Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Following yesterday’s tease, Toys “R” Us has now officially confirmed an exclusive restock of the Villager amiibo. The figure will be available once again on November 8.

Note that you’ll only be able to pick it up in-store. Quantities will also be “limited”.

Here’s the relevant tweet from Toys “R” Us:

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The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses concert series will be returning once again in 2016. Today, more dates were announced for both North America and Europe.

Here’s the full lineup:

Nashville, TN, Schermerhorn Symphony Center; January 21, 22
Boston, MA, Symphony Hall; February 23
Costa Mesa, CA, Segerstrom Center for the Arts; March 8
Toronto, ON, Sony Centre; March 19
Jacksonville, FL, Moran Theatre; March 24
Kansas City, MO, Music Hall Kansas City; March 26
Memphis, TN, The Orpheum; March 31
New Orleans, LA, Saenger Theater; April 1
Columbus, OH, Ohio Theater; April 3
Charlottesville, VA, JPJ Arena; April 8
London, UK, SSE/Wembley Arena; April 23
Guadalajara, MX, Auditorio Telmex; May 11
Monterrey, MX, Arena Monterrey; May 13
Mexico City, MX, Arena de Ciudad; May 15
San Antonio, TX, Majestic Theater; May 21
Los Angeles, CA, Dolby Theater; June 13
Austin, TX, Long Center; June 23
Montreal, QB, Place des Arts; June 25
San Francisco, CA, Davies Symphony Hall; August 21
Atlanta, GA, Cobb Perf. Arts; September 10
Edmonton, AB, Southern Jubilee; September 21
Vancouver, BC, Queen Elizabeth Theatre; September 23
Paris, FR, Palais Des Congres; October 8
Lisbon, PT, Coliseu de Lisboa; October 14
Essen, DE, Grugahalle; October 15
Chicago, IL, Chicago Auditorium; November 12

The third installment of The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses, going by the “Master Quest” name, will add brand-new music and visuals from Tri Force Heroes. Fans can get a sneak-preview of this content tonight on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”, where an orchestra will perform the Tri Force Heroes interlude arrangement from the symphony.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes (3DS) – 9/9/8/8
Flowers Natsu Hen (PSV/PSP) – 8/9/8/8
Aikatsu! My No.1 Stage! (3DS) – 8/8/8/8
Runner2 (Wii U) – 8/7/7/8
Shuriken Sentai Ninninger: Game de Wasshoi (3DS) – 7/7/8/7
Pentapuzzle (Wii U) – 7/7/6/5
Darts Up (Wii U) – 5/5/5/4

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Nintendo sent out a bunch of art from Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival today, showing images of characters and more. View the full set below.

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At the Tokyo Game Show last month, Capcom announced that an anime is planned for Monster Hunter Stories. This will debut in Japan sometime next year.

A new piece of information about the anime has since surfaced. Specifically, it’s now confirmed that David Production is behind the show. This team is perhaps best known for working on the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure and JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders anime.

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Dig Dug 2 made its way to the European Wii U Virtual Console last week. For a look at the game, check out the video below.

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At the end of the Ace Attorney 6’s Tokyo Game Show trailer, we got a glimpse of Apollo Justice at the very end. It turns out he’ll have quite a big role in the game. As revealed in this week’s issue of Famitsu, Phoenix Wright and Apollo Justice are featured in Ace Attorney 6 as dual protagonists.

Famitsu also says that the game is set in both Japan and “Kurain Kingdom.” Prosecutor Payne (Gaspen Payne) will meet Phoenix here. In Famitsu’s article, it’s mentioned that the country features an undefeated prosecutor as well.

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Mixi published another round of screenshots and art from Monster Strike. View all of the various images in the gallery below.

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Rocket Company has sent out official assets pertaining to Medabots 9.

First up, a teaser trailer:

The game’s website is now open as well. That can be accessed here.

Lastly, we have several screenshots and art from the game:

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 6 Comments

LEGO Jurassic World launched back in June. Since then, it has sold roughly four million units, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. It’s not known how much LEGO Jurassic World sold on Wii U and 3DS specifically, but Warner Bros. must be happy with the game’s sales overall.

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