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Love Blooms in new Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns trailer

Posted on February 11, 2017 by Jason Nason

XSEED Games today announced details on the five eligible bachelorettes whom players can woo in Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns with the first trailer in a series of upcoming videos. The company also tapped the honorable and adorable in-game capybara pet “Capy-san” to introduce the video series priming farmers for the game’s February 28th launch on Nintendo 3DS. Capy-san, the in-game capybara pet and pocket plushie had this to say: It makes me squeal with excitement to introduce the bachelorettes of Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns in the first of a series of weekly videos. With Valentine’s Day

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Pokémon Shuffle turns two

Posted on February 11, 2017 by Jason Nason

Nintendo is celebrating two years of Pokémon Shuffle with promotions and special in-game gifts. The Pokémon Shuffle game launched on the Nintendo 3DS two years ago, treating thousands of players to challenging puzzle fun. To celebrate the occasion, now through 9:00 a.m. (EST) on February 28th you can find in-game promotions and item giveaways such as Jewels, Raise Max Level, Skill Swapper, and Mega Speedup in both Pokémon Shuffle and Pokémon Shuffle Mobile to help you match and catch even more Pokémon in your game. Pokémon Shuffle and Pokémon Shuffle Mobile are free-to-play with micro-transactions.

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Mr. Pumpkin Adventure | REVIEW

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Jason Nason

Mr. Pumpkin Adventure is a puzzling little game which is so odd that it almost defies description. In the story of the game the protagonist of the game – Mr. Pumpkin adventures in the strange vegetable kingdom only to find his memory. Basically the game is a point and click (or in the case of the Wii U a tap and tap) game where you try to solve puzzles and advance to the goal. The game pretty much throws you into the thick of things with little explanation. After a brief comic strip style narration you are left to start

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LEGO Batman Builds Up The Lego Dimensions Collection Today

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Les Major

LEGO Batman Movie Story Pack
To coincide with the release of The LEGO Batman Movie hitting theaters today, fans can pick up the LEGO Batman Movie story pack for LEGO Dimensions! We absolutely loved the Fantastic Beasts story pack and if the previous content is any indication, this additional content is just getting better and better! The LEGO Batman Movie story pack comes with a physical Batgirl and Robin minifig. You know, that cute lovable dorky Robin from the trailers? Not just that but you also get a Batcomputer setup to build for the LEGO Dimensions Portal as well! So it’s a replacement portal like

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Steel Empire gets a permanent discount on Nintendo 3DS

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Jason Nason

Teyon announced today that they are permanently reducing the price of their Nintendo 3DS game Steel Empire. Starting today the game will be offered in the American Nintendo eShop with a new price of $9.99 USD, which is 66% off. The game was originally released back on July 31st, 2014. Dance with bullets and shoot down the enemy in Steel Empire now on Nintendo 3DS. Steel Empire is a steam punk shoot’em up game featuring a frantic combat filled with powerful enemies and insane obstacles. The game features a beautiful world and retro game-play as you dodge and shoot your

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February 9th Nintendo Download

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Jason Nason

Azure Striker Gunvolt: The Anime – Put together by anime superstars LandQ Studios and Touhoku Shinkai, Inti Creates debuts an electrifying anime adaptation on the Azure Striker Gunvolt series. The anime presents a scenario that fans of the series will be familiar with, while simultaneously presenting a deeper look into the world of Azure Striker Gunvolt. Download today. Parascientific Escape – Gear Detective – ‘Parascientific Escape～Gear Detective～’ is a sequal to ‘Parascientific Escape～Cruise in the distant seas～’, where the player is required to find clues and solve puzzles to escape certain situation using PSI abilities. The story follows Detective Kyosuke Ayana, who

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Azure Striker Gunvolt anime releases in Nintendo eShop today

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Jason Nason

Azure Striker Gunvolt was a hit 2D action platformer released for the Nintendo 3DS eShop back in 2014 with a sequel released last September. Now the Azure Striker Gunvolt series is striking back onto the scene with an anime adaptation. It is a standalone OVA that’s about as long as an episode of a TV anime show that features the original Japanese voice cast and a brand new English dub. Put together by superstar anime studios LandQ Studios and Touhoku Shinkai, the Gunvolt anime presents a scenario that fans of the series will be familiar with while simultaneously presenting a

