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New artwork has been released to promote the upcoming anime series Layton Mystery Detective Agency: Kat’s Mystery-Solving Files. You can see the promo art above.

Level-5 has announced the series will begin in April in Japan, although an exact date appears to have not been given. We will keep you updated as more details emerge.

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In the United States, Yo-kai Watch toys can currently be found inside McDonald’s Happy Meals. AbdallahSmash026 posted an unboxing video – which we have below – showing a closer look.

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Amazon has opened pre-orders for the Detective Pikachu amiibo on two of its websites. You can reserve the figure on both Amazon France and Amazon Spain.

The Detective Pikachu amiibo, along with the game itself, launch on March 23.

Thanks to axel for the tip.

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First 4 Figures unveiled a new Meta Ridley figure over a year ago. This week, the company finally provided an update.

The image above “is an updated and more detailed reveal as it is now in its physical stages.” The hand in the shot was also included “to give everyone an idea as to how the actual statue scales in comparison.”

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This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta try to imagine some of their favorite Mushroom Kingdom characters as real friends and evaluate whether they’d be good to hang out with or tough to hang out with. Check out the full episode below.

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According to Hollywood Reporter, Ken Watanabe has signed on for the Detective Pikachu movie. The site says that he’ll play the role of Detective Yoshida.

Several other actors have been confirmed for the Detective Pikachu film over the past few months. These include Ryan Reynolds as Detective Pikachu, Justice Smith as the human lead, and Kathryn Newton as the female lead.

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Following its success in 2017, the Castlevania animated series on Netflix will be making later this year. Writer Warren Ellis confirmed on Twitter that the show has been picked up for another eight episodes that will debut this summer.

Ellis put out the news on Twitter today:

Netflix actually confirmed a second season for its Castlevania animated series on the same day that it premiered. It’ll be interesting to see if a third season ends up happening.

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Yoshiaki Koizumi and Eiji Aonuma, the producers of Super Mario Odyssey and Zelda: Breath of the Wild respectively, recently played the Nintendo Guessing Game to see how well they know each other. Check out the full video below.

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Two new items from Japan now have pre-orders open.

First, you can reserve the Giovanni & Mewtwo Nendoroid. Play-Asia, Good Smile, and AmiAmi all have reservations open. This is tentatively scheduled for August.

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Play-Asia is also taking pre-orders for the Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert CD here. This mostly features music from the concert in Tokyo last year, though the second disc is a Memorial Arrange CD and features songs not played there.

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A few years ago, Mario received his own Nendoroid. If you missed out on the figure originally, you’ll be happy to hear that it’s seeing a reprint.

Play-Asia has opened pre-orders here. You can also reserve the figure on Good Smile here.

The Mario Nendoroid reprint is tentatively planned for the end of August.

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