Microsoft’s run of custom Xbox consoles continues, this time with an X-Men ‘97 Xbox Series X and controllers.

Amid the continued success of the Disney+ X-Men ‘97 animated show, Microsoft has revealed the Marvel Animation’s X-Men ‘97 Custom Comic Xbox Series X. It’s an Xbox Series X wrapped in an exclusive comic by Marvel writer Rich Douek and artist Paco Diaz, with Xbox Design Lab’s X-Men character controllers to accompany it.

The comic is a two-page story with a full page cover exclusive to the Xbox Series X, and features Cyclops leading the X-Men in a battle against the Sentinels and Master Mold. An Xbox Series X console makes a special appearance in the Danger Room.

This is the first time an Xbox Series X has been wrapped by a comic book, Microsoft said. And in now Microsoft tradition, it’s only available as part of a limited-time sweepstakes hosted on Xbox Twitter.

Meanwhile, Xbox Design Lab created a set of controllers inspired by X-Men characters from the show: Wolverine, Storm, Rogue, Morph, Magneto, Jubilee, Gambit, Jean Grey, Cyclops, Beast, and Bishop. Each character has a unique controller design, and comes in a 90s-inspired blister pack.

Here’s how to enter the competition, per Xbox:

This isn't the first custom console or controller Microsoft has created. Most recently, it made an official Fallout-themed Xbox Series X that comes with its own vault. Before that, Microsoft made a bizarre Final Fantasy 14 Xbox Series X that doesn't actually work. Earlier in February it revealed a Dune: Part 2 special edition with a floating gamepad. Other Xbox Series X and S generation highlights include red and blue fluffy Sonic the Hedgehog gamepads, one made out of actual Jade, and even an edible gamepad.

X-Men ‘97 is now six episodes into its first season, and things are looking increasingly bleak for the merry mutants. Check out our article, X-Men '97: 10 Burning Questions After Episode 6, for more.

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The Pokémon Company is selling a giant, 59 inch-long Slowpoke plushie for $450.

As reported by Nintendo Life, the jumbo Slowpoke is now available to preorder online at the Pokémon Center, where it's pictured taking up an entire single bed and alongside a woman who's roughly the same size.

The Slowpoke plushie was released in Japan in 2021 but is now making its way to the west. "It is so cute and so squishy," said verified purchaser Christopher K in the reviews section. "Its vacant stare is also so calming, and its tail is so cuddly."

"You really don’t know how big it’s going to be until it’s taking up half of your queen sized mattress and you have to rehome all the other stuffed animals so you can sleep on your own bed," added Catherine B.

"You will read the measurements but nothing will prepare you for the sheer girth and size of this gargantuan unit in person," said Georgia M.

Slowpoke may be the ideal candidate for such a plushie given it rarely moves in the world of Pokémon. "It is incredibly slow and dopey," reads its Pokédex entry. "It takes five seconds for it to feel pain when under attack."

That’s a lot of bananas! 😅🍌 How else can we show off Slowpoke’s size, Trainers? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/Y5VA2suxI6

This plushie is on the large side even for a Slowpoke, however, as its average size is just 47 inches compared to this one's 59, which places it at four foot and 11 inches or 1.5 metres long. The Pokémon Company measured it in a less conventional way too, learning the Slowpoke plushie comes in at 11 bananas long in a X/Twitter post (above).

While this may seem among the most premium Pokémon merchandise available, its $450 doesn't scratch the surface of a custom line of Tiffany & Co jewellery. While some of the cheaper items come in at $1,290, the most expensive piece, a Pikachu pendant made of 18-karat yellow gold with diamond accents, costs $29,000.

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Nintendo 64 game Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness released 25 years ago, but a new Konami Code, essentially a cheat code, has just been discovered for it.

YouTuber JupiterClimb uploaded a video revealing the code, which he said makes Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness "the definitive way to play Castlevania on the N64". While the game arrived as a definitive edition of the regular Castlevania 64, some criticised it for making only the werewolf character Cornell playable from the beginning. Thanks to this code, however, that's no longer an issue.

By inputting C-Up x4, C-Down x4, C-Left x2, C-Right x2, C-Left x2, C-Right x2, L, R, and Z twice in the main menu, players can create a brand new save and see all four characters unlocked, meaning Reinhardt Schneider, Carrie Fernandez, and Henry Oldrey are all available from the beginning.

Players would otherwise have to play through significant portions of the game to unlock each character despite some being available from the beginning in the original version. Beyond just their base versions, each character's alternate skin is also made available immediately.

The Konami Code also grants access to hard mode once players begin a new save and reach a save point after inputting it. By quitting out of the game and returning to select a new save, the hard difficulty will be unlocked.

Bizarrely, JupiterClimb also showcased other newly discovered codes, which essentially fill a character's inventory, grant a max level power-up and sub-weapon, and give them 99 jewels.

These codes will perhaps breathe new life into Legacy of Darkness, which is otherwise part of a long dormant franchise. Although a well received Netflix animated series arrived in 2017, Castlevania hasn't seen a new video game release since 2014.

This discovering of new codes and the reception to the Netflix show perhaps show fans are eager for more Castlevania games, however, and Konami itself acknowledged the "excitement and enthusiasm" of fans and told IGN this was "really motivating".

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