Recently I’ve called attention to the fine job Sony has done of giving gamers reasons to spend money on the PlayStation Network. Between Day One Digital releases, a solid October promotion, and PlayStation Mobile on Vita, there is a lot happening on that front. Not to be forgotten, Nintendo today announced a lineup of games coming to the 3DS eShop over the next few months, and it’s looking awfully good.
Pushmo was a particularly pleasant surprise when it launched on the eShop late last year — for those who played it, that is. It was released with very little attention called to it, leaving it to word of mouth and reviews (1UP gave it an A) to make people realize that, yes, there really is such a thing as an original eShop game worthy of their time and money. It was a game that deserved more support from Nintendo than it got; there simply aren’t a lot of good, original, titles on the 3DS eShop, and Pushmo was an exemplary example of one.
