Category Archives: Virtual Console

Thu, Jun 13, 2013 | 17:23 BST

Nintendo Downloads NA: Mighty Switch Force! 2, Mutant Mudds Deluxe, Sonic the Hedgehog

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Nintendo has updated the eShop offerings for North America with Mighty Switch Force! 2 and Big Bass Arcade: No Limit available for 3DS. Mutant Mudds Deluxe is available for Wii U, and for 3DS virtual Console, you can grab Sonic the Hedgehog.

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Tue, Jun 11, 2013 | 18:14 BST

Nintendo Direct E3: Super Mario 3D out in December

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Nintendo held an E3-centric Nintendo Direct presentation today where the firm announced the new Smash Bros, showed off the new 3D Mario, and revealed a new look for Bayonetta.

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Mon, Jun 10, 2013 | 13:28 BST

Nintendo downloads Europe: Animal Crossing & Sega Game Gear classics lead the week

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Nintendo has published its weekly list of new games hitting the Wii U and 3DS digital eShop. Animal Crossing: New Leaf and a string of old-school Sega Game Gear classics lead this week’s offering.

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Thu, Jun 06, 2013 | 17:50 BST

Nintendo Downloads NA: Trine 2 Director’s Cut on sale, Spelunker, Animal Crossing: New Leaf

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Nintendo has updated its eShop offerings for North America. Get your update below.

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Mon, Jun 03, 2013 | 15:15 BST

Nintendo Downloads Europe: Spelunker & Tetris lead the week

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Nintendo has released its weekly eShop update for Europe, confirming that Tetris is coming to consume all of your time once again. It’s not the Game Boy classic but still, consider yourself warned.

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Thu, May 23, 2013 | 10:39 BST

Double Dragon 2 heading to Japanese 3DS eShop next week

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Double Dragon 2: The Revenge is heading to the Japanese 3DS eShop next week. It’s a port of the NES classic, and it’s better than the recently released XBLA remake Double Dragon 2: Wander of the Dragons. That was shit, pure and simple.

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Mon, May 20, 2013 | 11:23 BST

Nintendo Europe downloads: Kirby and Resident Evil: Revelations lead the week

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Nintendo has released details of its weekly eShop update on 3DS and Wii U. Kirby gets a pair of classic game ports, while Capcom launches its HD version of Resident Evil: Revelations.

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Sat, May 18, 2013 | 18:41 BST

Nintendo Direct – Sonic: Lost World exclusive to Wii U, 3DS

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Nintendo Direct sessions for North America and Europe contained quite a bit of interesting information on the firm’s upcoming Wii U and 3DS titles for summer. During the event, the biggest take away was when Nintendo president Satoru Iwata announced that the next three Sonic titles to be released from SEGA will be exclusive to Nintendo systems.

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Thu, May 16, 2013 | 15:25 BST

Nintendo Direct: tomorrow’s presentation focusing on summer Wii U, 3DS slate

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Nintendo will be hosting a Nintendo Direct presentation tomorrow, May 17, to provide updates on upcoming Wii and 3DS titles for summer. The firm will also discuss future Wii U titles for fall and onward in a Nintendo Direct before the start of E3 2013. It will take place in North America at 10am EST and in the UK at 3PM. We’ll tweet anything pertinent as usual, and provide a full report after both presentations finish.

Thu, May 16, 2013 | 15:57 BST

Nintendo Downloads NA: Super Mario Bros. 2, LEGO Batman 2, The Starship Damrey

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Nintendo has updated the North American end of its eShop and Virtual Console offerings with all sorts of goodies. Get updated below.

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Mon, May 13, 2013 | 11:12 BST

Nintendo eShop EU: Super Metroid for 30p and Super Mario Bros 2 lead the week

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Nintendo has revealed its weekly list of eShop downloads, starring a 30pm download of SNES classic Super Metroid, and Wii U Virtual Console ports of Super Mario Bros 2 and Super Ghouls n’ Ghosts.

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Sat, May 11, 2013 | 20:07 BST

Super Mario Bros. 2 hits Wii U Virtual Console next week in North America

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Super Mario Bros. 2 will be released on the North American eShop next week for Wii U Virtual Console. The lovely NES platformer from your childhood will run you $4.99, and you can pick it up May 16. Check out a video below, courtesy of GamingVlogNetwork.

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Thu, May 09, 2013 | 14:38 BST

Nintendo Downloads NA: Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move, RE: Revelations demo

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Nintendo has updated its offerings for the North American eShop with Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move, a Wii U demo for Resident Evil Revelations, and couple Virtual Console titles. Full update is below.

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Tue, May 07, 2013 | 10:45 BST

Super Mario RPG hits Club Nintendo US rewards this month

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Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars is one of four new Club Nintendo rewards hitting North America this month.

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Mon, May 06, 2013 | 03:10 BST

Earthbound classification suggests western release imminent

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The Australian Classification Board has rated the Wii U re-release of Earthbound, almost certainly foreshadowing a western release date announce for the classic RPG.

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Thu, May 02, 2013 | 21:48 BST

Super Ghouls’n Ghosts and Ghosts’n Goblins hitting Wii U Virtual Console later this month

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Capcom has announced Super Ghouls’n Ghosts and Ghosts’n Goblins will be released through Wii U Virtual Console this month on May 16 and May 30, respectively. The firm said it also has “more titles in the pipeline” which will be announced at a later date. Mega Man was released on the service today.

Thu, May 02, 2013 | 22:04 BST

Nintendo Downloads NA – Mega Man, TANK! TANK! TANK!, eShop sale

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Nintendo has updated its eShop offerings for North America with all sorts of Virtual Console goodies such as Pac-Man, Balloon Fight, and Mega Man. There’s also items available for 3DS users, so head below for your full update.

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Wed, May 01, 2013 | 12:54 BST

Kirby: three classic games hitting Wii U Virtual Console in Japan next week

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Kirby is getting a three-way of Wii U Virtual Console love next week in Japan. No word on either an American or European release mind you.

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Tue, Apr 30, 2013 | 20:59 BST

Mother 4 would be “impossible,” says Itoi

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Earthbound creator Shigesato Itoi has splashed cold water on anyone’s hope that a fourth installment in the series will be released in the future.

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Tue, Apr 30, 2013 | 09:59 BST

Wii U Virtual Console: New releases confirmed in handy breakdown trailer

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Nintendo’s Wii U Virtual Console launched last week, but if you aren’t quite sure what the game catalogue actually entails, a handy trailer is here to break everything down, and even reveal a bunch of new releases.

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