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by Published on August 16th, 2012 23:55- Categories:
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New Super Mario Bros. 2 was released in Japan a few weeks ago and has sold near on 800,000 copies, well today in the UK its our turn to check out the biggest 3DS release of the year.
Mario and Luigi are back, and this time, their task is to collect a million coins. Super Mario Brothers 2 is a continuation of the DS game released in 2006. Familiar characters and props, such as the Super Leaf are back. Transform the pipe cleaner into a raccoon and all sorts of creatures to make your coin collection as exciting as possible. Make the Golden Flower bloom, put on the ring to turn your enemies into coins, and put on the block mask to generate coins when the pipe cleaners run.
There are more mini-games. Collect as much coins as you can in just one life span in the coin rush mode. And when you are dealing extra challenging stages, ask your brother to come help you out as Luigi.
Each level is littered with gold as coins rain down from overhead pipes, trails of coins are left behind special gold enemies and gold pipes transport Mario into coin-filled caverns. It’s up to players to collect as many coins as possible throughout their adventure.
FEATURES:
- The game records all the coins players collect throughout the game, so completing a level is only part of the fun. Every level is filled with golden opportunities, such as gold rings that turn enemies into valuable gold versions and a Gold Flower that gives Mario the ability to turn almost anything in his path into coins.
- Coin Rush Mode allows players to collect as many coins as possible across three levels and challenge friends to beat their record via StreetPass.
- New Super Mario Bros. 2 is an all-new side-scrolling adventure game featuring Mario and Luigi. Two players who each own the game will have the option to play the entire game in two-player multiplayer mode using local wireless.
- The return of Raccoon Mario gives Mario the ability to fly and access hidden areas.
- Players will have the option to either purchase the game at retail stores or download the entire game through the Nintendo eShop.
Amazon are selling New Super Mario Bros 2 for £29.99
by Published on August 16th, 2012 23:12- Categories:
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It has begun. 3DS owners are now able to download full retail 3DS games via the eShop, as set in motion by the arrival of New Super Mario Bros. 2.
The game will be available for download starting midnight on August 19 alongside the release of the game in brick and mortar retailers. Whether or not you think the download option is worth the money is the question.It's otherwise a quiet week for US Nintendo downloads. Here's the list:
Nintendo eShop
New Super Mario Bros. 2 (available Aug. 19) - The bros are back for an all-new adventure worth its weight in gold! Be one of the first to get your hands on this game by purchasing and downloading directly to your Nintendo 3DS system from the Nintendo eShop starting at midnight on Aug. 19. (For Nintendo 3DS)
Coin Rush Mode Video - A series of videos are being released in the Nintendo eShop to give players a special look at New Super Mario Bros. 2. A new video highlighting the competitive Coin Rush mode is now available. (For Nintendo 3DS)
THEATRHYTHM FINAL FANTASY (Add-on Content) - Tap and slide to the rhythm of more than 70 tracks from the FINAL FANTASY series. Check out the latest songs available for download. (For Nintendo 3DS)
Crazy Chicken: Pirates 3D - Restore peace to the Caribbean shores by pointing and shooting crazy pirate chickens in this frantic action game. You only have 90 seconds to complete your raid by slaying pirates and collecting all hidden treasures. (For Nintendo 3DS)
A Month of Mario
Mario's Picross - This week, "A Month of Mario" is featuring Mario's Picross. Starting today through Wednesday, Aug. 22, this mind-bending puzzle game is available at a discounted price of $2.99. (For Nintendo 3DS)
Also new this week:
Crazy Chicken: Pirates (Nintendo DSiWare)
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Konami has confirmed a delay of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fatefor 3DS. It was originally announced as a fall 2012 game, but the 2.5D action game is now due in 2013. Konami did not offer a reason for the bump in its statement to Game Informer.
Konami did not delay the release of new screenshots, featuring returning heroes Alucard (the one with the white hair) and Simon Belmont (with his post-Castlevania Chronicles red hair).
