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Pokémon Sun and Moon become fastest-selling games in Nintendo history in the Americas


Posted on November 30, 2016 by Jason Nason

Pokémon Sun and Moon have hit another milestone. After becoming the most pre-ordered video games in Nintendo history, Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon have now become the fastest-selling games that Nintendo has ever launched in the Americas. In less than two weeks, Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon for the Nintendo 3DS sold a combined total of 3.7 million units. The sales numbers represent an 85 percent increase over Pokémon X and Pokémon Y (the previous record holders for Nintendo’s fastest-selling games) Those games launched in 2013.

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Universal Parks and Nintendo bringing Nintendo to life


Posted on November 30, 2016 by Jason Nason

Imagine the fun of stepping into a larger-than-life Nintendo adventure. Gigantic Piranha Plants spring to life. Question blocks, power-ups and more surround you. And Mario and all his friends are there to pull you into a brand-new world. You will enter an entire realm filled with iconic Nintendo excitement, gameplay, heroes and villains. And it is coming to three Universal theme parks around the globe.

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Pokémon GO updates, Ditto, and local realtime tracker


Posted on November 27, 2016 by Jason Nason

I’ll be honest. After the initial craze for Pokémon GO hit I somewhat fell off the bandwagon. I wasn’t one of those people who spent hours and days walking around seeking the elusive creatures, sucking up tons and tons of data. I’ll admit, after I let a friend without mobile data tether off of my data and I ended up going way over my monthly data, I really scaled back on my usage. Heck, I’m only level 14. But I have been keeping tabs on the game and am not one of those who uninstalled the game and wrote it

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November 24th Nintendo Download


Posted on November 24, 2016 by Jason Nason

Dragon Ball Fusions – Dragon Ball Fusions is the latest exclusive Dragon Ball experience for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems. It’s an RPG action game that combines fighting, customization and collection elements to bring Dragon Ball to the next level. In this new world, players will discover powerful items, find warriors who can become their allies and build teams to bring into battle to see who the best fighters are.

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Chase: Cold Case Investigations ~Distant Memories~ | REVIEW


Posted on November 23, 2016 by Jason Nason

This is going to be a quicky review, which is appropriate because the subject of this review is a quicky game. While Chase: Cold Case Investigations ~Distant Memories~ is listed as a puzzle adventure game, is really isn’t either. Chase is a very linear visual novel game with very limited interaction coming from the player. It’s mostly a visual novel with the illusion of choices. The game takes place at the Cold Case Unit of the 3rd Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Two detectives work in the cold case unit that never steps outside. One is an eccentric, Shounosuke Nanase, and

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November 17th Nintendo Download


Posted on November 18, 2016 by Jason Nason

Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon – Embark on a new adventure and catch, battle and trade new Pokémon on the tropical islands of the Alola Region. Discover Z-Moves and unleash these intense attacks in battle. Call upon Pokémon with Poké Ride to discover new areas across the region and take on the Island Challenge Trials to become the Pokémon Champion! Who are you going to choose as your partner Pokémon: Rowlet, Litten or Popplio? The Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon games will be available on Nov. 18. Until then, don’t forget you can download the Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon

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XSeed bringing Exile’s End to Wii U eShop next week


Posted on November 16, 2016 by Jason Nason

XSeed Games is bringing their cool retro-looking side scrolling action game Exile’s End to the Wii U eShop next week, with the game landing on Nintendo’s digital service on November 22nd. Exile’s End is a collaboration between Tokyo-based independent game developer Matt Fielding and several talented Japanese game industry veterans, backed by Japanese publisher Marvelous. The game is a remake of Fielding’s first independent release, Inescapable, building and expanding on the original idea by adding an atmospheric soundtrack, significantly more enemies, animated cutscenes, greater story depth, a greatly expanded world, and multiple endings. The game plays out as an exploration-driven

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Dragon Ball Fusions released moved up to November 22nd


Posted on November 15, 2016 by Jason Nason

Bandai Namco announced today that they are moving up the release date for their upcoming game based on the Dragon Ball franchise up. Dragon Ball Fusions, which was supposed to be released in mid-December, will not arrive in stores and the Nintendo 3DS eShop on November 22nd, 2016. Dragon Ball Fusions is the latest Dragon Ball experience to appear on the Nintendo 3DS, with the game an action-RPG game that combines fighting, customization, and item collection elements to bring the Dragon Ball world to life. The game features a huge roster of character appearances stretching across Dragon Ball through Dragon

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Nintendo Switch price revealed?


