Below are the latest titles that can be currently pre-ordered at retailers:

North America

Wii U

Snoopy’s Grand Adventure – Amazon, GameStop
Shovel Knight – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Rodea: The Sky Soldier – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash – Amazon, GameStop
Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival – Best Buy
Star Fox Zero – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Devil’s Third – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Xenoblade Chronicles X Special Edition – GameStop
Xenoblade Chronicles X – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
LEGO Marvel’s Avengers – Amazon
Terraria – Amazon
Mighty No. 9 – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem – Best Buy
The Legend of Zelda – Amazon, Best Buy

3DS

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Master Splinter’s Training Pack – Amazon, GameStop
Snoopy’s Grand Adventure – Amazon, GameStop
Shovel Knight – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Rodea: The Sky Soldier – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Moco Moco Friends – Amazon
Yo-Kai Watch – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon – Amazon (save $5 with Prime), Best Buy, GameStop
Stella Glow – Amazon, GameStop
Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairlytale – Amazon, Best Buy
Final Fantasy Explorers – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
LEGO Marvel’s Avengers – Amazon
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam – Amazon
Hyrule Warriors Legends – Amazon
Project X Zone 2 – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Terraria – Amazon
Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright – Amazon, Best Buy
Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest – Amazon
Metroid Prime: Federation Force – Amazon
Zero Escape 3 – Amazon
Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop

Console

Hyrule Edition New 3DS XL – GameStop (exclusive)
Hyrule Edition New 3DS XL with Tri Force Heroes – GameStop (exclusive)

Guides (new)

Star Fox Zero Collector’s Edition Guide – Amazon (save $10)
Xenoblade Chronicles X Collector’s Edition Guide – Amazon (save $10)
Yo-Kai Watch Standard Edition Guide – Amazon

Canada

Wii U

Shovel Knight
Rodea: The Sky Soldier
Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of Legendary Legends
Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash
Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival
Xenoblade Chronicles X
Devil’s Third
LEGO Marvel Avengers
Terraria
Mighty No. 9 Wii U

3DS

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Master Splinter’s Training Pack
Rodea: The Sky Soldier
Shovel Knight
Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of Legendary Legends
Moco Moco Friends
Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale
Stella Glow
Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon
Yo-kai Watch
The Legend of Legacy
LEGO Marvel Avengers
Project X Zone 2
Hyrule Warriors Legends
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
Fire Emblem Fates
Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice
Metroid Prime: Federation Force
Zero Escape 3

Europe

Wii U

Shovel Knight
Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations
Rodea: The Sky Soldier
Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash
Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival
Xenoblade Chronicles X
LEGO Marvel’s Avengers

3DS

Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker
Shovel Knight
Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations
Chibi-Robo! Zip Lash
Rodea: The Sky Soldier
Nintendo Presents: New Style Boutique 2 – Fashion Forward
Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of Legendary Legends
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Bros. (new)
LEGO Marvel’s Avengers
Final Fantasy Explorers
The Legend of Legacy
Etrian Odyssey 2: Untold: The Fafnir Knight
Stella Glow

Consoles

Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon Premium Pack
New 3DS – New Style Boutique 2: Fashion Forward w/ exclusive cover plate

amiibo bundle

Chibi-Robo! Zip Lash amiibo bundle

The Skylanders SuperChargers Starter Pack has been discounted over at Amazon and Best Buy. All versions are currently available for $25 off. You can order the game on Amazon here, or Best Buy here.

Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden recently came out in both North America and Europe. For a lengthy look at the game, check out the video below.

SmileBASIC launched in Japan last year, and in North America last week. Europe is one major region that does not yet have the application though.

There’s good news and bad news. Developer SmileBoom is looking into the possibility of bringing SmileBASIC to Europe, but there’s nothing concrete just yet.

The company wrote on the official website for the 3DS download:

“As soon as we announced the release date of SmileBASIC we are getting lots of e-mails asking the release in European regions. We are considering the European release aggressively and will make an announcement once we made a decision.”

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Prima has been publishing guides for a number of Nintendo games as of late, and that will be continuing with Yo-kai Watch. A listing on Amazon gives us an idea as to what we can expect from it:

Find hidden Yo-kai: With the power of the Yo-kai Watch, find and befriend more than 200 hidden Yo-kai and call upon their powers when you need their help.

