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[Sinthetic]

Flipper 2 is nothing like the original aside from name - it looks to be some sort of WarioWare/QTE-packed platformer thing?

Check out the trailer there, it looks insane in the membrane.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrR5CHnkQHI

 

[iamaustrian]

Check out the trailer there, it looks insane in the membrane.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrR5CHnkQHI

this is Earthworm Jim with a goldfish instead an earthworm.
I also like that an (apparently?) official Trailer says "this makes no sense" in one (bizzare) scene.
LOL. will get

 

[blu]

Wasn't Flipper 1 terrible? Just going by what I heard; I never tried it.

Flipper 1 was a tech demo with some rough-around-the-edges gameplay. Flipper2 looks like an actual game.

 

[nincompoop]

NINTENDO DOWNLOAD HIGHLIGHTS NEW DIGITAL CONTENT FOR NINTENDO SYSTEMS - DECEMBER 15, 2011

Dec. 15, 2011

This week's Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:

Nintendo eShop
Blaster Master: Enemy Below - Using the strong weapons and high jumping power of his legendary battle vehicle, Jason must explore a subterranean region where a sinister life form resides. (For Nintendo 3DS™)

Nintendo eShop / Nintendo DSiWare™
Elite Forces: Unit 77 - Drive armored trucks and tanks, defuse mines, locate explosives and rescue hostages. Gather your forces into a crack squad or control a single game character based on the strategic requirements. (For Nintendo 3DS /Nintendo DSi™)

WiiWare™
Carmen Sandiego Adventures in Math: The Lady Liberty Larceny - The Statue of Liberty has vanished! The Chief wants ACME's best agent on the case. Carmen Sandiego is back, and only you can foil her V.I.L.E. plans. (For Wii™)

Also new this week:
• WordJong Arcade (Nintendo eShop / Nintendo DSiWare)
• Just SING! Christmas Vol. 3 (Nintendo eShop / Nintendo DSiWare)
• Paint Splash (demo version) (WiiWare)

To view this week's Nintendo Download in its full graphical version, please visit: http://www.news2know.net/nintendo/downloada2s3d4F9.php.

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 titles to the Nintendo eShop for the Nintendo 3DS system, to the Nintendo DSi Shop for the Nintendo DSi system and to the Wii Shop Channel for the Wii console at 9 a.m. Pacific time on Thursdays.

The Nintendo eShop is a cash-based service and features games, applications and videos in both 2D and 3D. Users can add money to their virtual wallets using a credit card or by purchasing a Nintendo 3DS Prepaid Card at a retail store and entering the code from the card.

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. A Wii Points Card™ and Nintendo DSi Points Card™ can be purchased at retail locations. All points from one card must be redeemed in either the Wii Shop Channel or the Nintendo DSi Shop, respectively. They are not transferable and cannot be divided between the two systems.

Remember that Wii, Nintendo 3DS 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/wii, http://www.nintendo.com/3ds or http://www.nintendo.com/ds/systems/dsi.


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No mention of GBA games. Ambassador program cancelled in the US confirmed, sell your 3DS it's all over

 

[AceBandage]

A Carmen Sandiego game about math?
Madness!

 

[Stumpokapow]

Carmen Sandiego is great, but that isn't Carmen Sandiego

 

[Princess Skittles]

Any bets on if they'll throw us a VC bone next week for Chri-er, "holiday?"

The pseudo-confirmed "future releases" list on Wikipedia shows some damn fine games.

ClayFighter 63&#8531; (Nintendo 64)
Double Dragon II: The Revenge (NES)
Emeraldia (VC Arcade)
Impossible Mission (Commodore 64)
Monster World IV (Genesis)
Pengo (Genesis)
The Return of Ishtar (VC Arcade)
Rolling Thunder (VC Arcade)
Solvalou (VC Arcade)
Space Invaders (VC Arcade)
Super Hang-On (VC Arcade)
Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers (Genesis)
Wonder Boy in Monster Land (VC Arcade)
World Heroes 2 (Neo Geo)

 

[nincompoop]

Looks like that Elite Forces DSiware game was also released at retail. Time for Davddayton to update his list.

 

[AceBandage]

Pokemon Blue/Red

I mean, what other GB/GBC game could it be by now?

 

[DXB-KNIGHT]

What in world happened to Carmen Sandiego???!!!!

 

[Like the hat?]

No eshop demos?

 

[Sinthetic]

Dude, I used to love Clayfighter, hahaha.

