Nintendo's two most beloved characters arrive on the 3DS eShop this week with the releases of The Legend Of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition and Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. Four Swords, the fourplayer adventure released for GameCube in 2004, is being released as part of the Zelda series' 25th anniversary celebrations. A free download for both 3DS owners from the eShop and DSi users from DSiWare, it supports fourplayer offline multiplayer and, for the first time, a singleplayer mode, with the lone adventurer able to switch between two characters with a button press. Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins is a re-release of the 1992 Game Boy title, and will cost £4.50 when it is released on Thursday.
Zelda and Mario will again go head-to-head before the year is out: 3DS'sSuper Mario 3D Land and Link's Wii swan-song The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword will both be released on November 18.