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TalkBack / Re: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Swag
« on: December 11, 2012, 10:02:59 AM »
I have it, but don't plan on opening it. I'm still looking forward to the Pit and Dark Pit Figma figures that I heard are coming.
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TalkBack / Brain Age: Concentration Training Dated for North America, Europe
« on: December 05, 2012, 01:07:10 PM »Dr. Kawashima is making his 3DS debut.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/32724
Brain Age: Concentration Training will release in North America on February 10, 2013.
The software will hit store shelves in Europe on March 8, 2013 with a different name, Dr. Kawashima's Devilish Brain Training: Can You Stay Focused?
Brain Age: Concentration Training is set to help players improve their “working memory.” The previous entries in the series were more focused on helping people prevent the decline of general brain functions as a result of aging.
Nintendo announced these release dates during their Nintendo Direct presentations today.
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TalkBack / Pikmin 3 Slips to Q2 2013 in North America
« on: December 05, 2012, 12:20:55 PM »Pikmin fans will have to wait a little longer than expected.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/32720
Pikmin 3 will now be released during Q2 2013. Originally the latest entry in the Pikmin series was slated to arrive during the Wii U’s launch window, ending on March 31, 2013.
This news comes from today’s North American Nintendo Direct presentation. No information was given on why Pikmin 3 is being delayed.
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TalkBack / Two New Super Mario Bros. 2 DLC Level Packs Coming Tomorrow
« on: December 04, 2012, 10:45:05 PM »Mario is still going for gold!
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/32707
Two new level packs for New Super Mario Bros. 2 are currently scheduled to release tomorrow, December 5. The two new packs are Coin Challenge Pack C and Platform Panic Pack.
This news comes directly from the New Super Mario Bros. 2 Coin Rush Shop where players can view the new level packs, but cannot currently purchase them.
It’s likely that the new level packs will be officially announced during tomorrow’s Nintendo Direct presentations.
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TalkBack / Nintendo Direct Coming on December 5
« on: December 04, 2012, 07:37:55 PM »Update: A Japanese Nintendo Direct will now happen earlier in the morning.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/32691
Update: Nintendo is now also holding a Japanese Nintendo Direct at 8 p.m. JST (6 a.m. EST, 3 a.m. PST) that will cover their Wii U Launch.
Nintendo of America and Nintendo of Europe will be releasing a new edition of Nintendo Direct on December 5.
This latest Nintendo Direct will focus on the remainder of 2012 and early 2013 games for both the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS.
Both Nintendo Direct presentations begin at 9 a.m. PST, 12 p.m. EST, 5 p.m. GMT, 5 p.m. BST, and 6 p.m. CET. Those wishing to watch in Japan can do so on December 6 at 2 a.m. JST.
The North American Nintendo Direct can be watched on the Nintendo Direct site. The European presentation will be streamed on the Nintendo Direct website and will be hosted by Nintendo of Europe President Satoru Shibata.
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TalkBack / Re: Dark Horse to Release Hyrule Historia Limited Edition
« on: November 28, 2012, 10:40:36 AM »
I have both versions pre-ordered. 
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TalkBack / Club Nintendo Gold Nunchuk Sells Out Again, Will Return
« on: November 28, 2012, 07:03:42 AM »Nintendo says it will be back after the New Year.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/32627
The Club Nintendo Gold Wii Nunchuk reward has sold out for the second time, however Nintendo has revealed via Twitter that it will return after the New Year.
The Gold Wii Nunchuk accessory was first released as a North American Club Nintendo reward last August, but quickly sold out. It was recently added for a second time just yesterday and once again it sold out.
The Gold Wii Nunchuk costs 900 Club Nintendo coins. Those interested better start saving now if they want to ring in the New Year with some gold.
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TalkBack / Dark Horse to Release Hyrule Historia Limited Edition
« on: November 28, 2012, 03:02:58 AM »Hardcore Zelda fans will want one of the 4,000 copies produced.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/32626
Dark Horse will be releasing a Limited Edition translated version of Hyrule Historia. The Limited Edition version of the book includes a faux-leather hardcover with a debossed Gate of Time logo on the front, and will have gold gilded pages. This version of Hyrule Historia will be limited to 4,000 pieces and costs $69.99.
Hyrule Historia, which released in Japan in 2011, is a Zelda book that is crammed full of information and artwork from the Zelda series. It even contains the still highly debated official Zelda series timeline.
Dark Horse is also releasing the standard version of Hyrule Historia for $34.99. Both versions of the book are due out by February 2013.
