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This week’s European Nintendo Downloads: The Legend of Zelda (3DS VC), Crystal Caverns of Amon-Ra (DSiWare), I Must Run! (DSiWare), and Super Street Fighter II The New Challengers (Wii VC).


When Shigeru Miyamoto isn’t working on legendary Nintendo franchises like Mario and Zelda, he’s able to find some time to play the ultra-popular Rovio game, Angry Birds.

In a new interview, Miyamoto admitted that Angry Birds is one of the few titles he’s enjoyed on his smartphone. Miyamoto went as far as to say that he wish he’d created the idea.

He said:

“There aren’t many games that I’ve played recently that have been truly convincing to me. But that said, I have very much enjoyed Angry Birds, especially the way in which it combines traditional and new game elements in exciting ways. Angry Birds is a very simple idea but it’s one of those games that I immediately appreciated when I first started playing, before wishing that I had been the one to come up with the idea first.

“I mean, obviously I want to be the one creating the most convincing, surprising game ideas.”

Miyamoto went on to discuss the ways in which Angry Birds impressed him. He praised the controls, but noted how they “would have been even better” had “the developer had created the game for Nintendo DS”.

“In particular the control scheme is excellent. When you analyze it, the controls are actually quite fuzzy in terms of the way that it works. It takes a little while to get used to the controls, I think, but once you’ve mastered them, you have a lot of precision. To make it the interface and controls work that well and intuitively… well, I think a lot of work went into getting that right.

“Obviously, if the developer had created the game for Nintendo DS the controls would have been even better, but what can you do?”

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This might go down in history as one of the worst Nintendo Download weeks. Nothing for the Wii Shop Channel, and just one DSiWare and eShop game…

This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:

Nintendo eShop
Ketzal’s Corridors – The evil god Koruptal has brought chaos and destruction to the spirit world, and it’s up to you to put things right. Use speed, skill and lightning-fast reflexes in this engaging, action-packed puzzle game. (For Nintendo 3DS)

Nintendo Video
“Underneath the Sycamore” by Death Cab For Cutie (available April 14 at 9 a.m. PT) – With an old-time comic book feel, this unique 3D music video is set to an incredible song and follows a tragic investigation. (For Nintendo 3DS)


What’s new in Pokemon Black/White 2? Where do the games take place? Who are the gym leaders?

The details below should be able to answer some of these questions for you, and hopefully more!

– Takes place in Unova
– Events begin two years after Black/White
– Unova is partially frozen
– 300 Pokemon in Unova
– New areas such as Hiougi City
– Game begins in Hiougi City
– Gym leader Homika (will be in the animate) focuses on Poison
– Gym leader Shizui focuses on Water
– Spiky-hair trainer is the rival
– New researcher, Akuroma, who researches Pokémon Strength
– Hiougi City contains a Pokémon Centre and a Trainer School
– Shops, underwater tunnels with clear glass (mantines flowing overhead), building with blue and red statues
– Black Kyurem has the Freeze Shock move at its disposal
– White Kyurem has the Ice Burn move at its disposal
– New/old Pokemon in the Unova Pokedex
– Psyduck is #26, Riolu is #33, Metagross is #254 in the Pokedex

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The first scans of Pokemon Black/White 2 have leaked out of the latest CoroCoro. You can find the first images of the game in the gallery above.

Pokemon Black/White 2 footage is expected to be shown on the upcoming episode of Pokemon Smash, which will air in Japan this Sunday.


01./00. [PSP] 2nd Super Robot Wars Z: Saisei-hen (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.04.05} (¥7.330) – 265.439 / NEW
02./01. [3DS] Kingdom Hearts 3D -Dream Drop Distance- # (Square Enix) {2012.03.29} (¥6.090) – 42.231 / 255.810 (-80%)
03./03. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2012 (Konami) {2012.03.29} (¥5.980) – 26.908 / 87.049 (-55%)
04./02. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2012 (Konami) {2012.03.29} (¥7.980) – 26.886 / 117.319 (-70%)
05./04. [3DS] Kid Icarus: Uprising (Nintendo) {2012.03.22} (¥5.800) – 25.710 / 205.415 (-46%)
06./07. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land # (Nintendo) {2011.11.03} (¥4.800) – 21.996 / 1.486.692 (-12%)
07./05. [NDS] Pokemon Conquest (Pokemon Co.) {2012.03.17} (¥5.800) – 17.989 / 285.597 (-41%)
08./08. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3G # (Capcom) {2011.12.10} (¥5.800) – 16.770 / 1.375.179 (-21%)
09./09. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800) – 16.024 / 1.637.655 (-18%)
10./12. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo) {2012.03.01} (¥4.800) – 10.364 / 122.967 (-20%)
11./06. [PSP] Black Panther 2: Yakuza Ashura Chapter (Sega) {2012.03.22} (¥6.279) – 10.356 / 141.948 (-61%)
12./00. [360] Kinect Star Wars # (Microsoft Game Studios) {2012.04.05} (¥5.880) – 6.010 / NEW
13./13. [PS3] Devil May Cry HD Collection (Capcom) {2012.03.22} (¥4.990) – 5.887 / 61.604 (-51%)
14./17. [3DS] Harvest Moon: The Land of Origin (Marvelous AQL) {2012.02.23} (¥5.040) – 5.844 / 160.607 (-24%)
15./00. [PS3] Mahjong Dream C Club (D3 Publisher) {2012.04.05} (¥7.140) – 5.701 / NEW
16./20. [WII] Wii Sports Resort with Wii Remote Plus # (Nintendo) {2010.11.11} (¥5.800) – 4.810 / 910.448 (-27%)
17./14. [3DS] Hatsune Miku and Future Stars: Project Mirai # (Sega) {2012.03.08} (¥6.090) – 4.679 / 129.297 (-43%)
18./30. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) {2008.04.10} (¥5.800) – 4.622 / 3.543.434
19./24. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (PSP the Best) (Capcom) {2011.09.22} (¥2.990) – 4.387 / 232.809
20./27. [3DS] Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog / Shiba / Toy Poodle & New Friends (Nintendo) {2011.02.26} (¥4.800) – 4.299 / 533.026

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3DS – 72,115
PS3 – 19,370
PSP – 14,804
Vita – 8,931
Wii – 7,099
Xbox 360 – 3,764
PS2 – 1,355
DSi LL – 793
DSi – 743

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

3DS – 121,921
PS3 – 23,771
PSP – 18,356
Vita – 12,105
Wii – 9,292
PS2 – 1,374
Xbox 360 – 1,317
DSi LL – 941
DSi – 771



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