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Nintendo Network Announced; Digital Distribution of Games Envisioned
Hinted at in the boxshot of a 3DS game last week, the Nintendo Network was formally announced by the Japanese games maker today in a meeting with investors. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata says the service will offer features different from the Wi-Fi Connection supporting its current Wii and DS hardware, and is seen as a…
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Mario and Sonic in the January 26, 2012 Nintendo Download
The 3DS demo trend continues with a sneak peek at Mario and Sonic wiping the wrestling mat with one another in the demo for Mario & Sonic at the 2012 London Olympic Games, plus physics, pixels, and platformers, all in this week’s Nintendo download. Isn’t it just lovely that we’re getting demos for Nintendo 3DS…
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Reviews
You Can Take This Wheel for More than One 3DS Game
We’re a little late reviewing Hori’s official Mario Kart 7 Wheel peripheral, but I’m somewhat glad we are, thanks to some of the non-racing games I played with it on a whim. If this was just a piece of plastic meant for one game, the wheel is a $13 novelty at best, a luxury at…
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It’s Mario Versus Braid in the Ultimate Bar Conversation Battle of Indie Cred
Call him a sell-out. Call him a suit. Call him too mainstream. It doesn’t change the fact that Mario was jumping and saving imperiled females before it was cool. Ah yes, those young, hip fellows at the bar, sitting together exuding an aura of inapproachability. No one can get close enough to point out that…
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3DS Box Art Hints at ‘Nintendo Network’ [Update]
“Found something on the right,” said this Twitter user from Japan, and indeed he has: A logo for the “Nintendo Network,” on the box art for Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, due to release on February 12. If it’s a new online service from Nintendo, or at least a rebranding of the old Wi-Fi Connection, color us…
By Owen Good