 

[Zarovitch]

What's Blaster Master: Enemy Below?
A sequel or it's the same as the NES one?

 

[@MUWANdo]

What's Blaster Master: Enemy Below?
A sequel or it's the same as the NES one?

It's a sequel based on the assets from the NES game - think of it as Blaster Master: Lost Levels.

 

[Zarovitch]

It's a sequel based on the assets from the NES game - think of it as Blaster Master: Lost Levels.

Thanks

I'll buy it for sure.

 

[abstract alien]

I'm trying to watch this Iwata Asks: Freaky Forms on the 3DS eshop, and his constant "hai" is killing me lol

 

[18-Volt]

Only Blaster Master for US this week? That's pathetic, Europe got this last week along with PullBlox. It's Reggie's "breath" thing again. They didn't release it with Pushmo, because they can't, it would hurt Pushmo's sales.

Other than that, a GBC game after 6 months. Yay!

 

[OnPoint]

Is that spinning thing toward the beginning of the Carmen Sandiego video supposed to look like a PSP? Because it definitely does.

I also enjoyed the Michael Jackson's Black and White style character transformation while they were walking.

Will definitely be buying Blaster Master.

 

[sfog]

In regard to Daviddayton's list, Build-a-Lot, Shawn Johnson Gymnastics, and Slingo Quest all had previous US retail releases, although I don't know whether their DSiWare counterparts are cut-down versions or not. I think the 3 Puffins releases were taken from the Puffins Island Adventure retail release. I believe that Prehistorik Man and Rayman were also based on their retail GBA counterparts, with some added 2nd screen use.

 

[Fularu]

Is that spinning thing toward the beginning of the Carmen Sandiego video supposed to look like a PSP? Because it definitely does.

I also enjoyed the Michael Jackson's Black and White style character transformation while they were walking.

Will definitely be buying Blaster Master.

More like a GPS

 

[GeekyDad]

I enjoyed the retail version of Elite Forces -- thought it was kind of an under-rated gem. Glad to see it's getting a second life on the eShop.

 

[Kuramu]

It's a sequel based on the assets from the NES game - think of it as Blaster Master: Lost Levels.

Whoa, never even heard of this. I loved Blaster Master. Seriously excited about this.

 

[Like the hat?]

three new downloadable trailers up as well. Kid Icarus Uprising, Dillon's Rolling Western, and some Samurai thing I can't remember the name of.

 

[DXB-KNIGHT]

three new downloadable trailers up as well. Kid Icarus Uprising, Dillon's Rolling Western, and some Samurai thing I can't remember the name of.

I thought it was demos for a sec

 

[Boney]

Sakura Samurai

 

[VideoMan]

Nintendo Show 3D episode 7 up today.

December 15, 2011

Mario Kart 7
Zelda 25th Anniversary concerts
Pushmo
Super Mario 3D Land
New Club Nintendo rewards

 

[Roto13]

Discovery: The Activity Log book doubles in size when you're about to fill it up.

 

[beje]

Discovery: The Activity Log book doubles in size when you're about to fill it up.

I wonder if there's a limit to the ammount of channels at once in the home menu

 

[Like the hat?]

huh, they changed their video player for the downloadable trailers. now it has fast forward and rewind buttons, plus the touch screen dims while the video is playing.

 

[Edag88]

Nintendo Show 3D episode 7 up today.

December 15, 2011

Mario Kart 7
Zelda 25th Anniversary concerts
Pushmo
Super Mario 3D Land
New Club Nintendo rewards

I love that girl on the show. It's so much better than that doofy guy on the Wii show. I ran into him at the Mario 3D Land launch in NYC and apparently I got into his shot by accident and I didn't realize it and he started yelling at me. So now, I vote with my (Wii) remote.

 

[AbsoluteZero]

I love that girl on the show. It's so much better than that doofy guy on the Wii show. I ran into him at the Mario 3D Land launch in NYC and apparently I got into his shot by accident and I didn't realize it and he started yelling at me. So now, I vote with my (Wii) remote.

Must've been Evil Gary.

 

[OnPoint]

More like a GPS

GPSP

I'm funny.

Where are my GBA games, Nintendo?

 

[AbsoluteZero]

GPSP

I'm funny.

Where are my GBA games, Nintendo?

Back in 2001-2006.

 

[Incitemaybe]

huh, they changed their video player for the downloadable trailers. now it has fast forward and rewind buttons, plus the touch screen dims while the video is playing.

I hope the bottom screen on Nintendo Video also dims now.

