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Game Blog / $100,150 for Super Mario Bros.?
« on: February 15, 2019, 01:34:10 AM »
A "sticker sealed" copy of Super Mario Bros. was recently purchased by a group of collectors.  These copies are said to have been sold during the early NES test launches in New York and Los Angeles, and are sealed with a sticker instead of shrink wrap.  The title was certified as authentic and graded by Wata Games, a company specializing in grading retro video games.

What's a bit odd about this is that it seems like a bit of circular publicity.  You see, this sale was announced by a press release from Heritage Auctions, an auction house that auctions off retro video games.  One of the buyers of the game is the co-founder of Heritage Auctions.  Heritage Auctions makes a point of selling games that have been certified by Wata Games.

It's almost like this is a publicity stunt to get collectors excited about buying certified collector's items from Heritage Auctions.

(Wata Games does have some neat articles about obscure game releases though -- like this page about black box NES variants!)

Links: Heritage Auctions Press Release

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The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is being remade for the Nintendo Switch -- complete with Goombas!  More information to come in the future.

Source: Nintendo Direct 2-13-2019

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Latest News / Yoshi's Crafted World Demo Releasing Today
« on: February 13, 2019, 04:19:59 PM »
Yoshi's Crafted World comes to the Switch on March 29th, and a free demo is being released on the Switch eShop today.

Source: Nintendo Direct 2-13-2019

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Latest News / Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker Gets Two Player Mode and DLC
« on: February 13, 2019, 04:09:18 PM »
Two player co-op mode is coming to the Switch version Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, available today.  In addition, paid DLC levels are coming to the game as well. 18 challenges spread over five new courses.  The new DLC content will be available on March 14, 2019, although one new course will be available starting today.

Source: Nintendo Direct 2-13-2019

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Latest News / Super Mario Maker 2 Coming to the Switch This June
« on: February 13, 2019, 04:03:48 PM »
Super Mario Maker 2 is coming to the Nintendo Switch this June.  More details to come...

Source: Nintendo Direct 2-13-2019

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If you are a subscriber to Nintendo Switch Online, Super Mario Bros. 2 is now available in the Nintendo Entertainment System application.  There's some other stuff available as well (Kirby's Adventure, special modes for Metroid and Blaster Master), but that's nothing compared to the power of Luigi's flutter jumps!

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Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey was released in Japan in late December, and it may be off to a fairly slow start.  Famitsu sales data tracked by the site Game Data Library indicates that the game has only sold about 20,000 copies in its first month of release.  Sales could always pick up, of course, but it's not quite lighting up the charts at the moment.
 
Nintendolife wrote about this, noting that the game is currently one of the worst selling Mario titles ever released -- we'll have to see how sales do over the next few months!

Links:
Game Data Library
Nintendolife's Article

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Game Blog / Re: Testing Site Updates to Facebook & Twitter
« on: February 11, 2019, 10:41:59 PM »
OK. Understood.

It sounds like everything is working, then...

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If you've been thinking about getting a copy of New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe but haven't wanted to spend $59.99, you might be in luck.  It's currently available for $39.99 from "Daily Steals" on Facebook Marketplace.  You may have to wait a bit, as the special offer requires five buyers (you "join" a group of other buyers; once five people join, they ship the items).  Additionally, the copies could be from one of several different regions ("USA, UK, MSE, UAE, LTN"), but the Switch is region free so that shouldn't be a problem when it comes to playing the games.

Link: Facebook Marketplace - Daily Steals

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Game Blog / Several Switch Mario Titles on Sale for About $45
« on: February 07, 2019, 06:23:34 PM »
Walmart and Target are currently selling Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Super Mario Party, and Super Mario Odyssey for about $45 each.  If you're interested, you should probably grab them now.

Link:
Walmart - $45.49 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Target - $45.49 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Target - $45.49 Super Mario Party
Walmart  - $45 Super Mario Odyssey
Target - $48.99 Super Mario Odyssey

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Latest News / Super Mario Maker 3DS Now $19.99 (Nintendo Selects)
« on: February 05, 2019, 11:20:25 AM »
Today, several 3DS titles have been added to the $19.99 Nintendo Selects series.  Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D, and Star Fox 64 3D are now available in stores or on the eShop for $19.99 each.

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Did you know that Retro Studios once wanted to make a Mario Football game?  If that had ever happened, we might be using it today to make Super Bowl predictions!

Link: A Retropective: The Story of Retro Studios (IGN/N-Sider)

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Two Mario 3DS themes have been added back to the My Nintendo rewards site: Mighty Mushrooms and Spotlight Yoshi.  The themes aren't new, but they're only 100 platinum points each!  If you have coins to burn, each theme can be claimed up to five times.

Link: My Nintendo Nintendo 3DS/Wii U software/digital content

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Latest News / Dr. Mario World Releasing On Mobile Devices This Summer
« on: January 31, 2019, 10:34:28 PM »
This summer, Dr. Mario World will be released for mobile devices running under Android or iOS.  The game will be released globally as a free-to-play title, with some sort of purchasing system for additional content.  Dr. Mario World is being released in partnership with Line and NHE.

Link: Nintendo Co., Ltd. Press Release

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If you're playing the Switch version of New Super Mario Bros U., you might have noticed that the jump button doubles as the mid-air spin-twist move.  If that's messing up your game, it's possible to turn it off!  On the title screen, hold in the left joystick for a few seconds.  If you hear Nabbit shout, then the jump button will only work for jumping!  You can still spin-twist in mid-air, but your jump button is free!

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