Nintendo Download Highlights New Digital
Content for Nintendo Systems - Aug. 6, 2015
This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:
- Nintendo eShop on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS
- Super
Smash Bros. DLC – Fans of the Super
Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U games
can now add even more fun with several free updates and new DLC for
purchase on both versions. Free updates include a K.K. Slider costume
for Mii Fighters, plus new Community Tournament and Regular Tournament
modes and the ability to upload saved replays to YouTube. Players can
also purchase new Mii Fighter costumes, from Samus’ Armor to an
SSB-logo Hoodie, as well as Peach’s Castle and Hyrule Castle stages
from the original Nintendo 64 version of the game. For full details,
visit http://www.smashbros.com/us/.
- Wii U
- New
Splatoon Update – The Splatoon
game for the Wii U console just got a massive free content update. The
update includes two new modes: Squad Battle and Private Battle. Squad
Battle lets players create a squid squad with friends and head into
Ranked Battle modes together, while Private Battle lets two to eight
friends battle together in customizable matches. There are also new
weapons, level-cap increases, more than 40 new types of gear and more
to come throughout the rest of the summer. For more details, visit http://splatoon.nintendo.com.
- Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS
- Etrian
Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight – Experience a
new story with a fixed party, voiced dialogue and animated cut scenes
in the incredible world of Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir
Knight. Or revisit the original Etrian Odyssey 2 game
with updated graphics and a full roster of classes. Whichever path you
choose, there will be exciting dungeons and frightening enemies! Click here to view a
trailer for the game.
- Pokémon
Rumble World Update Bonus – Download the latest
version of the Pokémon Rumble World game for your
Nintendo 3DS system today! Once you do, you’ll be able to visit a new
area and get bonus items. First, take a ride on the newly added Lucky
Balloon. It will take you to a mysterious area called Changing Land,
where you’re more likely to meet Pokémon you haven’t yet caught.
The Lucky Balloon will be added to the hot air balloons available in
the shop. It’s free, but you’ll need to have reached Adventure Rank 40
to ride on it. Enter the following password into your game to receive
100 Poké Diamonds after you update: 48213190. You have to reach
Adventure Rank 4 before you can enter the password. Click here for more details.
- Virtual Console on Wii U
- All throughout August, classic games for hard-core
gamers are coming to the Virtual Console on Wii U, starting with these
Game Boy Advance RPGs:
- Golden Sun: The Lost Age
– It is the dawn of a new age. The heroes of Golden Sun have
been abandoned, and the land is falling into darkness. Now the world’s
final hope may also be its doom. Manipulate the environment with
psychic energy and fell whatever beast stands in your way to safeguard
humanity before the heroes of the original Golden Sun can
stop you. Click here
to view a trailer for the game.
- ONIMUSHA TACTICS –
Prepare to be thrust into massive, old world feudal battles in which
every move is a struggle for power in this Game Boy Advance strategy
game. Join Onimaru, a young Ogre Clan warrior on a mighty quest to
defeat Nobunaga and his enemy Genma armies.
Nintendo eShop Sales:
- Nintendo
eShop on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS
- Citizens of Earth on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS is 66 percent off (reduced from
$14.99 to $4.99) beginning at 9 a.m. PT on Aug. 10 until 8:59 a.m. PT
on Aug. 17.
- Nintendo eShop on Wii U
- Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS
Activities:
- Art Academy: Home Studio Art Contest
– Enter the Art Academy: Home Studio art contest for your
chance to win a $20 Nintendo eShop Card code! Upload a time-lapse video
of your work to YouTube using the “Recordings” feature in the game and
tweet us @NintendoAmerica with a link to your video and the hashtags
#ContestEntry and #NintendoArtContest between Aug. 6 at 7 a.m. PT and
Aug. 20 at 5 p.m. PT. Click here to view a video highlighting this contest.
- NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Void where prohibited.
Must be a legal resident of US (incl. DC) or Canada (excl. Quebec) 18+.
Deadline: 8/20/15. 25 winners receive a Nintendo
eShop Card code (ARV $20 ea). Additional terms and conditions apply. Click
here for official rules. Sponsor: Nintendo of America Inc.
Theme Shop on Nintendo 3DS:
Price reduction:
Also new this week:
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