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Etrian Odysey III Bonus Book - first look

Posted by GoNintendo Mar 31 2010 18:27 GMT in Nintendo Stuff

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This little booklet is going to be in very short supply, with only 500 copies going out to lucky first-day purchasers. As you can see, it will contain all sorts of inside information from the developers, including sketches and other development tidbits.

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Robin Hood: The Return of Richard - trailer, more details

Posted by GoNintendo Mar 31 2010 18:29 GMT in Nintendo Stuff

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While Richard, the true King of England, is absent from his throne, his country rages in chaos. England has been invaded, and enemies burn and destroy local towns and villages. After the house of expert archer and hunter Robin Hood was burned down, he, together with a group of free archers like himself, [...]

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Dante's Inferno's Trials Of St. Lucia Gives You Wings

Posted by Kotaku Mar 31 2010 18:30 GMT in Dante's Inferno

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#gallery Dante's guardian angel and Christian martyr St. Lucia gets her game on in these screens from the upcoming Trails of St. Lucia downloadable content for Dante's Inferno. More »

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Joyswag: Get into the Lost Planet 2 multiplayer beta

Posted by Joystiq Mar 31 2010 19:45 GMT in Lost Planet 2

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Do you want early access to the Lost Planet 2 multiplayer beta? We're giving away codes -- ten for Xbox 360 owners and ten for PS3 owners -- to get early access to Capcom's upcoming online shooter. How do you enter? Simply join our Facebook page. Then, check the page beginning around 5PM ET for the entry form post. Once it's live, leave a comment on the Facebook post to enter the giveaway. Commenting on this post will NOT earn you an entry!

To enter this giveaway:

Join the Joystiq fan page on Facebook. At around 5PM ET, leave a comment on the entry form.
You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada (excluding Quebec).
Limit 1 entry per person.
The entry period ends at 5:30PM ET on Wednesday, March 31.
At that time, we'll select 20 winners from the eligible commenters to receive a code for either the PS3 or Xbox 360 version of the Lost Planet 2 multiplayer beta. Prize has no cash value. Make sure your privacy settings allow for direct messages to receive a code.
For a list of complete rules, click here.

What is Joyswag? Since we don't keep the games and merchandise we receive for review or promotional purposes, it becomes "Joyswag," which is passed along to our readers. Please note that Joyswag may be in "used" condition. For more info on our policy, click here.

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Super Mario Galaxy 2 - more details

Posted by GoNintendo Mar 31 2010 18:15 GMT in Super Mario Galaxy 2

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- each level/galaxy has at least one star - use your starship to travel from galaxy to galaxy, using the world map - your starship also houses Toads, Lumas and other goodies - Boulder Bowl Galaxy - Rock Mario: Shake Wiimote to turn into a boulder - Haunty Halls Galaxy: bulb fruit’s appearance - Puzzle Plank Galaxy: sawblades chop apart the [...]

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Just Dance Sales Top Two Million Worldwide

Posted by IGN Mar 31 2010 18:49 GMT in Just Dance

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Ubisoft pleased with new title sales.

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Fishie Fishie - trailer

Posted by GoNintendo Mar 31 2010 18:05 GMT in Nintendo Stuff

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Grill-Off Trailer

Posted by IGN Mar 31 2010 18:36 GMT in Grill-Off with Ultra Hand

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If you can't take the heat then step away from the grill.

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Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions swings into stores this September

Posted by Joystiq Mar 31 2010 19:30 GMT in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

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Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions will get its amazing, noir web-slinging on this September. The game's story, written by Marvel's Dan Slott, finds four different wall-crawlers working across parallel universes to put together the Tablet of Order and Chaos, which sounds like a rejected item name from the Zelda universe.

The latest issue of GamePro has some more details on the game and, for those who'd like to wear their spandex suits in public while checking out Shattered Dimensions, also the San Francisco WonderCon should be showing off the game this weekend.

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WarioWare D.I.Y. Showcase - review

Posted by GoNintendo Mar 31 2010 18:04 GMT in WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase

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A portion of a Nintendo Life review… While you should definitely find more than enough to keep you busy in the DS retail release, it’s difficult to argue against picking up this added bonus release, especially with the promise of new microgames being made available for download periodically.

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This Wednesday: Mega Man 10 available now on XBLA

Posted by Joystiq Mar 31 2010 19:25 GMT in Mega Man 10

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Just a quick reminder: Mega Man 10 has finally made its way to Xbox Live Arcade. You download the game -- right now -- for the price of 800 ($10). Also, don't worry if the last entry in the series, Mega Man 9, made you throw your controller into the blender in a fit of blind fury. You see, Mega Man 10 comes packed with a new "Easy" mode, so you can enjoy all that retro goodness without all the retro difficulty.

