Among other price drops
The long-awaited Pikmin 2 on Wii reaches North America on 10th June for $19.99.
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May 14th, 2012
Aqua Blue 3DS Discontinuation Only Affects Japan
10:30 at nintendolife.com
So cheer up
Last week we learnt that Nintendo Japan is discontinuing the Aqua Blue 3DS, and we anxiously wondered what it might mean for us in the West. We've heard back from Nintendo Europe now and it's good news.
Nintendo Download: 17th May 2012 (Europe)
09:00 at nintendolife.com
Kirby and birds
Two games and a demo for 3DS owners this week, while Wii owners get a free slice of gaming too.3DS Virtual Console
Kirby's Dream Land 2 (Game Boy, Nintendo, £3.60/€4) — Witness the debut of Kirby's helpful animal friends in this enjoyable little platformer. We've already got the first Kirby's Dream Land so we'll see if the sequel is a big improvement in our upcoming review.3DS Download Software
Bird Mania 3D (Teyon, £1.80/€2) — An 'infinite challenge' game that has the rare honour of being cheap and good. Check out our Bird Mania 3D review for more information.3DS Demo
Rayman Origins — Take home a free portion of Rayman's upcoming platformer. You can't say much fairer than that.WiiWare Demo
2 Fast 4 Gnomz (QubicGames, full game: 500pts) — If our 2 Fast 4 Gnomz review wasn't enough to help you decide if QubicGames' title was worth buying, this demo might help you make up your mind.
Europe Gets Rayman Origins 3DS Demo This Week
08:44 at nintendolife.com
Grab it
European 3DS owners can give Rayman's next adventure a fair shake when the eShop updates with a Rayman Origins demo this week.
May 11th, 2012
These Are the UK’s Biggest Selling Virtual Console Games
15:30 at nintendolife.com
Mario makes a clean sweep
Nintendo UK has just revealed all-time sales charts for Wii's Virtual Console, and it contains a sum total of zero surprises. On NES, legendary platformer Super Mario Bros. 3 sits atop the chart, just above Super Mario Bros. and, strangely, Pac-Man. SNES players favour Super Mario World over all others, with The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past in second. Donkey Kong Country sits pretty in third. In the Nintendo 64 charts, top of the bill is — surprise, surprise — Super Mario 64. Second is Mario Kart 64, perhaps surprising considering Super Mario Kart only reached 8th in the SNES charts, though MK64 was released in 2007 while its SNES predecessor landed in April 2010. Third place in the UK N64 charts went to Paper Mario, rounding out plumbing podium domination on N64. The UK Virtual Console charts — compiled from purchases made by Club Nintendo members — are worth a read if you want to see Mario, Sonic and friends reigning supreme.
La-Mulana Director Would Welcome Offers from Publishers
14:00 at nintendolife.com
Go ahead, make his day
Nicalis won't publish La-Mulana on WiiWare in the West, but that doesn't mean the game is entirely, 100% stone cold dead.
Nintendo Japan Discontinues Aqua Blue 3DS
10:30 at nintendolife.com
Cobalt from the blue
Nintendo of Japan will soon end production of the Aqua Blue 3DS console.
Cloudberry Kingdom Will Be Wii U’s Most Difficult Download Game
10:00 at nintendolife.com
We mean it
How hard do you like your old-school 2D platformers? Was Super Meat Boy too easy for you? Then check out Cloudberry Kingdom, a new download game coming to Wii U later this year.
Xenoblade and Kid Icarus Missing from NPD’s April Chart
09:00 at nintendolife.com
For different reasons
The NPD Group has published its list of best-sellers across the United States for April, but two of Nintendo's biggest titles are nowhere to be seen.Items of Interest
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