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Dedicated Fans Develop Twilight Princess HD Texture Pack

Posted on October 4, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

It looks like one particularly dedicated The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Fan has decided to take it upon themselves to develop an updated texture pack for the nine year old Nintendo Wii / Nintendo GameCube title. Running off of the very popular GameCube/Wii emulator Dolphin this project aims to clean up some of the standard definition textures while adding a bit of a touch of Skyward Sword’s art-style. This isn’t a complete remake but rather touching up assets that already exist. Project developer Tomoya describes the upgrade as follows: I’ve decided to retexture Twilight Princess GC! I wanted to

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October 1st Nintendo Download

Posted on October 4, 2015 by Jason Nason

Freedom Planet – Fight your way across the celestial world of Avalice, where cats are green, motorcycles drive up walls and monster girls do most of the butt kicking! Freedom Planet is a cartoony, combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragonoid and her friends against an alien attack force. If you downloaded the demo during the limited-time Nindies@Home promotion, you can save 15 percent off your purchase of Freedom Planet until Nov 1. Click here to view a trailer for the game.

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Zelda Tri-Force Heroes Teams Up in Less than a Month

Posted on September 29, 2015 by Jason Nason

The game kind of came out of left field when Nintendo unveiled it, but with the previous success and fun of the Four Swords game(s) maybe this could also be fun? Form a legendary trio with your friends and tackle dungeons and boss battles together in The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes, coming to the Nintendo 3DS family of systems on October 23rd. Presented in the same top-down style as The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, the game will challenge you to solve inventive puzzles as a team. Not only that but you’ll also dress Link in

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September 24th Nintendo Download

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Jason Nason

Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – All of your favorite Animal Crossing villagers are seeking new looks for their homes, and you’re the designer! Use your creativity to design the perfect houses – inside and out – for old friends (and new ones, too). As a bonus, the digital version comes with a code for an Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer: Your Office Nintendo 3DS HOME Menu theme.

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Star Fox Zero Locks-On To A New Release Date

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

It looks like Star Fox fans will be waiting just a little bit longer before they can pilot their Arwings on Nintendo’s latest console as Star Fox Zero has slipped into the first quarter of 2016. This news comes via IGN.com which reports that legendary designer Shigeru Miyamoto is quoted in the following statement regarding the game’s development. It seems that Nintendo needs a bit more time to add some polish to the dual screen experience and cut-scenes. “We have been developing Star Fox Zero for Wii U with the aim of releasing it this year, Although we felt that

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Skylanders SuperChargers Releases This Sunday

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Activision’s latest entry in its annual toys-to-life Sylanders series, Skylanders SuperChargers is set to rev up its engines for launch this coming Sunday September 20th. Players will be able to take their favorite collectable vehicles through a number of different environments including mountainous terrain, deep sea environments and of course into the skies above! Developer Vicarious Visions and Activision promises that players will be able to explore this brand new title with 20 new vehicle based toys that will be available at launch. SuperChargers also marks the first time that Activision has included third party characters into the Skylanders franchise.

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September 17th Nintendo Download

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Jason Nason

Skylanders SuperChargers Portal Owner’s Pack – Kick your adventure into overdrive! The Skylanders SuperChargers Portal Owner’s Pack includes the full video game, works with any Portal of Power from the Skylanders series and includes digital versions of the Instant Spitfire and Instant Hot Streak. Expand your game-play experience with more than 40 Skylanders and vehicles to collect, and embark on epic adventures over land, under sea and through the sky.Skylanders Superchargers will be available in the Nintendo eShop on Wii U on Sept. 20. Click here to watch a trailer. (Note: A Portal of Power is required to play, sold

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Nintendo Announces New CEO & Restructure of Business Units

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Nintendo Co of Japan has found their new CEO in Tatsumi Kimishim after former CEO Satoru Iwata passed away late last month. Mr.Kimishim is no stranger to the world of videogames as he has been with Nintendo Co since 200 and he has held a number of positions with the company or its affiliates (The Pokémon Company and Pokemon USA) holding such roles as Chief Financial Officer, President of Pokemon USA and President of Nintendo of America. Before coming to Nintendo Kimishim’s worked at Sanwa Bank of Japan. Alongside the announcement of the new CEO Nintendo has merged several of

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Super Mario Maker Stage coming to Smash

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Jason Nason

Prepare for a new battle state in Super Smash Bros for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS! Starting September 30th you’ll be able to battle on a special extra stage inspired by Super Mario Maker. The stage will be available for both the Wii U and 3DS versions of the game and will feature random levels. Each time you play the stage you’ll be greeted with a random level, spread across the four different styles. Best of all the level blocks are destructible and blocks will be redrawn by the hand overlay from Super Mario Maker. No word on price at

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Nintendo eShop Sales for September 10th, 2015

Posted on September 10, 2015 by Jason Nason

I’ve decided to split this off from the regular weekly Nintendo Download to give a little more of a deep dive into each newly added item to the eShop sales list. So what’s been on sale previously will have the same list you remember, but new entries will also have more detail at the top of the page. Enjoy!

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September 10th Nintendo Download

Posted on September 10, 2015 by Jason Nason

Mario Maker
Super Mario Maker – The Mario experience of your dreams is here and it’s bursting with creativity … including yours. Play a near-infinite number of inventive Mario courses from Nintendo and players around the world. Or even make your own levels on the Wii U GamePad controller. What was impossible in past Mario games is now impossibly fun. Let your imagination run wild. The Super Mario Maker game is available exclusively for the Wii U console on the 11th of September.

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Latest Pokemon Game Merges Monsters and The Real World

Posted on September 10, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Are you to catch your favorite Pocket Monster with a brand new alternate reality game that blends several hundred monsters and the real world? Nintendo is bringing its monstrous creature collecting franchise, Pokemon ,to Android and iOS in 2016 the company announced yesterday. Using your phone’s built in camera and GPS Pokemon Go will enable players to search their neighbourhood for virtual monsters and allow them to capture and trade them between your friends. The game will have in-app purchases Nintendo confirmed in their press release but did not touch upon whether or not the app will be free-to-play.  The

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Nintendo eShop Sales for September 3rd, 2015

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Jason Nason

I’ve decided to split this off from the regular weekly Nintendo Download to give a little more of a deep dive into each newly added item to the eShop sales list. So what’s been on sale previously will have the same list you remember, but new entries will also have more detail at the top of the page. Enjoy!

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Xenoblade Chronicles X Special Edition Launches on December 4th

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Jason Nason

Launching alongside the standalone version the upcoming Wii U role-playing game Xenoblade Chronicles X on December 4th is a Special Edition overflowing with content. The special edition, which will retail for $89.99 contains the game, a book of concept art, a USB drive modeled after the gameès Lifehold Unit pre-loaded with 10 music tracks from the soundtrack, and a limited-edition matted 5×7 art card of a painting done for the game by illustrator Takashi Kojo The Xenoblade Chronicles X speical edition is unique to North America and is already available for pre-order.

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