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Cute cardboard guys learn how a 3DS works

More cardboard comics over at Philippa Rice’s My Cardboard Life.

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Nintendo Direct’s 3DS highlights

There was a minimal amount of 3DS news in this morning’s Nintendo Direct (you could say the same about interesting Wii U announcements), but I was happy to hear a couple minor but nice items about the eShop.

First, The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons will sell for only $4.99 each during its first three weeks on the storefront (starting May 30). After that, the Game Boy Color releases will go for $5.99 each.

And there’s over a dozen more Game Gear titles coming to 3DS Virtual Console:

Columns
Crystal Warriors
Defenders of Oasis
Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine
G-LOC: Air Battles
Shining Force II: The Sword of Hajya
Sonic Blast
Sonic Drift 2
Sonic Labyrinth
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Tails Adventure
Vampire: Master of Darkness

The other 3DS announcements today:

Ace Attorney 5 demo

Just like it has for every Ace Attorney game, Capcom has put together a web demo of Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies. And just like I have for every Ace Attorney game, I’m going to try to play this demo in Japanese because I CANNOT WAIT.

My Japanese is awful. This is a game that relies entirely on wordplay and careful reading. Have fun!

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Welcome to Paradise

Just making sure people will feel welcome when they visit my Animal Crossing: New Leaf town.

We all need somewhere we can go and be happy and be ourselves and be silly if we want to. As the mayor here, that’s the kind of town I’m trying to build. There’s no judging here.

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Disk Zero [DEMO]

“Disk Zero” by Demoscene Time Machine

I’m not sure about most of you, but when summer starts rolling around for me, I start thinking about what I’ll be listening to on those hot summer nights. All signs are pointing to this summer being the summer of disco (see the brand new Daft Punk album), so here’s a delightfully chunky nu-disco/house track from Demoscene Time Machine, all the way from Stockholm, Sweden.

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**Sweet Shin Megami Tensei IV art**

Ahead of Shin Megami Tensei IV’s release in Japan next week (where Famitsu just gave the 3DS game a 37/40, which probably means nothing or maybe something or whatever), Atlus posted these nice pieces from guest artists like Tomomi Kobayashi, Hideo Minaba, Enami Katsumi, and Mitsumi Inomata.

And over in North America, Atlus put out this new English trailer for the game:

The Starship Damrey delivers the HAM to eShop

This Guild02 horror/adventure is out in North America and Europe today, priced at $7.99. It’ll take you only 1-2 hours to get through, but that might be a plus to some people. Apparently if you’ve downloaded any Guild01 games in the past (they’re all on sale!), you’ll be able to unlock a bonus scenario.

If visual novels aren’t your thing, there are plenty of other new downloads you can check out — seriously this week is loaded, offering two 3DS Virtual Console titles and at least one quality eShop game. Wii U’s Virtual Console also went HAM, throwing out Super Ghouls’n Ghosts and Super Metroid.

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Animal Crossing’s Isabelle in Nendoroid form

She comes with a question mark accessory. Her hair has a real bell in it. This is just unfair. Good Smile Company’s Nendoroid Isabelle/Shizue perfectly replicates the Animal Crossing: New Leaf assistant, allowing you to relive your first days in Buttocks.

The figurine ships in October, and you can find it at whatever your favorite import toy retailer is. Jlist has preorders up for $42.

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2,000+ DC characters in Scribblenauts Unmasked

So Warner Bros. and 5th Cell announced this morning that they’re releasing a DC Comics-themed Scribblenauts game — featuring over 2,000 characters from the DC label — to 3DS, Wii U, and PC this fall.

The people you’d expect are in there: Superman, the Flash, 33 versions of Batman, 130 Green Lantern Corps. members, etc. I was really curious about whether anyone from DC’s Vertigo imprint would make it in the game, and I had a whole post here detailing how Scribblenauts Unmasked would handle those peeps, but I deleted it all because I didn’t want to get anyone in trouble! :oP

So, uh, enjoy this trailer after the break instead:

$10 off Fire Emblem, SM3DL, Mario Kart 7, and Ocarina of Time 3D

Here is a Doritos chip taped to a 3DS. And here are some nice Amazon sales for the system (price matching Best Buy’s sale):

Fire Emblem: Awakening - $29.99
Super Mario 3D Land - $29.99
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D - $29.99 (backordered, use sidebar link)
Mario Kart 7 - $29.99
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate - $24.99

The limited edition Doritos 3DS photo comes from Nagitos.

Metallic Red 3DS, Eevee XL coming to Japan

Nintendo will release two more 3DS editions across the Pacific, including an Eevee-themed/striped XL that will be sold through a lottery at Pokémon Center locations starting June 22.

The Metallic Red system is a standard-sized 3DS that will hit stores in Japan on June 13.

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**New Adventure Time and Regular Show 3DS games!**

D3P wil put out two games based on my favorite Cartoon Network shows this fall, including a new Adventure Time release for Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Windows. Titled Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I DON’T KNOW!, the game has players “exploring the mysteries surrounding a massive Secret Royal Dungeon deep below the Land of Ooo.” It will feature voices from the show and four-player co-op.

In Regular Show: Mordecai and Rigby In 8-Bit Land, which we now know is a 3DS exclusive, the game’s eponymous characters “get transported into some of their favorite video games [where] they’ll have to use their best skills and unique abilities to traverse the various challenges to escape and get back home.”

Both are under development by WayForward — that news is either awesome or disappointing, depending on your opinion of the studio’s output and the first Adventure Time DS/3DS game.

Love this art by JL Hirten, by the way!

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