Japan will be getting a special “Year of Luigi” 3DS XL system. There’s just one thing: the design isn’t completely Luigi-filled.

Mario seems to have found his way onto the design. Sneaky, sneaky.

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Retailers have now opened pre-orders for the Wii U version of Splinter Cell: Blacklist. You can reserve the game at Amazon here or GameStop here.

Splinter Cell: Blacklist launches on August 20. It will be the first Splinter Cell on a Nintendo console since 2006’s Double Agent.

Are you sad because it appears as though the Wii outsold the Wii U for yet another month in a row? Well, here’s something to cheer you up: Anyone participating in the ‘NintendoEverything Book Club (for Video Games!)‘ can take part in discussions about Super Mario RPG in our forums right this second. We’re on week 2 of this whole shin-dig (catch up if you need to!), and people are just now getting where they need to be, so the discussions are finally “heating up” as they say in all those cool sports that people watch. Or in Pokémon Stadium.

You can also send your thoughts on this section– which encompasses such magical locations as the Kero Sewers and Mole Village– to [email protected]. If you say things that are nice and interesting/important, we’ll read them and discuss them on the podcast!

Thanks to Mo for the tip.

The NPD Group does not typically release hardware and software sales data for video games, which means we generally must rely on leaks and clues coming from official statements to piece together data.

In the case of the March 2013 report, we may have figures for almost all major platforms. A leak has allegedly sprung up on 2ch, and while we typically tend to be hesitant in sharing official information from that source, numbers listed on the message board do sound feasible.

The figures are as follows:

?3DS 230K?+1%? (nearly confirmed based on NPD analysis)
?Wii 91K??47%?
?Wii U 67K
?PS3 211K??36%?
?360 261K??30%?(official)

Assuming the data above is correct, that would mean the DS sold 86,000 units, the PS Vita moved 33,000 units, and the PSP tacked on another 8,000 units.

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In the US, GameStop will be handing out an exclusive pre-order costume for Shin Megami Tensei IV. Canada won’t be left out – two retailers in the country will be giving consumers unique costumes as well.

First up, Amazon Canada is offering the upper body armor for the Eastern Kingdom of Mikado’s Samurai. EB Games Canada also has “upper body armor” that is “styled like a black-and-red zip-up hoodie.”

You can get a look at both costumes below.

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Players who just purchased the newly-released Pandora’s Tower should be aware of a game-freezing bug. Destructoid came across the issue, but also posted an unofficial solution.

You can find the full rundown of bug in Pandora’s Tower along with the solution below.

THE BUG:

After Tower 13 opens, you’ll be unable to return to Towers 11 or 12. When you choose either level from the stage select menu, the game will lock up at the loading screen and you will have to hold the power button on the console to force shutdown. The game will also freeze if you try to enter 11 or 12 from the side doors at the base of Tower 13 rather than from the stage select menu.

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