Nintendo announces that effective 12 August, the 3DS will be available for AU$249.95. Previously the system was AU $349.95.
Nintendo Australia plan to offer an exclusive Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program to consumers who have purchased the 3DS at the original launch price. The program will enable those particular 3DS owners to download 10 NES games and 10 Game Boy and Continue Reading…
Nintendo’s much awaited 3DS remake, Star Fox 64 3D, will be hitting our shores September 15. It will retail for $69.95 in Australia and $99.95 in New Zealand. In related news, I am really glad I don’t live in New Zealand. You have my sympathy, neighbours.
Star Fox 64 3D, as you can probably assume, is the 3DS remake of arguably the best Star Fox game ever, Star Fox 64, originally released in Australia as Lylat Wars on the Nintendo 64. The 3DS version will be receiving a graphical improvement, similar to the recently released 3DS remake of Ocarina of Time.
Australians are now able to download Mario’s Picross on the Nintendo eShop.
This Mario-themed Picross title released on the Game Boy in 1995 featured Mario as an archaeologist.
The title was a collection of nonogram logic puzzles and involved players chiselling away marked squares on a grid to create a pattern or picture. Continue Reading…
The Nintendo Video service has just gone live in Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
Before you can access this new service, you’ll need to head over to the Nintendo eShop and download the application from the main menu.
When you’ve completed this, you can return to the 3DS system menu, open Nintendo Video Continue Reading…
Nintendo has recently sent out a press release revealing its video service for the 3DS will be launched in Europe on July 13.
The Nintendo Video service is a 3DS application which allows users to view video content in 3D.
The content available within the application has already been confirmed as region specific. Continue Reading…
Square Enix have announced a brand new spin-off of it’s well loved Final Fantasy series, Theatrhythm Final Fantasy. No, I’m not sure how to pronounce that either. The name is a portmanteau of ‘theatre’ and ‘rhythm’, so maybe that gives us an idea about how to say it. As you may have guessed from this, the game is touted as a ‘theatre rhythm’ game.
The announcement comes via a one page article in Shonen Jump magazine and as such, details are a little thin on the ground. Continue Reading…
A stack of 3D game trailers from E3 2011 are now available to Aussie 3DS owners.
If you head over to the Nintendo eShop, you’ll be able to download Mario, Kid Icarus and more in full 3D for free.
If this is the first time your 3DS has been online, you’ll need to perform a system update before the Nintendo eShop and 3D game trailers can be accessed. Continue Reading…
Australians can now register The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D on Club Nintendo and claim the free OoT3D Soundtrack CD.
As usual, you’ll have to log in, type in the code provided with your game and fill out a survey asking you questions about why you purchased the game and if it was the only reason you bought a 3DS so early (hell yes). Continue Reading…
