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When Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon launch on Friday, a special real-life Z-Ring will also be made available. It lights up, vibrates, and emits sounds to go along with what’s happening in-game. Kotaku now has a video up showing the Z-Ring – view it below.

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The folks over at Smosh have once again produced an “honest trailer” for a game. This time, the video focuses on Pokemon X/Y. Check it out below.

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In Super Mario 64, King Bob-omb awaits you as the boss of Bob-omb Battlefield. On the way up to the top of the mountain where the battle takes place, players need to navigate through a pit of two rolling balls.

What happens after you defeat him is very interesting. Instead of two balls, the pit will instead have three on every star following the battle. Fans now believe that the new ball is King Bomb-omb himself.

The first bob-omb you come across in Bob-omb Battlefield will mention that the King was a “dud.” Coupled with the fact that the ball would resemble the King if given facial features, the theory is definitely plausible. Some players may have noticed some of these things in the past, but they’ve definitely not been widespread.

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SuperMetaldave64 posted a new video interview with Brjann Sigurgeirsson, CEO of Image & Form. Sigurgeirsson discussed the SteamWorld series, working with Wii U, and the Switch. Hear what he had to say in the video below.

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Target is celebrating the launch of Pokemon Sun/Moon with a special event. On Saturday, the retailer will be providing a Pikachu promo card and poster to fans between 11 AM and 2 PM. The offer is valid while supplies last.

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Nintendo is promoting Mario Party: Star Rush by pointing out a new survey conducted by Wakefield Research that many parents say they don’t have enough time to spend with their kids. As the big N notes, “parents tell their children they are too busy to play with them an average of eight times a week, with almost half of parents (48 percent) saying they spend more time commuting to work than playing with their kids. But simple things like playing a quick video game as a family, which tops the list of activities that kids enjoy most (33 percent), can be easy and fun.”

Nintendo adds that over half of parents (52 percent) often avoid playing family games due to the stress of picking a single game that everyone wants to play. Kids getting too bored (36 percent) or arguing whose turn it is (31 percent) are roadblocks as well.

In today’s announcement, Nintendo claims that Mario Party: Star Rush can help avoid these pitfalls. The game lets players take turns at once, experience various mini-games and boss battles, and go through seven different modes.

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A new commercial for the Nintendo Classic Mini: Famicom has started airing in Japan. And in many ways, it takes inspiration from one of Nintendo’s older advertisement.

First, watch the Nintendo Classic Mini: Famicom below:

And now watch this advertisement for the original Famicom:

From the narration to the overall visual style, both commercials are pretty similar. Definitely looks like Nintendo is playing up the nostalgia factor here!

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Twitter is spicing up its selection of stickers with a new set dedicated to Pokemon. Through November 21, those using the social media service on smart devices can dress up their photos with Rowlet, Litten, Popplio, or a Poke Ball. It’s being done to promote the launch of Pokemon Sun/Moon on Friday.

Here’s the announcement from Twitter:

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We’ve known about Jakks Pacific’s Trophy Series and Prototype Series figures for some time now. But before the weekend started, some new ones were shown on Twitter.

For the Trophy Series, the new additions are Ganondorf and Tanooki Mario. Toon Link and Olimar are being added to the Prototype Series.

Store exclusives seem to be involved here. With the Trophy Series, they can only be found at Walmart. Target has the exclusive on the Prototype Series.

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Many, many years ago, Sony was working on the SNES PlayStation. It would have acted as as add-on for Nintendo’s classic console, allowing it to read discs. But unfortunately, it ended up getting cancelled.

Now in a new interview, we have some rare behind-the-scenes information about what was happening with the SNES PlayStation. Dwango head Nobuo Kawakami interviewed Shigeo Maruyama, who was once the the CEO of Sony Music Entertainment as well as the former chairman of Sony Computer Entertainment. Maruyama talked about the situation with the SNES PlayStation and also offered insight into the mind of Ken Kutaragi, who largely was the person who pushed for the device’s development.

Head past the break for our full translation.

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