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/16/ca...yed-into-2013/ ...by Published on August 16th, 2012 22:37- Categories:
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Nintendo’s unrelenting critics would have you believe its mascot’s latest handheld outing is ‘Mario by the numbers’. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
The moment 3DS owners start up the single-player mode of New Super Mario Bros 2, they will fall into one of two camps: the stalwart gaming veterans that are unable to resist the challenge of new, intricate and devious side-scrolling levels, or the newcomers taking their first steps onto discovering why many of us spent our childhood surgically attached to our NES and SNES controllers.
There is very little that will shock and surprise anyone that has played a 2D Mario platformer – let alone those that have encountered the NSMB series before – but few will be able to put this title down within the first hour. Time flies past in a blur of smashed blocks, flattened goombas and incinerated piranha plants before you remember your supposed to be indignant that Nintendo has dared to charge you £40 for something you’ve essentially played before.
This is partly once again thanks to the level design. While some may feel that Super Mario 3D Land’s levels felt a little sparse and empty, each one dependent on a single gimmick to coax you towards that all important flagpole, New Super Mario Bros 2’s stages are further proof of Nintendo’s prowess at 2D level design.
Each is packed with secrets: extra lives, the ever-enticing power ups and entire areas that you would never find without straying from the usual left-to-right path. Nothing emphasises this more than the return of the P-wing symbol from NES classic Super Mario Bros 3 – you’ve never found everything a stage has to offer until you’ve flown over it.
But that’s not Nintendo’s priority when it comes to marketing the 3DS blockbuster. The platform holder is instead focusing on the new Coin Rush mode, something that some might think of as a half-arsed attempt at a bonus mode. They would be wrong.
Three randomly selected stages, more coins, 100 seconds on the clock and one life.
On the face of it, Coin Rush comes across as a transparent ploy to eek out a few more gameplay hours by recycling levels wholesale. But instead, it taps into a compulsion that all Mario players have battled since the 1986 original.
We’ve all done it, diverted from our goal to get those five coins just sitting there in the open – fully aware that they accomplish nothing but edge us closer to that next extra life, of which we already have 50.
Throw in a ticking time limit, and those coins become even more tantalising. Do we risk going after them, or press onto the next inevitable batch of plunder? When we get the Coin Block Hat, which spews shiny things the faster we run, do we dash full pelt towards the level’s end, or hang around for those secret stashes?
These questions are not answered with careful strategy but reckless button mashing as you attempt to find that ideal route to bag the most coins before time runs out. The blocks and chasms of each level blur to form racing lines you try to perfect each time, with every death accompanied by the uncontrollable urge to have one more go, one more go, just one more...
And the ability to challenge friends and strangers via StreetPass, where you download the same random assortment of levels they faced, brings out the competitive nature that keeps a cartridge firmly in its slot for months.
New Super Mario Bros 2 arrives on shelves tomorrow, and while many – including your favourite trade site – have questioned its oddly high digital price point of £39.99, there’s no denying the game’s potential to rake it in for Nintendo.
New Super Mario Bros 2 is released in the UK tomorrow. It will, for the first time, be released both at retail and via Nintendo’s digital eShop simultaneously.
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...by Published on August 15th, 2012 15:56- Categories:
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To coincide with the release of the 3DS XL, Nintendo are just 2 days away from releasing the New Mario game for the 3DS in Europe and an extra 2 days on top of that for our friends in the USA.
Bowser has once again kidnapped Princess Peach, but this time, Mario has another objective. The Mushroom Kingdom is bursting with more gold coins than before. Each level is littered with gold as coins rain down from overhead pipes, trails of coins are left behind special gold enemies and gold pipes transport Mario into coin-filled caverns. It’s up to players to collect as many coins as possible throughout their adventure.
Not long to wait now, more info about the game here --> http://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Super-Ma...5042412&sr=1-1 ...by Published on August 15th, 2012 15:52- Categories:
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We are only a few days away from the release of the Nintendo 3DS XL in the USA, the new console is way bigger than the original 3DS, infact 90% bigger and Nintendo actually claim the 3D effect is much improved now so thats a big tick for the new console, are you getting one at launch day? Let us know via the comments, if you live in japan or Europe and already have one, what do you make of it?
