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Nintendo Announces 8-Bit Summer

Dustin Spencer
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During the past few months, the eShop has been more about original releases than Virtual Console titles, which has left the retro loving crowd hungry for more. That’s all about to change though, as during July, Nintendo’s 8-Bit Summer will kick off with two VC titles hitting the service each week. Sound exciting? Well, the list of releases should get you more pumped as there are some nice gems in the lot.

July 5th
The Legend of Zelda – NES

July 12th
Kirby’s Pinball Land – Game Boy
The Sword of Hope II – Game Boy

July 19th
Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters – Game Boy
Tumblepop – Game Boy

July 26th
Wario Land – Super Mario Land 3 – Game Boy

No Date Listed
Sonic Blast – Game Gear
Sonic Labyrinth – Game Gear

So, what do you think? Sword of Hope, Kirby’s Pinball Land and Wario are huge in my book, and this promotion is a fantastic way to promote the eShop. For those interested, Super Mario Land is also going to get a discount of a buck during the summer, with the new price set at $2.99. Not bad at all. Stay tuned, as we will be sure to keep you covered with even more Nintendo eShop news in the coming weeks. Check out the trailer for the 8-bit Summer down below.

New Super Mario Bros. 2 to feature paid DLC

Travis Bruno
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Interestingly enough, the new Super Mario game, New Super Mario Bros. 2 will be a cash grab in more ways than one because Nintendo is planning on releasing some paid DLC after the game is released. The DLC will be additional coin rush stages and the company is planning on taking user input into account when they design the game.

This is a new turn for Super Mario and Nintendo as a whole as they have never offered DLC for any game in the past. It will be interesting to see how much these DLC stages will cost, but we will have to wait awhile to see for ourselves.

New LifeProof Case Colours Announced

Jamie Laike Tsui
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White, black, pink, or purple just not your thing? Need a case that will survive everything short of a nuclear disaster? Need a case that won’t put an huge bulge in your pants that will be the butt of any is that an iPhone in your pocket jokes? LifeProof has your iPhone 4/4s covered! Today, LifeProof announced the introduction of five new vibrant colours to their legendary LifeProof line. Green, blue, aqua, orange and red will be joining the four classic colours soon. LifeProof cases are MIL-STD-810F-516.5 compliant, a military standard for shock and impact survival while maintaining a thin profile. No price or date of availability has been announced by LifeProof.

Kirby’s Dream Collection is a Pure Tribute

Dustin Spencer
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Last year, Mario got his own collection in the form of an on disc port of Super Mario All Stars. Well, that was nice, but some argued that it wasn’t a great enough celebration for Nintendo’s #1 mascot. It seems that Nintendo have heard those cries though, as Kirby’s Dream Collection was shown off during Nintendo Direct tonight, and it looks spectacular.

Not only does this game feature a soundtrack and never before seen mini-games, it will also include an option to run through Kirby’s history with tons of fan service. Also included on this disc is of course the games, which will be all three Kirby’s Dream Lands, Adventure, Superstar, and Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, which makes for one hefty collection. As a hardcore Kirby nut, I am still buzzing after seeing the trailer, and even if you are still unfamiliar with the age-old franchise, you should give the clip a look just to see how a anniversary collection is supposed to be done down below.

Yes Nintendo, you may take my money. Kirby’s Dream Collection releases on the Wii later this year at a currently unknown date and price.

Wild Pokemon Black and White 2 English Trailer Appeared

Luke Halliday
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The grass rustled and suddenly a wild English language trailer for the upcoming DS games, Pokemon Black 2 and White 2, appeared on Nintendo’s official youtube channel.

This new trailer for Pokemon Black 2 and White 2 shows off the games in all their glory, except in English instead of Japanese. It also reveals the English name of the poison-type gym leader as Roxie, for those of you playing at home.

You can check out the new trailer for Pokemon Black 2 and White 2 below. Do you like Pokemon? Will you catch all of these cuddly creatures? Be sure to let us know what you think of it in the comments section.

Fire Emblem: Awakening comes to North America in 2013

Travis Bruno
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A number of you may have guessed that Fire Emblem: Awakening would be released either late 2012 or sometime in 2013 back when it was quietly announced a few weeks ago at E3. Well if you guessed sometime in 2013 then you just won about a half a year or more of waiting because Nintendo revealed in their Nintendo Direct presentation that the game would indeed be coming out in 2013.

At the moment however, the name of the game was simply called Fire Emblem. Nintendo also confirmed that Fire Emblem: Awakening will contain the same type of paid DLC that is available in Japan.

Bravely Default Trailer from Nintendo Direct

Luke Halliday
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During their Japanese Nintendo Direct conference, Nintendo showed off a new trailer for the hotly anticipated classic styled RPG from Square-Enix, Bravely Default: Flying Fairy.

The new trailer for Bravely Default: Flying Fairy shows off a mixture of gameplay and cutscene footage and can be seen below. The game itself is set for release on the Nintendo 3DS later this year and harkens back the spirit of RPG’s of old with a classic style approach to a genre that has evolved into something vastly different from what it began as (see Final Fantasy 13 compared with Final Fantasy 1 for example). So it is good to see a game with some love for the classic style of role playing games.

Check out the new Bravely Default: Flying Fairy trailer below and let us know what you think of it in the comments section below.

Nintendo 3DS XL confirmed for US release on August 19th for $199

Travis Bruno
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Remember when Nintendo announced that Japan would be getting a super sized Nintendo 3DS? Well you should because it happened about an hour ago. Well Nintendo of America has made their own announcement now stating that the Nintendo 3DS XL will be released in North America on August 19th for $199.99.

For those of you who may have missed it, the 3DS XL will have a 90 percent larger viewing screen now that the upper screen has seen an upgrade to 4.88 inches and the bottom screen also got an upgrade to 4.18 inches. Interestingly enough, unlike the Japanese and European release, the 3DS XL will come with a charge pack as well as a 4GB SD Card.

AKB48 + Mii coming to 3DS

Luke Halliday
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I want you! I love you! Yes AKB48, we know you do. But more to the point, today during the Japanese Nintendo Direct conference, Nintendo revealed a new title for the Nintendo 3DS based around the 48 girls who just so happen to be part of a girl band called AKB48.

The game features the girls of AKB48 as Mii’s and features some kind of Mii interaction. Little is known on what type of game this actually is, but one can presume it is some kind of singing or rhythm based game. It will be titled AKB48 + Mii.

What do think of AKB48 + Mii? Let us know in the comments section below.

Namco Bandai working with Nintendo on the next Smash Bros

Travis Bruno
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Namco Bandai working with Nintendo on the next Smash Bros

Nintendo Direct’s press conference has had a number of decent announcements, including the 3DS XL, but the next biggest announcement will make Smash Bros. fans jump for joy because it was revealed by President Satoru Iwata that the next Super Smash Bros. game will be coming out on the Nintendo 3DS and the Wii U.

He also revealed that Namco Bandai and Bandai Namco Studios will be working on the game alongside them. Two specific individuals were named to be working on the game alongside Sakurai, producer Kobayashi and Tales’ series director Yoshito Higuchi.

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