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A few screenshots of Great Detective Pikachu: Birth of a New Combination have appeared on the Japanese 3DS eShop – which is available for pre-load, by the way. Check them out in the gallery below.

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Various Pokemon products can now be pre-ordered from the Nintendo UK store. These include the 2DS bundles, New 3DS cover plates, and Pokken Tournament. Links to each are below.

Way back in 2013, you may recall that a new Pokemon game featuring Pikachu was teased. This was announced as a title featuring the classic character in a detective role. The project finally resurfaced today, and you might be surprised to hear that it’s coming out in Japan next week.

Great Detective Pikachu: Birth of a New Combination, developed by Creatures, releases on February 3 as a 3DS eShop game. Pricing is set at 1,500 yen (1,200 yen between January 27 and February 29). You can watch the first trailer below.

The game is described as a “cinematic adventure”. Detective Pikachu features a story set in Rhyme City, a place where people and Pokemon live together. A young boy named Tim Goodman comes to this city to fulfill a certain objective. There, Tim and Pikachu have an unexpected encounter. A new story begins from here.

Great Detective Pikachu: Birth of a New Combination takes up 800MB of space (6,400 blocks). You can access the official site here.

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This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 (PS4) – 10/9/9/10
Asdivine Hearts (Wii U) – 8/7/8/9
Double Focus: Aya and Momiji’s Bullet Coverage Travelogue (PSV) – 6/7/7/7

As previously announced, on January 30th, Nintendo will hold a Splatoon concert in Chiba, Japan in celebration of the game having sold 1 million copies in Japan. Select pieces of the soundtrack will be played and the Squid Sisters will perform as well. Watch the trailer below for some footage from the rehearsals and a look at the CGI performance of Callie and Marie.

IGN has shared the opening 15 minutes of the just released LEGO Marvel’s Avengers. Check out the video below:

It’s Tuesday, and so Pokémon Shuffle has had another update, for both the 3DS and mobile versions. This time, it adds in two new battles. The first will give players the chance to catch Kyurem. It will run until February 9th.

Mega Sharpedo is a returning battle, and it will run until February 2nd. This battle will see players earning different prizes depending on their ranking. The details, from Serebii:

On the 3DS version, the top 50,000 in Japan, 20,000 in the US and 12,000 in Europe get the Sharpedonite. The top 5,000 in Japan, 2,000 in the US and 1,200 in Europe also get a Mega SpeedUp. If you don’t get the Sharpedonite but are in the top 80,000 in Japan, 30,000 in the US or 18,000 in Europe you’ll get an Attack Power. All other players will get a Disruption Delay. On Shuffle Mobile, the top 80,000 will get the Sharpedonite, while the top 15,000 also get a Mega Speedup. If you don’t get the Sharpedonite but are in the top 120,000, you’ll get an Attack Power and a Jewel. All other players get a Jewel

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Jet Force Gemini only made its way to the Nintendo 64, but a Game Boy Color version was once in the works as well. Although it seemed to be nearly complete, the project was cancelled in 2000 or so.

Screenshots of Jet Force Gemini on the Game Boy Color found their way online previously. Just recently though, an off-screen video of the game’s intro showed up on YouTube. You can watch it below.

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Final Fantasy Explorers is out today, and so are the reviews. Here’s a roundup of the early verdicts:

IGN – 6.8 / 10
GameSpot – 7 / 10
Destructoid – 7 / 10
Nintendo Life – 7 / 10
Nintendo World Report – 7 / 10
Game Informer – 7.75 / 10

A few new screenshots of Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty running on Wii U were let out on the series’ Twitter account earlier today. You can find them below.

Just to reiterate, Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty’s release on Wii U is very, very close. The developer hopes to nail down a final date this week.

Thanks to Jake for the tip.

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