Alliances with Simon Property Group, AT&T and Best Buy Provide Free Connections Coast to Coast
REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– From shopping centers and retail stores to coffee shops and airports all over the country, there soon will be 25,000 locations where people can enjoy free Wi-Fi access with the new hand-held Nintendo 3DS™ system. As of June 7, a new alliance with Simon Property Group, the country’s largest owner, developer and manager of high-quality retail real estate, will provide Nintendo 3DS owners with complimentary wireless connections at nearly 200 Simon™ shopping malls throughout the country. Nintendo 3DS users can also access hotspots at more than 1,000 Best Buy stores. Through an expanded agreement with AT&T, Nintendo 3DS users will have access to nearly 24,000 of AT&T’s Wi-Fi hotspots.
With these additional locations, Nintendo 3DS users can choose from a wider-than-ever variety of convenient places to connect their systems and enjoy unique downloadable content.
From Etrain:
Become an Artist! Easy Sketching
Become an Artist! Everyone’s Painting Series
From Gameloft:
Earthworm Jim
Asphalt 4: Elite Racing
Real Soccer 2009
Real Soccer 2010
From Square-Enix:
Dragon Quest Monster Battle Road V, special color code scanner
From Takara-Tomy:
Nari Kyara Homeroom Teacher Hitman Reborn!
Nari Kyara Naruto: Shippuden
From Tasuke:
At Sports! Pro Baseball 2010
From Nintendo:
Flipnote Studio
Nintendo DS Browser
Pocket Rurubu Series
From Hudson:
Quiz Music Time w/ Karaoke JOYSOUND Wii SUPER DX Song Navi
Sudoku: 50 Beginner Puzzles!
Sudoku: 150 Puzzles!
This list applies to Japan specifically, but you can expect that some of the titles will be nontransferable in North America/Europe as well – Flipnote Studio, the DSi Internet Browser, and Earthworm Jim, for instance.
The Evolution of Virtual Pets Comes to Nintendo DS™
MINNEAPOLIS, June 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — The next evolution of virtual pets will come to the Nintendo DS™ family of handheld systems this holiday season when Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) releases Wappy Dog, a toy puppy, developed by SEGA TOYS, that interacts with the player through the Nintendo DS™.
Already hailed by TimeForKids.com as “the best of the toy world and video-game world,” Wappy Dog teaches young gamers to raise their very own puppy in both the real and virtual worlds and teach it cool tricks, play mini-games together and even converse! Each pet is a fully personalized experience, enabling players to customize both the in-game version and physical dog with different colors and accessories.
Nintendo Offers Free Re-mastered 3D Version of NES Classic Excitebike for Limited Time
REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Nintendo of America has announced that the first major system update for the hand-held Nintendo 3DS™ system will be available in North America the evening of June 6, Pacific time. By installing the free update via a wireless broadband Internet connection, Nintendo 3DS users will have access to an Internet browser and the Nintendo eShop, which contains a variety of new content, including Pokédex™ 3D, an application that lets fans see Pokémon™ characters in 3D. To celebrate the grand opening of the Nintendo eShop, Nintendo is offering the NES™ game Excitebike™ re-mastered in 3D as a free download until July 7 for anyone who installs the system update. Upcoming Virtual Console™ content available in the Nintendo eShop includes Game Boy™ games Super Mario Land™, Alleyway™and Radar Mission™. New content will be added to the Nintendo eShop on Thursdays.
The Nintendo eShop is a digital store for Nintendo 3DS owners that provides access to a wide variety of downloadable content, such as original 3D software, classic games that have been re-mastered in 3D called 3D Classics, Game Boy and Game Boy Color “Virtual Console” games in their original 2D glory, and more than 350 Nintendo DSiWare™ games. Visitors can also view video game trailers, screen shots and product information for games, including those available at retail locations.
Note that the actual graphics in the games will be much improved when they are viewed on the 3DS. Nintendo released small screenshots for most of the titles, so our gallery stretches them to fit the size of the page.
