Nintendo News: Nintendo Download Highlights New Digital Content for Nintendo Systems

REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:

• Virtual Console on Nintendo 3DS
  • Pokémon
    Red , Pokémon
    Blue and Pokémon
    Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition – With classic
    graphics and music, the Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue and
    Pokémon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition games stay true to
    the originals released nearly 20 years ago. You’ll feel like
    you’re playing them just as they were, but now you can trade and
    battle Pokémon in 2D using local wireless on the Nintendo 3DS
    family of systems! Revisit these timeless games, or play them for
    the first time! These games will be available on Feb. 27.
  • Return
    to Popolocrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale – This
    Nintendo 3DS-exclusive RPG features traditional turn-based combat,
    nearly a hundred quests, a fully featured farming mini-game,
    dual-language voice acting, community treasure-hunting via the
    StreetPass feature, multiple difficulty levels and an adjustable
    random encounter rate!
  • Mega
    Man Legacy Collection – Mega Man Legacy Collection
    is a celebration of 8-bit history. Featuring faithful
    reproductions of the series’ origins with the original six Mega
    Man games, the Legacy Collection will remind long-time
    fans and introduce newcomers to what made Mega Man such a popular
    and iconic character. Mega Man Legacy Collection features
    all six original NES games and more fun features. Click here
    to view a trailer for the game.
  • Medabots
    AX: Metabee and Medabots
    AX: Rokusho – The World Robattle Tournament is hosted
    every four years, and both Ikki and Metabee are itching for top
    place. Help them to victory as they take on the toughest
    Medafighters and their Medabots. Create and customize unique
    Medabots with Medaparts that are earned from successful battles in
    these Game Boy Advance fighting games.

  New DLC:

  • Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Free Update and DLC –
    Players of the Minecraft: Wii U Edition game can now add even
    more fun with a massive free update and new DLC available for purchase
    in Nintendo eShop. This update adds some anticipated Minecraft
    features, including a long list of new potions, blocks, mobs and
    biomes. From the Redwood forests of Mega-Taiga to the vastness of the
    Deep Ocean, you´ll get to build, play and explore new biomes that will
    offer a great canvas for your creations. Players can also purchase the
    new Biome Settlers Skin pack, which brings 24 new settler characters
    into the game and even more biome-themed skins they can use to
    role-play with their friends. Click here
    for full details.
  • Fire Emblem Fates – New DLC Maps – Two new maps
    are available to download in Fire Emblem Fates for $2.49 each: Boo
    Camp and Beach Brawl.
  • Fire Emblem Fates – Map Pack 1 – As a reminder,
    anyone can purchase Map Pack 1 for $17.99 to get access to 11 DLC maps
    plus bonus content as it is released weekly through April 21. Map Pack
    1 content is priced at more than $24 when purchased individually.

  Nintendo eShop sales:

  • Nintendo eShop on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS
    • Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures (Wii
      U and Nintendo
      3DS) is 50 percent off (reduced from $9.99 to $4.99) until
      8:59 a.m. PT on March 1.
    • Jewel
      Match 3, Joe’s
      Diner and more games from Joindots are on sale until
      8:59 a.m. PT on March 10.
    • Keytari:
      8-Bit Music Maker is more than 35 percent off (reduced
      from $7.99 to $4.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 5.
    • Land
      it Rocket is more than 45 percent off (reduced from
      $2.99 to $1.59) until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 3.
    • Defense
      Dome and SDK
      Paint from Hullbreach Studios are on sale until 8:59
      a.m. PT on March 3.
    • Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS
      • Kami
        and Witch
        & Hero from Circle Entertainment are on sale until
        8:59 a.m. PT on March 10.
      • Fun!
        Fun! Minigolf TOUCH! is 25 percent off (reduced from
        $2.99 to $2.24) until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 17.
      • Bloo
        Kid 2 is 50 percent off (reduced from $3.99 to $1.99)
        until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 17.

      Theme Shop on Nintendo 3DS:

      • New themes this week include:
        • Mega Man “Stage Select”
        • Mega Man vs. Dr. Wily!

        Also new this week:

        • Sadame
          (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)
        • Toy
          Defense (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)
        • 6180
          the moon (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
        • Inside
          My Radio (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
        • Replay:
          VHS is not dead (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
        • Smart
          Adventures – Mission Math (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
        • Volcanic
          Field 2 (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
        • LEGO
          Marvel’s Avengers – Demo Version (Nintendo eShop on
          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.

        Note to editors: Nintendo press materials are available at http://press.nintendo.com,
        a password-protected site. To obtain a login, please register on the
        site.

        Contacts

        Golin
        Eddie Garcia, 213-335-5536
        egarcia@golin.com
        or
        Rich
        George, 415-318-4342
        rgeorge@golin.com