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Just like GameStop, Best Buy is now taking pre-orders for the standalone Wolf Link amiibo. You can reserve it here. Wolf Link comes out next Friday in North America.

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Aside from asking Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma about his thoughts on VR, French site Gameblog posed two more questions that were more about Nintendo in general.

First, Aonuma was asked about what makes Nintendo games recognizable. He (roughly) said the following:

“I do not know if it fits perfectly, but I will say that … it’s difficult to answer, because I never created video games other than Nintendo. On the other hand, I play a lot of other games, other than Nintendo. The specificity (essence) of Nintendo, although it is not valid for 100% of our games, but compared to other games, we go directly into the heart of the matter … It is true that our games do not take long to start, not full of cinematic intros, explanations that drag on and that we are told ‘well, we play when?’ And which give us rather want to turn off the console.”

Aonuma next commented on the gaming industry and how it’s changed. He (roughly) shared the following on that subject:

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Gameblog was recently given the opportunity to interview Eiji Aonuma, the producer of Zelda. At one point, Aonuma was asked about his thoughts regarding Zelda and virtual reality.

At least for the time being, the two aren’t a match. VR allows the player to see the world from their own point of view. With Zelda, however, the purpose is to watch Link grow.

Aonuma’s words are roughly translated as follows.

“You know, one of the interests of the Zelda games is to evolve Link and therefore see him grow. In VR, you would no longer see Link, you would see the world from your personal point of view, so I think it would not be very ‘Zelda'”.

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My Nintendo began offering a few new Zelda-based rewards at the very start of December. For those in Europe, these same items are now available.

First, a 30th anniversary Zelda 3DS theme can be had for 300 Platinum Points. Three different 3DS videos are also live for 100 Platinum Points each. After you’ve downloaded them, you can watch orchestrated performances of Zelda music.

All of these rewards are accessible on My Nintendo here.

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The Legend of Zelda: Art & Artifacts Limited Edition may have sold out on Amazon, but Target is now taking pre-orders. Secure yours here. Just like Amazon, it may not last long.

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GameStop has restocked the NES Classic Edition on its website, though you’ll need to purchase it in a bundle. Three options are available at $80, $125, and $130.

The full set can be found here. Note that they will all be restocked on February 1.

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Nintendo will be joining the lineup of sponsors for the 2017 Kids’ Choice Awards. It’s unclear what exactly that role entails, but the show does at least have backing from the big N.

You may have forgotten, but there was a neat little Nintendo segment at the Kids’ Choice Awards last year. Mario and Luigi showed up to present once of the winners, and a live-action Mario sequence was created.

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Over on Glixel, there’s a pretty massive interview with Gearbox Software president and CEO Randy Pitchford. One portion of the discussion went over Pitchford’s recent comments about Switch.

Pitchford said last week that he doesn’t see Borderlands 3 happening on Switch. Communications with Nintendo had been taking place, but stopped for unknown reasons.

Now Pitchford has elaborated on that and much more in Glixel’s interview. He had plenty of praise for Switch, and did also say that “there might be some scenarios where if the Switch becomes a place where there’s a huge number of customers, and it doesn’t compromise the experience that we’re making – there could be a scenario where us or Take-Two and 2K decide to take the effort to make it happen.”

Read up on Pitchford’s full comments below.

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Warner Bros. announced today that a console game based on Cars 3 is in development. Platforms were not announced, but you can bet that it will appear on Nintendo platforms.

What’s particularly interesting here is that the title is being made by Avalanche Software. For those who are unaware, it’s the same team behind the Disney Infinity games. After the plug was pulled on Disney Infinity, we heard that Avalanche had closed. Apparently though, the studio is back in action. Avalanche’s Octane engine technology will also be used to develop the Cars 3 game set for release later this year.

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Pokemon has achieved record-breaking sales figures at retail in the UK throughout 2016, for its Trading Card Game (TCG) and toys from master toy partner TOMY, The Pokemon Company announced today.

NPD figures reveal that the the Pokémon property earned a 285 percent increase in sales throughout 2016 against market growth of 6 percent in the UK toy market as a whole. During the last three months of the year, Pokemon increased sales by 512 percent compared to the 7.7 percent market growth.

The Pokemon TCG managed to surpass the one million pounds sterling barrier during Christmas week. It saw retail sales of £1.29 million for a 733.7 percent increase year-over-year.

“Thanks to the activities celebrating Pokémon’s 20th year, plus the huge impact of our video game releases, interest in the brand has escalated, ensuring figures for TCG and toy sales have been incredible. We fully expect that demand for the product will remain high throughout 2017 as new expansions are introduced to tie in with our new Nintendo 3DS games Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon.” – Mathieu Galante, Senior Market Development Manager for The Pokémon Company International,

“We are delighted to announce these sensational figures just ahead of Toy Fair and look forward to talking to our retail partners at the show about ways that we can keep the phenomenal demand going. We are very excited about our first Pokémon TCG: Sun & Moon expansion, which will be released in February.” – Steve Buckmaster Managing Director of Esdevium Games – UK distributor of the Pokémon TCG

“We’re excited to be part of Pokémon’s fantastic achievement. We’re expecting 2017 to be another huge year for Pokémon and we’re looking forward to unveiling two new product lines at Toy Fair London that will appeal to collectors of all ages.” – Camilla MacQueen, UK Brand Manager at TOMY Europe

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