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This week’s GameStop ad has gone live. Pandora’s Tower is available for $20 this week, and Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate maintains a $10 discount.

You can find all of this week’s offers in the circular below:

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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

3DS LL – 38,822
3DS – 18,949
Vita – 17,639
PS3 – 12,228
Wii U – 9,950
PSP – 6,303
Wii – 1,373
Xbox 360 – 275

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

3DS LL – 57,940
3DS – 17,747
Vita – 17,702
PS3 – 11,743
Wii U – 10,038
PSP – 6,314
Wii – 1,327
Xbox 360 – 288

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GameStop has provided an official comment on the situation surrounding Xenoblade. According to a statement provided to Kotaku, the game’s price (and pricing for other games) “is competitive and is based on current market value driven by supply and demand.”

GameStop also confirmed that Metroid Prime Trilogy as well as other “vintage titles” will be returning to GameStop “in the coming months”.

The full statement reads:

GameStop regularly receives feedback from our PowerUp members regarding old titles they would us like to bring back, such as vintage games like Xenoblade Chronicles. We were recently able to source a limited number of copies of this title to carry in our stores and online.

In fact, we have sourced several more vintage titles that we will be hitting stores in the coming months, including Metroid Prime Trilogy.

As always, our pricing for these games is competitive and is based on current market value driven by supply and demand. PowerUp Pro members always receive a 10% discount and earn PUR podints on pre-owned purchases.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii, Wii U | 3 Comments

Project Phoenix, a new indie RPG created by “AAA” talent, won’t be coming to any Nintendo platform. A notice posted on the official Kickstarter page states the following regarding a potential release on Wii U, Wii, and 3DS:

“Currently we do not have any plans to release it on those consoles.”

PC is the only confirmed platform for Project Phoenix at this time. PlayStation 4 and PS Vita versions are likely as well.

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Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter has provided his NPD hardware estimates for the month of July 2013.

Here’s the full roundup:

Estimated July hardware sales (year-on-year change)

3DS – 170,000 (29%)
Xbox 360 – 125,000 (-38%)
PS3 – 85,000 (-39%)
Wii – 35,000 (-50%)
Wii U – 30,000 (n/a)
PSP – 4,500 (-60%)
DS – 40,000 (-69%)
Vita – 20,000 (-58%)
PS2 – 500 (-14%)
Industry – 510,000 (-30%)

We’ll know if Pachter’s estimates were correct when the NPD report goes live this Thursday.

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GameStop has announced the “Dark Edition Starter Pack” for Skylanders Swap Force. The package will be sold exclusively through the retailer, and pre-orders are going live today.

It includes:

• 1- Video Game
• 1- Portal of Power
• 5- Exclusive Dark Edition Skylanders Figures (Dark Washbuckler, Dark Blast Zone, Dark Stealth Elf, Dark Spyro and Dark Lockjaw)
• 1- Mega Character Poster
• 5- Sticker Sheets with secret codes
• 5- Trading Cards

And here’s the official overview of the Dark Edition:

While on a special mission, a team of Skylanders discovered a secret lair where Kaos was experimenting with a new discovery – Petrified Darkness – which he intended to use to take over all of Skylands! In the fight to stop Kaos, the lair exploded, releasing a cloud of pure Darkness. The Skylanders knew they could not let it escape, so they absorbed the dark energy, transforming them into dark versions of themselves. Fortunately, Spyro had learned to tame the darkness within him long ago. So with his help, these Skylanders now have also learned to control it – combining its power with their own to fight Kaos and the forces of evil.

You can pre-order Skylanders Swap Force Dark Edition here (Wii U/Wii, no 3DS). Pricing is set at $99.99.

Source: GameStop PR

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Xenoblade has become increasingly tougher to find as of late. On eBay, you’ll see prices that extend into the $100 range.

So it’s rather fishy how, after mostly being out of stock on GameStop for a few months, the game reappeared. Not only has it been available online, but stores have seemingly acquired new stock as well.

Kotaku reports, via a source, that GameStop “printed a few thousand copies of the game with no shrink wrap in order to restock their inventory, then labeled them as pre-owned.” The retailer is now pricing Xenoblade at $90 for a “pre-owned” copy.

GameStop says it’s looking into the situation. Nintendo has been asked for a comment, too.

A pretty odd situation, no doubt.

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