Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[NintendoWare Weekly: Metal Slug 3, Rayman]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/31/nintendoware-weekly-metal-slug-3-rayman/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/31/nintendoware-weekly-metal-slug-3-rayman/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/31/nintendoware-weekly-metal-slug-3-rayman/#comments ImageUbisoft's widespread digital Rayman assault continues with ... no, not Rayman Origins on the 3DS eShop, but the Game Boy Color Rayman. It's accompanied by the demo for the upcoming eShop release of Order Up! and a DSiWare game about dodging hazards and slowing down time.

This week on Wii ... something! Yes! And hey, it's Metal Slug 3!

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>3ds99secondsdsdsiwareeshopmetal-slug-3nintendonintendoware-weeklyorder-upraymanvirtual-consolewiiThu, 31 May 2012 15:30:00 EST<![CDATA[NintendoWare Weekly: Mighty Switch Force update, Game & Watch Gallery 2]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/24/nintendoware-weekly-mighty-switch-force-update-game-and-watch-ga/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/24/nintendoware-weekly-mighty-switch-force-update-game-and-watch-ga/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/24/nintendoware-weekly-mighty-switch-force-update-game-and-watch-ga/#comments ImageIf you've got Mighty Switch Force, go download it again from the eShop later today. WayForward is updating it to a "New Edition" featuring the vocal stylings of a young Bobby Brown. Actually, it features five new levels, upgraded 3D effects, and a "retry" button.

If you'd like to buy something else while you're on the eShop, the Game Boy Game & Watch Gallery 2 is on the shop today, as is the DSiWare game Snakenoid Deluxe, which is, of course, Snake plus Arkanoid. And this Friday, you can get a Madagascar 3 trailer on Nintendo Video, to bring Chris Rock's voice with you everywhere.

And on Wii this week: nothing.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>3dsdsdsiwareeshopgame-and-watch-gallery-2mighty-switch-forcenintendonintendoware-weeklysnakenoidvirtual-consoleThu, 24 May 2012 11:30:00 EST<![CDATA[NintendoWare Weekly: Rayman Origins demo, Kirby's Block Ball]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/17/nintendoware-weekly-rayman-origins-demo-kirbys-block-ball/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/17/nintendoware-weekly-rayman-origins-demo-kirbys-block-ball/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/17/nintendoware-weekly-rayman-origins-demo-kirbys-block-ball/#comments ImageIf you're looking for stuff to download for your Wii, just move along. There's nothing this week.

But on 3DS, Kirby's Block Ball brings classic mascot-based ... Breakout? And today is finally your opportunity to play Rayman Origins on 3DS. At least, in demo form. There's still no release date for the game itself.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>3dsdsdsiwareeshopkirbys-block-ballnintendonintendoware-weeklyrayman-originsThu, 17 May 2012 14:00:00 EST<![CDATA[NintendoWare Weekly: Monster World IV]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/10/nintendoware-weekly-monster-world-iv/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/10/nintendoware-weekly-monster-world-iv/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/10/nintendoware-weekly-monster-world-iv/#comments ImageWhile we wait for Sega's "Monster World Collection" to debut the previously Japan-only (and acclaimed!) Monster World IV on PSN and XBLA, Sega went ahead and deposited the game on Wii Virtual Console today, causing even more surprise than other, increasingly rare, VC releases.

If you have the Wii Points kicking around, you can build a pseudo-complete Wonder Boy collection now - bolstered by Sega's simultaneous release of the arcade version of Wonder Boy in Monster Land. At least one version of each game in the series is available.

In non-interactive news, Dinosaur Office returns to Nintendo Video tomorrow.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>3dsdsdsiwareeshopmonster-world-ivnintendonintendoware-weeklypauls-shooting-adventure-2sudoku-by-nikoliwiiwiiwarewonder-boywonder-boy-in-monster-landThu, 10 May 2012 15:00:00 EST<![CDATA[NintendoWare Weekly: Amoebattle, Super Hang-On]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/03/nintendoware-weekly-amoebattle-super-hang-on/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/03/nintendoware-weekly-amoebattle-super-hang-on/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/03/nintendoware-weekly-amoebattle-super-hang-on/#comments ImageTwo new Virtual Console games in as many weeks? What is going on? On top of the VC release of Super Hang-On, Amoebattle makes its way to DSiWare and Bird Mania 3D takes flight on the 3DS eShop.