Critical skills and strengths: Each Yo-kai has its own unique skills and strengths. Use strategy to assemble your team to address different problems and fight evil Yo-kai.

Upgrade strategies: Make your Yo-kai Watch more powerful and upgrade your Yo-kai while playing through the story.

Defeat evil: Assemble the best team of six Yo-kai in your watch to defeat evil and help people in need.

Free mobile-friendly eGuide! Includes a code to access the eGuide, a digital version of the complete strategy guide optimized for a second-screen experience.

The one strange thing here is that the Yo-kai Watch guide apparently won’t be available until December 7. That’s odd since the game itself launches about a month earlier!

The GBA version of Super Ghouls ‘n Ghosts made its way to the North American Wii U eShop this past Thursday. You can view some footage from the title below.

Over on the Genei Ibun Roku #FE website, directors Mitsuru Hirata and Eiji Ishida answered a few questions. Topics include the important of music and entertainment in the game, how the Fire Emblem characters look (including Chrom), and more.

Head past the break for Hirata and Ishida’s comments. All translations come courtesy of JRPG.moe.

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The Toys “R” Us catalog reveals stock numbers for three amiibo due out next month. The Mii Fighters 3-pack, Villager (restock), and Mega Yarn Yoshi should be in good supply for the most part.

Stores will be receiving a minimum of 64 units for the Mii Fighters and Villager. There will also be 18 Mega Yarn Yoshis at each Toys “R” Us location, which isn’t quite as high as the other two, but certainly nothing to snuff at. These numbers should make up for their exclusivity somewhat!

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Let’s Talk #28: Has your opinion on Nintendo’s November Wii U releases changed?

Nintendo is bringing out two more Wii U games next month: Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash and Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival. Before this week, both were shrouded in mystery for the most part. Nintendo hadn’t really said much about either game since E3, which was odd given how we’re under a month away from release.

With Mario Tennis, things started out particularly strangely. Nintendo showed off a trailer confirming a few more characters, but that was pretty much it. Perhaps they heard some of the complains, since just a few days later, we received another trailer and press release that shed more light on the game. We now know that there are things like amiibo support and online play.

Nintendo showed the Board Game as just one mode in Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival at E3. Thanks to new information shared this week, the Desert Island Escape, Balloon Island, and Quiz Show modes are now confirmed.

How do you feel about these two titles? Has any of the new information/trailers/videos swayed your opinion at all?

Highlights from last week’s topic: Have you ever been to a convention or expo?

LordDisco

I go to Tokyo Game Show every year I can, and it’s one of the highlights of my nerd-life for the entire year. This year, especially, was a dream. Tons of great swag, and I got to play a lot of cool games, including Star Wars Battlefront, Monster Hunter X, Hyrule Warriors Legends, a sweet Oculus Rift demo, and a few indie games.

The atmosphere is also so much fun. Everyone there is trying to have fun, and in the 6 years I’ve been going, not a single year do I recall any negative confrontation or fighting. It’s amazing that a crowd of over 100,000 at a given time can keep such a fun-loving, caring, and nerdy environment.

I only hope for future Tokyo Game Shows that Nintendo will make their presence known. The past many years, especially, has just been third-party support, which really doesn’t help promote their hardware. You’d think Nintendo would make a showing at the biggest game show in their home country, right? Right?!

Vigilante_blade

The only convention I have ever gone to was Otakuthon, which is an anime convention. It’s fun, and I like it. I also went to the gaming festival called Arcadia in Montreal, but I admit it wasn’t that great. I went to play Brawl’s demo at that time, but after playing it, I didn’t really have any fun, and was really bummed about it. There wasn’t a lot of game and most of the new stuff was Ubisoft-related. While not a great con, it did have a funny moment where they had the brilliant idea of giving energy drinks and Axe body spray to everyone on the venue… Let’s just say that after the Nintendo reps had finished throwing swag at us, they were prompty sprayed with Axe by a mob of angry fans. They had to get every single fan in the building and open every door and window. It was a mess, but funny nonetheless.

Teaser websites are up for a pair of two titles. You can access the Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash page here and Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival site here. Both games are coming out fairly soon, so they should be updated with a ton of content in the very near future!

Thanks to Jake for the tip.