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Friday, October 7, 2011
Brand New Suit Confirmed for Super Mario 3D Land
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Thursday, October 6, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Press Release: NINTENDO TO SHOWCASE STRONG HOLIDAY GAME LINEUP AT NEW YORK COMIC CON
Special Events for Pokémon Rumble Blast and Professor Layton and the Last Specter Highlight Consumer Experience
REDMOND, Wash., Oct. 5, 2011 - When gaming and pop culture fans gather for the annual New York Comic Con - taking place Oct. 13-16 at the Javits Center in Manhattan - they'll get a firsthand look at the wealth of exceptional video games and systems offered by Nintendo this holiday season. Show attendees will get a chance to play games such as The Legend of Zelda™: Skyward Sword for the Wii™ console as well as Super Mario™ 3D Land and Mario Kart 7™ for the Nintendo 3DS™ system. They'll also be invited to take part in special activities to celebrate the upcoming release of the first Pokémon™ game created exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS system, Pokémon™ Rumble Blast, which arrives Oct. 24, and Professor Layton and the Last Specter™, which launches Oct. 17 for the Nintendo DS™ family of systems.
Pokémon fans can participate in an expanded interactive experience at the nearby Pokémon Gaming Lounge on Oct. 15 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., located at Stage37 at 508 West 37th Street (one block from the Javits Center). Pokémon Gaming Lounge visitors will enjoy hands-on game play with the Pokémon Rumble Blast game prior to its Oct. 24 launch and participate in a wide array of activities highlighting the imaginative fun of the Pokémon franchise. Pokémon Rumble Blast is an action-packed Pokémon adventure and the first Pokémon game for Nintendo 3DS. The game lets players battle against more than 600 Toy Pokémon in full 3D without the need for special glasses. Planned activities include a Pokémon photo booth, oversized Pokémon AR Markers for the Pokédex™ 3D application, special appearances by Pikachu, Pokémon giveaways while supplies last and other fun Pokémon activities. The Pokémon Gaming Lounge will be free and open to the public.
On Oct. 14, Nintendo will host an exclusive screening of Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva, an animated feature film based on the fan-favorite series of puzzle-based mystery games and distributed by VIZ Media. Beginning at 8 p.m. in Room 1B01 of the Javits Center, the event will include appearances by costumed characters, trivia contests and a chance for fans to play the Professor Layton and the Last Specter game, the fourth installment in the Professor Layton puzzle adventure series. This game is the earliest story in the series and tells the tale of the case that made Layton famous. Nintendo will also give special recognition to the winner of the Professor Layton and the Last Specter Quiz Challenge, a contest that was recently conducted via Twitter. The screening event will be open exclusively to registered New York Comic Con attendees with a valid conference pass.
Games that are scheduled to be playable at Nintendo's New York Comic Con booth (#1538) include:
Nintendo 3DS• Super Mario 3D Land
• Mario Kart 7
• The Legend of Zelda™: Ocarina of Time™ 3D
• Star Fox 64™ 3D
• Tetris®: Axis
• Pokémon Rumble Blast
• Shinobi™ by SEGA®
• Sonic Generations™ by SEGA
Wii• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
• Fortune Street™
• Kirby's Return to Dream Land™
• Skylanders Spyro's Adventure™ by Activision Publishing Inc.
Nintendo DS• Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker™ 2
• Professor Layton and the Last Specter
For more information about Nintendo, visit http://www.nintendo.com.
Source: Nintendo PR
Monday, October 3, 2011
New Super Mario 3D Land Spoilers/Details
I'm a little late posting these details, but here they are nonetheless. These details come from Nintendo Power and have been transcribed by Nintendo Everything.
General/some recap
- Focuses on snappy action instead of exploration
- Nintendo Power never spent a second wondering where to go or how to get there
- Usually can press left/right on the Control Pad to move the camera and peek at the path in front/behind you
- All levels have a set of medals that you can collect
- Faint chime can be heard when you’re close to a medal
- Ground pound: L or R while jumping
- Need to hold a button to run
- Touch a checkpoint flag to save your progress in the level
- These flags are in every level
- Backflip: start by crouching (L/R); this game requires you to stay crouched for roughly a second to charge up
- Can flip forward or backward once you’ve charged and jump
- Stopwatches add to your time
- Long jump: Jump while holding L/R
- Mario can wall jump and cartwheel jump
- Triple jump is gone
Tanooki Suit recap
- Continue to hold the jump button to descend slower than normal
- Can whip the suit’s tails at bricks/enemies
- Swing the tail while holding L or R to crouch
Course 1-2 (shown at E3)
- In Course 1-2, you can bypass a bridge by taking an alternate route along a ledge in the background
- As this happens, Mario looks tiny as he runs along in the distance
- Massive spiked balls swing by chains over the bridge in the foreground
- “Other games have made good use of 3D, but Super Mario 3D Land is the first Nintendo 3DS title that seems like it was built around the feature. It adds so much to the feel of the game that we would never consider playing without it.”
