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Nintendo has now opened the Japanese website for Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World. You can access it right here. Videos from the site are posted below.

The Wii U eShop is listing Spheroids for a January 5 release in North America. The action-adventure game will set you back $7.99.

Here’s an overview from the listing:

“In Spheroids you take control of Lucas, a jumpy Canadian boy who sets out on an adventure with his crazy scientist companion Otto after it’s discovered that the government has been hiding alternative universes from the cubic world they live in. Unfortunately, these alternative universes contain spheres that wish to turn everything round, so it’s up to Lucas to save the world from these dangerous aliens: the Spheroids.

Throughout Spheroids’ 32 levels, you’ll encounter many different environments, with multiple hazards to avoid and enemies to destroy. Items such as the “Modified Drilling Hoo”k Otto lends Lucas will help you traverse the environment with ease, with many more to find throughout.”

A trailer for Spheroids can be viewed below.

As we initially learned at the very end of November, a new wave of Mario toys will be offered at McDonald’s Japan in Happy Meals beginning on January 6. We now have a commercial for the promotion below.

Nintendo is starting to starting to branch out in a number of new ways. We’ve seen that through the company’s partnership with Universal Studios, for example. We’ve also heard about Nintendo’s new interest in video content. Movies and TV shows seem to be in the pipeline.

When it comes to video content, Nickelodeon could be one partner Nintendo is teaming up with. Fred Seibert of Frederation Studios – an animation company that has worked on Fairly Oddparents and Adventure Time – made this intriguing comment on the latest episode of Nick Animation Podcast:

“We have a project now that we’re doing that needs to go unnamed, based on one of the most world famous video games of the last 30 years, that we’ve had in our shop for twelve years without being able to get it started. But there were great characters and a great story, and eventually we got it going.”

Seibert didn’t label Nintendo specifically, but there aren’t a massive amount of names that would fit the description here. Something like Mario would definitely make sense – that franchise has been around for thirty years, and has very recognizable characters. Could we see something like a Mario series on Nickelodeon down the road?

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Earlier this month, Nintendo registered a new Japanese trademark for the image of the Super Famicom controller. It was officially filed on December 5.

The trademark has Japanese blogs filled to the brim with speculation that it could have something to do with a potential SNES Classic Edition. With the success of the NES Classic Edition, that may not be out of the question. Only time will tell if this is a protective filing or something more.

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Over the past few days, holiday greetings have been coming in from a bunch of companies. Nintendo’s various branches – and franchise-specific accounts – have been sending out various messages and images. There have also been tweets from Pokemon, Sonic, Yacht Club Games, and more. We’ve rounded up the various messages below.


It’s time for the latest Famitsu‘s most wanted games chart! Monster Hunter XX leaps into the top three while Zelda: Breath of the Wild is back in the top ten.

Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between December 8 and December 14.

Miitomo has been updated with new content. Players can nab the latest items in the Miitomo Drop stage, “Wintertime bliss! Sparkling Snow Kingdom #2”.

Available items include:

– Ice tiara
– Ice princess gown (set)
– Ice princess slippers (set)
– Ice wings

Users can select Miitomo Drop stages from the Shop tab. Miitomo coins or game tickets are needed to play.

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Two new videos are in for Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World. On Nintendo’s Japanese YouTube page, a 7-minute trailer and special animations were just added. Both are below.

Nintendo challenged Miitomo users during the week of December 13 to collectively take 1,000 Miifotos and share them on Twitter with a unique hashtag. That target was reached, and gifts are now available to celebrate.

Miitomo users can now obtain a holiday tree pin and winter-holiday socks. Moreover, four game tickets are up for grabs.

You’ll need to be quick – these gifts can only be redeemed until tomorrow at 4 AM PT / 7 AM ET / 12 PM in the UK / 1 PM in Europe. Simply open Miitomo to claim them.

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