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EarthBound is Now Available
REDMOND, Wash.--(July 18, in the year of our Lord 2013)--
At long last, Super NES classic EarthBound is now available as a
Virtual Console game in the Nintendo eShop for Wii U for $9.99.
Nintendo announced its availability during today’s Nintendo
Direct Mini video. Nintendo also revealed that Nintendo Zone
locations will be getting StreetPass enhancements to let players
connect with one another, and reminded people about this
weekend’s Pikmin 3 demo program at select GameStop and EB Games
stores.
“Not only do Wii U owners have a big lineup of great games on
the way like Pikmin 3 and The Wonderful 101, but they also have
access to Virtual Console classics like EarthBound,” said Scott
Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales
& Marketing. “If you haven’t already, this is a great time to
jump into the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U experience.”
Information in today’s Nintendo Direct Mini included:
EarthBound Launches: EarthBound is available right now for $9.99
in the Nintendo eShop for Wii U.
Pikmin 3: The head-to-head battle mode features 12 different
stages with three different variations per stage. Players might
want to grow lots of Pikmin quickly, while others want to make
quick-hit guerrilla attacks to grab prizes. Every battle is
different, as players adapt to different variables, stages and
opponents. Players who go through Story Mode, Mission Mode and
co-op Mission Mode and have broadband Internet access will be
able to compare scores and stats with other players from around
the world. Pikmin 3 launches Aug. 4 in stores and in the
Nintendo eShop.
GameStop Demo program: Nintendo had a great response to its
hands-on demos of four upcoming Wii U games at more than 100
Best Buy stores during E3. As a result, Nintendo is bringing
Pikmin 3 to more than 250 GameStop locations in the United
States and EB Games stores in Canada on July 20 and July 21.
Fans who pre-purchase a digital version of Pikmin 3 at any
GameStop store this weekend will be able to download the game on
Aug. 3 – one full day before it launches.
Nintendo Zone StreetPass Enhancement: In a few weeks, Nintendo
3DS owners will be able to visit any Nintendo Zone location to
have virtual StreetPass encounters with other Nintendo 3DS
owners in a relay format. Whenever a Nintendo 3DS owner goes to
a Nintendo Zone location and has the StreetPass feature enabled,
they will be able to StreetPass with the last person to visit
that location. This enhancement gives everyone more
opportunities to StreetPass with other players. Best of all,
visitors will be able to get StreetPass data for all their
StreetPass games at once. There are more than 29,000 Nintendo
Zone locations across North America at locations like Best Buy,
Simon Malls, Future Shop and at AT&T Wi-Fi Hotspots, which can
be found at places like Starbucks, McDonalds, Barnes & Noble and
AT&T retail stores, among others. In addition to StreetPass,
Nintendo 3DS owners can connect their systems to the Internet
for online play, Nintendo eShop shopping or just to check for
SpotPass data or system updates.
New Downloadable Nintendo eShop Games: Three great games are
coming to the Nintendo eShop in the next few weeks. Capcom is
bringing DuckTales: Remastered to Wii U with hand-drawn,
animated sprites, original Disney character voice talent and
richly painted level backgrounds from the classic cartoon TV
series. Cloudberry Kingdom from Ubisoft is a platformer with a
random level generator that gives players a new challenge every
single time. The difficulty level can match any need and adapt
to the physics of each playable character. In Spin the Bottle:
Bumpie’s Party from KnapNok Games, two to eight players sit
around the Wii U GamePad controller and dance, spin, grab, jump,
hide, pump, pass and squeeze their way through a series of fun
mini-games.
Animal Crossing: New Leaf Image Share Reminder: Hold down the L
and R Buttons at any time in Animal Crossing: New Leaf to snap a
picture of the game screen and save it to the SD card. Players
can then access the Nintendo 3DS image share website through the
Nintendo 3DS browser to upload the pictures directly to their
social media accounts like Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr.
Remember that Wii U and Nintendo 3DS feature parental controls
that let adults manage the content their children can access.