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Guitar Hero Live has added a new feature in GHTV. As of today, players can participate in Rival Challenges. These pit players against similarly skilled matchmade players in a 1-on-1 song battle.

Here’s the full breakdown of how Rival Challenges work:

– To unlock Rival Challenges, you will need to be level 10 or higher. We decided this because once you hit level 10, you will have gained access to Guitar Upgrades and accumulated some Hero Powers, which we think introduces fun and interesting layers of competition.
– Rival Challenges will occur twice in every half-hour show. The song choices will be picked by us, so you’ll always need to be ready!
– Your opponent will be of relatively close skill level, paired with you through our underlying matchmaking technology.
– The winner of each battle earns an extra +100 Status XP, along with bragging rights of course.
– Another bonus is showing off the personalisation items you’ve earned in GHTV. When a battle kicks off, both you and your opponent will see each other’s playercard and note highway on screen.

There are a couple of other new things in Guitar Hero Live as well. You can now mark a song as a “favorite”, and one free song play token will be provided each day if you log into GHTV with zero plays.

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Cube Life: Island Survival’s long-awaited 1.1 update finally has a release date in North America. Through Facebook, developer Cypronia confirmed that the patch has been scheduled for December 22.

The message reads:

Cube Life’s new update adds several new features and addresses a number of bugs/issues. You can find the full patch notes here.

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Amazon Germany are now taking pre-orders for the next round of Animal Crossing amiibo. Reserve Resetti, Celeste, Kicks, Blathers through this link. For those looking to pre-order from a U.S. retailer, reservations probably won’t be going up until January.

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Update (12/14): Bumped to the top. Here’s the cover from Amazon Japan:

Original (11/20): Next month, Kadokawa and ASCII Media Works are publishing Xenoblade Chronicles X: The Secret File Art of Mira in Japan. This is slated for December 25 with a 3,240 price point. It’s up on Amazon Japan here.

All sorts of goodies are included in the softcover art book. It contains official publicity art, unpublished setting material, storyboards and other planning material.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 9 Comments

Following CoroCoro’s coverage, the Mythical Pokemon Volcanion has been officially revealed. The creature was shown in a new trailer today, which you can watch below.

Here’s an official overview of Volcanion:

“Unlike any Pokémon discovered before it, this Pokémon is both Fire and Water type. It uses fire and water to create steam within its body, expelling explosive shock waves and boiling steam from the arms on its back. The power is said to be great enough to blow away an entire mountain, gouging out the earth and changing the shape of the land.”

Volcanion can’t be encountered through regular gameplay. We’ll be hearing more about the Pokemon soon.

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New Super Mario Bros. joins the European Wii U Virtual Console on December 17. View the game’s trailer below.

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Assassination Classroom: Assassin Training Plan is in development for 3DS, Bandai Namco announced today.

Players become students of Class 3-E in the game. They’ll be spending time in school from entrance to graduation while attending school events, trying to kill Koro-sensei, and taking tests. It’ll be possible to train with Nagisa Shiota, take on missions with Karma Akabane, and enjoy communication among classmates.

Assassination Classroom: Assassin Training Plan is due out in Japan on March 24 for 5,700 yen. First-print copies will come with four 3DS themes and an in-game item.

You can view the first screenshots from Assassination Classroom: Assassin Training Plan below. Access the official site here.

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Mario Tennis will be out on the European Wii U Virtual Console starting December 17. Here’s a look at the trailer:

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Capcom is bringing Onimusha Tactics to the European Wii U Virtual Console on December 17. You can see the official trailer below.

If you’re in North America, you can pick up Onimusha Tactics right now. Its release in the states took place back in August.

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Let’s Talk #33: What do you want to see from next week’s Smash Bros. presentation?

On Tuesday, Nintendo will be holding another Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS presentation. We know that this will be the final broadcast for these Smash Bros. titles, and we’ll be hearing more about Cloud. Nintendo has teased other information for the event, and we’ll almost certainly hear about the Smash Ballot. It should be pretty big given that this is the final Smash Bros. presentation!

So what are your last minute hopes for the stream? Is there any character you’re particularly pulling for? Is there a new stage you’d like to be added? Sound off in the comments below!

Highlights from last week’s topic: What are you playing? – December 2015

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