Two Hit Franchises Release on Nintendo 3DS on the Same Day
REDMOND, Wash., May 1, 2014 – When you see two round objects
rolling your way, don’t be alarmed: They’re probably just a harmless
golf ball and a familiar pink puffball. On May 2, the Mario Golf: World Tour
and Kirby: Triple Deluxe games are launching in
stores and in the Nintendo eShop on the Nintendo 3DS family of systems.
It’s a double dose of Nintendo! Both games are the next installments in
their respective franchises and the first of their series on Nintendo 3DS.
Both games also feature some of the most loved and iconic characters in
the Nintendo universe. And, best of all, both games are ridiculously
fun.
“May 2 is going to be an outstanding day for Nintendo 3DS owners,” said
Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales
& Marketing. “Mario Golf: World Tour and Kirby:
Triple Deluxe add two exclusive Nintendo experiences to the
already-incredible library of software found only on Nintendo 3DS.”
Mario Golf: World Tour: Players can
drive, swing and putt using their favorite residents of the Mushroom
Kingdom like Mario, Luigi and Princess Peach, or their Mii characters.
Exciting courses that are filled with Warp Pipes or even Piranha Plants
await players in Mario Golf: World Tour, as well as more
traditional golf courses.
It wouldn’t be a golf game set in the Mushroom Kingdom if power-ups
inspired by the Super Mario Bros. series weren’t waiting to
be activated. Mario Golf: World Tour features plenty of items
that can add an extra element of fun to the game when used. The Dash
Mushroom, for example, gives the golf ball extra speed when it hits the
ground; the Fire Flower burns through leaves and tufts of grass; and
the Bullet Bill power-up allows the ball to fly in a straight line and
ignore wind.
When not playing one of the numerous courses, players can wander the
expansive Castle Club and its luxurious grounds as a Mii character to
purchase new gear, visit the trophy room or take a break in the lounge
to hang out with Mario and friends. There are hundreds of pieces of
gear to unlock in the game, including shirts, pants, gloves, hats, golf
clubs and golf balls. Each piece of gear can enhance Mii characters’
golf attributes and add power or control to their shots, according to
their play style.
Mario Golf: World Tour also features extensive online
multiplayer matches as well as communities that players can customize
with unique tournament rules. During these matches, up to four players
from all over the world with a wireless broadband Internet connection
can play together on the various courses in the game. Players can
choose either to take turns or to engage in simultaneous play, meaning
everyone takes shots at the same time. Either way, players can use
built-in emoticons to let rivals know how they’re feeling about the
game. This unique twist on traditional multiplayer matches adds a level
of fast-paced excitement to the proceedings.
In addition to being able to create their own custom tournaments,
players can also participate in online tournaments hosted by Nintendo
to get all sorts of new in-game gear. These scheduled events could
range from nine-hole tournaments to smaller-scale events such as
longest-drive challenges, coin-gathering challenges or even speed golf.
Through SpotPass notifications, players will be informed of upcoming
tournaments, and all they need to do is play the event and upload their
scores before the event deadline. Nintendo is even collaborating with
Callaway Golf Company for a series of in-game tournaments that begin on
May 22. During these tournaments, players are rewarded with exclusive
Callaway in-game items like golf clubs and golf balls just for
participating.
Fans of the series can also expand their play options by purchasing up
to three packs of downloadable content as they release, which will add
a total of 108 new holes and three playable Mushroom Kingdom
characters. Through Toad’s Booth in the game, the packs can be
purchased individually at $5.99, or all together at a discounted rate
of $14.99 with the Season Pass. Players who purchase the Season Pass
will receive the packs as they become available and also have instant
access to a special Gold Mario playable character. Fans who purchase
all three packs separately will be able to get Gold Mario once all
packs are available. Players can even participate in Trial Tournaments
to sample courses from the downloadable packs available at that time,
once they download the Trial Pack from Toad’s Booth in the game.
Mario Golf: World Tour will launch in stores and in the
Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS on May 2 at a suggested retail price of
$29.99. Fans can also now download the demo version in the Nintendo
eShop on Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo 2DS. For more information about the
game, visit http://mariogolf.nintendo.com.
Kirby: Triple Deluxe: In Kirby:
Triple Deluxe, players must help Kirby save longtime rival King
Dedede by traveling through numerous colorful worlds while inhaling
enemies, copying their abilities and jumping back and forth between
foreground and background in dynamic 3D side-scrolling levels.
Kirby’s legendary ability to copy enemies’ powers returns, allowing him
to inhale, spit and transform into new forms like the bow-wielding
Archer and the horn-sporting Beetle, as well as returning classics like
Parasol, Hammer and Sword. These forms each possess their own abilities
and help Kirby make his way through numerous challenges. New to the
Kirby series and a highlight of Kirby: Triple Deluxe is
Kirby’s new, dramatic Hypernova ability. After collecting Miracle
Fruit, Kirby will be imbued with the ability to inhale almost anything
that stands in his way, including massive obstacles and entire sections
of levels. The Hypernova ability can also come in handy for solving
massive puzzles that Kirby might encounter throughout the game.
While taking a break from the action of the single-player adventure, up
to four friends can duke it out in the Kirby Fighters multiplayer
battle mode via local wireless or Download Play. Kirby Fighters finds
players picking their favorite copy abilities and using them in
fighting-game style matches against friends or the game’s AI
(artificial intelligence). With Download Play support, four friends can
play together using only one game card. (Additional Nintendo 3DS
systems are required for multiplayer modes.)
Fans of collecting hidden items will love Kirby: Triple Deluxe. The
game has more than 250 keychains that are hidden in each stage. Every
keychain is inspired by the gorgeous character sprite art from classic
Kirby games like Kirby’s Dream Land and Kirby Super Star.
Keychains can also be collected by using the StreetPass functionality
of the Nintendo 3DS system to tag other players who also have the game.
Kirby: Triple Deluxe will also launch in stores and in
the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo 2DS on May 2 at a
suggested retail price of $34.99. For more information about the game,
visit http://kirby.nintendo.com/triple-deluxe.
Remember that Nintendo 3DS features parental controls that let adults
manage the content their children can access. For more information
about this and other features, visit http://www.nintendo.com/3ds.
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 U™
and Wii™ home consoles, and Nintendo 3DS™ and Nintendo DS™ families of
portable systems. Since 1983, when it launched the Nintendo
Entertainment System™, Nintendo has sold more than 4.2 billion video
games and more than 669 million hardware units globally, including the
current-generation Wii U, Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo 3DS XL, as well as
the Game Boy™, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi™ and
Nintendo DSi XL™, Super NES™, Nintendo 64™, Nintendo GameCube™ and Wii
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.
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