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Shigeru Miyamoto is celebrating his birthday today. Well, that was technically yesterday at this point since it’s now November 17th in Japan. But in any case… happy birthday, Miyamoto! He’s now 63 years old.

It goes without saying that Miyamoto has had a monumental aspect on Nintendo and gaming as a whole. He’s created some of the most legendary franchises, including Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, Pikmin, and plenty more. Although his role at Nintendo has slightly changed, he’s still very involved with a number of games, and we can’t wait to see what he does next at the company.

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The Modern Color Mario amiibo will finally be leaving the Super Mario Maker Wii U bundle later this month. In time for Black Friday, the figure is being sold separately at Walmart stores.

While the Modern Color Mario is a Walmart exclusive, it should be pretty well-stocked. The retailer’s Black Friday ad claims that stores will have a “minimum” of 21 units.

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Back in August, Nintendo put up the first part of the Zelda comic “Link’s Hijinks”. The second portion has since been added to the Play Nintendo website. You can read it in full below.

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It’s been a very busy day for amiibo news. We’ve heard about new Animal Crossing figures plus Famicom R.O.B coming to North America, and we even saw a first look at the Ryu amiibo.

That’s not all though. Found it what seems to be a GameStop display is confirmation of another amiibo exclusive. In the United States, you’ll only be able to purchase Roy at GameStop.

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Update: Bumped to the top. The amiibo news keeps coming in! Rover and Kapp’n have also been found in the system.

A Target display has revealed the existence of a brand new amiibo. At some point in the future, Nintendo will be launching the Timmy & Tommy Nook figure. Target’s display indicates that this amiibo will be exclusive to the retailer in the United States.

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Aside from the Timmy & Tommy Nook amiibo, there’s another important item included in Target’s retail display. It appears that the Famicom R.O.B. amiibo is heading west based on the image above. Nintendo hasn’t made any official announcements yet, but there’s no reason for it to be featured in the display if it isn’t coming over.

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Every fighter in Super Smash Bros. gets its own amiibo. Naturally, things won’t be any different for Ryu. The character will be receiving its own figure in 2016, and you can get a first look at it above from a Toys “R” Us display.

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The next issue of CoroCoro will be one to keep an eye on if you’re a Pokemon fan. According to the latest magazine, the next edition will contain some big news about the franchise in 2016. Expect the news to leak out before December 15.

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In just a couple of hours, Amazon will be opening up pre-orders for the Mewtwo amiibo as well as a few Animal Crossing figures.

Here are the relevant times:

Mewtwo

– 2 PM PT
– 3 PM MT
– 4 PM CT
– 5 PM ET

Mabel

– 3 PM PT
– 4 PM MT
– 5 PM CT
– 6 PM ET

Tom Nook

– 4 PM PT
– 5 PM MT
– 6 PM CT
– 7 PM ET

Animal Crossing 3-pack

– 5 PM PT
– 6 PM MT
– 7 PM CT
– 8 PM ET

Meanwhile, if you’re in Canada, the following amiibo can already be ordered:

Mabel
Tom Nook
Animal Crossing amiibo 3-pack

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The Play Nintendo YouTube account has a short promo up for Super Mario Maker. Check it out below.

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