SEGA hits the 3DS Virtual Console with four games, including Sonic the Hedgehog, Columns and the RPG Shining Force: Sword of Hajya. Also Mutant Mudds Deluxe arrives on the Nintendo Wii U eShop while a trio of eShop titles drop on the Nintendo 3DS.
It’s E3 week! So much going on!!
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Nintendo Wii U eShop
Mutant Mudds Deluxe
Action, Adventure | Renegade Kid | Rated:E | $9.99
Love pixels? Fond of platformers? Is there a special place in your heart for the 8-bit and 16-bit era? Want to have fun? Yes!? Well, you’ve come to the right place, my friend. Mutant Mudds Deluxe is a “12-bit” action platformer full of pixels and platforming fun! Our hero, Max, may be just a 2D sprite, but he can leap into the third dimension by jetting between the background and the foreground playfields with his trusty jetpack in this unique dimensionally-woven experience. Armed with a heavy-duty water cannon, Max has what he needs to vanquish his long-term nemesi: the Mutant Mudds. Max must blast and hover his way across the soiled landscape to seek out mysterious Water Sprites. Legend says collecting all of the mysterious Water Sprites will wash the filthy Mutant Mudds away for good!
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Nintendo 3DS eShop
Mighty Switch Force! 2
Action, Adventure, Puzzles, Shooter | WayForward Technologies | Rated:E-10 | $9.99
Combat the Planetary Inferno in the shape-shifting, dimension melding world of Mighty Switch Force 2! It’s a Code Red from the Galactic Fire Brigade! Planet Land is combusting and everything is ablaze! Return to HQ immediately and pick up your Infinity Dousing Apparatus; your Siren Helmet is still authorized and up to code! The mission: to fight the inferno and extricate the reformed Hooligan sisters! Now, suit up and start soaking some scenery! • The sequel to the universally acclaimed Mighty Switch Force, and the newest game in the Mighty series! • Grab your new weapon, a super-powered fire hose, and embark on a treacherous search-and-rescue mission! • Familiar friends and foes return, along with exciting new ones! • 3D puzzles and brain-banding action return!
Big Bass Arcade: No Limit
Sports, Action, Arcade | Big John Games | Rated:E | $6.99
Loaded with fishing excitement. Reel in the big one. Big Bass Arcade: No Limit is loaded with fishing excitement, putting players directly into the action and reeling in a big one. Reel in seven catchable fish species: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Muskie, Northern Pike, Bluegill, and Crappie. Compete in Challenges and Tournaments, or Free Fish any lake at your own pace. Test your skills in over forty fishing challenges, spread over ten unique lakes. Player statistics and achievements are tracked. The lakes are stocked with ever growing World Record fish waiting to for you to try and catch them. Big Bass Arcade: No Limit appeals to fishing enthusiasts and gamers alike by capturing the adrenaline rush of fish fighting in an arcade style game.
PICROSS e
Puzzles, Strategy | Jupiter Corporation | Rated:E | $5.99
PICROSS is back! It’s even easier to play! This is the series of “picture crossword puzzles” in which you use numbers as hints to complete illustrations that Nintendo has been developing as its own brand of game software since 1995. Anyone can enjoy it with its simple and easy to understand rules. With this version’s newly implemented Navigation feature, the puzzles can be solved more smoothly than ever. There are 3 types of puzzle sizes: 5×5, 10×10, and 15×15. Don’t take puzzles lightly because they’re small. There are plenty of challenging puzzles as well. Complete a puzzle within the time limit and the illustration will be displayed in color.
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
Sonic The Hedgehog
Action, Adventure | SEGA | Rated:E | $4.99
The fastest hedgehog around! Get into gear with Sonic the Hedgehog! Originally released for the Game Gear, play as Sonic as he speeds through Zones and frees animals from their mechanical prisons with his devastating spin attacks! Blaze through five super challenging Zones and defeat all of Dr. Eggman’s (AKA Dr. Robotnik) machines in order to put an end to his evil schemes!
Columns
Puzzles, Strategy | SEGA | Rated:E | $3.99
Challenge your mind and reflexes. Forget the passage of time. Drift back in time to ancient Phoenicia and challenge yourself with Columns, an addictive game played by Middle Eastern Merchants centuries ago. In this mesmerizing pastime, tinker with your riches to align glittering jewels across, down, or diagonally. As you line up colors, the gems vanish and more sparklers drop from above. The challenge increases as jewels fall more rapidly. You must quickly align them before the columns reach the top. For additional challenge, try to eliminate the flashing jewel before your time runs out in Flash Columns or take on a friend in local multiplayer! With three degrees of difficulty and ten different levels, Columns will challenge a novice to an expert.
Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine
Puzzles, Strategy | SEGA | Rated:E | $2.99
A challenging puzzle adventure! The evil Dr. Eggman (AKA Dr. Robotnik) has built a machine that will turn the poor people of Beanville into machines, but there’s safety in numbers! In this colorful puzzle game, help them out by joining them into groups of four matching colors so they can stick together and escape certain doom! Defeat Dr. Eggman’s henchmen in order to reach the evil doctor and save Beanville once and for all! You can even challenge a friend via local two-player multiplayer.
Shining Force: Sword of Hajya
RPG | SEGA | Rated:E-10 | $3.99
Recover the Sword of Hajya from evil! The peaceful Kingdom of Cypress has been disrupted by the corrupt ambition of the evil King Iom. Terror rampages across the land as the Castle of Cypress is invaded and the magical Sword of Hajya is taken! It will take strength, courage, agility, and your keen sense of strategy to defy this ominous power and bring peace back to the land. Features:
An intense Role-Playing Game with a unique twist of action, adventure and strategy! Choose from 18 unique characters including Warriors, Mages, Healers, Archers, Birdmen, and Centaurs. Command any 12 at one time to fight against darkness!
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Nintendo adds new titles to the Nintendo eShop for the Nintendo 3DS™/Nintendo 3DS XL 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.
