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Pokken Tournament sold just under 70,000 in its first week in Japan. That’s based on information from Media Create, who collected data starting with the game’s launch on March 18 up through March 20. We now have more analysis from the sales tracker.

According to Media Create, Pokken Tournament sold through 36.65 percent of its initial shipment, which may seem low for a collaboration title between Pokemon and Tekken. Pokken Tournament’s near term sales future may depend on families who are familiar with Pokemon and how much this new game appeals to them during spring break.

On the topic of Wii U hardware, the Pokken Tournament bundle sold 4,000 units. The console surpassed 10,000 units in Japan for the first time in eight weeks.

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Infinity Runner finally came to the Wii U eShop today. Take a look at the video below for a bit of gameplay footage.

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Speculation about the NX’s leaked controller is coming to an end.

Reddit user Idriss2Dev, who started the discussions last week, has now posting a video revealing that he came up with a fake product. He shows some of the steps that he went through in attempting to make a believable image. See the video below.

There was also a different “leak” yesterday from a separate user, perkele37. However, you would have to assume that it’s fake as well given their similarities. It’s unclear if perkele37 is the same person as Idriss2Dev, but I think we can dismiss the overall rumors about the NX’s controller at this point.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 7 Comments

National StreetPass Weekend: Spring Edition is set to kick off tomorrow. With that in mind, Nintendo is sending out a new Mii, Amy, to 3DS owners in North America. She should be arriving soon if you have SpotPass enabled.

Thanks to Jake for the tip.

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IGN recently caught up with Zordix for an Aqua Moto Racing Utopia gameplay session. Come watch some footage below.

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Play Nintendo is continuing its video series to promote the launch of Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Take a look at the second episode below.

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Wavedashing, a well-known Smash Bros. technique, hasn’t been seen since Melee. However, players are now starting to explore some “bidou” moves in the series’ latest entry that is reminiscent of it in some ways.

To execute these techniques, a Wii U Pro Controller is preferred, and most buttons need to be remapped. For the most part, it relies on pressing and holding the special move button.

Kotaku explains the benefits of bidou in a new post today:

Bidou opens up the possibility to make perfect pivots easier, pull off crouching perfect pivots, sliding spot dodges, standing dash attacks, and achieve frame accuracy on wall jump attacks. It also makes dash dancing much easier and opens up a brand new tech called “quick step,” which is an even smaller movement than the perfect pivot. What that means in short: reduced lag, better momentum control, and being able to get moves out when you need them.

Here’s a look at bidou from My Smash Corner:

A big question here is how useful bidou will be in the end. Will it be patched in the future?

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, New Nintendo 3DS, Videos | 0 comments

Update: And here’s a look at Donkey Kong Country 2 (Europe only thus far):

Donkey Kong Country is now available on the New 3DS as a Virtual Console download. Watch some off-screen footage below.

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The Nintendo UK store is hosting a new sale in celebration of Easter. The New 3DS XL, games, and merchandise have been discounted. You can find the hub page here for the full sale.

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More Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 footage has emerged from Denjin Getcha’s most recent episode. Check out the video below.

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