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Let’s say you bought a pair of cartridge-based games to go with your Nintendo 3DS, but you’re embracing our all-digital future and want to replace them with downloadable copies. You won’t have to toss all your game progress at the same time: a newly available 3DS firmware update includes a tool to move save files from a retail copy to its downloadable version. The transfer is strictly one-way, though, so there’s no falling back for gaming Luddites. Nintendo offers a bonus if you’re fully in step with the online world, though — background downloads can now start just by closing the lid while the eShop is running. Both elements of the update are simple on the surface, but they could go a long way in helping us ditch a legacy of plastic game libraries.

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Back in 2001, Nintendo launched a video game focused on Mario’s brother Luigi called Luigi’s Mansion. Nintendo has announced that the sequel to that game is set to launch on March 24, which is this coming Sunday. The game will be a Nintendo 3DS exclusive title.

The game is called Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon and promises to be a spooky adventure for Luigi fans. The game has a number of ghosts that need to be captured, puzzles to be solved, and haunted mansions to explore. The game kicks off Nintendo’s Year of Luigi that will see Mario’s younger brother celebrated with a number of new video games during 2013.

In Dark Moon, Luigi has to explore several unique mansions featuring colorful 3-D visuals. Each mansion has numerous ghosts that Luigi has to capture and challenging puzzles for players to solve. The game also features treasure for Luigi to collect.

Luigi will capture the ghosts using his Poltergust 5000 vacuum cleaner and new abilities unlocked during the game. Players can replay each mission to improve their score by collecting more treasure or losing less health. Nintendo says that almost every object in the rooms of the game mansions can be interacted with. The game will also support multiple player modes with up to four players using local wireless, download, or online play.

[via Luigi’s Mansion]

Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon for Nintendo 3DS launches this month is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Nintendo has announced that on March 24 it will be releasing a limited edition yellow Nintendo 3DS XL that features a cute outline of Pikachu on the back. The handset is being released the same day as the upcoming Pokemon video game for the 3DS, and Nintendo is offering a game for free to those who purchase both the special edition handset and the Pokemon game.

On March 24, Nintendo will also be releasing Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity, which it boasts as a game with a “deep and compelling story full of unexpected twists.” Gamers can choose to play as one of five different Pokemon through randomly generated Mystery Dungeons, where battles await and other pokemon can be recruited.

Says Nintendo, the Mystery Dungeons that are generated are “near infinite”, meaning players won’t be getting bored any time soon. In addition, entrances to new dungeons can be discovered via “everyday circular objects,” which the gamer will scan with the 3DS’s camera. It doesn’t specify what these everyday objects are, however. Only those with a 3DS will be able to play; it isn’t being offered on any other system.

The special edition 3DS will be available for $199.99 and will include a 4GB SD card. The Gates to Infinity game, meanwhile, will be priced at $34.99. Those who purchase both and register them will be given a download code for one of five free games: Super Mario 3D Land, Art Academy: Lessons for Everyone, Star Fox 64 3D, Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask, and Freakyforms Deluxe: Your Creations, Alive!

[via Nintendo]

Nintendo 3DS XL Pikachu edition unveiled is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Nintendo is one company that has more or less perfected the art of rolling out as many colors and designs as possible for a single portable console, and yet are able to continue to maintain a high selling ratio despite flooding the market with what some other companies might deem to be “gimmicks”. Well, it has just been announced in Japan that they will be introducing a spanking new Nintendo 3DS XL (although in the Land of the Rising Sun, that will be known as the Nintendo 3DS LL) this coming April 18th.

Just like all of the other Nintendo 3DS XL consoles, this Mint White version will retail for 18,900 yen a pop, retaining the same design although the green lid (mint here) would complement the overall white case. Not only that, April 18th will also see a special edition bundle arrive that pays homage to the latest Tomodachi Collection life simulation game. When will us folks be able to get the Mint White Nintendo 3DS XL? Time will tell, and you can always import one if patience is not your strong suit. [Press Release]

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Nintendo is always announcing new colors for its video game systems, especially its Nintendo 3DS. Just last month, Nintendo introduced a blue Nintendo 3DS bundled with a digital copy of Fire Emblem Awakening. The 3DS also has some cool Fire Emblem branding on it, which we’re sure fans of the popular RPG series were drooling over.

Two new Nintendo 3DS colors are being introduced today, but will only be available in Japan for the time being. If you’ve been looking for a 3DS to be covered in either Light Blue or Gloss Pink, then you’re in luck as those are the exact two colors Nintendo is announcing today. Both variations will come with double the space as a 4GB SD card will be included, instead of the standard 2GB SD card. (more…)

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