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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Nintendo's 8-bit Summer on 3DS eShop has these eight classics]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/22/nintendos-8-bit-summer-on-3ds-eshop-has-these-eight-classics/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/22/nintendos-8-bit-summer-on-3ds-eshop-has-these-eight-classics/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/22/nintendos-8-bit-summer-on-3ds-eshop-has-these-eight-classics/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center; "> <iframe frameborder="0" height="318" id="viddler-16db76ef" mozallowfullscreen="true" src="http://www.viddler.com/embed/16db76ef/?f=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;player=simple&amp;secret=23122192&amp;loop=false&amp;nologo=false&amp;hd=false" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="530"></iframe><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/22/nintendos-8-bit-summer-on-3ds-eshop-has-these-eight-classics/"><img alt="Here's the eShop games you can expect in July, and when" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/06/8bit-summer.png" style="display:none; margin: 4px; width: 530px; height: 272px; " /></a></div><br />Nintendo has dubbed July the "8-bit Summer," and plans to launch <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/22/nintendos-8-bit-summer-on-3ds-eshop-features-these-eight-classi/">eight Virtual Console games</a> for the 3DS eShop next month, beginning July 5 with <em>The Legend of Zelda</em>. <em>Kirby's Pinball Land </em>and <em>The Sword of Hope 2</em> will hit on July 12, <em>Kid Icarus: Of Myths</em> <em>and Monsters </em>and <em>Tumblepop</em> will land on July 19 and <em>Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3</em> will arrive on July 26.<br /><br />Nintendo is also sending <em>Sonic Blast </em>and <em>Sonic Labyrinth</em> to the eShop during its 8-bit Summer. If you can't remember what these games look like in action, the above video should provide a handy reminder.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/22/nintendos-8-bit-summer-on-3ds-eshop-has-these-eight-classics/">Nintendo's 8-bit Summer on 3DS eShop has these eight classics</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Fri, 22 Jun 2012 22:15:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/22/nintendos-8-bit-summer-on-3ds-eshop-has-these-eight-classics/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20264567/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/22/nintendos-8-bit-summer-on-3ds-eshop-has-these-eight-classics/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>3ds</category><category>8-bit-summer</category><category>eShop</category><category>nintendo</category><category>virtual-console</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Conditt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 22:15:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>