When you see two round objects rolling your way, don’t be alarmed: They’re probably just a harmless golf ball and a familiar pink puffball. On May 2, the Mario Golf: World Tour and Kirby: Triple Deluxe games are launching in stores and in the Nintendo eShop on the Nintendo 3DS family of systems.
Mario Golf: World Tour
Players can drive, swing and putt using their favourite residents of the Mushroom Kingdom like Mario, Luigi and Princess Peach, or their Mii characters. Exciting courses that are filled with Warp Pipes or even Piranha Plants await players in Mario Golf: World Tour, as well as more traditional golf courses.
It wouldn’t be a golf game set in the Mushroom Kingdom if power-ups inspired by the Super Mario Bros. series weren’t waiting to be activated. Mario Golf: World Tour features plenty of items that can add an extra element of fun to the game when used. The Dash Mushroom, for example, gives the golf ball extra speed when it hits the ground; the Fire Flower burns through leaves and tufts of grass; and the Bullet Bill power-up allows the ball to fly in a straight line and ignore wind.
When not playing one of the numerous courses, players can wander the expansive Castle Club and its luxurious grounds as a Mii character to purchase new gear, visit the trophy room, or take a break in the lounge to hang out with Mario and friends. There are hundreds of pieces of gear to unlock in the game, including shirts, pants, gloves, hats, golf clubs and golf balls. Each piece of gear can enhance Mii characters’ golf attributes and add power or control to their shots, according to their play style.  You can head online too, for online play or participate in tournaments
Kirby: Triple Deluxe
In Kirby: Triple Deluxe, players must help Kirby save longtime rival King Dedede by traveling through numerous colourful worlds while inhaling enemies, copying their abilities and jumping back and forth between foreground and background in dynamic 3D side-scrolling levels.
Kirby’s legendary ability to copy enemies’ powers returns, allowing him to inhale, spit and transform into new forms like the bow-wielding Archer and the horn-sporting Beetle, as well as returning classics like Parasol, Hammer and Sword. These forms each possess their own abilities and help Kirby make his way through numerous challenges. New to the Kirby series and a highlight of Kirby: Triple Deluxe is Kirby’s new, dramatic Hypernova ability. After collecting Miracle Fruit, Kirby will be imbued with the ability to inhale almost anything that stands in his way, including massive obstacles and entire sections of levels. The Hypernova ability can also come in handy for solving massive puzzles that Kirby might encounter throughout the game.
While taking a break from the action of the single-player adventure, up to four friends can duke it out in the Kirby Fighters multiplayer battle mode via local wireless or Download Play. Kirby Fighters finds players picking their favourite copy abilities and using them in fighting-game style matches against friends or the game’s AI (artificial intelligence). With Download Play support, four friends can play together using only one game card. (Additional Nintendo 3DS systems are required for multiplayer modes.)
Fans of collecting hidden items will love Kirby: Triple Deluxe. The game has more than 250 keychains that are hidden in each stage. Every keychain is inspired by the gorgeous character sprite art from classic Kirby games like Kirby’s Dream Land and Kirby Super Star. Keychains can also be collected by using the StreetPass functionality of the Nintendo 3DS system to tag other players who also have the game.