Samus And Dixie Kong Join North America’s 3DS And Wii U Virtual Consoles

Jenni Lada

Published: Jun 2, 2016 09:00 am

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Two new games have been added to the Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Wii U Virtual Consoles in North America today. The handheld has received Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble, while the console gets Metroid Prime Hunters.

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Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble originally appeared on the Super Nintendo, meaning this Virtual Console game can only be played on New Nintendo 3DS systems. Dixie Kong’s babysitting Kiddy Kong, but she also has to go through 40 levels to rescue the missing Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong. For $7.99, people can help her on your quest again.

Metroid Prime Hunters originally appeared on the Nintendo DS. It’s a first-person shooter set between Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. Players follow Samus as she goes to the Alimbic solar system, learns about the Ambic race, and tries to acquire artifacts before some bounty hunters do. It costs $9.99.

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Jenni Lada

Jenni is Editor-in-Chief at Siliconera and has been playing games since getting access to her parents' Intellivision as a toddler. She continues to play on every possible platform and loves all of the systems she owns. (These include a PS4, Switch, Xbox One, WonderSwan Color and even a Vectrex!) You may have also seen her work at GamerTell, Cheat Code Central, Michibiku and PlayStation LifeStyle.