- Course 1-2 comes to an end where you take a green pipe back to the surface
- Throw some fireballs to light a nearby torch first
Course 1-3
- Bright, brand new area
- Mountains all around
- The level extends to the horizon so that Mario runs into the screen to traverse it
- Can’t use control pad camera controls in this level
- Can see almost the entire level from the starting platform
- Stand on a plate in front of a telescope to switch the camera to first-person
- Aim the camera by moving the Circle Pad or tilting the 3DS
- Toad will call out with a “Hey!” as you move the telescope
- Zoom in with R
- When you spot Toad, he’ll giggle and toss a medal out to a spot further along the path so you can grab it later
- Ladybug-looking enemies are in the level, come in various colors
- They march in a circle
- Bounce off each of their heads in succession for a 1-up
- Bonus room is filled with coins
- Ride a green platform across a set of rails that carries you over a great chasm
- Move the platform forward/backward by standing at the front/back
- Use Ground Pound on a wooden trunk to release the Tanooki Leaf
- There’s an easy-to-miss tunnel that you can go through by crouching
- Jump on the white block marked with a musical note at the right time to reach the medal from Toad
- Larger/flashier note block will spring you to a new side-scrolling bonus stage
- Grab an invincibility star in the bonus stage and plow through enemies and collect coins as you move across clouds
- Area ends with a big leap off the clouds to grab a floating medal on your way back down to the main path
- Hop through a hoop to bring five red coins out on top of two moving cloud platforms
- Kick open a rock that houses a standard gold coin
- Level ends with numerous long, death-defying drops to lower clouds, columns of coins, one more medal, and a ride on rails
Course 1-4
- Level made up almost entirely of rails
- No ground to catch you if you fall
- Move across the rails by tilting a green platform to roll forward/backward
- Dodge Paragoombas
- Collect floating coins
- Platform gets pounded by geysers and soars to a second set of tracks above
- Disembark on a small cliff midway through
- This cliff has a save flag
- Scare away a bird and it’ll drop a coin
- Then proceed to a new set of tracks (these are more difficult)
- Platform drops from one set of rails to another
- Piranha Plants spit out fire
- After you die a few times, an alternating power-up box will be placed near the midlevel checkpoint
- You can obtain the Tanooki Suit from a purple-box colored room
- Level ends with a rollercoaster-like descent; platform rockets down the rails at a steep angle, which leads to a fall to an orange block that teleports Mario to the flagpole
First Bowser stage
- Castle motif (as expected)
- Regenerating Dry Bones
- Giant Thwomps
- Spinning rows of fireballs
- Lots of lava
- Begins with a dizzying descent down a tall, multitiered stone structure
- This structure leads to different-sized platforms at the lava level
- Path leads Mario into the screen
- You’ll find blue dragons that sneeze fireballs
- Hammer Brother makes his first appearance in the game at this area
- Can take out the Hammer Brother with the Tanooki tail
- Jump on a Thwomp to reach an area so that you can obtain a medal, stopwatch, and use a telescope
- Telescope shows that you need to reach a Toad locked behind bars
- Bowser will start dishing out fireballs as you approach
- The path leads into the screen directly towards Bowser, offers occasional nooks for Mario to duck into so the fireballs can sail by
- Once you’ve reached Bowser, he takes a massive leap farther into the course
- Mario has to run left as fast as he can to avoid more fire
- The fire is being thrown from a bridge running parallel to Mario’s path in the distance
- Use long jumps to help you get ahead of the flames
- Then pull a U-turn onto Bowser’s bridge for the face off
- Get past the bridge and hit the switch to blow up the bridge which lands Bowser in the lava
- The bridge is long, so it’s difficult to get past him
- The first time or two you get past him, Bowser will leap backward and block you
- Little room for error on the narrow span
- Bowser has his own Tanooki tail
- Once defeated, “Bowser” poofs into a Goomba holding a Tanooki Leaf
- Door opens, head past a Toad yelling “yippee”, hop into an orange box that takes you to the end-of-level flagpole that features a special Bowser version of the flag
Course 2-1 (previously demoed)
- Blue skies and pink spires of a pristine castle
- This course has evolved since it was previously shown
- Telescope now appears at the beginning of the stage
- Toad tries to get your attention atop the castle
- Toad wears a Propeller Block (he’s basically all covered except for his feet poking out at the bottom)
