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You may remember a statement made by Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata earlier this year in which he said that sales of the 3DS in the United States and Europe have been “weak” compared to the performance in Japan.

Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime, responding to this and the handheld’s sales in general, jokingly said:

“When he said that, I had a sharp pain in my neck. It was in the middle of the night, and I viscerally reacted to it.”

Fils-Aime followed up with more serious commentary, confirming that sales in Japan have indeed been better than sales in North America:

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The tenth episode of Nintendo TV can now be viewed on the European eShop. Games highlighted include Pokemon Black/White 2 and WWE ’13.

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Nintendo of Europe’s website was updated with confirmations of two digital games for release next week.

First up is Mole Mania. Shigeru Miyamoto’s classic Game Boy title will be available on the 3DS eShop as a Virtual Console download on October 4 for £2.70.

Also launching next Thursday is Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers. You’ll likely be able to get this for 900 points or so.

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A new piece of downloadable content is planned for the Japanese release of Fire Emblem: Awakening next week. It kicks off the “Future of Despair” section of DLC.

“Another Story: Future of Despair 1” is a four star mission in which players are required to rescue Cynthia, Degel, Noire and Nn. The three characters are being kept in a prison, with enemies attacking around them. You’ll need to rescue everyone as quickly as possible since each is held up in an individual prison. Special conversations are made available if he mothers and fathers move next to the children of this world.

Japanese gamers can purchase the first Future of Despair episode on October 4 for 250 yen.

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New Art Academy will be getting some downloadable content in Japan next week.

For 150 yen each, players can purchase one of three packs. They are as follows:

– Summer Foods pack: learn how to shade with paints using an ice cream lesson and berry mini-lesson
– Boats pack: learn about pointillism to bring out colors in both paint (blue boat) and pencil (white boat mini-lesson)
– Animals pack: learn how to recreate fur and feathers in pastel with a cat lesson and chicken mini-lesson.

The DLC goes live on October 4.

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