish puzzler retails for 500 Wii points.

Note: For those not keeping count, Nintendo has not released a Virtual Console game on Wii for 56 days.

[MegaByte]

Charging $1.99 for each Nintendo Video is actually kind of insulting.

[thesignpainter]

It's ridiculous. If they were more substantial, like half an hour a video or something then that's a fair price, but no video on the service so far has been worth paying for and I doubt these will be the first to be.


Do you even get to keep these since you're paying for them?

[Ceric]

I already told Zach Levi that there was no series in the world that is currently on I pay $2 an episode for a Digital copy.  I'll be darned if Nintendo gets it from me.

[Bman87301]

I don't blame Dreamworks for wanting to make a little profit from their shorts but they're certainly not worth $2.

Of course, it's Nintendo's fault for limiting third parties' options for pricing. Making $1.99 the lowest possible option is pretty dumb.

[DanielM]

Yah, but what kind of videos are they? Are they like 30mins Dreamworks animated shorts or what?

[NintendoFanboy]

6 minute clips in 3D annimated, that have about 2-2.5 minutes of credits.
Its cool, if they did a package deal, for say $1 all 3, i would .
i like the idea of keeping the videos, but how about a better price.

[Mop it up]

Were those videos once offered for free on Nintendo Video?

[KITT 10K]

I doubt they ever were free. Nintendo still has a lot to learn when it comes to the release of a video on anything of it's consoles.

[Penguin_Of_Thyme]

I doubt they ever were free. Nintendo still has a lot to learn when it comes to the release of a video on anything of it's consoles.

Both videos available to buy right now (Night of the Living Carrots and The Pig Who Cried Werewolf) have been available on Nintendo Video to watch for free.


I heard that there may be a Shrek video available soon to buy and maybe it will also come to Nintendo Video.

[NintendoFanboy]

If they give me a movie for like $10 i would consider it. but $2 for 4-6 mins of content.
a bit steep.
YYea, all the videos listed are or were free for unlimited viewing before they replace
them.

[SilverQuilava]

I just downloaded Ferrari GT: Evolution today. Not a bad buy for 7.99. Also, I hope I get to download Pixar videos on eshop or something in the future. Pixar has had a drought for a while, and Cars pretty much sucks...

[ejamer]

Hmm... Night of the Living Carrots is 13-minutes, while Pig who Cried Werewolf is only 6 minutes. Both are professional, 3D mini-features that are reasonably funny. Neither is something I'd be keen on paying $2 for, but the asking price doesn't seem insulting to me. People who want to watch them (presumably once) for free have that option via Nintendo Video, while people who want to revisit them later will have that opportunity for the cost of some pocket change.


I'd rather pay slightly more for content that is more substantial ($10 for a real movie sounds pretty reasonable to me) but suspect that at least some people will buy these shorts for the current asking price.

[Kairon]

To be honest, I might be willing to play 2 bucks for Pizza Quest...

[Shaymin]

Or you could put it toward a piz...

Kairon

... never mind, forgot who I was dealing with.