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The latest episode of The Cat Mario Show has gone live on Nintendo’s YouTube channel. You can watch it below.

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On one of its Twitter accounts, Best Buy announced a new amiibo exclusive for Canada. The Animal Crossing figure Lottie will only be sold at this retailer in the country. Pre-orders are live here.

Will Lottie be exclusive to Best Buy in the United States as well? Only time will tell!

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Mobile, News | 3 Comments

Pokemon Go developer Niatic announced today that it has raised its Series A financing round from The Pokemon Company Group, Google and Nintendo. As mentioned in today’s announcement, “The companies are investing up to $30 million in Niantic, Inc., which includes an initial $20 million upfront and an additional $10 million conditioned upon achieving certain milestones.” Through the funding, Niatic intends to continue developing Pokemon Go, support the global Ingress community, scale its platform, and release new games.

Niantic CEO John Hank said of today’s news:

“The Pokémon Company, Google and Nintendo are incredible investors and strategic partners to help build the next chapter for Niantic. We will be using this capital to continue the development of Pokémon GO, to evolve and grow Ingress and its thriving global community, and to build out our real-world gaming platform.”

Tsunekazu Ishihara, president and CEO of The Pokémon Company, also stated:

“Pokémon’s strategic investment in Niantic paves the way for a social mobile experience the world has never seen before. The Pokémon Company is committed to partnering with companies like Niantic that share the same spirit of community and innovation.”

Finally, some words from Google’s VP of corporate development, Don Harrison:

“Niantic has shown the great potential of mixing geolocation technology, dynamic storytelling and innovative game design, and we’re excited to continue supporting the team on their journey.”

Source: Pokemon PR

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 80 Comments

Some Zelda fans in North America will soon be able to test out the series’ latest entry, Tri Force Heroes. Demo codes are starting to be distributed via email.

The download allows players to go through a dungeon with two friends via local play. Online co-op will also be available at the following times:

– 10/16: 5 PM – 10 PM PT
– 10/17: 5 PM – 10 PM PT
– 10/18: 7 AM – 12 PM PT

If you do receive a code, it can be redeemed on the eShop.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 9 Comments

The Mario Hot Wheels we heard about previously are coming to store shelves soon. According to Nintendo’s Facebook page, they’ll be available this month.

A few different toys are planned for release. We’ll be seeing Hot Wheels based on the various Super Mario Bros. games, Mario Kart, and Dr. Mario.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments

Pokken Tournament is holding a special celebration in celebration of Halloween. Players can participate in the event until November 3.

Below are all of the relevant details:

– Play the event if you play the game using a Bana Passport and your Bana account
– Gives you a special Support set of Mismagius and Ninetales
– Haunted Mansion stage updated to have a Halloween aesthetic
– Gives you access to multiple sets of clothing when you access the Pokkén WEB portal
– Mismagius uses the Ominous Wind move
– This hits for damage and increases attack power
– Ninetales uses Will-O-Wisp
– This sends out a small flame in front of your playable Pokémon

Images pertaining to the Pokken Tournament Halloween event are in the gallery below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 8 Comments

Last month, Nintendo of America picked up a new trademark for Donkey Kong Jr with the USPTO. The filing pertains to “Downloadable electronic game programs; downloadable electronic video game software; electronic game programs; electronic game software; video game programs; video game software”.

One interesting note is that, previously, Nintendo used the “Donkey Kong Junior” trademark. This particular one has been shortened to “Jr.”, however.

Will anything actually come from the trademark? Only time will tell!

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 6 Comments

Toys “R” Us officially confirmed the third of its upcoming amiibo exclusives in the United States. Joining the Mii Fighters 3-pack and Villager restock if the Mega Yarn Yoshi.

Consumers can pick up the Mega Yarn Yoshi amiibo in stores starting on November 15 for $39.99. Quantities will be “extremely limited”.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Les Thomas(@byLesThomas) in 3DS, General Nintendo, Videos | 5 Comments

On Tuesday night’s The Late Show, Stephen Colbert introduced the Zelda: Symphony of Goddesses orchestra playing game highlights in anticipation of North America’s release of The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes next week.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Dennis Gagliardotto(@LyonHart_) in General Nintendo, News | 20 Comments

Earlier this year the Squids from Splatoon had some incredbile and gigantic plushies made of them, and now it looks like we’ll be getting some more Splatoon plushies in Japan this December! Callie, Marie, Inkling Boy and Inkling Girl are all getting cute little plushies released later this year.

Each one will cost 2,500¥

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