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TalkBack / Gold Nunchuk Returning to Club Nintendo
« on: November 21, 2012, 06:38:11 PM »Only available in limited quantities.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/32571
The Gold Wii Nunchuk accessory will return as a Club Nintendo reward on November 26, 2012 for 900 coins.
Anyone interested is advised to order quickly since this reward will only be available in limited quantities.
The Gold Nunchuk was first introduced as a North American Club Nintendo reward back in August, but quickly sold out. Nintendo likes to mention in the product description that this reward goes great with the limited edition Zelda Gold Wii Remote that was bundled with some copies of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.
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TalkBack / Touch Solitaire is the New Club Nintendo Download Reward
« on: November 20, 2012, 04:41:47 PM »A simple yet satisfying game to have on the go.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/32555
Touch Solitaire is now available as a reward on Club Nintendo. The DSiWare title costs 100 coins and will be offered as a reward until December 2, 2012.
Touch Solitaire includes both Spider and Klondike versions of solitaire.
Touch Solitaire replaces Mario’s Picross as this week’s reward. The WiiWare title Art Style: Rotozoa is also currently available for 100 coins until November 25, 2012.
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TalkBack / Comparing Wii & Wii U Launch Lines
« on: November 20, 2012, 09:13:49 AM »Six years later, things are drastically different.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/blog/32552
Before the Wii launch in 2006, I remember GameStop being one of the few stores accepting pre-orders on the hardware. Even then, each store only took a few, leaving most interested consumers scrambling.
I wasn’t one of the people with a GameStop reserve. I’m not a big fan of the chain, and decided to take my chances. The eve before the Wii’s release I kept checking my local Best Buy store every two hours to see if a line was forming. I wasn’t going to get screwed out of a Nintendo console launch, and decided I’d get out there as soon as I had to.
Around 11:00 a.m. a line started to form. It was then that I pulled in the parking lot and sat down, the eighth person in line. The store wasn’t opening until 8:00 a.m. the following day. I had a chair and settled in.
As the time went by, that line kept getting longer until it eventually wrapped around the side of the building. Something around 100 people were in that line. The level of hype in that parking lot was pretty high. All night, people would come by to see if they could join the line. People would frantically ask everyone if they were getting a Wii to figure out if the store was going to have enough units. Even in the early morning, people were jumping in line hoping they could get one, but knowing they probably wouldn’t.
I expected something similar the other night during the Wii U launch. To my shock, it was a vastly different experience. I went to the same store and not one person was in the line at 8:00 p.m. I pre-ordered this time, so I didn’t have to camp out. I just stopped by to make sure they had my unit on hold.
I then arrived at the same store an hour before it opened. I joined as the seventh person in the line, and asked a Best Buy employee how many units they had. I was told the store had 10 Deluxe units reserved and 10 to sell to anyone else. Additionally, the store rep told me they only had eight Basic sets to sell.
What I found shocking about this was that recently we heard that there would be many more Wii U units at launch than there had been Wiis, and that same store had 80 Wii consoles to sell on launch day.
By the time the store opened, maybe 15 people were in line. The excitement wasn’t nearly as high as it was back in 2006, even though I was personally more hyped for the Wii U launch.
I had time to ponder why things were so different this time around, and have concluded it is most likely due to a number of factors. For starters, more stores were taking pre-orders this time around, why camp out when you’re secure? The down economy may have also played a part; people may not have as much to spend on a new console. The final reason I could come up with was that more people may have ordered online, since shopping over the Internet has clearly gone up since the Wii came out in 2006.
Overall, the Wii U launch was vastly different. I wonder if the days of massive launch day camp outs at nearly every major store are over.
With that said, I’d still love to hear from some readers on this topic. Did you attend both a Wii and Wii U launch? Let me know if anything was different for you.
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TalkBack / Nintendo Collectors Journal 11/14/2012
« on: November 14, 2012, 05:03:07 PM »Mario figures, Pokémon plush and more in this week's journal.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/feature/32478
For those who don’t know, I’m a pretty big Nintendo Fanboy. I collect just about anything that says Nintendo on it including games, merchandise, memorabilia and more. Here I am again taking over the Mariobilia feature for Andrew.
This week I was able to pick up some Mario figure sets, some used Pokémon toys, a Mario Party 9 poster and more!
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TalkBack / Win Over 400 Kid Icarus: Uprising AR Cards Through Club Nintendo
« on: November 13, 2012, 05:16:38 PM »Fans of Pit's latest adventure could take home an almost complete set of AR Idol cards.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/32462
Club Nintendo is giving out 10 Core Sets of Kid Icarus: Uprising AR Idol Cards in a sweepstakes.
