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Shacknews has gone live with a lengthy preview for A bunch of Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I DON’T KNOW!. Thankfully for us, it’s filled with a bunch of new details. You can find a summary of the report below.

– Princess Bubblegum has employed Finn and Jake to determine why prisoners are escaping from the Land of Ooo
– Over 100 levels included
– Every five levels you return to the Candy Kingdom
– Here you switch characters and buy upgrades
– Boss battle every 10 levels
– New environment every 20 levels
– Defeat enemies, collect treasure, find the exit
– Can choose Jake, Finn, Parsley, Cinnamon Bun at the beginning of the game
– Unlock more playable and non-playable characters by rescuing them, defeating them, etc.
– All characters have their own unique attacks, etc.
– Differences in speed, attack power, health/defense, to ability to float across chasms
– Secret characters include Ice King, Marceline, and Lumpy Space Princess
– Can use a basic attack
– Hold to charge up your attack
– Cinnamon Bun can vomit a torrent of colorful sprinkles
– Die in a level and your teammates can come to your rescue and try to revive you before you disappear
– Otherwise you’ll need to wait until the next level
– Characters have a unique summon attack as well
– This builds up as you defeat enemies
– “The orange bar underneath the hearts [is] your… ‘imagination’ [which] builds up your summons. Finn’s is like a massive attack so every enemy gets damaged. Ice King… freezes everybody.” – D3 representative Edith Yang told
– Encounter different enemies based on the environment
– One enemy is the Hug Wolf
– Hug Wolves, “don’t actually hurt you, but… hug you,”
– Have to hug other players in order to dispel the curse
– Some treasures have “familiars”
– These have different effects that aid in attack, defense or do “absolutely nothing”
– Ex: Stanley the watermelon merely rolls around the characters’ legs
– Other treasures are automatically sent back to the Candy Kingdom upgrade station
– End of boss battles feature pixelated “screens” like PC classics such as Monkey Island
– Original voice acotrs involved
– Nintendo exclusive features
– Pays homages to Diablo, Gauntlet, etc.

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4Gamer recently published an extensive interview with Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma. Among the topics discussed include Zelda Wii U and how Wind Waker HD will be an influence, clarification that Aonuma isn’t tired of making Zelda games, and the need to do new things with the series.

You can find comments from Aonuma’s interview below. All translations come courtesy of Siliconera.

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Update: Amazon has now price-matched Rayman Legends and Splinter Cell Blacklist.

This week’s GameStop ad has gone live. There are a few highlights this week, including Rayman Legends and Splinter Cell: Blacklist for $40. Consumers can also take advantage of a pre-order offer for Pokemon X/Y, with consumers receiving a “through the years” timeline.

You can find all of this week’s deals and offers in the ad below.

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Along with today’s screenshot, Sakurai posted the following message to Miiverse:

“Let’s compete on the jump springs! Those springs can also shoot out other fighters into the air.”

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Square Enix has finally offered up a release date for Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Director’s Cut. The game’s arrival isn’t too far off, believe it or not. You’ll be able to purchase Director’s Cut starting on October 22.

A new trailer for Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Director’s Cut can be found above.

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