This card won’t award you with anything extra that the already-available cards offer, but it’s a nice little memento for Zelda’s 25th anniversary.
Nintendo has also updated their E3 2011 trailer for Kirby’s Return to Dream Land slightly (click here), although it doesn’t contain any new footage. Actually, I’m fairly certain that they just swapped in the new logo.
Fans Can Also Attend Exclusive Assassin’s Creed® Revelations Panel
SAN FRANCISCO – August 23, 2011 – Today, Ubisoft® announced the exciting and diverse lineup of games that PAX Prime attendees can get their hands on before the official releases by visiting the company’s booths inside the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle, WA. Ubisoft also announced that it will host an exclusive Assassin’s Creed Revelations panel on Friday, August 26 from 6-7pm in the Main Theatre (located in The Paramount at 911 Pine Street in Seattle).
Consumer Booths
This year marks Ubisoft’s largest PAX presence to date, and the company will showcase its titles across four unique booths, all located conveniently next to each other at spaces: 632, 622, 612, and 832. Ubisoft will feature hands-on demonstrations and special presentations of casual, high-definition, and online titles that build upon many of the company’s best-selling franchises, including:
Tucked away inside Nintendo’s PAX 2011 announcement is a release date for Kirby’s Return to Dream Land. It’ll arrive in North America on October 24.
Starting next month, Nintendo will be launching a bunch of different titles for the rest of the year. Star Fox 64 3D, Kirby Mass Attack, and Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 all launch next month. Then Kirby’s Return to Dream Land and Pokemon Rumble Blast ship on the same day in October. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and Super Mario 3D Land will be available in November while Mario Kart 7 closes things out in December. And let’s not forget Kid Icarus: Uprising will make it out to the stores for the holiday season as well!
01Net published an article yesterday regarding information they’ve received about the 3DS. Today, they’ve followed up with some Wii U rumors.
The first topic of discussion focuses on the controller’s main chipset. There is apparently some concern that it is limiting. 01Net’s source goes as far as to say that it might be “a tad too cheap”. The site also claims that wireless capabilities aren’t functioning just yet and a fourth prototype will be made available before month’s end.
Unsurprisingly, Nintendo has issued their standard “we do not comment on rumour and speculation” line regarding the rumored 3DS redesign. I wouldn’t expect any sort of confirmation now, and even if it were true, I don’t think we’d hear anything about it until next year. I’m sure Nintendo wants the 3DS to be a focus this holidays as it is now along with their lineup of upcoming games.
A new article on The Wall Street Journal (registration required) seems to confirm that Nintendo’s rumored September event will indeed take place on the 13th. The site says that it’ll be called the Nintendo Conference, a trade show that is “open to industry people, analysts, investors and journalists, but not to consumers.” So we can expect the same deal as last year’s event.
We’ve already heard that a big announcement is planned, but perhaps it won’t necessarily be on the 3DS as this is called the “Nintendo Conference”. But I have to admit that the 3DS is probably the safest bet for a huge reveal.
