Nintendo News: Nintendo Download Highlights New Digital Content for Nintendo Systems

REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:

• Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS
  • Disney
    Art Academy – In the Disney Art Academy game,
    discover your inner artist to capture the stunning visuals of more
    than 80 Disney and Pixar characters. With advice and lessons
    inspired by Disney art and Pixar animations, learn to use a bundle
    of different drawing tools to create Elsa and Olaf from Disney Frozen,
    emotions from Disney/Pixar Inside Out, Mickey Mouse and
    more classic characters. You can even share your creations with
    your friends by posting directly to Miiverse or social media!
  • Super
    Meat Boy – Super Meat Boy is a tough-as-nails
    platformer set in haunted hospitals, salt factories and even hell
    itself in a quest to save your girlfriend from an evil fetus in a
    jar. And if 300+ single-player levels weren’t enough, the game
    also throws in epic boss fights, tons of unlockable secrets, warp
    zones and hidden characters from other popular indie games. Click here
    to view a trailer for the game.
  • The
    Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass – Many months after
    the events of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Link
    must return to the open seas and solve the mystery of the Ghost
    Ship. Explore neighboring islands for useful items, such as the
    Phantom Hourglass, and solve innovative puzzles by using intuitive
    touch-screen controls.

  New DLC:

  • Minecraft:
    Wii U Edition – Super Mario Mash-Up Pack – After
    downloading this free update, players who own the Minecraft: Wii U
    Edition digital game, which launched last December, will have
    immediate access to new skins, a Super Mario-themed pre-made
    world and a set of Super Mario-themed music and item textures.
    All this new content is inspired by games in the iconic Super Mario
    series, such as Super Mario World, Super Mario 64 and Super
    Mario Sunshine.
  • Fire
    Emblem Fates – New DLC Map – II: Realms Collide –
    The youths of Nohr must assist a wild dragon. Part 2 of Heirs of Fate
    is now available for $1.99.
  • Fire
    Emblem Fates – Map Pack 2 DLC – Across dimensions,
    other versions of the Hoshidan and Nohrian children are under attack.
    Born and raised in the Deeprealms, these fledgling warriors must now
    rise up to save themselves and their parents as they unravel the
    mystery of their adversaries. In this six-map series, units leveled up
    in the main game cannot lend support. Devise a strategy using a fresh
    team and reap the rewards, but only if all of your units survive. You
    can receive all six maps as they are released by purchasing Map Pack 2
    for only $7.99.

  Nintendo eShop sales:

  • Nintendo eShop on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS
    • 99
      Moves (Wii U), Soccer
      Up 3D (Nintendo 3DS) and more from EnjoyUp Games are
      on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on June 2.
    • 3D
      Game Collection (Nintendo 3DS), Island
      Flight Simulator (Wii U) and more games from JoinDots
      are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on May 19.
    • Word Search by POWGI (Wii
      U and Nintendo
      3DS) is 25 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $5.99) until
      8:59 a.m. PT on May 19.
    • Tap
      Tap Arcade, Blok
      Drop U and more games from RCMADIAX are on sale until
      8:59 a.m. PT on June 30.
    • Midnight
      is 50 percent off (reduced from $1.99 to 99 cents) until 8:59 a.m.
      PT on June 2.
    • Jewel
      Quest is 20 percent off (reduced from $4.99 to $3.99)
      until 8:59 a.m. PT on June 1.
    • Toys
      vs. Monsters, Fantasy
      Pirates and more from EnjoyUp Games are on sale until
      8:59 a.m. PT on June 5.
    • My
      Pets is 60 percent off (reduced from $24.99 to $9.99)
      until 8:59 a.m. PT on June 5.
    • 2
      Fast 4 Gnomz, AiRace
      Speed and more from Qubic Games are on sale until 8:59
      a.m. PT on June 2.
    • Phoenix
      Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies and
      Phoenix
      Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy are on sale until 8:59
      a.m. PT on May 18.

    Theme Shop on Nintendo 3DS:

    • New themes this week include:
      • Pokémon Radiant Collection
      • Pokémon Red and Blue
      • Pokémon: Here Comes Ash-Greninja

      Also new this week:

      • Wordsup!
        Academy (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)
      • Witch
        & Hero 2 – Demo Version (Nintendo eShop on
        Nintendo 3DS)
      • 8-Bit
        Hero (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
      • Color
        Symphony 2 (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
      • Tachyon
        Project (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
      • Queens
        Garden (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)

      In addition to video games available at retail stores, Nintendo also
      offers a variety of content that people can download directly to their
      systems. Nintendo adds new games weekly to Nintendo eShop on the Wii U
      console and the Nintendo 3DS family of systems, the Nintendo DSi^™
      Shop for the Nintendo DSi system and the Wii^™ Shop Channel
      for the Wii console.

      Nintendo eShop is a cash-based service that features a wide variety of
      content, including new and classic games, applications and demos. Users
      can add money to their account balances by using a credit card or
      purchasing a Nintendo eShop Card at a retail store and entering the code
      from the card. All funds from one card must be loaded in Nintendo eShop
      on either Wii U or the Nintendo 3DS family of systems, but can be used
      in either Nintendo eShop if the systems are linked to a single Nintendo
      Network account.

      The Wii Shop Channel offers games and applications and uses Wii Points^™,
      which can be purchased via the Wii Shop Channel. The Nintendo DSi Shop
      offers games and applications and uses Nintendo DSi Points^™,
      which can be purchased in the Nintendo DSi Shop.

      Remember that Wii U, Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 3DS XL, Nintendo 2DS
      and Nintendo DSi feature parental controls that let adults manage some
      of the content their children can access. For more information about
      this and other features, visit http://www.nintendo.com/wiiu
      or http://www.nintendo.com/3ds.

      Note to editors: Nintendo press materials are available at http://press.nintendo.com,
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      site.

      Contacts

      Golin
      Eddie Garcia, 213-335-5536
      egarcia@golin.com
      or
      Rich
      George, 415-318-4342
      rgeorge@golin.com