A couple of days ago, a listing for Piggyback’s The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild guide appeared on Amazon UK – not really a remarkable occurrence by itself, if not for the fact that the description of the guide revealed quite a bit about the game, including the total number of shrines. It seems like Nintendo caught wind of this, as the listing for the guide has now disappeared from Amazon UK, resulting in a 404 error. A search turns up nothing either.

Strategy guides accidentally revealing details from a game is nothing new, though most of the time the revealing text is just edited or deleted. It’s definitely unusual for the entire listing to be (temporarily) deleted. It remains to be seen how Amazon UK will handle pre-orders for the guide while it was still available.

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In addition to the eShop maintenance today and the 3DS online play maintenance taking place tomorrow / on Wednesday, Nintendo announced that some additional Wii U & 3DS online play maintenance will also take place about 13 hours from now, shortly after the eShop maintenance is scheduled to finish. Below are the exact times:

– 4:30 PM PT (January 23) – 6 PM PT (January 23)
– 7:30 PM ET (January 23) – 9 PM ET (January 23)
– 12:30 AM in the UK (January 24) – 2 AM in the UK (January 24)
– 1:30 AM in Europe (January 24) – 3 AM in Europe (January 24)

For your convenience, here are again the times for the eShop maintenance:

– 12 PM PT (January 23) – 4 PM PT (January 23)
– 3 PM ET (January 23) – 7 PM ET (January 23)
– 8 PM in the UK (January 23) – 12 AM in the UK (January 24)
– 9 PM in Europe (January 23) – 1 AM in Europe (January 24)

And here are the times for the 3DS-only maintenance:

– 4:50 PM PT (January 24) – 6:30 PM PT (January 24)
– 7:50 PM ET (January 24) – 9:30 PM ET (January 24)
– 12:50 AM in the UK (January 25) – 2:30 AM in the UK (January 25)
– 1:50 AM in Europe (January 25) – 3:30 AM in Europe (January 25)

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This week’s Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:

Wii U

1. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
2. New Super Mario Bros. U + Luigi U – Nintendo
3. Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Nintendo
4. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
5. Mario Party 10 – Nintendo
6. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – Nintendo
7. Just Dance 2017 – Ubisoft
8. Paper Mario: Color Splash – Nintendo
9. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD – Nintendo
10. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – Nintendo

3DS

1. Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King – Nintendo
2. Pokemon Sun – Nintendo
3. Pokemon Moon – Nintendo
4. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
5. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo
6. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
7. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
8. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D – Nintendo
9. Yo-Kai Watch – Nintendo
10. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo

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This week’s UK software sales are as follows:

Individual formats

All formats

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GalaxyTrail has once again prepared a new character video for Freedom Planet 2. The latest one, focusing on Milla, is posted below.

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Zelda PodSmashers has put together another video comparison for Zelda: Breath of the Wild based on the game’s latest trailer. Switch footage from that video is put up against clips from Wii U. Watch it in full below.

Thanks to Stephan for the tip.

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Epona, Link’s trusty horse who has appeared in various Zelda games, will be returning in Breath of the Wild. Producer Eiji Aonuma shared the news with IGN Portugal. However, he wasn’t willing to reveal specific details about Epona’s appearance, including where to find her.

Aside from Epona, various horses can be found throughout the world in Breath of the Wild. Horses you encounter will need to be tamed. Each one also has unique stats, including strength, speed, stamina, temperament, and bond. Horses can be named as well.

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It’s time for the latest Famitsu‘s most wanted games chart! Plenty of votes go out for Dragon Quest XI, Monster Hunter XX, and Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between December 28 and January 11.

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A list is making the rounds of a few hundred Nintendo Network IDs that have supposedly been hacked. In total, roughly 440 users seem to be affected.

You can see if your name is listed in the document here. Obviously, if your Nintendo Network ID is there, you should change your password immediately.

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Miitomo has been updated with new content. Players can nab the latest items in the Miitomo Drop stage, “Cooler than the tundra! Arctic Friends #2”.

Available items include:

– Wolf-ears trapper hat
– Wolfish-detail duffle coat
– Wolf tail
– Scarf w/ snow-leopard print

Users can select Miitomo Drop stages from the Shop tab. Miitomo coins or game tickets are needed to play.

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