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3D Classics: Kid Icarus trailer. It’s Kid Icarus with… backgrounds! This is seriously mind-blowing stuff. I’m not even being sarcastic, either. This game looks awesome with even static backgrounds. I’m genuinely impressed. They look kind of better than the NES could do, giving it a PC Engine-esque look. I’m so down for this.

If you’re in Europe, and you buy and register two select 3DS games between now and January 31, you’ll get this for free! In fact, just like Japan’s offer, this news is accompanied by a Club Nintendo giveaway of Mario-themed 3DS systems. When you register those two games, you’ll be entered!

Buy: Nintendo 3DS console (Flame Red, Black, & Blue)

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[Via Nintendaan]

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New Little King’s Story coming to Europe! Konami, who is also publishing the Vita sort-of-remake in Japan, announced plans to bring it to Europe in 2012. The story blurb suggests that it might be more of a sequel, or at least have some alternate storyline that makes no mention of Corobo being a normal kid who discovers a magic crown:

“Set in a beautifully-realised game world, New Little King’s Story follows the player as they assume the role of a King tasked with reclaiming his kingdom from an invader known only as ‘The Nightmare.’ King Corobo, a plucky 14-year-old royal, presides over a stricken land. The evil Nightmare is running havoc and the populace lives in fear as it preys on them. Thus, as Corobo, the user must unite their subjects in order to fight back and reclaim the kingdom.”

I’m sure if Konami is bothering to localize this, it’ll publish it in the U.S., too (especially since every publisher is going to try to get every launch window game out that it can). But if it decides to pass on a U.S. release, this Euro version means I’ll get to play it in English! Me and the other select few members of the Little King’s Story fan club.

Preorder: PS Vita

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[VIa Siliconera]

tags / konami / vita / ps vita / little kings story / new little kings story / europe / gaming / jc

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Europe hogs all the good stuff: Wii redesign, The Last Story, Pandora’s Tower, & more

Lots of news for Europe’s Nintendo fans! The biggest item: Wii is getting a slight redesign in that region, which cuts GameCube support but features a reduced price. Designed to sit horizontally, the system is packed in a new bundle shipping this October with Wii Party and Wii Sports.

Most European gamers likely won’t miss GC compatibility, as they have plenty of new titles coming up; along with Xenoblade hitting this week, they’ll get well-received RPGs The Last Story and Pandora’s Tower some time next year — none of those are announced for North America.

Europe even gets The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword two days earlier than us (U.S. release date: November 20). Oh well, at least we can drown our sorrows in the new $19.99 Nintendo Selects games: Super Paper Mario, Mario Strikers Charged, Punch-Out!!, and Super Mario Galaxy.

Here’s the full fall/winter lineup of EU releases for Nintendo platforms, including some eShop highlights:

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tags / imports / europe / gamescom / wii / eshop / dsiware / ec / xenoblade / pandoras tower / the last story

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Nintendo Video hits the West this week

Nintendo Video, the 3DS app that delivers 2D and 3D video content (e.g. cartoons, documentaries, movie trailers, TV shows, etc.) to your system will release in Europe this Wednesday — there’s no word yet on whether it will hit North America’s eShop then, too.

When the service releases in the U.S., it will have country-specific content, like Japan’s Game Center CX episodes or Germany’s ZDF.Archive library. I’m crossing my fingers for something more than just Nintendo Week updates!

And if we’re really lucky, maybe we’ll get the 3DS Netflix app this week, too. It’s due some time this summer…

Buy: Nintendo 3DS console (Cosmo Black, Aqua Blue)

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[Via Shiggy, Home of the Koops]

tags / nintendo video / nintendo 3ds / gaming / 3ds / eshop / netflix / europe

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Vote on Xenoblade’s Euro alternate boxart

Nintendo of Europe is already cool for localizing Monolith Soft’s Wii RPG Xenoblade Chronicles; it’s showing further coolness by printing a reversible boxart image. Even coolerer, it’s giving fans the chance to vote on that alternate boxart. Option 1 is at the top of the post; head past the break for the other three.

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tags / xenoblade / boxart / xenoblade chronicles / europe / jc / gaming

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Nintendo bringing Solatorobo to Europe

Solatorobo, the promising action-RPG and spiritual sequel to Tail Concerto has been formally announced for a release in Europe (and Russia, Turkey, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand), courtesy of a co-publishing agreement between Nintendo and Namco Bandai.

Should we hold out hope for a U.S. announcement at E3? Or will this be yet another Nintendo-published DS release that only Japan and Europe gets to enjoy, joining a list that so far includes Last Window, Freshly-Picked Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland, Jam with the Band, Face Training, and Inazuma Eleven (I think we’ll hear about this one soon).

If this does end up as a Japan/Europe-only release, what will really suck is that it’s DSi-enhanced, so importers will only be able to play the game on older DS Phat/Lite systems or on DSi/3DS systems from those territories.

