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Nintendo already has maintenance lined up for next week. Switch, Wii U, and 3DS will be impacted for a little over an hour on Wednesday / Thursday.

The schedule is as follows:

– 6:45 PM PT (April 19) – 8 PM PT (April 19)
– 9:45 PM ET (April 19) – 11 PM ET (April 19)
– 2:45 AM in the UK (April 20) – 4 AM in the UK (April 20)
– 3:45 AM in Europe (April 20) – 5 AM in Europe (April 20)

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Thanks to Amazon Japan, we have a look at the Japanese boxart for Ever Oasis. Check it out above.

Here’s the North American version to compare:

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A new trailer for the 3DS version of Dragon Quest XI was shown during the recent Japanese Nintendo Direct. Give it a watch:

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A few new rewards were added to My Nintendo in North America yesterday. Over in Europe, the site was updated with prizes as well.

Here’s the lineup:

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20% discount on Pikmin 3 – 50 Gold Points
20% discount on Nintendo Selects: Yoshi’s Island – 40 Gold Points

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Yoshi’s Springtime Siesta – 20 Gold Points

Wii U Digital Content

Pikmin 3 Add-on Content: Battle Enemies! Stages 7-10 – 20 Gold Points
Pikmin 3 Add-on Content: All-New Mission Stages 12-15 (x2) – 50 Gold Points
Pikmin 3 Add-on Content: Collect Treasure! Stages 7-10 – 20 Gold Points

These rewards will remain on My Nintendo until July 1. Check out the different offerings here.

Nintendo revealed the boxart for Hey! Pikmin, its upcoming 3DS game. What might not have been immediately apparent is the “Plays only in 2D” label. Indeed: stereoscopic 3D isn’t supported. The bottom screen is used quite often and both screens are used in conjunction, so that’s likely the reasoning here.

More footage of Team Kirby Clash Deluxe is in, now in direct-feed. Watch 23 minutes of gameplay below.

It’s been a long while since the last general Nintendo Direct. Today, Nintendo is finally hosting a new presentation that will reveal news for both Switch and 3DS. Arms and Splatoon 2 are the focus, though we should be seeing other games as well.

You can watch today’s Nintendo Direct as it happens below. We have streams for all three versions: North America, Europe, and Japan. On top of that, we’ll have a live blog going below – big thanks to Zack for handling that for me. Important news will receive separate posts on the site.

Enjoy the Nintendo Direct! According to the Japanese stream, it will run for about 35 minutes.

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Nintendo updated the Japanese Fire Emblem Echoes website with more details about its cast of characters. Serenes Forest was kind enough to translate the information, which we’ve rounded up below.

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– Initial Class: Archer
– Voice Actor: Shinji Kawada
– Member of the Deliverance
– Born in a local town
– Was encouraged by a childhood friend to join the army
– Tends to view the world from a cynical angle
– Can be surprisingly serious and performs his duties with diligence

Zeke

– Voice Actor: Kazuhiko Inoue
– A knight of unknown origin
– Serves the Rigelian Empire
– Lost all recollection of his past, including his original name
– After washing up at Rigel, his undeniable skills earned him the position of general
– Opposes Alm not merely because he’s a Rigelian general, but because of some other reason

The previously-announced update for Yo-kai Watch 3 was said to be on track for this spring. Today, Level-5 announced that it’s launching very soon – this Friday in fact. Yo-kai Watch 3 will be updated to version 3.0.

The upcoming patch adds in a bunch of additional content. Players will have access to new Enma, quests, and yo-kai, along with new Dungeon and Guardians for the Busters Treasure Mode. Other features include fishing at the port town Nagisaki. All of the update details are located here.

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

Switch – 41,193
New 3DS LL – 19,533
PS4 – 18,022
PS4 Pro – 6,490
Vita – 5,987
2DS – 4,629
New 3DS – 1,523
PS3 – 704
Wii U – 358
Xbox One – 132

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

Switch – 45,509
New 3DS LL – 25,719
PS4 – 25,006
Vita – 7,780
2DS – 6,240
PS4 Pro – 5,051
New 3DS – 1,995
PS3 – 1,724
Wii U – 449
Xbox One – 187

And here are the software charts:


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