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Nintendo’s reasoning for holding National StreetPass Weekend is twofold.

Not only does the event provide 3DS owners with a unique opportunity to experience the functionality, it can also serve as a promotional tool. The latter element can lead to increased buzz for the 3DS as Christmas approaches.

Nintendo of America’s Bill Trinen told GamesBeat:

“We want to make sure that here in America, where the population isn’t quite as dense, people get an opportunity to exist the fun of the StreetPass games. What we want to do is, instead of forcing people to establish a new routine to serve StreetPassing, we want to find ways to fit StreetPass into their everyday lives as it exists now.”

“That’s a definitely a side benefit. If people are going to be buying the 3DS system, obviously we want them to be playing it, and we want to reward them for carrying it around with them.”

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Famitsu’s full Bravely Second interview with producer Tomoya Asano and character designer Akihiko Yoshida is now available in English. You can find some experts below and the full translation here.

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According to Bill Trinen, Nintendo’s director of product marketing, the company is considering a couple of unique opportunities for the 3DS’ StreetPass functionality. Trinen told Polygon that scavenger hunts as well as Nintendo-game-themed crossword puzzles are both something that may be explored going forward.

Trinen’s comments came about while discussing National StreetPass Weekend, which takes place this Saturday and Sunday.

He said:

We are going to look and see how things go, to see whether it’s something we can do again nationally or potentially internationally. There are other things we’re looking at to leverage Nintendo Zone and StreetPass in 2014 too. We’re batting around ideas with what we can do with scavenger hunt activities with StreetPass and Nintendo Zone.

If you’re at home it becomes a little bit more artificial, a little bit less about encouraging the people who are enjoying the 3DS to take it out with them like you are. Then it’s just random connections over the internet. There is something [magical] about encountering these people who are maybe like you, about feeling like you are part of the same community.

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Thanks to Jake for the tip.

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Amazon currently has Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl for about $22. Given how the game was $40 just a few months ago, that’s a pretty decent price. You also have a good shot of landing a first print copy containing the soundtrack.

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A second patch for Pokemon X/Y is now available. Players can bring their game to version 1.2 with the newest update.

As for what the patch entails, the patch notes mention the following:

– Fixes an occasional bug causing Pokémon not to learn new moves after evolving through Wonder Trade.
– Fixes an occasional bug where certain captions for Trainer PR Videos were not unlocked in Lumiose City.
– Updates an Internet communication issue.
– Includes previous update (Ver. 1.1)

Nintendo released Pokemon X/Y’s first patch in October. That one corrected a game-breaking save bug found within Lumiose City.

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Nintendo has issued a response to the latest NPD report, revealing some fairly impressive sales for its two primary systems and games.

Hardware sales for Nintendo platforms are up by 100 percent over the month prior, the company says. The 3DS family sold roughly 770,000 units, bringing the handheld’s lifetime sales past 10 million to nearly 10.5 million units in the US. Wii U sales also rose by more than 340 percent over sales in October.

Notable software sales include Pokemon X/Y at 225,000 units (lifetime 2.35 million units), Zelda: A Link Between Worlds at 280,000 units (405,000 with the Zelda 3DS XL bundle), and Super Mario 3D World at 215,000 units.

You can find Nintendo’s full response below.

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Square Enix shared another update on Dragon Quest Monsters 2 earlier this week, which launches in Japan on February. A new round of details are posted below.

– You’ll possibly be able to scout over one of your opponents’ listed monsters
– As your wins go up, you’ll get prizes commiserate with the win total
– Dream Egg item works only if you hang around in StreetPass
– This eggy piece can be found and then placed on display during StreetPass
– The egg hatches into a random monster after you obtain a certain number of StreetPass hits
– Could find a rare monster or a common one
– Can customize your avatar with different costumes
– Give them short messages such as “I’m coming in~” to greet foes
– Players can view your status card
– This shows how far along to completion you are in capturing the various monsters such as the slime families as well as items and other miscellaneous stats

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NPD Group has released a listing of the top ten best-selling games in the U.S. for the month of November. The results can be found below.

1. Call of Duty: Ghosts
2. Battlefield 4
3. Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
4. Madden NFL 25
5. Grand Theft Auto V
6. NBA 2K14
7. Skylanders Swap Force
8. Just Dance 2014
9. Disney Infinity
10. FIFA 14

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Another wave of Bravely Second details have come out of this week’s Famitsu. Producer Tomoya Asano and character designer Akihiko Yoshida discussed the game’s various aspects, including:

– Many details haven’t been decided as the game is only 30% complete
– More announcements regarding these will be made later
– Magnolia was made during a scenario brainstorm meeting
– The character was created after the keywords of “people of the moon” and “returnee” came to mind
– The team originally considered giving Magnolia some kind of space outfit and bunny ears
– Eventually decided to go with a character who showed “adultness”
– “Adultness” was a feature lacking in Bravely Default’s characters
– Experience gained from Bravely Default will help the team make a game that is much more polished than before
– The illustrators are currently working on characters and job designs
– Many of them will be quite unexpected

We also have the following quotes from Asano:

“There were actually several concepts, but out of all of them, the idea of ‘surpassing the previous title’ left the biggest impression. We were aware that the previous title was to get fans to like the characters and world, so we decided to have a sequel that takes place several years later, and has more to do with Luxendarc.”

“As we did previously, and for the sake of Japanese RPG fans, we’re developing with the goal to create a new pillar of support for Square Enix, while surpassing the previous title. I believe that it may take a little while longer until you’ll get to play the game, but we’ll be revealing new information little by little, so I hope you continue supporting us while looking forward to what’s coming.”

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