 

[Javier]

I wonder if there's a limit to the ammount of channels at once in the home menu

300 according to the manual.

 

[zigg]

Discovery: The Activity Log book doubles in size when you're about to fill it up.

Hey, that's neat. I was just looking that up the other day and found people saying it deleted the oldest game.

 

[Celine]

I enjoyed the retail version of Elite Forces -- thought it was kind of an under-rated gem. Glad to see it's getting a second life on the eShop.

Holy moley, looks great.
Is it the complete game?

 

[krae_man]

I sent the following Email to Nintendo:

Dear Nintendo,

I just downloaded the Kirby 3D Classic on my 3DS and I noticed something I've been wanting for a very long time: I can use the Y and B buttons to play it!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Please, please, please make this native from now on.

Every time I try to play a game from a system with 2 face buttons on a system with 4 face buttons(eg Game Boy game on the SNES, GBA game on the DS etc) The A and B button placement makes them unplayable to me.

Build a button mapper into your emulator or something. Make what you did to the Kirby 3D Classic available for all games that use only A + B.

Thanks

And I got the following reply:

Hello,

Thanks for writing. On behalf of Nintendo, I wanted to tell you how much we appreciate your taking the time to share your comments. It's great to hear how much you are enjoying 3D Classics Kirby's Adventure. I&#8217;ll make sure that what you said about wanting future games to use the Y and B buttons will be forwarded, so your feedback will be heard. While I can&#8217;t guarantee that we&#8217;ll make the type of changes you suggested, we do take all feedback into consideration.




That's the best "thank you for your feedback" email I've ever received. It doesn't sound cut and pasted. Here's hopin.

 

[Duane Cunningham]

Aww. Stuff like that is why people love Nintendo no matter how good or bad things go.

 

[Dr. Zoidberg]

the touch screen dims while the video is playing.

That's great! It needs to happen in Nintendo Video and any other place you play videos on the 3DS. That lower screen is quite distracting to me when I'm trying to concentrate on the top for videos.

 

[nincompoop]

I sent the following Email to Nintendo:



And I got the following reply:

Hello,

Thanks for writing. On behalf of Nintendo, I wanted to tell you how much we appreciate your taking the time to share your comments. It's great to hear how much you are enjoying 3D Classics Kirby's Adventure. I’ll make sure that what you said about wanting future games to use the Y and B buttons will be forwarded, so your feedback will be heard. While I can’t guarantee that we’ll make the type of changes you suggested, we do take all feedback into consideration.




That's the best "thank you for your feedback" email I've ever received. It doesn't sound cut and pasted. Here's hopin.

That must be why the GBA ambassador games are delayed in the US. It's gonna take them a few months to add customizable button controls to the emulator. Thanks a lot!

 

[DDayton]

In regard to Daviddayton's list, Build-a-Lot, Shawn Johnson Gymnastics, and Slingo Quest all had previous US retail releases, although I don't know whether their DSiWare counterparts are cut-down versions or not.

Those three games aren't noted, in the eShop, as being previously part of a retail release. I added a note noting the uncertainty of this fact to the spreadsheet.

I think the 3 Puffins releases were taken from the Puffins Island Adventure retail release. I believe that Prehistorik Man and Rayman were also based on their retail GBA counterparts, with some added 2nd screen use.

I added a "possible" note to the Puffin entries... not really worrying about the GBA ports/etc. yet.

 

[krae_man]

That must be why the GBA ambassador games are delayed in the US. It's gonna take them a few months to add customizable button controls to the emulator. Thanks a lot!

I forgot about those. They damn well better have Y button support.

 

[Stumpokapow]

I added a "possible" note to the Puffin entries...

No possible note needed, a dev located in my city made the game. The DSiWare minigames are taken from the retail game.

 

[Mafro]

Mighty Switch Force is out in Europe next week http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/28710

 

[Agent Unknown]

Downloaded Blaster Master Enemy Below, great little sequel so far. I love how the opening fits right in with the intro style from the NES game.

 

[Man God]

Despite not being talked about much here Enemy Below is a really good GBC game and I'm surprised and glad it made it on here.

 

[Dash Kappei]

Any word on 3DS demos?

 

[Celine]

Mighty Switch Force is out in Europe next week http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/28710

Very nice music track.
Between this,Pushmo, Zen Pinball and Master Blaster these weeks are really great for eshop buyers.

 

[AceBandage]

Mighty Switch Force is out in Europe next week http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/28710

Awesome, so this should be early January for NA!

Any word on 3DS demos?

Japan has like 6.
No other region does yet.