- Toad will give you a demonstration of how the Propeller Block works by flying to a new spot where he waits next to a medal
- Start off by running into the screen toward the castle in the distance
- He’ll have to scale a tall section of moving platforms to reach the end
- Mario will encounter obstacles previously mentioned and Tanooki-tailed Goombas that flutter-jump at him as he rushes by
- Stomp on one of these enemy’s to steal its Tanooki Leaf
- Obtain a medal at a green pipe in a room that features visual trickery
- Medal appears on a block that seems to be stacked on top of a bunch of other blocks
- Step on a switch marked with a picture of an eye to change the camera view
- This new view shows that the block is floating in front of the others
- You can notice the block’s position if you look closely enough without changing the camera perspective
- Nintendo Power says that the above is possible in 3D, but not in 2D
- When Mario takes the Propeller Block, only his feet and tail stick out at the bottom
- Leap, then tap the jump button to fly high
- The longer you hold the button, the higher you go
- If you want to reach the top of the flagpole at the end, you need to keep the Propeller Block
- Strange, living coin purse hangs out near the flagpole
- The purse spills its loot as you jump on it
- If you pound on it enough, it’ll give you a 1-Up
Course 2-2
- Underground area
- Environment is incredibly dark
- Visibility is poor beyond a circle of light that stays centered on Mario
- A lot of the stage is covered in pools of poisonous purple goo
- Tricky to get past the goo
- Platforms can be triggered to unfurl into midair walkways, but they fold back up after a short time
- This means Mario has to get a move on quick
- Platforms form paths that duck in and out of walls, snake under ? Blocks and medals, and dip in and out of the ooze
- Last walkway leads to the flagpole
- Need to use a well-timed long jump to reach the top of the pole
World 3 – ship
- Straightforward side-scroller
- Giant spiky pistons appear to thrust out of the screen
- “…there’s an eye-popping use of 3D right at the start of the stage if you guide Mario toward the screen to reveal a small balcony that holds a Super Mushroom – both Mario and the balcony look like they’re hovering out in front of you.”
- Good amount of the course makes you wait for pistons to retract and run by them
- Made more challenging when you have to worry about falling platforms, explosive Mario-seeking Bob-ombs, cannons that launch spiky balls
- Cut a lot of corners with the long-jump
- If you take a hit, Mario gains a few seconds of useful invincibility
- Finishes as Mario runs across a lengthy bridge of falling platforms to reach a green pipe before a long row of pistons stab out at you
- Boom Boom is at the end of the pipe
- He’ll hold out his fists and spin around like a top
- Boom Boom steers himself toward Mario until he gets dizzy and falls down
- Jump on his head and Boom Boom will retreat inside his spiky shell and skitter along the floor
- Difficult to dodge the attack because the floor is split into two conveyor belts moving in opposite directions (slow or speed up Mario)
- Boom Boom soon restarts his attack pattern
- Three head stomps to defeat Boom Boom
- Finally, there’s a medal off screen at the end of a long and narrow wooden beam
General/some recap
- Focuses on snappy action instead of exploration
- Nintendo Power never spent a second wondering where to go or how to get there
- Usually can press left/right on the Control Pad to move the camera and peek at the path in front/behind you
- All levels have a set of medals that you can collect
- Faint chime can be heard when you’re close to a medal
- Ground pound: L or R while jumping
- Need to hold a button to run
- Touch a checkpoint flag to save your progress in the level
- These flags are in every level
- Backflip: start by crouching (L/R); this game requires you to stay crouched for roughly a second to charge up
- Can flip forward or backward once you’ve charged and jump
- Stopwatches add to your time
- Long jump: Jump while holding L/R
- Mario can wall jump and cartwheel jump
- Triple jump is gone
Tanooki Suit recap
- Continue to hold the jump button to descend slower than normal
- Can whip the suit’s tails at bricks/enemies
- Swing the tail while holding L or R to crouch
Course 1-2 (shown at E3)
- In Course 1-2, you can bypass a bridge by taking an alternate route along a ledge in the background
- As this happens, Mario looks tiny as he runs along in the distance
- Massive spiked balls swing by chains over the bridge in the foreground
- “Other games have made good use of 3D, but Super Mario 3D Land is the first Nintendo 3DS title that seems like it was built around the feature. It adds so much to the feel of the game that we would never consider playing without it.”
