Happy New Year, Nintendo fans! The calendar’s flipped into 2012 now, and the year ahead should prove to be a big one for Nintendo — but with major hardware events like the launch of the Wii U still at least six months away and no first-party retail releases scheduled to ship for either the Wii or 3DS until February, these opening weeks of the year are primed to be dominated by digital downloads. Nintendo’s already been building up some steam in the 3DS eShop in particular, with big-name games like Pushmo and Mighty Switch Force launching there just before Christmas.
Before we get into 2012 proper, though, we’ve got to do a bit of clean-up — we’ve still got one batch of 2011 downloads to review. These five titles went live across the DSi, 3DS and Wii on last Thursday, December 29. So did 2011 go out with a bang? Did Nintendo keep the pre-Christmas momentum rolling after Christmas Day itself had come and gone? Read on to find out.