Shortcut: Download the trial version of Mega Man 10 [via Xbox.com]

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Shinji Mikami’s Project Site Opens

Posted by GoNintendo Mar 31 2010 17:56 GMT in Nintendo Stuff

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Shinji Mikami has opened up his recruitment website, and the image you see above is from a game you can play on the site. I guess it’ll keep people busy while we’re waiting to see just what projects Mikami is going to work on! While there’s fun to be had, the site also [...]

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The Power Behind Project Natal: PrimeSense

Posted by Kotaku Mar 31 2010 18:00 GMT in Kinect

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#technology You've heard all about Project Natal, but Microsoft's 3D motion controller solution would have fallen completely flat if not for PrimeSense's 3D sensing technology. What is PrimeSense? More »

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Lost Planet 2 Demo Players Get Free Stuff

Posted by IGN Mar 31 2010 18:23 GMT in Lost Planet 2

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Lost Planet fans can trade some bandwidth for a free in-game bonus in May.

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The Conduit 2 - key features

Posted by GoNintendo Mar 31 2010 17:46 GMT in The Conduit 2

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Key Features: • TEAM INVASION MODE New co-op mode where up to four player players battle side-by-sideagainst waves of enemies. Fight online over the Nintendo® Wi-FiConnection or on the same console via splitscreen mode. • THE BEST ONLINE MULTIPLAYER EXPERIENCE ON THE Wii™ Take the battle online with up to 12-players or play locally via4-player splitscreen. Features new [...]

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Talking about that silly Golden Sun 3 rumor

Posted by GoNintendo Mar 31 2010 17:38 GMT in Nintendo Stuff

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This rumor has been hitting my inbox since yesterday, and I’ve been avoiding the post. I simply think that the entire setup is bogus, but with so many emails coming in, I’ll at least make a mention of it. The email you see above is supposedly about Golden Sun 3, with a Nintendo rep hinting [...]

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Nintendo accounts for nearly 25% of GameStop's new product purchased in fiscal 2009

Posted by Joystiq Mar 31 2010 19:00 GMT in Gaming News

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Of the many, many games that GameStop sold in 2009 (not to mention the millions of dollars it made), we were left wondering where the lion's share of the game retail juggernaut's capital went in terms of product that the company was actually buying for its stores. And in a recent SEC filing for the last financial year, the company an unsurprising leader: Nintendo took the top spot, with 23 percent of GameStop's "new product purchases" in fiscal year 2009. Sony trailed in second place by only five less points at 17 percent, while MIcrosoft, EA, and Activision picked up 12, 12, and 11 percent (respectively).

The remaining 25 percent presumably belongs to various third party peripherals and game-related items available for sale in the retail chain's stores. That said, while over 41 percent of GameStop's sales come from new products (read: from the vendors listed above) over the 26 percent coming from used game sales, the vast majority of revenue is still very much coming from used game sales, and thusly, the company's number one vendor: you.

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Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Ep. 1 - tons of leaked videos

Posted by GoNintendo Mar 31 2010 17:33 GMT in Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I

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Would you guys like the motherload of leaked videos from Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Ep. 1? I thought you did, so check out the links below! Video of Splash Hill Zone Act 1 Video of Splash Hill Zone Act 2 Video of Splash Hill Zone Act 3 Video of Splash Hill Zone Boss Video of Lost Labyrinth Zone Act [...]

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Spider-Man Shattered Dimensions Reveal Trailer

Posted by IGN Mar 31 2010 18:04 GMT in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

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Will multiple dimensions multiply the fun?

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NBA Jam - impressions

Posted by GoNintendo Mar 31 2010 17:26 GMT in NBA Jam

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This Week in PlayStation Home: Easter City Huntdown Event, MAG and Irem Virtual Items, The Tester Marathon, and More!

Posted by PlayStation Blog Mar 31 2010 17:57 GMT in PlayStation Home

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What’s up Home-bodies?!?!

This week brings more of what you’ve come to expect from our weekly updates over at PlayStation Home. And by “more of what you’ve come to expect” I mean “awesome game content, compelling community events, and free media, all served up in a dynamic social environment that is only possible on the PS3.” To start, we are celebrating the arrival of spring in the only way we know how – by throwing a huge event smattered with the irreverent humor you’ve come to know and love. This Friday, April 2, all of you action movie fans will want to log into PlayStation Home to partake in our Easter City Huntdown event. Pictures are worth a thousand words, and movies are worth a million pictures, so I’ll let the clip below speak for itself. Needless to say, you won’t want to miss out on this one.