Posted on November 14, 2016 by Jason Nason

While the price and launch details for Nintendo’s newest console aren’t planned to be revealed until the new year, Toys’R’Us Canada may have just let the pricing details slip early A product listing (which has been since taken down) appeared on the Canadian retailer’s website Sunday which had the price for the Nintendo Switch listed at $329.99 CAD. The price, if accurate, gives the Switch a solid launch price and highly competitive to the Xbox and PlayStation.

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Big sale this week for Nintendo Badge Arcade anniversary


Posted on November 11, 2016 by Jason Nason

To celebrate the one year anniversary of the Nintendo Badge Arcade 3DS game, Nintendo is launching a limited time sale on game plays. Nintendo Badge Arcade of course is the free-to-start, crane machine game, where you try to collect badges from popular titles to customize your Nintendo 3DS HOME Menu. From November 10th until November 17th, you can purchase plays for up to 50% off the regular price. For example the price for 10-plays in Canada is typically $2.98, but for the rest of the week will cost just $1.50. You can also get four free plays during the week

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November 10th Nintendo Download


Posted on November 10, 2016 by Jason Nason

Harvest Moon: Skytree Village – Exclusive to the Nintendo 3DS system, this game lets players revive the land and save a village. It features new and easy farming mechanics, updated tools, terraforming and a new animal: the Poitou Donkey. Play as a boy or girl, interact with a new cast of characters, get married and start a family. Also New this Week Cartoon Network: Battle Crashers (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS) Dangerous Road (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS) Kutar Apple (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS) Kutar Burger Factory (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS) Kutar Concert Staff (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo

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Fantastic Beasts Coming To Lego Dimensions This Month


Posted on November 10, 2016 by Les Major

Lego Fantastic Beasts Trailer
Releasing the same day as movie theaters bring viewers back into the Wizarding world that started in Harry Potter, Lego Dimensions is also getting swept up in the expanded universe adventure! The Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them Story Pack will be available on November 18th. Story Packs are a new addition to this years Lego Dimensions line up. The first featured the 2016 Ghostbusters in a new six level adventure based on the movie. Fantastic Beasts follows suit with six levels based on the new movie, a free roam adventure world to explore, and a themed battle arena.

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Lego Dimensions Gremlins Trailer Featuring Marceline


Posted on November 10, 2016 by Les Major

Marceline and Gizmo
Keeping fun and enjoyable, Lego Dimensions is rolling out even more content later this month! Already the likes of A-Team, Mission Impossible, Ghostbusters (2016), and even Harry Potter have joined the cross franchise ranks. Of course the best of all of this content is the ability to unlock adventure worlds which are typically big free roam stages that allow you to quest around a big Lego level based on that franchise. Unlocking them is really simplistic and even cost effective as well. All you need is any character from a specific Franchise to unlock that adventure world. So even if

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Nintendo Brings Back the ‘80s to Celebrate the Launch of the NES Classic Edition


Posted on November 10, 2016 by Jason Nason

The NES Classic is sure to be the hit of the holidays and Nintendo is fully embracing their 8-bit roots. The company is bringing back some other retro pieces in another blast from the past. The Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition system, which includes 30 classic NES games such as Super Mario Bros., Metroid, Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, Kirby’s Adventure and PAC-MAN, launches on November 11th. But it’s not just the launch of this retro console that’ll see you remembering the glory days of gaming. On the night of November 10th, fans who visit the Nintendo NY

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Cartoon Network: Battle Crashers lands today


Posted on November 9, 2016 by Jason Nason

The latest game licensed from Cartoon Network, titled Cartoon Network: Battle Crashers, hits stores today. The game is an original side-scrolling action game available which is available on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo 3DS. Coming from Maximum Games in partnership with GameMill Entertainment, Cartoon Network: Battle Crashers smashes together the universes of some of Cartoon Network’s biggest animated series for one outrageous adventure across dimensions. There are six fan-favourite heroes to choose from, including Steven Universe (Steven Universe), Gumball (The Amazing World of Gumball), Clarence (Clarence), Uncle Grandpa (Uncle Grandpa), as well as the buddy pairs Finn &

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