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Best Buy Getting 3DS DLC Stations

Best Buy and Nintendo to offer unique 3DS downloadable content

Nintendo and Best Buy announced that they are planning to install 1000 Nintendo 3DS hot spots in Best Buy stores throughout the United States. These stations will be able to offer up automatic wireless access to patrons starting June 7. A "variety of fun content" will be available such as new SpotPass features, movie trailers, exclusive offers and other bonus goodies. It is not known at this point if the movie trailers will showcase the 3D capabilities of the new handheld.

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PixlTalk Episode 32, Side A: 2.0 Launch Special

This week brings a special edition of PixlTalk.

As you can plainly see, PixlBit 2.0 is now alive and well. To celebrate its launch, we went on podcasting overdrive last week, producing three distinct episodes, each of which feature different members from the PixlBit staff.

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eShop and Internet Browser Coming to 3DS on June 6

A system update will allow players to access the new features, though they are coming a bit later than promised.

Yesterday night, Nintendo announced that a new system update will be coming to the Nintendo 3DS on June 6. This update will provide players access to the eagerly awaited eShop as well as Internet browsing abilities.

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Tales of Graces f and Tales of the Abyss 3DS Confirmed for North American Release

North American Tales fans will get a double dose of the popular JRPG in the coming months.

North American Tales series fans won't have to wait much longer to get their Tales fix. Two Tales games will be making their way to American shores, the first of which is due out later this year. Tales of the Abyss 3D is a port of the original game, which released on the PlayStation 2 in 2006. Developers have promised that this remake will not only keep everything fans loved about the original, but that the game will feature fully remastered graphics that take full advantage of the 3DS hardware.

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PixlTalk Episode 29: Miyamoto's on Speed Dial

Stay tuned for a special announcement about PixlBit, as well as your regularly scheduled content from the PixlTalk crew.

This week starts with a special site announcement delivered by Nick and Chessa, but is promptly followed by regular weekly discussion. Given the swirling rumors of the Wii successor, discussion of the upcoming system continued this week. What's now confirmed as Project Cafe is discussed in detail, as is the credibility of the various rumors that are floating around.

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Steel Diver Preview

One of the more unique games to launch with the 3DS.

Steel Diver has a rather odd history. Originally a Nintendo DS tech demo, the game appeared to be one of those neat concepts that never came to fruition. A generation later the game is set to release as a 3DS launch title.

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Slide Pad Love: Why It’s a Big Deal

Wait, they are calling it the Circle Pad now? Well that’s just lame.

I could list all the 3DS features, but that would seem just silly; I am not a PR machine. March 27th is soon upon us all, and we will all have the 3DS in our grasp. Will I be ready to handle a brand new Nintendo handheld system? While it will take a bit for me to experience the 3D aspect (since Nintendo of Canada hasn’t bothered to release any 3DS tour information yet), it will be yet another handheld cycle for me to go through, and I’m looking forward to it.

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Combat of Giants: Dinosaurs 3D Preview

Step your little foot into this land before time, a time full of carnage.

The Combat of Giants series in a nutshell consists of a gathering of whatever enormous creatures man can muster up and then pitting them against each other to the death. These games have been historically based on dragons, mutant insects, or in the case of this game, dinosaurs. But for the first time ever, Ubisoft Montreal is bringing all the carnage and frenzy into eye popping 3D.

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