Nintendo – Downloads, Eshop, Wii U, 3DS & More – VIDEO GAME NEWS

Check out this week’s newest downloadable offerings from Nintendo:
Title Platform Available on Price Point Further Info Contact
Monster Shooter
(Gamelion) Nintendo 3DS
(Download Software) Nintendo eShop €6.99
(£6.29 UK Only) Sebastian Szczygiel
sebastian.szczygiel@game-lion.com
Game Description: Monster Shooter is the new top-down action shooter from Gamelion. This shooter gives the experience of full monster mayhem to both casual players and alien exterminators alike. Follow the epic chase in story mode, or take your chances in survival of the fittest. Master different means of annihilation with shotguns, plasma rifles, electricity guns, grenades, rocket launchers and even a NUKE!
Samurai G™
(UFO Interactive) Nintendo 3DS
(Download Software) Nintendo eShop €1.99
(£1.79 UK Only) Andrew Wang
awang@ufointeractivegames.com
Game Description: Become the Shining Samurai of legend. Samurai G™ is a non-stop action game that will challenge players of all levels. As Tetsuo, you must collect as much of Tengu’s Gold as possible before the evil Warlord Fuma’s assassins do. Tengu’s Gold is rumoured to possess the power of Tengu, the harbinger of war himself. Activate Golden Mode to harness the power of Tengu’s Gold and see why this power must not fall to the wrong hands. Defeat Fuma’s assassins and avoid deadly traps on your quest to becoming the Shining Samurai.
New Style Boutique Fashion Contest Demo
(Nintendo) Nintendo 3DS
(Demo)
Nintendo eShop FREE Insert local market contact
Game Description: In Nintendo presents: New Style Boutique, you take on the role of a shop assistant and must work your way up to eventually owning your own boutique by giving customers advice and putting a look together for them. There are thousands of items and accessories to choose from, and you can also get judged on the looks you put together, great if you want to unleash your inner fashionista. Reach the top of the style stakes and take the fashion world by storm.

The first of two demos of the game lets players participate in a fashion contest, create an outfit based on the contest theme, style their model’s hair and makeup and send her down the runway.
Gradius
(Konami) Nintendo 3DS
(Virtual Console) Nintendo
eShop €4.99
(£4.49 UK Only) Insert local market contact
Game Description: The planet of Gradius is doomed. Only you, at the helm of the prototype Vic Viper fighter, can save Gradius and the galaxy from the evil Bacterions. The first in the classic series, Gradius introduced the now familiar system of collecting capsules to boost your ship’s abilities; missiles, increased speed, laser beam, force field and more. You must use your skills as a pilot and choose your weapons wisely, as you face off against waves of enemies and enormous bosses. Never forget: shoot the core!
Come On! Dragons
(CIRCLE Ent.)
Nintendo 3DS
(DSiWare) Nintendo
eShop €1.99
(£1.79
UK Only) Chris Chau
chris@cir-ent.com
Nintendo DSi
(DSiWare) Nintendo DSi Shop 200 Points
Game Description: The kingdom is under attack by the dragons’ army. As the most skilled protector of the kingdom, you must strike back against the invaders with your mastered archery. With enemies appearing everywhere, how can you possibly defeat them with a single bow? No problem. The engineers have invented various types of traps. Use them wisely to mount defensive lines, and defeat the evil dragons.
Back To Nature
(UFA Lab) Wii
(WiiWare) Wii Shop Channel 500 Points
Tomislav Seremet Tomislav.Seremet@kaasa.com
Game Description: Welcome to the farm in the forest. Help Gert the cockerel, Bla the donkey, Rosi the pig and Susi the sheep to help find their friend Tom the cat. He has probably lost his way in the forest. The four friends set off and experience a number of different adventures. They need your help and that of the bear, the master of the forest, to overcome many obstacles. They arrive at an abandoned house, have to repair a boat, use this to catch fish, prepare wood, make a fireplace and grill the fish. Can you help them find their friend Tom?

LIMITED TIME* ONLY – SPECIAL OFFER PRICE
Art of Balance TOUCH!
(Shin’en Multimedia) Nintendo 3DS
(Download Software) Nintendo eShop Special offer price
€4.99 / £4.49

Original price
(€7 / £6.30) Manfred Linzner
linzner@shinen.com

Game Description: Grab your stylus and build a balanced stack in this physics-based puzzler. With its perfect touch controls and 200 levels ‘Art of Balance TOUCH!’ is easy to pick up and hard to put away. Seeking a real challenge? Then try out the new endurance mode and drive your score ever higher. Art of Balance TOUCH! brings the ultimate “just one more puzzle” experience to your Nintendo 3DS.

*Limited time special offer available for 1 week only

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About Nintendo’s downloadable service:
Nintendo offers a variety of content that people can download directly to their systems. Nintendo adds new titles to the Nintendo eShop for the Nintendo 3DS/Nintendo 3DS XL system, to the Nintendo DSi Shop for the Nintendo DSi system and to the Wii Shop Channel for the Wii console on Thursdays.

About Nintendo eShop:
The Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS & Nintendo 3DS XL offers a variety of free and paid for software, as well as videos, user reviews and more information about Nintendo 3DS software. Users can download free game demos, Nintendo 3DS Download Software, classic games for Download Software, Downloadable Videos and Nintendo DSiWare. Download versions of selected Nintendo 3DS Card software are also now available. Funds to purchase software can be added using a credit card or through Nintendo eShop cards which can be found at retail stores.

About Wii Shop Channel & Nintendo DSi Shop:
The Wii Shop Channel & Nintendo DSi Shop offers games and applications and uses Nintendo Points which can be purchased via the Wii Shop Channel & Nintendo DSi Shop, as well as in selected retail stores. All points from one card must be redeemed in either the Wii Shop Channel or the Nintendo DSi Shop, respectively. They are not transferable and cannot be divided between the two systems.

About SpotPass:
The SpotPass feature on Nintendo 3DS allows you to automatically receive a host of exciting content such as 3D videos for Nintendo Video, notifications, add-on data for your software and system updates without lifting a finger. SpotPass content can be received automatically and free of charge from thousands of supported public Wi-Fi access points across Europe and through wireless broadband internet connections at home. It works even if the system is in Sleep Mode.

About Nintendo:
The worldwide pioneer in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii™ home console, Nintendo 3DS™ and Nintendo DS™ family of portable systems. Since 1983, when it launched the Nintendo Entertainment System™, Nintendo has sold more than 4 billion video games and more than 637 million hardware units globally, including the current-generation Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi™ and Nintendo DSi™ XL, as well as the Game Boy™, Game Boy Advance™, Super NES™, Nintendo® 64 and Nintendo GameCube™ systems. It has also created industry icons that have become well-known, household names such as Mario™, Donkey Kong™, Metroid™, Zelda™ and Pokémon™. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of Europe, based in Grossostheim, Germany, was established in 1990 and serves as headquarters for Nintendo’s operations in Europe.