To enter, club members need to register their copy of Kid Icarus: Uprising on Club Nintendo, take the registration survey, and then click the enter sweepstakes button at the end of that survey. Club members that have already registered their copy of the game will also be able to enter by filling out a quick survey found in their to-do list. The contest will end January 7, 2013.
The Core Set of Kid Icarus: Uprising AR Idol Cards contains cards AKDE-001 though AKDE-402. This set even includes the rarest North American card, Three Sacred Treasures. Only a few cards are missing from this set and several of those have yet to even be released in North America.
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TalkBack / Nintendo Collectors Journal 11/8/2012
« on: November 08, 2012, 12:47:00 PM »All the items in this week's journal come from the Nintendo World Store in New York City.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/feature/32430
For those who don’t know, I’m a pretty big Nintendo Fanboy. I collect just about anything that says Nintendo on it including games, merchandise, memorabilia and more. Here I am again taking over the Mariobilia feature for Andrew.
This week all the items in the video are from the Nintendo World Store in New York City. When I go to Nintendo World I usually leave broke. I think the most I've spent in one trip is around $1,500. While I didn't spend near as much this time there are some store exclusive items to be seen in this week's journal.
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TalkBack / Players Can Draw on Wii U GamePad During Video Chat
« on: November 07, 2012, 07:47:09 AM »A new feature for the Wii U's video chat service.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/32407
It will be possible to draw on the Wii U GamePad during video chat sessions. The drawn images will be displayed over the video feed and will be visible by both players chatting.
This information comes from the latest Nintendo Direct which aired earlier today in Japan. During the event this Wii U feature was showcased by Satoru Iwata when video chatting with Reggie Fils-Aime.
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TalkBack / Super Punch-Out!! is the Latest Club Nintendo Download Reward
« on: October 29, 2012, 05:25:49 PM »Little Mac has to fight his way to the top of the WVBA in this SNES classic.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/32287
Super Punch-Out!! is now available as a Club Nintendo download reward for 150 coins.
Club members have until November 14, 2012 to redeem this Wii Virtual Console title, which originally released on the SNES back in 1994.
Super Punch-Out!! replaces Pilotwings as a redeemable Club Nintendo reward. The DSiWare title Pro-Putt Domo is also currently available as a reward for 100 coins until November 4, 2012.
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TalkBack / Nintendo Collectors Journal 10/25/2012
« on: October 25, 2012, 07:09:56 PM »Some retro Pokémon goods and new Mario Bros. plush toys in this week's journal.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/feature/32245
For those who don’t know, I’m a pretty big Nintendo Fanboy. I collect just about anything that says Nintendo on it including games, merchandise, memorabilia and more. Here I am again taking over the Mariobilia feature for Andrew.
This week I came across some old school Pokémon shoes, new Mario plush toys from Toys "R" Us, Mario Kart K'Nex figures and more.
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TalkBack / Two New Super Mario Bros. 2 DLC Level Packs Hitting Japan Today
« on: October 25, 2012, 07:33:10 AM »Those looking for more challenges and coins will be very pleased.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/32237
Two New Super Mario Bros. 2 DLC level packs will be available today in Japan, after their Nintendo Direct, for 200 yen each.
The first set of levels is known as the Gold Mushroom pack and will present the player with many opportunities to collect valuable Gold Mushrooms. The second bunch of levels is a sequel to the Challenge pack that was available in the first set of DLC.
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TalkBack / Pro-Putt Domo is the New Club Nintendo Download Reward
« on: October 24, 2012, 12:24:51 PM »The DSiWare title replaces 3D Classics: Urban Champion.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/32211
Pro-Putt Domo is the latest Club Nintendo download reward. This DSiWare title can be purchased through Club Nintendo for 100 coins and will be available as a reward until November 4, 2012.
Pro-Putt Domo, along with the other Nintendo published Domo DSiWare games, were originally part of a Game Boy Advance title known as Domo-Kun no Fushigi Terebi, only released in Japan.
Pilotwings is also currently available as a Club Nintendo download reward on the Wii Virtual Console. Those wishing to enjoy the SNES classic have until October 28, 2012 to purchase it for 100 coins.
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TalkBack / Re: Wave One Checklist
« on: October 18, 2012, 04:34:39 PM »
I'm so glad that I don't play this game. I'd be broke.
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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Reveals New York Comic Con 2012 Plans
« on: October 11, 2012, 03:46:47 PM »
Wish I could go for the swag.
