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Nintendo Download for June 30, 2011: Final Fantasy III and Kirby's Dream Land!
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Lewis B
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June 30, 2011, 16:13:40
 
Final Fantasy III and Kirby's Dream Land lead the way in this week's effort to win back the core crowd!

Virtual Console

Final Fantasy III (Wii by Square-Enix (then Squaresoft), 800 points)
Kirby's Dream Land (3DS by HAL, $3.99)

WiiWare

Big Town Shoot Out (Performance Designed Products, 500 points)

DSiWare (also available in the 3DS eShop)

Moto eXtreme (Chillingo, 800 points or $7.99)
The Lost Town (Circle Entertainment, 500 points or $4.99)
Boardwalk Ball Toss (Skyworks Interactive, 200 points or $1.99)
Heart Spades Euchre (Cosmigo, 500 points or $4.99)

Source.

Apologies for the lack of some information earlier. NoA was apparently scrambling to put together such an awesome statement yesterday that they didn't properly code their presser for today's download. The only thing lacking is Final Fantasy III's price, but I'm assuming it's 800 points.

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Posted: 06/30/11, 16:13:40  - Edited by 
Lewis B
  on: 06/30/11, 17:02:32    
 
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Hmm, Kirby's Dream Land on 3DS. The original though right, nothing touched up? I doubt I'll pick up the actual original.


Posted by 
DrFinkelstein
  on: 06/30/11, 16:19:57
FF 3 is tempting even though I own so many versions of that game.

Really makes me wish the 3DS had the 8 - 16 bit era games available on its VC.


Posted by 
Kal-El814
  on: 06/30/11, 16:21:50
Kirby's Dream Land is pretty boring in my opinion. I'm waiting for Kirby's Dream Land 2.

Might get FFIII though. Heard great things about that one, and for $8 I'll pick it up.


Posted by 
rebonack
  on: 06/30/11, 16:22:13
Moto eXtreme

God, that's zoomed in.


Posted by 
Guillaume
  on: 06/30/11, 16:24:46
Maybe now they can focus on Lufia II now that this is out. DO IT COME ON DAMMIT!


Posted by 
VofEscaflowne
  on: 06/30/11, 16:25:14
@rebonack

I can't recommend FFIII enough. It's, in my opinion, the pinnacle of the series. Everyone will argue that it was VII, but to those that played RPGs before they were cool, it's III (America's III, Japan's VI) and II (to a lesser extent).


Posted by 
ludist210
  on: 06/30/11, 16:25:48
@VofEscaflowne

I'm sorry I got your hopes up 6 months ago, man, really.


Posted by 
Guillaume
  on: 06/30/11, 16:25:59


couldn't find and of the other games on youtube. Didn't try to find FF III because I'm sure most of us know how that game is already.


Posted by 
shinriley
  on: 06/30/11, 16:32:57
It took so long for FF3 to be released but now it's here and YEAH BOYYYY.

Except I've been waiting to play this with Sarah (it's her favorite game) and now she's leaving for a month on this exact day. Guess I gotta wait even longer!

Kirby's Dream Land isn't a bad platformer. I remember thinking it was pretty awesome when my brother got it way back in the early '90's. The cast is cute and the inhale/spit gameplay makes for a different beast than the later Kirby games (which focus much more on using abilities). That said, it is pretty short and simple, so it might be best to wait for the sequel.

Guillaume said:
Moto eXtreme

God, that's zoomed in.
This made me laugh for some reason. Why's it so BIG...?

@Kal-El814
I think I remember that you used to have an IGN icon of all the FF3 characters laughing. It was awesome.


Posted by 
TriforceBun
  on: 06/30/11, 16:36:07  - Edited by 
TriforceBun
  on: 06/30/11, 16:37:16
God these Thursday updates catch me by surprise. I want Mondays back

But hard to complain when one of the best RPGs ever comes out! I'm gonna probably wait to see if VC games transfer to Wii U before I buy it, but it will definitely be mine sooner or later.


Posted by 
Jargon
  on: 06/30/11, 16:39:50
@TriforceBun

I don't THINK that was me, but I know the icon you mean and it is indeed awesome!

But I posted there for a decade so... it's possible that I'm wrong.


Posted by 
Kal-El814
  on: 06/30/11, 16:40:15
That Moto game looks kind of fun. Like a boxy Trials. And the bionic arm makes up for the intense zoom. It doesn't look fast enough for the zoom to matter much, though.

I didn't realize that EVERYTHING moved to Thursday. I thought the VC and 3DS stuff was staggered.

Man, DSiWare is still getting a LOT of games.


Posted by 
Anand
  on: 06/30/11, 17:41:11
@Guillaume

I didn't think I was THAT annoying


Posted by 
VofEscaflowne
  on: 06/30/11, 17:42:47
Pretty sweet update.


Posted by 
roykoopa64
  on: 06/30/11, 17:49:57
This TOTALLY makes up for yesterday's Facebook comment.


Posted by 
missypissy
  on: 06/30/11, 17:52:26
@missypissy

They're winning the core back already!

I'm actually downloading something onto my Wii for the first time in ages (Final Fantasy III) and getting Kirby's Dream Land. It's a fun romp. Short, but worth the $4 for me.


Posted by 
ludist210
  on: 06/30/11, 18:09:23
I kind of wish they stuck with the inhale/spit mechanic as opposed to the abilities. Once I get the sword or whatever in a Kirby game, it's all just hitting right and attacking.

With a refined formula of the original inhale/spit, there could have been some great strategic platforming elements. Oh well, at least Kirby looks badass in some of his forms.


Posted by 
ploot
  on: 06/30/11, 19:23:33
I went ahead and downloaded Kirby Dream Land. I've never played it before, so I'm happy I finally have the chance to do so.


Posted by 
GameDadGrant
  on: 06/30/11, 23:20:36
@ploot
I can see where you're coming from. The modern Kirby formula certainly isn't very 'tight', considering all of the powers that you can get. Meta Knight Mode in Nightmare in Dreamland was actually pretty challenging.


Posted by 
Anand
  on: 06/30/11, 23:38:57
@GameDadGrant

Enjoy it! It is short and not overly difficult, but it's Kirby's first game and it's still a lot of fun.


Posted by 
ludist210
  on: 06/30/11, 23:40:48
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