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We stopped posting Masahiro Sakurai’s Smash Bros. “Pic of the Day” from Miiverse when the Wii U title launched in Europe. However, Sakurai continued for just a little while longer.

Now that Smash Wii U is out in its final major region – Japan – posts have now officially come to a close. In honor of that, we’ll share Sakurai’s last message.

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A new 3DS puzzle for Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker has arrived in North America. Look out for the first piece via SpotPass. Meanwhile, the full game is out on Wii U today!

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Square Enix has passed along another round of screenshots and details for Bravely Second. You’ll find all of the latest content gathered up below (thanks to Gematsu for the translation!).

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This week’s issue of Famitsu offers up new details about PoPoLoCrois Farm Story. Find the latest information below, as translated by Siliconera.

– Game begins with a celebration of young prince Pietro’s 10th birthday
– Start off in Popolocrois Kingdom
– Pietro had decided to visit his friend Narcia for the first time in a long while
– Pietro goes to the forest with a present for Narcia after listening to advice from a castle soldier named Gomel
– Pietro encounters an older witch named Guilda in the forest
– “Dark Beasts” have been appearing in Popolocrois even though it’s supposed to be a peaceful place
– A beautiful lady known as Marmella shows up during Pitro’s birthday
– Marmella: diplomat from a land called “Galariland”
– Marmella’s her land seems to have the countermeasure that could save Popolocrois Kingdom from the Dark Beasts
– Pietro heads off Galariland in hopes of finding a way to fight the Dark Beasts
– Galariland has all 4 seasons
– Get strawberries and tulips in the spring
– Sunflowers in the summer
– Pumpkins and eggplant in the fall
– Ship out crops or use them as items
– Can water your own crops
– Friendly farmers will help you along the way

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment

McDonald’s isn’t leaving Japan out of the Mario Kart 8 toy fun. Starting today, those who purchase a Happy Meal can receive a Mario visor or toy for Mario, Luigi, Donkey Kong, Peach, Yoshi, Bowser, and Toad.

Additional goodies will be given out throughout the month, too. There’s a reversible poster (available on the 6th and 7th), stickers (on the 13th and 14th), and a Christmas card (on the 20th and 21st).

Check out a commercial for the Japanese Mario Kart 8 toys below:

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Total Shovel Knight sales have surpassed 300,000 units, Yacht Club Games has announced. That number is across all available platforms – Wii U, 3DS, and PC.

Yacht Club wrote on Twitter:

Yacht Club revealed back in August that Shovel Knight had sold 180,000 copies in its first month.

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Last month, beforemario published some photos of a 100 year-old promotion calender from Nintendo. It was given away to promote the company’s business. While the front has details about Nintendo, the back shows a calender.

You can find more information about the calender over on beforemario.

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