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In a new nine-minute video, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata discussed Animal Crossing: New Leaf shipments and shortages, as well as a special ROM card the game uses.

New Leaf has been seeing widespread sell-outs across Japan. While it’s been fairly successful on the eShop, it has sold tremendously at retail. Shops haven’t been able to keep up with demand.

Read on below for an update on Animal Crossing: New Leaf’s production. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem as though Nintendo will be able to alleviate the shipment situation anytime soon.

– Iwata apologies for New Leaf shortages
– The game saves more items and swapped villages, houses with a special type of ROM card with SLC-NAND to store such big save data
– NAND is flash memory, as used in SD cards, USB key drives, SSDs
– SLC-NAND is durable and has large area for volume
– MLC-NAND sacrifices durability for greater data density
– Supplies for SLC-NAND, controller chip were within estimates
– Sales greatly exceeded estimates
– Replenishing supplies will take several months, won’t be resolved soon
– Nintendo is adjusting production volume allocation between Animal Crossing and other SLC-NAND games, but not giving AC a production monopoly
– Iwata reminds consumers that the game can be downloaded on the eShop
– There are download cards at retail which may sell out, but there will be plentiful resupplies for year-end
– It’s possible to buy download codes online
– Limited-time downloadable presents and Seven-Eleven-exclusive presents will be redistributed at a later date

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Irem’s entire slate of 3DS games has consisted of pachislot games. To the surprise of no one, the company is churning out yet another one of these for the portable.

Pachipara 3D Deluxe: Sea Story arrives in Japan in February 2013. It has a story mode in which players find themselves on a solitary island. That’s all we really know, for the most part!

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This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:

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AERO PORTER™ – LEVEL-5 and Yoot Saito team up to bring you AERO PORTER, an airport simulation and puzzle game that will have you sorting luggage, expanding your airport’s operations and avoiding security mishaps. It’s your job to put your airport on the map and help it grow from a sleepy regional terminal to a bustling international hub. (For Nintendo 3DS™)

PAC-MAN® – Control iconic character Pac-Man as you navigate through mazes, eating Pac-Dots and simultaneously avoiding devious ghosts. Warp from one edge of the maze to the other using tunnels, or eat a Power Pellet to turn the tables and make the ghosts vulnerable. Earn extra points to achieve the high score and see how far you can get before losing all your lives. (For Nintendo 3DS)

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For a full week, Toys “R” Us will be handing out a $30 gift card and a stylus with the purchase of a 3DS or 3DS XL. Consumers can take advantage of the deal between December 2 and December 8.

Just to clarify, the 3DS XL product is the newly announced bundle. This includes a pre-installed copy of Mario Kart 7.

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Yet another Iwata Asks discussion is now available for your viewing pleasure. Visit this link for an interview regarding Paper Mario: Sticker Star.