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Animal Crossing amiibo cards series 2 launched in Japan last week. To get a closer look at the new packs, watch the video below.

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SEGA is one of the latest video game publishers to have reported its financial results. Between April and September, the company’s sales saw a bit of a dip while profits increased year-over-year.

SEGA’s net sales landed at $1.2 billion for the period, which is a 2.5 percent decrease compared to the same period last year. However, profits were at $7.9 million, a significant improvement given last year’s loss of $23 million. One reason for the decrease in sales is because SEGA didn’t bring out any major titles.

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The new Ratchet & Clank game for PlayStation 4 features a noticeable reference to Star Fox. In the video below, you can hear one of the characters calling out to the main player to “do a barrel roll”. Of course, that’s one of the most recognizable lines in Star Fox’s history!

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Next weekend, Target will be hosting a buy 2, get 1 free sale. This applies to all games sold by the retailer, so every Wii U and 3DS title should be eligible. Some of you may want to pick up the likes of Yo-kai Watch or Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival with the offer.

Target’s sale will begin on November 8. It’ll last through November 14.

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On Twitter, collector and games archivist Steve Lin has been sharing some interesting paperwork from the NES days. We have a look at the original news release above, and several other items below.

One document is for research Nintendo conducted in January/February of 1986. In it, it’s shown that R.O.B. was one of the leading reasons why kids were so interested in the console.

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GamesBeat recently spoke with Aaron Greenberg, who leads the marketing team for Xbox’s first and third-party games. At one point during the conversation, the site mentioned how Nintendo is bringing out a new system in the middle of a console cycle, and asked if that move will disrupt things in a way.

Greenberg responded by saying that Nintendo has “always been innovative”. He also said that they “always danced to their own tune”.

Greenberg’s full words:

“I’m not sure what Nintendo’s doing. I hear the same rumors and stuff that you do. I guess we’ll react to that when we know more. Nintendo’s always been innovative. They’ve always differentiated in their own way. They’ve always danced to their own tune, if you will. It wouldn’t surprise me if they do their own thing when the time is right. What they’ve done is unique and different. How they’ll compete with us remains to be seen.”

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Famitsu readers were recently tasked with ranking their favorite Japan’s top 3 biggest RPGs by franchise. It might not be surprising, but Dragon Quest came out on top with 366 votes. Final Fantasy was next with 361 votes, followed by Pokemon with 135 votes.

Here’s the full top 10:

1) Dragon Quest series – 366 votes
2) Final Fantasy series – 361 votes
3) Pokemon series – 135 votes
4) Tales of series – 84 votes
5) Shin Megami Tensei series – 44 votes
6) Persona series – 41 votes
7) SaGa series – 29 votes
8) Kingdom Hearts series – 23 votes
9) Suikoden series – 22 votes
10) Mother series – 19 votes

What’s your favorite Japanese RPG series?

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The image above is a look at Dark Mewtwo, who was just added to the arcade version via a surprise update. He’s an exclusive boss in the fighting game – for now anyway. In any case, get a look at Dark Mewtwo below.

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In the latest episode of Nintendo Minute, Kit and Krysta return to take on the next part of Year Walk. You can watch today’s full video below.

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The 33rd Golden Joystick Awards were held at the indigO2 at London’s O2 Arena. During the event, the late Satoru Iwata was honored with a Lifetime Achievement award.

Here’s the news on that front:

Satoru Iwata, the Nintendo CEO who sadly died in July this year at the age of 55, was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award. A revered man of the gaming industry, Satoru was the driving force behind many of Nintendo’s products including the Wii and DS, and is credited for bringing gaming to the masses by making it family entertainment. Starting out as a programmer in the 1980’s for a subsidiary of Nintendo, he became president in 2002, the first outside of the company’s founding family. He was renowned for first and foremost being a gamer and was described as “… having the brain of a game developer and the heart of a gamer”. His contribution and impact on modern gaming is second to none.

Splatoon also saw a couple of wins at the Golden Joystick Awards. The Wii U title was chosen as “Best Family Game” and “Best Nintendo Game”.

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