Prima bringing out “Playing With Power: Nintendo NES Classics” in November
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Update (7/25): Now $17.14 off on Amazon. $20.65 off on Amazon Canada.
Original (7/22): Prima has generally been associated with game guides, but they’re now preparing something that’s a bit different. On November 18, Playing With Power: Nintendo NES Classics will be available.
Playing With Power: Nintendo NES Classics offers a retrospective on 17 NES classics, including Super Mario Bros. 3, Donkey Kong, and The Legend of Zelda. It also includes interviews as well as commentary “from Nintendo visionaries who pioneered this era of gaming”. And if that wasn’t enough, Prima is packing in hand-drawn maps, character and game environment art, advertisements and excerpts from Nintendo Power’s old issues, and more. It’s all brought together with an “exclusive embossed slipcase” that “holds this hardcover tome in a clever package that resembles a classic NES Game Pak”.
Playing With Power: Nintendo NES Classics is actually already available for pre-order. Get it on Amazon US, Amazon Canada, or Amazon UK.
Thanks to Reid P for the tip.
Bonk’s Adventure, New Adventure Island, R-Type Wii U Virtual Console trailers (Europe)
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Bonk’s Adventure, New Adventure Island, and R-Type are slated for the European Wii U Virtual Console this week. Watch their official trailers below.
LEGO Dimensions – “Who’s The New Guy?” video
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Warner Bros. has prepared the first entry in its new video series for LEGO Dimensions. Lumpy Space Princess from Adventure Time introduces viewers to B. A. Baracus (The A-Team) below.
Minecraft: Wii U Edition update 10 releasing soon
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Minecraft: Wii U Edition will be receiving its next update soon. The tenth patch should be out later this week, if not today.
The update does add some new content – specifically the Battle Map Pack 2 and Redstone Specialists Skin Pack. However, it’s mainly a way to fix a number of issues.
Head past the break for the full patch notes.
Alien on the Run finally hitting the European 3DS eShop next week
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Europe has had to wait a long time for Alien on the Run. The 3DS eShop title came out in North America over two years ago, but PAL players will finally be getting it next week. Alien on the Run should arrive in Europe on August 4 for €4.99.
Here’s an overview:
Escape from an alien UFO, dodging tractor beams that patrol the ship and making use of alien devices!
Delude was an alien on a faraway planet doing his usual alien-like business when all of a sudden a UFO whisks him off into outer space. Desperate to get back to his own planet he begins his escape from the UFO where he is being held captive.
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Wii U and 3DS maintenance taking place in a few hours
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments
Wii U and 3DS will be impacted by a few hours of maintenance later today. Certain network features like online play, rankings, etc. will be impacted.
Here’s the schedule:
– 4:30 PM PT – 7 PM PT
– 7:30 PM ET – 10 PM ET
– 12:30 AM in the UK – 3 AM in the UK
– 1:30 AM in Europe – 4 AM in Europe
Remember: more Wii U and 3DS maintenance will take place later this week. Find the schedule here.
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Definitive version of Super Turrican was unable to release on the Wii Virtual Console
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Two versions of Super Turrican exist. The now-defunct Factor 5 hoped to have the game on a 6Mbit cartridge way back in the day, but the game’s publisher only allowed for 4Mbit. According to Julian Eggebrecht from Factor 5, that meant the whole final level was removed, including an extra boss.
During the Wii days, Factor 5 actually wanted to restore the original version on the Virtual Console. The 6Mbit cartridge version would have been released as a bonus for those who purchased Super Turrican and Mega Turrican back in 2008. Unfortunately, Nintendo had a policy in which anything that wasn’t commercially available previously couldn’t be published. That meant the dream of having the true version of Super Turrican never materialized.
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Style Savvy: Fashion Forward commercials
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Style Savvy: Fashion Forward is due out in North America next month, and Nintendo is now kicking off its promotional efforts for the title. Find a couple of commercials below.
Screenshots of this week’s European Nintendo Downloads (7/28/16)
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Best Buy: Buy 1, get 1 50% off select 3DS games
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Best Buy is making a great 3DS offer available today as part of its “Cyber Monday in July” sale. Consumers can take advantage of a buy 1, get 1 50% off deal on select titles, including Fire Emblem Fates, Kirby: Planet Robobot, and much more. Check out the full sale here.
