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Nintendo

Injustice: Gods Among Us Version 1.06 Patch Notes

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Broken Joysticks

Probably a recurring question if you follow my Second Dimension: The Warriors Code interviews is the topic of patching fighters. On the 24th in the game’s official website, the notes for version 1.06 of Injustice: Gods Among Us was released and as usual, an inferno of praises and crying (mostly crying) soon followed. While usually I just list the changes and since today is the date for the patch’s release,  we got two returning people who to give us a better insight of the changes and their opinion on them, BIFU | Insaynne and EMP CDjr who you guys remember from their respective

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Toon Link Revealed For Super Smash Bros Wii U

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Rae Michelle Richards

The roster of Nintendo characters ready to battle it out in Super Smash Bros for Wiiu / 3DS expands with an entrant from the high seas – Toon Link! Fresh from his HD over makeover courtesy of the recently released Wind Waker HD, the younger version of link is ready to try his hand at melee on Nintendo’s latest home console. We’ve got a selection of screnshots from the WiiU version of Super Smash Bros after the jump. As soon as Nintendo releases a video of him in action we will bring it you!

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September 26th Nintendo Download

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Jason Nason

The Nintendo 3DS eShop is the focus again this week with a ton of new games available from full retail releases to new eShop titles. Retail releases Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl and Rune Factory 4 both hit store shelves and the eShop this week on Monday October 1st. The titles join a bunch of new eShop games including Family Table Tenis 3D and Carps & Dragons. Elsewhere the Nintendo Wii U gets another Virtual Console title with Donkey Kong 3 while the good ol’ Nintendo DSi gets another DSiWare title in Astro. Take a look at the full

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Sega Purchases Index Corp, Owners of Atlus, For $141M

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Rae Michelle Richards

Index Corp, the troubled owner of third party publisher Atlus, has agreed to sell off their stake in the popular company to SEGA for the equivalent of $141 million dollars. Should everything go well the newly formed Sega Dream Corporation will take ownership of Index’s intellectual property and business operations no later than November 1st. This acquisition gives SEGA an ever-growing portfolio of long standing game franchises that will surely fit well alongside Sonic, Jet Set Radio and other classics. Joining the SEGA family are the popular Shin Megami Tensei series, Persona franchise and other JRPG titles. All of this

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September 19th Nintendo Download

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Jason Nason

The Nintendo 3DS eShop is the focus this week with a ton of new games available from full retail releases to new eShop titles. EA Sports latest game in the FIFA series arrives on the 3DS with FIFA 14 hitting the eShop arriving on September 24th. Other full retail releases arriving include Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure and Hakuoki: Memories of the Shinsengumi. The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker 3D is also available this week with the digital version preceeding the retail release which won’t be in stores until a few weeks. Elsewhere Super Mario Bros. has been released

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CHARTED: Nintendo (Week ending Aug 31st)

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Jason Nason

Madden NFL 25 and Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn were the big debuts in the North American charts this week, which dropped several Nintendo holdouts. The lone release in the top ten on a Nintendo console this week was Disney Infinity for Wii, which was the best selling platform for the game in its second week. The highest Nintendo release this week in North America was New Super Luigi U, which debuted at #11 with just over 23,000 units sold. Pikmin 3 is holding on at #17 after 8 weeks in Japan however the game is not doing as

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September 12th Nintendo Download

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Jason Nason

The DSiWare service sees a boost today with three new titles, including two edutainment titles. The games, all from Enjoy Gaming Ltd, are Letter Challenge, Tales to Enjoy! Little Red Riding Hood and Tales to Enjoy! Puss in Boots. Nintendo’s hotly anticipated The Wonderful 101 will also hit store shelves and the Wii U eShop this Sunday and is included in the download. Zelda II: The Adventures of Link also arrives on the Wii U Virtual Console. Over on the 3DS the demo for Atlus’ next RPG Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl gets the demo treatment on Monday while

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WayForward Launches Kickstarter for HD Shantae Game

