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Happy Sunday everyone! Microtic (Drew) has done something I really wanted to share. He was able through 3D technology on the PC, mixed with Dolphin and the Steam, to make two videos that will play on your 3DS.

One is for Runner2, which is available for various platforms and is super duper awesome. The other is Xenoblade Chronicles, which came out on Wii . These videos are not optimized completely (framerate and what have you), but I bet that he is still looking into his options. It is a cool glimpse on how videos from the outside could work and I highly suggest checking it out.To use these videos, be sure to put them on your SD card and go to the camera application to view them to your heart’s content!

Give him also some praise on Twitter, as I am pretty sure he would appreciate it.

Go and check the first issue on Magcloud here! I have included a message from the head honcho Lucas below.

It’s Nintendo Force Launch Day! Thank you all so much for your excitement and enthusiasm leading up to today. This represents the culmination of several months of work for all of us who came together to create this debut issue of the all-new Nintendo Force Magazine, and it’s been especially gratifying to see all the positive comments and pledges of support from all of you in the past three weeks since we went public with our existence.

Today, in addition to Nintendo Force Magazine’s first issue going on sale, I promised answers to your remaining questions. I apologize if we’ve been stingy with details or seemed unresponsive to your inquiries – the majority of our energy these past few weeks has been put into making the debut issue a reality. Now that that’s done, we’re able to come back out of the shadows a bit and start offering responses.

First up is where to buy Nintendo Force Magazine #1. After examining a few different options, we’ve decided to make our debut issue available through HP MagCloud. It has some positives and some negatives. Let’s talk about both.

On the positive side, going through MagCloud gives us great distribution range. You can buy a digital copy of the magazine. You can buy a physical copy of the magazine – and get a free digital version thrown in too. You can read the digital version of Nintendo Force on your iPad by way of MagCloud’s free reader app – a feature many of you have requested. And, also critically important to many of you, you can get Nintendo Force delivered to you anywhere you live around the world. MagCloud offers shipping to pretty much everywhere on the planet.

Now, a couple of negatives. MagCloud doesn’t offer subscriptions. I know there are tons and tons of you out there who want to subscribe as soon as possible, and that kind of support is incredible – I had no idea so many people would want to jump into full subscriptions so quickly, before even seeing the first issue. So we are working on finding the best subscription situation we can as soon as we can, to be able to serve those of you who are ready to join the Force for a year or more.

We will nail down the subscription plan before the arrival of Issue #2, guaranteed, so if you want to be in on the ground floor then please send an email to subscriptions@nintendoforcemagazine.com with the subject line “I want to subscribe!”. We’ll put your email address on our mailing list and send out a notice to everyone soon with the full details of how subscriptions are going to work. Thanks again for your patience in this – we’re just at the beginning of a long journey into this new era together.

In the meantime, please visit MagCloud to make an individual purchase of Nintendo Force Magazine #1. A digital copy is priced at $4.99, while the combo pack of getting both a digital copy and a printed copy sent to your home is $17.99. If that’s a bit of sticker shock, again, I apologize. Print-on-demand isn’t absolutely ideal and it’s why we’re working to find more affordable solutions going forward.

But there are a couple of things that should soften the blow here – first, Nintendo Force Magazine contains no ads. We’re cover-to-cover content, so none of your money is buying a two-page spread for a steakhouse. Where your money is going is the second thing to remember:

Proceeds for your purchase are going to charity. We’re honoring NP’s legacy here and doing this as a labor of love, so when you buy Nintendo Force, you’re supporting kids that could use a helping hand.

And there you have it, friends. If you have any further questions, please direct them to forcefeedback@nintendoforcemagazine.com and we’ll do our best to answer them for you.

In closing, here’s our description for Issue #1. Which is on sale now!

“It’s cover-to-cover content in the debut issue of Nintendo Force, with no ads taking space away from the previews, reviews and features packed inside. The massive 26-page Year in Preview gives you a look ahead at all the biggest games of 2013, with special emphasis on four – Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney, Pikmin 3 and Rayman Legends. We’ve got North America’s first review of Fire Emblem: Awakening and an exclusive reveal of just what’s so “Deluxe” about Wii U’s Mutant Mudds Deluxe – this is the only place to see first screenshots of Max’s all-new enemies and the levels they inhabit. Proper homage is paid to the past, too, with envelope art, clay models, a six-page Retro section and three different comics – including one by Brawl in the Family’s Matthew Taranto and Chapter 1 of our serialized story, “Super Mario Bros.: Neo Bowser City.” All of that and much, much more await you here in our very first issue – and proceeds from sales go to charity. So come on and join the Force!”

Thanks again for your support! The new era has begun!

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Genre: Action-adventure game

Developer Ubisoft Montreal

Publisher: Ubisoft

Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition

Action-adventure game

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Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

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Call of Duty: Black Ops II

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Just Dance 4

Genre: Party game

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Little Inferno

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Madden 13

Genre: Sports

Developer: EA Tiburon

Publisher: Electronic Arts

Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth

Genre: Fighting

Publisher/Developer: Ubisoft

Mass Effect 3

Genre: Role-playing game

Developer: Bioware

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Mighty Switch Force: Hyper Drive Edition

Genre: Platform game

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Nano Assault Neo

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NBA 2K13

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Note: Supported, in certain games when played alone

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Developer: Ubisoft

Note: Supported, in a singleplayer only mode

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Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed

Genre: Racing

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Publisher: SEGA

Tekken Tag Tournament 2: Wii U Edition

Genre: Fighting game

Publisher/Developer: Namco Bandai

Trine 2: Director’s Cut

Genre: Action-adventure game

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