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NintendoWare Weekly: Super Mario Land 2, escapeVektor
You might have missed it yesterday, since it wasn't during the normal Nintendo downloadable game release day, but The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition is free to download right now on DSiWare (which is, of course, also accessible with the 3DS). If you've got friends to play with, it's a fun, bite-sized Zelda experience; if you don't, it's basically a really weird Zelda game where you don't get to keep your items. Another Nintendo classic is available on 3DS today: Super Mario Land 2, which introduces Wario for the first time -- long before he starts his software company. And on WiiWare, escapeVektor: Chapter 1 combines Qix-style outline completion with a storyline about being trapped in a computer. Nintendo also notes that new 3D trailers for Super Mario 3D Land, Kid Icarus: Uprising, Mario Kart 7, Luigi's Mansion 2, Animal Crossing, Paper Mario, and Mario Tennis will be available on 3DS "soon," so watch all those Blue Man Group videos now to make sure you have time for these.
escapeVektor escapes from Wii, on Wii
escapeVektor: Chapter 1 isn't just a game stored on your Wii's internal memory, its official storyline takes place inside your Wii's internal memory. According to the announcement, "Vektor" is trapped inside the Wii by the system's CPU, who constantly sends enemies after him. The player guides Vektor through a series of connected lines in Qix-style gameplay, attempting to get away while avoiding the enemies. As Vektor makes his way out of the system, he regains memories -- but, presumably, not all of them. This game from Pop developer Nnooo is the first in a series of escapeVektor games. It's due on WiiWare in the second half of this year -- if it can break out of Nnooo's development kits. A 3DS version is also in the works.
