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Nintendo Download Highlights 08-07-2014
AUGUST 7, in the year of
our Lord 2014 -- This week’s Nintendo Download includes
the following featured content:
Virtual Console on Wii U
• Super Mario Kart – Hit the road with your favorite characters
in the first game of the iconic Mario Kart series. Super Mario
Kart first launched on the Super NES in Japan on Aug. 27, 1992,
and is releasing now on the Virtual Console in celebration of
the game’s upcoming 22nd anniversary. The classic game offers
crazy tracks that will test your gears in two single-player
modes and three multiplayer modes. Use power-ups and gain the
advantage to finish in first place.
• Mega Man 5 – Every Thursday in August, Nintendo and Capcom are
bringing classic Mega Man games to the Virtual Console on the
Wii U system. This week is NES classic Mega Man 5. In the fifth
chapter of the original Mega Man series, the battle is closer to
home as Mega Man fights to save the world from further
destruction. Gain the advantage by picking up items and
successfully defeating bosses to gain their weapons as your own.
Get ready for 13 stages of intense action-platforming before
fighting against Proto Man.
• Cybernator – In the year 2065 AD, the nations of Earth have
split into two major powers: the Axis and the Federation. In
this awesome Super NES action game, complete mission objectives
as the fight spans across Earth, the moon and the vast expanse
of space.
Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS
• Update for Steel Diver: Sub Wars – The latest update for Steel
Diver: Sub Wars is here. Premium-version players get new local
Friend Battle stages, new unlockable subs and crew, and new
features that make it even easier to battle online with friends.
The free version now allows players to purchase subs and use a
single-play coin to battle online.
Virtual Console on Nintendo 3DS
• The Mysterious Murasame Castle – Remember Takamaru’s Ninja
Castle in Nintendo Land for Wii U? That fun game is based on The
Mysterious Murasame Castle. For the first time ever, the classic
1986 game is coming to North America. Play as young samurai
apprentice Takamaru and infiltrate four castles before making
your way to Murasame Castle. Use sword and shuriken attacks
against swarms of enemies and unlock the secret behind the
source of evil.
Coming Soon
• Double Dragon II – Aug. 14 (Virtual Console on Wii U)
• Life Force – Aug. 21 (Virtual Console on Wii U)
Nintendo eShop Sales
• UFO Interactive Games – Johnny Impossible, Samurai Sword
Destiny, and additional UFO Interactive games are on sale
starting on Aug. 12 at 9 a.m. PT until Sept. 2 at 9 a.m. PT in
the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS.
• Bear Box Media – Internal Invasion is reduced from $4.99 to
$1.99 until 9 a.m. PT on Aug. 8 in the Nintendo eShop on Wii U.
Also new this week:
• Jett Tailfin (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
• SHUT THE BOX (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)