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Level-5 has released a new trailer for The Snack World, their upcoming cross-media project. A 3DS game is one of the components planned. Watch the trailer below:

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The recently opened Kirby twitter seems to be teasing some sort of broadcast for tomorrow. There don’t appear to be any details on what this entails, but it’s probably worth keeping your eye out for. Since the account is a Japanese account, whatever is announced could even be exclusive to Japan.

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The Nintendo Switch Presentation on January 12 now has a start time: 11 PM EST/8 PM PST. This is also 5 AM CET on January 13, and 1 PM JST. The presentation will be viewable online, at the Switch’s main page.

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Amazon Prime is offering The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD and Splatoon for $35. You can get Twilight Princess here and Splatoon here. Note that these deals are only for Prime members, and that the products themselves don’t appear to be in stock until next week.

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As we enter the holiday season, Pokemon Shuffle is getting in on the fun as well. A special stage featuring a Delibird (Holiday) has started, as well as a safari that features Lillipup, Herdier, Stoutland, and Holiday versions of Vanillite, Cubchoo, Snover, and Pikachu. These two stages will run until December 26. For the Delibird stage, Delibird gets easier to catch each day.

Additionally, there are stages for Reshiram and Black Kyruem, both of which run until the 27th. Happy Holidays, and catch ’em all!

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The long-discussed Nintendo additions to Universal Studios are starting to show, as Super Nintendo World has been announced for Universal Studios Japan. Universal Studios Japan also issued a PR statement detailing a bit about the park, such as expected revenue, costs, and location. It also notes that the park is scheduled to open before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. It does not go in-depth on the types of rides or attractions. Go beyond the jump for the full PR statement:
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Shigeru Miyamoto made an appearance at the SoHo Apple Store in New York City, where he touched on some of the concepts behind Super Mario Run, as well as his own growth as a developer. Part of what inspired the simple design of Super Mario Run was the difference between advanced and novice Mario players, where the former knows how to properly run, while the latter might find holding the run button troublesome. The constant running was ideal to appease both camps, and items like Special Blocks were added to give some variance. He also noted that the idea for a one-button Mario had been floating around between him and frequent co-developers Takashi Tezuka and Toshihiko Nakago for a while.

Miyamoto was also asked about the differences in developing from when he started to the current day. On his continued enthusiasm for games, he stated:

I keep making games because people keep playing games, and one of the reasons I like to continue to make games is because technology keeps evolving and I keep having my own personal life experiences and I keep looking for ways to combine the two into new games.

He also noted the differences between early games and how small their teams could be, whereas modern games require larger teams, where people’s individual work can get lost. He also pointed out the benefit of how much easier it is to update games.
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Bandai Namco has announced their lineup for Jump Festa 2017, which will be taking place on December 17 and 18. The lineup, which includes several 3DS games, is below:

-Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters (3DS) – Playable
-Digimon World: Next Order (PS4) – Playable
-Dragon Ball Fusions (3DS) – Playable, Game Tournament
-Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 (PS4) – Playable, Game Tournament
-Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden (3DS) – Playable, Game Tournament, One Piece: Great Pirate Colosseum Cross Battles
-Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 Road to Boruto (PS4) – Playable, Game Tournament
-One Piece: Burning Blood (PS4, PS Vita) – Trailer
-One Piece: Great Pirate Colosseum (3DS) – Playable, Game Tournament, Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden Cross Battles
-Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan: Shijou Psi Dai no Psi-nan!? (3DS) – Playable
-Twin Star Exorcists (PS Vita) – Playable

Smartphone Games
-Digimon Links – Trailer
-Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle – Trailer
-Gintama: Kabuki District Great Action Movie – New
-Haikyuu!! Donpisha Match – Trailer
-Hunter X Hunter: World Hunt – New
-JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders – Trailer
-Kingdom: Seven Flags – Trailer
-Kuroko’s Basketball: Cross Colors – New
-One Piece: Thousand Storm – Trailer
-One Piece: Treasure Cruise – Trailer
-Saint Seiya: Zodiac Brave – Trailer
-Tokyo Ghoul: Carnaval?Color – Trailer
-World Trigger: Smash Borders – Trailer

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Miitomo is offering a special bonus for users who have upgraded to the latest version. By purchasing the standard 1,000 coins ($0.99), users will receive a bonus 4,000 coins for free. This bonus is only available once per user, but it also doesn’t appear to have an expiration date.

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Update (12/8): The update is now live.

Original (12/7): Pokemon GO is upgrading to a new version. Those hoping for the addition of more Pokemon might be disappointed, as they are not mentioned in the patch notes. However, a few minor upgrades are being added, such as being able to transfer multiple Pokemon for candy at once. Full notes:

-Trainers will be able to transfer multiple Pokémon at a time to Professor Willow. To use this function, press and hold on a Pokémon.
-Pokémon type icons have been added to the Gym battle approach and Gym battle screen.
-The total Candy count for your Buddy Pokémon has been added to the buddy information screen.
-The total kilometers a buddy has walked has been added to the information screen of each Pokémon that has ever been your buddy.
-Minor text fixes.

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