September 2013

Mighty No. 09 Could Come to 3DS via Renegade Kid

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Jason Nason

Earlier today Jools Watsham, the co-founder & director at Renegade Kid, tweeted that he would personally like to help create a Nintendo 3DS version of Mighty No. 09. Watsham reached out to the official Mighty No.9 Twitter account to say that he would like to lend a hand. The account replied that they would pass along the proposal to the team.

As reported earlier, Mighty No.9 is a Kickstarter funded game project in a classic Japanese side-scrolling action. The prioject comes from by Keiji Inafune and an all-star team of veteran Mega Man developers. The project reached its fundraising goal today.

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Nice! Animal Crossing Plushies

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Jason Nason

If you’re a diehard Animal Crossing fan you likely already know that there are officially licensed plush toys based on Animal Crossing: New Leaf. If you’re new to the series or are less of a hardcore player you may not.

There are seven of the plush toys including Reese, K.K. Slider, Tom Nook, Kicks, Porter, Mr. Resetti and Isabelle. The plushies make a great collectible (even if you can’t scan them into your game) and are great if you have a young one who is playing the game.

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Megaman-Like Mighty No. 9 Almost Kickstarted Already

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Les Major

The comparison to Mega Man is more than understandable in Mighty No. 9‘s Kickstarter campaign, which has almost reached it’s $900,000 goal. With a team of Mega Man alumni bringing the project to life with Keiji Inafune as the project lead, this looks like the next big thing inspired by the series.

Already looking beautiful just from the concept art, Mighty No. 9 stars Beck as the ninth in a line of robots, and the only one who hasn’t gone berzerk from a computer virus affecting mechanized creatures around the world.Read More

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CHARTED: Nintendo (week ending Aug 25)

Posted on September 1, 2013 by Jason Nason

Disney Infinity was a big seller in its first week at retail. The top selling platform was the Xbox 360 followed by the Nintendo Wii with 79,472 copies sold on Nintendo’s platform. Between the three versions sold on Nintendo platforms (Wii, Wii U & 3DS) the game sold 128,484 making it a solid first week for Disney’s venture into Skylanders territory.

Across the Pacific another Disney game is still seeing success with the 3DS game Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life from Namco Bandai sitting in the number two spot after four weeks out in Japan.

Nintendo’s newest big release The Wonderful 101 doesn’t seem to be fairing too well in Japan so far landing in the #13 spot, one spot below Pikmin 3 which has been out for seven weeks. The game has sold 5,765 in the first week. The game hits store shelves in North America in a few weeks.

Take a look at the full rundown below:

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