Go furry, go Pop

If you've got your eye on something new to play going into the Easter holidays, today sees the launch of two brand new Kinect games to entertain you.

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2.4m critters sold

Pokémon Black & White were monster sales successes in March, shifting nearly 2.5m units across North America and raking in the dough for Nintendo.

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PS3 reaches 5m sales too

No sooner have we finished lamenting the lack of PlayStation Move sales figures in the West than Sony obliges with a press release, informing the world it's shipped 8 million of the controllers to stores around the world.

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Deal from @gamestation_1 - PlayStation Move controllers (solus) £22.98, Navigation £17.98, Starter Packs £29.99!

All the fun of the fair

Kinect's already got a reputation for being home to some awful minigame compilations, with dross like Game Party in Motion and Deca Sports Freedom like a lead weight on the overall quality of the sensor's gaming catalogue. You'd be forgiven, then, for expecting Carnival Games: In Action (also known as Carnival Games: Monkey See, Monkey Do) to be another complete disaster, but we're relieved to report it's anything but.

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Head back to Adventure Island

Hudson hero Master Higgins resurfaces on Virtual Console in Adventure Island II, alongside new titles from Ludia and Tivola.

Virtual Console

Adventure Island II (Hudson, NES, 500pts) — Master Higgins is back with his trusty axe, four dinosaurs and an evil witch to take down. This NES platformer brings back fond memories for many, so we'll bring you a full and honest review in the coming days to see if it's worth going back in time to revisit the island.

WiiWare

Where's Wally? Fantastic Journey 2 (Ludia, 500pts) — The second portion of Ludia's voyage to find the striped one, we don't expect this to be much different to its predecessor, so read our Where's Wally? Fantastic Journey 1 review for a starter.

WiiWare Demo

Learning with the PooYoos: Episode 3 (Lexis Numerique, full version: 500pts) — The final (so far) outing for the cutesy PooYoos, you can read our Learning with the PooYoos: Episode 3 review to find out if it's worth buying the full game if you like the free demo.

DSiWare

Successfully Learning English: Year 2 (Tivola, 500pts) — If you've managed to Successfully Learn Mathematics but want to brush up on your language skills, here's Tivola to save the day. Expect minigames, head-scratching challenges and Freddy the vampire to feature in our upcoming review.

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The range of entertainment you can command with only your voice just expanded, as Netflix's Kinect support rolled out today.

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Have a blast

Shin'en Multimedia has made a name for itself with pushing superb graphical performances from Nintendo hardware, from Nanostray to Jett Rocket, so the news that the developer is working on Nano Assault for 3DS should have you pricking up your ears.

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I want to marry Tim Ingham and have his wonderfully erudite, soapbox-topping babies. http://bit.ly/fWE0yZ

Centre stage at booth 5744, that is.

Accessory manufacturer Snakebyte is working hard to bring its own-brand Move controllers to market, with the company announcing they'll be shown to the public for the first time at E3 in early June.

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