This months Nintendo Power concluded with that picture of a fiery moon. Below the scan, it says: “As we head into summer, expect things to heat up in the pages of Nintendo Power. July’s issue will include big updates on Ghostbusters, Sonic Chronicles, and Time Hollow. We may even have a surprise or two. Can you find the clues we’ve hidden in the moon? See you in 30!”

Well, get to guessing, Tanooki readers. A new Harvest Moon title would be too easy a guess. Anyone have one of those paper 3D glasses laying around?

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I’m not sure I should admit this, but I had a Pokemon Yellow Game Boy that is the exact same shade as this car. It’s creepy, I can almost see my little trainer leading around Pikachu in the rear window. Either way it’s awesome all the way down to the licence plates, and it has probably had more kids stop to press those over-sized buttons than you could shake a stick at.

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Today while taking Mario Kart Wii for its inaugural run, one of my friends, who created a Mii that looks more like him than he does, showed up advertising coffee in this same spot. I chuckled a little, and made sure to take the same route on the next lap to giggle again.

When I saw this photo posted by Flickr user Truth3, which finally puts those novelty Mii’s to good use, I couldn’t contain myself. The only thing better than ein Glas Kaffee would be Alf’s furry face up there peddling his wares.

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Have extra space in your house? Or better yet, how about an entire attic? Great, then you should check out this NES collection up for grabs on eBay. It’s not like any ol’ collection, it’s an amassment of every single North American NES game released; a whopping 670 in total. If you’ve misplaced a game over time or gave away your entire weak, pathetic excuse of a collection of NES games from when you were a kid, I bet you would find it here.

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On Okami’s Wii box art, there is one glaring addition, an IGN watermark just below the wolf’s mouth. It’s hard to see in the picture, but I can testify that on the actual box it is very clear. There’s no mistaking it for a coincidence once you see it in person. Score one for the convenience of Google, as apparently image searching on the web is easier than finding a photo that your own company distributed. Seems like an obvious oversight, but either way you should find a copy of the case and check it out. The actual image used from IGN after the break.

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Rumors have been swirling about a Metroid movie for awhile, but a photo of what appears to be a blurry movie poster recently added some fire to the flame. Supposedly, John Woo is behind the reigns, and is dropping the announcement power bomb at this years Comic Con. We haven’t seen much recent work from Woo, which means he very well could have been hard at work translating the Nintendo classic to the big screen. This makes sense, as he optioned the rights to a Metroid movie back in 2004. I usually don’t like video game movies (or movie video games for that matter), but would happily pay to see a Metroid movie, as long as they have the awesome intro to Super Metroid in there somewhere.

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via Destructoid

Several of you out there have expressed interest in challenging The Tanooki Staff in a friendly game of Brawl. Well, tonight’s your chance, as we are hosting our first ever Live Game Night tonight! Any of you interested in taking on Joey or Ryan via the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection should head over to our forum board in order to participate. The event is scheduled to last from 7 PM to 9 PM Central time. Also, please note you must be a member of The Tanooki Forums in order to participate, so be sure to sign up if you have not already.

Keep in mind that this will not be the regularly-scheduled time for future Game Night events, and that we will be doing this again soon if tonight doesn’t work for you. Be sure to check back for news about more upcoming events in the near future. See you online!

Tanooki Live Game Night Boards

It’s just about that time again! Send in any questions you’d like to ask, comments you’d like to make, or even stories and photos you’d like to share. We’ll be working on the next edition of the mailbag soon, so you’ll want to send your stuff in quickly!

Write the Mailbag!

So we’re doing this year’s first edition of the mailbag on Sunday whether we’ve got 40 submissions or 4. Be sure send us your questions, comments, or anything else you’d like tell us or have us address in front of your fellow readers!

Write the mailbag!

So I’ve been getting random submissions in my inbox labeled “Mailbag” for the last few weeks, and I just now realized: we’ve not done one since the new year. Who’s up for another one? We’ll try to get this one up by next Sunday, March 2nd (since the following Sunday, everyone will be busy playing some other game - probably some Petz game). Of course, that will only happen if we have enough submissions to respond to! So…

Write the Mailbag!