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Paper Mario! The 3DS eShop is bringing some high price items to show off this week, withPokedex 3D Pro($14.99 — wait, what?!) andPaper Mario: Sticker Star($39.99). Remember that thePaper Mariodigital download is includedin theDonkey Kongpromotion, and the new Pokedex app fleshes out thepreviously supported 150 strong free appto 649. If those are too rich for your blood, there’sJohnny Hotshot($5.99) andDress to Play: Cute Witches!($3.99). There’s also a demo forDisney’s Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion....

Also, Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call It’s a pretty lively week for Nintendo Download, with a few big 3DS arrivals. On the Wii U side though we haveWild Gunson the Virtual Console, as well asArrow Time U, andSpikey Walls. The big headliner is definitely theSuper Smash Bros.demo on 3DS, which will be available tomorrow at 9AM PST.Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Callis also out, as isCooking Mama 5andLegend of the River King 2....

‘Due to the difficulty of securing the parts necessary for repair’ The Nintendo Wii had a really good run. Released at the tail-end of 2006 the ripples of that little waggle machine can still be felt today, and the thing just refused to die. Remember, Ubisoft releasedJust Dance 2020on the Wii just a few months ago, completely snubbing the Wii U. It’s undead! But every era has to fully end at some point, and when a system officially becomes a piece of legacy hardware, you know the time is nigh....

Pikmin 3 hailed as the start of many Nintendo is generally thought to exist in its own fancy little bubble, protected from the outside world and faintly out of touch with the rest of us. However, Nintendo of America’s marketing department may be a bit more savvy than we thought, and seems to have an ear to the ground when it comes to hot topics. Take, for instance, thethorny issue of female protagonists....

According to myDoctor Whocalendar, the time of year where children are encouraged to support obesity by leaving cookies out for a fat burglar who magically fits in chimneys is almost upon us. I’m preparing by trying to make excuses so I don’t have to spend too much time with my family and loved ones and I’ll probably be buying cheap tat from someone’s car boot. I’m merry, oh so bloody merry....

Box office round up No studio was interested in pulling in some extra cash as summer closed out over Labor Day weekend.Operation FinaleandKinwere basically the biggest release this weekend, and Paramount didn’t even giveKinmuch a chance with a small national roll out. Such is the life of a three day weekend at the end of summer. That means all the regulars from the past month continued their domination.Crazy Rich AsiansandThe Megsit at the top pulling in more money to add to both their surprising totals, with the former joining the latter in the $100 million box office club....

What? YES! The gorgeousOddworld: Abe’s OddyseyandOddworld: Abe’s Exoddusare finally coming to the PlayStation Store’s PSOne Classics section where they belong, and they’re hitting the PSN this Thursday! Series creator Lorne Lanning spread the word himself on thePlayStation Blog, revealing a little background info about the games as he did. “Gaming seemed such a blank slate of possibilities back then,” recalls Lorne. “It was an early super-cool medium with which we could start telling stories of our own....

It finally happened If you’re unfamiliar withDouble Dragon II: Wander of the Dragons, the official description for the just-release Xbox Live Arcade game will help clue you in to the situation: “This is a remake ‘Double Dragon II‘ a 80’s game. The story line takes same as original game story. However, the graphic, character, action, system etc. are change. “Also we are including new stage and enemy in the game. The player will be addicted to new version ofDouble Dragon II....

I forgot, holidays are crazy PlayStation Experience was only three weeks ago? Why does it feel like it was a year ago? “Because you had to scrape together a bunch of last-minute jobs to make Christmas money like a Dad working overtime?” you say? You’re correct! Question mark! Anyway, I was playing Giant Sparrow’sWhat Remains of Edith Finch?(fascinating game, that) at PSX when one of the developers came up to me and asked if I’d talk about it on Sony’s Twitch stream....

With so many traps available to you, and many more to unlock, it can be overwhelming to figure out what you like. It can be even more complicated trying to figure out what’s good. Fortunately, we’ve put tons of time into the game to help figure out what traps are the best. There’s a lot of features to consider, including cost and synergy. We’ll call out special cases like that whenever there’s a need....

Five-use limit is weaksauce If you’ve been itching to put the SEGA X Capcom X Namco Bandai strategy RPG extravaganza,Project X Zone, through its paces, you finally get your chance today. “Demo A” — a combat scenario with the teams of Ryu & Ken (Street Fighter), Ichiro & Sakura (Sakura Wars), Gemini & Erica (Sakura Warsagain), Kurt & Riela (Valkyria Chronicles), Soma & Alisa (God Eater), and Kite & BlackRose (....

Open the platform. Stop having it be closed. When it comes to cross-platform play,Rocket Leagueis really important: it’s the first time a PC game hascross-platform play with both Xbox Oneand PlayStation 4. This has led some to ask whether PS4 and Xbox One players will be able to play together eventually, breaking down the platform barrier that has plagued gaming since literally forever. Microsoft are up for it, butSony seem a bit more hesitant, saying they’d rather work with developers and publishers individually....

Steam has a launch-window discount until February 3 We haven’t coveredSkul: The Hero Slayermuch before, but I’ve been keeping tabs on the head-swapping action-platformer for a while now. Today’s the day to check in: it’s out of Steam Early Access. While I wouldn’t directly compare the two games beat-for-beat,Skulis drawing my attention as someone who adoresRisk of Rain‘s cyclical power fantasy.Skulhas a side-scrolling ability-cooldown-based premise wrapped around a roguelite shell, albeit with a central character who can swap styles with new heads....