The rare non-VC New 3DS exclusive appears this week.
Following a week of major action on the retail front, it's back to eShop normalcy this week in North America. The headliners are New 3DS exclusive Wind-Up Knight 2, a game published by Unity intended to show that the engine can work on the (New) 3DS, and for North America a legitimately free game (no DLC) in Humanitarian Helicopter. UPDATE: Humanitarian Helicopter is $10/$12, despite the Nintendo website showing free.
On the smaller end there's Hot Rod Racer, which I should have a review of by early next week, and both the Wii U and 3DS get Defend your Crypt which has the air of an Egyptian-themed Lode Runner to it. On the Virtual Console front, the Manaphy-less Pokémon Ranger game will hit the ground in North America and slay GamePad screens across the nation.
Europe's lineup is similar to North America's on the new game front, except for the Virtual Console. Since Ranger already came out, they'll instead pick up the odd puzzle platformer A Shadow's Tale (aka Lost in Shadow), which may be one of the last games ever published by Hudson Soft. There's also demos for two of last month's big retail releases, Mario and Sonic Rio and Kirby Planet Roboboboboboboboboboetc.
North America
Wii U eShop
Humanitarian Helicopter (US$10.00/C$12.00)
Buddy & Me: Dream Edition ($4.99/$6,49)
Defend Your Crypt ($2.99/$3.49)
Hot Rod Racer ($2.54/$3.39)
3DS eShop
Wind-Up Knight 2 ($5.00/$6.50: New 3DS only)
Ninja Smasher! ($3.99/$4.99)
Defend Your Crypt ($2.99/$3.49)
Wii U Virtual Console
Pokémon Ranger (DS) ($9.99)
3DS Themes
Animal Crossing New Leaf: Swimming In The Sea
The Legend of Dark Witch 2: Franzer
Demos and Trials
Star Fox Zero: The Battle Begins + Training
Sales and Price Drops
XSEED titles Senran Kagura ($14.99), Return to Popolocrois ($14.99) and Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson ($29.99) are on sale until July 25.
Sonic games including Sonic and All Stars Racing (Wii U) and Triple Trouble (3DS) are on sale until July 28.
Word Search by POWGI (Wii U / 3DS) is on sale until July 28.
Classic Games Overload: Card and Puzzle Edition is $14.99 (from $29.99) until August 8.
Aqua Moto Racing 3D is $3.99 (from $7.99) until July 28.
Joindots titles are on sale until July 28.
EnjoyUp titles are on sale until August 18.
3DS eShop
Europe
Wii U eShop
Buddy & Me: Dream Edition (€4.39/£3.89)
Jewel Quest (€4.39/£3.49)
Hot Rod Racer (€2.99/£2.69)
Defend Your Crypt (€2.99/£2.69)
Toon Tanks (€1.99/£1.79)
3DS eShop
Adventure Labyrinth Story (€5.00/£4.50)
Wind-Up Knight 2 (€4.50/£4.00: New 3DS only)
Ninja Smasher! (€3.55/£2.93)
Defend Your Crypt (€2.99/£2.69)
Wii U Virtual Console
A Shadow's Tale (Wii) (€19.99/£17.99)
Demos and Trials
Mario and Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Wii U)
Sales and Price Drops
Word Search by POWGI (Wii U and 3DS) is €5.99/£4.49 (regular €7.99/£5.99) until 28 July.
Steel Lords is €7.50/£6.00 (regular €14.99/£10.99) until 18 August.
Aqua Moto Racing 3D is €3.99/£3.59 (regular €7.99/£7.19) until 28 July.
CIRCLE Ent titles are on sale until 18 August.