We rather liked the iPhone version of Amoebattle. Its real-time strategy controls should translate to the DS and 3DS just fine.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>3dsAmoebattlebird-mania-3ddsdsiwareeshopnintendonintendoware-weeklysegasuper-hang-onvirtual-worldswiiThu, 03 May 2012 10:45:00 EST<![CDATA[NintendoWare Weekly: An actual Virtual Console game]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/26/nintendoware-weekly-an-actual-virtual-console-game/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/26/nintendoware-weekly-an-actual-virtual-console-game/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/26/nintendoware-weekly-an-actual-virtual-console-game/#comments ImageAfter two weeks of absolutely nothing in new Wii downloads, Nintendo dropped a new Virtual Console game on us. And not just any new Virtual Console game, Super Street Fighter II ... with online play. Even after being released in Japan last November, and being announced locally by Capcom the same month, it's still surprising to see extra functionality.

It's still surprising to see a Wii Virtual Console game.

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Meanwhile, on 3DS, the highlighted game is something that's actually been available at GameStop for almost a month, and elsewhere as a pre-order bonus: 3D Classics Kid Icarus. If you didn't think the 3DS game was bizarre enough, you should check out this nicely updated version of the NES original to see how weird Nintendo can get.

Nintendo would also like you to know that a new season of Dinosaur Office will premiere on Nintendo Video tomorrow.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>3d-classics-kid-icarus3dsdsdsiwareeshopi-must-runnintendonintendoware-weeklyThu, 19 Apr 2012 11:00:00 EST<![CDATA[NintendoWare Weekly: Ketzal's Corridors, Anne's Doll Studio: Tokyo Collection]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/12/nintendoware-weekly-ketzals-corridors-annes-doll-studio-tok/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/12/nintendoware-weekly-ketzals-corridors-annes-doll-studio-tok/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/12/nintendoware-weekly-ketzals-corridors-annes-doll-studio-tok/#comments ImageThis week's content dump from Nintendo features a pair of titles for handheld fans. Ketzal's Corridors is the big release, similar to WiiWare's ThruSpace. It's a sort of on-rails Tetris experience - if you've ever seen Brain Wall, then it's kinda like that. It's joined by Anne's Doll Studio: Tokyo Collection, a game about dressing up dolls.

On the video side, there's a new 3D video for Death Cab for Cutie's "Underneath the Sycamore."

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>3dsannes-doll-studio-tokyo-collectiondsdsiwareeshopketzals-corridorsnintendonintendoware-weeklyThu, 12 Apr 2012 17:00:00 EST<![CDATA[NintendoWare Weekly: Colors! 3D]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/05/nintendoware-weekly-colors-3d/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/05/nintendoware-weekly-colors-3d/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/05/nintendoware-weekly-colors-3d/#comments ImageColors! 3D is the heartwarming story of how an unofficial, homebrew DS app "graduated" into a for-real downloadable 3DS eShop game. It's also an app that allows you to draw and paint on your 3DS, and share your drawings online with the Colors! 3D gallery.

Other new content on 3DS this week includes a video interview with Warren Spector about the two new Epic Mickey games, and "The Rifle's Spiral" by The Shins (available tomorrow).

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DSiWare's sole release is '90s Pool, which, as far as we can tell, is "'90s" only because the words "'90s Pool" are on the top screen at all times. Where's Luke Perry? Where's the Ace of Base cover music?

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If actual games don't interest you today, free entertainment abounds, with music videos on Nintendo Video and a Swapnote "inspired by" Uggie the dog going out to everyone using that delightful free program. Why, yes, we are checking our Swapnotes while writing this.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>3dsdsdsiwareeshopnintendonintendoware-weeklywiiwiiwarezombie-slayer-dioxThu, 22 Mar 2012 12:31:00 EST<![CDATA[NintendoWare Weekly: Game Gear, Samurai Shodown IV]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/15/nintendoware-weekly-game-gear-samurai-shodown-iv/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/15/nintendoware-weekly-game-gear-samurai-shodown-iv/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/15/nintendoware-weekly-game-gear-samurai-shodown-iv/#comments It's the Virtual Consoliest day of 2012! Between the Wii and 3DS, there are four new Virtual Console games you can buy today. On 3DS, of course, that means Game Gear support has arrived. On Wii, it means Samurai Shodown IV, originally for Neo Geo.

There's also some free entertainment to be found on the 3DS Nintendo Video service, where a 3D Kid Icarus anime is probably being delivered to you over SpotPass right this second.

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If you missed the Ambassador Program, you can now buy the NES classic Metroid on 3DS as well.

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JoystiqNintendoWare Weekly: Crush3D demo, Metroid originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Its barks sound just enough like your name, but just different enough, that you question what you heard.

Then, after you choose to exit the demo, the virtual puppy goes back into its cage, whimpering. The last thing you see before you close the 3DS lid is your puppy's paw up against the screen. Occasionally you'll receive a note via SpotPass telling you that the little scamp still looks out the window whenever a car the same model as yours drives by.

We didn't design the real demo.

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There's also news for the Wii's Virtual Console: the Genesis version of Strider can be purchased today. We hadn't heard about a Genesis VC game in a while, so we looked into it. As far as we can tell, this is the first Genesis game on Wii in North America since Sonic & Knuckles, on February 15, 2010. It's been two years and a day since the last Genesis VC release.

