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Nintendo Download Highlights 05-01-2014
Mario Golf: World Tour and Kirby: Triple Deluxe Make May 2 a Day
to Remember
REDMOND, Wash.--(May 1, in the year of our Lord 2014)--
When you see two round objects rolling your way, don’t be
alarmed:
They’re probably just a harmless golf ball and a familiar pink
puffball. On May 2, the Mario Golf: World Tour and Kirby:
Triple Deluxe games are launching in stores and in the Nintendo
eShop on the Nintendo 3DS family of systems. It’s a double
dose of Nintendo! Both games are the next installments in their
respective franchises and the first of their series on
Nintendo 3DS. Both games also feature some of the most loved and
iconic characters in the Nintendo universe. And, best of
all, both games are ridiculously fun.
“May 2 is going to be an outstanding day for Nintendo 3DS
owners,” said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s executive
vice
president of Sales & Marketing. “Mario Golf: World Tour and
Kirby: Triple Deluxe add two exclusive Nintendo experiences to
the already-incredible library of software found only on
Nintendo 3DS.”
Mario Golf: World Tour: Players can drive, swing and putt using
their favorite residents of the Mushroom Kingdom like Mario,
Luigi and Princess Peach, or their Mii characters. Exciting
courses that are filled with Warp Pipes or even Piranha Plants
await players in Mario Golf: World Tour, as well as more
traditional golf courses.
It wouldn’t be a golf game set in the Mushroom Kingdom if
power-ups inspired by the Super Mario Bros. series weren’t
waiting
to be activated. Mario Golf: World Tour features plenty of items
that can add an extra element of fun to the game when used.
The Dash Mushroom, for example, gives the golf ball extra speed
when it hits the ground; the Fire Flower burns through leaves
and tufts of grass; and the Bullet Bill power-up allows the ball
to fly in a straight line and ignore wind.
When not playing one of the numerous courses, players can wander
the expansive Castle Club and its luxurious grounds as a Mii
character to purchase new gear, visit the trophy room or take a
break in the lounge to hang out with Mario and friends. There
are hundreds of pieces of gear to unlock in the game, including
shirts, pants, gloves, hats, golf clubs and golf balls. Each
piece of gear can enhance Mii characters’ golf attributes and
add power or control to their shots, according to their play
style.
Mario Golf: World Tour also features extensive online
multiplayer matches as well as communities that players can
customize
with unique tournament rules. During these matches, up to four
players from all over the world with a wireless broadband
Internet connection can play together on the various courses in
the game. Players can choose either to take turns or to
engage in simultaneous play, meaning everyone takes shots at the
same time. Either way, players can use built-in emoticons to
let rivals know how they’re feeling about the game. This unique
twist on traditional multiplayer matches adds a level of
fast-paced excitement to the proceedings.
In addition to being able to create their own custom
tournaments, players can also participate in online tournaments
hosted
by Nintendo to get all sorts of new in-game gear. These
scheduled events could range from nine-hole tournaments to
smaller-
scale events such as longest-drive challenges, coin-gathering
challenges or even speed golf. Through SpotPass notifications,
players will be informed of upcoming tournaments, and all they
need to do is play the event and upload their scores before
the event deadline. Nintendo is even collaborating with Callaway
Golf Company for a series of in-game tournaments that begin
on May 22. During these tournaments, players are rewarded with
exclusive Callaway in-game items like golf clubs and golf
balls just for participating.
Fans of the series can also expand their play options by
purchasing up to three packs of downloadable content as they
release, which will add a total of 108 new holes and three
playable Mushroom Kingdom characters. Through Toad’s Booth in
the
game, the packs can be purchased individually at $5.99, or all
together at a discounted rate of $14.99 with the Season Pass.
Players who purchase the Season Pass will receive the packs as
they become available and also have instant access to a
special Gold Mario playable character. Fans who purchase all
three packs separately will be able to get Gold Mario once all
packs are available. Players can even participate in Trial
Tournaments to sample courses from the downloadable packs
available at that time, once they download the Trial Pack from
Toad’s Booth in the game.
Mario Golf: World Tour will launch in stores and in the Nintendo
eShop on Nintendo 3DS on May 2 at a suggested retail price
of $29.99. Fans can also now download the demo version in the
Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo 2DS. For more
information about the game, keep it here on the Family Friendly
Gaming website.
Kirby: Triple Deluxe: In Kirby: Triple Deluxe, players must help
Kirby save longtime rival King Dedede by traveling through
numerous colorful worlds while inhaling enemies, copying their
abilities and jumping back and forth between foreground and
background in dynamic 3D side-scrolling levels.
Kirby’s legendary ability to copy enemies’ powers returns,
allowing him to inhale, spit and transform into new forms like
the
bow-wielding Archer and the horn-sporting Beetle, as well as
returning classics like Parasol, Hammer and Sword. These forms
each possess their own abilities and help Kirby make his way
through numerous challenges. New to the Kirby series and a
highlight of Kirby: Triple Deluxe is Kirby’s new, dramatic
Hypernova ability. After collecting Miracle Fruit, Kirby will be
imbued with the ability to inhale almost anything that stands in
his way, including massive obstacles and entire sections of
levels. The Hypernova ability can also come in handy for solving
massive puzzles that Kirby might encounter throughout the
game.
While taking a break from the action of the single-player
adventure, up to four friends can duke it out in the Kirby
Fighters
multiplayer battle mode via local wireless or Download Play.
Kirby Fighters finds players picking their favorite copy
abilities and using them in fighting-game style matches against
friends or the game’s AI (artificial intelligence). With
Download Play support, four friends can play together using only
one game card. (Additional Nintendo 3DS systems are required
for multiplayer modes.)
Fans of collecting hidden items will love Kirby: Triple Deluxe.
The game has more than 250 keychains that are hidden in each
stage. Every keychain is inspired by the gorgeous character
sprite art from classic Kirby games like Kirby’s Dream Land and
Kirby Super Star. Keychains can also be collected by using the
StreetPass functionality of the Nintendo 3DS system to tag
other players who also have the game.
Kirby: Triple Deluxe will also launch in stores and in the
Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo 2DS on May 2 at a
suggested retail price of $34.99. For more information about the
game, keep it here on the Family Friendly Gaming website.
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