REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:

Street Fighter Alpha 2 for the Virtual Console on Wii U explodes with lightning-fast game play and amazing innovations. (Photo: Business Wire)

• Virtual Console on Wii U
  • Street Fighter^™ Alpha 2 – Street Fighter Alpha 2 explodes with lightning-fast game play and amazing innovations. Quick Move Reversals, Alpha Counters and the incredible Custom Combo System created a standard for all games to fight by. Neutralize opponents’ attacks with high and low Alpha Counters and execute incredible Custom Combos to create a rapid-fire assault of attacks. Previously hidden characters Dan, Akuma and Bison are joined by five fighters: Rolento, Gen, Sakura and classic favorites Dhalsim and Zangief.
• Virtual Console on Nintendo 3DS
  • Mega Man^™ V – It’s Mega May! EveryThursday in May, a different Mega Mangame will launch in the Virtual Console section of the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS. This week’s release isMega Man V, which originally launched on the Game Boy system in 1994. During a peaceful stroll with his sister, Roll, Mega Man is confronted by a powerful robot that drops from the sky. The enemy easily defeats Mega Man, and then quickly dispatches an army of robots to conquer Earth. Waking up in Dr. Light’s laboratory, Mega Man is given a new and powerful weapon to defeat the alien invasion: the Mega Arm. Using the aid of weapon upgrades and companion assists, Mega Man blasts through waves of robotic foes to solve the mystery behind this alien attack. Click here to check out the trailer for Mega Man V.

• Nintendo eShop on Wii U
  • Swords & Soldiers – The funniest action-strategy game you’ll ever play! Command an army of Vikings in their quest to create the ultimate BBQ sauce, lead the Aztecs in defense of the Holy Pepper and build an array of explosive Chinese toys. Build your own forces and defeat your foes using berserkers, dart blowers, giant boulders, ninja monkeys (yes, ninja monkeys!) and other crazy weapons and items. Click here to check out the trailer for Swords & Soldiers.
  • Squids Odyssey – A unique mix of action and turn-based RPGs! With its colorful realm under siege, a scrappy shoal of squid heroes has no other choice but to fight back. Build your team of heroes and throw them into epic turn-based battles against corrupted crabs and shrimps. Squids Odyssey is exclusive to Wii U and includes the two original campaigns from SQUIDS and SQUIDS Wild West, as well as original content. Clickhere to check out the trailer.
• Nintendo eShop Sales
  • Darts Up 3D – Starting today through 9 a.m. PT on June 11, Darts Up 3D is 67 percent off in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS.
  • Classic Games Overload – For a limited time, get $10 off Classic Games Overload in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS. This offer ends at 9 a.m. PT on June 2.
  • Joindots – For a limited time, Joindots is discounting select games, including 3D MahJongg, Funfair Party Games and Gardenscapes in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS. This offer ends at 9 a.m. PT on June 5.
  • BLOK DROP U – Now through 9 a.m. PT on June 4, BLOK DROP U is 25 percent off in the Nintendo eShop on Wii U.
  • AeternoBlade – For a limited time, Aeternoblade is on sale in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS. This offer starts on May 23 and ends at 9 a.m. PT on May 26.

Also new this week:

• Fit Music (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
• Alien On The Run – Full and Demo Versions (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)
• Turtle Tale (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)
• Lost Treasures of Alexandria (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS / Nintendo DSi Shop on Nintendo DSi)

In addition to video games available at retail stores, Nintendo also offers a variety of content that people can download directly to their systems. Nintendo adds new games weekly to the Nintendo eShop on the Wii U system, as well as the Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 2DS and Nintendo 3DS XL systems, the Nintendo DSi^™ Shop for the Nintendo DSi system and the Wii^™ Shop Channel for the Wii console.

The Nintendo eShop is a cash-based service that features a wide variety of content, including new and classic games, applications and demos. Users can add money to their account balances by using a credit card or purchasing a Nintendo eShop Card at a retail store and entering the code from the card. All funds from one card must be loaded in the Nintendo eShop on either Wii U or the Nintendo 3DS family of systems, but can be used in either Nintendo eShop if the systems are linked to a single Nintendo Network account.

The Wii Shop Channel offers games and applications and uses Wii Points^™, which can be purchased via the Wii Shop Channel. The Nintendo DSi Shop offers games and applications and uses Nintendo DSi Points^™, which can be purchased in the Nintendo DSi Shop. A Wii Points Card^™ and Nintendo DSi Points Card^™ can be purchased at retail locations. All points from one card must be redeemed in either the Wii Shop Channel or the Nintendo DSi Shop, respectively. They are not transferable and cannot be divided between the two systems.

Remember that Wii U, Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 3DS XL, Nintendo 2DS and Nintendo DSi feature parental controls that let adults manage some of the content their children can access. For more information about this and other features, visit http://www.nintendo.com/wiiu, http://www.nintendo.com/wii, http://www.nintendo.com/3ds or http://www.nintendo.com/ds.