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 Wii U
  • Metroid:
    Zero Mission – Space bounty hunter Samus Aran is sent
    on a lone mission to infiltrate the fortified planet of Zebes. In
    this Game Boy Advance classic, traverse through the mazelike base
    of operations for the Space Pirates, gaining access to powerful
    upgrades and items for your weapons and suit. Locate Mother Brain,
    and put a stop to the replication of Metroids!
  • Lionel
    City Builder 3D: Rise of the Rails – Create your own
    world and drive your custom-built train right through it in the Lionel
    City Builder 3D: Rise of the Rails game, released exclusively
    on the Nintendo 3DS system. The game’s innovative design includes
    a creative virtual sandbox, strategic missions and city
    simulation, all of which are perfect for train lovers and gamers
    alike with a dose of Lionel fun that is guaranteed to be off the
    tracks. Click here
    to view a trailer for the game.

  Nintendo eShop sales:

  • Nintendo eShop on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS
    • Winter
      Warm-Up Sale! – Warm up your new year with three weeks of
      savings in the Nintendo eShop! You’ll get up to 30 percent off
      select games in a new genre each week, including action,
      platforming and adventure. Don’t miss out – check back each week
      to see what’s on sale. This week’s deals start Jan. 14 at 9 a.m.
      and end Jan. 21 at 8:59 a.m. PT.
    • Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (Wii
      U and Nintendo
      3DS) is on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 25.
    • Kung Fu Rabbit (Wii
      U and Nintendo
      3DS), Puddle
      and more games from Neko Entertainment are on sale until 8:59 a.m.
      PT on Jan. 28.
    • Spot
      the Differences: Party! (Wii U), Talking
      Phrasebook – 7 Languages (Nintendo 3DS) and more from
      Sanuk Games are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 21.
    • Nintendo eShop on Wii U
      • Family
        Tennis SP is 25 percent off (reduced from $4.99 to
        $3.74) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Feb. 4.
      • Cubemen
        2 is 50 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $3.99)
        until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 28.
      • Knytt
        Underground is 30 percent off (reduced from $12.99 to
        $9.09) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 21.
      • Kung
        Fu FIGHT! is 25 percent off (reduced from $1.99 to
        $1.49) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 18.
      • Toys
        vs Monsters, Fantasy
        Pirates and more from EnjoyUp Games are on sale until
        8:59 a.m. PT on Feb. 11.
      • Code
        of Princess and Shin
        Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker from
        ATLUS are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 25.

      Activities:

      • You have a new client waiting! Louie is looking for a home
        designer to help decorate his place. In the Animal Crossing: Happy
        Home Designer game, you can fulfill Louie’s request and receive
        new and unique items for your catalog. This gorilla, who is a fan of
        the Mushroom Kingdom, is available for a limited time via the SpotPass
        feature, so check the in-game Nintendo 3DS system on the second floor
        of Nook’s Homes to meet him and take him on as a client.

      Also new this week:

      • Near
        Earth Objects (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
      • Space
        Hulk (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
      • The
        Perplexing Orb (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
      • Wicked
        Monsters BLAST! HD+ (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
      • Slice
        It! (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)
      • The
        Keep – Demo Version (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)

      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