Those wanting more info can check out this ebay listing: http://www.ebay.com/ctg/Nintendo-3DS...pt=Video_Games ...by Published on August 13th, 2012 22:08- Categories:
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Along with a sudden influx of 3DS release dates, Nintendo quietly sneaked out new trailers for some of the newly dated – and newly announced – games. Above, experience the intrigue and drama of Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask.
After the break, feel the appropriate emotions as you watch trailers for Style Savvy: Trendsetters, Art Academy: Lessons for Everyone, and the eShop releaseCrosswords Plus.
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/13/pr...-3ds-trailers/ ...by Published on August 13th, 2012 21:57- Categories:
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The platform holder's officially dated Paper Mario: Sticker Star for November 11 in the States, while Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moonhas been mysteriously pushed back to 2013.Nintendo 3DS
- Angry Birds Trilogy (October)
- Bratz: Fashion Boutique (October)
- Lalaloopsy: Carnival of Friends (October)
- Moshi Monsters Moshlings Theme Park (October)
- Skylanders Giants (Oct. 21)
- TRANSFORMERS PRIME (Oct. 30)
- The Trash Pack (October)
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- Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward (Oct. 23)
- Code of Princess (Oct. 9)
- Rise of the Guardians: The Video Game (Nov. 20)
- Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd You Steal Our Garbage?! (Fall)
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- 50 Classic Games (October)
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- Art Academy: Lessons for Everyone! (Oct. 1)
- Crosswords Plus (Oct. 1)
- Style Savvy: Trendsetters (Oct. 22)
- Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask (Oct. 28)
- Freakyforms Deluxe: Your Creations, Alive! (Nov. 5)
- Paper Mario: Sticker Star (Nov. 11)
- Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed (Nov. 20)
- Chevrolet Camaro Wild Ride (August)
- Old Skool Classics (September)
- Word Wizard 3D (September)
- Classic Games Overload: Card and Puzzle Edition (November)
- Rayman Origins (Q3)
- Imagine Babyz (Oct. 23)
- Imagine Fashion Life (Oct. 23)
- Petz Countryside (Nov. 6)
- Rabbids Rumble (Holiday)
- LEGO The Lord of the Rings (Fall)
- Spy Hunter (Fall)
- Scribblenauts Unlimited (Holiday)
- Unchained Blades (Summer)
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- Vector Racing (Aug. 23)
- Fractured Soul (Q3)
- Speed X (Q4)
- Gradius (Q4)
- Mystical Ninja starring Goemon (Q3)
- Cave Story (Q3)
- Nightsky (Q4)
- Pokémon Dream Radar (Oct. 7)
- Sparkle Snapshots 3D (Oct. 18)
- Pokédex 3D Pro (Nov. 8)
- Fluidity: Spin Cycle (Q4)
- Wario Land II (Q4)
- Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (Q4)
- Spirit Hunters Inc. (Q4)
- Crazy Chicken: Pirates 3D (Aug. 16)
- Johnny Impossible (Q3)
- Unchained Blades (Q3)
Nintendo DS
- Nickelodeon Bubble Guppies (Nov. 1)
- Nickelodeon Dora & Team Umizoomi: Fantastic Flight (Nov. 1)
- TRANSFORMERS PRIME (Oct. 30)
- Bratz: Fashion Boutique (October)
- Lalaloopsy: Carnival of Friends (October)
- Moshi Monsters Moshlings Theme Park (October)
- The Trash Pack (October)
- Wreck It Ralp (hOctober)
- Rise of the Guardians: The Video Game (Nov. 20)
- Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd You Steal Our Garbage?! (Fall)
- Ben 10: Omniverse (Fall)
- Victorious: Taking the Lead (Fall)
- Winx Club: Magical Fairy Party (Fall)
- Big Time Rush (Nov. 6)
- Hotel Transylvania (Sept. 18)
- Monster High: Skultimate Roller Maze (Nov. 13)
- THUNDERCATS (Sept. 25)
- Pokémon Black Version 2 (Oct. 7)
- Pokémon White Version 2 (Oct. 7)
- I SPY Game Pack (September)
- Smart Games for Kids (September)
- Puzzle Overload (October)
- LEGO The Lord of the Rings (Fall)
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http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/13/b...ing/#continued ...by Published on August 13th, 2012 21:42- Categories:
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This Friday is an historic one for Nintendo.
