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No really, were not kidding. Its out next Friday

Weve yelled, weve cried, weve swore and weve laughed. But finally, Cave Story is heading to the Australian, New Zealand and European WiiWare store on an upcoming Friday, December 10th. Yes, its really happening.

The magical news has been broken through the wonder of Twitter. To make up for the delay, the games price has been dropped from 1200 Nintendo points to 1000.

Better late than never?

Thats 900k DS consoles and 600k Wii consoles between November 21 and 27

The Black Friday shopping week saw a surge in sales for Nintendo as consumers sought the best value in entertainment. Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime gives us an idea of how fast Nintendo systems flew off shelves during the week.

“US shoppers bought about 9,000 Nintendo hardware systems non-stop for every hour of every day during the week of Black Friday,” he explains. “For the past several years, consumers have decided that Nintendo defined both top value and all-inclusive entertainment, and that sentiment continues again at the start of this shopping season.”

The sales spike has been charged by the release of several new value-added hardware bundles, such as the limited edition Mario 25th Anniversary red Wii pack, and orange and green Nintendo DSi systems bundled with Mario Party DS (the latter only available in America).

If only every week was Black Friday week.

Source: NeoGAF

Were pretty sure Nintendo is not releasing these as is, so what are they?

A weird batch of three Nintendo games has appeared on the Australian Classification Board website today. Titled "001", "002" and "003", the games are listed as "multiplatform" and are all listed with Nintendo as the publisher, which usually signifies a Nintendo-developed game. Furthermore, the "Applicant" on all previously released titles in Australia has always been listed as Nintendo Australia.

So what could these games be? We’re going to make the perhaps-slightly-jumping-to-conclusions-type decision and say these are Nintendo 3DS titles. All currently announced games from Nintendo that are on the way like Mario Sports Mix have already been classified and they’re all under the Wii or DS banner, not "multiplatform".

So you’ve got two G titles, both with some sort of online element and a PG one with mild violence. We’d say that one’s Ocarina of Time, but that’s just a guess. Anyone else want to take a guess?

 

Company says offering bundles helped spur sales last week. No word yet on how sales of its hardware for the whole month will compare with last year's figures.

Originally posted at The Digital Home

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Its on like a moderately priced video game ape, some bargains to be had on this one

The biggest of the big three titles out this week has to be Donkey Kong Country Returns. It’s got all the right elements, a big name studio behind it, that nostalgic feel and of course the big dude himself, Donkey Kong. We’ll have our review of the game up shortly, but for now in anticipation of the release of the game on Thursday, let’s find out where you can get it the cheapest!

Naturally if you see another store with it cheap, then be sure to let us know!

Big W - $64

DVD Crave - $79.95

EB Games - $98

GAME - $79

Games101.com.au - $89.95

JB Hi-Fi - $64

K-Mart - $69
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Myer - $79

Target - $75
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Toys R Us - $79.99

What, is it not already cheap enough for you? Details inside

The celebration of Marios 25th comes ahead this week; weve had the tours, the events, the TV ads. Hell, weve even had a new red Wii. Now, its the final piece of the puzzle, the Super Mario All Stars re-issue on Wii. While by itself, the games may not be your idea of a great celebration. But for about 35 bucks (depending on where you pick it up) the entire package with the CD soundtrack and the booklet and the presentation means that in another 20 years, its worth picking up.

Lets take a look;

Big W - $34.84

Dick Smith - $29

EB Games - $38

JB Hi-Fi - $39

K-Mart - $39

Target - $35

Toys R Us - $39.99

After seven years, the Golden Sun franchise is back, find out where to get it cheap

Its been a hard long slog, there were times where we didnt think we could make it through. But the pain is over, the fun times are back - Golden Sun Dark Dawn is here. This time naturally its on the Nintendo DS and well have our full review up soon, but Golden Sun fans, kids who never had a Gameboy Advance, its back and in great form.

In the years since, the immense power of the Golden Sun has changed nearly everything. Continents have shifted. New countries have emerged. New species have appeared. But the world is now imperiled by a new threat. Psynergy Vortexes, which suck the elemental Psynergy from both the land and power-wielding Adepts alike, are spreading across the world. You play as a new generation of heroes, the kids of Isaac and Garet, the previous games protagonists. The story is set a whole 30 years later!

Not many stores are listing the game yet, so if you see it cheap anywhere we havent yet listed, let us know in the comments.

Dick Smith - $69.94

EB Games - $68.00

JB Hi-Fi - $64.00

GAME - $64.00

Games101.com.au - $62.95

Toys R Us - $59.00
Source: Catalougue in mail, not online yet

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System not yet announced, internet speculates furiously

Nintendo hasn’t announced anything yet, but floating polygon head man, Dr Ryuta Kawashima, has revealed that he is working on a third game in the Brain Training series. The third game is reportedly coming out as a end of 2010 release, however Kawashima has been sworn to secrecy and can’t reveal any more.

Speculation says that the game could actually be for the Nintendo 3DS since the 3DS has moved to a February release. The lag time between writing the book and publications means that the game is due for Nintendo’s new console which was meant to be out this year.

Nintendo has sold over 33 million copies of series worldwide, however Dr Kawashima has revealed that him and Nintendo president Satoru Iwata agreed that they wouldn’t release a new game until they came up with a ’special idea’.

Just think of the spatial puzzles a 3D Brain Training game could have, I don’t think the world is ready for such a thing.

Source: Andriasang