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Date archives for March, 2012
March 19th, 2012
Johnny Kung Fu for eShop Goes All Game & Watch
12:00 at nintendolife.com
Bleep blorp
UFO Interactive's supporting the 3DS eShop pretty heavily: it's already released Samurai Sword Destiny and has Zombie Slayer Diox lined up for this week. It's got another project in the works in the old-school shape of Johnny Kung Fu.
Nintendo Download: 22nd March 2012 (Europe)
11:30 at nintendolife.com
The doctor is in
No Game Gear games for Europe this week sadly as we have a truly paltry selection available to download. Here's what's on offer.3DS Virtual Console
Dr. Mario (Game Boy, Nintendo, £2.70/€3) — The monochromatic medicinal puzzler slots in to the 3DS Virtual Console line-up this week. Is it good for what ails you? Our review soon will give you a full diagnosis.DSiWare
Aahh! Spot the Difference (Gamelion Studios, 200pts) — If you're not sure what you get in this game, our Aahh! Spot the Difference review should make things pretty clear.3DS eShop Demo
Pyramids (Enjoy Gaming, free) — This is quite cool: the first demo of a downloadable game, and rather fittingly it's one of the first third party eShop games. Read through our Pyramids review for more.
Exclusive: Tons of PAL WiiWare Demos to Return This Month
11:00 at nintendolife.com
In January Nintendo of America reinstated all previous WiiWare demos while Europe looked on enviously. Well, readers in PAL regions, your time is coming.
SEGA: “Sonic VC Games Will Stay in Europe”
10:00 at nintendolife.com
Good news, everyone
Last week we reported that SEGA is dropping four Sonic games from the Japanese Virtual Console, and naturally our thoughts turned to if and how this would affect users outside Japan. We've now heard back from SEGA Europe with good news.
09:55 at twitter.com
SEGA: "Sonic VC Games Will Stay in Europe" - Virtual Console News @ Nintendo Life http://t.co/dIJpIuSt via @nintendolife
March 18th, 2012
Feature: The Life and Times of SEGA’s Game Gear
18:00 at nintendolife.com
Black beauty
Ask any gamer of a certain age which handheld they grew up with and the overwhelming response will be "Game Boy". Long before the Pokémon explosion of the late 90s, Nintendo's portable dominated the competition — not even closest competitor SEGA could upset the balance with the release of its Game Gear in the early part of the decade. As SEGA's portable has joined the 3DS Virtual Console this week, it's time to take a look at this unique piece of gaming history.
07:39 at twitter.com
My shameful pile of unplayed games. Going to start some today, but which ones...? http://t.co/ZYktCH65
06:55 at twitter.com
Forgot there was F1 on today. Good enough reason for me to stay off Twitter though.
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