After months of silence we could be getting our remaining Ambassador Program games sooner than later.
Nintendo told us that we’d be getting our GBA Ambassador Program games before the end of the month and today they made it official by announcing the entire GBA lineup as well as when we can download them onto our portable 3D machines.
The 3DS Circle Pad Pro will be exclusive to the video game retailer.
In response to developer and customer requests, Nintendo developed and will release what they have called the Circle Pad Pro peripheral. This attachment supplies the 3DS with a second analog stick as well as two additional shoulder buttons. Nintendo had already indicated that the peripheral will be made available in North America on February 7th and that they will also offer a bundle that will package together the device and Resident Evil: Revelations which debuts the same day and will support the second stick.
Nintendo outlines their 2012 Q1 release schedule.
Nintendo didn’t have the most even release schedule in 2011. A year that could be characterized as lacking in terms of software releases was capped off by a small barrage of marquee releases in the form of Super Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart 7 and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.
We've established two to accommodate all players.
With the release of Mario Kart 7, Nintendo has given players a unique way to race and interact together. Through the community feature we can race and communicate (kind of) together and hopefully have a good time. If you'd like to join the community, our codes are below. Enter them into the game and you'll be able to access it at anytime. Going forward we will be organizing racing nights so we can all play together, so we urge you to join!
Enjoy the extra goodies!
The 3DS update is now available to all 3DS owners. This is the update promised by Nintendo to be released in November, so it may be late, but now your 3DS can do so much more.
Because Shift happens.
The mind-bending browser game Shift is making the leap to another platform. Publisher Aksys Games has announced that they have teamed with developer Fishing Cactus to bring the monochrome puzzle-platformer to Nintendo’s 3DS in the form of a new title called Shifting World.
International figures expected to be even bigger.
Mario is a man of many talents and gamers show up in droves when he’s featured in any of his many ongoing franchises. As we reported earlier, Nintendo had a particularly good Black Friday thanks in part to the portly plumber’s turn in Super Mario 3D Land. Well, it seems that Mario wasn’t finished selling systems as his 3DS kart racing debut is looking to set even more records in the land of the rising sun.
Nintendo's divisive new handheld only needed 8 months to beat the DS.
The 3DS roller coaster continues today. The system, which had so much positive buzz coming out of E3 2010, released to a collective “meh” from the industry at large, due to a tepid launch lineup and a general waning of interest in 3D. In a shocking move, Nintendo slashed the price of the 3DS down to 169.99 from its original price point of 249.99, and Nintendo President of Japan Satoru Iwata took a 50% pay cut from the debacle. However, it seems to have worked, because we’ve just learned that the 3DS has surpassed the first year sales of the DS, and in only 8 months.
Nintendo confirms that the remaining 10 GBA titles promised to gamers will be available before year's end.
Back when Nintendo shocked the gaming community by slashing the price of the 3DS from $250 to $170 they announced an initiative called the Ambassador Program to compensate/reward early adopters who had shelled out the higher price when the handheld was released just a short time prior. The program would give members 10 classic titles each from the NES and GBA libraries. The NES classics were delivered with the promise that the GBA titles would be delivered before the year ended. But with December now here and no further news, rumors have suggested that perhaps the titles will slip to 2012 if they ever make it out at all.
Nintendo won't be on time, but you still won't have to wait long.
Nintendo's November 3DS update should be right around the corner since there's only one day left in this month as of this writing, but there's been no announcement as to when exactly it will be released. Well, it should come as no surprise that Nintendo is going to miss the November window of release; however, the release date has now been locked down.
