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Toto Temple Deluxe is one of many new games on the Wii U eShop today. Take a look at the title’s launch trailer below.

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Thanks to Famitsu, we have a number of new screenshots of Monster Hunter X’s Nyanter Mode. We’ve rounded up the images below.

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Within the past few hours, Nintendo announced when Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival will be available in Europe and Japan. Rounding things out is a release date for North America.

In the states, Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival will arrive on November 13. Wii U owners can purchase a bundle containing Isabelle and Digby figures as well as cards for Stiches, Goldie, and Rosie for $59.99. A 3-pack of amiibo comprised of K.K., Reese, and Cyrus is slated for the same day, as are individual amiibo for Tom Nook and Mabel. Finally, Lottie is hitting store shelves on November 22.

Here’s the full breakdown from Nintendo in image form:

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Club Nintendo was supposed to end in PAL regions yesterday. Yet strangely, members can still access the Stars Catalogue in Europe.

Attempting to order physical rewards at this point probably won’t get you anywhere. However, digital rewards should definitely be on the table. You can give it a shot here.

What’s particularly strange about the situation is that, when visiting Club Nintendo on the official website, you’ll see a message regarding its closure and the option to sign up for future updates. However, using the link above allows you to go straight to the rewards selection.

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With Pumped BMX + releasing on the Wii U eShop today, Curve Digital has put out an official launch trailer. Give it a look below.

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A new Minecraft: Story Mode trailer has gone live for the series’ first episode, The Order of the Stone. Take a look at the video below.

Minecraft: Story Mode will feature the following cast:

– Patton Oswalt as male Jesse
– Catherine Taber as female Jesse
– Brian Posehn as Axel
– Ashley Johnson as Petra
– Scott Porter as Lucas
– Martha Plimpton as Olivia
– Billy West as the narrator
– Paul Reubens as Ivor
– Dave Fennoy as Gabriel the Warrior (‘Order of the Stone’ member)
– Corey Feldman as Magnus the Griefer (‘Order of the Stone’ member)
– Grey Griffin as Ellegaard the Redstone Engineer (‘Order of the Stone’ member)
– John Hodgman as Soren the Architect (‘Order of the Stone’ member)

Source: Telltale Games PR

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FreakZone Games issued the first trailer for AVGN 2: ASSimilation today. We have it below.

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Nintendo UK reached out to some fans at EGX last week to see what they think about The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes. Check out the full video below.

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Microsoft is publishing Scalebound, a new Xbox One title from PlatinumGames. But as fate would have it, the project was originally imagined for Wii.

Director Hideki Kamiya recently spoke with GameSpot about his original ambition for Scalebound, which would have had players using the Wii remote to provide orders to dinosaurs rather than dragons. It also starred a little girl rather than the current protagonist Drew.

Kamiya said:

“If you look at the long span of it, the first idea [for Scalebound] was when we started the company and were thinking of ideas and games that we want to make. The idea popped up there, but then we made Bayonetta. Then after Bayonetta, we revived the idea and made a prototype but that prototype failed and the game got cancelled. It was put on a backburner for a variety of reasons and we moved on to The Wonderful 101.”

“When they first started, the idea was for a Wii game and we wanted to use a Wii remote to do the orders for the dinosaurs. You were in control of the dinosaurs, you were ordering the dinosaurs around, and they’d do cool things. Then after we made Bayonetta, we started the prototype. The first thing that I made a change to was making it a dragon game.”

“We changed the dinosaurs to dragons, but at that point the lead character was even weaker than [current protagonist] Drew is in the context of Scalebound. She was actually a little girl who was with these dragons. As we were making this prototype, I realized that I didn’t want to just be watching the fight, I wanted to be more participatory in the fight. And I started talking with the staff about how maybe we should change this to be a swordsman or someone a little bit older. This was when the prototype got put on the backburner, so to speak, and the project was halted. Then we made The Wonderful 101.”

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Another 20 minutes of footage from Toto Temple Deluxe has come in, which you can watch below. The game is out today on the Wii U eShop.

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