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Last night, Toys “R” Us went on an amiibo cancelling binge. I would know, as I received three such notices for Lucario, Pit, and Captain Falcon.

Strangely enough, several amiibo are now back in stock and are available for pre-order again – namely Lucario, Ike, and King Dedede. Hopefully Toys “R” Us doesn’t pull any additional stunts!

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Korean site Inven recently had the opportunity to interview Bandai Namco’s Katsuhiro Harada. Among the topics discussed was Pokken Tournament, which is coming to arcades (and hopefully Wii U eventually).

Harada first noted that there are “really strict” guidelines when it comes to Pokken Tournament.

He also shared the following:

“There’s a huge fan base of children for Pokemon to appeal to. But surprisingly the idea of Pokken was well received. We first had the idea of having around 20 Pokemon trainers fight each other in the game but that idea was thrown out after 2 seconds.”

Finally, when asked about the possibility of Pokken becoming a new long term project (think sequels), Harada responded:

“I feel like this game (Pokken) can always be improved in new installments Having 700 different varieties of Pokemon gives a lot of freedom.”

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Four retailer-exclusive amiibo have already been confirmed for North America. Shulk will only be available at GameStop, Best Buy is the exclusive store for Meta Knight, Lucario is at Toys “R” Us, and Target has Rosalina and Luma.

This might not be the end of retailer-exclusive amiibo, sadly. Check out this message from one Best Buy Canada representative:

Having anything be retailer-exclusive isn’t what anyone wants to see. I guess we’ll see how this plays out!

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Update (12/18/14): Bumped to the top. Nintendo uploaded the first show, and made the second public again.

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Nintendo recently published a page on its Japanese website (“A sincere request to guardians from Nintendo”) addressing parental locks on some of the 3DS and Wii U’s features. Internet browsing, online purchases, and communication with other players are specifically addressed.

Nintendo notes in the section about online payments that some children have used their parents’ credit cards to purchase games on the eShop without their consent. Most of the issues arise when 3DS owners choose to save credit card information to their system. The 3DS does have a parental lock, though there are still many people out there who aren’t aware of this feature.

Nintendo’s site also has a joint message with Sony and Microsoft about the existence of parental controls in each of the companies’ consoles.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, DSiWare, General Nintendo, News, Wii Shop Channel, Wii U eShop | 21 Comments

NintendOn has conducted a new interview with Dan Adelman, Nintendo of America’s former boss on all things indie. The discussion tackled topics such as how Nintendo’s Japanese division makes final decisions, suggestions for the company’s indie program going forward, and more.

Read on below for a few excerpts from the interview. You’ll find the full talk here.

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Another physical reward has landed on the European Club Nintendo website. For 3,500 stars, members can pick up the Mario Golf Balls.

The reward features Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Yoshi golf balls. The box measures approximately 9.5cm x 9.5cm x 4.5cm, and the ball materials are rubber and synthetic resin.

View some photos of the Mario Golf Balls below. The reward can be ordered here.

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