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Event Featuring New Four-Movement Symphony Tours North America Throughout 2012

REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Starting today, video game fans and music lovers in North America can purchase tickets for an extraordinary concert tour that celebrates one of the most beloved game series of all time. The Legend of Zelda™: Symphony of the Goddesses tour will feature live orchestral performances of theme music from Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda franchise.

The name “Symphony of the Goddesses” refers not only to the concert program but also to the new four-movement symphony recounting the classic storylines from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time™, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker™, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess™ and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past™. Fans can also expect to hear stirring orchestral renditions of music from other games in the series, including The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening™ and The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask™. The full orchestra will be conducted by Eímear Noone with arrangements by music director Chad Seiter.

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3DS – 197,952
PS3 – 67,199
PSP – 62,746
Vita – 42,648
Wii – 33,208
DSi LL – 3,356
Xbox 360 – 2,453
DSi – 2,418
PS2 – 1,659
DS Lite – 28

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

3DS – 482,200
PSP – 101,121
Wii – 91,176
PS3 – 75,943
Vita – 72,479
DSi LL – 8,470
DSi – 5,894
Xbox 360 – 4,245
PS2 – 1,582
DS Lite – 32

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WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT, TT GAMES AND THE LEGO GROUP ANNOUNCE LEGO® BATMAN™ 2: DC SUPER HEROES

The Highly-Anticipated Sequel to the Best-Selling LEGO® Videogame of All Time Returns with
Help from Super Heroes including Superman, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern

Burbank, Calif. – Jan. 5, 2012 – Batman is back to save Gotham City and the action will only build from here! Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games and The LEGO Group are teaming up once again to announce that LEGO® Batman™ 2: DC Super Heroes will be available beginning Summer 2012 for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, the Wii™ system, and Windows PC, as well as the Nintendo DS™ hand-held system, Nintendo 3DS™ hand-held system, and PlayStation®Vita handheld entertainment system. The game is the sequel to the best-selling LEGO® Batman™: The Videogame, which to date has sold more than 11 million units worldwide.

LEGO Batman™ 2: DC Super Heroes complements the brand new, recently released LEGO® Super Heroes: DC Universe toy collection. The line includes five construction sets, such as The Batcave and three buildable, detailed action figures.

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This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:

Nintendo eShop
Samurai Sword Destiny™ – Encounter deadly ambushes, invade enemy castle rooftops and square off against seemingly indomitable opponents to find your missing brother. (For Nintendo 3DS™)

Swapnote™ Now Available! – With the Swapnote application, you can write, decorate and send handwritten 3D notes to people on your friend list via the SpotPass™ and StreetPass™ features. To get started, download this application from the Nintendo eShop at no cost. (For Nintendo 3DS)

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This beautiful art for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword comes from Hyrule Historia. Surprising, right? Pretty much all of the designs focus on creations based on Skyloft. You can find all of the images in the gallery above.

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A “Limited Steelbook Edition” for The Last Story has been found on a Swedish retailer’s website. 1adv.ch has listed the alterate release of the upcoming RPG. It’ll cost roughly 76.42 Euros.

The package contains the follow:

– Game in regular Wii packaging
– Premium Steelbook
– Mini Artbook
– CD (7 Tracks)

As far as I’m aware, Nintendo of Europe hasn’t officially announced the Steelbook Edition for The Last Story. However, given this retailer listing, we may receive a confirmation soon.

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