BLACK FRIDAY: Amazon ?Stocking Stuffer? Sales Sees $10 Forgotten Sands, $20 Metroid Other M For Black Friday [$10 Forgotten Sands, $20 Metroid Other M Highlights Of Amazon "Stocking Stuffer" Black Friday Sale]

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Where should I start…: BLACK FRIDAY: Amazon ?Stocking Stuffer? Sales Sees $10 Forgotten Sands, $20 Metroid Other M For Black Friday [$10 Forgotten Sands, $20 Metroid Other M Highlights Of Amazon "Stocking Stuffer" Black Friday Sale] (published by Thoughts from the Sidelines)

Apparently Amazon just keeps chugging along like an unstoppable bargain train (train full of bargains, not very cheap train that is for sale that is and one that’s even rumored to stop in the UK for Black Friday). Regardless, whenever Amazon’s cleaning the shelves it’s all good for thrifty consumers, because we get stuff like the population of this list Joystiq kindly put together, though we cleaned out the gunk for you, you’re welcome:

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Check out this captivating story: Special Edition Wii Triples Wii Sales In Japan [Special Edition Wii Helps Nintendo Boost Wii Sales In Japan, Still Plays Second Fiddle To PSP] (published by Thoughts from the Sidelines)

Mario’s 25th Anniversary special edition red Wii helped Wii sales skyrocket in Japan this week, helping Nintendo push 39,308 Wii consoles out the door, up a considerable amount from last week’s 11,521. Unfortunately for everyone’s favorite plumber, the release of Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together on the PSP helped propel the PSP into the top hardware sales spot, bringing the number up from last week’s 34,538 to 40,538.

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To end on another fantastic story: Square Enix Gives Tactics Ogre PSP Remake A Date [Square Enix Announces PSP Remake Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together Will Release In February For US, No Release Date Set For Europe Yet] (published by Thoughts from the Sidelines)

Square Enix announced on the PlayStation Blog today that their highly anticipated remake Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together will be released for PSPs in the US on February 15th. This, of course, gives you even more reason to let your significant other know how much you love them on Valentine’s Day, because trust me, they won’t be getting much in the way of reassurance once the 15th rolls around.

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Portal 2 Delayed By Valve A Measly Two Months Until April 18 2011 [Portal 2 Delay Mercifully Brief, Valve Ain't That Tough]

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OK, lets begin!: Portal 2 Delayed By Valve A Measly Two Months Until April 18 2011 [Portal 2 Delay Mercifully Brief, Valve Ain't That Tough] (published by Thoughts from the Sidelines)

Valve put out a press release today, and we know better than to try to mangle it with our feeble pen in any way: “Valve today announced that Portal 2 — the sequel to the ground-breaking title that won over 30 game of the year awards, despite missing its original ship date — will now be available the week of April 18th, 2011. This two month slip not only marks the shortest delay in Valve’s proud tradition of delays, it represents the approaching convergence of Valve Time and Real Time. Though this convergence spells doom for humanity, it will not affect the new Portal 2 release date. ” We just hope they’re keeping the portals.

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I will continue…: Need For Speed Hot Pursuit Ad Calls Eskimos Animals, Original Stig Appears [Need For Speed Hot Pursuit Ad Features Ex-Stig & Involuntary Racism?] (published by Thoughts from the Sidelines)

Well OK EA, we get the thinking behind creating urgency and scarcity by pulling the demo, but this is all that’s left to promote Hot Pursuit? Seriously? We can’t say we’ve ever seen such a striking contrast between luxury products and low-rent production values, acting and writing in one ad. This thing makes the American ads look like they were written by Don Draper.

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To end on another thrilling story: Capcom?s Smurf Village iOS App Outearning Angry Birds [Free Smurfs Game Most Popular Game In iOS App Store] (published by Thoughts from the Sidelines)

Pretty much since its release in the iOS universe, Angry Birds has been king of the gaming world on iPads and iPhones. It appears that finally there may be a challenger to the throne. Smurf?s Village is a free game in the app store but it is still out grossing all other games, including Angry car swap Birds.

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