Rumor: Xenoblade Chronicles coming to the U.S. in April, possibly as a GameStop exclusive, according to this alleged photo of the retail chain’s slate of upcoming Wii releases.

If this is true, Xenoblade would join the company of other illustrious GameStop exclusives like Chulip and Tenchu: Dark Secret. But who cares, at least we’ll be getting this!

And I definitely want it to be true, as this is the same Monolith Soft-developed game that Simon Parkin called ”the strongest JRPG to emerge in years” in his review when Xenoblade released in Europe.

Also, all those people who called The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword the Wii’s swan song would look awfully silly — serves them right for forgetting about Rhythm Heaven Fever, which will finally come out here in February (or early March, if this photo is to be trusted).

[Update: Nintendo of America just updated its Facebook page with Xenoblade artwork. Looks true!]

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[Via Square Triangle]

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Cooking Mama plush doll, free with pre-order of Cooking Mama 4 at GameStop. Something looks slightly off about the face on this doll, but it’s still pretty dang cute! If you can identify what it is that’s bothering me, though please do — because I can’t.

I’ve only seen this available at GameStop, so if you want a little plush companion to watch you break eggs, you’ll have to pre-order the 3DS game from there.

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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D poster, a pre-order bonus from GameStop … in Canada. So, in the UK, you get a special gold package for pre-ordering. In Australia, you get an ocarina. Amazon Germany offers a tin, and Nintendo of Greece throws all kinds of junk at you.

So far, neither Nintendo nor any US retailer has offered a thing. While it’s not really cool to expect free shit (Link, the Hero of Time, expected nothing but to get locked in a temple for seven years), seeing other regions get tchotchkes inspires a bit of jealousy.

Preorder: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D

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[Via GoNintendo]

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Slime plush preorder bonus for Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation. GameStop’s got an adorable Valentine for those who put deposits down on the DS RPG remake: a free Slime plush!

This looks exactly like the little 4” tall Smile Slime plush I got from Square Enix’s shop at TGS. This offer is way easier than flying to Japan and grappling with the TGS shopping crowds! Plus you get, you know, a video game, which is nice.

Buy: Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies ($24.99, not bad!)

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Crafting Mama DS stylus, a preorder bonus for the upcoming DS game from GameStop. I was going to post this with the joke “if they were really serious about crafting, they’d just pack an instruction sheet and you could make it your damn self,” and I was proud of that. Then I showed this to Eric and he noted that you would “need to buy two copies to actually knit with it.” Which is clearly so much better!

Anyway, I really want one of these. I totally find the character endearing. She helps you cook food and stuff, and sometimes her eyes are on fire, and her English is not perfect.

[Via @Majesco]

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