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With E3 2015 just a few days away, Nintendo has sent out a new schedule recapping the company’s events at the expo.

Here are some notable tidbits:

– 2015 and “select 2016 software” will be featured at E3
– Nintendo “will continue to share information on future games and initiatives in the months ahead”
– There will apparently be “additional announcements between matches” of the Nintendo World Championships
– Developers will be at the Nintendo Treehouse: Live @ E3 sessions
– On the second day of the Nintendo Treehouse: Live broadcast, there will be content not shown at Nintendo’s E3 booth

You can check out Nintendo’s E3 2015 plans in the graphic below. Lots of specific information is in the announcement below.

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Masahiro Sakurai’s latest Famitsu column has now been translated in full. Two big topics were addressed in his piece: those who say Sakurai has a bias for certain characters, and overall game balance.

Continue on below to check out the column transcript. The full translation comes courtesy of Source Gaming.

When it comes to Smash, every once in a while people will wrongly direct their anger towards me. They accuse me of things such as giving preference or strength to the characters that I’ve worked on in the past—in other words, the Kirby and Kid Icarus series characters. Oh my.

However, if I had worked on the Mario series, people would say, “You’re favoring Mario too much,” wouldn’t they? The same would hold true for Fire Emblem, Pokémon or Starfox. The truth is, though, I put a lot of work into all the characters. It’s a mix of labor, love, and fine tuning.

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For the first Nintendo World Championships, three winners were selected. Jeff Hansen won in the 11 and under category, Thor Aackerlund was victorious in the 12-17 category, and Robert Whiteman took home the prize in the 18 and older category.

With the Nintendo World Championships’ return this weekend, Hansen and Aackerlund are returning for the festivities. Both will be present as guests of honors.

Nintendo said on its Twitter account a few minutes ago:

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The Legend of Zelda will be one of the games participants will be tasked with conquering at the Nintendo World Championships 2015. Today, Nintendo shared information about how it will be played.

Participants will be asked to speedrun from the beginning of the game to the first dungeon’s end. The first player to raise the Triforce piece will be recognized as the winner.

The Nintendo World Championships 2015 will take place this Sunday at 6 PM ET / 3 PM PT.

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Nintendo opened a new community on Miiverse today in celebration of E3 2015. Access it here.

Nintendo’s “Tom” introduced the Nintendo@E3 2015 community with a new message. It is as follows:

The Nintendo@E3 2015 Miiverse community will only be open for a limited time. Nintendo will announce when it’s closing at a later date.

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A new video has been posted to YouTube showing the Ganondorf, Zero Suit Samus, Dark Pit, and Palutena amiibo. View it below.

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On May 30, Nintendo World Championships 2015 qualifying events were held at a few Best Buy locations across the United States. Eight winners were ultimately chosen to compete in the tournament this coming Sunday. And today, Nintendo announced the results on its Twitter account.

Below you’ll find the full lineup of winners from the Nintendo World Championships 2015 qualifying events. The actual tournament will kick off at 6 PM ET / 3 PM PT this Sunday.

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Nintendo will soon be restocking a pair of amiibo in North America. Pit, along with the Wii Fit Trainer, are returning in “limited quantities.”

Nintendo of America just posted the following message to its Twitter account:

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Over in Europe, Nintendo has picked up a trademark for Diddy Kong. The name was just filed and made public today.

Does this mean anything? My personal guess would be no, but I’ve been wrong plenty of times before!

There’s been a whole bunch of speculation about what will/won’t be at the Nintendo Digital Event next week. Some people have been wondering what Retro Studios has been up to, for example. And based on a tweet the company sent out earlier in the week, some believe that Retro could unveil a new game during Nintendo’s E3 presentation.

Could Retro be developing a Diddy Kong game of sorts? What if a developer like Monster Games was put in charge of a new Diddy Kong Racing?

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Le Journal des Loisirs Interactifs is reporting that Nintendo has sold more than 450,000 amiibo in France. That number accounts for all figures moved since launch last November. The last number we heard about was in January, when Nintendo said it had sold over 200,000 amiibo in France.

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