3 rd January 2011 – Kick off the New Year with a wide array of new games, software and demos available to download from the Nintendo eShop, Nintendo DSi Shop and the Wii Shop Channel.

Draw your bow and arrow and become a fighting angel in 3D Classics Kid Icarus™, the classic action-packed platformer where the fate of the Goddess Palutena is in your hands, now with immersive 3D graphics. This game is available for free to anyone who has registered for the Club Nintendo promotion after registering two games on their Nintendo 3DS. The deadline for registration is 31stJanuary so register now to get your hands on this re-mastered 3D version of the classic platformer.

Go on a quest to save the land of Shabubu in Trip World™, available via the Nintendo eShop. The land is beset with war after their symbol of peace, the flower of Maita, has been stolen and you will need to use all of the heroic Yakapoo’s skills, including transforming into various different forms, in order to put an end to the chaos. Also inspire your kids to take on a wide range of exciting maths problems to challenge and educate with Successfully Learning Mathematics Year 2,available via the Nintendo eShop and DSi Shop.

New Year’s greetings are on offer for all owners of the 3D puzzle platformerPyramids. Released exclusively on the Nintendo 3DS, owners of Pyramids can now get three all-new levels for free. To take on these tricky challenges all you need to do is scan the QR codes using the in-game QR code option, and the action will start straight away.

Check out all the latest offerings which are available for download this Thursday via Nintendo eShop, Nintendo DSi Shop and the Wii Shop Channel.

Title Platform Available on Price Point Further Info Contact
3D Classics Kid Icarus™ (Nintendo) Nintendo 3DS
(Download Software)
Nintendo eShop
Free (Club Nintendo Promotion Exclusive)
nintendo@bell-pottinger.co.uk

Game Description: Fans of action-platformers will love 3D Classics Kid Icarus™, remastered with immersive 3D visuals for the Nintendo 3DS. Starring the angelic warrior Pit, you must rescue the goddess Palutena and save Angel Land from the terrifying Medusa. Look out for Pit’s return in Kid Icarus™: Uprising for Nintendo 3DS.
Trip World™ (Sunsoft) Nintendo 3DS
(Virtual Console)
Nintendo eShop
€3.00
£2.70 (UK Only)
nintendo@bell-pottinger.co.uk

Game Description: When even the grass and plants are fighting each other, you know you’ve got a problem. Trip World is a charming platform game starring the amazing Yakopoo, who may look innocent but is able to transform into different forms to achieve his quest to find the Flower of Maita. 
Successfully Learning Mathematics Year 2 (Tivola) Nintendo 3DS
(DSiWare) Nintendo eShop €5.00
£4.50 (UK Only) Hendrik Peeters
peeters@tivola.de
Nintendo DSi
(DSiWare) Nintendo DSi Shop
500 Nintendo DSi points
Game Description: Take on exciting maths problems with the little vampire Freddy in Successfully Learning: Mathematics, Year 2. Pupils will be challenged and amused by cheeky Freddy, who motivates kids and assists them with tips. All problems are based on the current curriculum for maths. You can play Successfully Learning: Mathematics, Year 2 in German, English, Spanish, French, Italian and Turkish.
Fish Tank (iFun4all) Nintendo Wii
(WiiWare) Wii Shop Channel 500 Wii points Piotr Bielatowiczpeter.bielatowicz@blooberteam.com
Game Description: Catch fish across 24 challenging levels, Fish Tank is an exciting arcade-style matching game, in which you collect shoals of colourful fish. With a four player co-op mode as well as nine different power-ups to enhance your gameplay. Practice hard and perhaps you could win the ultimate fishing trophy.

The SpotPass™ feature on Nintendo 3DS allows you to automatically receive a host of exciting content such as 3D videos for Nintendo Video ™, notifications, add-on data for your software and system updates without lifting a finger. SpotPass content can be received automatically and free of charge from thousands of supported public Wi-Fi access points across Europe and through wireless broadband internet connections at home. It works even if the system is in Sleep Mode.

This week you can download the next instalment of the Circus 3D series via Nintendo Video. Circus 3D is a series of clips which will transport you into a world of a real life circus and put you the viewer in the heart of the action wherever you may be. Take in a birds-eye view of an acrobat on parallel bars or feel like you are with the artists on stage through innovative points of views. Watch an aerial performance from the floor or the point of view from inside a cage with tigers. Circus 3D will offer you an exhilarating experience which immerses you into circus life as if you were actually there, all in 3D and in the palm of your hand.

Available again this week via Nintendo Video is 3D Machine, the story of a brilliant inventor who finally makes a breakthrough creating a wondrous invention only to leave it in the hands of his incapable assistant leading to wealth and love, but inevitably ending in a catastrophe.