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Shut Up and Take My Money: Nintendo’s Mini NES
Updating the machine that seriously escalated the console gaming craze, Nintendo will be selling a miniature version of the classic NES system starting on November 11, 2016. Retailing for $60, the Mini NES will come with 30 classic games...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Shut Up and Take My Money: Fire Emblem Fates
It’s been years since Smash Bros.‘s Marth and Roy first drew attention to the Fire Emblem franchise, which until then had been predominantly supported by its Japanese audience. But now that the tactical RPG series has exploded...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Act Fast: The Nintendo Humble Bundle is Up to 11 Games for Just $10
It’s been up for a little while now, but the currently running Nintendo Humble Bundle is still adding up the goods. Donate more than $10 and you’ll get codes for two more indie titles on Nintendo consoles...
- Posted 11 years ago
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What’s Next? Handheld Game Consoles Through the Years
While home game consoles get the lion’s share of the spotlight, handheld gaming has been around for a while now with a few ups and many downs. Its biggest challenge to date has come in the form...
- Posted 11 years ago
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Imagining Nintendo Rides at Universal Studios
Okay, it’s not Disney. Let’s take a moment and make our peace with it, because we all know, on a strangely intimate level, that Disney would have made a heaping of Nintendo rides the right way. Oh...
- Posted 11 years ago
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The Yarn Yoshi amiibo, New Super Smash Bros. Wave and More amiibo Updates
Another Nintendo Direct online presentation came and went, and we are left with the indescribable joy of knowing that amiibo are no longer confined to plastic casings and sub-par DLC tie-ins. You might be of the mind...
- Posted 11 years ago
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The Final Club Nintendo Rewards are Plentiful and Delicious
Nintendo has decided to end its Club Nintendo loyalty program with something on the opposite end of the spectrum from a whimper (that’s a bang). Over 100 games spanning the Wii, Wii U and 3DS are now...
- Posted 11 years ago
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Everything About Nintendo’s Latest Wave of amiibo Figurines
A couple of weeks ago we ran a piece detailing everything we could about Nintendo’s amiibo lineup. We knew then it was a success. Today, we know that the NFC figurines have ascended success and entered the...
- Posted 11 years ago
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The Skull Kid Majora’s Mask 3D Figurine Isn’t the Only Sweet Video Game Extra
So you’re up in a tiffy about that newly announced The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D bundle ($50). Nintendo figurines are all the rage right now, whether they’ve got NFC chips inside them or not, apparently. This Skull...
- Posted 11 years ago
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Ben’s Guide to Choosing and Finding Nintendo Amiibos
Nintendo’s amiibo platform, those little NFC-enabled Marios, Links and other franchise mascots, is proving to be a real, actual thing that people care about. Turns out it doesn’t matter that their functionality in Super Smash Bros. for Wii...
- Posted 11 years ago
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Deals of the Week (May 9): Deals Dearest
This week at Ben’s Bargains, we saw some good spring fitness and outdoor deals, including a big discount on Nike running shoes at Road Runner Sports and a cheap Bowflex heart rate monitor watch for $11 bucks at...
- Posted 12 years ago
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Revealed!! What Nintendo’s poor Wii U sales will mean for gaming deals in 2014
If you haven’t heard, Nintendo had to aggressively slash sales projections by nearly 70 percent after a slow holiday season of Wii U sales. Despite the $50 price cut during late 2013, Nintendo is projecting sales of...
- Posted 12 years ago















