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Nintendo and SCRAP announced earlier this month that an escape room-esque experience based on The Legend of Zelda is on the way. Events will be held beginning early next year.

Unfortunately, tickets sold out soon after they went live. Additional ones were made available one day following the announcement, but those went quickly as well. But there is good news: even more tickets are being distributed in just a few days.

Those who are interested in the San Francisco and Phoenix events should be on the lookout on December 2 at 12 PM PT. The same time also applies to Los Angeles and San Diego, but on December 5.

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Early reviews for Super Mario Maker on 3DS are in, with Nintendo lifting the embargo earlier today. We’ve rounded up some of the early verdicts below.

Nintendo Everything – “Thumbs Sideway”
IGN – 7.2 / 10
GameXplain – “Meh”
USGamer – 4 / 5
Nintendo Life – 9 / 10
Nintendo World Report – 7 / 10
Videogamer – 8 / 10
GameReactor – 9 / 10
Game Informer – 7.75 / 10
GamesRadar – 4 / 5
DigitalSpy – 3.5 / 5

In a couple of weeks, 8Bitdo will be bringing out the “NES30 Classic Edition Set”. Its purpose is simple, allowing NES Classic Edition owners to play wirelessly. The home screen can also be accessed by pressing down and select.

The set works with all 8Bitdo controllers and arcade sticks. It’s also apparently compatible with next-gen controllers – the Wii Remote and Wii U Pro Controller are listed, along with even the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3.

Amazon has the NES30 Classic Edition Set for pre-order here. It’s due out on December 16.

Thanks to MyGamingBoulevard, we have another look at the new Zelda 30th anniversary amiibo with an unboxing video. Get a look at the full set below.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s teaser site is now open. Access the North American page here and the European site here. Both are fairly similar.

It’s going to be awhile before the full site is open. That being said, there’s a decent amount of content already present between the official trailer, brief rundown of the game, and overview of amiibo support.

This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlighted games include Megami Meguri, Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters, Super Mario Maker for 3DS, and All Kamen Rider: Rider Revolution. Scans of all titles can be found below.

Nintendo has just announced that Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon are the biggest-ever launch of any game from the company in Europe.

First week sales are over 1.5 million units. This includes more than 368,000 copies sold in the UK in the first week.

It’s not yet known how much Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon have sold in North America. In Japan though, we know that it moved about 1.9 million copies in Japan in its first three days.

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Nintendo published a new Dragon Quest VIII trailer today that specifically focuses on the RPG’s story. We’ve attached it below.

Thes NES Classic Edition (or Nintendo Classic Mini) has sold out in many countries, including the UK. At least when it comes to the Nintendo UK store, it shouldn’t be much longer before additional stock arrives. More units should be available sometime in December. There’s no specific date yet, but we’ll certainly keep an eye out.

Thanks to Nin10doApplNews for the tip.

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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

New 3DS LL – 45,622
PS4 – 33,859
2DS – 18,158
Vita – 12,240
PS4 Pro – 8,243
New 3DS – 6,955
Wii U – 3,493
Xbox One – 778
PS3 – 623
3DS – 482
3DS LL – 95

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

New 3DS LL – 81,044
PS4 – 25,605
2DS – 17,769
PS4 Pro – 12,421
Vita – 9,191
New 3DS – 8,193
Wii U – 3,251
PS3 – 625
3DS – 529
Xbox One – 186
3DS LL – 96

And here are the software charts:

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