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July 18th Nintendo Download

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Jason Nason

The wait is finally over for North American Nintendo fans as Earthbound has finally been released. The game, which has never seen a release this side of the Pacific, was released on the Wii U Virtual Console. Other releases include Game Boy Colour title Shantae, which spawned a DSiWare sequal a few years ago. Also owners of the 3DS will get to go bowling with zombies, rescue robots in 3D and brave through an attack of monsters in Tokyo. Take a look at the full list of releases below.

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2013 Club Nintendo Elite Rewards

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Jason Nason

It’s that time of year again when Nintendo rewards all their loyal Club Nintendo users with special thank you gifts. Throughout the year every time you purchase and register Nintendo hardware platforms, select games made by Nintendo and titles purchased from the eShops, you are rewarded with coins. Coins are awarded for purchasing and registering some things while additional bonus coins can be earned by completing post-play surveys. The big N has just released the list of rewards available to gold members (earning 300 coins between July 1 – June 30) and platinum members (earning 600 coins during the same

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Club Nintendo Rewards – July 2013

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Jason Nason

The month of July has brought four new downloadable game rewards for Club Nintendo members, including Star Fox 64. The game is one of two that are available for the Nintendo Wii, the other is Super Punch Out!! The two games for the Nintendo 3DS this month are Game Boy classicDonkey Kong and DSiWare title Aura-Aura Climber. All four titles are available until August 4th.

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July 11th Nintendo Download

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Jason Nason

The heavily anticipated Shin Megami Tensei IV will arrive in stores and on the Nintendo 3DS eShop on Tuesday. We’ve played the game and it’s fantastic. Click the sidebar for our review of the game. Also hitting the eShores are a couple of Virtual Console titles on the Wii U in the original Metroid and Donkey Kong. Down the way of the 3DS you can also go retro with another serving of the Mario game. Super Mario Bros. 2 is this week’s helping. The upcoming Dreamworks Picture Turbo has its very own game on both the Nintendo Wii U and

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Mii Plaza on 3DS Receives Update and Games

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Jason Nason

North American users of the Nintendo 3DS got a surprise on Friday morning with the update for Mii Plaza arriving on their systems. After a brief system update, followed by the update within Mii Plaza itself, the plaza has been expanded and four new games have been introduced. Each of the four games can be purchased using funds from your eShop funds. The games are now available for purchase from within the application at $4.99 apiece, or $14.99 for all four. All of the games are now within their own section of the Mii Plaza, which now allows for touch

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July 4th Nintendo Download

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Jason Nason

Lots and lots for the Nintendo 3DS this week. Pilotwings arrives on the Wii U Virtual Console while Sonic Drift 2 hits the Virtual Console for the 3DS. Elsewhere four games are reduced and put on sale, including both Mighty Switch Force! for the 3DS and Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition for the Wii U. Also if you’ve been thinking of checking out the Animal Crossing-esqe RPG title Planet Crashers has its price sliced in half for $4.99. Take a look at the full rundown of releases below.

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Nintendo Canada Going on Tour

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Jason Nason

Nintendo is taking the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS coast-to-coast across Canada on a cross country tour this summer. The company will have a large number of new games on display and playable to those in attendance, including New Super Mario Bros. U, LEGO City: Undercover, Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon and the new Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D. Plus, fans will get the chance to try all of the new titles being released this summer, including Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Mario and Luigi: Dream Team, Game & Wario, and Pikmin 3.

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June 20th Nintendo Download

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Jason Nason

There is a ton going on this week with another slew of Virtual Console titles both on the Wii U and on the 3DS. Mario Bros., Wrecking Crew, Tails Adventure and Mega Man 6 are just a few of the title being released. Add in the digital release of New Super Luigi U as well as Game & Wario and you have a lot to look at this week. A couple of sales in the mix and the anticipated release of Level 5’s BUGS vs. TANKS should be one to check out! Take a look at the full list of

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Super Smash Bros for Wiiu/3DS Will Not Support Gamecube Controllers

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Rae Michelle Richards

If you’ve got a drawer full of GameCube controllers, just itching to be used once the latest Super Smash Bros  is released in 2014, you might be a little disappointed given the news that the game will not support GameCube controllers. The GameCube was originally unleashed upon the masses in November of 2001, after twelve years the fighting community is going to have to get used to new control schemes. Nintendo’s classic pro controller offers players an option more similar to the Xbox 360 game pad than the GameCube controller, but it might be the best alternative. A lot of

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Sonic: The Lost World Gameplay Footage Released

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Rae Michelle Richards

A few weeks ago we brought you the news that Nintendo has secured the exclusive rights to future Sonic the Hedgehog titles. The first such title, Sonic The Lost World takes cues from both Mario Galaxy and the IOS free to play game Sonic Dash. In this game Sonic is propelled forwards at a constant rate, similar to Sonic Colors, but he also must travel between floating islands, filled with staple items from the Sonic series, such as rings and boost pads. Check out a brief game play video, originally found on GameTrailers after the jump.

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New Characters Join The Battle

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Broken Joysticks

As we mentioned earlier here  two characters were shown with the first images of Super Smash Brothers on both 3DS and Wii U. Another character you wouldn’t even begin to imagine has also join the brawl. Below you can view the trailer for the character as well as the developer diary from Masahiro Sakurai himself. He makes some key points about a few of the returning characters and as to how stages will differ between Wii U and 3DS version. 

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Monolith Soft Developing Open World Xeno Series Game

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Les Major

Seemingly titled X, Monolith Soft is working on a new game that seems to be in or related to the Xenoblade series. This game is an open world title that looks like it has lots of exploration in a wonderful and detailed world. I’m definitely interested in seeing how this one turns out. Of course, all of Nintendo’s main news is awesome, but X was a pleasant surprise! Check out the trailer after the break for a look at the wild world outdoors, a futuristic city, and even humanoid mecha from the game.

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Super Mario 3D World Brings Back The Dream Team

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Les Major

No really! Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Peach are all playable characters in Nintendo’s latest Super Mario title. Which of course is the cast of the North American version of Super Mario Bros. 2. The game even features a new cat power up that allows Mario to scratch enemies and climb walls! Check out the trailer after the break to see the crowning touch on this new power up at the end of the video.

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The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker Reborn E3 Trailer

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Rae Michelle Richards

Link’s debut on Nintendo’s latest home console is of course an HD port of The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker. The game was announced last summer, and Nintendo gave us a four minute trailer during their E3 Direct live-stream earlier this morning. Unlike other Wiiu games, which were straight ports of older titles, this version of The Wind Waker has been substantially upgraded. New textures, bloom lighting and other graphical touches that weren’t on the GameCube really breathe new  life into this nearly 10 year old game. Wind Waker Reborn will run in native 1080P, features Nintendo Gamepad integration (replacing

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The First Look At Super Smash Bros for Wii U / 3DS

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Rae Michelle Richards

We’ve waited two years to get our first glimpse at Super Smash Bros for the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS. Wait no longer because during their E3 Direct live-stream Nintendo showed off not one but two trailers featuring gameplay from both versions. We don’t know about any content difference between the two games but the 3DS version has a very distinct cell shaded style, while the Wii U version looks like Super Smash Bros Brawl on current-generation HD steroids. In terms of gameplay, it’s pretty similar to previous games in the franchise – at least from the four or so

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