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Update: More documents from Nintendo. First, the skull room and secret passage area designed by Takashi Tezuka:

And drawings of maps from Shigeru Miyamoto:

Original: In the spirit of Zelda’s 30th anniversary, Nintendo has posted a brief video that shows the original game map for the first game. We have it below.

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This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlighted games Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 Professional, Momotaro Dentetsu 2017: Tachiagare Nippon!!, SEGA 3D Fukkoku Archives 3: Final Stage, and Yo-kai Watch 3: Sukiyaki. Scans of all titles can be found below.

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Over the past few weeks, we’ve heard more and more about different modes for Switch when it’s docked and when the device is being played as a standalone unit. That culminated with a report from Digital Foundry just a couple of days ago. The publication claims that Switch, when in portable mode, runs at 40 percent of the clock-speed of the fully docked device.

Unreal Engine 4 version 4.14 released about a month ago. One developer has now come across some interesting discoveries which lend credence to some of the recent speculation.

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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

New 3DS LL – 84,823
PS4 – 70,031
2DS – 39,218
Vita – 36,214
PS4 Pro – 9,317
New 3DS – 9,149
Wii U – 5,095
Xbox One – 1,872
PS3 – 925
3DS – 226
3DS LL – 62

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

PS4 – 85,218
New 3DS LL – 67,247
2DS – 33,439
Vita – 22,314
New 3DS – 7,887
PS4 Pro – 7,499
Wii U – 4,656
Xbox One – 1,245
PS3 – 853
3DS – 314
3DS LL – 88

And here are the software charts:

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All sorts of data intelligent firms have come out with figures about Super Mario Run’s initial performance. However, now we have some data straight from the source: Nintendo.

Nintendo said in an announcement today that Super Mario Run topped 40 million worldwide downloads in just four days. Nintendo announced. Additionally, the mobile release is the top-ranking free game on the App Store in 140 countries and regions, and is in the top 10 highest grossing games on the App Store in 100 countries.

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Nintendo UK has come out with a new commercial for Dragon Quest VIII which highlights new features included in the 3DS RPG. Have a look at it below.

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Way back in 1992, Japanese magazine Famicon Tsuushin published an interview all about The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past with Shigeru Miyamoto. Shmuplations has now gone to the trouble of translating it in full. There are notable topics here, such as how Nintendo approached the name, Miyamoto’s interest in making an open-ended Zelda (which he’s finally realizing with Breath of the Wild), and scrapped ideas due to hardware limitations.

We’ve posted a few of the excerpts below. For the full interview, head on over to Shmuplations.

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Tank Troopers arrived on the Japanese 3DS eShop today, and now we have some footage to go along with its release. 14 minutes of gameplay can be seen below.

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Miitomo has been updated with new content. Players can nab the latest items in the Miitomo Drop stage, “Let’s celebrate! Festive Holiday Fun #3”.

Available items include:

– Toy soldier hat
– Toy soldier uniform
– Party hat
– Holiday party gown

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

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Originally, the Azure Striker Gunvolt anime OVA was planned for Winter 2016. That target won’t be met, but not by much. The team now hopes to have the anime ready in January.

When it’s ready, the Azure Striker Gunvolt anime OVA will be placed on the 3DS eShop. It will be distributed in North America, Europe, and Japan.

We’ll bring you the final release date as soon as we have it.

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