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My Nintendo has updated again with a number of new rewards in North America. A couple are specific to Zelda: Breath of the Wild, featuring the latest 3DS theme and a January calendar. You can also use your points on the latest discounts.

Here’s a full roundup of the latest rewards:

This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:

01./00. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters 2: Hihou Legend Banbarayaa – Sword / Magnum (Level 5) {2017.12.16} (¥4.800) – 208.540 / NEW
02./04. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey #
(Nintendo) {2017.10.27} (¥5.980) – 133.180 / 1.082.650 (+39%)
03./03. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon (Pokemon Co.) {2017.11.17} (¥4.980) – 119.005 / 1.169.173 (+12%)
04./05. [NSW] Splatoon 2 # (Nintendo) {2017.07.21} (¥5.980) – 70.489 / 1.530.859 (+39%)
05./06. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) – 50.679 / 945.232 (+52%)
06./02. [PS4] Earth Defense Force 5 (D3Publisher) {2017.12.07} (¥7.800) – 33.333 / 144.408 (-70%)
07./01. [PS4] Yakuza: Kiwami 2 # (Sega) {2017.12.07} (¥7.590) – 26.650 / 158.581 (-80%)
08./09. [3DS] Kirby Battle Royale (Nintendo) {2017.11.30} (¥4.980) – 25.180 / 72.528 (+30%)
09./00. [PSV] Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth – Hacker’s Memory # (Bandai Namco Games) {2017.12.14} (¥5.700) – 24.636 / NEW
10./00. [PS4] Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth – Hacker’s Memory #
(Bandai Namco Games) {2017.12.14} (¥6.800) – 20.890 / NEW
11./10. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild # (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥6.980) – 19.469 / 702.460 (+36%)
12./00. [3DS] Harvest Moon: Twin Villages+ (Marvelous) {2017.12.14} (¥3.980) – 15.612 / NEW
13./00. [PS4] Resident Evil 7: biohazard – Gold Edition (Capcom) {2017.12.14} (¥4.990) – 14.787 / NEW
14./15. [3DS] Style Savvy: Styling Star (Nintendo) {2017.11.02} (¥4.980) – 13.532 / 84.236 (+40%)
15./14. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon Veteran Trainer’s Dual Pack {Pokemon Ultra Sun \ Pokemon Ultra Moon} (Pokemon Co.) {2017.11.17} (¥9.960) – 12.117 / 302.266 (+8%)
16./08. [NSW] Xenoblade Chronicles 2 #
(Nintendo) {2017.12.01} (¥7.980) – 12.017 / 129.426 (-39%)
17./12. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo (Nintendo) {2016.11.23} (¥2.700) – 12.007 / 318.524 (+1%)
18./17. [NSW] Pokken Tournament DX (Pokemon Co.) {2017.09.22} (¥5.980) – 11.144 / 150.782 (+33%)
19./21. [NSW] Arms
(Nintendo) {2017.06.16} (¥5.980) – 10.714 / 272.206
20./22. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Koko, Dokonan Desu? (Nippon Columbia) {2017.07.20} (¥4.800) – 10.072 / 92.586

GamesIndustry has provided new information about gaming sales in the UK this year. The site breaks down the top five publishers by UK sales as well as sales by platform.

In terms of publishers, Nintendo ranks third when it comes to boxed sales. That’s behind EA (16.8%) and Activision Blizzard (15.6%), but ahead of Ubisoft (9.7%) and Sony (8.3%).

GamesIndustry also has the following breakdown of sales by platform in 2017:

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Atlus sent out a new trailer for The Alliance Alive today. We’re introduced to three more characters: the signimancer Gene, the mercenary Rachel, and a young researcher Tiggy.

Below is the full rundown on all of the characters from Atlus, along with the trailer:

Nintendo Switch

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

Switch – 221,210
PS4 – 45,161
New 2DS LL – 31,653
New 3DS LL – 19,115
PS4 Pro – 17,804
Vita – 9,049
2DS – 4,324
Xbox One – 2,175
New 3DS – 421
Xbox One X – 132
Wii U – 75
PS3 – 44

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

Switch – 164,908
PS4 Pro – 45,163
PS4 – 40,524
New 2DS LL – 27,074
New 3DS LL – 15,059
Vita – 8,483
2DS – 3,192
Xbox One – 406
New 3DS – 248
Xbox One X – 75
Wii U – 70
PS3 – 48

And here are the software charts:

Nintendo Network

With the insane amount of online maintenance scheduled for the coming week, something even more has just been added to the pile: Wii U and 3DS Image Share. The full schedule is below.

Wii U and 3DS Image Share
– 6:00 PM PT (December 21) – 9:00 PM PT (December 21)
– 9:00 PM ET (December 21) – 12:00 AM ET (December 22)
– 2:00 AM in the UK (December 22) – 5:00 AM in the UK (December 22)
– 3:00 AM in Europe (December 22) – 6:00 AM in Europe (December 22)

People have been saying that all this coming maintenance may be a precursor to new online methods from Nintendo.

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The Nintendo UK store has opened pre-orders for two upcoming Pokemon products. You can reserve the 2DS XL Pikachu Edition (which also comes with a mug) here, and Pokemon Crystal for 3DS here. Both launch on January 26.

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This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Mario Party: The Top 100 (3DS) – 8/8/8/8
Phil’s Epic Fill-a-Pix Adventure (3DS) – 7/7/8/6
Mujo (Switch) – 6/7/7/7

Shiny Charizard is being distributed to all players of Pokemon Shuffle. A new Bewear stage is now available for Pokemon Shuffle and will be up until January 2nd. A stage for Dugtrio and Mega Beedrill competitive stage are also up and will be available until December 26th. Groudon, Ash-Greninja and Landorus Therian Forme have also started their repeat runs.

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Kirby Battle Royale has yet to debut in North America, but it did come out in both Europe and Japan. Nintendo sent out an update last week that added the new Mirror Copy Ability from the fan poll that was recently held. Check out some footage of the new content below.


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