Nintendo Download Highlights
New Digital Content for Nintendo Systems
April 16, 2015 This week’s
Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:
- StreetPass Mii Plaza on Nintendo 3DS
- Battleground Z and Ultimate Angler
– The next evolution of StreetPass Mii Plaza has arrived with new
features and two new games! Fight your way through hordes of zombies in
Battleground Z, or kick back and reel in a few
fish and some legendary monsters on the StreetPass Islands in Ultimate
Angler. Buy either game for $4.99 each or both for $7.99, and
purchase StreetPass Mii Plaza Upgrade for $4.99 to unlock several new
features like StreetPass Birthdays and a Mii character VIP Room.
- Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS
- 3D Fantasy Zone II –
First released for the SEGA Master System in 1987 as a sequel to 1986’s
Fantasy Zone, 3D Fantasy Zone II W is
the fan-favorite scrolling shooter in which players control a sentient
spaceship named Opa-Opa to fight surreal invader enemies. The
remastered version upgrades all graphics from System E to System 16
optical standards and combines stereoscopic 3D visuals with a host of
additional features to provide players with cutting-edge game-play
experience with a classic feel. Click here to view a trailer for the game.
- DOOORS – When one door
closes, DOOORS opens on Nintendo 3DS! In order to escape from
the rooms that you have been locked in, you’ll have to solve puzzles
and discover secrets in order to open the mysterious doors. Get your
brain ready to search the rooms for hidden puzzles, unravel their
mysteries and escape through door after door. You’ll have to use wit
and intuition to make your escape. Click here to view a
trailer for the game.
- Virtual Console on Wii U
- Donkey Kong 64 – With his mechanical
isle stuck off the shores of DK Island, K. Rool kidnaps the Kong family
to distract Donkey Kong in this Nintendo 64 classic. It’s up to our
furry hero to rescue his friends, reclaim his Golden Bananas and save
his homeland from certain doom. Choose from five Kong members as you
play solo in a quirky adventure or with friends in competitive battle
arenas.
- Super Smash Bros. Update
- Required Super Smash Bros. Update for
Online Play – A new software update for Super Smash Bros.
for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS is now available! Users will be required to
download this update prior to using the game’s online multiplayer
features. After the update, players can also purchase more costumes for
their Mii Fighters, including ones inspired by Mega Man X and Proto Man
from Capcom’s Mega Man series. Click here
for more information about the Mii Fighter costumes.
Nintendo eShop Sales:
- Nintendo eShop on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS
- Super Spring Sale! It’s the last
chance to save during the Super Spring Sale! Visit http://www.nintendo.com/eshop/offers
to check out great deals and save up to 30 percent off on select games.
The Super Spring Sale ends April 20 at 8:59 a.m. PT.
- Darts Up and Darts Up 3D from EnjoyUp
Games are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on May 14.
- Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Wii U
- Paparazzi is 40 percent
off (reduced from $4.99 to $2.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 28.
- Lucadian Chronicles DLC
is 37 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $4.99) beginning at 9 a.m. PT
on April 21 until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 28.
- Costume Quest 2 is 33
percent off (reduced from $14.99 to $9.99) beginning at 9 a.m. PT on
April 17 until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 24
- Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS
Activities:
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International StreetPass Week
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Take your Nintendo 3DS system on a whirlwind tour
without leaving your hometown! From April 16 to April 26, collect up to
six Mii characters from across Europe, the United States and Canada
when you stop by a Nintendo Zone location. U.S. and Canada visitors
will even get a special Mii of Reggie Fils-Aime, president of Nintendo
of America. Find a Nintendo Zone hotspot near you
here.
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Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. “Declaration”
Tournament
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See how your
Code
Name: S.T.E.A.M. squad stacks up online in Nintendo’s
Public Tournaments. Top players earn unique titles that are visible
online and earn major bragging rights with their friends and around the
world. The new “Declaration” tournament runs through April 20. Opt in
via the SpotPass feature for notifications on future tournaments, and
click
here for more information on multiplayer
tournaments. Good luck, agents!
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Mega May is Back! – Vote Today
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During the entire month of May, Nintendo and Capcom
are celebrating our favorite blue bomber, Mega Man, with six game
releases on the Virtual Console service for Wii U. The Game Boy Advance
versions of
Mega Man Zero 2,
Mega Man Battle Network 3
Blue,
Mega Man Battle Network 3 White,
Mega Man
Battle Network 4 Red Sun,
Mega Man Battle Network 4 Blue Moon
and
Mega Man & Bass will land on the Nintendo eShop
throughout the month.
Click here to vote for the first game of Mega May,
which will release May 7. Voting is open until 11:59 p.m. PT on April
29.
Theme Shop on Nintendo 3DS:
Permanent Price Reduction:
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Nintendo eShop on Wii U
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Breezeblox is reduced to
$4.99 (from $9.99) beginning at 9 a.m. PT on April 16.
Also new this week:
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Pazuru (Nintendo eShop
on Nintendo 3DS)
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Word Search by POWGI – Full
and Demo Versions (Nintendo eShop on
Nintendo 3DS and
Wii U)
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 the 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.
The 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 the
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.