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The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask is heading to the 3DS, Nintendo has revealed. It’s set for launch in Spring 2015.

Here’s what was shared by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata:

– Will retain the original level of challenge
– Making it accessible for everyone
– Make the gameplay experience as smooth as possible


Today’s presentation will kick off at 5 PM ET / 2 PM PT / 10 in the UK (an hour from now). Depending on how things go, this will be a live blog as well. Expect new posts during and after the Direct!

Note: The North American presentation will be 33 minutes long while the Japanese Nintendo Direct will be 39 minutes long.

Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D

– Will retain the original level of challenge
– Making it accessible for everyone
– Make the gameplay experience as smooth as possible
– Out this spring

Code Name Steam

– New footage
– Control a 4 person team while tactically managing your steam consumption
– Unlock new team members throughout the game including Abe Lincoln
– Each person has its own abilities
– Out Spring 2015

Ultimate NES Remix

– Game shown with footage
– Get a Famicom theme by buying the game

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker

– Footage shown
– New trailer

Shovel Knight

– Out today in Europe

Ace Combat Assault Horizon +

– Will be compatible with amiibo

amiibo

– Short presentation from Bill Trinen

Mario Kart 8

– New DLC trailer
– F-Zero, Zelda tracks shown
– First DLC out on November 13
– Scan amiibo to get an in-game racing suit for Miis

Kenka Banchou 6: Soul and Blood

– Out in January in Japan

Kirby & The Rainbow Curse

– Short presentation from Bill Trinen with new footage
– 4-player multiplayer mode revealed
– Out February 2015

Atelier Rorona

– Announced for 3DS
– 2015 in Japan

Hyrule Warriors

– amiibo functionality
– every single #SmashBros-compatible #amiibo will give a unique weapon or item

Monster Hunter 4G

– Downloadable Episode Quests on the way to Japan soon

Smash Bros. Wii U

– Trailer for a “secret” character

Duck Hunt

– Coming to the Wii U Virtual Console

Indies and third-parties

– Indie talk/footage
– Commander Video trophy in Smash Wii U
– Shovel Knight and Sonic 3DS themes
– Sonic Boom puzzle swap panel

Miyamoto

– Talk about the Pikmin Short Movies
– 20 minutes long
– Available for purchase today
– $4.99 on Wii U and 3DS
– Pikmin 3 demo; transfer save data
– More Pikmin 3 events planned

Xenoblade Chronicles X

– New footage/info
– Various quests will influence the survival of humanity
– Missions advance the main storyline; some deepen bonds with friends, others have you doing small favors for locals
– Massive RPG
– Even bigger world than Xenoblade on Wii
– Various support features like GamePad navigation system
– Out 2015

Splatoon

– New trailer
– 4-on-4 online multiplayer shooter at its core
– Single-player campaign officially confirmed
– Pitted against an army of octopus
– Have an arsenal of ink weaponry
– Out Q2 2015

This week’s GameStop ad has gone live. You can find it in full below.

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This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:

1. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – 101,349 / 2,047,199
2. [3DS] Youkai Watch 2 – 29,529 / 2,815,708
3. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 29,428 / 1,676,957
4. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2014 – 19,986 / 101,967
5. [PS3] The Evil Within – 15,982 / 75,370
6. [PSV] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2014 – 12,576 / 63,412
7. [PS3] Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel – 12,386 / NEW
8. [PS4] Onechanbara Z2 Chaos – 10,474 / NEW
9. [3DS] Tales of the World: Reve Unitia – 9,802 / 56,840
10. [PSP] Gakuen K Wonderful School Days – 7,370 / NEW
11. [PS4] Metro Redux – 6,158 / NEW
12. [PS4] The Evil Within – 5,393 / 64,597
13. [PSV] Grisaia no Meikyuu: Le Labyrinthe De La Grisaia – 4,652 / NEW
14. [PSV] Super Hero Generation – 4,026 / 20,828
15. [PS3] Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix – 3,855 / 127,402
16. [XBO] Sunset Overdrive – 3,534 / NEW
17. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 3,170 / 696,378
18. [PSV] DRAMAtical Murder Re:code – 3,133 / NEW
19. [PS3] Super Hero Generation – 3,04 / 15,600
20. [PSV] Chaos Rings III: Prequel Trilogy – 2,790 / 22,193


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