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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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Thanks to Ross M for the news tip!

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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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Thanks to Ross M for the news tip!

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Thanks to Ross M for the news tip!

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Thanks to Ross M for the news tip!

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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”

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A fan has taken on the assignment of combining two established properties: Left 4 Dead and Mario. DoritoClock has built a completely custom map and has managed to fit Peach’s true home – the Mushroom Kingdom – in the level. While it’s possible to explore the outer castle, players can also step inside and view a fairly decent recreation of the lobby as well. You can check out a few images of the map below.

Thanks to Jake for the news tip!

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This information comes from Rare’s latest Scribes update…

“Well, it was hardly surprising: Conker had only appeared in DKR at that point and Banjo-Kazooie was in development at the same time as Smashy.”

Really, I have to agree with Rare here. Besides, there were only 12 characters in the original Smash Bros. and you could argue that Banjo and Conker were not established characters at that point.

This news is a little more surprising, though:

“Memory tells me there were almost a boatload of Rare character trophies in Melee at one point, but it never happened.”

Melee came out in 2001, but Rare was bought out by Microsoft in 2002. It’s certainly possible that the acquisition – even though it occurred after the game’s release – was some sort of a contributing factor for the loss of Rare trophies in the game.