Fox and friends land on 09/09
Star Fox 64 3D lands in North America on 11th September, but European gamers will receive the game just a few days earlier according to the Nintendo Europe website.
In a totally Pavlovian move I've just opened up Nintendo US's press site at 13:02 in expectation of the Nintendo Download. What a fool.
The Hero of Time returned to the sales charts this week as Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D reached second place in the UK All-Formats Chart.
Wave Halo
There's been no end of talk on the Internet about when or if Master Chief or his fellow Spartans would come to Kinect, with 343 Industries suggesting a Halo Wars sequel and a rich discussion about how you would bring Halo to Kinect. Now it's official: Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary will support Kinect.
It's @sonic20th this week. I remember his 10th anniversary. Time flies! http://t.co/bIC4WJZ
Mrs N is facing off in Dodongo Cavern. From the sounds of things it is not going well. #somuchswearing
I'm playing Child of Eden. Quite breathtaking - the feeling of power and conducting the game is quite superb. Very pleased!
Would you send a young boy up to a place called Death Mountain? Doesn't seem very sensible to me.
The best merchandising ever?
In recent years, midnight launches have become the preserve of the "mature" gamer, which the likes of Call of Duty, Halo, Gears of War and more packing in crowds desperate to get their hands on the latest shooters; with the exception of hardware, it's rare to hear of a midnight launch for a Nintendo game, but one GameStop store is going all-out to celebrate Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D's launch.
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