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Defend your Crypt hits 3DS/Wii U eShop tomorrow

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Jason Nason

After launching our first title on the Nintendo Wii U, Ratalaika Games is breaking into the portable market on the Nintendo 3DS. After several months of development, Defend your Crypt will be released in the Nintendo eShop tomorrow. The game will be released simultaneously in the Nintendo eShop for both the 3DS and Wii U, in North America as well as Europe. In addition to the Nintendo eShop, Defend Your Crypt will be available on the same day on PC via Steam in a package that includes the game, the original soundtrack, and a few extras.

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Animal Crossing: New Leaf update coming to support amiibo

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Jason Nason

Nintendo unveiled this morning that there is an update coming for Animal Crossing: New Leaf for the Nintendo 3DS. Nearly four years after the release, Nintendo is releasing a free update for the game. The update, which will come this November, will bring amiibo functionality to the game. Animal Crossing: New Leaf will support all four series of Animal Crossing amiibo cards, which consist of 400 cards in total. According to the amiibo website, tapping an Animal Crossing amiibo card to your game will prompt the villager on the card to visit your town. They may even move in!

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Pokemon Go Launched In 26 Additional European Countries

Posted on July 16, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

Niantic Lab & Nintendo’s smash hit mobile adaptation Pokemon Go has launched in an additional 26 European countries according to the developer’s official Facebook Page. This rollout on iOS and Android brings the total number of European countries with access to the game to 36 with 10 more until all of Europe & the UK has access to catch ’em all. Still no word on a Canadian launch date or a Mexican launch date leaving users in North America who aren’t American to side-load the game and possibly become infested with malware. Here is a complete list of the new countries

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Nintendo drops the price of 2DS systems in Canada

Posted on July 16, 2016 by Jason Nason

A few months after a price drop in the United States, Nintendo of Canada has followed suit with a price reduction for the Nintendo 2DS. As of yesterday, July 15th, Nintendo lowered the price of its kid-friendly portable Nintendo 2DS system to a suggested retail price of $109.99. The previous price point for the portable system was $129.99. The Nintendo 2DS launched in October 2013 and is part of the Nintendo 3DS family of systems. “Nintendo 2DS is the best value available for a portable dedicated gaming system and is great for gaming on the go,” said Pierre-Paul Trepanier, Nintendo

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Coder Child announces Stickman Super Athletics for 3DS

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Jason Nason

Coder Child will be competing with a new game on the horizon. Are you skilled? Are you competitive? Do you like to win? You’ll have the chance to prove this and much more in Stickman Super Athletics. With the Olympic Games just round the corner, Coder Child’s latest will have you participating in stickman versions of various events which you might find in a world class international competitive sporting event. The game features 8 game types including qualifying rounds, 100m, 110m hurdles, swimming, cycling, long jump, and more. You can compete against your friends and see who is the most

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July 14th Nintendo Download

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Jason Nason

Monster Hunter Generations – On July 15, get ready to hunt monsters in style with Monster Hunter Generations, exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems! Featuring four unique Hunting Styles, special Hunter Arts abilities and more, this is the most customizable Monster Hunter experience to date. Click here to see the trailer. 7th Dragon III Code: VFD – Fight dragons and experience the long-awaited series making its way out of Japan for the first time. Travel through three different eras with your team of dragon hunters and experience turn-based, dungeon-crawling RPG action. Click here to see the trailer. Also

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Nintendo announces Mini Collector’s Edition NES

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Fionna Schweit

Its what you always wanted right? Ok, maybe not. But its a good start. After the success of Pokemon Go it seems Nintendo have decided that cashing in on nostalgia will be their business strategy. I am not at all surprised to see Nintendo announce something like this. Its a good time for retro. 30 retro games, in a nice tiny package, just in time for holiday! Its a good time to be a Nintendo shareholder. Ok so what is it already Its an NES, but tiny, and with an HDMI port. Its going to be ready packed with 30

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Pokémon Sun and Moon have heartwarming ads in Japan

Posted on July 13, 2016 by Jason Nason

You know Pokémon is kind of a global phenomenon, as has been co clearer recently with the explosion of Pokémon GO around the world, and it’s not even “officially” available everywhere yet. The series got its roots in the handheld RPG format. Since the first game was released twenty years ago, millions of people have played one or more of the games. As someone who has been around since the very first game (I still have my original box and game cart of Pokémon red) I almost forget sometimes that there are millions of new kids who have yet to

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Fairune 2 to remain 3DS exclusive

Posted on July 13, 2016 by Jason Nason

With Fairune 2 set to be released in the 3DS eShop in Japan today, Circle Entertainment has shared thru social media that the game will remain a 3DS exclusive title. The original Fairune title, released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2014, was later ported by developers Skipmore and URARA-WORKS as a free-to-play mobile title. That won’t be the case this time as it appears that there are no plans to port Fairune 2 to mobile platforms.

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Tumblestone lands on Wii U today

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Jason Nason

Completely reinventing the Match-3 genre, containing fast-paced action-puzzle multiplayer gameplay as well as a deep and cerebral single-player mode, Tumblestone arrives in the Wii U eShop today. Tumblestone is being billed as the first original action-puzzle game of the past fifteen years. The game has the standard online and local multiplayer but also has a single player story mode. The story mode is said to boast a 40+ hour campaign that will test your puzzle-solving prowess. The game also features more than ten gameplay modifiers, challenge puzzles, and boss battles. The gang here at Broken Joysticks held a Q&A with

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Adventure Labyrinth Story set for August

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Jason Nason

Circle Entertainment this morning both released a trailer for and confirmed the release window for their new game Adventure Labyrinth Story. The game will be released on July 21st in Europe and in August 2016 in North America. The third game in the series, after Adventure Bar Story and Mercenaries Saga 2, Adventure Labyrinth Story is a rogue-like RPG that challenges an unknown dungeon.

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Kemco’s Journey to Kreisia comes to 3DS this week

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Jason Nason

Kemco is bringing another mobile RPG to the Nintendo 3DS. Journey to Kreisia is set to be released in the Nintendo 3DS eShop this Thursday, July 14th. While attempting to skip out on a homework assignment and meet up with his friends at the arcade, a teenager by the name of Yusis is suddenly enveloped in a blinding light and transported to Kreisia- a world where fantasy meets reality. Soon after, he learns he has been summoned as a Savior to deliver Kreisia’s people from the threat of the Overlord. Thinking everything happening around him is simply a dream, Yusis

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7th Dragon just days away

Posted on July 10, 2016 by Jason Nason

The age of dragons is here, well almost anyway. 7th Dragon III Code: VFD will be released in stores in just a few days, with the launch set to happen this Tuesday, July 12th. With the imminent release, SEGA has released a new trailer for the gale as well as some sweet information on upcoming DLC for the game. Through three different eras in the game (present-day Tokyo, ancient Atlantis, and futuristic Eden), players get to customize their own professional team of dragon hunters to meet the inevitable threat. With 96 appearance variations to choose from, eight unique classes to

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The Complete Guide to Pokémon GO [Updated]

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Renee Gittins

Pokémon GO has spread like wildfire across the United States and other countries lucky enough to have access to it right now. However, the guides are far and few between. We’ve collected the best and most important tips and tricks to guide you right here! PokéStops PokéStops grant you items, including Eggs, Potions, Revives, Poké Balls and Razz Berries To get the items you have to click on a PokéStop (marked by a blue circle icon on the map) and spin You don’t have to click on the items that pop up to collect them, simply closing out of the PokéStops will collect them

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