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The word on the street is that Nintendo is set to hold a retailer briefing/conference this coming Thursday. But will there any significant revelations from the event?

The thing is, these types of conferences are fairly standard for Nintendo. Just about every month, the Big N participates in retailer meetings so that upcoming first and third-party games can be displayed. Most recently, the release dates for a few games (including Sin and Punishment 2) were announced at one of the conferences, but other than that, there was nothing too noteworthy shared.

Also, it was made publicly known in 2008 that there would be a “Fall Conference.” But unlike this year, that information was published about a month before the event took place.

Taking all of that into consideration, in addition to the fact that Nintendo’s Denise Kaigler told IGN that the company is “not planning to do another big summit for all media this year,” the possibility of a big conference on Thursday doesn’t seem entirely likely. However, Kaigler’s statement was somewhat ambiguous, therefore one has to wonder whether or not that includes Nintendo’s annual conference in Japan.

Right now, no one can say for sure what will happen on Thursday. Will this just be another simple retail meeting, or will it shape up to be an event filled to the brim with announcements? Well, we’ll find out for sure in just a matter of days.

Source 1, Source 2, Source 3, Source 4

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On October 11, Toys R Us will apparently be holding a new game sale on all games. Consumers will be able to participate in a “buy 2, get 1 free” deal until October 17. However, as is always the case, the third title must be of equal or lesser value than the other two products.

A similar offer was available in September, but that only applied to $20 titles and under. For now though, it appears as though only residents in the United States will be able to take advantage of this deal.

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This comes from the same IGN interview that we posted about earlier today…

“Oh man. I love IGN, so I really want to give you something here… It’s an action/horror game, and it’ll be very scary… And I guess I can also tell you that the main character has a very cool watch.” – Suda51

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I’ve been holding back on this news for a few hours since the Club Nintendo site has been a bit wonky. Looks like everything is fixed now, though!

Anyway, as was promised a few weeks ago, there is a new prize available over at Club Nintendo. It’s a Zelda set of goods, which includes a history of Link, Phantom Hourglass, and Twilight Princess posters. You can check out more details below, and we’ve posted images of the posters in this post.

“This poster is accompanied by promotional posters for The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.
– 3 posters ship together as a set
– Ships in a poster tube.
– Collector’s Edition History of Link Poster measures 16.5″ x 28.7″
– The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess promotional posters measure 22″ x 28”