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Including Metroid II I’m unsure how successful My Nintendo is. The publisher seems to be satisfied enough, and they no longer have to spend tons of cash shipping out physical rewards to people like they did with Club Nintendo, but right now a lot of the system is basically a way to push their mobile presence. The other part involves Gold Coins, which slowly reward people by purchasing games digitally — something a lot of Nintendo fans and collectors don’t do, in favor of picking up physical copies....

‘I don’t think it’s nice you laughing…’ From Clint Eastwood’s Man with No Name, to Franco Nero’s Django and even Emilio Estevez as an obnoxious, giggling Billy the Kid, there’s still nothing quite like the uber-romanticised days of swing-door saloons, girls doing the Can-Can and knuckle-headed idiots shooting each other because someone spilled a drink, or something. Soon, we’ll all have the opportunity to saddle up and ride again, as Rockstar prepares to release the highly-anticipated sequel to one of the greatest open-world gam… nay, one of the greatestgamesof all-time,Red Dead Redemption 2....

Teacher: Spell “couch”Little girl: Couch. C-O-W…Billy Madison:Noooo!Teacher: No, I’m sorry, that’s not right.Teacher: Well, Billy, if you spell this correctly you pass second grade.Billy Madison: Couch. C-O…-R…uh…areyou going to the mall today?Teacher: No, I’m not going to the mall. Keep spelling, mister.Billy Madison: C-O…U-C-H!Teacher: Correct!Billy Madison:I AM THE SMARTEST MAN ALIVE! That’s my favorite scene fromBilly Madison, and I think of it every time someone says the word “mall.” I don’t think of Nintendo when someone says “mall,” but it sounds like Nintendo wants me to....

It’s not time to barrel roll; instead, you should be celebrating by eating a Swiss roll as Nintendo Switch Online has added a bunch of adorable Holiday profile icons. You can use your silver coins on the service’s dedicated app to get them. The Happy Holidays section of the Missions & Rewards tab has a bunch of festive Mario icons, as well as characters like Link, Isabelle, aSplatoonInkling, and Pikmin for 10 Platinum Points each....

Strategy RPG coming to all the PlayStations NIS America will release strategy role-playing gameNatural Doctrinein Europe and North America this September, the company announced this week. Natural Doctrineis the inaugural project from Kadokawa Corporation’s new internal studio. The title features cross-play and cross-save functionality across PlayStation 4, PS3, and PS Vita. It will be available in North America on September 16 and in European markets starting September 19. September figures to be a good month for RPG fans, as NIS America is also publishing Compile Heart’sFairy Fencer Fin the West around the autumnal equinox....

Yes, another time loop game coming in 2021 Nippon Ichi Software has revealed the creepy new game that ithas been teasing over the past week. As noted in the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu, NIS’Asatsugutoriis a brand new murder mystery adventure that features that most popular mechanic of gaming’s current zeitgeist: The Time Loop. Asatsugutoriwill tell the grim tale of eight young girls, living together in a mysterious complex and each seemingly doomed to die a miserable death....

Coming to mobile platforms soon I have enjoyed the time I’ve spent playingGame of Thrones Ascentover the past few weeks. It’s a Facebook game, but it’s different than the usual Zynga-inspired clones that crowd up the platform. Ascenthas grown quickly since its launch into beta this month, and it has some very ambitious plans for the future. The game so far covers the events from season one of the stupidly popular series on HBO....

Console ports pls Capcom announced they’re bringing backPuzzle Fighterfor iOS and Android. The sequel title will feature the classic puzzle gameplay we remember, but with some new twists like two assist characters. You’ll be able to use chibi versions ofStreet Fighter‘s Ryu, Ken, and Chun-Li,Darkstalkers‘ Morrigan,Resident Evil‘s Jill, Mega Man X,Devil May Cry‘s Dante, andDead Rising‘s Frank West and Chuck Greene. There’s not much footage beyond this very brief cinematic, but I’m very excited about this....

First hands-on with Housemarque’s latest Housemarque’s latest, announced at this week’s PlayStation press conference at gamescom, is PS4 titleResogun. Any fan ofSuper Stardust HDorSuper Stardust Deltawould be glad to hear that this game is a spiritual successor, though it adds some new ideas and some next-gen shine to the formula. It’s a shooter at heart, reminding ofDefender, though it’s not as space-y as you’re fending off alien invaders in an attempt to save the last humans....

Form over function ThePocket Spritelooks like something that couldn’t have existed 20 years ago. The miniature console resembles a Game Boy Color but is only about 1/6th the size. It started as a self-challenge by its designer to see how small he could compress the tech inside and still have a functioning console. It looks great and, taken from a purely technical point of view, it’s a triumph of technology. Unfortunately, if you actually want to play games on this thing, you’re going to be disappointed....

Here’s a hands-on look If you haven’t heard of Analogue before, and are a fan of retro gaming,you definitely want to look into them. They’re one of the current champions of game preservation, with products spanning theNES,SNES, Genesis, and NEC. Now they’re setting their sights on the portable realm. Here’s our Analogue Pocket impressions. So the Analogue Pocket is an incredibly intriguing device that will set you back $199.99 (both the white and the black version are the same price)....

The trophy’s mine! Ages ago a toy company let it slip, possibly under penalty, that theCrashseries was going to make a comeback. A year and some change laterCrash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy was released for PS4. That same situation may have just happened, as we’ve learned, according to another source, that Activision now has a “five year plan” for the series with “another game” coming in 2019. This information comes from the Licensing Source Book, a European publication that ‘covers the entire licensing industry....

Like Stella, Samus wants her groove back When we last checked in with Samus, she wastrying to score an interview with Tim Rogers, co-creator ofVideoball. Despite the fact that she’s been appearing in videogames for over 25 years, he still didn’t know who she was. That wouldn’t have bothered her at all under normal circumstances, but life hasn’t been too good to Samus lately. Nintendo stopped celebrating her birthdays. She hasn’t had a game of her own since 2010....