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Nintendo produces a special handbook for company employees each year. For us, the highlight is undoubtedly the amazing art and other images included inside.

We now have a look at the 2018 version. You can check out a few photos in the gallery below.

We may as well mention that some folks are speculating about Nintendo possibly showing designs for upcoming Super Mario Odyssey costumes in one of the pages. It remains to be seen if that’s the case, but at least the art is lovely.

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Several new deals have been added to Best Buy today. You can save on LEGO games, Kirby collectibles, and more.

As for the LEGO titles, you can pick up LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2, The LEGO Ninjago Movie Video Game, LEGO City Undercover, and LEGO Worlds for $20 each (Amazon has thus far price-matched LEGO Marvel here). Other discounted titles include NBA 2K18, Super Bomberman R, and more. See the full lineup here.

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This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta rank the characters from Zelda: Breath of the Wild in a bracket. Watch the full video below.

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Tomorrow is March 10, which is recognized as Mario Day. To celebrate, Google Maps has a little something special in store.

For the next week, Google Maps on iOS and Android will let users switch the blue navigation arrow that marks your car’s position in navigation mode into a special Mario Kart version. You can do so by pressing the yellow question mark button at the bottom of the app. After this, a “Mario Time” message will appear.

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In recent years, Valve has been focused on its huge distribution platform Steam and hardware. But now the company is shifting gears, and intends to get back into the game with software.

Valve boss Gabe Newell actually brought up something rather interesting when speaking about this at a recent event. Newell mentioned how the company has been jealous of the likes of Nintendo since they can create hardware and software in tandem.

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Nintendo has determined a release date for the new Splatoon 2 amiibo. Pearl and Marina will be available starting on July 13.

Here’s the news straight from Nintendo:

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When Nintendo holds its big presentations, Nintendo NY often lets the fans stop by and watch them live. That will once again be the case with today’s Nintendo Direct.

If you happen to be near the store in the New York City area, head up to the second floor at 5 PM. You’ll then be able to view the Nintendo Direct with other fans as the broadcast happens.

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Bandai intends to sell a massive plush toy based on Lapras from Pokemon. Despite the high price tag of 79,400 yen ($750), pre-orders have already sold out.

The plush toy is going by the name “A Lapras You’ll Definitely Want To Ride.” It comes in at over six and a half feet and a height of nearly four feet.

We have a few photos below:

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Update 3 (3/7): The Super Mario Encyclopedia Limited Edition has been further discounted to $47.99 (40%) off on Amazon. Based on past precedent, this should be the lowest it’ll go. Also, for folks in Canada, this is now $33 (32%) off on Amazon.

Update 2 (3/6): Super Mario Encyclopedia Limited Edition pre-orders are now $13 off on Amazon.. This is also up on Amazon Canada.

Update (3/5): Here’s a first look at the covers:

Original (3/4): The Super Mario Encyclopedia is finally releasing in English later this year. When it does, it’ll be accompanied by a limited edition.

Amazon’s listing says that the limited edition features “an embossed slipcase specially designed to look like the iconic Super Mario Question Mark Block”. Fans will be treated to one of four covers – Super Mushroom, Fire Flower, Super Star, or the 1-Up Mushroom, and each one is “accentuated with shimmering holofoil”. Additionally, the book includes “a ribbon bookmark, printed with the original beanstalk design from Super Mario Bros., and a sky-and-cloud design printed along the pages’ edge.”

You can pre-order the Super Mario Encyclopedia Limited Edition on Amazon here. We have a full description below.

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By far the biggest news of the day was the announcement of tomorrow’s Nintendo Direct. Nintendo confirmed that Mario Tennis Aces will be shown, along with other titles for both Switch and 3DS. That’s about all we know at present.

PlatinumGames’ Hideki Kamiya actually retweeted the news from Nintendo’s Japanese Twitter account. That may lead some to believe that we could see something such as a port of The Wonderful 101 tomorrow or news about Bayonetta 3, though there’s certainly the possibility that fans are looking into this too much.

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