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Star Fox Zero: The Battle Begins, Nintendo’s new animated short, is packed with all sorts of Easter eggs. GameXplain takes a look at some of these in a video uploaded today. Check it out below.

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Game Informer reached out to Nintendo for clarification on Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE’s western release. The company confirmed that Atlus is handling localization, and said that changes made to the game are “due to varying requirements and regulations in the many different territories Nintendo distributes its products.”

Here’s the full statement:

“Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE was localized by Atlus in a way that is consistent with the localization work they do on games they publish. It was a priority to ensure the game feels familiar and appeals to longtime Atlus fans. Any changes made to the in-game content were due to varying requirements and regulations in the many different territories Nintendo distributes its products.”

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Goku isn’t in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U through any official capacity, but modders are making the character’s inclusion possible. It’s in beta, but here’s a look at the progress thus far:

Ryu’s model has been swapped out with textures for Goku. There are voices in place, but those seem to be temporary.

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For those that missed the news, a demo for Pocket Card Jockey can be downloaded in North America and Europe. Nearly an hour of footage is posted below.

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Mario Party DS is out now for the Wii U Virtual Console in both North America and Europe. Here’s some footage from the game:

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Tatsumi Kimishima, Nintendo’s new global president, is celebrating his birthday today. Kimishima was born on April 21, 1950, making him 66. We hope he’s had a lovely birthday!

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Run Run and Die now has a confirmed release date – in Europe, that is. It’ll be available starting on April 28 for €3.99. A new trailer for the game was published earlier today, located here.

Source: EnjoyUp Games PR

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Nabbit and Boo from the Mario series appear in Star Fox Guard… just in nontraditional means. The two characters were recreated as enemies in the new Wii U game as “B.O.O. Unit” and “Nabbot”. Both are in the Chaos Class.

Here’s a look at some gameplay for both enemies.

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Wii U owners in Europe can now purchase and download Mario Party 2 on the Virtual Console. 18 minutes of gameplay can be seen below.

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The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth will begin making its way to consoles next month. There’s still no word on a specific date for the Wii U version, but Nicalis confirmed yesterday that it will be out “”in the coming months”. We’ll let you know when we hear something more concrete.

As for what’s included in The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth, here’s the rundown:

Key Features:
– Over 100 hours of MORE gameplay
– Greed Mode – a whole new way to play, focused on risk/reward
– Expanded main game – a new final area with a new final boss
– Daily Runs – play a new official run, everyday!
– Online Leaderboards – compete for highscore/best time
– 10 totally new and awesome challenges!
– 1000+ new room designs
– MONSTROUSLY UPDATED WEAPON COMBO SYSTEM!
– 120 new items-not counting tons of new pickups, chests, pills, bombs and cards-taking the item count up beyond 500!
– Alternate soundtrack!
– New secret transformations!

Uber secrets including:
– Lilith, mother of demons, a totally new playable character
– 4 new alternate chapters with new enemy types and visual themes
– Revised seed code combo system and new special seeds
– 100+ enemies, with new designs
– 8 new bosses

Source: Nicalis PR

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