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Jason Nason

WayForward is the latest game developer to turn to Kickstarter looking to crowd fund their latest project. The game will be a new and original game in the Shantae series and will be in HD for home consoles. WayForward has developed more than 200 licensed titles over the last 23 years, the most recent being Ducktales: Remastered. The company has also made a handful of games for Nintendo platforms, including the two previous Shantae games. “Shantae is a a Half-Genie who hair-whips monsters with her ponytail, and belly dances to transform into magical creatures. She explores Sequin Land, solves labyrinths,

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More Price Drops in the 3DS eShop

Posted on September 7, 2013 by Jason Nason

A few games on the Nintendo 3DS eShop are on sale and another handful have seen their regular price dropped this week. Included in the drops are Konami’s Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate which sees its regular price reduced by $10! The bulk of the other games are puzzle games with Puzzler World 2013 being slashed by 50% as well as Puzzler Brain Games. On the sale front Groove Heaven is on sale for $2.99 through September 19th as is BIT.TRIP SAGA which is a full $10 off through the 15th of this month. Take a look

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Nintendo Drops the Price on Several Wii Games

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Jason Nason

Nintendo announced a price drop of three of their most popular Wii games today. The games have all surpassed the million mark in unit sales and have been reduced in price. The three Wii games which are now available for a lower price are Super Mario Galaxy 2, New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Wii Sports Resort. The suggested retail price of these three games has dropped to $29.99 each, which comes into effect today. “The new price represents one of the many steps Nintendo is taking to provide shoppers with the best value and variety across all its systems

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September 5th Nintendo Download

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Jason Nason

Nintendo has released a bunch of new games this week in the eShop, including a couple of games from Capcom and a bunch of nice looking new 3DS eShop games. Capcom’s classic role-playing game Breath of Fire II hits the Wii U Virtual Console today and joins Capcom’s eShop D&D game Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara. Also released this week include original eShop titles Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams and Spot the Differences: Party! Over on the 3DS we find the eShop release of retail title Sonic Generations as well as the debut of Darts Up 3D! Also available on

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Special Pokemon 3DS XL Systems Coming

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Jason Nason

Nintendo unveiled a special limited edition of the Nintendo 3DS XL today among the several Pokémon related releases. The limited-edition Nintendo 3DS systems come in both blue or red and feature the Legendary Pokémon Xerneas and Yveltal. The bundle will be released on September 27th! With the bundle coming out a few weeks prior to the release of the game itself it’s surprising that the special edition 3DS XL doesn’t include a copy of the game. The full retail copies of Pokémon X and Pokémon Y will be released both in stores and on the eShop on October 12th.

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Mega Evolutions Coming To Pokémon X and Y

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Les Major

Much of this could be considered to be spoilers if you’re looking to learn about all this content in game. However, if you are holding out till the October 12th release date, you’ve probably run screaming from any website proclaiming news of Mega Evolutions so far anyway. Speculation of a MewThree Pokémon ran rampant earlier this year and recently was revealed to be a new concept in the game series. It seems when a Pokémon reaches level 100 now they can Mega Evolve in battle into a new form. That’s not all though, these evolutions only take place in battle

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Pokémon Bank Launches On Dec 25th In Japan

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Les Major

Arriving on December 25th in Japan for an aproximately $5 USD annual fee, gamers will be able to store their Pokémon Black and White (1 and 2 it seems) as well as X and Y to a cloud based service. This is useful for fans who want to use their Black and White Pokémon to X and Y via a feature called “Poké Transporter.” The Pokémon Bank will allow gamers to store their collection of Pokémon to a cloud with 100 boxes, which totals up to 3000 Pokémon in total. Potentially this will mean you’ll be able to continue moving

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Club Nintendo Rewards – September 2013

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Jason Nason

The month of September has brought four new downloadable game rewards for Club Nintendo members, including Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!. The game is one of two that are available for the Nintendo 3DS, the other is Art Academy: First Semester!! The two games for the Nintendo Wii this month are a couple of Virtual console titles in Pilotwings and Zoda’s Revenge: StarTropics II. All four titles are available until October 6th. Also a rather unusual game has popped up which just costs 80 coins and is only available from Club Nintendo. That game is a WiiWare title

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