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Ambassador Certificates, & the ridiculous steps... →
When Nintendo launches its 3DS Ambassador program in a couple days, allowing early 3DS buyers to download 10 NES titles for free, you won’t come across them in an obvious and easy to find section of the eShop.
If you hit this link (make sure to hit the “How Do I Download Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Games?” bit in the sidebar), you’ll see there’s a long series of steps...
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Japan's new Prime Minister announces 3DS...
Tokyo — As his first act in office, Japan’s newly installed prime minister Yoshihiko Noda selected the Famicom games that will be offered through his country’s 3DS Ambassador program, including his namesake, 8-bit puzzler Yoshi’s Egg (previously unrevealed titles in bold):
Super Mario Bros.
Donkey Kong Jr.
Balloon Fight
Ice Climber
The Legend of Zelda
Wrecking Crew
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Professor Layton & the Last Specter releases...
Though we feared Nintendo of America would cut this extra mode to save on localization costs, it turns out Professor Layton and the Last Specter will include London Life, the Brownie Brown-developed, “100-hour” RPG with a visual style reminiscent of Mother 3 (Brownie Brown also co-developed that). Joy!
What’s more, as a “North American exclusive”, this bonus RPG is...
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Aliens Infestation bursts into stores October 11 →
My most excellent Joystiq colleagues were at PAX this weekend, and picked up a bit of news that is also excellent. Aliens: Infestation, WayForward’s long-delayed, Contra-ish run-and-gun for DS, will be released in North America on October 11, with a European release preceding it on September 30.
For some reason, Aliens: Colonial Marines developer Gearbox was the one to reveal this news (I...
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Massive DS collection sold for $3,650 →
With eBayer 765brianf’s auction for a collection of 30 rare DS systems over and done, I can’t send you over there to bid or anything. But here’s the auction anyway, so we can gawk at the amazing collection of systems included.
There are Ace Attorney and Maple Story DSis, several different Pokemon systems, the Gundam DS Lite, an IGN DS Lite, and even a GTA Chinatown Wars...
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WatchJack Frost welcomes you with a ”Hee-ho” on SMT: Devil Survivor Overclocked’s 3DS menu screen. Cute!
Buy: Devil Survivor Overclocked, Devil Survivor 2
Find: Nintendo DS/3DS release dates, discounts, & more
See also: More Devil Survivor news, media
[Via PKLucas531]
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Tiny weekly round-up: August 21-27
It’s Tiny Cartridge’s third birthday weekend! (don’t forget we’re holding a mini-contest to celebrate)
JC and I are always so focused on finding interesting items for the site, or trying to make time in our crazy schedules to cover all the newsworthy stuff, that we almost forgot all about it. Here’s some of this week’s most fun stories that distracted us from...
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Tiny Cartridge turns three!
Tiny Cartridge is growing up! Today is the third anniversary of when we decided to supplement our blogging jobs with blogging hobbies, and start posting random DS and import posts, and embarrassing Cutman videos to the weird site you see before you.
Although it might seem at times that we don’t do much outside of putting up our 3-5 posts every day, we actually accomplished a lot this...
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DSiWare hack hits 'final' release, runs from DSi... →
While a (relatively small) portion of the DS playing world has moved onto 3DS, a group of hackers has still been toiling away at the DSi, releasing the “final” version of the DSiWarehax exploit.
This program uses one of four DSiWare games (Sudoku, Guitar Rock Tour, Legends of Exidia, or Fieldrunners) to enable homebrew in DSi mode, meaning it has access to the DSi’s extra RAM...
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Buy a 3DS, get a 3DS game for $9.99 →
Amazon is kind of going overboard on price-matching 3DS sales from other shops lately — this one lets you pick up a game for $9.99 when you buy a system. Here’s a few more 3DS deals the retailer is currently running:
Buy one, get one 50% off on 480+ DS, 3DS, and Wii games (many quality titles, too!)
DOD Dimensions, Resident Evil: Mercs 3D, BlazBlue Continuum Shift II, Nintendogs +...
