Nintendo eShop Update Brings Kid Icarus, Mario Picross Sale

If you’re a classic Game Boy gamer, then this is your week to shop on Nintendo’s eShop for the 3DS. The company has released a pair of classic games for the service, and put another one of its bigger hits on sale, but only for this weekend.

Here are the games you’ll find on the service this week…

3DS eShop

• Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters (Game Boy, 1 player, $3.99): Pit returns to hunt for Three Sacred Treasures and occasionally turn into an eggplant.

• Tumble Pop (Game Boy, 1 player, $2.99): Clean up the world by vacuuming up ghosts and other monsters.

• The Phantom Thief Stina and 30 Jewels (Agetec, 1 player, $4.99): Sneak past security, collect unlock codes, and steal jewels, or control a detective trying to find the thief in disguise.

• Masyu by Nikoli (Hamster Corporation 1-4 players, $4.99): Draw a continuous line through a puzzle according to provided rules.

• “Game of the Weekend” sale: Mario’s Picross for $2.99. Valid from 12pm EDT Friday through 12am EDT Monday, July 22.

DSiWare

• Rabi Laby 2 (Agetec, 1 player, $1.99/200 DSi Points): Control two characters, with unique skills, to find the exits of 50 stages.

•  Petit Computer (Gamebridge, 1 player, $7.99/800 DSi Points): Write BASIC code and run it on your DS. For real.

Not a bad week. Kid Icarus is a must.