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Friday24th Jan 2020
News Get Discounts On Luigi's Mansion And Smash Bros. For 3DS With My Nintendo Rewards (Europe)
And Puzzle & Dragons: Mario Edition, too
The latest batch of My Nintendo game discounts for Europe has now gone live, giving players the chance to grab some 3DS favourites at discounted prices. There are five new discounts up for grabs this time, including past titles from two of the most popular series to arrive on Switch in Super Smash Bros. and...
Friday15th Feb 2019
News Get Zelda: Link's Awakening For Just £2.69 Before The Switch Remake Arrives (Europe)
And other great My Nintendo rewards
The latest batch of My Nintendo game discounts for Europe has now gone live, and this time Nintendo has been a little bit sneaky. Well, pretty clever actually. We're sure you already know this by now, but it was just revealed that a gorgeous looking remake of the Game Boy classic The Legend of Zelda: Link's...
Wednesday1st Aug 2018
News Star Fox, Metroid And Fire Emblem Star In The Latest North American My Nintendo Rewards
Discounts aplenty
A whole new wave of My Nintendo rewards have gone live in North America, with discounts available on a nice range of titles featuring some of Nintendo's favourite mascots. As ever, the usual wallpaper and 3DS theme offerings are present, too. Here's a full list of the discounted games available this month: 30% off Bravely...
Saturday16th Jul 2016
News Two More Discounts Arrive on My Nintendo in Europe
A classic and some ninja action
My Nintendo in Europe has frequent but small updates, no doubt designed to keep users interested and logging in regularly. Two mid-month discounts have now arrived in the region to tempt us to part with our Gold and Platinum points. There's one discount apiece for Wii U and 3DS, one being Virtual Console and another...
Thursday7th Mar 2013
Nintendo Download 7th March 2013 (North America)
A Nano Assault, falling down a well, wild ATV racing and much more
It's Nintendo Download day, North America, which is particularly good news if you own a 3DS or like a bit of Neo Geo retro action on Wii — if you only have a DSi or Wii U, never mind. It's a packed lineup for the big N's current handheld, with a broad range of download-only and...
Wednesday10th Oct 2012
Nintendo Download 11th October 2012 (Europe)
Pokémon dreaming, samurai sword slashing and rescuing robots
So, it's finally time for this week's Nintendo Download update for Europe. We have a crack team currently investigating what happened to the official press release, but we'll go ahead and let you know what download delights are on the way based on what was revealed during last week's...
Thursday4th Oct 2012
News Nintendo Announces Big eShop Releases Coming This Year
Hydroventure, Denpa Men, Hana Samurai and Nano Assault EX on the way
For those that enjoy filling up their 3DS SD card with a variety of high-quality download titles, Nintendo of Europe's Nintendo Direct broadcast brought a fair bit of good news regarding games that we can expect to see soon. Perhaps the most eagerly anticipated is Hana Samurai: Art...
Thursday5th Jul 2012
Nintendo Download 5th July 2012 (North America)
8-bit summer starts
Nintendo of America kicks off its 8-bit Summer campaign this week with new 3DS Virtual Console games, plus there's a new Wii Virtual Console game and some eShop games too. 3DS Virtual Console: The Legend of Zelda (NES, Nintendo, $4.99, 49 blocks) — This game surely needs no introduction. See where it all started for Link and...
Thursday2nd Feb 2012
Nintendo Download 2nd February 2012 (North America)
eShop comes into bloom
Today sees the release of a much-anticipated 3DS samurai game, a DSiWare zombie shooter and the next instalment in a globe-trotting maths series. What could be better? 3DS Download Software: Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword (Nintendo, $6.99) — It's like Punch-Out!!, only with swords instead of boxing gloves. It's a solid...
Friday20th Jan 2012
News Unsheath Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword on 2nd February
$6.99 to pay
Nintendo has revealed the North American release date for Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword — 2nd February. The Nintendo-developed sword fighting game will cost you $6.99. No European release details have been revealed yet, so sit tight. Here's a recent trailer to get you ready. Thanks to Twitter follower @franklero for the tip!
Friday16th Dec 2011
News Watch a Slice of Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword
Looking sharp
Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword was on Nintendo's eShop Q1 2012 release schedule, and now we have the first English language trailer. As well as timing-based sword fighting the game also features a little bit of exploration as you walk around talking to villagers and learning that throwing frogs at your opponents "gives them the...
Thursday15th Dec 2011
News Nintendo America Loads eShop with New 3D Trailers
See upcoming games in motion
After announcing a stack of 3DS release dates this week Nintendo of America has now posted 3D trailers of some upcoming titles on the eShop itself. You can download new 3D footage of Kid Icarus: Uprising — out on 23rd March 2012 — as well as Q1 download releases Dillon’s Rolling Western and Sakura Samurai: Art of...
Tuesday22nd Nov 2011
News Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword Journeys West in 2012
Ken-do attitude
You might remember our recent story on Samurai Hirari Sakura, a samurai sword fighting game that hit Japan's 3DS eShop last week. Nintendo of America has now confirmed the game is on the way to North America next year with a new name. Called Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword, the downloadable 3DS game is due out in January for an...
Wednesday9th Nov 2011
News Nintendo's 3D Samurai Game Slices eShop in Japan
A cut above?
Nintendo has revealed a new piece of downloadable 3DS software for Japan — swordfighting game Samurai Hirari Sakura, or Nimble Sakura Warrior, roughly translated. The download, due for release in Japan next week for 700 Yen, puts you in the shoes of a passionate swordfighting student who must prove his skill. At first you'll take on...
