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

Nintendo eShop
Samurai Sword Destiny™ – Encounter deadly ambushes, invade enemy castle rooftops and square off against seemingly indomitable opponents to find your missing brother. (For Nintendo 3DS™)

Swapnote™ Now Available! – With the Swapnote application, you can write, decorate and send handwritten 3D notes to people on your friend list via the SpotPass™ and StreetPass™ features. To get started, download this application from the Nintendo eShop at no cost. (For Nintendo 3DS)

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This beautiful art for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword comes from Hyrule Historia. Surprising, right? Pretty much all of the designs focus on creations based on Skyloft. You can find all of the images in the gallery above.

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A “Limited Steelbook Edition” for The Last Story has been found on a Swedish retailer’s website. 1adv.ch has listed the alterate release of the upcoming RPG. It’ll cost roughly 76.42 Euros.

The package contains the follow:

– Game in regular Wii packaging
– Premium Steelbook
– Mini Artbook
– CD (7 Tracks)

As far as I’m aware, Nintendo of Europe hasn’t officially announced the Steelbook Edition for The Last Story. However, given this retailer listing, we may receive a confirmation soon.

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Thanks to Best Buy, we have a few new details for Mario Party 9. The retailer has added a product page for the game along with a fact sheet. You can find the information below.

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WiiWare

Big Bass Arcade – Hmmm…
Gnomz – Grumble Grumble
Pinocchio’s Puzzle – Grumble Grumble

DSiWare

1950s Lawn Mower Kids: Hmmm…
Bloons TD – Recommended
Castle Conqueror – Heroes — Hmmm…
Come On! Heroes – Grumble Grumble
Double Bloob – Gumble Grumble
Escape Trick: Convenience Store – Hmmm…

3DS Download

VVVVV – Recommended
3D Classics: Kirby’s Adventure – Recommended
Freakyforms: Your Creations Alive! – Recommended
Mutant Mudds – Recommended
Pushmo – Recommended

3DS VC

Balloon Kid – Recommended
Metroid II: Return of Samus – Recommended
Adventure Island – Hmmm…

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Wii

1. Xenoblade Chronicles
2. Mario Party 9
3. Rhythm Heaven Fever
4. The Amazing Spider-Man
5. Men in Black

Wii U

1. Batman: Arkham City
2. Ninja Gaiden III: Razor’s Edge
3. LEGO City Stories
4. Tekken
5. Darksiders II

3DS

1. Paper Mario
2. Luigi’s Mansion 2
3. Kid Icarus: Uprising
4. Animal Crossing
5. Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance

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Game of the Year – 3DS

Dead or Alive: Dimensions
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
Mario Kart 7
Sonic Generations
Super Mario 3D Land
Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition

Game of the Year – Wii

Bit.Trip Complete
Kirby’s Return to Dream Land
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Rayman Origins
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters

Game of the Year – DS

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Kirby Mass Attack
Okamiden
Pokemon Black and White
Professor Layton and the Last Spector
Solatorobo: Red the Hunter

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Nintendo Power has released a public preview of this month’s magazine. Titles featured include Kid Icarus: Uprising, Heroes of Ruin, Rhythm Thief & The Emperor’s Treasure, and Devil Survivor 2. The issue arrives on newsstands on January 10 and is available now for subscribers.

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There’s no question that 2011 was a down year for the Wii. In North America, Nintendo published just one game for the console in the first half of the year and there was a dearth of hardcore titles aside from The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (some of you may/may not want to include Kirby as well.) It didn’t help that third-parties all but abandoned the Wii.

Because of this, along with Nintendo of America’s disappointing localization efforts, EGM has declared 2011 one of the worst year’s ever for the console. The magazine believed that Skyward Sword wasn’t enough repair the damage done to the Wii last year and gave it a 1/10 for its system rating.

In its Holiday Gift Guide feature, EGM wrote:

“Sure, we know the Wii U’s on its way next year…but that doesn’t mean the Wii had to be DOA this year. Nintendo’s absolutely complicit in this live burial – as the Operation Rainfall campaign has continually pointed out on Twitter, Facebook, and message boards for months. NOA had three excellent RPGs primed for release – Xenoblade Chronicles, Pandora’s Tower, and The Last Story – but didn’t bother to bring them Stateside in 2011, though Xenoblade’s finally coming next year. And it’s not like Nintendo’s a niche developer like Atlus or NIS America who can’t afford to splurge on a localization budget. Sorry, Nintendo – even an end-of-year gem like Skyward Sword can’t salvage the damage you did to the Wii brand this year.”

Thanks to Jake for the tip!

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Just wanted to make sure you all were aware that Karaoke Joysound is definitely coming to North America. It was originally announced through a press release provided by Nintendo, and was reconfirmed today through an ESRB listing. Konami will publish the title before the end of March.

Karaoke Joysound originally came out in Japan in late 2008. It was later re-released through the Wii Shop Channel. Based on Nintendo’s PR, it seems that Konami is preparing the retail version for North American consumers.
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