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WatchCartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion footage. IGN offers the first videos of the licensed 3DS/Wii/Xbox/PS3 fighting game (the 3DS version is shown), which was first announced back in October.
From what I can tell, it’s an openly Smash Bros.-style fighter with Cartoon Network characters. Which sounds… pretty boss! I’m not saying it will be — there’s not too much to...
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Attract Mode selling custom arcade cabs, three...
Remember those neat arcade cabinets that we featured from the Attract Mode x Babycastles show a few months ago? They were painted by artists Hilary Florido and David Mauro, and featured designs inspired by shoujo manga and ’80s beat’em-ups, respectively.
Both of the cabinets — originally sticker club machines before these attractive make-overs — are now for sale on...
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Amazon's $10 preorder credit for Pokemon Black and... →
Amazon just upped the store credit it’s giving to customers who preorder Pokemon Black or White from $5 to $10. Now, if you put in a reservation for either version of the upcoming game (system bundles not included), you’ll receive $10 to buy other junk at the online shop — and if you get both versions, you’ll pick up a $20 credit.
While we’re talking about...
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Dragon Quest VI/IX events at Best Buy →
Nintendo and Best Buy are giving you another opportunity to pick up crucial Dragon Quest IX maps — and try out Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation if you have yet to do so.
Best Buy stores across the US are holding events February 26 and March 5, from noon to 4pm, during which people can gather, play multiplayer, trade maps, and most importantly, pick up the exclusive Orgodemir...
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WatchShinya Arino takes on Mega Man 4 on Game Center CX. We’ll be watching this one together, as I haven’t seen it yet, so I basically don’t know if I’m embedding a super boring episode into a post.
However, I don’t think I am. I know how stressful it was to try to play through Mega Man 9 for review, and I didn’t have to do it in a single sitting. I imagine...
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Preorder Pokémon B/W DSi bundles →
I know most of you are already digging deep in your pockets to pay for a 3DS and its pricey launch games, but if for some reason you want to buy a limited edition DSi with Pokémon Black and White three weeks before the new portable hits, Amazon is taking preorders for the bundle.
The bundles include a Black or White Nintendo DSi etched with a Reshiram or Zekrom design, a matching carrying case,...
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Lightning deal: Dragon Quest VI for $25 →
As part of a full day filled with video game deals, Amazon is selling Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation for just $24.99. The deal ends in an hour or whenever the shop runs out of stock (which should be soon), though, so act quick!
See also: A super super super sad Dragon Quest VI story, Nintendo DS/3DS release dates, sales, and more
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Nintendo 3DS U.S. launch lineup revealed
Five weeks away from the new handheld’s launch here, Nintendo of America has revealed what games will be coming with the 3DS. There aren’t really any surprises here, other than that all three major first-party “launch window” games — Steel Diver, PilotWings Resort, and Nintendogs + Cats are hitting on March 27.
The full list of launch day games:
Nintendogs + Cats
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Dragon Quest VI: Reviews of Revelation →
Iiiiiin case you missed it, I registered my Official Opinion about the DS remake of Dragon Quest VI over at Joystiq late last week. In a nutshell shellmet, it’s a good Dragon Quest, but really hard and not as streamlined as DQ9, which of course you’d expect.
Speaking of missing things, please don’t miss our contest over at DS Dates: just follow DS Dates on Tumblr, Facebook, or...
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New PilotWings Resort, Steel Diver, and Nintendogs...
The Nintendo Channel has posted three new trailers for three first-party games — I know hardly anyone checks the Wii service, but that’s why we have Samaritans like NintenDaan to rip and uploads these videos online!
Steel Diver looks way fun, but I’m worried that there isn’t much more to it than what you see here. What’s the story behind the game? Is there enough...
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Pokemon Creepy Black demo patch released
Team Creepy Black, the team working on a patch inspired by the “super creepy Pokémon hack” story we shared months ago, has released its first demo!
As covered before, this isn’t an exact replica of the original haunted game, as it’s a modification of Pokémon FireRed for the GBA, not the Pokémon Game Boy releases.
I haven’t tried it out myself, as I don’t...
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NyxQuest for $2 →
Here’s a chance to try one of the best-received games on WiiWare without having to admit to your hardcore gamer-dude friends that you used WiiWare. For Valentine’s week, Over the Top Games has discounted the PC and Mac versions of its Greek mythology-themed side-scroller, NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits, to just $1.99. You can download the game DRM-free from the dev’s site. I believe...
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Report: StreetPass Quest, Puzzle detailed
Face Raiders and AR Games aren’t the only fun titles pre-installed on the 3DS — Nintendo also has two small games meant to make StreetPass a little more exciting.
For those kids just tuning in, StreetPass is a feature in that automatically exchanges user and game data between two systems that cross each other’s paths even when they’re sleeping (e.g. Dragon Quest...
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Game Center CX 2 translation project page →
The Game Center CX 2 / Retro Game Challenge 2 fan translation project, possibly the most important work of our generation, is now underway and has a web site!
Modeled after the Japanese GCCX2 hub, the site doesn’t have much content yet other than a single shot of Triotos’ translated title screen and the videos we shared before.
It does, however, reveal that the project is...
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Spelunker is a Teacher, and his anime looks...
Above is the opening credit sequence for Spelunker Sensei/Spelunker is a Teacher, the animated film in which the easily-killed explorer from Spelunker tries to live a normal life as a teacher. Above is the opening, featuring a rock version of the Spelunker theme song with Engrish lyrics, sung by legendary Sega musician Takenobu “Daytonaaaaaaaa” Mitsuyoshi.
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Buy a select game, get one 50% off →
Amazon is holding another one of its “Buy A Game, Get One 50 Percent Off” sales, and while most of the DS options in the selection are junk, there are a few gems scatted around in the 340+ Wii, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, DS, PSP, and PC/MAC titles on offer.
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Don't get too excited about those AR cards
That full set of AR cards revealed earlier today prompted speculation that the pack-in items would come into play for augmented reality games with Pikmin, Zelda, Mario, Samus, and Kirby on the 3DS. That’s likely not the case!
Game journalist Alex Donaldson spent some time with the different cards and offers these impressions:
“The ? card launches the program in AR games....
