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Super Mario Advance 4, Kirby & the Amazing Mirror join 3DS Ambassador lineup
The Nintendo faithful have two more games to add to the list of Nintendo Ambassador freebies. It has been revealed that Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 and Kirby & the Amazing Mirror will be joining the list of GBA games included in this program, bringing the confirmed number of games to seven.
Early adopters who have purchased a 3DS, or plan to purchase one before the price drop on August 12, will receive 20 free downloadable games (10 NES games and 10 GBA games). This leaves three more GBA games and five more NES games to be confirmed before the NES titles become available for download on September 1. The GBA games will all be released before the end of 2011.
The current list of Virtual Console games confirmed to be part of the 3DS Ambassador program can be found after the break. (more…)
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Guitar Hero III tops biggest moneymakers list
Guitar Hero may be dead (for now at least), but the franchise has certainly left its mark on the gaming world. In a report released by The NPD Group yesterday, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock was crowned the king of all video games… in terms of total sales dollars that is. The music game has brought $830.9 million into Activision’s coffers, no doubt thanks to the expensive guitar bundle you see above.
Activision can also lay claim to the number two game on the list, Call of Duty: Black Ops (even though gamers have bought more copies of CODBLOPS than any other game ever). All told, the publisher snapped up half of the spots in the top ten.
But when it comes to printing money, the only other name that comes to mind is Nintendo. The consolemaker has four games in the top ten: both versions of Wii Fit, Wii Play and Mario Kart Wii. The only non-Activision/Nintendo title in the top ten was MTV Games’ Rock Band.
Interestingly, no game on the list was released before 2007, but CNBC pointed out that the list may not be entirely accurate as Super Mario Bros. 3 sold 18 million copies back in 1990 (before The NPD Group started tracking game sales). Originally retailing for $50, the game’s $900 million dollar tally would surpass every other game on the list.
Hit the jump for the full top ten. (more…)