Nintendo Everything

The Pokemon brand is strong. Very strong. So much so that consumers are still snatching up the older Pokemon games in fairly large quantities.

Over the span of a year, Pokemon Black/White, HeartGold/SoulSilver, and Diamond/Pearl racked up nearly 1 million copies.

Here’s a quick overview:

Not bad, right? Something tells me that Pokemon X/Y will also sell for many, many years following its release later this year.

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Well, we’ve known since last month’s Nintendo Direct that EarthBound is heading to the overseas Wii U eShops as a Virtual Console download. Now a rating for the game has popped up on the OFLC. While I’m not too sure that a release is necessarily imminent, maybe we’ll be seeing it sooner rather than later.

Nintendo and Zen Studios will be pulling the Marvel Pinball 3D demo from the European 3DS eShop next week. For some unknown reason, a message on the store indicates that its removal will be taking place on May 9.

There isn’t a similar message on the North American eShop as far as we can tell.

Through May 9, US 3DS owners can purchase Marvel Pinball 3D at a 50% discount.

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Care to see what Rare was cooking up for Conker’s Bad Fur Day before the game was edited and went through numerous cuts? It was a lot more graphic, though that’s probably putting it mildly.

The debug and ECTS builds of Conker’s Bad Fur Day as well as beta and NTSC versions of Perfect Dark could make it out to the public if enough money is raised. A few folks over at the Assembler Games forum are looking to collect $2,500 in order to make this a reality for fans.

You can find more information on the official forum page here.

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Atlus has opened an official North American website for Shin Megami Tensei IV. Access it here.

The site contains various screenshots, videos, wallpapers, and more. You can also find out more information about the game by visiting the page.

Yuke’s, developer of the annual WWE titles, is working on a video game based on the Pacific Rim film.

We first came across this news through the OFLC. On the ratings board site, Yuke’s is listed as the author and publisher of Pacific Rim.

It appears that Yuke’s actually made an under-the-radar announcement through its website in mid-March. No details are mentioned in the press release, however.

It’s true that movie-based games often turn out to be disappointing. But since Yuke’s has a pretty decent reputation with the WWE and UFC titles, perhaps there’s a small bit of hope for Pacific Rim.

Heads up, UK 3DS owners. If you pre-order Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D at GAME, you’ll receive a couple of bonus items. The retailer will be giving consumers a Donkey Kong Country Returns keyring and shopper bag.

You can pre-order Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D at GAME here.

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Namco Bandai is moving on from its PreCure Wii game with a new release for the 3DS. In Japan, Doki Doki PreCure Narikiri Life is set to launch on August 1 for 4,980 yen.

A teaser site is located here. Details and images have yet to be published.