- Course 1-2 comes to an end where you take a green pipe back to the surface
- Throw some fireballs to light a nearby torch first
Course 1-3
- Bright, brand new area
- Mountains all around
- The level extends to the horizon so that Mario runs into the screen to traverse it
- Can’t use control pad camera controls in this level
- Can see almost the entire level from the starting platform
- Stand on a plate in front of a telescope to switch the camera to first-person
- Aim the camera by moving the Circle Pad or tilting the 3DS
- Toad will call out with a “Hey!” as you move the telescope
- Zoom in with R
- When you spot Toad, he’ll giggle and toss a medal out to a spot further along the path so you can grab it later
- Ladybug-looking enemies are in the level, come in various colors
- They march in a circle
- Bounce off each of their heads in succession for a 1-up
- Bonus room is filled with coins
- Ride a green platform across a set of rails that carries you over a great chasm
- Move the platform forward/backward by standing at the front/back
- Use Ground Pound on a wooden trunk to release the Tanooki Leaf
- There’s an easy-to-miss tunnel that you can go through by crouching
- Jump on the white block marked with a musical note at the right time to reach the medal from Toad
- Larger/flashier note block will spring you to a new side-scrolling bonus stage
- Grab an invincibility star in the bonus stage and plow through enemies and collect coins as you move across clouds
- Area ends with a big leap off the clouds to grab a floating medal on your way back down to the main path
- Hop through a hoop to bring five red coins out on top of two moving cloud platforms
- Kick open a rock that houses a standard gold coin
- Level ends with numerous long, death-defying drops to lower clouds, columns of coins, one more medal, and a ride on rails
Course 1-4
- Level made up almost entirely of rails
- No ground to catch you if you fall
- Move across the rails by tilting a green platform to roll forward/backward
- Dodge Paragoombas
- Collect floating coins
- Platform gets pounded by geysers and soars to a second set of tracks above
- Disembark on a small cliff midway through
- This cliff has a save flag
- Scare away a bird and it’ll drop a coin
- Then proceed to a new set of tracks (these are more difficult)
- Platform drops from one set of rails to another
- Piranha Plants spit out fire
- After you die a few times, an alternating power-up box will be placed near the midlevel checkpoint
- You can obtain the Tanooki Suit from a purple-box colored room
- Level ends with a rollercoaster-like descent; platform rockets down the rails at a steep angle, which leads to a fall to an orange block that teleports Mario to the flagpole
First Bowser stage
- Castle motif (as expected)
- Regenerating Dry Bones
- Giant Thwomps
- Spinning rows of fireballs
- Lots of lava
- Begins with a dizzying descent down a tall, multitiered stone structure
- This structure leads to different-sized platforms at the lava level
- Path leads Mario into the screen
- You’ll find blue dragons that sneeze fireballs
- Hammer Brother makes his first appearance in the game at this area
- Can take out the Hammer Brother with the Tanooki tail
- Jump on a Thwomp to reach an area so that you can obtain a medal, stopwatch, and use a telescope
- Telescope shows that you need to reach a Toad locked behind bars
- Bowser will start dishing out fireballs as you approach
- The path leads into the screen directly towards Bowser, offers occasional nooks for Mario to duck into so the fireballs can sail by
- Once you’ve reached Bowser, he takes a massive leap farther into the course
- Mario has to run left as fast as he can to avoid more fire
- The fire is being thrown from a bridge running parallel to Mario’s path in the distance
- Use long jumps to help you get ahead of the flames
- Then pull a U-turn onto Bowser’s bridge for the face off
- Get past the bridge and hit the switch to blow up the bridge which lands Bowser in the lava
- The bridge is long, so it’s difficult to get past him
- The first time or two you get past him, Bowser will leap backward and block you
- Little room for error on the narrow span
- Bowser has his own Tanooki tail
- Once defeated, “Bowser” poofs into a Goomba holding a Tanooki Leaf
- Door opens, head past a Toad yelling “yippee”, hop into an orange box that takes you to the end-of-level flagpole that features a special Bowser version of the flag
Course 2-1 (previously demoed)
- Blue skies and pink spires of a pristine castle
- This course has evolved since it was previously shown
- Telescope now appears at the beginning of the stage
- Toad tries to get your attention atop the castle
- Toad wears a Propeller Block (he’s basically all covered except for his feet poking out at the bottom)
- Toad will give you a demonstration of how the Propeller Block works by flying to a new spot where he waits next to a medal
