Fixing my New 3DS …
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Fixing my New 3DS …

So, the title there says New 3DS, which is is the "New 3DS" but it's also New, in the sense that I bought it at the start of January.  It's like 3 or 4 weeks old.  Then I broke it on accident.  It's taken me years to get around to saving the money to buy one of these, not so much because I don't have the money, but because I wanted to know it was at a point in it's console life cycle that it was worth buying.  If it has been say, $50 cheaper, I'd have bought one years…
Review – New Super Mario Brothers 2 (3DS)
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Review – New Super Mario Brothers 2 (3DS)

The Good It's Mario, it's pretty good in all the ways Mario is good. The return of the Raccoon Leaf, generally reminiscent of SMB 3 all around Build in mechanisms for if things get too tough The Bad It's Mario…  It's not a particularly original Mario either There are a few tricky points but not much is super difficult, which makes the game go by pretty quick The Coin Collecting aspect is interesting but serves little purpose In Depth If there's one consistency in Nintendo's world, it's Mario.  I'm not even going to attempt to figure out just how many…
Figma – A Link Between Worlds Link (DX version)
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Figma – A Link Between Worlds Link (DX version)

The Legend of Zelda has kind of a crazy continuity, or more, a crazy lack of continuity.  Despite there being many many Zelda title in the series, more or less all about Link fetching the Triforce to save Hyrule, there are few that are direct sequels or even that take place in the same world.  Link has had many different designs over the years.  Generically, he's kind of an elf looking person in a green tunic.  Sometimes he's an adult, sometimes he's a child, sometimes he's somewhere in between.  This version of Link is based on his appearance in the…
S.H. Figuarts – Mario
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S.H. Figuarts – Mario

Nintendo has long been weirdly stingy with the license for their properties.  Sure, there has always been merchandise for Super Mario Brothers, but only recently have they really opened it up, at least for more toy style merchandise.  They seemed to have opened the flood gates too, between the Amiibo figurines, and the World of Nintendo toy line.  There is also a line put out by Bandai under their S.H. Figuarts lineup. World of Nintendo is alright, but if you want the "Cadillac level" of figure, you're going to want to spring for the Figuarts Mario. Figuarts Mario is a…