Best Buy has discounted a bunch of games as part of a “Back to School” sale. Deals include:
Crosswords Plus
– $4.99
Steel Diver – $4.99
Kirby’s Dream Collection: Special Edition – $7.99 (in-store only)
Style Savvy: Trendsetters – $9.99
Pokemon Conquest – $14.99
Nintendo Land – $17.99
Call of Duty: Black Ops II – $19.99
Assassin’s Creed III – $19.99
You can find the full listing of deals here.
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Jack says this is his favorite podcast we’ve ever done, and I’d have to say that it certainly went pretty well! Lots of talk about game design and what makes a game fun vs. boring, some discussion of Mighty Switch Force! 2, Mega Man X, and LEGO Legends of Chima, as well as lots of listener mail, your news, and a book club decision towards the end.
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Pikmin 3’s first week Japanese sales are in. How do they stack up to the previous games in the series? Let’s take a look:
(2001) Pikmin – First week: 90,000 (54.9%) | Total sales: 549,000
(2004) Pikmin 2 – First week: 160,000 (48.4%) | Total sales: 484,000
(2013) Pikmin 3 – First week: 92,720 (48.45%)
One important point to note here is that Pikmin 3’s sales were accounted for over a two day period, whereas Pikmin 2 saw four days of sales. We also have to take into account that there aren’t a whole lot of Wii U units out in consumers’ hands just yet.
Even though Super Smash Bros. has been around since the N64 era, Nintendo is just now bringing the franchise to a portable. In addition to Wii U, a unique version of the series’ next entry will be released for the 3DS.
But has creator Masahiro Sakurai considered making Smash Bros. for a Nintendo handheld in the past? As it turns out, the answer is yes.
Sakurai told GamesTM this month that he “thought about it”, but “we purely didn’t have the opportunity, it just never came up.” He also explained that it may not have been possible to realize Smash Bros. on any Nintendo handheld before the GBA.
“It’s not that I haven’t wanted to – I thought about it, I did. To be honest, we purely didn’t have the opportunity, it just never came up. And also, to speak freely, if you look at a handheld device preceding anything before the GBA, I don’t know that it would have the capabilities to fully realize Smash Bros.”
Thanks to joclo for sending this information our way.
Warner Bros. debuted a new trailer for LEGO Marvel Super Heroes during a Comic-Con panel today. Along with Stan Lee, the following characters will likely be playable due to their appearance in the video:
Kingpin
Rhino
Blob
Colossus
Storm
Jean Grey
Cyclops
Lizard
Juggernaut
Dr. Doom
Iron Man Hulkbuster Armor
Sabretooth
The following characters were also mentioned in a panel live-blog:
Elektra
Silver Samurai
The Punisher
Beast
Gambit
Green Goblin
Iron Patriot (a pre-order exclusive)
Squirrel Girl
Vulture
Howard The Duck
Just as you would expect, fishing is back in Pokemon X/Y. The latest episode of Pokemon Smash showed the feature during a gameplay segment. Octillery was caught at one point, and later in the footage, the player went surfing on the Pokemon with a standard shadow. The video went on to show Inkay on an island.
