The Nintendo Basement – Your source for everything Wii, DS & Retro Nintendo

Oh dear… I’ve found myself in this exact situation before. It’s not fun, I’ll tell you that much. I’ll try not to go into anything that Matt (PrattP) and Michael (punkgorilla) have already touched on and I’ll do my best to keep things as short and sweet as possible.

I originally discovered The Nintendo Basement through another local Nintendo website known as Aussie-Nintendo. From what I remember, PrattP was plugging TNB on the A-N forums and, not being able to help myself at the time, I came across to the site and sussed things out. Eventually I worked Continue Reading…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Aussies who own a local copy of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D and have a Club Nintendo account are being given the chance to get their hands on an exclusive OoT3D Soundtrack CD.

Those who meet the requirements will have from 30 June until 31 July 2011  to register their copy of the game on Club Nintendo and claim the free soundtrack. Continue Reading…

Capcom has made it impossible for owners of Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D to erase the game save data from their game card.

A note inside of the Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D game manual states, “Saved data on this software cannot be reset”. In other words, every save action within the game is permanent. Continue Reading…

Activision has registered a list of domain names revolving around something called “GoldenEye Reloaded”.

A Twitter user known as Superannuation spotted four URL registrations logged by Activision last week and posted the links on his account.

Observers of the domain names believe GoldenEye Reloaded could be a HD re-release of last year’s Continue Reading…