In fact, this appears to be the first Wii Virtual Console release of any kind since The Ignition Factor six months ago. Enjoy it! This doesn't happen very often.

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We'll have to warn you about this week's 3DS eShop game, lest you get unreasonably excited. Maru's Mission is not about Maru the cat. It is a cute-looking ninja action game, though. But not about Maru. Sorry!

Gallery: BurgerTime World Tour (WiiWare - 2/9)

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DSiWare features a sequel to the indie game Flipper; though if you played it, you still won't recognize Flipper 2: Flush the Goldfish. The original was an isometric puzzle game about reshaping environments ... and the sequel is a side-scrolling action game that uses one contextual button!

Gallery: Mutant Mudds (3DS eShop)

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In WiiWare news, remember when Interplay was going to revive Stonekeep for WiiWare? Well, that's happened. You can see the results above.

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Elsewhere, The Learning Company and Gamelion bring the third installment of the surprisingly episodic WiiWare Carmen Sandiego series. And if you care to check Nintendo Video on your 3DS this Saturday, you can get a 3D Kirby cartoon.

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On DSiWare you can get Cake Ninja, though you'd probably hate yourself for buying such an outright Fruit Ninja clone. Get it only if you're lacking a conscience, much like its developers.

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Meanwhile, amateur chiptuners can try out a new music program on DSiWare designed for arranging retro-style music.

Gallery: Mighty Switch Force (3DS eShop)



Update: Despite not mentioning it this morning, Nintendo also released the drawing/messaging app Swapnote for 3DS. That's free on the eShop right now!

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WiiWare offers a new Carmen Sandiego game (what?) about math (what?) and DSiWare shows it is possible to offer a retail DS game as a download -- though that functionality has so far been almost the exclusive domain of tiny publishers. For example, today we have Elite Forces: Unit 77 from Gammick Entertainment, and a game in the spirit of a retail DS release: a new sequel to 2007's WordJong.

Gallery: Blaster Master: Enemy Below (Game Boy Color)

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>3dsblaster-master-enemy-belowcarmen-sandiegodemodsdsiwareelite-forces-unit-77eshopjust-sing-christmas-songsnintendonintendoware-weeklypaint-splashwiiwordjong-arcadeThu, 15 Dec 2011 14:00:00 EST<![CDATA[NintendoWare Weekly: Pushmo]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/08/nintendoware-weekly-pushmo/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/08/nintendoware-weekly-pushmo/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/08/nintendoware-weekly-pushmo/#comments Nintendo brings another original, downloadable 3DS game to the eShop, inspiring ... not quite cautious optimism, but a cautious lessening of pessimism. Intelligent Systems' Pushmo is a puzzler about pulling stacked 3D blocks into and out of the screen to make climbing paths. It makes sense for a puzzle game on 3DS!

On WiiWare, we finally have the opportunity to try out RedLynx's MotoHeroz without paying $15 for the privilege.

Gallery: Pushmo (3DS eShop)

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>3dscastle-conqueror-againstdemodsdsiwareeshopmotoheroznintendonintendoware-weeklypaper-wars-cannon-fodderpushmowiiwiiwareword-searcher-4Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:25:00 EST<![CDATA[NintendoWare Weekly: Adventure Island, Double Bloob]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/01/nintendoware-weekly-adventure-island-double-bloob/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/01/nintendoware-weekly-adventure-island-double-bloob/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/01/nintendoware-weekly-adventure-island-double-bloob/#comments The 3DS's Virtual Console adds an extra layer of abstraction today, with the Game Boy port of the NES version of Adventure Island II (called, confusingly enough, "Adventure Island.") You can enjoy this Game Boy version of an NES game in a little Game Boy-looking window on your 3DS!

DSiWare features Double Bloob, a vertical shooter/puzzle game we first covered way back in 2007, years before there even was a DSiWare service. It's gone through a lot of changes since then, not the least of which was a departure of the development team from its former home at the infamous Nibris.

Gallery: Adventure Island (Game Boy)

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>3dsadventure-islanddouble-bloobdsdsiwareeshophouse-mdnintendonintendoware-weeklywiiwiiwarexmas-puzzleThu, 01 Dec 2011 12:40:00 EST<![CDATA[Nintendoware Weekly: Metroid II: Return of Samus]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/24/nintendoware-weekly-metroid-ii-return-of-samus/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/24/nintendoware-weekly-metroid-ii-return-of-samus/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/24/nintendoware-weekly-metroid-ii-return-of-samus/#comments Still cool, even in pea green. The Metroid series is so littered with prequels and sequels that it's hard to tell where exactly Metroid II: Return of Samus sits in the story. It definitely takes place after the original Metroid, if that helps. The adventure sees the intergalactic bounty hunter head to the Metroid home world, SR388; her only mission to eradicate every last one of those energy-sapping creatures. The GameBoy classic is out today on the 3DS eShop.

