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D4 Enterprise is putting up two new TurboGrafx-16 games on the North American Wii U Virtual Console this week. Bonk 3: Bonk’s Big Adventure and Devil’s Crush are both slated for tomorrow.

Here’s an overview of Bonk 3:

It’s up to Bonk once again to thwart the plans of the relentless, evil King Drool. There are seven rounds scattered throughout the Dinosaur Kingdom, each one filled with fun contraptions and comical enemies. Grab a Flower Copter or exchange 16 Smileys at the end of each round to play up to eight different bonus stages. Or you can change the size of Bonk by grabbing the new red or blue candy items. Depending on the situation, you can change your size to bonk your way through a dead end or to get a hard-to-reach item. And if that’s not enough, you can grab a friend and put your heads together to defeat King Drool in the new 2-player mode!

And Devil Crush:

Shoot the ball onto the board with the Devil Shooter, then use flippers and nudging to keep it in play and rack up a high score. Complete certain conditions to play up to 6 different bonus stages. Get a “Perfect Clear” on those to earn a huge amount of points! The game’s ominous theme is enhanced by its enemies–wandering skeleton knights, sorcerers, and even a giant face that changes from a goddess to a sinister serpent!

Bonk 3 and Devil Crush are priced at $5.99 each.

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GameStop is once again taking pre-orders for the exclusive Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle Collector’s Edition. When it went up during E3 week, it sold out pretty quickly. Chances are the same thing will happen once again. If you’re interested, place an order here.

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We have a bit more on Monopoly Gamer, Hasbro’s new take on Monopoly featuring Mario.

To begin, here’s a new video explaining the rules, via Kotaku:

GameStop already appears to have Monopoly Gamer in stock. You can purchase an exclusive collector’s edition version for $40, which comes with a Bowser token not available anywhere else.

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De Mambo, Vaccine, and PHOTON³ have just both released on the Japanese Switch eShop, and file sizes are in for each. De Mambo requires 547MB of free space. Vaccine is 372MB, and PHOTON³ is 173MB.

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This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlights include Namco Museum, The Snack World, Layton’s Mystery Journey, and Splatoon 2. Scans of all games are below.

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The first DLC pack for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is just on the horizon. Nintendo will be distributing The Master Trials on Friday.

Nintendo’s Japanese website now shows how much space is needed for the DLC. On Switch, The Master Trials is a 456MB download. The Wii U version requires 3.7GB of free space.

It’s unclear why The Master Trials is such a bigger download on Wii U. It’s just a theory, but Switch might be able to handle more advanced file compression.

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Hasbro has revealed “Monopoly Gamer,” a new rendition of Monopoly featuring Super Mario. The board game has characters from Nintendo’s series, and also has coins instead of Monopoly money as well as special abilities.

Here’s the full rundown on Monopoly Gamer:

It’s the Monopoly game with a Nintendo twist as it joins forces with beloved Nintendo video game characters. Instead of standard Monopoly tokens, the game features Super Mario characters, each with their own special powers within gameplay. Play as Mario, Princess Peach, Yoshi, or Donkey Kong. Finish the game by defeating Bowser at the end! It’s not just about money in this game; players earn points by buying Properties, collecting Coins, and beating Bosses. The player with the highest score wins the game.

Features Nintendo’s Super Mario characters
Coins replace Monopoly money
Power-up die activates special abilities
Battle legendary Bosses

Includes gameboard, 4 Nintendo Character tokens (Mario, Princess Peach, Yoshi, and Donkey Kong), 4 Character cards, 4 Reminder cards, 8 Boss cards, 16 Title Deed cards, 1 Numbered die, 1 Power -up die, 90 coins, and game guide.

Monopoly Gamer will cost $25. Hasbro will also be selling Monopoly Gamer Figure Packs for $4 a pop that contain a Character token, Character card, and Character sticker. Wario, Luigi, Toad, Boo, Rosalina, Diddy Kong, Fire Mario, and Tanooki Mario will be sold in packs.

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For the second straight year, Nintendo has taken home the top prize from Game Critics’ “Best of E3 2017” awards. Last year, it was Zelda: Breath of the Wild named “Best of Show”. The same honor was given to Super Mario Odyssey.

Super Mario Odyssey was also chosen as “Best Console Game” and “Best Action/Adventure Game”. Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle also took home a couple of awards as did Metroid: Samus Returns.

Below are the full Nintendo highlights:

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Switch, Wii U | 29 Comments

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

Switch – 22,361
PS4 – 19,095
New 3DS LL – 11,474
PS4 Pro – 6,585
Vita – 4,077
2DS – 2,545
New 3DS – 710
Xbox One – 265
PS3 – 201
Wii U – 150

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

Switch – 37,709
PS4 – 18,251
New 3DS LL – 11,592
PS4 Pro – 5,795
Vita – 4,149
2DS – 2,655
New 3DS – 815
Xbox One – 308
PS3 – 298
Wii U – 199

And here are the software charts:

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Nintendo has scheduled some last-minute maintenance for Switch / Wii U / 3DS. All three platforms will be impacted, affecting certain network services. Online play, rankings, etc. may be unavailable.

The maintenance schedule is as follows:

– 5:50 PM PT (June 28) – 8 PM PT (June 28)
– 8:50 PM ET (June 28) – 11 PM ET (June 28)
– 1:50 AM in the UK (June 29) – 4 AM in the UK (June 29)
– 2:50 AM in Europe (June 29) – 5 AM in Europe (June 29)

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