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Bring Wreck-It Ralph to Your 3DS With These Mii Codes
Jordan White, the founder of StreetPass NYC (a 3DS meetup organization) sends along these four Mii QR codes from Wreck-It Ralph, which released on Friday. If you want to trick out your Mii like one of the film’s characters, there’s Ralph and his adversary Fix-It Felix, plus Sgt. Tamora Calhoun from Hero’s Duty and the…
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Nintendo and “Bohemian Rhapsody” Go Together A Lot Better Than You’d Think
Did you love the NES era? Sure you did. And even if you didn’t, you do now, because that’s how nostalgia works. But do you love it enough to rock out to it Queen-style? Because on a day like this, we could all use more singing cartridges and reminders that actually, a bunch of the…
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Hurricane Sandy Forces Triforce Johnson Out of the Line for the Wii U
With Hurricane Sandy bearing down on New York City, Isaiah-Triforce Johnson (real name: Isaiah-Triforce Johnson) has been told to vacate his position as first in line to purchase a Wii U at Nintendo World in Manhattan. The console releases in 21 days. Johnson had begun the vigil on Oct. 22. Johnson was told by Rockefeller…
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If You’re Getting the Basic-Size Wii U, You May Buy a Digital Copy of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Download Half of It [UPDATE]
Unless you’re planning on adding an external hard drive to your Wii U—either model—it would make almost zero sense to get the downloadable version of Tekken Tag Tournament 2, and that’s even if a North American digital release gets the discount that the Japanese eShop is going to offer. Tekken Tag Tournament 2 clocks in…
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According to Twitter, The Wii U is “AWESOME,” “Overall pretty comfy”
Retailers Best Buy and GameStop have slowly been receiving Wii U demo kiosks to show off the upcoming Nintendo hardware to interested gamers. Though not every store seems to have gotten their kiosks yet, many have. And many gamers have gotten their hands on the Wii U’s GamePad. So what are they saying? What do…
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Is This the Face of a Heel? Debating Fighter Hayabusa’s Virtue in Nintendo’s Pro Wrestling
There were no storylines in Pro Wrestling for the Nintendo Entertainment System, beyond the ones you and your buddies would create for the six wrestlers it featured. But nearly everyone’s status—good guy or bad, face or heel—was easily interpreted in how the character was presented. Star Man was a face. The Amazon would assault you…
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This Week’s Nintendo Download is Full of Coins to Collect and Puzzles to Solve
It’s getting cold out. There’s a major storm coming this weekend (on the East coast, anyway). You really don’t want to go out to a store to get your games fix. Lucky for you, here’s this week’s Nintendo Download! The brand new Professor Layton game will be downloadable starting this weekend. It’s also a good…
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You Get To Be Mayor And Go Swimming In The New Animal Crossing
Not going to lie. I put way, way more hours into Animal Crossing: Wild World, the first DS entry in the franchise, than I ever should have. After managing to catch a coelacanth on my first day I was, well, hooked. Catch fish, collect bugs, cultivate flowers, buy clothes, decorate your home… these are the…
By Kate Cox
