Mario Sports Superstars details – training mode, 18 playable characters, more
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We haven’t heard much about Mario Sports Superstars since its announcement during the September Nintendo Direct. However, a few details were included in this month’s Game Informer, and now we know even more about the game. Nintendo put up a fact sheet on its website which goes a bit more in-depth.
The first thing mentioned is that you’ll be able to “hone skills in training”. In other words, a training mode should be included. The same paragraph also mentions that you can “pick Mario, Waluigi, or one of sixteen others”, meaning there should be 18 playable characters.
Moving onto the sports themselves, we have actual information as to how the horse racing will play out. You’ll build a stable of horses, then train them before moving on to actual races. In-field shifts will be a part of baseball while soccer will let you change your team’s formation.
Continue on below for the full fact sheet.
Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns contains two million text characters, biggest title in the series’ history
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Translating Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns is no simple task for XSEED Games. The title has two million characters – more than any game before it in the series. The last Story of Seasons title contained 1.7 million characters by comparison.
That’s just one tidbit of information from XSEED’s first localization blog on Trio of Towns. Hit up the full thing here for insight into how the publisher is approaching the translation process, overviews of the towns, and more.
Megami Meguri crossovers include Puyo Puyo Chronicle 3DS theme, Hatsune Miku costume, more
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Capcom has unveiled a 3DS theme that will feature a crossover between Megami Meguri and Puyo Puyo Chronicle. While there’s no release date yet, it’s interesting to see Capcom and SEGA working together in a new way.
That’s not actually all of the Megami Meguri crossover news. The game will feature costumes based on various franchises, including Hatsune Miku. Famitsu published images of the various costumes here.
More: 3DS themes, Japan, Megami Meguri
StreetPass Mii Plaza distributions in North America and the UK involve Takashi Tezuka, Shigeru Miyamoto
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Super Mario Run is less than a week away from debuting on iOS. To celebrate, Nintendo has a couple of activities going on with the StreetPass Mii Plaza.
In North America, Takashi Tezuka is appearing as a visitor if you have SpotPass enabled. Over in the UK, Shigeru Miyamoto’s Mii can be found at Nintendo Zone found within GAME stores between December 9 and December 26. Tezuka will then follow between December 27 and January 15. There’s a good chance that Miyamoto’s Mii will stop by in North America as well.
A look at all amiibo costumes in Miitopia
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Miitopia supports a bunch of Nintendo costumes that are unlocked through amiibo. Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Kirby, Splatoon, and Animal Crossing are all represented. Get a look at the various costumes below.
UK software sales for November 2016
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The latest issue of MCV has a listing of the best-selling games in the UK for the month of November. The results are posted below, based on data collected between October 30 and November 26.
As far as physical software sales by platform goes, here are the results:
01 (01) PlayStation 4 – 1,825,425 (+4.07%)
02 (02) Xbox One – 1,528,742 (-11.26%)
03 (04) Nintendo 3DS – 424,422 (+227.08%)
04 (03) Xbox 360 – 111,256 (-71.75%)
05 (07) PC Software – 78,291 (-35.20%)
06 (06) Nintendo Wii U – 65,930 (-33.03%)
07 (05) PlayStation 3 – 57,688 (-70.70%)
08 (09) Nintendo Wii – 16,482 (-26.33%)
09 (08) PlayStation Vita – 8,241 (-53.96%)
More: Chart-Track, sales, UK
Media Create software sales (11/28/16 – 12/4/16) – Top 50
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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [PS4] Final Fantasy XV #
02./01. [3DS] Pokemon Sun / Moon
03./00. [3DS] Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS
04./00. [PS4] Watch Dogs 2
05./00. [3DS] All Kamen Rider: Rider Revolution #
06./02. [PSV] SD Gundam G Generation Genesis
07./05. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo
08./03. [PS4] SD Gundam G Generation Genesis
09./16. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition #
10./13. [3DS] Mario Party: Star Rush
11./00. [3DS] Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters
12./17. [WIU] Minecraft: Wii U Edition
13./23. [3DS] Kirby: Planet Robobot
14./04. [PS4] Samurai Warriors: Sanada Maru #
15./15. [PS4] Battlefield 1
16./26. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Mura o Tsukurundesu
17./12. [PS4] Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare #
18./20. [3DS] Beyblade Burst
19./00. [XB1] Final Fantasy XV #
20./27. [WIU] Splatoon #
More: charts, Japan, Media Create, sales
Monster Hunter XX screenshots
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Capcom released a new batch of Monster Hunter XX screenshots based on Famitsu’s new coverage this week. Find the latest images below.
For those that missed it, read up on Famitsu’s Monster Hunter XX report here.
More: Capcom, Japan, Monster Hunter XX
Animal Crossing: New Leaf version 1.5, fixes small issues
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Update (12/8): The same update is now available in North America and Europe.
Original (11/22): Over in Japan, a new update is available for Animal Crossing: New Leaf. Version 1.5 arrived earlier today.
Today’s patch is small in nature, and is not up in either North America and Europe. It merely addresses an issue with error [004 – 6006] when players downloaded presents/campers. Nintendo also says that there are additional enhancements to improve the user experience.
Miyamoto says Super Mario Run was partially inspired by speedrunners, considered GPS for 3DS
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Super Mario Run was partially inspired by speedrunners, according to Shigeru Miyamoto. Miyamoto shared that noteworthy nugget of information with BuzzFeed.
The site reports:
“According to Miyamoto, part of the inspiration for Super Mario Run’s auto-running came from a surprising source: ‘super players.’ Watching online videos of these gamers’ astounding speed runs and other feats of gaming skill, Nintendo employees noticed that the gamers never let up on the D-Pad. Mario always kept running, and all of the skill came down to the incredible precision of the jumping. What if, the Nintendo braintrust reasoned, all players could have that experience? Ironically, the most skilled Super Mario players in the world may be partially responsible for introducing Mario to thousands and thousands of first-time players.”
BuzzFeed also reports that Nintendo “considered building GPS into its 3DS” at one point for a Pokemon GO-esque game. However, “Nintendo decided that it made more sense to put the game on millions of devices that already had satellite location tracking.”
