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News: Level 5 Teaser Site Hints at Guild02 Localisations

Level 5 Teaser Site Hints at Guild02 Localisations

The black box returns

After U.S. trademarks were filed for titles that appear to be localisations of Level-5's Guild02 games, Level 5 International America has launched a teaser site similar to the one released for last year's Guild01 series. The Guild collections include small, unique titles from well-known game designers. Last year, Level 5...

News: SEGA Reveals Castle of Illusion HD But There's No Mention of Nintendo Versions

SEGA Reveals Castle of Illusion HD But There's No Mention of Nintendo Versions

Wii U and 3DS appear to have been left out

Last week we reported on a teaser trailer from SEGA that showed off a game that looked remarkably like a new Castle of Illusion game. As if there was ever any doubt, it's been confirmed but astonishingly a Wii U or 3DS version was not mentioned. Castle of Illusion HD will be released on Xbox Live Arcade,...

News: Guild01 Titles Set For Discount in North America

Guild01 Titles Set For Discount in North America

Time to liberate these downloads

European Nintendo Download fans will have seen, in this morning's update, that the three localised Guild01 titles are set for a discount this week, which we optimistically hope is a precursor to confirmation of the Guild02 titles being brought West. The good news is that Level-5 has now confirmed the same deal...

News: Carps & Dragons is the Sort-Of Sequel to Fish-em All

Carps & Dragons is the Sort-Of Sequel to Fish-em All

Yes, really

You may have spotted a good few eShop game announcements in the last day or so, which are courtesy of iDÉAME13, the Nintendo-hosted Indie Developer's Conference held in Madrid over the weekend. Earlier on today we also told you about Cut the Rope being brought to the 3DS eShop by Abylight; the developer is also weighing in with an...

Nintendo Download: 18th April 2013 (Europe)

18th April 2013 (Europe)

An awakening, various adventures, a Kung Fu rabbit and more

As it's a Monday, Nintendo of Europe once again gives gamers in the region something pleasing to get the week started. This time around we have new and old games for Wii U, 3DS and DSi, with some rather decent discounts being added to the 3DS eShop for good measure. Let's get right to it...

News: Europe Now Receiving Club Nintendo Stars For All eShop Downloads

Europe Now Receiving Club Nintendo Stars For All eShop Downloads

Wii U and 3DS owners are now being rewarded

North America has been receiving Club Nintendo coins when purchasing titles from both the Wii U and 3DS eShop for quite some time now. It's a nice little bonus for those who download games but Europe hasn't been receiving the same treatment - until now that is. Yes, European gamers can now earn stars when...

News: Cloudberry Kingdom Could Yet Make It To 3DS

Cloudberry Kingdom Could Yet Make It To 3DS

Pwnee Studios is "not giving up on" a 3DS version

Last week we reported Cloudberry Kingdom will be published by Ubisoft on a large range of platforms including Wii U this Summer. Pwnee Studios, the game's developer, has stated Cloudberry Kingdom will be the toughest platforming game in the Wii U eShop but there will be several difficulty modes to...

News: Shovel Knight Kickstarter Campaign Ends After Reaching All Stretch Goals

Shovel Knight Kickstarter Campaign Ends After Reaching All Stretch Goals

Over $300,000 was raised

Yacht Club Games announced its first project a month ago in the form of Shovel Knight. The developer set up a Kickstarter campaign in order to achieve further funding for the game and it has been astonishingly successful. The campaign has now come to an end and the developer managed to obtain a further $311,502 in...

Video: Check Out These Three Guild02 Games in Action

Check Out These Three Guild02 Games in Action

Some thoughtful games, and tanks shooting bugs

It was confirmed earlier this year that Level-5's Guild02 collection is coming to Japan as individual 3DS eShop downloads, following the structure that saw three of the four Guild01 games come to the West. This collection includes three games — Bugs vs. Tanks!, The Starship Damrey and The Friday When...

Nintendo Download: 11th April 2013 (North America)

11th April 2013 (North America)

A rolling ranger, brawling Gods, a pink ball's debut and more

It's Nintendo Download time, North America, and this week there's new content to choose from on Wii U, 3DS and DSi. In the coming week there'll be a couple of tasty retail downloads and a classic platformer that'll cost less than a chocolate bar, while today a rolling Ranger makes his...

News: Animal Crossing: New Leaf Pricing Emerges On North American eShop

Animal Crossing: New Leaf Pricing Emerges On North American eShop

Price is better than expected

Animal Crossing: New Leaf is one of the most anticipated 3DS titles of 2013 and we're just about two months away from seeing it arrive. With the game doing sensationally well in Japan, there's no doubt that North American and European 3DS users are looking forward to its release this June. With the game being so close...

News: KORG M01D Music Workstation Hitting 3DS eShop This Summer

KORG M01D Music Workstation Hitting 3DS eShop This Summer

What sweet music you'll make

Some of you may fondly recall KORG DS-10, a "musical workstation" for your humble Nintendo DS. If you enjoyed making bizarre aural creations with this cult release then you'll be please to learn that it's getting a sequel for the 3DS eShop, entitled KORG M01D. Essentially a souped-up version of the DS original, KORG...

News: Yacht Club Games: Shovel Knight Aims to be a "Next-Gen 8-bit Game"

Yacht Club Games: Shovel Knight Aims to be a "Next-Gen 8-bit Game"

"Should feel the wonderful way you remember classic games feeling"

With its Kickstarter fundraising campaign in its last week and well past its original total, Yacht Club Games' Shovel Knight is picking up stretch goals and becomingly increasingly promising as a result. So far, for example, it's added a playable boss character and a New Game+...

News: Nnooo: Australian Ratings System Prevents Indies From Releasing Games Down Under

Nnooo: Australian Ratings System Prevents Indies From Releasing Games Down Under

The studio calls for a self-rated, no-fee model

Australian Wii U owners are often frustrated when they do not receive games other Western nations do. Despite being a PAL region, games don't always make it Down Under as we've seen very recently with the news that Fast & Furious: Showdown will be not be made available. That game is published by...

News: New eShop Game Cards Surface in Japan

New eShop Game Cards Surface in Japan

For the retail shopper in us all

While Nintendo's made great strides in improving its digital download services, there are still many players who prefer to buy their games at retail. Japanese gamers will soon have a new way to get download-only games like Dillon's Rolling Western: The Last Ranger and Freakyforms: Your Creations, Alive!, in the form...

News: Mega Man Composer Manami Matsumae Writing Two Songs For Shovel Knight

Mega Man Composer Manami Matsumae Writing Two Songs For Shovel Knight

Mega Matsumae

We reported earlier last week that upcoming 3DS and Wii U title Shovel Knight was closing in on its Kickstarter goal, only to find that it hit the target three days later. The game is described as "a hot mashup of new and old that may remind you of Mega Man", and now there's another reason why Yacht Club's platformer will remind you...