- Start off by running into the screen toward the castle in the distance
- He’ll have to scale a tall section of moving platforms to reach the end
- Mario will encounter obstacles previously mentioned and Tanooki-tailed Goombas that flutter-jump at him as he rushes by
- Stomp on one of these enemy’s to steal its Tanooki Leaf
- Obtain a medal at a green pipe in a room that features visual trickery
- Medal appears on a block that seems to be stacked on top of a bunch of other blocks
- Step on a switch marked with a picture of an eye to change the camera view
- This new view shows that the block is floating in front of the others
- You can notice the block’s position if you look closely enough without changing the camera perspective
- Nintendo Power says that the above is possible in 3D, but not in 2D
- When Mario takes the Propeller Block, only his feet and tail stick out at the bottom
- Leap, then tap the jump button to fly high
- The longer you hold the button, the higher you go
- If you want to reach the top of the flagpole at the end, you need to keep the Propeller Block
- Strange, living coin purse hangs out near the flagpole
- The purse spills its loot as you jump on it
- If you pound on it enough, it’ll give you a 1-Up
Course 2-2
- Underground area
- Environment is incredibly dark
- Visibility is poor beyond a circle of light that stays centered on Mario
- A lot of the stage is covered in pools of poisonous purple goo
- Tricky to get past the goo
- Platforms can be triggered to unfurl into midair walkways, but they fold back up after a short time
- This means Mario has to get a move on quick
- Platforms form paths that duck in and out of walls, snake under ? Blocks and medals, and dip in and out of the ooze
- Last walkway leads to the flagpole
- Need to use a well-timed long jump to reach the top of the pole
World 3 – ship
- Straightforward side-scroller
- Giant spiky pistons appear to thrust out of the screen
- “…there’s an eye-popping use of 3D right at the start of the stage if you guide Mario toward the screen to reveal a small balcony that holds a Super Mushroom – both Mario and the balcony look like they’re hovering out in front of you.”
- Good amount of the course makes you wait for pistons to retract and run by them
- Made more challenging when you have to worry about falling platforms, explosive Mario-seeking Bob-ombs, cannons that launch spiky balls
- Cut a lot of corners with the long-jump
- If you take a hit, Mario gains a few seconds of useful invincibility
- Finishes as Mario runs across a lengthy bridge of falling platforms to reach a green pipe before a long row of pistons stab out at you
- Boom Boom is at the end of the pipe
- He’ll hold out his fists and spin around like a top
- Boom Boom steers himself toward Mario until he gets dizzy and falls down
- Jump on his head and Boom Boom will retreat inside his spiky shell and skitter along the floor
- Difficult to dodge the attack because the floor is split into two conveyor belts moving in opposite directions (slow or speed up Mario)
- Boom Boom soon restarts his attack pattern
- Three head stomps to defeat Boom Boom
- Finally, there’s a medal off screen at the end of a long and narrow wooden beam
Monday, September 26, 2011
GameStop to Offer An Awesome Pre-Order Bonus for Super Mario 3D Land
Gamers whom pre-order themselves a copy of Super Mario 3D Land from GameStop will receive an awesome bonus. GameStop will be handing out Tanooki Mario Keychains to those whom reserve the game in advance. No images of the keychain are available yet, but I'm willing to bet it will be all kinds of adorable.Pre-Order Super Mario 3D Land at GameStop
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Super Mario 3D Land Fact Sheet
Get Ready for a New Spin on a Familiar Tail
Super Mario 3D Land reinvents everything fans love about Mario™ gaming with the first platforming environment in true 3D, without the need for special glasses. Players will experience an exhilarating new sense of depth, distance and speed while running, jumping and stomping on enemies throughout the levels.
FEATURES:
• Tanooki Mario returns! The fan-favorite Tanooki suit makes its first appearance on the Nintendo 3DS. Use the Tanooki suit’s tail to attack enemies or float gently down from great heights. These abilities help players move through the 3D environments with more confidence.
• 3D visuals make it easier for players to judge the depths and distances in their environments. Players can more accurately judge the jump to the next platform or how far Mario is from a question block.
• New and familiar abilities add unique game-play strategies to the adventure. Mario can perform a rolling somersault attack or run fast with a dash move.
• The Circle Pad gives players complete control to confidently move Mario through fun and challenging environments.
• New enemies include Goombas with tails, tall stacks of Goombas and a Piranha Plant that spits ink to obscure a player’s view.
