More footage from Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition has come in through Japanese website Dengeki. We’ve posted the videos below.

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Prior to the most recent Mario Kart 8 update, players could successfully exploit a technique known as “fire hopping”. If you haven’t heard about it before, this quick and helpful summary from Kotaku should help fill you in:

Fire hopping was first discovered shortly after Mario Kart 8 came out last summer as a way to artificially extend a racer’s speed boosts. By flipping the joystick on the Wii U controller back and forth in a rapid, repetitive motion at just the right moment when coming off a boost, players could maintain their enhanced speed indefinitely.

Fire hopping has since been addressed with Mario Kart 8’s new update. Well, in 200cc mode that is. While some claim that it’s still possible to pull off in this higher racing class, there’s no denying that it’s changed and has been “nerfed”, so to speak. It just can’t be done the way it has been in other modes, and the technique has definitely been impacted.

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Twitch user “Sollocat” has been streaming a ton of gameplay from Xenoblade Chronicles X. Much of it has been preserved and stored on the website. We’ve posted the embeds below.

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Renegade Kid is known in the horror genre for Dementium: The Ward. Interestingly enough, that game was originally pitched as a potential Silent Hill title for DS.
On Twitter earlier today, Renegade Kid co-founder Jools Watsham said:

Our goal was always to release The Ward as an original game, but we were also open to the idea of turning it into a licensed horror game and approached Konami to see if they wanted to work together to mold it into a Silent Hill game for the Nintendo DS.
They were kind enough to meet with us, but the meeting only lasted a few minutes and ended with their [representative] saying they wouldn’t let a team like us handle the Silent Hill license.

That was Renegade Kid’s first pitch in 2007. The studio reached out to Konami again a few years later, with a new pitch based on the Dementium II engine. Sadly, Konami still wasn’t open to the idea.
“Konami’s response that time wasn’t dismissive like the first time,” Watsham mentioned to IGN. “They simply didn’t want to venture into the DS space with a horror title at that time.”
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Blocky Bot, Mobot Studios’ “super action mini platformer”, received a trailer today. Take a look at it below.

Blocky Bot will be coming soon to the Wii U eShop.

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You may recall that a story surfaced in mid-2013 about a cancelled Mega Man X first-person shooter tentatively titled “Maverick Hunter”. This project was being worked on by Armature Studio – a team comprised of staffers who previously worked on Metroid Prime. There were plans for a trilogy, but the game was cancelled in 2010 after just a few months of development.

Maverick Hunter is back in the news today, as new images have been discovered on artist Jaehoon Kim’s website. Take a look at them in the gallery below.

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IGN has shared another round of Japanese footage from amiibo tap: Nintendo’s Greatest Bits. Check out the video below.

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SEGA demonstrated Stella Glow during a live stream earlier today, and that means we have some new footage from the game. You can check it out below.

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The Wii U eShop is currently listing Heart Beaten for release in North America this week. It will be available for purchase on 3DS starting on April 30 for $2.99.

Karous -The Beast of Re:Eden- ($6.99) and My Horse 3D – Best Friends ($4.99) are also two of this week’s North American eShop releases.

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Nintendo of Germany uploaded new commercials for Puzzle & Dragons Z + Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition today. You can watch it below.

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