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Nintendo Dates New Super Luigi U

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Jason Nason

While the Luigi DLC for New Super Mario Bros U has been available for sometime now, Nintendo is readying the stand alone retail title for purchase. New Super Luigi U will be released in stores on August 25th. The game continue’s Nintendo’s “Year of Luigi” in 2013. So far, Luigi has explored multiple haunted mansions in Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon for Nintendo 3DS, partnered up with his brother in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, also for Nintendo 3DS, and taken the Wii U downloadable content world by storm in New Super Luigi U.

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August 22nd Nintendo Download

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Jason Nason

Lots of goodies this week including a trio of Street Fighter games for the Nintendo Wii U Virtual Console as well as Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos for the 3DS Virtual Console. A pair of retail releases also see their eShop release this week including Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward from Aksys Games. The 3DS also gets a few new eShop titles including Wakedas, Funfair Party Games and Fish On 3D. To round out the offerings Ubisoft is offering 30% off the eShop price for several of their retail releases, including Splinter Cell 3D and a several

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Ubisoft Puts Select 3DS Titles on Sale

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Jason Nason

Ubisoft has put a selection of games on the Nintendo 3DS on sale for the next week. The games are full retail titles which are also available for download in the 3DS eShop. The games are all available for the discounted price until August 27th. All six of the games regularly retail in the Nintendo eShop for $29.99 and are already available for the discounted price of $20.99. Take a look at the full rundown of games below: Rayman Origins Rayman 3D Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell 3D Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Shadow Wars Rabids Travel in Time 3D Petz Fantasy

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Skylanders: SWAP Force Easy Going On Collectors

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Les Major

The info below comes from an E3 2013 interview with Gamespot. It is assumed information from this interview alone as well as confirming that older characters do indeed work in SWAP Force as the official site notes in their FAQ. Skylanders collectors probably won’t have any issue with picking up new SWAP Force figures when they are released October 13th, however if you’re a bit tight on funds you’ll be happy to learn that one aspect of the game seems to support your current set.

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Nicalis to Bring JRPG to Nintendo 3DS eShop

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Jason Nason

It seems that a JRPG may be coming to the 3DS. On August 6th @nicalis hinted at something coming with the tweet “JRPG+SNES style music+3DS.” That tweet was preceded by one asking their twitter followers where they could find a good SNES style composer. Tyrone Rodriguez from Nicalis also remarked in Twitter, “I really enjoy playing a good eShop JRPG on my 3DS.” According to a posting on Destructoid, Nicalis, the developer behind NightSky, will publish the former 16-bit style RPG Android title Grinsia for the Nintendo 3DS. The game was originally released by Kemco.

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Disney Infinity for 3DS Not Looking Good

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Jason Nason

I can’t say for sure as far as the gameplay goes as we didn’t get our hands on a pre-release copy of Disney Infinity, but the 3DS iteration of the game isn’t looking that great. The game launches tomorrow on all major consoles including the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii U and the Nintendo Wii. The game is a direct competitor to the Skylanders franchise which includes collectible toys which can be placed on a control deck and brought into your video game. While the game is looking great and seeing a lot of positive words from critics, the

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FIFA 14 Coming to Wii?

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Jason Nason

EA Sports is bringing the next FIFA game to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 next month (plus the Xbox One and PS4 later in the year) but there is no release pending for Nintendo consoles. Or maybe there is? While there is no mention of the game for Nintendo’s comsoles on EA’s website the game has been rated by the ESRB. FIFA 14 for the Nintendo Wii popped up on the ESRB website today. The game was also given a rating today for PS2, PSP and PS Vita. Could EA Sports be releasing the game on the Wii? A

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CHARTED: Nintendo (Week ending Aug 4th)

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Jason Nason

The number one game in the world this week is another 3DS game and it’s another Japanese debut. Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life from Namco Bandai Games debuted in Japan and sold fore than 114,000 copies in the first week. Animal Crossing is also doing well for Nintendo with the game still at #3 in North America after eight weeks. The game has sold more than 4.5 million copies worldwide so far. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies is #2 in Japan in its second week and Mario & Luigi: Dream Team is #3 in its third week.

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August 15th Nintendo Download

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Jason Nason

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist arrives on the Nintendo Wii U next Tuesday and will be available for download in the eShop the same day. Also available for the Wii U is a new Virtual Console entry in Galaga. Plus two games have been put on sale including Trine 2: Director’s Cut. Over on the Nintendo 3DS there are five new downloads available including Donkey Kong for the Virtual Console. New eShop titles include 10-in-1: Arcade Collection, Heavy Fire: Black Arms 3D, My Western Horse 3D and Barbie: Groom & Glam Pups. Take a look at the full rundown of

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CHARTED: Nintendo (Week Ending July 28th)

Posted on August 10, 2013 by Jason Nason

Animal Crossing continues to do well for Nintendo with the game still in the top five in North America and is just outside the top ten in Japan after nearly 40 weeks. The game has sold more than 4.5 million copies worldwide so far. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies was released in Japan on the Nintendo 3DS this week and raked in 247,352 copies in its first week, making it the number one selling game worldwide. Also Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon continues to do well for Nintendo after 19 weeks of release. The title has sold 2.3 million

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Pokemon X & Y Features New Mega Evolutions For Some Pokemon

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Rae Michelle Richards

A few weeks ago pokemon fans the world over were wondering just what the newly announced alternate form of Mewtwo was all about. If a recently posted translation of a Japanese gaming magazine is correct than Pokemon X & Y will feature a brand new type of evolutions. The newest form of evolution is known as “mega evolutions” and will affect several pokemon including Blazaken, Absol, Mewtwo and others. Reportedly this is achieved using a “mega stone”, which may work similar to the elemental stones introduced in Pokemon Blue and Red. Each mega-pokemon also has an attribute associated with them:

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August 8th Nintendo Download

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Jason Nason

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team will hit retail stores and the 3DS eShop on Sunday August 11th but that’s not the only highlight for the 3DS. Three eShop titles hitting the digital marketplace today include Smash Bowling 3D, SteamWorld Dig and Tangram Style. Plus escapeVektor is now on sale for 50% off through August 22nd. On the Wii U, Capcom and WayForward’s remastered Ducktales: Remastered makes its long awaited release and new party title Spin the Bottle: Bumpie’s Party arrives. Finally Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV Wall of Fire has been added to the Wii U’s Virtual Console Take

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New Nintendo Direct Set for August 7th

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Jason Nason

Nintendo sent out a press release stating that a new Nintendo Direct is set to livestream on Wednesday August 7th at 10am ET. No other information was released about the broadcast other than it will contain details about previously announced games for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS. The video stream can be viewed on Nintendo’s official website: http://www.nintendo.com/nintendo-direct. If it’s your pleasure you can also view the stream in the via Nintendo UK or via Nintendo of Japan.

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Club Nintendo Rewards – August 2013

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Jason Nason

The month of August has brought four new downloadable game rewards for Club Nintendo members, including Mario Golf. The game is one of two that are available for the Nintendo 3DS, the other is Brain Age Express: Sudoku!! The two games for the Nintendo Wii this month are a couple of NES Virtual console titles in NES Play Action Football and Wario’s Woods. All four titles are available until September 1st.

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