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Play-Asia and AmiAmi are now accepting pre-orders for a number of upcoming Pokemon figures. You can reserve the Pokken Tournament-based Mewtwo and Lucario Variable Action Heroes as well as Brock & Geodude & Vulpix and Joy & Chansey from the G.E.M. Series.

Below are links to each:

Play-Asia

Variable Action Heroes – Pokken Tournament: Mewtwo Action Figure
Variable Action Heroes – Pokken Tournament: Lucario Action Figure
G.E.M. Series – Pokemon: Brock & Geodude & Vulpix Complete Figure
G.E.M. Series – Pokemon: Joy & Chansey Complete Figure

AmiAmi

Variable Action Heroes – Pokken Tournament: Mewtwo Action Figure
Variable Action Heroes – Pokken Tournament: Lucario Action Figure
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G.E.M. Series – Pokemon: Joy & Chansey Complete Figure

Note that on Play-Asia, there’s a pre-order deadline for July 17. Item availability is not guaranteed afterwards.

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The Super Mario Uno cards we reported on a few months ago are out now in Japan. Below, MyGamingBoulevard takes a closer look at the deck.

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Stocks, share prices, and other things of that nature aren’t usually something we cover. After all, those tend to fluctuate often, and can do so quickly. However, Pokemon GO has made such an impact for Nintendo that we’re willing to make an exception.

Business Insider reports that Nintendo shares rose roughly 10 percent on Friday. And today, in early trading in Tokyo, shares increased as much as 23 percent. Bloomberg’s David Ingles notes that this is the best one-day move for Nintendo stock since 1983.

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One year ago, late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata passed away. He was just 55.

Iwata passed away on July 11 (it’s now that same day in Japan) of last year. We actually didn’t know about what had happened until a couple of days later. Out of nowhere, Nintendo put up an official notice on its investor relation’s website about the situation.

Looking back on that time, everything felt so surreal. I still remember seeing that notice on Nintendo’s website and questioning if what I was looking at was legitimate. We knew Iwata was dealing with a health issue, but I just couldn’t believe it. I hadn’t seen the news floating around anywhere else, so I was just hoping that it was somehow untrue.

It was an extremely sad period around this time for everyone last year. For me, Iwata’s passing really had an impact – more so than I could have ever imagined. Even though I never knew him personally, I just felt incredibly sad knowing that he wasn’t here with us anymore.

There’s no question that Iwata has been missed over the past 12 months, and that will continue. All we can do is keep his memory alive, remember all that he did for the gaming industry, and how many people he impacted.

Thank you for everything, Satoru Iwata.

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When the new Splatoon amiibo made it to store shelves this past week in Japan, they were accompanied by an amiibo diorama for the Squid Sisters. Check out an unboxing video below, along with another look at Callie and Marie.

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Donkey Kong – and the series itself – is celebrating its 35th anniversary today. The very first game debuted way back on July 9, 1981 in arcades. Donkey Kong is one of Nintendo’s oldest franchises, so it’s great to see that it’s still very relevant today!

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SEGA / Atlus announced this past week that, going forward, Deep Silver will be publishing their games across Europe. It’ll begin with the likes of 7th Dragon III: Code VFD and Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse, with the relationship continuing in the future.

SEGA recently took to its official blog and commented on the situation further in a new post. Additionally, the publisher explained why it has chosen not to handle games internally through something like SEGA Europe.

Here’s the full response:

Stop me if you’ve heard this before:

“We’re working on it.”

It’s an oft-used PR phrase that people have come to see as a general throwaway response. And while I can’t speak for every case, I can at least tell you that when it comes to publishing SEGA Japanese IP games (and ATLUS’!) in Europe, it’s true. We are working on it. Or were, really, since we just inked a deal with Deep Silver to release multiple upcoming titles in Europe. Physical versions.

That means that 7th Dragon III Code: VFD will be coming to European regions as both a physical and digital title, which will be published by Deep Silver for the EU territory.

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A new Pokemon Center opened in the Skytree commercial facility within Tokyo, Japan earlier this week. It’s the 11th store that’s been established.

Thanks to Famitsu, we have several photos of the store opening. Hit up the gallery below for the images.

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This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta take on The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX. Watch it below.

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Update: Shayla told Kotaku that she did not capture the Pokemon she was looking for since she stopped playing to call the police.

“[The police] didn’t really know what [Pokemon Go] was. They’re were just like ‘okay.’ I was like, extremely scared, I didn’t know what to do…I was shaking and crying.”

All sorts of stories have been popping up since the launch of Pokemon GO. A few have been heartwarming, others have been unexpected, and some have been downright strange. We aren’t going to be posting too many of them since they’re a bit off-beat for the site, but there is just one we’ll share here due to how odd (and yet very sad at the same time) it is.

19-year-old Shayla Wiggins was playing Pokemon GO earlier today… and happened to come across a dead body floating in the river. She was hoping to capture a creature from a natural water resource. That’s when she took a glance at the shore and saw something in the water. After realizing what was happening, Shayla called the police, who arrived quickly.

Detectives believe the body had been there for less than 24 hours. Additionally, police are saying that “the death appears to be accidental in nature and possibly that of a drowning.”

For something a little more upbeat, Polygon has a story on how Pokemon GO is bringing together. GameSpot also published something about a new father catching a Pidgey as his wife gave birth.

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