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Koopalings, Airships and Tanookis Oh My! - Mario Mania #3

The finale of the NES trilogy is truly a classic to behold.

The year was 1990. It is about a year before the Super Nintendo makes its debut, but the NES is enjoying brisk sales of both hardware and games. The previous year Nintendo released its first handheld system, the Game Boy, and unleashed the addiction known as Tetris. This was, however, in North America. As I eluded to in Mario Mania #2, a Famicom player often had a different, exclusive set of hardware to play with than his counterpart in North America. The Japan-only accessory, the Famicom Disk System, was one of them. 

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January Sales Down 34% From 2011

No new games are to blame for the lame sales figures.

The NPD group announced that its January sales figures and consumer spending on video games fell 34% to $750.6 million in the US. Hardware sales totaled $324 million, down 38% year over year. According to G4, these are the worst sales figures since January 2004.

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Dirt 3 Complete Edition Coming in March

This edition of the racer will include previously released DLC.

Codemasters has announced a new retail version of Dirt 3 that will include previously released DLC. Dubbed the "Complete Edition", it'll cost only $40 and will be available on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC in March. Below is a list of the extra content being included.

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Activision Blizzard Investor's Call Wrap Up

Diablo III release projections and more was discussed this afternoon.

Activision Blizzard had an investor's call earlier today. During their presentations, information about key titles was shown and several noticable announcements were made as well. Chief among them was the projected release window for Diablo III.

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Xbox Live Activity for the Week of January 30

Modern Warfare 3 dominates online play while The Simpsons topped the XBLA list.

Major Nelson released via on Twitter the Xbox Live activity statistics for the week of January 30, 2012. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 continues to be the most played game online while the late release of The Simpsons Arcade Game topped the XBLA sales chart.

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Latest Battlefield 3 Update Fixes PS3 VOIP Issues

Some gamers will still have some trouble though.

EA has announced a VOIP fix for PS3 owners of Battlefield 3 is now live. While the update will automatically download the next time you start the game, some users may have to jump through a few extra hoops to get their headset running.

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Skyrim Update 1.4 Released for Xbox 360

PS3 players should also get the update later today.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim patch that PC players got last week is now available to Xbox 360 players. Update 1.4 has the following fixes and changes:

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Tales of the Abyss Preview

Re-discover the meaning of birth, this time in 3D.

In 2006, fans of the Tales series were starving for more. Coming off of the surprising success of Tales of Symphonia for the Nintendo Gamecube were not one, but two titles in the same year. The first, Tales of Legendia went largely ignored for its odd art style and lackluster presentation. The second title was Tales of the Abyss, which seemed like more of the natural progression of what Symphonia had achieved earlier.

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Kinect Star Wars Release Date Announced

The Limited Edition Xbox 360 bundle will be released the same day.

Kinect Star Wars was delayed from its release date last holiday, as was the limited edition Star Wars Xbox 360 bundle. No word on when gamers will see the title was announced but now a new release date has been confirmed.

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Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 - PlayStation Vita Gameplay Footage

Take a look a some gameplay footage of Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 for the PlayStation Vita which will be available on February 22, 2012.

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