February 2012
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Quarth hits Japanese eShop February 22 →
Party on, Quarth! The Game Boy version of Konami’s super rad shooter-puzzle thing will be released this Thursday in Japan (alongside the visual novel True Remembrance), for 400 yen ($5ish). Soooooort of reminiscent of Art Style: Pictobits, Quarth is a game about shooting blocks into falling structures to make rectangles, which then clear from the screen.
Best of all, the Game Boy version...
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Super Mario Bros. (VC) ambassador update
Nintendo has put out some weird updates for eShop titles lately, and many have had trouble identifying what they add to their respective games. That’s not the case with the Super Mario Bros. update for those who downloaded the NES game as part of the 3DS Ambassador program.
The obvious change, as you can see in the image above, is the new menu icon, which replaces the generic box with an...
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Metal Gear Solid 3D demo this Thursday
It’s rare that we know about an eShop release date before it happens, but Konami announced today that the Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D demo will hit the North American eShop this Thursday. This is where I admit that I’m thinking about buying a Circle Pad Pro in advance of this demo…
If it doesn’t work out, at least you can play this rad Metal Gear Pushmo...
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Ask Swapnote's Nikki →
If you ever wanted to send messages to Swapnote’s mascot Nikki, you sort of can now — some young lass has set up a Tumblr blog for the green sweatered character.
There’s an Ask form for submitting questions, and if Nikki likes them (and if they’re not inappropriate queries that make her blush), she’ll post a sketch response. Neat!
Buy: Nintendo 3DS console (Flame...
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Radiant Historia reprint due in March →
I’ve heard almost nothing but good things about Radiant Historia — except in regards to its availability. Luckily, Atlus announced this weekend that it’s undertaking a second print run, to be released in “late March.”
The company specifically identifies Amazon, Amazon.ca, and EBGames.ca as stores that will carry the new stock. Said new stock, by the way, will not...
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“I understand that he has some popularity. Somehow.”
– Shigeru Miyamoto talking about his least favorite Mario Kart character, Toad, and how baffling it is that people actually like the strange little guy.
Buy: Mario Kart 7, Nintendo 3DS
Find: Nintendo DS/3DS release dates, discounts, & more
See also: More Mario Kart 7 posts
[Via PopWatch]
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You can totally order those Slime mugs now →
I saw from the reactions on Twitter that other people are as in love with the Slime mugs as I am. So here’s a PSA: J-List is taking pre-orders on them now. The Slime, Slime King, and Slime Knight mugs are on the site, for $24 each, shipping in March.
No sign of the Slime Stack or Liquid Metal Slime yet, but those are due to ship later in Japan anyway.
Buy: DQM Joker 2, More Dragon Quest...
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“The eShop, I feel, has really turned things around for Nintendo on the digital...”
– Nicalis’s Tyrone Rodriguez praising the eShop in a Destructoid interview. No matter how you feel about the 3DS’s online store, there’s no denying it’s at least better than DSiWare.
Rodriguez goes on to explain that the eShop’s ability to feature some stuff over others...
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Mystery Case File: 3DS Card Case 18 →
Nintendo’s Facebook page features a contest for the new 3DS Card Case 18. Send in a photo of yourself and your favorite Club Nintendo prize, with a note about why you love Club Nintendo (there’s pretty much just the one reason, right?) and you could win one of the cases.
After seeing this, Eric and I got super suspicious. What’s going on with this case? Nintendo is promoting...
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You can read Anne of Green Gables and other novels...
It’s easy to mock Love Plus and its devoted players, but I believe the dating sim makes several interesting — even admirable — attempts to take gamers out of their comfort zones, motivating them to try things in their lives that they might not have pursued on their own.
Some of those attempts seem creepy, like encouraging you to take your DS and virtual girlfriend to tourist...
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Important indie game things
I’ve let quite a few indie game items pile up, mostly non-Nintendo related stuff, so here’s all of them in one go!
First off, Giant Robot is hosting Game Night 8 at its L.A. location tonight, another collab with Attract Mode, Meat Bun, and other partners. The free event will feature Monaco, the much buzzed about stealth/heist multiplayer game — creator Andy Schatz and producer...
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