Tanooki Mario Cuddly Toy Anyone?

Nintendo has announced that it’s going to start selling cuddly Tanooki Mario soft toys in Japan starting from April. A small cuddly Tanooki Mario costs 1,400 yen ($18) and a medium-sized Tannoki Mario costs 2,600 yen ($34). Super Mario 3D Land was a record breaking selling game in Japan and in NA so i can see this thing selling like hot cakes! Sadly no confirmation of this being sold outside of japan but tell me even the manliest man on earth would melt for this! :3 I so want! Take that PETA!  

All Eyes On Nintendo's 2012 E3 Conference

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 Nintendo 2012 E3 conference is the most important conference this company will ever have. The reason being is because they have to present the Wii U as a product that everyone will run to the store for as they did for the Wii back in 2006. Nintendo are reporting huge financial losses from last year and they need to hit a home run with the Wii U and bring it to the market as both a casual console and hardcore one like the Xbox is doing.  Nintendo has a huge opportunity here with their tablet controller they got. I can see them pleasing both the hardcore market as well as the causal ones. Imagine playing Angry Birds on this console in new ways and also being able to play Skyrim as well. I'm a huge Nintendo Fan so i will be buying this console anyway, just like I did for the Wii. But the Wii was a huge success and people forget its record breaking sales it did. But the Wii was a success because it attracted a huge audience and that was the casuals and kinda ignored the die hard Nintendo Fans it had and they were forced away to buying a PS3 or Xbox. Don't get me wrong Nintendo did deliver great games on the Wii like SSBB, Mario Galaxy, Zelda etc. But those titles  weren't enough  because alongside those titles were watered down 3rd party titles. While Xbox and PS3 got the full HD experience. So the Questions still remains how will Nintendo call back those fans it use to once have to their console? That's what Nintendo's E3 needs to show and seems like that they are doing just that. With confirmation of Nintendo Network which shows that they will have a promising online I'm starting to get excited and anxious to see to what extent they are willing to go with their console. They need to go all out this E3 show me the Huge games you have, show me the features that this thing will get, and most importantly show me the innovation! In Nintendo We Trust and i believe that they will surprise us all and i cant wait what magical thing they do with the Wii U.