General Nintendo

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The Nintendo World Store has a classy display of various Zelda items in celebration of the franchise’s 25th anniversary. Visitors can find all sorts of trinkets, posters, art, and much more. It’ll be up until February 2012, so there’s still a good amount of time to check it out if you’re in New York City.

One item that caught my eye in particular is the “gold” triforce pin (see picture 11, third image in gallery). I recall receiving a very similar pin from Nintendo when I became a sage on the NSider forums a number of years ago. Anyone remember those days? It makes me wish that Nintendo brought back a dedicated forum for their fans. The “Nintendo Tech Forums” are a poor replacement!

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Club Nintendo has been updated and now offers a new reward: History of Handheld Systems: Collectible Cards. The item can be yours for the price of 300 coins. For details on the cards, read on below.

Take a trip down memory lane with this collection of cards detailing Nintendo’s 30-plus year handheld history—from the Game & Watch™ series in 1980 to the Nintendo 3DS™ system in 2011.

• 12 cards featuring hand-drawn art and historical info
• Specially designed pouch featuring system art included
• Dimensions: 6.125″ x 4.125″

Grab the reward here.

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This week I talk about how Nintendo doesn’t make any sense. Sound off in the comments. :]

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Nintendo of Japan has added a neat little reward to Club Nintendo. Members can purchase pastel colored touch pens for 100 points. No word yet on whether this reward will be made available in North America/Europe.

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For the first time, Pokemon Company will be attending Jump Festa. And you may remember that a few months ago, Pokemon Company CEO Tsunekazu Ishihara hinted at a new game announcement before the end of the year.

Does that mean a new title will be revealed at the show? We don’t know for sure, but that’s what some fans are speculating. Jump Festa could turn out to be very interesting for Pokemon fans!

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Shueisha has announced a couple of dates for this year’s Jump Festa. The event will take place on December 17 and December 18 at the Makuhari Messe convention center.

Nintendo, Pokemon Company, SEGA, Namco Bandai, and Square Enix are among the exhibitors this year. A total of 27 companies will be presenting content.

The official Jump Festa site can be found here.

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Many video game franchises are experiencing significant milestones this year, including Castlevania. The first game in the series was released on this day twenty-five years ago.

While we don’t know what’s next for Castlevania, you should be able to rest easy knowing that the future is bright. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow producer David Cox took to Twitter to tells fans that the IP has “never been in better shape.” He also stated that “The future is assured.”

Cox wrote on Twitter:

“Today is the 25th anniversary of Castlevania. Some would say the series is in decline but the fact is it’s never been in better shape. The future is assured. Castlevania will never die. The series is evolving and bringing in new fans, reaching larger audiences.”

Lords of Shadow was a respectable entry in the series, but I’d personally love to see a new 2D title for the 3DS (it could be an interesting mix!). Another possibility I could see happening is Lords of Shadow 2, which, if it happens, might have a chance of ending up on Wii U.

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Edit: I decided to move the image to past a break, since it’s a little weird and disturbing.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this is a bag that can be purchased on Sears.com for the low price of $30, and I think you can see why it finds itself causing quite a ruckus. It was originally brought to public attention on Reddit.com, and from there I saw someone post a link on Facebook to the bag. Curious, I clicked it and was a little bewildered. Here’s what the description of the bag reads:

“Carson’s Collectibles Sling Bag (Messenger Bag) of King Dedede Drooling While Eating “
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Although this year’s Tokyo Game Show just ended, CESA has already dated 2012’s event. The organization announced today that TGS 2012 will be held from September 20 through September 23. It will once again take place at the Makuhari Messe convention center.

Along with this news, CESA revealed that this year’s TGS saw record attendance. 222,668 enthusiasts were a part of the show. That beats out last year’s statistic, which saw an attendence number of 207,647 people.

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