Find: Nintendo DS/3DS release dates, discounts, & more

See also: More Solatorobo posts, Region-locking

tags / solatorobo / europe / imports / gaming / namco bandai / ec / cyberconnect2

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'Solatorobo: Red the Hunter' trademarked in Europe →

Siliconera found a European trademark for “Solatorobo: Red the Hunter,” filed on March 31, suggesting that Namco Bandai is still planning to localize CyberConnect2’s DS action-adventure game in that territory. This isn’t the first we’ve heard of such a localization — it showed up unexplained and unexpected at the Japan Expo in France back in July of 2010, under the name “Project Coda.”

It’s encouraging to hear that a localized version could be on the way somewhere — especially since Makoto Iwai from Bandai Label told Siliconera “I don’t think we have a plan to bring that title [to North America], but we are always in talks with CyberConnect2 for future projects.” At least we’ll likely have the option to import a copy in one of those weird PAL cases.

Import: Solatorobo: Sore kara Coda e

See also: More Solatorobo posts

[Image by Hiroyuki Maeda]

tags / solatorobo / europe / jc / gaming

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Trailer for One Piece Gigant Battle, coming to Europe this year. While this all-anime (AA) trailer might not excite you unless you’re a One Piece adherent (in which case it’ll “rock your world”), there’s good reason to be excited about this announcement even if you don’t know what a Monkey D. Luffy is.

Gigant Battle is a fighting game developed by Ganbarion, creators of the beloved Jump Super Stars and Jump Ultimate Stars, two Japan-only Smash Bros.-style games from the early-ish days of the DS. With all the different manga properties represented, there was never any chance of those getting localized, but this one, with just one license, has been deemed worth Namco Bandai’s time.

Here’s some gameplay:

Buy: One Piece Gigant Battle (Japanese version)

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tags / ganbarion / one piece gigant battle / jc / europe

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English Inazuma Eleven DS trailer — the game hits Europe on January 28th, just two weeks away!

I know Nintendo’s upcoming January 19 press event will focus on the 3DS, but perhaps the company’s American branch will also mention some new DS and Wii games it’s localizing. Inazuma Eleven, Last Window, Professor Layton and the Spectre’s Flute, Zangeki No Reginleiv, and Last Story are overdue for U.S. announcements!

Import: Inazuma Eleven products (Japanese)

See also: More Inazuma Eleven posts

[Via DS-Scene]

tags / inazuma eleven / imports / level-5 / europe / ec

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More Cave Story for DSi owners, Europeans

Cave Story DSiWare is out! It doesn’t have the option to play with updated graphics and music like the WiiWare version, but this is portable, uses the second screen for map/weapons, offers a modified Sanctuary Time Attack mode, and has the new unlockable music player. Also, this is 200 points cheaper than its console counterpart.

From the early impressions I’ve read, Cave Story DSiWare doesn’t seem to have any audio or framerate issues. Independent Games Festival chairman Brandon Boyer, however, isn’t happy about the button assignment and wishes players could customize this.

Check out a vid of some guy playing the game on his DSi, as well as Cave Story Europe news after the break!

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tags / cave story / dsiware / nicalis / wiiware / europe / ec

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Professor Layton game box, available only through Europe’s Club Nintendo. You can get one of these handsome boxes if you’ve registered all three Layton games with Club Nintendo. Meanwhile, I have to store my Layton games individually on a shelf, like a damn chump.

Nintendo of America seems to be releasing Layton games on a reliable annual schedule now, so this is pretty much all that’s left for me to complain about. Where’s my slipcover, Nintendo? This is SO UNFAIR.

Buy: Professor Layton and the Unwound Future

See also: More Professor Layton stuff

tags / professor layton / professor layton and the unwound future / club nintendo / europe / jc

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Hotel Dusk sequel coming to the West

I was worried that we wouldn’t see Last Window, CING’s sequel to Hotel Dusk, released in English after the DS adventure game failed to appear at E3 last month, but Nintendo just announced its release for Europe this September 2010. Unfortunately, the localized edition forgoes the Japanese subtitle Midnight Promise in favor of the tremendously boring The Secret of Cape West. :o/

Oh, and Nintendo also revealed that it’s releasing Face Training, its face exercise software, across the Atlantic next September, minus the camera attachment. Sorry, this is a DSi and DSi XL-only title!

There’s no guarantee we’ll also see either of these in North America — don’t forget that Trace Memory/Another Code’s Wii sequel only shipped in Europe and Japan — but hopefully we’ll hear some announcements soon. In the meantime, let’s celebrate with this fanart of the series’ protagonist Kyle Hyde in his briefs underwear, taking a nap beside a tiny cup of coffee.

Buy: Hotel Dusk: Room 215 ($19.99)

[Image via zkmn]

tags / last window / hotel dusk / cing / face training / zkmn / europe / imports

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