The release began yesterday in Australia and Japan, and continued this morning in Europe and North America; the ten free GBA games for 3DS Ambassadors are now available!

If you bought a 3DS and connected to the eShop before the system price drop on August 12 of 2011, the following games are yours as a thank you from Nintendo: Yoshi’s Island, The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, Metroid Fusion, Warioware Inc., Mario Kart Super Circuit, Kirby and the Amazing Mirror, Warioland 4, F-Zero: Maximum Velocity, Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones and Mario VS. Donkey Kong.

As before with the ten NES games, head to “Settings” and check under “Your Downloads.”

Yoshi’s Island is one of my all-time favorites, and I can’t wait to finally play Minish Cap. My 3DS has suddenly turned into the greatest single collection of games I’ve ever held in my hand! No word yet on when these (and other?) GBA games will become available for sale on eShop, but I hope Nintendo will make an announcement soon.

Today I finished what may be one of the finest Zelda adventures yet in Skyward Sword, and to celebrate this edition of Nintentunes is all Zelda, all the time! This time we will travel through the handheld versions of the Zelda franchise which contain fantastic music in their own right. For all those playing Skyward Sword, how do you think the music in the Wii adventure holds up? (more…)

Not only is Advance Tour’s core gameplay the best game of golf, the story mode is all sorts of RPG awesome. It’s also the epitome of “just one more time” when attempting level up challenges. I can’t put this game down. If you haven’t already, get that.

Welcome to another edition of Nintentunes! This week we will be giving away three t-shirts to three lucky Infendo readers with the help of two cats and a girlfriend. Thank you all for participating in the contest, the winners can be found in the above video. Thank you to Threadless for providing the t-shirts for the giveaway!

Winners should email eugene@infendo.com to set the free t-shirt wheels in motion.

Weren’t a winner, no problem! The consolation prize for the entire Infendo nation is classic Nintendo music that will rock your socks off! Click on through to give your ears a treat. This week: handhelds.

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As part of my summer-long quest to relive classic Game Boy games, I bought Final Fight One recently. Good game, as expected.

What’s better is the game’s listed gameplay features. Whoever wrote these deserves a gold star.  (more…)