Platform: Nintendo 3DS
Genre: Action Platformer
Players: 1
Rating: E (Everyone) - Mild Cartoon Violence
Release: Nov. 13, 2011
Developer: Nintendo
URL: http://supermario3dland.com
Suggested Retail Price: TBA
Source: Nintendo PR
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 Get Release Dates
Mario fans will be extremely excited to learn that Nintendo has dropped off a few release dates today. First off, Super Mario 3D Land will be coming to 3DS handhelds on November 13. The game will include both gyro and StreetPass functionality, as well as the propeller blocks seen in New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
Mario Kart 7 will come a little later with a December 4 release date. Mario Kart 7 will include an optional first person mode that is controlled using the gyro sensor. On top of that, Nintendo has also decided to include the tricks system found in Mario Kart Wii. Lastly, Nintendo has told us about two new playable drivers for Mario Kart 7. Gamers will finally have the chance to play as Lakitu and Metal Mario! I think both are pretty neat additions to Mario Kart.
Mario Kart 7 will come a little later with a December 4 release date. Mario Kart 7 will include an optional first person mode that is controlled using the gyro sensor. On top of that, Nintendo has also decided to include the tricks system found in Mario Kart Wii. Lastly, Nintendo has told us about two new playable drivers for Mario Kart 7. Gamers will finally have the chance to play as Lakitu and Metal Mario! I think both are pretty neat additions to Mario Kart.
Source: PR
Press Release: 3D Video Recording + Two Mario games for the Holiday
Nintendo Gets 3D Video Recording and Two Great Mario Games for the Holiday
Strong Nintendo Holiday Lineup Includes Treats for Fans of The Legend of Zelda
REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 12, 2011 – This November, a new system update for the portable Nintendo 3DS™ system will enable owners to capture 3D video footage. People will be able to record and view moments from birthday parties, soccer games and holiday events, or create their own original 3D productions and show them to others in 3D, all without the need for special glasses. The system update will also provide new experiences for people who have conquered all the StreetPass™ challenges in StreetPass Mii Plaza™.
The update is just one of the many elements of Nintendo's strong holiday season lineup that features two Mario™ games – one platformer and one racer – for Nintendo 3DS. The season also sees the arrival of the largest game-development project in Nintendo history: The Legend of Zelda™: Skyward Sword for the Wii™ system.
"The 2011 holiday season offers up multiple must-have Nintendo games for both experienced players and newcomers," said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. "Shoppers know they can count on Nintendo to offer amazing entertainment experiences at an unbeatable value."
The first appearance by Mario on a new Nintendo system is always cause for celebration. This fall, Nintendo is giving fans two big reasons to celebrate. On Nov. 13, Nintendo will release the Super Mario™ 3D Land™ game for Nintendo 3DS. In this first-ever true 3D Mario platforming adventure, players can scout levels and find secrets before they play using the built-in gyro sensor feature of the Nintendo 3DS system. The game will feature propeller blocks and will have StreetPass functionality. Mario Kart™ 7 will be available Dec. 4 and will include a new optional first-person driving mode that is controlled using the gyro sensor. The game also introduces new playable characters like Lakitu and Metal Mario, and a tricks system like the one in Mario Kart™ Wii. Both games are essential to the game libraries of Mario fans, and more details about them will be announced in the future.
A Legendary Holiday Season
Nintendo is pulling out all the stops in honor of the 25th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda™. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword launches Nov. 20 and represents one of the deepest and richest experiences ever produced by Nintendo. More than 100 staff members have been working for five years to produce the epic story, which includes a new approach to game play and more than 100 minutes of cinematic cut scenes. The game also will feature a boss challenge mode and, for players who need assistance, optional hint movies to help them along.
In honor of the 25th anniversary, Nintendo is offering a free classic game for a limited time. The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition will be available to download between Sept. 28, 2011, and Feb. 20, 2012. Fans can download the Nintendo DSiWare™ version of the game using their Nintendo DSi™ or Nintendo DSi XL™ systems, or by accessing the Nintendo eShop with a Nintendo 3DS system (wireless broadband Internet access is required for download). The game allows up to four players who have downloaded the game to play cooperatively and has also been enhanced with a new single-player mode. Unlike the original, all multiplayer game play is handled wirelessly. Once players finish the main quest, they will unlock new stages and abilities to expand the game's replay value.
Fans of Nintendo's downloadable games will be getting a special Zelda treat as well. Between Oct. 3, 2011, and Feb. 20, 2012, select retailers will carry limited-edition cards highlighting the series' 25th anniversary. The Nintendo 3DS Prepaid Card, which is used in the Nintendo eShop of the Nintendo 3DS system, features an image of Link™ battling Ganon. The Nintendo Points Card, which can be used in the Wii Shop Channel or Nintendo DSi Shop, shows Link flying high in a scene from The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.
