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Earlier this year, Billy Mitchell – one of the top Donkey Kong players – had his high scores heavily scrutinized. The primary issue was that Mitchell was thought to have achieved his scores on an emulator instead of real arcade hardware.

Since the initial accusations and after some of his scores were removed, Mitchell has been looking to clear his name. He came a long way in doing so yesterday after live streaming himself playing Donkey Kong and matching scores that were investigated in the past.

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Nintendo and Intelligent Systems have kicked off the next summoning event in Fire Emblem Heroes. Summoning Focus: Heroes with Vantage is now live in the game.

Three Heroes with Vantage are available as part of a Fire Emblem Heroes 5-star summoning focus. Ishtar: Thunder Goddess, Reinhardt: Thunder’s Sword, and Mia: Lady of Blades are featured in the event.

Summoning Focus: Heroes with Vantage will be live until December 2.

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Koei Temco and Gust Corporation have set a release date for Atelier Lulua. In Japan, the game will be launching on March 20.

Today’s news was also accompanied by Atelier Lulua’s first trailer. You can watch it below.

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In less than a week, the next big update for Kirby Star Allies will be going live. Nintendo and HAL Laboratory are adding in a new wave of Dream Friends and more.

In a news post this week, level design director Yuki Endo spoke about the upcoming Dream Friends in greater detail. Here’s what he shared:

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This week, Ubisoft issued one of the first patches for Starlink: Battle for Atlas at nearly 2GB. Labeled as a “technical update,” it adds colorblind support, quality of life improvements, and bug fixes.

The full patch notes are as follows:

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Nintendo has announced that the next Splatoon 2 update is arriving next month. Version 4.3.0 will be out on December 5 in Japan, which probably means during the evening of December 4 in North America.

The patch will include gear abilities and new weapons. Nintendo is also teasing the release of Toni Kensa Collection Part 4.

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Splatoon 2 has a new European Splatfest being hosted this weekend. Nintendo is asking players if they prefer eating the best part of a meal right away or saving it for last.

As usual, special art has been prepared for the Splatfest. Have a look at the new illustration above.

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Kill la Kill the Game: IF is coming to Switch, Arc System Works has revealed. The news was just shared today at ArcRevo Japan 2018.

APlus Games is developing Kill la Kill the Game: IF, which features fighting gameplay based on the popular anime. The title is planned for a 2019 release.

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This week’s Switch eShop charts are as follows:

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Pokemon: Let’s Go, Eevee and Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu launched last week around the world, including in Japan. In just three days, it sold over 650,000 copies in the country. Sales trackers have since provided additional information on how the games sold.

You may recall that over in the UK, the Pikachu version was significantly more popular than Eevee. But in Japan, the split was pretty close. Dengeki has Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu at 332,193 copies sold and Pokemon: Let’s Go, Eevee at 270,929 units.

According to Media Create, the Pikachu version sold through 62.96% of its initial shipment. Eevee was slightly lower at 51.80%.

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