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NightSky coming to 3DS eShop →
Just a link to some Joystiq work I was happy about today! After Nicalis tweeted that it was bringing NightSky to the 3DS eShop, I checked in with producer Tyrone Rodriguez for more detail.
In short: yes, it’s totally happening, hopefully before Christmas, and it’s going to be totally in 2D. Whooooooooaaaaaaa. Pretty bold move, but a smart one, I think: I want to download this game...
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B1G1 50% off, 999 for $21, and more →
So many worthwhile Amazon sales going on right now:
Buy one, get one 50% off on 480+ DS, 3DS, and Wii games (many quality titles, too!)
9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors for $20.99
Dead or Alive Dimensions for $19.99
LoZ: Ocarina of Time 3D for $29.99
Nintendogs + Cats: Golden Retriever for $19.99
Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D for $19.99
BlazBlue Continuum Shift II for $19.99
Scurge: Hive...
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Sega reveals 3DS rhythm title -- maybe those...
In addition to announcing a new game from the creators of 999 and 3DS bundles for each of New Love Plus, the latest Famitsu has the scoop on a 3DS rhythm/Layton-esque game from Sega called Rhythm Phantom Thief R: Inheritance of the Emperor Napoleon.
The game has you “stealing treasures from real places like Notre Dame and The Louvre”, tapping buttons in time and tilting your system...
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999 staff working on new 3DS, Vita game
The Chunsoft team that brought you DS visual novel 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, which was a bit of a cult hit last year, is working on a new adventure title for 3DS and PS Vita, according to a report from Famitsu.
Titled Gyokugen Dasshutsu Adv: Zennin Shiboudes, or Extreme Escape Adventure: Good People Die (similar to 999’s Japanese title), the project and its scenario is...
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Nintendo's pre-TGS show, wild 3DS rumors
Though it once again won’t have a major presence at Tokyo Game Show next month, Nintendo will hold its own pre-TGS 3DS trade show, dubbed “Nintendo Conference”, on September 13 that will be “open to industry people, analysts, investors and journalists, but not to consumers.”
There’s also some crazy speculation of a 2012 hardware revision for the Nintendo 3DS...
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$20 3DS deals - Dead or Alive: Dimensions,...
For a limited time, you can get a number of 3DS games at half-price. Some 3DS deals Amazon is currently running:
BlazBlue Continuum Shift II for $20
Dead or Alive: Dimensions for $20
Nintendogs + Cats (all three) for $20
Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D for $20
Best Buy also has some $20 3DS sales worth looking into.
Buy: Nintendo 3DS (Flame Red, Black, & Blue)
Find: Nintendo...
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Minecraft DS project updated, released →
Homebrew coder Smealum just posted a new public update for DScraft, the unauthorized adaptation of Mojang’s Minecraft for Nintendo DS. He’s actually put out a number of new builds in the past several weeks, but those were available to only closed beta testers.
There’s a ton of features introduced since that first public demo, including dynamic water, a dynamic lighting system,...
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Tiny weekly round-up: August 15-21
This week seem packed with news — for JC and I at least, as we covered Gamescom for multiple sites, including this one. We also celebrated our 5000th post at Tiny Cartridge, which blows my mind. How did that happen?
So, here’s a round-up of our biggest/best posts this week, brought to you by our generous sponsor Aksys, which is releasing Bit.Trip Saga for 3DS and Bit.Trip Complete...
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'Tiny Trek' program made in DSiWare's Petit... →
Wired Italy’s Francesco Fondi sent us this story about a DSi-based port of the 1971 Star Trek text game! Tiny Trek, exhibited at Comiket 80, is a version of the text adventure built in Smileboom’s DSiWare game design utility Petit Computer.
If you want to learn how to use Petit Computer and you can read Japanese, you can actually get a guidebook for Petit Computer! I’m...
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Confirm your 3DS ambassadorship →
Want to double-check whether you’re registered as a 3DS ambassador and qualified to receive the 20 free NES/GBA VC games indebted to your station?
Nintendo has set up a tool allowing you to input your system serial number and check if the company has you down in its list (now available for Americans, too!)
Buy: Nintendo 3DS (Flame Red, Black, & Blue)
Find: Nintendo DS/3DS release...
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