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Today Sakurai talks a little bit about All-Star mode for the 3DS, which looks like it will be a little bit more dynamic than in previous entries:

In these battles, multiple opponents appear in one stage, and you clear the battle by defeating a number of them. The rest area that appears between battles displays the next opponents and the year the characters made their first appearances, and it also holds recovery items and an occasional reward. The characters you fight against appear pretty much in chronological order. Behold, the history of Nintendo games!!

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The latest Wii U/3DS specific UK software sales are in:

Wii U

1. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
2. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
3. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
4. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – Retro Studios
5. The Lego Movie Videogame – Traveller’s Tales
6. New Super Luigi U – Nintendo
7. Fifa 13 – EA Canada
8. Rayman Legends – Ubisoft (France)
9. Mass Effect 3 – Straight Right
10. Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed – Sumo Digital

3DS

1. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
2. Pokemon X – Nintendo
3. Pokemon Y – Nintendo
4. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
5. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
6. The Lego Movie Videogame – Traveller’s Tales
7. Frozen: Olaf’s Quest – 1st Playable
8. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
9. Yoshi’s New Island – Arzest
10. Kirby: Triple Deluxe – Hal Laboratory Inc.

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From September 13th through to October 14th, Japanese Pokemon X & Y players will be able to download a special shiny Gengar as part of their “White Gengar” Halloween promotion. It will come in a Dusk Ball holding a Gengarite and have the moves Shadow Ball, Sludge Wave (exclusive to this event), Confuse Ray and Astonish.

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Theatrhythm producer Ichiro Hazama stated in an interview with German website Planet3DS recently that he’d like to see the Theatrhythm formula brought in to other franchises. Curtain Call will be the last in the series to feature Final Fantasy music and he’s looking for potential avenues for the future of the series. Here’s the quote:

From my personal view, I really like what we’ve created here – the Threatrhythm series and the type of game. And yes, even though this is the end of Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy, I really don’t want to bring the Theatrhythm series as a whole to an end. Obviously I don’t have anything we can announce at the moment but we really would like to move out and go into other titles. So you can certainly expect something from Theatrhythm like that in the future.

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The folks over at Siliconera dissected the newest Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate footage to hit the web and noticed something unique in the footage that the series hadn’t previously seen. At around the 3:35 mark, it looks as if the character has multiple speeds to recover from being knocked down, similar to that of the recently released Ultra Street Fighter IV. Another feature to appear in this video are auto-chat which provide the ability to communicate premapped phrases with your party. Check out all this and more in the video below and let us know what you think!

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Tecmo-Koei have announced that Hyrule Warriors will already be receiving an update in Japan, adding new content like Challenge Mode, BGM / sound settings and a new weapon for Link. Check out some screenshots of the update below

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The first Mario Kart 8 update has now gone live featuring the free Mercedes Benz DLC as well as the ability to pre-purchase the new DLC (Zelda and Animal Crossing). The update is around 133mb. Here’s the change log:

 – Adds the ability to access the in-game shop and download three free Mercedes-Benz cars: Mercedes-Benz GLA, 300 SL Roadster, and Silver Arrow
 – Adds the ability to display the course map on the TV screen during races
 – Adds “Play Stats” option to the main menu, allowing users to see gameplay statistics such as total number of coins collected, win-loss record in online play, and more
 – Adds the ability to change options of others’ Mario Kart TV downloaded highlight reels, such as changing the focus to a new character or event
 – Changes the default menu option after each race to “Next Race”, followed by “Watch Highlight Reel”
 – Improves the vehicle selection process and saves the most recent vehicle customisation settings that were selected, even if the Wii U console is powered down between play sessions
 – Improves stability of connection in online play to enhance the user experience
 – Increases the maximum attainable Player Rating and Battle Rating from 9999 to 99999
– Introduces additional enhancements to improve the user’s experience and enjoyment

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It’s looking like Challenges in the new Smash games will work similar to Brawl, Sakurai details a little bit how they’ll work with the two versions:

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This week’s Famitsu scores are as follows:

• The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (PS4) – 8/7/9/7 [31/40]
• The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (PS3) – 8/7/9/7 [31/40]
• BinaryStar (PSV) – 9/8/7/7 [31/40]
• Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 (PS3) – 8/7/9/8 [32/40]
• Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 (360) – 8/7/9/8 [32/40]
• Gaist Crusher God (3DS) – 8/8/8/7 [31/40]
• Stealth Inc. (PS4) – 8/8/8/8 [32/40]
• Stealth Inc. (PS3) – 8/8/8/8 [32/40]
• Stealth Inc. (PSV) – 8/8/8/8 [32/40]

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