Also up for grabs on both the eShop and DSiWare is the tower defense(ish) title Come On! Heroes, while WiiWare gets the fishing title Big Bass Arcade.

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This week, WiiWare offers Pinocchio-themed jigsaw puzzles, and DSiWare offers a Chinese language learning game and a thrilling, chilling game about being stuck in a convenience store. Do you dare enter the convenience store of mystery?

Gallery: 3D Classics: Kirby's Adventure (3DS)

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Meanwhile, on WiiWare ... step aerobics. So yeah, Freakyforms! It looks really cute!

Gallery: Freakyforms: Your Creations, Alive! (3DS)

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>3dsbloons-tdcastle-conqueror-heroesdsdsiwareeshopfreakyforms-your-creations-alivenintendonintendo-videonintendoware-weeklypicture-livesstep-upwiiwiiwareThu, 10 Nov 2011 10:35:00 EST<![CDATA[NintendoWare Weekly: Balloon Kid, 1950s Lawn Mower Kids]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/03/nintendoware-weekly-balloon-kid-1950s-lawn-mower-kids/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/03/nintendoware-weekly-balloon-kid-1950s-lawn-mower-kids/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/03/nintendoware-weekly-balloon-kid-1950s-lawn-mower-kids/#comments It's a "kid" oriented week for Nintendo downloadables. If you've been waiting for more Balloon Fight since downloading the NES game -- and of course you have -- Balloon Kid for Game Boy brings you an adventure expanded from that NES game, with new abilities and obstacles. You'll be delighted as long as you don't realize that Japan got the Game Boy Color version ... whoops!

While you have the 3DS open, you can also enjoy a "Main Theme Medley" from the recent Zelda concert on Nintendo Video.

On DSiWare, 1950s Lawn Mower Kids is a game about guiding three of the title characters to perform their gardening duties among UFOs, dogs, and other obstacles.

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If you want something new, the puzzle game Pyramids is that rarest of games: an original downloadable 3DS release. Players control a treasure hunter attempting to escape from pyramids by creating and destroying blocks.

Finally, WiiWare now features the $10 Anima: Ark of Sinners, a distinctly Castlevania-style game based on a pen-and-paper RPG.

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On DSiWare, there's another House MD episode and Simply Minesweeper, a version of the classic timewaster. And on WiiWare: Horizon Riders, a new rail shooter that gives you the option of controlling movement with the Balance Board.

Gallery: Horizon Riders (WiiWare)

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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.

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Conversely, WiiWare has a very 3D-oriented game displayed in 2D. It's a neat-looking platformer, Aya and the Cubes of Light, in which you explore all six sides of free-floating, cubic levels.

Gallery: 3D Classics: Twinbee (3DS)

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The single eShop release is also pretty cool: Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge. We've been waiting for another chance to buy this, ever since the GBA collection was canceled years ago.

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On DSiWare, Agetec brings us DotMan, a low-cost download that looks to us like a modern update of the old Atari game, Dodge'Em. Maybe you were looking for something like that.

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If you can't get into the 3DS Embassy, it's a much less exciting week. The Game Boy version of Pac-Man awaits 3DS owners, and a House, MD game is up on DSiWare. There's a bit of intrigue, however, in a WiiWare tower defense game called Trenches Generals.

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DSiWare sees a very cute Bubble Bobble-esque game, and ... Calculator. Which is a calculator.

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Nintendo also mentioned that a new Jason Derulo video will premiere on Nintendo Video today, if that's something you want to see and hear.

WiiWare finally gets its port of air-traffic control puzzler Flight Control, so if you don't own any smartphone or a DSi, you can now see what all the fuss was about.

Gallery: 3D Classics: Urban Champion (3DS)

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The wildcat protagonist of Go! Go! Kokopolo on DSiWare handles his conflicts in a different way: he scratches his enemies in order to enrage them into chasing him through maze-like levels, and then leads them into the jaws of a carnivorous plant.

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WiiWare offers a novel take on the racing genre: Monochrome Racing (also out on PS Minis), a game that takes place in a fully monochrome environment, in which you must keep your car "charged" and moving with color by picking up items.

Continue reading NintendoWare Weekly: Mario's Picross, Monochrome Racing

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On WiiWare, the Virtual Console game Brawl Brothers is joined by a console release of the mobile puzzle game Burn the Rope. Not Cut the Rope, or You Have to Burn the Rope, just Burn the Rope.

Continue reading NintendoWare Weekly: Let's Golf 3D, Burn the Rope

JoystiqNintendoWare Weekly: Let's Golf 3D, Burn the Rope originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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