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Nintendo to Showcase Strong Holiday Game Lineup at New York Comic Con
Special Events for Pokémon Rumble Blast and Professor Layton and the Last Specter Highlight Consumer Experience
REDMOND, Wash.--(October 5, in the year of our Lord
2011)-- When gaming and pop culture fans gather for the
annual New York Comic Con – taking place Oct. 13-16 at the
Javits Center in Manhattan – they’ll get a firsthand look at the
wealth of exceptional video games and systems offered by
Nintendo this Christmas season. Show attendees will get a chance
to play games such as
The
Legend of Zelda™: Skyward Sword for the Wii™ console as well
as
Super Mario™ 3D Land and
Mario Kart 7™ for the Nintendo 3DS™ system. They’ll also be
invited to take part in special activities to celebrate the
upcoming release of the first Pokémon™ game created exclusively
for the Nintendo 3DS system,
Pokémon™ Rumble Blast, which arrives Oct. 24, and
Professor Layton and the Last Specter™, which launches Oct.
17 for the Nintendo DS™ family of systems.
Pokémon fans can participate in an expanded interactive
experience at the nearby Pokémon Gaming Lounge on Oct. 15 from
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., located at Stage37 at 508 West 37th Street
(one block from the Javits Center). Pokémon Gaming Lounge
visitors will enjoy hands-on game play with the Pokémon Rumble
Blast game prior to its Oct. 24 launch and participate in a wide
array of activities highlighting the imaginative fun of the
Pokémon franchise. Pokémon Rumble Blast is an action-packed
Pokémon adventure and the first Pokémon game for Nintendo 3DS.
The game lets players battle against more than 600 Toy Pokémon
in full 3D without the need for special glasses. Planned
activities include a Pokémon photo booth, oversized Pokémon AR
Markers for the Pokédex™ 3D application, special appearances by
Pikachu, Pokémon giveaways while supplies last and other fun
Pokémon activities. The Pokémon Gaming Lounge will be free and
open to the public.
On Oct. 14, Nintendo will host an exclusive screening of
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva, an animated feature film
based on the fan-favorite series of puzzle-based mystery games
and distributed by VIZ Media. Beginning at 8 p.m. in Room 1B01
of the Javits Center, the event will include appearances by
costumed characters, trivia contests and a chance for fans to
play the Professor Layton and the Last Specter game, the fourth
installment in the Professor Layton puzzle adventure series.
This game is the earliest story in the series and tells the tale
of the case that made Layton famous. Nintendo will also give
special recognition to the winner of the Professor Layton and
the Last Specter Quiz Challenge, a contest that was recently
conducted via Twitter. The screening event will be open
exclusively to registered New York Comic Con attendees with a
valid conference pass.
Games that are scheduled to be playable at Nintendo’s New York
Comic Con booth (#1538) include:
Nintendo 3DS
Super Mario 3D Land
Mario Kart 7
The Legend
of Zelda™: Ocarina of Time™ 3D
Star
Fox 64™ 3D
Tetris®: Axis
Pokémon Rumble Blast
Shinobi™ by SEGA®
Sonic Generations™ by SEGA
Wii
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Fortune Street™
Kirby’s Return to Dream Land™
Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure™ by Activision Publishing Inc.
Nintendo DS
Dragon Quest
Monsters: Joker™ 2
Professor Layton and the Last Specter
For more information about Nintendo, visit
http://www.nintendo.com.