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Retailers are starting to open pre-orders for the new Guardian Nendoroid from Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Currently, you can reserve it on Play-Asia here, Good Smile here, or AmiAmi here.

The Guardian Nendoroid is estimated for release in August. The package comes with some optional parts, including effect parts for the powerful beam attack, a translucent sheet to recreate the “Game Over” screen, and an Ancient Bow that can be used together with the separately sold Nendoroid Link from Breath of the Wild.

Below are some new photos:

Thanks to m_t for the tip.

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NIS America sent out emails tonight regarding a data breach that took place on the company’s online store. The breach took place between January 23 and February 26 of this year, affecting those who placed orders using credit cards. PayPal users were not impacted.

Since we’ve been posting about the limited editions for Switch games being offered through the NIS America store over the past several months, we felt that it would be important to relay the news. You can read the lengthy email in full from NIS America below about the situation.

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Nintendo has published the latest entry in its Nintendo Power podcast series. Episode 3 can be listened to in full below.

In the latest podcast, host Chris Slate discusses Celeste with creators Matt Thorson and Noel Berry. Reiko Ninomiya and Tim O’Leary from the Nintendo Treehouse also stop by to talk about the games that defined the first year of Switch system and more.

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Alex Kidd in Miracle World was intended to be SEGA’s answer to Super Mario Bros. Yet even before that, there was a very different plan in mind for the project.

Kotaro Hayashida, who created Alex Kidd, revealed in the new Untold History of Japanese Game Developers book that the game started out as a Dragon Ball title. However, SEGA was forced to make a major change when it lost the license. Hayashida said that when the project restarted, that’s when the team “started thinking about Mario, and looking for ways in which to differentiate the title from it.”

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The latest episode of Nintendo’s Japanese show Nyannyan Neko Mario Time has now gone live. We’ve included it below.

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GameStop has again restocked the Super NES Classic Edition, which has thankfully been a regular occurrence as of late. If you still haven’t been able to find one, you can order the system here. This does usually sell out, but it should be in stock for a good while.

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A trio of rewards have been added to the North American My Nintendo website in celebration of Pokemon Day 2018.

First, a Pikachu & Poke Ball 3DS theme can be redeemed for 100 Platinum Points. You can also nab a Detective Pikachu wallpaper for 50 Platinum Points. Last but not least, there’s a printable Happy Pokemon Day card, which is entirely free.

Look for all of these new rewards on My Nintendo here.

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Super Nintendo World is going to be a long-term project for Nintendo and Universal. Originally announced in 2015, the theme park is planned to be ready for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

While it may not show much, the first building for Super Nintendo World has gone up at Universal Studios Japan. Currently the entrance to the area is being worked. You can see a couple of photos below as well as a closer look at construction in the attached video.

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Without much fanfare, a couple of 8Bitdo’s controllers received a firmware update. Version 1.25 is out now for the SN30 and SF30 Pro.

You can download the new firmware here. According to the official patch notes, the accuracy of analog on SWITCH mode has been enhanced.

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Super Mario Odyssey and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe have been nominated for Favorite Video Game for Nickelodeon’s 2018 Kids’ Choice Awards. The event, which will be hosted by John Cena, takes place March 24. Voting for the video game category begins March 19.

See the full list of nominees for Favorite Video Game below:

Just Dance 2018
Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Minecraft: Java Edition
Star Wars Battlefront II
Super Mario Odyssey

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