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Amazon is now taking orders for the new Chrom and Tiki amiibo. You can get both here. Oddly they’re listing as limited time deals, but you shouldn’t encounter any issues actually placing an order.

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NPD will be issuing data from the September 2017 report later today. However, Nintendo has already come out with some information to highlight its strong performance.

In September, Switch was the top-selling current-gen hardware in the United States. It’s the third month in the row for the console and the fifth time overall in the seven months since launch. Sales for Switch are now at over two million units in the US alone.

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GameStop has the Super Mario Odyssey amiibo 3-pack available to pre-order once again. If you’d like to reserve it, you can do so here. The amiibo launch with Mario Odyssey next Friday.

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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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The Zelda: Breath of the Wild Champions and Super Mario Odyssey amiibo are on display at a Nintendo press event. Get a closer look at the figures in the gallery below.

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SEGA has opened a brand new online store for its fans. The digital store, which only just started today, can be accessed here.

The shop only just seems to be getting started, but it already has quite a number of items to purchase. You can grab merchandise based on Sonic, Golden Axe, and even the SEGA Genesis. Look for more items on the store in the future.

Thanks to Mii again.

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The NES and Famicom are very different. Even from a design perspective, the two are dissimilar in many ways.

One interesting aspect about the Famicom is that the cartridges have two holes at the top. On the NES, these don’t exist at all. NES cartridges have indentations at the top, which we know are used to snap the cart in place.

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Zelda fans looking to secure the new Breath of the Wild Champions amiibo can do so on Amazon Canada. The retailer has all of the figures up for pre-order here. The various amiibo are due out on November 10.

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The image above shows the new E3 logo that has been decided on for 2018. The popular expo has decided on a flatter, cleaner format this year compared to the 3D logo used in the last 14 years. E3 2018 will take place from June 12 to June 14.

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The end of Miiverse is almost upon us. Towards the beginning of November, the service is shutting down. All posts and everything else associated with the social network will be wiped clean.

To celebrate all of the good memories on Miiverse, a number of Nintendo developers have contributed special drawings that have been shared over the past several days. Shigeru Miyamoto, Eijo Aonuma, and Takashi Tezuka are just a few who created art for the community.

Here’s the full roundup:

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