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Bowser is one of the first amiibo of wave three to be appearing in stores, and defects are already being spotted. This one is particularly amusing! Bowser is basically holding his own head in his hands… if you’ve played the original Luigi’s Mansion, this may look familiar!

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Update: Bowser and Sonic are now sold out!

Most of the wave three amiibo are pretty much sold out across retailers online. There are a couple of figures that can currently be pre-ordered on Amazon, however. Bowser and Sonic are both in stock as of this moment – you can find both here.

There are some older amiibo that are in stock right now as well. These include Peach, Zelda, Diddy Kong, Donkey Kong, Kirby, Luigi, Mario, Pikachu, Samus, and Yoshi.

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Geoff Keighley tried something different for The Game Awards. There were fewer celebrities, a greater emphasis on developers and gaming culture, and Spike TV was not at all involved. Overall, most would say The Game Awards were far better than Spike’s Video Game Awards (later VGX).

The Game Awards’ success means that another show is planned for 2015. During his panel at PAX South today, Keighley confirmed that he’s looking towards bringing it back. Just don’t expect to hear anything until much, much later in the year.

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We have even more content pertaining to Pokken Tournament. Check out some gameplay videos above, and details/art below.

– Full 3D movement is possible
– Single-player, nationwide battle, in-store battle, tutorial modes
– Location tests run starting next week in Japan
– 100 yen per play
– Second location test on Valentine’s Day at the Japan Amusement Expo
– BANA Passport cards will be distributed to people who play Pokkén at the location tests from Jan 30-Feb 1
– Machamp BANA Passport card will be available in limited numbers for the Japanese Amusement Expo location test
– BANA Passport cards use NFC
– Buttons: D-pad: Move; A: Pokemon Technique; B: Jump; X: Weak; Y: Strong; R: Guard; L: Support
– When your gauge is full, you enter ‘Resonance Burst’ mode. In Resonance Burst mode, you can use ‘Burst Attacks’ to deal lots of damage
– There is no distinction made between ‘high’, ‘middle’, and ‘low’ attacks in Pokkén, and they can all be blocked using the R button

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Siliconera has reported another round of Pokken Tournament details that were shared during today’s stream. We’ve rounded up the information below.

– Choose support Pokemon at the start of each round
– These can be used at any time
– Support Pokemon have a cool-down period
– Lapras shows in footage appearing from the side, and it covered a wide area with its Surf attack, although it got blocked
– Pokemon select screen shown (see above)
– It shows Snivy with a Leaf Tornado attack, and its charge time marked as “Fast”. Lapras’ shows Surf with a charge time of “Normal”
– Namco has shown Support Pokémon of Pachirisu and Fennekin as a “Set A,” and Snivy and Lapras as “Set B”
– Unknown whether you can mix/match Support Pokemon or if they’ll come as sets
– “Phase Change”: makes the camera angles look more like a 2D fighter with a side-view during battle
– There are certain moves that can force a Phase Change as well
– “Burst Mode”: temporary power up where Pokemon go into their Mega-forms
– Those without Mega versions get a similar power up
– In the demonstration, Namco showed Lucario going into his Mega-form, while Pikachu got an power-up with an electric aura
– Can easily pull off special attacks; no complicated commands
– This is also another reason why it was made possible to play the game on a simple controller, instead of an arcade stick
– The stage description for one of the battle arenas was shown in English

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During today’s Pokken Tournament live stream, producer Katsuhiro Harada unveiled the controller that will be used for the arcade system. Here’s what we learned:

– Pokken Tournament isn’t going to be as difficult to get into compared to other fighting games
– Namco is developing it with both veteran players and newcomers to the genre in mind
– This controller was chosen to make it easier for beginners to get into since arcade sticks can be a little difficult or intimidating for those who’ve yet to play a fighting game
– The controller has a red part that lights up below
– Trigger buttons, traditional d-pad, four face buttons also included
– Said to resemble the look of the Famicom controller

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