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Gamereactor has gone live with a new interview featuring Xenoblade Chronicles X senior director and chief creative office Tetsuya Takahashi. Topics included player feedback, where he’d like to take the series next, Monolith Soft’s relationship with Nintendo, and more.

You can find several excerpts from the interview below. A couple of additional questions and answers are on Gamereactor here.

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Image & Form has published a new episode of “The Engine Room”. In today’s video, the studio goes over some gameplay basics of SteamWorld Heist on 3DS. Watch it below.

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Engine Software will be coming out with its Dinosaur trivia game “Dinox” on the Wii U eShop next week. Check out a trailer below.

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Xenoblade Chronicles X has finally arrived in the west. Alongside the game’s release, Nintendo has issued an update: version 1.0.1.

Players will need today’s patch in order to access online multiplayer features. It additionally makes minor in-game updates to text.

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After nearly a year, Nintendo has finally readied a new episode of The Cat Mario Show for North America. Episode 4 is posted below.

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Last week, Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom came out on the European Wii U Virtual Console. Watch some footage of the download below.

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Circle Entertainment has secured a North American release date for The Legend of Dark Witch 2. The title will be sold on the 3DS eShop starting on December 17. Pricing is set at $6.99.

Circle wrote on Twitter a few minutes ago:

We’ll also be seeing The Legend of Dark Witch 3DS themes on December 17 for $0.99 each.

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If you’re in the UK, you can nab a new 3DS theme by visiting GAME. The retailer is offering a Happy Winter Holidays” theme until January 7. Simply connect to Nintendo Zone and it should be yours!

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Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 was once again featured in the latest issue of Jump. A few things are featured in the magazine.

We now know that Joker 3 will have three new monsters from Dragon Quest Monsters: Super Light, Dragon Quest: Monster Parade and Dragon Quest X. Other than that, Jump shows scouting (from previous Joker titles), accessories that players can equip, and Skill Points (used by monsters to obtain new skills).

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Update: Not quite as good a deal, but Skylanders SuperChargers Dark Edition for Wii U is $75 ($25 off).

Skylanders SuperChargers Racing on 3DS is seeing a rather big discount on Amazon. You can purchase the game for only $24, down from the original $65 asking price.

Place an order here if interested. Note that the deal expires at 3 AM ET / 12 AM PT.

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