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Nintendo has just detailed how the Ganondorf costume DLC for Hyrule Warriors will be distributed. Mentioned in yesterday’s Direct, a code for the DLC will be given to players who both purchase Hyrule Warriors and register it on Club Nintendo between 9/26/14 and 10/23/14. Ganondorf will be a playable character in Hyrule Warriors and the codes will grant access to costumes based on his appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

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Wondering what’s on the other side of the Poke Balls in the upcoming Smash games? Today Sakurai talks about a couple of the game’s support Pokemon that you might find in game:

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It looks like some maintenance will be coming to online services on 3DS and Wii U systems later this week. Over on neoGAF it was pointed out that this type of extended maintenance often occurs before system updates. In any case, here is the schedule for the downtime:

– Wii U and 3DS (online play, leaderboards, etc…) on Tuesday, August 5:

a) Europe : 2AM to 4AM
b) UK : 1AM to3AM
c) USA (East Coast) : 8PM to 10PM (Monday)
d) USA (West Coast) : 5PM to 7PM (Monday)
e) Japan : 9AM to 11AM

Additionally, Steel Diver: Sub Wars will get the same treatment the following day:

– Steel Diver : Sub Wars (3DS – online play, leaderboards, etc…) on Wednesday, August 6:

a) Europe : 2.50AM to 4AM
b) UK : 1.50AM to3AM
c) USA (East Coast) : 8.50PM to 10PM (Monday)
d) USA (West Coast) : 5.50PM to 7PM (Monday)
e) Japan : 9.50AM to 11AM

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This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

3DS

Rabi Laby 3 – €4.99/£4.49
Parking Star 3D Demo – Free

3DS VC

Mega Man 2 (GB VC) – €3.99/£3.59
Xtreme Sports (GBC VC) – €4.99/£4.49

3DS Special offers

Disney Planes – €14.99/£13.49 (Ends August 21)
Snow Moto Racing 3D – €3.99/£3.59 (Ends August 21)

Wii U VC

Mach Rider (NES VC) – €4.99/£3.49
Megaman Battle Chip Challenge (GBA VC) – €6.99/£6.29

Wii U Special offers

You must own either NES Remix or NES Remix 2 to be eligible for the following VC deals:
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels – €3.49/£2.44 (Ends August 14)
Donkey Kong Jr. – €2.49/£1.74 (Ends August 14)
Mario Bros. – €2.49/£1.74 (Ends August 14)
Kid Icarus – €2.49/£1.74 (Ends August 14)
GOLF – €2.49/£1.74 (Ends August 14)
Baseball – €2.49/£1.74 (Ends August 14)
Tennis – €2.49/£1.74 (Ends August 14)

Disney Planes – €19.99/£17.49 (Ends August 21)
Blok Drop U – €0.99/£0.79 (Ends August 21)
Scram Kitty and His Buddy on Rails – €4.99/£4.49 (Ends August 14)
Abyss – €0.49/£0.44 (If you own Unepic. Ends August 21)
Unepic  – €8.49/£7.64 (If you own Abyss. Ends August 21)
Toki Tori 2+ – €5.99/£5.00 (If EDGE, RUSH and Toki Tori have been downloaded.)

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In today’s screenshot we’re given a look at another, probably lesser known character in the Nintendo universe to make an appearance in Super Smash Bros. The Japanese only Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru will be getting a cameo in the upcoming 3DS version of Smash:

Here’s the trophy of the Sablé Prince. He transforms into a snake or a frog, and unloads multiple attacks on any opponent he catches. Keep attacking your foes when they’re trapped in his dust cloud.

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The PlatinumGames blog has once again been updated, this time by background artist Shohei Kameoka. Kameoka breaks down and details one of the backgrounds that will appear in game and outlines just how many layers are involved with that process, here’s an excerpt:

One of my duties for Bayonetta 2 was to take care of all the lighting, water, air, and other indefinite objects in the world environments. Out of all those I spent the most time on lighting, so I thought I’d share a little on what kind of work I did.

In Bayonetta 2, many of the environments have a water theme, so I really wanted to make water in the game look beautiful. I tried to come up with some key concepts for water and worked off of the following: transparent, shining, clean, cool, something you would want to feel, something you would want to dive into. Then I thought about how I could use those words to choose the right lighting for water.

For the full blog post including work in progress pictures of the background in question, head on ever to the site here

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Following his success in designing Final Fantasy IV, Takashi Tokita went on to create a lesser known RPG called Live A Live, a Japan-only RPG that had a story that was all over the place. Described as Street Fighter imagined as a JRPG, the storylines had quite literally everything form a kung-fu tale to a western. This stowed away Super Famicon gem will be coming to the Japanese Virtual Console sometime in the near future and while Square was quite thorough with porting their more esoteric games to the Wii, Live A Live never made it to that platform making it the first time it will be released in a Virtual Console setting.

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