3DS Download
SpeedX 3D – £2.70
3DS VC
The Sword of Hope II – £2.70
DSiWare
101 Pinball World – £4.50 / 500 points
90’s Pool – £4.50 / 500 points
WiiWare
Successfully Learning English Year 3 – 800 points
There are five games here, so this could actually end up being the full list of European Nintendo Downloads for August 9. We’ll probably know for sure on Monday.
Nintendo Easter Eggs never cease to amaze me. This latest one, despite being a smaller nugget (and perhaps known for awhile), is still pretty darn neat.
Basically, the GameCube has a cameo appearance in Metroid Fusion. It’s embedded in at least one of the game’s exhaust fans.
Take a look below:
Can you spot it in the image? If not, head past the break to see its location!
GameStop is gearing up for a Pokemon Black/White distribution later this month. Players will be able to add Keldeo to their copy of the title.
The event will take place between August 27 and October 6. Keldeo will come in its ordinary form, but it can be changed to Resolute Form once traded to Pokémon Black/White 2. Along with this, Keldeo can learn Secret Sword when taken to the Moor of Icirrus.
Thanks to Lars Havnes for the tip.
Some European consumers have been experiencing screen scratching issues with the newly launched 3DS XL. The scratches have been appearing in the form of various dots on the top screen, occasionally forming lines.
When the original 3DS hit store shelves, users also complained of screen scratching on the top screen. In some cases, this continued even with with more recent 3DS units.
It’s currently unclear how big of an issue screen scratching could turn out to be for the 3DS XL.
Family Fishing, released on Wii last year, has shipped 200,000 units since launch. Nintendo was aware of this and even went out of its way to send Namco Bandai an award for the accomplishment.
I wonder how many times Nintendo has done this previously. Was this just a special case for Namco Bandai/Family Fishing?
There have been lots of Nintendo-related ripoffs in the past. Some are worse than others. But this latest one – boy oh boy, it’s pretty obvious that the developer took inspiration from one of Nintendo’s eShop games.
Above are screenshots from BlockShift. It’s a title that can be downloaded for the Android platform. You can probably tell that it features the same style and gameplay included in Pushmo, the Nintendo-published and Intelligent Systems-made eShop title. Heck, it even supports QR codes!
I guess the only bright spot in all of this is that BlockShift is free, so at least the developer isn’t looking to make a profit from the game…
