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The Hyrule Edition New 3DS XL just hit store shelves at GameStop on Friday. For a closer look at the system, give the video below a look.

Consumers can purchase the Hyrule Edition New 3DS XL over at GameStop. A standalone unit is up on the retailer’s site, along with a Tri Force Heroes game bundle.

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Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash is coming out in just a few weeks. Nintendo has now revealed the game’s file size: 888MB. If you plan on going digital, you should be happy to hear that Ultra Smash is a relatively small download.

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Last month’s interview of Nintendo Dream contains an extensive Super Mario Maker developer interview. Producer Takashi Tezuka, director Yosuke Oshino, and senior director Yoshikazu Yamashita participated in the discussion.

Several interesting topics came up during the interview, and we’re excited to share a few excerpts with you all. The three team members spoke about how the idea for costumes came together, the different cursors (including some abandoned, an yet strange ideas), and a message for fans regarding the series’ future.

Head past the break for our complete translation.

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We have even more footage from Minecraft: Story Mode Episode 2 – Assembly Required – it’s a bit longer than the video we posted yesterday. You can watch it below.

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Update: Added in another video below.

Nearly ten more minutes of footage from Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash has appeared online. Check out the latest video below.

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Splatoon’s latest Splatfest was held in North America and Japan this weekend. Both competitions are now over, and the results are in.

In North America, the battle was pirates against ninjas. The former team ended up victorious thanks to a larger percentage of wins. Ultimately, despite a much higher popularity edge for ninjas, pirates prevailed with a total of 382 points.

Love and money was the topic for Japan. Popularity and wins were close for both sides, but love prevailed with 353 points.

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This past Thursday, Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town launched on the North American Wii U Virtual Console. We’ve posted a video with a bunch of gameplay below.

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On Twitter, collector and games archivist Steve Lin has been sharing some interesting paperwork from the NES days. We have a look at the original news release above, and several other items below.

One document is for research Nintendo conducted in January/February of 1986. In it, it’s shown that R.O.B. was one of the leading reasons why kids were so interested in the console.

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GamesBeat recently spoke with Aaron Greenberg, who leads the marketing team for Xbox’s first and third-party games. At one point during the conversation, the site mentioned how Nintendo is bringing out a new system in the middle of a console cycle, and asked if that move will disrupt things in a way.

Greenberg responded by saying that Nintendo has “always been innovative”. He also said that they “always danced to their own tune”.

Greenberg’s full words:

“I’m not sure what Nintendo’s doing. I hear the same rumors and stuff that you do. I guess we’ll react to that when we know more. Nintendo’s always been innovative. They’ve always differentiated in their own way. They’ve always danced to their own tune, if you will. It wouldn’t surprise me if they do their own thing when the time is right. What they’ve done is unique and different. How they’ll compete with us remains to be seen.”

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Enlightened Games released a new trailer for The Song of Seven: Chapter 1, which is due out on Wii U in early 2016. View it below.

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