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At Gamescom, Nintendo handed out a couple of exclusive Zelda: Breath of the Wild items. Business partners were given a special pillow and notebook. Both can be seen below.

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Nintendo earned big exposure during the closing ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympics last month. Mario appeared in a special video, and Japan’s prime minister even dressed up as the famous character. Mario and other characters had representation in the closing ceremony to ring in the next Olympics Japan will host in 2020.

Japan Today has a follow-up report on Nintendo’s involvement, and shared some interesting information. The site reached out to spokesperson Yasuhiro Minagawa, who said that the company did not need to pay anything for Mario’s inclusion. It merely came about due to Nintendo’s “cooperation”.

“I want to make that clear. We did not pay,” Minagawa stated. “And we are not going to become Olympic sponsors either.”

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On September 28, The Legend of Zelda 30th Anniversary Music Collection will be available in Japan. Famitsu has now shared a few photos, which we have below. The last two are retailer bonuses by the way.

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Nintendo is partnering with Sanrio on special Animal Crossing amiibo cards in Japan. Packs will contain two random cards as well as one random seal.

Sanrio characters will not be showing up in the game. Instead, players will have access to special furniture.

Hello Kitty, Pompompurin, Little Twin Stars, My Melody, Keroppi, and Cinnamoroll are included in the collaboration. The special seals include: Isabelle x Hello Kitty, Timmy & Tommy x Little Twin Stars, Mr. Resetti x Pompompurin, Lottie x My Melody, Kapp’n x Keroppi, and K. K. Slider x Cinnamoroll.

These new Animal Crossing amiibo cards go on sale on November 3.

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Nintendo first updated the CPSIA for Lucina’s amiibo. Then we heard about the same thing for Palutena. Now another slew of figures have received updated certificates.

More CPSIAs have been updated in North America. These include the Gold Mario amiibo, Robin, Pit, Mega Man, Sonic, Link, and Samus. We’ll see them back in stores soon, hopefully!

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Just like in Europe, a new set of rewards are now up on the North American My Nintendo website.

Here’s the lineup:

Platinum

15 percent discount on Dr Mario: Miracle Cure (3DS) – 140 Platinum Points
15 percent discount on Paper Mario: Sticker Star (3DS) – 600 Platinum Points
15 percent discount on Fluidity: Spin Cycle (3DS) – 170 Platinum Points
15 percent discount on Pushmo World (Wii U) – 150 Platinum Points
15 percent discount on Yoshi’s Story (Wii U) – 150 Platinum Points

Gold

30 percent discount on Star Fox 64 3D (3DS) – 100 Gold Points
30 percent discount on F-Zero: Maximum Velocity (Wii U) – 20 Gold Points
30 percent discount on Mario Golf: World Tour (3DS) – 80 Gold Points
30 percent discount on Fire Emblem (Wii U) – 20 Gold Points

These rewards are all available until December 1. You can get them here.

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Like in previous years, Capcom will be streaming live from this year’s Tokyo Game Show. The full schedule has been announced, and includes plans for Monster Hunter Stories, Megami Meguri (also playable), and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.

The Nintendo-related slots are as follows:

September 17

• 10:10 to 10:20 – Opening Stage
• 11:20 to 12:10 – Monster Hunter Stories Pre-Release Special Stage – Featuring Ryozo Tsujimoto (producer), Kenji Oguro (director), Kaname Fujioka (setting director), and guest MAO (Nabiru voice actress). The latest gameplay, plus a talk corner and competition gameplay with Nabiru voice actor MAO. The latest information will also be shared.
• 14:05 to 14:50 – Megami Meguri Debut Stage – Featuring Ayasa Ito (Tsukumo voice actress) and Yuka Ozaki (Amaterasu voice actress). An introduction to and the latest information on Megami Meguri. The guest voice actresses will share stories from their recording sessions and talk about various things.
• 15:00 to 15:40 – Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Series 15th Annivesrary Talk and Latest Information Special Stage – Featuring Eshiro Motohide (producer) and guests Takayuki Kondo (Phoenix Wright voice actor) and Kenn (Apollo Justice voice actor). A talk and latest information stage to celebrate the Ace Attorney series’ 15th anniversary. The information segment will be packed with welcome news!
• 16:50 to 16:55 – Finale

September 18

• 10:15 to 10:25 – Opening Stage
• 14:10 to 15:00 – Monster Hunter Stories Pre-Release Special Stage – Featuring Ryozo Tsujimoto (producer), Kenji Oguro (director), Kaname Fujioka (setting director), and guest Ryota Osaka (Cheval voice actor). The latest gameplay, plus a talk corner and competition gameplay with Nabiru voice actor Ryota Osaka. The latest information will also be shared.
• 16:50 to 16:55 – Finale

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