Nintendo News: Nintendo Download Highlights New Digital Content for Nintendo Systems
REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:
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Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS
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Hyrule
Warriors Legends – Cut down entire legions of enemies
as fan-favorite characters from The Legend of Zelda series
using powerful moves, as the Hyrule Warriors game comes to
the Nintendo 3DS system. Control multiple characters to enhance
your strategies, and enjoy new story elements with playable
characters from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, such
as Tetra and King Daphnes. Take advantage of an epic discount when
you buy all DLC packs in a single purchase with the Legends of
Hyrule Season Pass, sold separately. You’ll also get an exclusive The
Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker-themed Ganondorf costume for
immediate use in the game, then download the additional DLC packs
as they become available throughout the year.
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Shantae:
Risky’s Revenge – Director’s Cut – Shantae: Risky’s
Revenge – Director’s Cut brings hair-whipping, belly-dancing
action to the Wii U console. The most popular game in the Shantae
series now has HD illustrations, a Magic Mode Costume and new Warp
System. Click here
to see a trailer for the game.
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Donkey
Kong Country – The Super NES masterpiece is now on New
Nintendo 3DS! Play more than 100 levels filled with collectibles
and hidden bonus levels of platforming action. With the help of
Donkey Kong’s quirky family, animal friends and your fast
reflexes, the dynamic duo of Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong will prove
to be an unstoppable force. -
Super
Mario Kart – Take to the roads with your favorite
Mario characters in the first game of this iconic series! Super
Mario Kart offers crazy tracks that will test your gears. Use
classic power-ups and gain the advantage to make it to the finish
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EarthBound
– Intergalactic terror strikes the small town of Onett as a
blazing extraterrestrial object crashes in the night. Earth now
faces imminent destruction by the universal evil threat, Giygas. A
courageous boy named Ness and his three friends vow to save the
planet from hideous destruction. Acclaimed RPG EarthBound
is a great game to take on the go.
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Yoshi’s
Story – Baby Bowser has taken the Super Happy Tree and
put a spell on Yoshi Island. In this charming Nintendo 64 game,
it’s up to a few remaining Yoshi characters to restore everything
to its rightful place as they run, ground-pound, flutter-jump,
throw eggs and traverse a colorful storybook-looking world.
Complete a course in Story Mode, and then best your high score in
Trial Mode.
Nintendo eShop sales:
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Nintendo eShop on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS
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Resident
Evil: The Mercenaries 3D (Nintendo 3DS), Resident
Evil Revelations (Wii
U and Nintendo
3DS) and more games from Capcom are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT
on March 29. -
Epic
Word Search Collection (Nintendo 3DS) and Word
Party (Wii U) from Lightwood Games are on sale until
8:59 a.m. PT on April 4. -
Harvest
Moon: The Lost Valley (Nintendo 3DS), Ninja
Strike: Dangerous Dash (Wii U) and more games from
Natsume are on sale starting at 9 a.m. PT on March 25 until 8:59
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Plankton’s Robotic Revenge (Wii
U and Nintendo
3DS), and SpongeBob
HeroPants (Nintendo 3DS) from Activision are on sale
until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 30.
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Suspension
Railroad Simulator is more than 35 percent off
(reduced from $7.99 to $5) until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 7. -
Life
of Pixel is more than 50 percent off (reduced from
$9.99 to $4.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 11. -
Skylanders
SuperChargers Portal Owner’s Pack is 50 percent off
(reduced from $49.99 to $24.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 1. -
Maze
and The
Perplexing Orb are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on March
31. -
Explody
Bomb is more than 65 percent off (reduced from $.99 to
$.59) until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 31. -
Adventures
of Pip is 50 percent off (reduced from $14.99
to $7.50) until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 31.
