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This week on the 3DS eShop - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity, Swords & Soldiers 3D, and The Starship Damrey

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This week on the 3DS eShop - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity, Swords & Soldiers 3D, and The Starship Damrey
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There aren't a huge number of new games available on the eShop this week.

Mind you, the stuff that is new is fairly noteworthy.

If you're a Pokemon fan - in particular, a fan of the Mystery Dungeon series - and based in Europe, then this week is your lucky week.

Let's go, go, go...

European eShop releases

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity is the latest in the Mystery Dungeon series, and it's the first for the Nintendo 3DS.

I've been playing it for the last few days for a Pocket Gamer review. Up to now, it seems in line with the rest of the series. In other words, expect an above-average review score.

Retro Pocket is, essentially, a collection of Game & Watch-like mini-games. It's alright if you're into that kind of thing. £4.49 for that.

Mega Man 5 has been added to the Virtual Console as part of Capcom's Mega Man push. It costs £4.49, in case you've never played it before.

And Planet Crashers 3D is on sale at £6.29, down from £8.99. It wasn't worth the original price, and it isn't worth this sale price. Read my review above to find out why.

US eShop releases

Swords & Soldiers was fantastic on PC, so hopefully Swords & Soldiers 3D will be lovely, too. It's a 2D strategy game where you send vikings off to destroy the enemy along a single plane.

Well worth checking out whether you like strategy games or not. That'll set you back $6.99.

Bowling Bonanza 3D looks slightly less interesting. As you might have guessed, it's a ten-pin bowling game. $5.99 for those of you who you like rolling pretend balls.

American 3DS owners can download Level-5's latest RPG The Starship Damrey this week. I've still not managed to get around to trying this one out, but it's bound to be more than decent. $7.99 is its RRP.

If you've got young kids, Dress To Play: Magic Bubbles! might be right up their alley. $3.99 is the asking price for this dressing-up / Bust-a-Move mash-up.

On the Virtual Console, there are a couple of new releases this week...

Mega Man 5 is $4.99, while Harvest Moon for the Game Boy is $4.99. Make sure you read our review of the latter. Why? Because it's a great game, chap.

Back again next week!

Mike Rose
Mike Rose
An expert in the indie games scene, Mike comes to Pocket Gamer as our handheld gaming correspondent. He is the author of 250 Indie Games You Must Play.