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Stan Lee Has All The Power In LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
Stan “The Man” Lee might just be a walk-on in LEGO Marvel Super Heroes but, boy, he gets to rock on with unimaginable power. It’s like Molecule Man and the Beyonder had a baby, and that baby was Mimic but looked like Stan Lee. I could have explained that better. When you’ve got more than…
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Taking A Chalk Yoshi Into The Streets Is No Laughing Matter
Drawing a realistic 3D Yoshi from Mario Kart with chalk is one thing, but the way the fine folks at the AweMeChannel animated and put him into a real-life street scene is quite spectacular. Check out the video below to see how they unleashed a fast and furious Yoshi on an unsuspecting neighborhood. Mario Kart…
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It’s a rather interesting choice to do a mashup of the art style from Kentucky Route Zero and Link, camping in the Lost Woods from the first Legend of Zelda. But digital artist Denzel Sterling was able to do it in a really charming way. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing…
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Watch Today’s Special Pokemon X/Y Nintendo Direct Right Here
Satoru Iwata and Junichi Masuda in the same room, talking about Pokemon. A paid online Pokemon storage. New mega Pokemon. There’s even a few neat retrospectives—a great deal of fascinating stuff for any Pokemon fan. You can watch it all above, and make sure to chime in with your favorite parts below. Pokemon Direct 9.4.2013…
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Pokemon X and Y Lets You Store Pokemon Online… For an Annual Fee
Today, Nintendo announced a new downloadable 3DS companion app for their upcoming Pokemon X and Y versions. It’s called Pokemon Bank, and it’s used to store in-game Pokemon in the cloud. Pokemon Bank allows you to store Pokemon in online boxes—100 boxes, meaning 3000 Pokemon in total, which is far more than the game’s in-built…
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Pokémon Rumble U Is Much Better With NFC Toys. Weird.
The coolest feature of Pokémon Rumble U only works with the $3.99 collectible figures purchased separately from the $17.99 downloadable title, making it a mediocre game with optional improvement. Interesting idea. In Pokémon Rumble U, players can collect and battle up to 649 different Pokémon by picking up capsules in the game’s various story arenas.…
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All These People Are Waiting to Play the Remastered Wind Waker at PAX
Remember when Nintendo unveiled The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker back in the day, and everyone lost their minds because of its cel-shaded graphics? And there was basically a storm of hatred until the game was released, at which point everyone played it and realized it was incredible? All those people are at PAX right…
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Mighty Switch Force 2 is Following its Predecessor Onto Wii U
3DS eShop favorite Mighty Switch Force 2 is making its way to the Wii U’s digital storefront “by popular request,” Wayforward Technologies announced this week on its blog. The developer estimates that it will arrive in October. The original Mighty Switch Force was similarly ported from 3DS to Wii U as Mighty Switch Force: Hyper…
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Report: Wii U Early Adopters Won’t Get Special Treatment From Nintendo [UPDATE]
When Nintendo dropped the price of the 3DS mere months after its release in 2011, it offered a mollifying “Ambassador Program” to early adopters of the handheld system. That program included 20 free games available to players who bought the 3DS before a certain date. Now that the Wii U’s price is dropping $50 on…
By Mike Rougeau