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This year's Club Nintendo elite rewards are all downloadable games
Marking a change from the calendars, posters and other Nintendoodads, the 2014 Club Nintendo elite rewards for North America are all downloadable games. While that'll disappoint some of you, as a European I have to note on our side of the ocean it's all physical - and personally, not the most appealing selection either. So if you want to swap places... well, we can't, but you get the drift. As before, qualifying Platinum members can have their pick of one Gold or one Platinum gift, while Gold members have to make do with the golden selection. If I were so lucky, I'd pick one of Game & Wario, Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, Dr. Luigi and Earthbound from the Platinum games. On the Gold side, I'm totally in the mood for some Zelda 2. Sigh.
Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move review: Fancy pipe dream
There are four games in the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series, each sporting 2D puzzle-platforming action. What sets Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move apart from the group isn't just the change of "vs" to "and." Minis on the Move still tasks players with the challenge of guiding their Mario toys through a level of obstacles to a goal point, in this case a star, but the game diverges from the series' norm by operating in three dimensions. Players must drag tiles on the touch screen to create a track for their minis to safely traverse. In true Nintendo fashion, this simple premise is expanded upon with a solid variety of obstacles to avoid and special tiles to use. For example, spring tiles launch your mini two spaces, and colored pipes warp your mini to another location on the small map. The occasional tile with Donkey Kong on it will send your mini flying three spaces in a given direction (I suppose that's where "and Donkey Kong" comes from). I like to call the total package "Fancy Pipe Dream," as the gist of its primary design doesn't at all feel new or creative. It's much like the tile-based puzzler from the Miscrosoft Entertainment Pack of the 1990s, also known as Pipe Mania. The difference is that Minis on the Move is much more fleshed-out, as it includes special tiles, obstacles, and a few different modes. Oh, and Mario is in it. %Gallery-187636%
New Nintendo eShop releases: Mario and Donkey Kong, Xevious, Solomon's Key
Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move highlights the new eShop releases this week. The 3DS puzzler has players guiding poor little mini Marios away from hazards by building a Pipe Dream-esque maze. The Wii U Virtual Console picks up two new games in the classic shooter Xevious and puzzle platformer Solomon's Key. You can also pick up Chasing Aurora for half price on the Wii U until May 16. A demo for the Wii U version of Resident Evil: Revelations arrives May 14.
Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move exclusive to 3DS eShop May 9
Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move will arrive on 3DS starting May 9. The news comes courtesy of the latest Nintendo Direct presentation, during which Nintendo head Satoru Iwata also reiterated that the game will be exclusive to the 3DS eShop.The game tasks players with guiding miniature, mechanical Marios through treacherous traps, and also features a collection of mini-games.
New Mario and Donkey Kong, Dillon and more headed to 3DS eShop
Nintendo has unveiled several new games for the 3DS eShop. First up is Kerploosh, a puzzle game about ... dropping things down a well, which is set for March 7 in North America, while Europe gets it a bit earlier on February 28 - there it's called Splash and Crash for some reason.On March 11, Dillon the armadillo cowboy returns in Dillon's Rolling Western: The Last Ranger. The game expands upon the tower defense elements of the first game, adding new characters and a moving train to defend. It arrives on March 11. Next we have the rhythm platformer HarmoKnight, which will arrive on March 28, with a demo set for March 14.Nintendo also revealed Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move, which brings the puzzle series to the 3DS. A release date was not revealed for North America, while Europe got a Q2 2013 window, once more with a different name: Mario and Donkey Kong.Check out a trailer above, and find trailers for HarmoKnight and Kersploosh after the break.
