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The well-known factory defective Samus amiibo – the figure with two arm canons – is going for quite the price on eBay. There’s still over three days remaining before the auction ends, but bids have already reached $900. Getting a defective amiibo ended up working well for the owner, it seems!

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Back in late June, Nintendo filed a patent in the US for “Hand-held Video Game Platform Emulation”. The application was just made public today.

The core of Nintendo’s patent is about Game Boy emulation on mobile phones, PDA’s, PC, and other devices. Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance are all mentioned in the filing.

Here’s the official abstract, which should give you a pretty good idea about what this entire thing is about:

A software emulator for emulating a handheld video game platform such as GAME BOY.RTM., GAME BOY COLOR.RTM. and/or GAME BOY ADVANCE.RTM. on a low-capability target platform (e.g., a seat-back display for airline or train use, a personal digital assistant, a cell phone) uses a number of features and optimizations to provide high quality graphics and sound that nearly duplicates the game playing experience on the native platform. Some exemplary features include use of bit BLITing, graphics character reformatting, modeling of a native platform liquid crystal display controller using a sequential state machine, and selective skipping of frame display updates if the game play falls behind what would occur on the native platform.

You can find some images from the patent below. If you’d like to check out the full filing, head on over to this link. Keep in mind that patents often are filed, but are never acted upon.

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Club Nintendo Europe has been updated today with a new reward. For 4,000 stars, members can receive the Mario Kart 8 Badge Set. It features three different item badges: the Boomerang Flower, Piranha Plant and Super Horn.

The Mario Kart 8 Badge Set can be ordered here.

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Nintendo’s involvement with last night’s Mario-centric Dancing with the Stars performance is much more involved than originally thought. Via Twitter, the company confirmed that Koji Kondo created the Super Mario Bros. medley just for the show. You can download the song right here.

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In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, kids play some of Nintendo’s hottest video games on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS/2DS during the company’s “Holiday Mall Experience” inside the Westfield Culver City mall in Los Angeles on Nov. 24, 2014. The free experience is open until Dec. 21, 2014, in 16 major cities nationwide and showcases must-have holiday games such as Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Mario Kart 8, Pokémon Omega Ruby, Pokémon Alpha Sapphire and Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker among others. (Photo by Nintendo/Bob Riha, Jr.)

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In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, Django F., 3, of Los Angeles races against his father Joseph F. and other attendees in Mario Kart 8 game on a giant HD TV screen at the Westfield Culver City mall in Los Angeles on Nov. 24, 2014. Throughout the Holiday season until Dec. 21, 2014, Nintendo is visiting 16 malls across the country to offer consumers a break from holiday shopping to play the season’s must-have games for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS/2DS, including amiibo, Nintendo’s new toys-to-life figures based on favorite video game characters including Mario, Donkey Kong and Pikachu. (Photo by Nintendo/Bob Riha, Jr.)

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In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, fathers and sons race against each other in Mario Kart 8 on a giant HD TV screen at the Westfield Culver City mall in Los Angeles on Nov. 24, 2014. Throughout the Holiday season until Dec. 21, 2014, Nintendo is visiting 16 malls across the country to offer consumers a break from holiday shopping to play the season’s must-have games for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS/2DS, including amiibo, Nintendo’s new toys-to-life figures based on favorite video game characters including Mario, Donkey Kong and Pikachu. (Photo by Nintendo/Bob Riha, Jr.)

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In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, Jacob O., 24, of Philadelphia (R), competes against other consumers playing Super Smash Bros. for Wii U at the Westfield Culver City mall in Los Angeles on Nov. 24, 2014. Until Dec. 21, 2014 in 16 malls nationwide, many of Nintendo’s games will be playable in fun, interactive spaces that kids ? and kids-at-heart ? will love, including large high-definition displays that will host a Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. Visitors can also check out the recently released Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire as well as amiibo, Nintendo’s new toys-to-life figures based on its favorite video game characters including Mario, Donkey Kong and Pikachu. (Photo by Nintendo/Bob Riha, Jr.)

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