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theRepublic on 25 February 2022
theRepublic said:

I've been wondering the same thing myself, and was a little surprised no one had made a thread yet. Was planning to do it myself if no one else did.

From personal experience, Affordable Space Adventures is great. A must own for Wii U owners. I just downloaded Pushmo, and that is a pretty cool puzzle game. I want to check out the other games in the Pushmo series. Pokémon Picross is a great puzzle game if you like Picross puzzles. BoxBoy is a pretty cool puzzle game, and it has a couple of sequels as well that I want to check out. I really liked Fluidity on the Wii, and there is a sequel I am going to download on the 3DS called Fluidity: Spin Cycle

I found some articles out there:

Highlights seem to be:
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario 3 (Wii U) for the bonus e-Reader levels.
Xenoblade Chronicles X (Wii U) because who knows if the data packs that improve performance will be available.
Any of the Virtual Console games. Personally, I am looking at stuff like Earthbound and Earthbound Beginnings, Zelda - Oracle of Ages/Seasons - Minish Cap - Phantom Hourglass - Spirit Tracks, Advance Wars Dual Strike, Pikmin 1 and 2, Pandora's Tower, Metroid Fusion and Zero Mission, Golden Sun 1 and 2.
Hard to find/expensive physical games. I've been looking at stuff like Kid Icarus Uprising and Bravely Default on eBay the past couple of days. Physical copies seem to be going for the same or more than digital. I'm worried once the digital versions go away, the physical versions price will go up even more.

Unfortunately, I am probably looking at spending $200+ across both shops before they shutdown.

If anyone finds other articles, please post them.

Here is another article that covers it pretty well:

https://www.ign.com/articles/3ds-wii-u-games-to-buy



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Arfen on 25 February 2022

Affordable Space Adventure
Gunman Clive HD
The Cave
The Swapper
Steatlh Inc
Harmoknight
Pushmo
Sakura Samurai
BoxBoy



theRepublic on 28 December 2022

I feel like this is a good time to bump this thread. The shut down for buying new games or DLC is coming in just a couple of months. March 27, 2023 is the date it will be closed.



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Pemalite on 28 December 2022

I only really care about grabbing eshop exclusive titles at this point... Is there a definitive list of must-haves anywhere?



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Jumpin on 30 December 2022

I’d get the Sega 3D remasters on 3DS. The parallax backgrounds rendered in 3D are some of the most interesting looking graphics in any game. The Streets of Rage games look phenomenal.



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BasilZero on 30 December 2022

I'm planning to get the following

WiiU
-Xenoblade Chronicles X
-Splatoon 1
-Yoshi's Woolly World
-Star Fox Zero
-Paper Mario Color Splash

3DS
-Mario & Luigi Dream Team
-Mario & Luigi Paper Jam
-Mario & Luigi Super Star Saga + Bowser's Minions
-Mario & Luigi Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr's Journey

I already have everything else on those systems and/or Switch



theRepublic on 20 January 2023

There are a bunch of Capcom games on sale in the 3DS store right now. Might be the last time to buy them at a discount.



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GoOnKid on 21 January 2023
theRepublic said:

There are a bunch of Capcom games on sale in the 3DS store right now. Might be the last time to buy them at a discount.

Unfortunately not in my region. Bummer.



theRepublic on 21 January 2023
GoOnKid said:
theRepublic said:

There are a bunch of Capcom games on sale in the 3DS store right now. Might be the last time to buy them at a discount.

Unfortunately not in my region. Bummer.

Yeah, I am in North America.



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GoOnKid on 22 January 2023
theRepublic said:
GoOnKid said:

Unfortunately not in my region. Bummer.

Yeah, I am in North America.

Well, I already own most of the Capcom offerings that I am interested in anyway, so it's not a big of a deal for me. However, I think I'll still buy Bionic Commando (Game Boy), even without a discount. Which games are you interested in?