News Tagged: Promotions

Thursday 7th January, 2010 - 08:38 GMT

News: UK Theme Park Getting Sonic-Branded Ride

UK Theme Park Getting Sonic-Branded Ride

Due to open February Half Term

UK theme park Alton Towers is currently preparing to reopen for February Half Term, and Sonic fansite Sonic Stadium has heard that apparently the "Spinball Whizzer" attraction at the big UK attraction is being re-designed this year to a Sonic the Hedgehog theme. The site's source mentions this is for a "relaunch" of the Sonic series, which could..

16 comments | In Sega, Sonic, Theme Parks, Promotions.

Thursday 17th December, 2009 - 08:00 GMT

News: Tales of Monkey Island Promotion

Tales of Monkey Island Promotion

Complete a survey and get a free game!

Telltale Games has just announced a new promotion for US Wii owners in which they'll be giving gamers a free download of their second Tales of Monkey Island release Siege of Spinner Cay in exchange for them completing a very short five question survey. All you have to do is click here to fill out the survey. Upon completion of the survey, you'll be given..

54 comments | In Telltale Games, WiiWare, Promotions.

Wednesday 21st October, 2009 - 10:21 BST

News: Free NES Game Offer Now Available!

Free NES Game Offer Now Available!

If you purchased the Internet Channel, your NES game is waiting

Last night Nintendo updated the Shop Channel on Wii, paving the way for anyone who spent 500 Points on the Internet Channel to claim their free NES game, as we reported on way back when. If you're entitled, you'll need to connect to the Wii Shop Channel and run the update, then reconnect and look out for the onscreen help to get you..

91 comments | In Virtual Console, Wii, Promotions.

Wednesday 16th September, 2009 - 14:37 BST

News: Help People Get Their Wii Consoles Online, Get Free Games

Help People Get Their Wii Consoles Online, Get Free Games

Nintendo of Europe announces their upcoming promotion.

Not too long ago, Nintendo of Japan announced a new promotion - those who helped enough people connect their Wii consoles to the Internet would receive free Wii Points and the ability to download a multitude of Virtual Console games absolutely free. Nintendo of Europe has now announced that they will be doing exactly the same. Starting next..

83 comments | In Nintendo, WiiWare, Virtual Console, NES, SNES, N64, Promotions.

Thursday 13th August, 2009 - 13:51 BST

News: Buy Metroid Prime Trilogy, Get the Original Metroid Free

Buy Metroid Prime Trilogy, Get the Original Metroid Free

Nintendo of Europe offers a free VC game to those quick to the punch.

Two years ago, the original Metroid was made available on the Virtual Console in order to generate some hype for the release of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption a few months later.It seems only fitting that there is now yet another promotion featuring the original NES game, as Metroid Prime Trilogy will be released in Europe early..

42 comments | In Wii, Virtual Console, NES, Promotions.

Saturday 11th July, 2009 - 10:00 BST

News: US Rock Band promotion yields free Nintendo Points

US Rock Band promotion yields free Nintendo Points

Drink Pepsi and make a virtual bank for your Wii or DSi!

I'm sure some of you have noticed MTV Games' Rock Band franchise has recently teamed up with Pepsi for a new summer promotion across the US. For those who haven't, the promotion is fairly straightforward: look under the cap of specially-marked bottles of Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Pepsi Max and other Pepsi products for a special code, enter it at the..

35 comments | In Wii, DSi, Nintendo Points, Promotions.