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Update: That was quick! Toys “R” Us has already confirmed this in a statement.

An official Facebook comment published by Toys “R” Us suggests that in-store pre-orders for the Greninja amiibo will be held on April 27. Quantities are expected to be limited.

Toys “R” Us opened online pre-orders for the Greninja amiibo in the early hours this morning. In just a few minutes, they sold out.

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Yoshifumi Hashimoto, the producer of Bokujo Monogatari, is celebrating this week’s launch of Story of Seasons with a special message. Hashimoto wanted to share the following as he reflected on the accomplishments of the series’ past and his feelings of gratitude toward fans:

Over eighteen years ago, we were inspired to create a game that was not about battling fantastic monsters but about the cycle of life. At the time, there was little corporate interest in a farming simulation about the natural cycle of life and death. But over the course of the many games in the Bokujo Monogatari series, millions of players grew crops, raised animals, and perhaps even learned about the life of a farmer, who takes care of a farm top to bottom with his own two hands.

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GameStop opened pre-orders for the wave 4 Smash Bros. amiibo earlier today. All reservations were handled in-store (web-in-store, to be specific), and they were never available online.

A notice posted on GameStop’s Facebook account now states that all wave 4 amiibo have sold out. It’s unclear if this is only for web-in-store pre-orders, or all orders in general. If it’s the latter, I’m sure many consumers will be unhappy!

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Nintendo was present at the 2015 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards – in large part to promote Mario Party 10. You can catch a video above showing actors talking about the Big N.

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Update (4/2): It appears that online pre-orders won’t be opening today after all. Instead, you’ll need to head to your local GameStop and place a web-in-store order.

Following today’s Nintendo Direct announcements, GameStop will soon be opening pre-orders for the new amiibo. As of tomorrow, consumers will be able to reserve Ness (again, GameStop exclusive), Robin, Charizard, Pac-Man, Lucina, and Wario. That’s in addition to the new Splatoon amiibo as well.

GameStop’s pre-orders will go live at 3 PM ET / 12 PM PT. We’ll update the site as soon as they’re available.

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Update: All gone.

Best Buy has now opened pre-orders for the wave 4 amiibo. You can find links to each below.

Lucina
Robin
Wario
Pac-Man
Charizard

Note that Greninja will be exclusive to Toys “R” Us, Ness is a GameStop exclusive, and Jigglypuff is a Target exclusive, so they can’t be reserved at Best Buy.

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Level-5 has announced that its upcoming “Vision” press conference will be getting a live stream on Ustream.

Several new titles are expected to be shown at Level-5 Vision 2015, many of which will be on 3DS. The company will be revealing Yo-Kai Watch 3, Fantasy Life 2, Layton 7, and a new large-scale cross-media project. There will additionally be “announcements of big developments beyond games”.

Level-5 Vision 2015 will kick off on April 7 at 5 AM ET / 2 AM PT. It’s expected to last about 90 minutes.

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It’s official: the Greninja amiibo will be a Toys “R” Us exclusive in North America. This has been confirmed via an official statement from the retailer (see above). Pre-orders for Greninja will open tomorrow.

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