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Nintendo Download: 25th April 2013 (Europe)

25th April 2013 (Europe)

A legendary Rayman freebie, brawling gods, Mega Man and more

A little later than normal this week, Nintendo of Europe has told us what to expect in this week's Nintendo Download update. No news of any Wii U Virtual Console games — though that doesn't necessarily mean they're not coming — but plenty of titles to choose from including some free,...

News: Nintendo Of America Rep Insists That Lost Digital Content "Not Covered For Replacement"

Nintendo Of America Rep Insists That Lost Digital Content "Not Covered For Replacement"

Don't lose that 3DS

We've previously grumbled a bit about the fact that Nintendo currently does not employ a proper ID-based system for its downloads. Instead, the content you purchase on your Wii U and 3DS via their respective eShops is tied to the system itself. Stories have been circulating that Nintendo is prepared to replace digital content if...

News: Fire Emblem: Awakening Battles to Third in UK Chart Debut

Fire Emblem: Awakening Battles to Third in UK Chart Debut

3DS XL Limited Edition brings major hardware bump

Fire Emblem: Awakening arrived in Europe last week, bringing with it exceptional strategy gameplay and a level of challenge to lead to plenty of chewed nails for early adopters. Critically acclaimed and already performing well in North America, the question was how well it would perform in Europe...

News: Karateka Gets The Karate Chop From The Wii U eShop

Karateka Gets The Karate Chop From The Wii U eShop

Sorry, Prince of Persia fans

There were some pleased retro gamers last year when an ESRB rating suggested that a Karateka remake was coming to Wii U. The original was an action game from 1984 developed by Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner; nostalgia went into a minor overload at the thought of an enhanced remake with modern visuals. And yet...

News: Mother 3 Fan Offers Nintendo Free Translation of the GBA Title

Mother 3 Fan Offers Nintendo Free Translation of the GBA Title

Nintendo's offered an olive branch, fans will help to get the whole tree

So, last week Nintendo announced that it was finally planning to release one of the most requested Virtual Console titles we've known of here at Nintendo Life; Earthbound is coming to the Wii U Virtual Console. The fact that gamer reaction after its confirmation for the...

Feature: Nintendo Life's Staff Favourites - Super NES

Nintendo Life's Staff Favourites - Super NES

Doubling the bits for Super power

We think it's safe to say that the past two generations of Nintendo home consoles — Wii and Wii U — haven't overly concerned themselves with raw graphical power; now its all about concepts and experiences. It wasn't always so, with Nintendo responding the the SEGA Mega Drive / Genesis — which enjoyed a spell...

Rumour: Wii U System Update Could Go Live Tomorrow

Wii U System Update Could Go Live Tomorrow

Virtual Console looks set to open on Tuesday

The Wii U Virtual Console is scheduled to launch a day after the upcoming system update, which is set to go live at some point this week. Nintendo didn't give any specific date for the update, but it appears that it could be up and running as soon as Monday as the official website has already started...

Talking Point: The Arrival of eShop Download Codes in Stores is a Smart Move

The Arrival of eShop Download Codes in Stores is a Smart Move

Another step forward

This week it was announced that Nintendo of Europe had established an agreement with retailer GAME, for it to exclusively sell select download codes from the high street and its website; it's the first serious move to match up to similar download cards already available in Japan. The GAME retail group has stores across Europe...

News: "Suspicious" Box Poses Question for Arizona Police

"Suspicious" Box Poses Question for Arizona Police

“Nothing of concern” found inside

A gold box with a question mark is the universal symbol of goodies for any gamer, but finding one in the middle of an Arizona neighbourhood prompted a much more careful response from area police. News station KNXV-TV reported that about 50 people were evacuated on Friday as a precaution while bomb technicians...

News: EarthBound Delay May Not Have Been Caused By Music Licensing Issues After All

EarthBound Delay May Not Have Been Caused By Music Licensing Issues After All

The full soundtrack will be included

EarthBound will soon be making its way to the Wii U Virtual Console, which incidentally will be up and running next week after the upcoming system update. It seems to have taken an absolute age for Nintendo to release a downloadable version of the game and several rumours naturally cropped up as to why it's...

News: The Denpa Men 2: Beyond The Waves Penciled In For A May Release In North America

The Denpa Men 2: Beyond The Waves Penciled In For A May Release In North America

Should be in the 3DS eShop in a couple of weeks

The Denpa Men: They Came By The Wave is one of the more bizarre games to make it to the 3DS eShop, but we're very glad it did as it managed to captivate many a Western gamer. Naturally, Japanese 3DS owners enjoyed it quite a lot too so Genius Sonority quickly got to work on making a sequel. Due to...

First Impressions: Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D

Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D

Jungle boogie

Retro's fantastic Donkey Kong Country Returns is a known quantity by now, so when we had the chance to go hands-on with the 3DS port in San Francisco recently we weren't exactly overcome with sweeping revelation. It was a great game on Wii and, unsurprisingly, that same great game translates very well to a handheld. Those who’ve...

News: Kung Fu Rabbit Skillfully Sneaking Its Way Onto The North American Wii U eShop In May

Kung Fu Rabbit Skillfully Sneaking Its Way Onto The North American Wii U eShop In May

A bunny with attitude

Neko Entertainment, publisher and developer of the recently released Kung Fu Rabbit on the European Wii U eShop, has confirmed via Twitter that the bunny-crazed platformer will be released on the North American virtual store on the 2nd May. [tweet 323802873295167488] The game will be available to download from the store for...

Nintendo UK: 2013 is "The Year of The 3DS"

2013 is "The Year of The 3DS"

Poor Luigi's been overshadowed again

Nintendo has really been pushing the 3DS recently what with some stellar new releases and the promise of more to come via this week's brilliant Nintendo Direct. The company firmly believes this will be the year that will see many of the current DS owners upgrade to the 3DS and is willing to back it up with an...

News: Neko Entertainment To Release Another Cocoto Game in Europe

Neko Entertainment To Release Another Cocoto Game in Europe

It's set to be a retail release

Cocoto, the little red devil who's featured in a few games over the years on several platforms, looks set to be making a comeback in the near future after developer Neko Entertainment confirmed it's working on releasing a new addition to the series with publisher BigBen Interactive. When asked in an interview with...

First Impressions: Animal Crossing: New Leaf

Animal Crossing: New Leaf

Jon and Damien go hands-on

You guys are so lucky. What you're getting here is two previews for the price of one; our dashing US Editor-at-Large Jon Wahlgren was lucky enough to attend a 3DS showcase in North America this week, and got to spend a short amount of time with Animal Crossing: New Leaf. His thoughts are below, while UK-based editor Damien...

News: NPD Results Show Success for Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon

NPD Results Show Success for Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon

Ominous silence so far on Wii U figures

It's that time again — though it seems slightly later than normal — with the NPD figures emerging to show overall games industry sales for March in the U.S. As often happens, Nintendo jumped ahead of the game earlier this week to tell us some impressive sales figures for the 3DS eShop and its software, but...