News Tagged: 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..

92 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.