Okay so the Animal Crossing amiibo haven’t been a huge success when it comes to the rest of Nintendo’s figures. Part of that is likely due to the lackluster reception of last year’s Animal Crossing amiibo Festival and the resulting over-saturation and under-selling of the figures. But if you haven’t completed your collection of amiibo of the Animal Crossing nature, and you live in Canada, now is your time. Walmart Canada is now selling Animal Crossing amiibo...
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Sweet Animal Crossing Deals in Canada this week
If you’re an Animal Crossing fan and don’t already have all of the games and amiibo this might just be your week. Several Canadian retailers have select Animal Crossing amiibo, Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, and Animal Crossing amiibo Festival on for some pretty awesome deals! And when I saw awesome, I mean it. Some of the deals include 50% off the three-pack amiibo sets, buy one amiibo get one free. There is also a deal for...
Continue reading...More Animal Crossing Cards and Isabelle amiibo coming in June
The third series of Animal Crossing amiibo cards are just around the corner in North America and Nintendo has announced the date for the fourth series of cards. During the latest Nintndo Direct it was announced that the fourth series of cards would be released in North America in June. This will bring the series up to 400 cards. Also Isabelle would be released as a stand alone figure. Previously Isabelle was only available as part of...
Continue reading...Third Wave of Animal Crossing and more amiibo Coming in March
On March 18th, new amiibo figures in the Animal Crossing series will launch in stores, including characters like Timmy & Tommy, Kapp’n and Rover. The Digby amiibo, which was only available packaged with Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival, will also be made available as a stand-alone amiibo. The next series of Animal Crossing amiibo cards also launches in March, bringing the grand total of available amiibo cards to be used in games like Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival for...
Continue reading...Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – Isabelle & Digby’s New Home Trailer
Where should Isabelle and Digby place the furniture in their home? In this brand new trailer Isabelle’s pet dogs guide us through process of deciding where to place their brand new furniture. Towards the end of the trailer there’s even a special appearance from a long-time animal crossing resident! Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer allows 3DS owners to work for Nook’s Homes and help the residents of their town design houses for their fellow villagers. Players are...
Continue reading...Super Mario Maker Drives Wii U Sales Up 110% For September!
Sales of Nintendo’s current generation platform, the Wii U increased an impressive 110% when compared with August 2015. Nintendo attributes this absolutely impressive uptick in sales to the release of Super Mario Maker which has moved over 500,000 units in the U.S.A since launching on September 11th. To quote Nintendo’s press-release, since they put it best: Perhaps the biggest impact however has been on hardware sales. For the full month of September, sales of Wii U hardware...
Continue reading...Smaller New Nintendo 3DS Coming To North America!
The smaller version of the New Nintendo 3DS is finally making its way to North America according to a Nintendo press release released after the first day of the GameStop Expo. Fans of the big N’s hardware have been eagerly awaiting the North American release of the smaller N3DS as Japan and other territories have had access to it for some time. A smaller sized N3DS, a digital copy of Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer and two...
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