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Amazon Canada is now taking pre-orders for the silver Mario amiibo. Reservations can be placed here. Keep in mind that Amazon Canada doesn’t ship to the U.S., sadly!

Just like with other retailers, Amazon Canada lists a May 29 release date for the silver Mario amiibo. That still hasn’t been confirmed by Nintendo at this point, but it’s pretty much a lock.

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Nintendo has now opened a teaser site for its activities at E3 2015. Access it here.

There’s not much to see currently other than an overview of what Nintendo has planned. We’re expecting it to be updated with a ton of content during the expo next month.

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Nintendo today announced its plans for E3 2015.

Here’s a quick rundown as to what the company has planned:

– Nintendo Digital Event: June 16 at 12 PM ET / 9 AM PT
– Nintendo World Championships (back after 25 years): June 14
– Nintendo Treehouse: Live @ E3
– Playable Mario Maker at over 120 Best Buy locations: June 17, 4-9 PM and June 20, 12-5 PM

You can check out what Nintendo has planned in video form below.

Head past the break for more information about Nintendo at E3, including how to enter for a chance to participate at the Nintendo World Championships.

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Update: Well, it looks like @trintran is a master troll. He was joking, folks! Bill is still at Nintendo.

Longtime Nintendo employee Bill Trinen has apparently left the company. His Twitter profile states that he “used to work at Nintendo”, and Trinen also sent out the following tweet:

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Plenty of rumors have been circulating about Stella Glow developer Imageepoch. The company’s status has finally been made clear, and unfortunately, the news isn’t very good.

Imageepoch as well as affiliate Smile Online Game have both declared bankruptcy. The two sides have debts of 1.1 billion yen (roughly $11 million) and 3 million yen ($30,000) respectively. Imageepoch’s debt is owed to 43 creditors while Smile Online Game’s debt is owed to 5 creditors.

Back in 2011, Imageepoch made 1.751 billion yen (roughly 17.5 million) in annual income. That number dropped to 410 million yen (roughly 4.1 million) by 2013, and the company fell into debt due to game development costs and being unable to hit sales targets. Due to the worsening situation, Imageepoch ceased operations in November 2014.

Stella Glow is the latest title from Imageepoch, which is now being published by SEGA in Japan early next month. At the end of March, Atlus announced that the RPG would be coming to North America later this year.

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The latest episode of Nintendo’s Japanese show Nyannyan Neko Mario Time has now gone live. We’ve included it below.

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Slides from Ubisoft’s latest financial presentation reveal charts based on two sets of data. The company shared a listing of the top 20 grossing franchises at retail of the last ten years and top ten grossing retail games of 2014. Both charts are posted below.

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The restock of the Marth amiibo is happening – slowly but surely. Amazon has been taking orders during very, very brief periods (so brief in fact that by the time we’d put a post up, the figure would already be sold out). GameStop is now joining in on the fun as well.

Marth isn’t available online, but you may have luck finding him in-store. GameStop’s inventory tracker indicates that the amiibo is starting to appear at some locations. You can try finding a nearby GameStop outlet that has the Marth figure here.

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Nintendo will finally be revealing its E3 2015 plans tomorrow, the company has confirmed.

Specific details are, naturally, being kept under wraps for now. Nintendo only shared a photo of someone in pink sweats – perhaps Reggie Fils-Aime?

In any case, check back tomorrow at 12 PM ET / 9 AM PT for news about Nintendo’s E3 2015 plans.

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Nintendo has announced the release dates for several upcoming amiibo.

Ganondorf, Zero Suit Samus, Dark Pit, and Palutena are due out on June 26. Bowser Jr., Dr. Mario, and Pikmin & Olimar amiibo are releasing on July 17.

The situation is much different in North America. Dark Pit and Palutena are coming in July, while all of other figures aren’t planned for launch until September.

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