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Nintendo has the upcoming Kirby series amiibo on display at WonderCon this weekend. Paul Fierce took some photos of the figures, which you can find below. The shots show Kirby, Meta Knight, Kind Dedede and Waddle Dee.

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HORI is readying another Wii U GamePad protector. Amazon has a listing up for a retro-styled Zelda design, which is pictured above. The page says that Wii U owners can protect the front and back of the GamePad with the plastic protector featuring 8-bit artwork from the NES game.

This Wii U accessory is set to go on sale on April 21. You can find the Amazon listing here.

Thanks to Jake for the tip.

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Play Nintendo is continuing its video series to promote the launch of Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Take a look at the second episode below.

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Wreck-It Ralph 2 hasn’t been officially announced, but the original film’s director has once again hinted that it will happen.

IGN asked Rich Moore if a sequel is still in the cards. In response, Moore laughed and said “maybe, maybe” before mouthing the word “yes.”

He also mentioned:

“I think the world of that first film is so big and the characters are very rich and I just think that they have more stories in them. The end of the movie felt like a launching point. It felt like it wouldn’t be straining to tell another story in that world as some films are. To me, I feel like I can definitely see where it would go, and I think the audience kind of felt that way too.”

As for including Mario in a potential sequel, Moore added: “In the first one we didn’t have Mario in that movie, so it would be great to have the great Mario in a second one if we did it.” Thanks to a “good relationship with Nintendo,” this might be possible.

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Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai is back with another Famitsu column in this week’s magazine. This time around, Sakurai tackled a few questions from fans.

Here’s a summary of what was shared:

What’s better: printed or digital manuals?

Sakurai points out that he only reads manuals when he’s really stuck, so either way is fine. But for digital versions, it’d be better if they load up as fast as possible. (Note: Many people consider printed guides to be more convenient because they’re not located on the same screen).

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The Pokemon Company sent notice earlier this week that it had secured a new Guinness World Record for the largest mosaic made of trading cards. We now have an official video of its construction. Take a look at the video below to see how one artist made a 71.54-square-meter Pokemon TCG card featuring Pikachu from just under 13,000 individual cards.

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Nintendo is attempting to trademark the coin sound effect used in the Mario franchise. On February 10, the filing was submitted in Japan and published on March 22.

You can actually check this out by visiting the page here. Then at the first text input, put in 2016-014590 and hit search prompt. If you manage to get to the trademark page, press the ???? button to hear the trademarked coin sound effect.

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In celebration of the start of spring, Nintendo is hosting another National StreetPass Weekend. 3DS owners can collect up to six StreetPass tags from across North America when they visit a Nintendo Zone location. You can participate at any time between March 25 and March 27.

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Best Buy is now taking pre-orders for the upcoming Kirby amiibo. You can place orders for each one here.

Two more Animal Crossing amiibo are now up on Best Buy as well. Pre-order Isabelle – Winter Outfit here and Isabelle – Summer Outfit here.

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Inside-Games chatted with some staff who worked on Mega Man Battle Network in celebration of the series’ 15th anniversary. At one point, Masakazu Eguchi, Kouetsu Matsuda, and Hayato Kaji recall how it started out as a horror game of all things.

Here’s the excerpt, as translated by Mega Man Battle Network 3D:

Now that you mention it— It was a launch title, wasn’t it? Even though EXE was of the first generation (of GBA titles), it already gave an impression of perfection.

Eguchi: Actually, the team’s first game was a horror game.

Oh? What do you mean?

Eguchi: It started with, “what should we make for the GBA?” It had us making a game that links to your heartbeat with a wearable device. The theme was “having fun while your heart pounds”-horror game.

Matsuda: I went to Expoland’s haunted house for research.

Kaji: You remember it quite well, huh? (laughs)

Eguchi: Thinking that now… how did that become EXE? (laughs) I wonder…?

Kaji: Certainly, the mechanics became quite difficult to handle.

Matsuda: After that, card games gained popularity around that time. We wanted to reap the trend while upholding Capcom’s pride.

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