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  • Nintendo Announces New Black Friday Bundles, Sales

    Nintendo Announces New Black Friday Bundles, Sales

    Black Friday is quickly approaching and cost-conscious gamers are already on the look out for some great deals. Sony was the first out of the gate last week with details regarding its Black Friday plans, and now it’s Nintendo’s turn.

    Nintendo announced this morning that it has two new bundles and a large selection of sales that will go live on Black Friday to kick off the holiday shopping season. Unfortunately, there are no new Wii U bundles, but that’s only because Nintendo seems pretty content with the New Super Mario Bros. U/New Super Luigi U and Skylanders bundles it currently has on offer. As for the Nintendo 3DS and 2DS, there are plenty of bundles and sales available.

    “This year, there is a dizzying amount of affordable Nintendo options for any holiday shopper looking to stock up on fun gifts for family and friends,” said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “And if there is ever a question of why shoppers should choose Wii U and Nintendo 3DS this holiday season, the answer is simple: Because it’s Nintendo.”

    Starting November 28, Nintendo will offer a cobalt blue Nintendo 3DS that comes pre-installed with Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon. This bundle joins a Zelda-themed 3DS XL bundle that’s currently available.

    As for sales, Nintendo notes that the Nintendo 3DS XL will be on sale for $149.99 at Target on Friday. If you’re in the market for the more affordable Nintendo 2DS, you can pick one up at Walmart for $99.99 on Friday as well.

    Nintendo may not be offering a new Wii U hardware bundle for Black Friday, but it will have a new Wii U software bundle. The company will offer a Nintendo Land bundle complete with Luigi-themed green Wii Remote Plus for $60.

    As for digital sales, Nintendo will discount all the Mario games on the 3DS and Wii U virtual consoles starting Thursday. The company doesn’t have a list of which games will be on sale yet, but it should be nearly every classic Mario game available on each service. That means you’ll be able to pick up classics like Super Mario Bros. 3 or Super Mario World on the cheap this Thanksgiving.

    [Image: Nintendo/Business Wire]

  • Check Out Nintendo’s Awesome Poltergust 5000 Replica

    Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon officially kicked off the Year of Luigi this week. To help celebrate the launch, Nintendo partnered with game art community iam8bit to create a replica of Luigi’s Poltergust 5000.

    Now we just need to strap a Luigi hat on Reggie Fils-Aime, give him this Poltergust 5000, and send him off with Shigeru Miyamoto to hunt ghosts.

  • Miyamoto Becomes A Ghostbuster, Talks Up Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon

    The business world will tell you that the Wii U is doomed. After all, the console only sold 57,000 units in January, which is by all accounts pretty bad. That being said, Nintendo is taking it all in stride, and are even having a little fun.

    You may remember Nintendo President Satoru Iwata sporting a Luigi hat last week in celebration of the Year of Luigi. I thought it couldn’t get better than that, but master game designer Shigeru Miyamoto strapped on Luigi’s ghostbusting vacuum, the Poltergust 5000, for an astronomical amount of fanservice in this extended look at Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon.

  • Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon Gets 4 Player Online Co-Op

    The first Luigi’s Mansion has often been described as Nintendo’s first and only foray into survival horror. Part of the appeal was that Luigi was all by himself as he attempted to solve the mystery of the mansion and save his brother. The sequel – Dark Moon – retains that same foreboding atmosphere, but players can now take on a new challenge with up to three friends.

    The new mode is called “Hunter Mode” and it has four different colored Luigis clearing floors of a haunted tower called the “Scarescraper.” A report from IGN reveals that players have a set time limit in which they must eradicate all ghosts including boss ghosts within a set time limit. Making it even more challenging is the fact that floor and ghost layouts are completely random each time.

    The multiplayer can be played locally and online with players from across the world. The mode will also support download play which allows players to transfer parts of the game to a 3DS owner that doesn’t have the game. The limitations of this mode are not readily apparent.

    There are more multiplayer modes that have yet to be revealed before the game’s launch on March 24. I wouldn’t be surprised if one of them was similar to the excellent Luigi’s Mansion: Ghost Hunt mini-game in Nintendo Land. In fact, Nintendo would be stupid not to.