Today’s Nintendo Download selections make it a good day to be a fan of retro games.
The Wii U eShop is now home to Pac-Land, Pac-Man Collection, and Soccer. I would assume the first two are in honor of Pac-Man’s addition to Super Smash Bros. 4 and Soccer is due to today’s kickoff of the World Cup. But the addition of Double Dragon II: The Revenge to the 3DS eShop is no doubt because it’s just awesome.
Also available on the 3DS eShop today is AiRace Xeno, a futuristic racer, and Van Helsing: Sniper Zx100, a game with the most self-explanatory title I’ve ever seen.
More information about all of these games can be found after the break.
Wii U eShop
Pac-Land – Take control of PAC-MAN on his home island of Pac-Land and try to help a lost fairy home. Your journey will take you through bustling towns, rugged mountains, dangerous ravines and vast deserts. To make matters worse, the ghosts of Pac-Land will stop at nothing to stand in your way. Can you complete this fantastical rescue mission and make it back home in time for dinner?
Pac-Man Collection – Enjoy four games in one featuring the iconic chomping yellow hero. In Pac-Man, Pac-Mania and Pac-Man Arrangement, help Pac-Man collect all of the dots and survive multiple levels of mayhem. In Pac-Attack, line up blocks from left to right as they drop down. Think quick, move quicker and plan a path so Pac-Man can make his attack.
Soccer – Direct your team up and down the field, pick from seven international teams – USA, Great Britain, France, Germany, Brazil, Japan and Spain – and perform all the kickoffs, throw-ins, goal kicks and corner kicks seen in a real match. You can choose the skill level of the opposing team on a scale from one to five, so as your team improves, so do your opponents. You even choose the length of the match. As time ticks down, do your best to score the winning goal.
3DS eShop
Double Dragon II: The Revenge – Billy and Jimmy Lee, the Double Dragons, are back to avenge the loss of Marion. In their quest to defeat the evil Shadow Warriors, Billy and Jimmy must complete nine missions, facing deadly street gangs, ninjas and huge mutant fighters. The duo must traverse through construction sites, alleyways and underwater hideouts complete with secret elevator shafts, spiked ceilings and razor-sharp mechanical claws. Can Billy and Jimmy contend with the enemies placed before them and save the world?
AiRace Xeno – Take the challenge and pilot the most advanced and powerful jets as you compete to beat your best time. Race on stunning high-speed tracks featuring extremlely difficult tunnels, spectacular halls and hidden shortcuts.
Van Helsing: Sniper Zx100 – If you like sniper arcade games and hunting vampires, there’s nothing better than reincarnating as the best Vampire exterminator of all time: Van Helsing!!! If your hand trembles a bit, don’t worry: the option of slowing down time will help you aim with greater precision during difficult moments, as well as finding hidden Vampires with a special filter. Search, aim and fire with resolve on all the blood-thirsty Vampires that are stalking humans in London, and face the terrifying Bosses.
