December 2011
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Over 50% off select DS/3DS games →
In addition to its “Buy One, Get One 40% Off” sale, Amazon has cut at least 50 percent off 350 of its games and accessories, including a small selection of DS/3DS junk.
On the DS side, there are nice deals for Dragon Quest V and Solatorobo. For 3DS owners, you can get DualPenSports, Steel Diver, Pilotwings Resort, and the Nintendogs + Cats releases — all for under $17 each.
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Buy one, get one 40% off (includes MK7) →
If no one loved you enough to leave a few quality games under your tree last weekend, Amazon has another sale that will let you snag a couple for relatively cheap.
The site has included nearly 600 3DS, DS, Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, and PSP titles in its “Buy One, Get One 40% Off” sale. As usual, many of them have been marked at full price, but you can still get a good deal for some...
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Takeshi's Challenge translated →
Incredible! Takeshi’s Challenge, the impossible NES game designed, as the story goes, as a cruel prank on gamers by Takeshi Kitano, has been translated by KingMike. The ROM patch changes the text, and swaps out the graphics (like the title screen, above).
I have the Famicom game, but have never been able to make much sense of it. This translation patch should help, but I wouldn’t go...
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2011's top five handheld games →
If you’re not tired of reading “best-of” lists for 2011 yet, I’ve picked out and written about the top five portable games of the year over at Gamasutra. You won’t find any surprises if you’ve followed our interests these last twelve months, but maybe you’ll get enjoy reading the intro, in which I talk about handheld gaming’s non-death.
I also...
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Paid DLC comes to 3DS with Fire Emblem
When Fire Emblem 3DS (tentative title) releases in Japan next March, it will be the first title on the portable to feature paid downloadable content. You might recall that Nintendo introduced microtransaction functionality with November 3DS recent update — I was surprised Monster Hunter Tri-G doesn’t take advantaged of it — but it will be a few months before we can pay for...
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Two select DS/3DS games for $40 →
It’s an awkward time to be shopping online (you might be expecting Santa to bring you some games, for example) but if you have nothing else to do this evening, you can browse a selection of DS and 3DS games that Amazon is selling two-for-$40.
The grouping is pretty small, but you can totally get 999 and Bit.Trip Saga, or Devil Survivor and Harvest Moon: A Tale of Two Towns!
Buy: Nintendo...
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Nintendo Direct returning Dec. 26
Nintendo will stream another pre-recorded presentation right after Christmas, likely to show off its early 2012 plans for the 3DS. The consumer-targeted show begins at 12 Noon JST on the 27th (10 PM EST on the 26th).
In the first Nintendo Direct presentation in October, president and CEO Satoru Iwata debuted the pink 3DS, announced the November 3DS firmware update, and gave us our first look at...
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Mighty Switch Force OST available now →
Along with this week’s release of Mighty Switch Force on the eShop, composer Jake “virt” Kaufman has released a downloadable soundtrack on Bandcamp, for the price of whatever. In addition to the music from the game, the download includes remixes from surasshu, coda, cancel, xaimus, and virt himself. It’s a who’s who of musicians who don’t capitalize their...
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Push Mo: Daily puzzles on Twitter →
If Pushmo’s 252 puzzles aren’t enough of you, there’s an unofficial Daily Pushmo Twitter account curating user-created stages for the eShop game, sharing a new one every day. So far, all the stages posted are based on game sprites, like the one above of Contact’s lovable pup Mochi.
And if even that isn’t enough, you can fill your custom level slots with...
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3DS system update out tonight
Upon loading up the eShop or pretty much anything else, you’ll find a prompt for a firmware update. Version 3.0.0-6U doesn’t seem that exciting, as it hasn’t caused any noticeable changes.
Nintendo says “Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience.” I like … system stability! I...
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Tiny Review: XStylus Crayon
Finally, after a long Kickstarter/Indiegogo campaign, the fan-supported, extensible XStylus Crayon has been produced, and is now available for purchase. Greenbulb sent a few over, and I’ve been using one exclusively on my 3DS for the past week or so.
For the most part … it’s a stylus, and I’m not sure how much I need to say about a plastic stick you use to poke a...
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“I know the 3DS is fighting a tough fight, but a samurai should never pick an...”
– Keiji Inafune, Capcom veteran and Comcept head (Kaio: King of Pirates), in the latest issue of Game Informer.
Buy: Nintendo 3DS (Flame Red, Black, & Blue)
Find: Nintendo DS/3DS release dates, discounts, & more
See also: More Nintendo 3DS news
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