Update: Even more stuff up for pre-order here. Fire Emblem Warriors Special Edition, Mario Odyssey amiibo, Doom, Mario Party: The Top 100, orange / white New 2DS XL, and more.
Original: Amazon Canada has started up pre-orders for the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Special Edition. If you’d like to place an order, you can do so here. The game launches on December 1.
The situation surrounding the Super NES Classic Edition last month pointed to the hardware not being sold in Quebec. It all came down to French language restrictions in the region. However, we’re now hearing that the Super NES Classic Edition will be sold in Quebec after all.
First, check out these two tweets from Toys “R” Us Canada:
Great news: #SNESClassic will be available in Quebec – thanks! #Nintendo
— ToysRUs Canada (@toysruscanada) September 18, 2017
Should be lifted restrictions, a press release went out from Nintendo! (would be great if it was an exclusive though, lol) 🙂
— ToysRUs Canada (@toysruscanada) September 18, 2017
And EB Games Canada:
Nintendo has confirmed the SNES Classic can be sold in the province of Quebec. Stay tuned for further information. Thanks!
— EB Games Canada (@EBGamesCanada) September 18, 2017
This is definitely good news. Whatever issues there were, it sounds like Nintendo cleared everything up.
Thanks to Lucas P for the tip.
NBA 2K18’s launch hasn’t been entirely smooth. One big issue players have encountered pertains to corrupted and lost save data. It’s definitely an issue on Switch, but all versions of NBA 2K18 are affected.
On the bright side, we should be seeing a patch to address the situation soon. It’s not entirely clear when that will happen, but we’ll watch over the situation.
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle creative director Davide Soliani provided a humorous look at the game’s development today. On Twitter, he shared an early animation from the team created two years ago.
Here’s the clip:
When you have to create 1000 animations per character just for the Combat Phase, animators started to go crazy. This was 2 years ago… pic.twitter.com/iHSXE6COzO
— Davide Soliani (@DavideSoliani) September 18, 2017
Recognize the music and poses? That’s right: this is a funny play on the Sailor Moon anime.
Two special Metroid: Samus Returns t-shirts are up for grabs through Nintendo’s online store. Both designs are up here.
Keep in mind that these are limited edition shirts. When they’re sold out, they may not return, and supplies are likely to be limited.
In partnership with PHL Collective, Coatsink is bringing ClusterPuck 99 to Switch. The sporty competitive sports game will be on the eShop at some point in the future.
ClusterPuck 99 was originally released in 2015. The Switch version will include 8-player local multiplayer, instant replays and puck customization, a single-player challenge mode, over 30 maps from the original plus “Switch exclusives”, and an arena creator.
View a trailer for ClusterPuck 99 below.
Source: Coatsink PR
Update: Now sold out.
Original: Amazon France is taking pre-orders for the SNES Mini. You can place an order right here. Note that despite the page saying otherwise, the SNES Mini will ship to the US.
SEGA recently released Japanese audio messages for Sonic Forces. One is a capitulation message from Eggman while the other is a recruitment message from Knuckles. The two audio clips with English subtitles are posted below.
Bethesda released a teaser for an upcoming gameplay trailer for Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. We have it below.