The PlayStation Home Mall will also be seeing quite an update this week, with a host of Anime-themed virtual items (to complement the Anime personal space we released last week) and MAG costumes being released. And if you head to the updated UNCHARTED 2 space or the Irem Carnival you can pick up new costumes (a Sark costume and a host of Western-themed items, respectively). Check the pics below for a sample of what is coming into PlayStation Home tomorrow, April 1.

Be sure to visit the PlayStation Home Theater this week for tons of Tester-related goodness. Tonight at 6:00pm – 7:30pm PT (9:00pm – 10:30pm EST) we will be hosting yet another meet-and-greet with the cast of the PlayStation Network exclusive reality series The Tester (this week we will be bringing in two of the strongest contestants from this season – Amped and Cyrus).

Come tomorrow, we will air the newest episode, Killer Memory, as well as release two new commemorative The Tester items (including the Blue Surgical Scrubs, pictured below). And if that’s not enough for you, we’ll even be airing The Tester Marathon (episodes 1-6) throughout the weekend, so you can catch up on any of the episodes you may have missed in preparation for the season finale, which will screen on April 8 in PlayStation Home!

Just a reminder for you valiant souls who, like me, can never get enough Warhawk: LightBox Interactive will be hosting a month-long Capture the Flag tournament starting Friday, April 2. Winners will be awarded the super-rare Champions Blade in-game weapon as well as exclusive Warhawk t-shirts to sport in PlayStation Home as a sign of your general radness and badness.

See you in Home!

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Before It Was NBA Jam

Posted by Kotaku Mar 31 2010 17:40 GMT in NBA Jam

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#screengrab An exclusive look at what EA said was an instantly-fun 2008 Wii prototype that has evolved into the promising new NBA Jam, a game we previewed today. (Bonus joke-completion challenge for NBA fans: These basketball players have more personality than the _______'s ________ ___________) More »

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The Conduit 2 - official sweepstakes time detailed

Posted by GoNintendo Mar 31 2010 17:11 GMT in The Conduit 2

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Coming from the official site for The Conduit 2… Thanks to IceHawk for the heads up!

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WarioWare: D.I.Y. - ‘advanced lessons’

Posted by GoNintendo Mar 31 2010 17:05 GMT in WarioWare D.I.Y.

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These were posted up on Monday from their Nintendo Channel debut, but now they’re making the rounds via the press site.

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The Conduit 2 - official PR announcement

Posted by GoNintendo Mar 31 2010 17:09 GMT in The Conduit 2

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SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON (March 31st, 2010) – SEGA® of America, Inc. and SEGA® Europe Ltd. are excited to announce Conduit 2™, the new collaboration with High Voltage Software, Inc., developer of the award-winning Wii shooter, The Conduit. Conduit 2 will be released exclusively for the Wii™ system from Nintendo in Fall 2010. Building upon the [...]

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Print your own copy of the unofficial Advance Wars board game

Posted by Joystiq Mar 31 2010 18:30 GMT in Nintendo News

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This is one of those cases where we really want to share something magical with you, but fear the tremendous weight the Joystiq Biomass carries will crush the life out of the magical thing in question. Still, though we don't want to bring Nintendo's attention to this, we couldn't not share this incredible, homemade Advance Wars board game with you -- especially since you can print out all the assets and start playing it with your fellow tabletop enthusiasts immediately.

The name of the game is actually Skirmish Wars: Advance Tactics, but considering all of the art assets were straight yoinked from Intelligent Systems' series of turn-based strategy games, we don't actually think they're fooling anybody. Seriously, board game fiends -- grab this one while it's still grabbable.

[Via GoNintendo]

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Three Minutes Of Final Fantasy XIV Footage And Japanese Voices

Posted by Kotaku Mar 31 2010 17:20 GMT in Gaming News

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#clips Square Enix Japan is creating a series of video blogs called Life in Eorzea, with the first one featuring plenty of Chocobos, tiny little guys dancing, and plenty of Japanese people talking. More »

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Super Mario Galaxy 2 - impressions

Posted by GoNintendo Mar 31 2010 16:51 GMT in Super Mario Galaxy 2

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- Rollodillo, an armored, rolling boss who’s only weak point is on his exposed backside - Puzzle Plank Galaxy: butt-stomp panels to arrange them into a picture - Bumble Beginnings, a stage in the Honeybloom galaxy, features 2.

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