The Samus Aran and Metroid amiibo 2-pack is available on Amazon. Get them while you can here.

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We haven’t heard much about the Sonic movie as of late. However, Hollywood Reporter has a new scoop about the project. The site says that Paramount will be producing the film after Sony Entertainment put it into turnaround.

Most of the staff working on the Sonic movie while it was still at Sony are still in board. This includes producer Neal H. Moritz, executive producer Tim Miller (the director of Deadpool), and director Jeff Fowler. Toby Ascher will also be executive producing while Dmitri Johnson and Dan Jevons will serve as co-producers.

As for the original goal of the movie, it remains a mix of live action and CGI. No further details have been announced.

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Last year, Niantic ran a five-day Pokémon GO Halloween event in which 1.3 billion Ghost type Pokémon were caught. The success of the event propelled the game back to the top of the charts and was the iPhone’s highest-grossing title in the United States.

In an official statement, the Pokémon company has confirmed there will be another Halloween promotion this year:

Ghostly Goodies in Pokémon GO

The Halloween season is a special time in Pokémon GO. Plenty of good stuff is coming to the game later this October, and we can’t wait to get out and about to see what sort of excitement we can scare up while catching new Pokémon to fill out our Pokédex.

Stay tuned for more details about Pokémon GO’s Halloween event coming soon!

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It seems the SNES Classic has a couple more secrets to unveil. GameXplain has uploaded a video showing off multiplayer features of a couple of games that aren’t as well-known or easily accessed. As the video demonstrates, the SNES Classic’s main menu explicitly indicates which games are 2-player compatible and can even be grouped together as such.

However, through inputting a cheat code, players can unlock a 2-player mode in Yoshi’s Island. EarthBound also has a secret 2-player mode that can be unlocked simply by connecting a second controller.

While not as fully-fleshed out as a standard multiplayer game, these are still fun features to include. Watch gameplay of these two modes below:

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Atooi founder Jools Watsham teased some Switch-related news in a tweet, stating he has information to share Wednesday. With 2D platformer Mutant Mudds Deluxe in the works for the Switch, perhaps we will be getting more news regarding the upcoming title for the console.

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The latest issue of License! Global contains a feature about Level-5. Apparently, the magazine has some information about what’s to come for the company.

First, License! Global claims that a new Layton game is planned for late summer 2018. Actual details about the title are not provided.

The magazine goes on to talk about what’s next for Inazuma Eleven – specifically Inazuma Eleven. While it was already pointing in this direction, there’s further talk about the new game coming to Nintendo platforms.

Finally, License! Global indicates that The Snack World will be localized. It sounds like the plan is to bring the IP west starting in 2018 and 2019.

Below are the notable excerpts from the article:

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NIS America has prepared a special limited edition for Culdcept Revolt, which is out this week in North America and Europe. You can see the full package unboxed below.

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If you’re having issues connecting to the Wii Shop Channel, there’s a reason for that. Nintendo has said that the service is experiencing technical difficulties. It’s unclear when the store’s problems will clear up. We only know that service has been impacted since around 1 AM PT / 4 AM ET last night.

Nintendo announced last week that the Wii Shop Channel will be closing for good in 2019. Perhaps the store has been reloaded in recent days as people try to spend their last points and prepare for the end in advance by redownloading software.

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Update 3 (10/2): The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia is up on Amazon UK and Amazon Germany.

Update 2 (10/1): Pre-orders are discounted again, now down to $23.99 on Amazon.

Update (9/30): Pre-orders have been discounted to $34.10 on Amazon.

Original (9/28): Amazon has opened pre-orders for The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia. You can reserve your copy here. For those of you in Canada, you can get it here.

The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia features 320 pages covering the first game up through Twilight Princess HD. You’ll find “a comprehensive collection of enemies and items, potions to poes, an expansion of the lore touched upon in Hyrule Historia, concept art, screencaps, maps, main characters and how they relate, languages, and much, much more, including an exclusive interview with series producer, Eiji Aonuma”. It also has expanded coverage of the Zelda timeline and rare development sketches of characters.

The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia releases on April 24, 2018.

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The first-person horror game Don’t Knock Twice is coming to Switch, a listing on Nintendo’s website reveals. Assuming the included release date is accurate, it’s planned for October 17.

Nintendo’s website offers the following overview:

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