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
  • Zombie Slayer Diox^™ – Zombie Slayer Diox is a rhythm-action game with a side-scrolling twist. Don the jeans and leather boots of a samurai guitarist living in a future time when zombies have taken over most of the world. (For Nintendo 3DS^™)
• Nintendo Video^™
  • “Sabotage” by Wale – Wale kicks off a run of 3D music videos from Nintendo Video with the video for his track “Sabotage,” off his sophomore album Ambition. Be sure to check it out and stay tuned for more 3D music video premieres from other top artists coming soon! (For Nintendo 3DS)
• Nintendo eShop and Nintendo DSiWare^™
  • 1^st Class Poker & BlackJack – This collection offers many varieties of poker, blackjack and video poker, including Texas Hold’em, Double Flop Hold’em, Omaha and Pineapple. Play solo or try the local multiplayer mode. (For Nintendo 3DS / Nintendo DSi^™)
• Nintendo eShop
  • Meet Nintendo Spokesdog Uggie – For a limited time, Nintendo 3DS owners who have installed the free Swapnote^™ application can receive a special Swapnote inspired by Uggie, the acclaimed canine actor who recently signed on to become Nintendo’s spokesdog. And if you haven’t already, visit the Nintendo eShop to watch a video of Uggie’s first day of training to spread the word about the nintendogs^™ + cats game. You’ll also find a demo version of nintendogs + cats available to download at no cost. (For Nintendo 3DS)

Also new this week:

• Carmen Sandiego Adventures in Math: The Island of Diamonds (WiiWare^™)

To view this week’s Nintendo Download in its full graphical version, please visit: http://www.news2know.net/nintendo/downloadb4lsoWt6.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/.

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