The launch of New Super Mario Bros 2 marks not only the end of the barren summer (along with Square Enix’s Sleeping Dogs) but also the launch of the ‘New Nintendo’.
That’s because the game will be the first to be launched digitally via Nintendo’s eShop at the same time that it arrives at retail.
Of course, fellow platform holders Microsoft and Sony have been treading the digital waters for some time. But Nintendo has had a tough time of getting to grips with the internet.
The much-maligned Friend Codes are a well-established bugbear. Nintendo’s famously friendly consoles have never been allowed free reign on the internet, complete with its terabytes of swears and porns. They have always existed behind a robust (and often distinctly user unfriendly) and cuddly protective (probably goomba shaped) cushion.
The Wii U looks to be continuing this tradition, too, by on the one hand integrating social media of sorts into its UI and on the other requiring that all user comments are first vetted by a team of Nintendo police before being allowed free transit to their intended recipients.
But there are signs that Nintendo is ready to turn off its Safe Search filter, and the digital release of NSMB2 is the strongest one yet.
Until you realise it costs £39.99 to download.
Now, on the one hand you could argue that a game of NSMB2’s quality is deserving of a premium price tag. That could well be the case.
But this RRP has to be considered in the wider context of the modern handheld gaming industry. And, like it or lump it, this means considering it in the context of the iPhone.
Dig through the steaming piles of shovelware on the App Store and you’ll unearth genuine quality. What you won’t unearth, however, are any games costing £39.99.
Let’s take a look – Angry Birds (69p), Fieldrunners 2 (£1.99), GTAIII (£2.99), Minecraft (£4.99), Real Racing 2 (£1.49), Call of Duty: Zombies (£2.99), Flight Control (69p), Words With Friends (£1.99), Final Fantasy Tactics (£10.99), Plants vs Zombies (£1.99), Where’s My Water (69p), Cut the rope (69p), Max Payne (£7.99), LEGO Harry Potter (£2.99), Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (£1.99), Flick Kick Football (£1.49), Infinity Blade 2 (£1.99) and Espgaluda II (£3.99).
Then there’s the games you can play for free – Dead City, Temple Run, Bejeweled Blitz, Draw Something, Dead Trigger, Jetpack Joyride, more Angry Birds and many, many more.
Yes yes yes – we know that an iPhone or iPad can never hope to replicate the accuracy of control offered by 3DS or Vita. But by the same token, Nintendo and Sony’s machine cannot match Apple’s price structure or convenience.
And don’t underestimate how important these factors are.
Yes, NSMB2 is right up there with the very, very best on iOS in pure quality terms. But don’t make the mistake of thinking that there’s no real quality on iPhone. There’s LOADS of it.
And what must also be considered are the changing demands of portable consumers. Can we attach the same value the triple-A Nintendo games as we did five years ago? A game like Angry Birds, Game Dev Story or Flick Kick Football can provide dozens of hours of entertainment.
Do they offer a console-like experience? No. Do they have to? No. Devs are getting wiser and are better than ever at designing around the strengths of the touch screen. Smartphone gaming has definitely grown up.
The result? iOS gaming is changing/has changed consumer expectations. A game like Angry Birds or Temple Run that can happily fill a spare 30 seconds or a spare four hours are the here and now. And it costs pittance. This is what NSMB2 is up against.
There will always be a core of consumers who aren’t satisfied with smartphone gaming and will pay a premium for a dedicated console. And good on them. But what we must realise is that their numbers are rapidly declining, and smartphone converts are rising up to take their place.
NSMB2 will be a big hit and Nintendo should be congratulated on yet another sterling title. But if it thinks that its new digital strategy will have any meaningful impact at all if it’s to charge £39.99 per title then, sadly, it’s in for a very rude awakening.
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