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3D
Gunstar Heroes, Hatsune
Miku: Project Mirai DX and more games from SEGA are on
sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 4. -
Aqua
Moto Racing 3D is 50 percent off (reduced from $7.99
to $3.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 31. -
Jett
Rocket II: The Wrath of Taikai is 25 percent off
(reduced from $8.99 to $6.70) until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 14. -
Japanese
Rail Sim Journey in Suburbs #1 is 50 percent off
(reduced from $7.99 to $3.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 7. -
Stella
Glow, Etrian
Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight and more
games from ATLUS are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 4.
New DLC:
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Fire Emblem Fates – New DLC Map – Hidden
Truths (1 and 2) – The secret prologue to the world of the Fire
Emblem Fates games, this two-map set is now available to download
in the game for only $4.49. -
Fire Emblem Fates – Map Pack 1 – As a reminder,
anyone who owns either Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright or Fire
Emblem Fates: Conquest can purchase Map Pack 1 in-game at Dragon’s
Gate for $17.99 to get access to 11 DLC maps plus bonus content as it
is released weekly through April 21. Map Pack 1 content is priced at
more than $24 when purchased individually.
Activities:
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Mini Mario & Friends amiibo Challenge – For a
limited time, get a download code for early access to the Mini
Mario & Friends amiibo Challenge game. Just buy any amiibo
figure from a participating retailer between March 25 and April 27,
and you’ll get early access to the game. Download this game for free
on your Nintendo 3DS system or Wii U console, then tap any amiibo
figure to get started. Click here: http://minimario.nintendo.com. -
National StreetPass Weekend: Spring Edition – Swing into spring
with Nintendo 3DS! From March 25 to March 27, collect up to six
StreetPass tags from across North America when you stop by a Nintendo
Zone location with your Nintendo 3DS family system. While you’re out
and about, be sure to take advantage of the cool StreetPass features
in many popular games. To find a Nintendo Zone near you, visit http://www.nintendo.com/3ds/nintendozone.
Also new this week:
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Infinity
Runner (Nintendo eShop on Wii U) -
Japanese
Rail Sim 3D Journey in Suburbs #1 Vol. 2 (Nintendo eShop
on Nintendo 3DS) -
Japanese
Rail Sim 3D Journey in Suburbs #1 Vol. 3 (Nintendo eShop
on Nintendo 3DS) -
Japanese
Rail Sim 3D Journey in Suburbs #1 Vol. 4 (Nintendo eShop
on Nintendo 3DS) -
Witch
& Hero 2 (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)
In addition to video games available at retail stores, Nintendo also
offers a variety of content that people can download directly to their
systems. Nintendo adds new games weekly to Nintendo eShop on the Wii U
console and the Nintendo 3DS family of systems, the Nintendo DSi™
Shop for the Nintendo DSi system and the Wii™ Shop Channel
for the Wii console.Nintendo eShop is a cash-based service that features a wide variety of
content, including new and classic games, applications and demos. Users
can add money to their account balances by using a credit card or
purchasing a Nintendo eShop Card at a retail store and entering the code
from the card. All funds from one card must be loaded in Nintendo eShop
on either Wii U or the Nintendo 3DS family of systems, but can be used
in either Nintendo eShop if the systems are linked to a single Nintendo
Network account.The Wii Shop Channel offers games and applications and uses Wii Points™,
which can be purchased via the Wii Shop Channel. The Nintendo DSi Shop
offers games and applications and uses Nintendo DSi Points™,
which can be purchased in the Nintendo DSi Shop.Remember that Wii U, Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 3DS XL, Nintendo 2DS
and Nintendo DSi feature parental controls that let adults manage some
of the content their children can access. For more information about
this and other features, visit http://www.nintendo.com/wiiu
or http://www.nintendo.com/3ds.Note to editors: Nintendo press materials are available at http://press.nintendo.com,
a password-protected site. To obtain a login, please register on the
site.Contacts
Golin
Eddie Garcia
213-335-5536
egarcia@golin.com
or
Golin
Rich
George
415-318-4342
rgeorge@golin.com -
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