To say that this is a busy week would be an insult to the tax preparers of America. It’s hard to say what the big release of the week is for North America – is it the 3DS Year of the RPG continuing with Bravely Second, with hopefully none of the first game’s repetition? (See Bryan’s review for more.) Or maybe it’s the New 3DS VC going off all big time stylee with two of the Super Nintendo’s best in Link to the Past and Donkey Kong Country 2?

Don’t sleep on the small stuff, though – Runbow’s got a huge update today, and frequent Nintendo Direct guest Lost Reavers goes into its open beta, among other oddities of the eShop this week. The Wii U Virtual Console smartens up a little bit with the original Brain Age.

Europe has Wii U Nintendo Selects this week, along with Pilotwings on the New 3DS Virtual Console and a game that is probably way farther up your alley in randomly generated first-person shooter Paranautical Activity. Europe is also getting Yoshi’s Story on Virtual Console, but it may be the 50hz version. Be careful, or to put it another way...

(Hey, he’ll be a free agent just in time for E3, so why not?)

North America

3DS Retail

Bravely Second: End Layer (US$39.99/C$49.99, preload available)

Wii U eShop

Runbow Update/New Content (free to $6.99/$7.49: bundle $12.99/$14.49)

Asdivine Hearts ($9.99/$13.99)

Paranautical Activity ($9.99/$13.00)

Slots: Pharoah’s Riches ($9.99)

Draw 2 Survive ($1.99)

Dodge Club Party ($1.99/$2.69)

3DS eShop

Excave III: Tower of Destiny ($7.99/$10.00)

Super Strike Beach Volleyball ($4.99/$6.99)

Wii U Virtual Console

Brain Age: Train Your Brain In Minutes A Day (DS) ($6.99)

New 3DS Virtual Console

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES) ($7.99/$11.29)

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest (SNES) ($7.99/$11.29)

Super Metroid (SNES) ($7.99/$11.29)

3DS Themes

Animal Crossing: Gardening Weather

Bravely Second: Ask Agnés

Demos and Trials

Lost Reavers (through April 26)

Sales and Price Drops

Runbow is 25% off through April 28.

Shovel Knight (Wii U and 3DS) is $9.99 (from $14.99) until April 21.

The Legend of Legacy is $29.99 (from $39.99) until April 25.

Aeternoblade is $10.99 (from $14.99) until April 28.

Snow Moto Racing 3D is $3.99 (from $7.99) until April 21.

RCMADIAX titles are on sale until April 20.

Joindots titles are on sale until April 21.

CIRCLE Entertainment titles are on sale until April 28.

Europe

Wii U eShop

Runbow Update/New Content (free - €6.49/£5.89: bundle €11.99/£10.79)

Paranautical Activity (€9.99/£8.99)

Olympia Rising (€4.99/£4.49)

Rubik’s Cube (€4.99/£4.49)

Star Sky 2 (€4.00/£3.60)

COLOR BOMBS (€1.49/£1.39)

3DS eShop

Super Strike Beach Volleyball (€4.99/£4.49)

Rubik’s Cube (€4.99/£4.49)

Wii U Virtual Console

Yoshi’s Story (N64) (€9.99/£8.99: Possible 50hz release)

New 3DS Virtual Console

Pilotwings (SNES) (€7.99/£7.19)

3DS Themes

Nintendo: The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess – Shadow & Light (€1.99/£1.79)

Rainbow: Elves and Unicorns, Bloom and Stella Tynix (€1.99/£1.79 ea)

Sega: Hatsune Miku Carton Box, Hatsune Miku Deluxe (€1.79/£1.59 ea)

Demos and Trials

Lost Reavers (runs through 26 April)

Sales and Price Drops

New Nintendo Selects titles for Wii U will take effect from 15 April. The following titles will be reduced to €24.99/£19.99:

• New Super Mario Bros U w/New Super Luigi U (standalone New Super Luigi U will now be €9.99/ £8.99)
• Nintendo Land
• LEGO City Undercover
• The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
• Wii Party U
• Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

Runbow is €10.49/£8.24 (regular €13.99/£10.99) through 28 April.

Stone Shire is €1.00/£1.00 (regular €1.99/£1.79) through 14 May.

Snow Moto Racing 3D is €3.99/£3.59 (regular €7.99/£7.19) through 21 April.

CORECELL titles are on sale through 28 April.

CIRCLE Ent. Titles are on sale through 28 April.

Rainbow themes in the Mia and me and Winx Club lines are now €0.99/£0.89.