In other game news, families can look forward to making fun holiday memories with new games like Fortune Street™ (Dec. 5) for the Wii console and Fossil Fighters™: Champions (Nov. 14) for the Nintendo DS™ family of systems. Third-party publishers are also adding to the roster of great games headed for Nintendo systems between now and the end of the year, including Just Dance® 3 (Oct. 7) for the Wii console from Ubisoft, Go Vacation™ (Oct. 11) for the Wii console from NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc., Skylanders Spyro's Adventure™ (Oct. 16) for the Wii and Nintendo 3DS systems from Activision Publishing, Zumba® Fitness 2 (Nov. 15) for the Wii console from Majesco Entertainment and Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games™ (Nov. 15) for the Wii and Nintendo 3DS systems published by SEGA. For more information and to see a listing of upcoming third-party games for Nintendo systems, visit http://www.nintendo.com.
Looking Ahead to 2012
Beyond the holiday season, Nintendo is already making plans for 2012. Nintendo is revealing a previously unannounced 3D Mario tennis game for the Nintendo 3DS system. Mario Tennis™ (name not final) will launch in 2012 and more details will be announced later.
Also in 2012, Nintendo 3DS owners will be able to enjoy a new 3D installment in the Animal Crossing™ franchise. This version will include a number of options not available in previous versions. These include the ability to become the head of the village and boost its development, a way to install certain items in the village to make its characteristics more personalized for each player, and the ability to view homes of other players who are tagged through StreetPass connections.
In 2012, Nintendo 3DS fans will also see the arrival of new games in the Luigi's Mansion™ and Paper Mario™ franchises.
In one final bit of news, the development team for Kid Icarus™: Uprising for Nintendo 3DS has determined that more time is needed to complete the game. As a result, the game will now launch in 2012. Nintendo is also in the process of developing 3D Kid Icarus animations with critically acclaimed Japanese anime production houses. These animations will be made available free of charge via the Nintendo Video™ service to Nintendo 3DS owners worldwide.
Remember that Wii and Nintendo 3DS feature parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about Nintendo, visit http://www.nintendo.com.
Monday, August 29, 2011
New Tetris Game and Professor Layton and the Last Specter
Details for both of these games were hidden in the Skyward Sword press release:
The original portable Tetris® game was a smash hit on the Game Boy™ system. The new Tetris: Axis game lets players use the magic of the Nintendo 3DS system to jump into the action in 3D without the need for special glasses. The game includes more than 20 different modes – some familiar, some new. Up to eight players can compete in wireless multiplayer battles, even if only one player has a game card**. Tetris: Axis also makes use of the augmented-reality and SpotPass™ features of Nintendo 3DS. Tetris: Axis is part of a stirring fall lineup for Nintendo 3DS that also includes Pokémon™ Rumble Blast (launching Oct. 24), Super Mario 3D Land™ (November) and Mario Kart™ 7 (December).
Professor Layton and the Last Specter for the Nintendo DS family of systems is the fourth installment in the Professor Layton puzzle adventure series. It begins a new trilogy that is a prequel to the original games, set three years before the events in Professor Layton and the Curious Village™. The game contains more puzzles than any in the series to date. As a North American exclusive to the overall Professor Layton and the Last Specter package, a bonus role-playing game called Professor Layton’s London Life™ containing more than 100 hours of additional content will be available to players from the start of the game.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Play Skyward Sword, Super Mario 3D Land & Mario Kart 7 at PAX
NINTENDO GIVES FANS CHANCE TO PLAY TOP HOLIDAY GAMES AT PENNY ARCADE EXPO
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Super Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart 7 and Kid Icarus: Uprising to be Playable in Nintendo's Booth
REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 23, 2011 – Nintendo is bringing the games that fans want to play to the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX), the premier video game event that is open to the public. The show takes place Aug. 26-28 at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle, and Nintendo will be at booth No. 462, level 4. Nintendo plans to have games for its Nintendo 3DS™, Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ systems available for people to check out before they launch, including The Legend of Zelda™: Skyward Sword for Wii and Super Mario 3D Land™, Mario Kart™ 7 and Kid Icarus™: Uprising for Nintendo 3DS, in addition to fun events and activities.
In addition to game play on the main show floor, Nintendo invites attendees to visit the Nintendo Gaming Lounge in the North Galleria, which will feature additional games and activities across two different levels. The third floor of the Nintendo Gaming Lounge will be decorated in honor of the upcoming Oct. 24 launch of the Kirby's Return to Dream Land™ game for Wii (previously known as Kirby Wii) and the Sept. 19 launch of the Kirby™ Mass Attack game for the Nintendo DS family of systems, as well as the Pokédex™ 3D application for Nintendo 3DS. Visitors can inhale Kirby™ pink cotton candy, relax on Kirby beanbag chairs or pick up some fun Kirby items to wear on the show floor while supplies last. The third floor of the Nintendo Gaming Lounge will also feature Pokédex 3D activities such as large Pokémon™ AR markers and daily giveaways including collectible Pokémon AR marker cards while supplies last. The second floor of the Nintendo Gaming Lounge will feature playable versions of Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker™ 2 and Fortune Street™. On this floor, players can take fun pictures with friends in a DRAGON QUEST-themed "monster friend mash-up" photo booth and meet with other DRAGON QUEST fans.