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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Has Gone Gold

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Rae Michelle Richards

It appears that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has gone gold according to a tweet by Monolith Soft developer which Google Translate reads as “A certain title launch party at a certain hotel in Kyoto”. Is this one game the next entry in the Legend of Zelda series? According to Neo Gaf user Steiner this is indeed the case. It would make sense for Breath of the Wild to go gold considering it will ship alongside the Nintendo Switch in less than a month on March 3rd. Here’s the original untranslated tweet: 京都の某ホテルで某タイトルの打ち上げ会♪いやー完成して良かったー＼(^o^)／♪ pic.twitter.com/kLvKfTD7nK — 本根　康之 (@honnesan)

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IMPRESSIONS: Fire Emblem Heroes

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Jason Nason

Nintendo and Intellgent Systems today released the mobile game Fire Emblem Heroes. This is the third mobile app from Nintendo and the second game to be released by the company. Fire Emblem Heroes is an original strategy RPG about two warring kingdoms in a bitter clash. As a summoner, players build their army by calling upon popular Fire Emblem heroes from worlds that span the breadth of the series. Players will wage tactical battles streamlined for on-the-go play and level up a mix of new combatants and legendary heroes. Some familiar hero characters will become allies, while others will become

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Nintendo preps first ever Superbowl commercial

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Jason Nason

For the first time ever, Nintendo will run an ad during the Super Bowl. While last year’s Pokémon commercial was technically for The Pokémon Company, the 30-second spot is intended to build on the excitement for the upcoming new Nintendo Switch and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild game. Both the system and game are set to launch in Canada on March 3rd. The ad also features a new song by Imagine Dragons called “Believer.” The ad is scheduled to run during the game’s fourth quarter this Sunday, February 5th. “The most anticipated video game system and video

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Goonies, Lego City, And Hermione Join LEGO Dimensions Soon

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Les Major

Lego Dimensions Goonies
Even more action is coming to the wonder world of LEGO Dimensions! At least two all new sets are on the way for May 9th and those include Goonies and Lego City. The coolest news about these releases? Of course it’s the adventure worlds! We love those and it’s great to see even more characters that will unlock fresh new adventure worlds to explore. Hermione is also getting her own figure that comes with Buckbeak! You know, Hagrid’s hippogriff friend from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of the Azkaban. Check out the details straight from WB below along with the

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Mama cooks again this April on Nintendo 3DS

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Jason Nason

Rising Star Games today announced it has entered into a partnership with Japanese development studio Office Create, to bring the latest iteration of the Cooking Mama franchise to systems in the Nintendo 3DS. Cooking Mama: Sweet Shop is planned for a release in April, in the United States, Canada, South America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Middle East. In Cooking Mama: Sweet Shop players make and create a wide assortment of delicious looking sweets and puddings, and serve customers in the shop to keep them happy! There are 60 different recipes to create by taking part in over 160 different

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A Star Splashes this week in Wii U eShop

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Jason Nason

A cute new game is coming to the Wii U eShop this week in Star Splash: Shattered Star. In the game from Snails Animation / Snails Arcade you’ll swim, jump, dive and dash to save the world with your acrobatic dolphin skills! The celestial Mother Star brought balance to the planet for millennia. But because of an evil creature, it is now shattered into thousands of pieces. A courageous dolphin must find the pieces to reconstitute the Mother Star and defeat evil to prevent world devastation! In Star Splash: Shattered Star, you must do all sorts of well timed, precise

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Splatoon 2 Has A Single Player Story Set Two Years After First Game

Posted on January 29, 2017 by Les Major

Splatoon 2 Title
WHAT? Where was this news at the Nintendo Switch reveal? That’s right! I heard officially from a Nintendo PR rep at our recent Switch press event that yes, Splatoon 2 will indeed have a single player story campaign just like the first. So far we’ve only seen the multiplayer battle and some of the new weapons making this news HUGE! Splatoon 2 isn’t just a new block of updates on a new console, it really is a true sequel! In my upcoming video interview you’ll get to see our conversation firsthand. I was mainly trying to see if there were

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