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This week’s GameStop deals are as follows:


Note: All of the 2 for $30 games can be found here.


Starting on November 1, Nintendo will make eight older 3DS retail games available on the Japanese eShop.

So let’s say you have the physical version of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D. What happens if you want to make the switch to digital? What happens to the save data?

Obviously the save data is tied to the 3DS cart, so it wouldn’t work with the downloadable version. In spring of next year, however, Nintendo will release a tool that allows users to transfer data between their physical and downloadable copies.


Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime tackled a few more questions in an interview with AllThingsD.

He first commented on Miiverse, which he feels will be an unexpected hit and will grow to become “a true killer application for the system.”

Other topics include Nintendo’s broad competition, forecasts and productions for Wii U, and more.

Look for Reggie’s comments below.


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

3DSLL – 55,353
3DS – 24,822
PSP – 23,061
Vita – 14,469
PS3 – 8,935
Wii – 5,421
PS2 – 1,103
Xbox 360 – 742
DSi – 429
DSi LL – 365

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

3DSLL – 35,206
3DS – 26,176
PSP – 14,921
PS3 – 11,440
Vita – 9,295
Wii – 5,742
PS2 – 1,014
Xbox 360 – 748
DSi LL – 516
DSi – 504



Super Contra will be hitting the Japanese eShop as a Famicom download on October 10 for 500 yen. Screenshots of the game can be found above.

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