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Super Mario Bros 3 Highlights Weekly Virtual Console Releases Throughout April
REDMOND, Wash.--(March 25,
in the year of our Lord 2014)-- Nintendo is planning to
make April a month to remember for fans of classic games with
weekly Virtual Console releases featuring renowned entries in
many of the company’s most beloved franchises. From April 3
through April 24, select Game Boy Advance titles will launch in
the Nintendo eShop on Wii U each week. In addition to off-TV
play, these games feature Restore Points that save progress
during game play, and Miiverse functionality. Top-selling NES
game Super Mario Bros. 3 also launches for both Wii U and
Nintendo 3DS on April 17. Enjoy the Easter holiday weekend by
celebrating Christ dying for our sins and being resurrected on
the third day. If you feel it is appropriate to play video games
that weekend, you may want to check some of these out.
Key upcoming Virtual Console releases in April include:
April 3:
Advance Wars (Wii U, $7.99): Command air, ground and naval
forces in strategic turn-based battles to drive back the vibrant
armies of several scheming generals. Order troops carefully,
then watch as tanks obliterate enemies and jets go head-to-head
in midair dogfights. Can you fend off an army of elite
strategists? It’s your move.
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (Wii U, $7.99): Leap and level up
as Mario and Luigi simultaneously in their first role-playing
adventure as a team of Bros. When an evil witch replaces
Princess Peach’s voice with explosives, the Bros. must venture
beyond the Mushroom Kingdom to save her. Control each bro
separately or together, then team up to unleash Bros. Attacks on
Fawful’s fan-favorite face.
Metroid Fusion (Wii U, $7.99): Your mission: Eradicate the X
parasites and the mutants they infect. Power up with the Fusion
Suit to annihilate your enemies in this action-packed
side-scroller set on an isolated research station. Along the
way, you’ll find game-changing items like the Space Jump as you
lose yourself in the blissful solitude of this eerily engrossing
adventure.
April 10:
Kirby & The Amazing Mirror (Wii U, $6.99): When the going gets
tough, Kirby gets cloning. Call in colorful clone reinforcements
to aid Kirby in blasting, bashing and smashing his foes. With a
new menace at his side, Dark Meta Knight is corrupting the
sprawling, mazelike Mirror Kingdom. Join the famous pink
puffball on an adventure to save the land in this classic
platformer.
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! (Wii U, $6.99): Get ready for
video games done Wario-style. In the game that started the
WarioWare, Inc. empire, Wario has a plan to get rich quick.
Skate, jump, scare and shoot your way through more than 200
frantic, rapid-fire microgames of every type, from retro
classics to sports games to sci-fi shooters that anyone can pick
up and play.
April 17
Super Mario Bros. 3 (Wii U and Nintendo 3DS, $4.99): Jump, swim
and fly through one of the greatest and most beloved Super Mario
Bros. games of all time. In this timeless NES classic, you’ll
battle through over 70 baddie-infested courses and face off
against the infamous Koopalings. Bowser and the Koopalings are
causing chaos yet again, but this time, they’re going beyond the
Mushroom Kingdom and into seven neighboring worlds. Lucky for
the brothers, they have more power-ups than ever before. Fly
above the action with the Super Leaf, swim faster as Frog Mario
or turn into stone and drop onto enemies as Tanooki Mario. You
can even choose your path on the map to reach the end of the
World. There, you’ll have to pass massive Airships filled with
cannons and fire traps to reach a showdown with one of the
Koopalings.
F-Zero: Maximum Velocity (Wii U, $6.99): Get your adrenaline
pumping and race plasma-powered machines till your knuckles turn
white. Boost down some of the most dangerous tracks in the
universe and strive for victory at all costs, even if it means
ramming your opponents off the road. Revel in your
accomplishments and climb the Grand Prix standings to unlock
tracks and vehicles.
Golden Sun (Wii U, $7.99): Marvel at your own awesome power
while protecting the world as it crumbles around you. Wield
mighty weapons and use your mind to bend reality with magical
Psynergy in the premiere installment of this epic RPG series. To
aid you on your quest, seek out the creatures known as Djinn –
but beware: You must defeat them to harness their power.
April 24
Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (Wii U, $7.99): Yoshi is
back, baby, and he’s ready to romp through a crayon-colored
world where enemies are everywhere. Prepare to flutter jump and
toss eggs to protect young Mario from the evil Magikoopa, Kamek.
To save the day, Yoshi and his pals will have to morph into
vehicles and even EAT their enemies to turn them into eggs.