GameStop has announced an exclusive pre-order bonus for Hyrule Warriors Legends. If you reserve the 3DS title – be it in-store or online – you’ll receive a character art book while supplies last.

Here’s a description of the book:

“Pre-purchase the Hyrule Warriors Legends game, and receive a special-edition, soft-cover, 16-page character art book exclusively at GameStop.* Learn more about key characters and view concept art for warriors and weapons, including the new hero Linkle and her mysterious compass – along with Toon Link, Tetra, and King Daphnes, who sailed across the Great Sea to save the world from evil!”

You can pre-order Hyrule Warriors Legends at GameStop here. Alternatively, if you’re an Amazon Prime or Best Buy GCU member, you can save 20 percent.

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This week’s Nintendo of Minute has gone live, which you can catch below. Today’s video is once again focused around Fire Emblem Fates. You can see two battles, each of which show some different maps and with characters from Birthright and Conquest.

There’s more coverage to check out from the Nintendo NY store reopening earlier today. Below, you’ll find a video with a bunch of interviews – Charles Martinet, architects who worked on the renovations, and more. You can also get a glimpse at the three exclusive Splatoon posters that are available this weekend.

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2020Venture’s sci-fi/horror first-person shooter Chasing Dead now has a release date in Europe. The game will arrive on March 3 for €29.99.

Here’s a trailer:

There’s no date yet for North America, but we’ll let you know when we hear something on that front.

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If you’d like to see what the reopened Nintendo NY store is like, watch the video below. The folks over at Nintendo World Report have recorded a full tour.

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GameXplain has posted an unboxing video for the Zelda: Twilight Princess HD amiibo bundle. Take a look at it below.

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Project X Zone 2 features a ton of characters from Bandai Namco, Capcom, and SEGA. Heck, there are even a few from Nintendo as well.

One character that didn’t make the final cut was Bayonetta. PlatinumGames’ Hideki Kamiya revealed on Twitter that he received an offer to have her in, but declined it. Now he sort of regrets it.

Kamiya wrote:

As for why Kamiya turned down the offer, he explained:

That message seems to have been posted after Kamiya saw images of Segata Sanshiro in Project X Zone 2.

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Now that the standalone release of Bayonetta 2 is out in North America, Nintendo has updated the pricing for the digital version. You can now pick it up for only $29.99. If you happened to miss out on Bayonetta 2, now’s definitely a good time to give it a shot!

Thanks to MrJonFaust for the tip.

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Prior to the public reopening of Nintendo NY, members of the press were invited for a brief event. One part of this involved a ribbon cutting ceremony, which you can see below.

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Aksys Games, SCRAP Entertainment, and Spike Chunsoft have announced an escape room based on the Zero Escape series. This will open on April 15 at Weller Court in Los Angeles.

“Real Zero Escape: Trust on Trial” will offer “an all new custom scenario centered in the Zero Escape universe and puts players inside a locked room with a mere 60 minutes to escape”.

Tickets for Real Zero Escape go on sale on February 29. Access the official website here.

Source: Aksys Games PR

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