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TalkBack / Nintendo Reveals New York Comic Con 2012 Plans
« on: October 10, 2012, 02:36:52 PM »Nintendo is pulling out all the stops with playable demos, tournaments and more.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/32068
Nintendo announced their New York Comic Con 2012 plans, featuring an array of Wii U and 3DS titles, along with other special events. From October 11 through October 14, attendees will have the opportunity to play various game demos, as well as participate in multiple activities and tournaments at the Javits Center.
Paper Mario: Sticker Star fans will be able to collect up to five different stickers based on the game at Nintendo’s main booth (No. 1510). Additionally attendees can be “sticker-bombed,” that is covered in as many Paper Mario: Sticker Star stickers as possible, just outside the main entrance of the Javits Center.
Nintendo also has another booth (No. 2921) just for daily gaming tournaments. Event attendees can compete in both New Super Mario Bros. 2’s Coin Rush mode and Kid Icarus: Uprising free-for-all battles. Prizes include Gold Mario pins and 3DS XL systems for the New Super Mario Bros. 2 tournaments. Those competing in the Kid Icarus: Uprising tournaments can look forward to winning Series 2 AR card packs, Kid Icarus pins, Kid Icarus: Uprising AR Card Core Sets (over 400 cards), and 3DS XL systems.
Those looking to indulge in game demos will be able to do so at Nintendo’s main booth (No. 1510). The full list of playable demos includes:
Wii U
- The Wonderful 101
- Nintendo Land
- New Super Mario Bros. U
- Game & Wario
- Pikmin 3
- Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge
- ZombiU
- Scribblenauts Unlimited
- Rayman Legends
- Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition
3DS
- Paper Mario: Sticker Star
- Crashmo
- Disney Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion
- Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd You Steal Our Garbage?!
- Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask
- Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
- Style Savvy: Trendsetters
- Kid Icarus: Uprising
- New Super Mario Bros. 2
DS
- Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2
Nintendo is also inviting everyone, even non-Comic Con attendees, to an outside Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 launch celebration one block from the Javits Center (SIR Stage37 at 508 W. 37th St). The event will be open from noon to 8 p.m. each day and will have activities such as a Pokémon photo booth, Pokémon ice sculptures, Pokémon giveaways, Genesect download stations, Pokédex 3D Pro demos and a live performance from the band I Fight Dragons.
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TalkBack / 3D Classics: Urban Champion is the Latest Club Nintendo Download Reward
« on: October 09, 2012, 03:35:01 PM »The updated version of the first NES fighting game is available for 150 coins.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/32046
The Nintendo 3DS eShop title 3D Classics: Urban Champion is now available as a Club Nintendo reward for 150 coins until Oct. 21, 2012.
3D Classics: Urban Champion replaced another portable game, Bird & Beans, as this week’s reward. The WiiWare title Dr. Mario Online RX is also currently available for 100 coins until Oct. 14, 2012.
You can read our review of 3D Classics: Urban Champion here.
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TalkBack / Dr. Mario Online RX Now Available as a Club Nintendo Reward
« on: October 03, 2012, 06:37:14 PM »Club Nintendo is offering a prescription for fun.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/31978
Dr. Mario Online RX is this week’s new Club Nintendo download reward. The WiiWare title can be purchased for 100 coins and will be available until Oct. 14, 2012.
Dr. Mario Online RX replaces PictureBook Games: Pop-Up Pursuit. The DSiWare game Birds & Beans is also currently available as a reward for 100 coins until Oct. 7, 2012.
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TalkBack / Multiple New 3DS LL Color Variants, Bundles, Announced for Japan
« on: October 02, 2012, 10:07:00 PM »New Mario and Animal Crossing themed hardware units will arrive soon.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/31965
Four new 3DS LL hardware colors, and three bundles, have just been announced for Japan.
A blue/black 3DS LL will be released in Japan on October 11 for 18,900 yen. An all black 3DS LL and will be released for the same price on November 1. The new black model 3DS LL hardware will also be sold in a bundle that includes the system and a digital copy of Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate. This bundle will also hit store shelves on November 1 at a retail price of 21,800 yen.
On November 8, Nintendo will release an Animal Crossing: Jump Out bundle for 22,800 yen that includes a digital copy of the new game and an Animal Crossing-themed 3DS LL hardware unit. Then on November 15, a New Super Mario Bros. 2 bundle will release with a specially designed Mario 3DS LL and a digital copy of Mario’s latest portable adventure for 22,800 yen.
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