Earlier today, GamesBeat went live with a new Niantic interview. The site spoke with chief executive John Hanke as well as chief marketing officer Mike Quigley.

Pokemon Go was, as one would expect, a pretty big part of the interview. Between Hanke and Quigley, they discussed its origins and having Nintendo on board, how the game could reach a massive audience, and the Pokemon Go Plus device the Big N is making. There are also comments about things like how Niantic wants players to be able to participate no matter how small their area is in terms of population.

Head past the break for a roundup of Hanke and Quigley’s remarks. For the original interview, visit this page.

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TIME is the latest outlet to have put up an interview with Monolith Soft head Tetsuya Takahashi. Xenoblade Chronicles X’s data packs, western games, and his next project were among the topics discussed.

You can find excerpts for these interview questions below. A couple of additional topics are on TIME’s website here..

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Several new screenshots have come in for Mighty No. 9. You can take a look at the latest images below.

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Update (12/16): Bumped to the top. This went out of stock for a bit, but has now returned. Orders are back up!

Original (12/14): Pre-orders are now live for the Bravely Second Deluxe Collector’s Edition. If you’re in Europe, place an order here. The package comes with a copy of the game, soundtrack, Agnes figurine, and a 250-page art book.

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Nintendo of France shared sales numbers for a variety of titles today. We have figures for Wii U and 3DS games, plus the Animal Crossing amiibo cards.

Lifetime sales of Splatoon in France are now sitting at 280,000 copies. It’s the second most popular game after Mario Kart 8.

Also on Wii U, Super Mario Maker has sold 145,000 units thus far in France. Xenoblade Chronicles X, a game which just launched this month, has already moved 40,000 copies.

Moving on to 3DS, sales for Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer are at 220,000 units. New Style Boutique 2 – Fashion Forward has sold 110,000 copies.

Finally, one note about amiibo. Nearly 200,000 packs of Animal Crossing amiibo cards have been purchased by French consumers.

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Three more Mega Man GBA titles are gracing the North American Wii U Virtual Console this week. Tomorrow, Mega Man Zero 4 and Mega Man Battle Network 5 are coming to the eShop. For Mega Man Battle Network 5, both GBA versions will be sold – Team Colonel and Team ProtoMan.

Pricing for Mega Man Zero 4 is set at $7.99. The other two will cost $6.99 each.

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Polygon has published a new video containing 10 minutes of direct-feed footage from Shakedown Hawaii. Watch it below.

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Today’s Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 update from Square Enix also brought along some new details. We now have information about the Scout Attack, skills, accessories, and monsters.

New details are as follows:

Scout Attack

– The silver-haired protagonist is on a journey to recover his memories
– Is a monster master
– Can trigger the “Scout Attacks” thanks to this
– Scout Attack: a skill in which his monster companions make use of his power to unleash a special attack at the opponent
– If it’s a success, you can recruit the enemy monster as an ally
– Gauge on the screen shows your scouting success rate
– Even at a small percentage, it’s possible to scout a monster
– New “Strategy” command in battle
– Choose this to have a total of six options, such as “Accumulate Tension” or “Use Special Skills”
– If your “Tension” is accumulated, your attack will be more powerful, and the scout gauge will rise more easily

Skills

– As you battle your monsters, they will continue to level up
– Doing so will increase their attack power and other statuses
– Each race of monster also has a variety of skills
– Allocate skill points to learn these special skills and spells
– Ex: “Dragon Kids” has the skills “Drago Force” and “Speed +1”; if you allocate your skill points to Drago Force, you’ll learn a powerful breath attack; if you allocate your skill points to Speed +1, you’ll be able to attack enemies more quickly
– You can have two of the same monsters raised completely different from each other

Accessories

– Equip monsters with accessories that raise its capabilities
– Hand over materials like shrubs and ores to the accessory shop to create accessories that offer various effects
– Each accessory can have a maximum of three effects

New Monsters

– Over 500 monsters in the game
– Needleman (from Dragon Quest X), Witch Greichel (from Dragon Quest X), Besking (from Dragon Quest: Monster Parade), Grand Caesar (from Dragon Quest: Monster Parade) confirmed

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A FAST Racing Neo update is due out sometime next month. According to developer Shin’en, a mini-map of the track and online tags will be added. Stability improvements and bug fixes will be implemented as well.

Here’s the news from Shin’en:

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Amazon Germany opened up pre-orders for the Resetti, Celeste, Kicks, Blathers amiibo a few days ago. Now it’s Amazon UK’s turn! If you wish to reserve any of these upcoming figures from the retailer’s site, you can do so here.

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