A sealed variant for Super Mario Bros. 3 has set a new record for the highest price paid for a video game at auction. Earlier today, Heritage Auctions sold a sealed copy for $156,000. Previously, Super Mario Bros. held the record at $114,000, which had been set back in July.
Not only was this copy of Super Mario Bros. 3 in top condition, but the packaging is extremely rare. As Heritage Auctions explains:
Nintendo’s third “Switch My Way” commercial this week is for the Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield Expansion Pas. Have a look at the advert below.
Game Informer recently caught up with Immortals Fenyx Rising director Scott Phillips for a bit of an unconventional interview. Below, Phillips answers 59 questions in rapid-fire fashion, and addresses all the gods you’ll see in the game, whether other Ubisoft characters make an appearance, and more.
Here’s the full video:
Bandai Candy Division has revealed a series of Flocky Dolls based on the characters in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. These items are currently limited to Japan, with pre-orders opening at specific in-store locations.
Seven dolls are planned for the collection, including Tom Nook, Isabelle, Rex, Lolly, Marshal, Dom, and Flurry. Each one comes with a pedestal for display purposes.
Below are a few additional photos:
Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster debuted in Japan about a month ago, but player reports haven’t been entirely encouraging so far. The game suffers from a few technical issues, which has made some fans in the west rethink purchasing the game when it’s localized in Spring 2021.
Fortunately, Atlus is aware of the situation, and is now looking to improve the HD release. The company said in a blog post today that a patch is planned. Atlus is looking into the behavioral speed in specific places, in addition to some phenomena thought to be caused by bugs.
Atus says it’ll follow up when it’s done checking the issues and making a list of fixes for an upcoming update.
Today, Super Rare Games announced a new partnership with SeithCG and PID Publishing on a physical version of Ghost of a Tale.
The action RPG will include all the content on its cart, a full-color manual, interior artwork, an exclusive sticker, and three trading cards randomly selected from the five-card set. Only 5,000 copies will be made.
Pre-orders open on November 26 at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET / 6 PM in the UK / 7 PM in Europe. Super Rare Games will be taking reservations here.
Source: Super Rare Games PR
The latest episode of Nintendo Power podcast is now live. This time around, host Chris Slate as well as Chiko from Nintendo Treehouse and Joe from the Nintendo of America social team talk Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. The group also goes back to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in the Nintendo Power Game Club segment and shares the results of Legend of Zelda series fan polls. They also take part in the Warp Zone game quiz and pick their most anticipated upcoming games for Switch.
Here’s the full episode:
Nintendo isn’t slowing down on its “Switch My Way” commercial series, as yet another advert has come in – this time for New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe. Check it out below.
Level-5 will release the second major free update for Yo-kai Watch Jam: Yo-kai Academy Y – Waiwai Gakuen Seikatsu next week, the company announced today. “DLC 2: Cosmic Final Battle Rendevous” goes live on November 28 in Japan.
The update includes a new dungeon and story, new Yo-kai Heroes, new multiplayer missions, new skills, and new craftable weapons. Level-5 is unlocking the level cap as well.
Here’s a presentation and commercial for the update:
Hexagroove: Tactical DJ is getting a new European Festival expansion soon, 151A has announced. Known as European Festival, it will add 30 achievements, 96 instrument loops, two genres, and a new stage.
Here’s a trailer:
