Aren’t Nintendo holiday seasons great? The first-party fun kicked off last week with the amazing Freakyforms, continued through the masterpiece Super Mario 3D Land, added a 3D Kirby (well, 3D 2D) today, and continues steamrolling toward Skyward Sword this Sunday and Mariokart 7 in December! Not to mention that there should be some announcement very soon about those ten free GBA games for Ambassadors!

But, focusing on today, 3D Classics: Kirby’s Adventure is now available on the eShop for $6.99. If you’ve never played this great platformer, you should definitely pick it up. If you’ve already played it–either in its original NES cartridge form or as a Wii VC download–there’s still good reason to purchase this revisit: the game has never, ever looked this good before. (more…)

The end of the week saw a lot of tidbits flooding out of Nintendo regarding Mariokart, new eShop games and the upcoming 3DS firmware update. What did you think? Which ones–if any–got you smiling?

In case you missed any of the details, here’s a quick rundown of the highlights: (more…)

Kirby Mass Attack (out today) is getting really good reviews. Here’s one in particular:

There will inevitably be Kirby purists who will baulk at the rather unorthodox gameplay concept behind Kirby Mass Attack, but if they do they’ll be missing out on one of Kirby’s most unique adventures to date. While there are a few extremely minor control issues that pop up from time to time, the touchscreen-only controls perform well, making the game an absolute joy to play. In truth, Kirby Mass Attack might very well be the closest thing to a Canvas Curse sequel we’ll ever likely see and proves to be yet another extremely charming and engaging Kirby adventure.

After hosting out-of-town relatives this weekend, I’m excited to bust open my copy today.

See also: Max and The Magic Marker on WiiWare among others.

I haven’t hopped on the Nintendo hate wagon that’s been going on around here yet, so here’s my entry: worst Nintendo box art ever.

Come on Nintendo! You’d think that a cutey line Kirby deserves to have his happy mug splashed on the cover of his new title Mass Attack! I also have never heard of this developer called TEMP.

Seriously, though, I love Kirby and this game looks rad – anyone else excited to play it? Click past the break to check out some choice screenies. (more…)