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Along with the game itself, Super Mario Odyssey has received three new amiibo. Mario, Peach, and Bowser are all in wedding attire.

Amazon is finally accepting orders for the different figures. You can get yours in here.

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Several new PC / smartphone rewards have been added to My Nintendo in Europe. They are as follows:

Platinum Points:

Wallpaper – Super Mario Odyssey (Cappy) – 50 Platinum Points

Wallpaper – Super Mario Odyssey (Map) – 50 Platinum Points

Gold Points:

Starter Guide – Super Mario Odyssey – 10 Gold Points

Starter Guide – Metroid: Samus Returns – 10 Gold Points

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Super Mario Odyssey is having a big launch event at New York’s Rockefeller Center tonight. Before the official release, a special dance number was performed. It featured Jordan Fisher, who was in Hamilton on Broadway. You can see a video from Nintendo of the dance routine below.

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Nintendo recently played the Guessing Game with a couple of developers working on Pokemon Ultra Sun and Pokemon Ultra Moon. Producer Shigeru Ohmori and director Kazumasa Iwao were the participants. See the full video below.

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Kotaku caught up with Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime, who touched on a whole bunch of topics in an interview. These include the release date for the next Zelda: Breath of the Wild DLC (coming soon), if we’ll see classic games on Switch, the closing of Miiverse, and the lack of My Nintendo rewards for Switch.

Read what Reggie had to say below. You can find the full article on Kotaku here.

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Best Buy has started taking pre-orders for the new Shovel Knight amiibo 3-pack. You can reserve it here. You’ll get the new Plague Knight, Specter Knight, and King Knight amiibo with a purchase.

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What is the key to Mario? In Nintendo’s view, empathy is at the top of the list.

Speaking with CNN, Super Mario Odyssey Yoshiaki Koizumi said:

“One thing that has always been constant is this idea of empathy. It’s the idea that anyone can pick up and play the game, and they have an intuitive understanding and feel for how the game works.”

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Switch stock has been a big issue since the system launched earlier this year. It has undoubtedly improved, but it’s still not quite where it needs to be. In places like Japan, the situation is still very frustrating with continued lotteries just for an opportunity to buy a Switch.

In an interview with The Verge, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime commented on Switch’s supply situation once again. Being unable to meet demand is something he’s not happy with, and he says Nintendo is “working hard to satisfy as much demand as possible.”

Reggie stated:

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Pokemon the Movie: I Choose You will be showing up in theaters in November. Later in the month, the film will appear on TV. Disney XD has confirmed an air date of November 25. It’ll be shown at 10 AM ET.

Disney XD has also confirmed that two new episodes of Pokemon the Series: Sun and Moon will debut right before the movie. These will feature the return of Brock and Misty.

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My Nintendo has updated with a pair of wallpapers in North America. Both are based on Fire Emblem Warriors and cost 50 Platinum Points each.

If you’re interested, you can order the wallpapers here. They’ll be on the site through the end of March.

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