Nintendo also plans to host a multiplayer tournament for the unreleased Star Fox 64™ 3D game from 7-10 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 27, on the second floor of the North Galleria. PAX attendees can sign up for the tournament starting the morning of Friday, Aug. 26, and have a chance to test their skills in aerial battle. Star Fox 64 3D allows four players to enjoy the game's full multiplayer experience with just one game card via a local wireless connection.
Games that are scheduled to be playable at PAX include:
Nintendo 3DS • Super Mario 3D Land• Mario Kart 7• Kid Icarus: Uprising• Star Fox 64 3D • The Legend of Zelda™: Ocarina of Time™ 3D• Pokédex 3D • Shinobi™ by SEGA®
• Sonic Generations by SEGA
Wii• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword• Kirby's Return to Dream Land• Rhythm Heaven™ (name not final)
• Fortune Street
Nintendo DS • Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2• Kirby Mass Attack
Visitors to Nintendo's PAX booth can also take advantage of other fun activities such as daily giveaways (while supplies last) and sharing StreetPass™ data with other Nintendo 3DS users.
For more information about Nintendo, visit http://www.nintendo.com.
About Nintendo: The worldwide pioneer in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii™ home console, Nintendo 3DS™ and Nintendo DS™ family of portable systems. Since 1983, when it launched the Nintendo Entertainment System™, Nintendo has sold more than 3.7 billion video games and more than 600 million hardware units globally, including the current-generation Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi™ and Nintendo DSi XL™, as well as the Game Boy™, Game Boy Advance, Super NES™, Nintendo 64™ and Nintendo GameCube™ systems. It has also created industry icons that have become well-known, household names such as Mario™, Donkey Kong™, Metroid™, Zelda™ and Pokémon™. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo's operations in the Western Hemisphere. For more information about Nintendo, please visit the company's website at http://www.nintendo.com.
Monday, August 15, 2011
New Super Mario 3D Land Logo Revealed
A little different than the previous logo, but it still has the racoon tail! Can't go wrong with that awesome detail.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Nintendo 3DS will be Sold at A Loss Following Price Cut
Due to some financial troubles, Nintendo shockingly announced a price drop for its 3D handheld on Thursday. Revenue dropped about 50% (¥25.5 billion/$328 million) for the three month period ending in June 2011. Sales are down all across the board and not just on the Nintendo 3DS front. Wii sales are down 49% compared to this quarter of last year; Nintendo DS sales were down 54%. Software for the Wii and Nintendo DS respectively were down 52% and 46%. Not incredibly surprising considering the lack of quality content Nintendo has provided as a first party company so far this year.
Following the price drop, Nintendo 3DS handhelds will be sold at a loss. To make up for this loss, Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata will be taking a 50% pay cut. Satoru Iwata and his board of directors hold themselves accountable for the poor financial performance, which will also see a 20%-30% pay cut for the board of directors.
Nintendo shares also dropped 12% following the release of its financials. Former Nintendo president, Hiroshi Yamauchi, has reportedly loss about $300 Million with regards to his 10% stock in the company. This may seem like a doom and gloom situation, and it most certainly can be, but Nintendo is definitely ready to bounce back. Cutting the 3DS price will no doubt increase sales for both the hardware and software alike. Not to mention the great first party lineup coming this fall including: Super Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart 3D (MK7), Kid Icarus: Uprising, and Star Fox 64 3D.
Following the price drop, Nintendo 3DS handhelds will be sold at a loss. To make up for this loss, Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata will be taking a 50% pay cut. Satoru Iwata and his board of directors hold themselves accountable for the poor financial performance, which will also see a 20%-30% pay cut for the board of directors.
Nintendo shares also dropped 12% following the release of its financials. Former Nintendo president, Hiroshi Yamauchi, has reportedly loss about $300 Million with regards to his 10% stock in the company. This may seem like a doom and gloom situation, and it most certainly can be, but Nintendo is definitely ready to bounce back. Cutting the 3DS price will no doubt increase sales for both the hardware and software alike. Not to mention the great first party lineup coming this fall including: Super Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart 3D (MK7), Kid Icarus: Uprising, and Star Fox 64 3D.
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