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A few new Miitomo images appear to have been unearthed from the app’s website. The full set is from a folder named “tutorial”, indicating that they’ll be used as a means to introduce players to the experience. It also looks like it will be possible to spend My Nintendo points on different clothing and accessories.

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Pokemon has been around for 20 years, which is a very long time. The series has plenty of longtime fans, but new players come into contact with the series each day as well.

So how does Game Freak – the maker of the Pokemon RPGs – appeal to both types of players? That’s something GamesMaster asked the studio’s Junichi Masuda in an interview this month.

He told the magazine in response:

“Today you will see ’90s kids who played the first Pokémon games, who are now parents playing with their children. But some of the core gameplay elements simply appeal as much now as they did in 1996. The collectable elements of the game still appeal to people’s sense of achievement, and it’s great for strategic thinking.

“You have to make accurate judgements about what to change and what not to change. It is also about not making things too difficult. After two or three generations, games have a tendency to become more difficult. In recent titles, catching Pokémon by throwing PokéBalls is explained in-game, but we also make a point of trying to get into the heads of children who have picked up a Pokémon game for the very first time in order to better understand how the games feel to a first-time audience.”

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Mario and Luigi were on hand at the 2016 Kids Choice Awards earlier tonight. The two famous brothers appeared in CGI form to help present the winner for “Favorite Voice From An Animated Movie”. There was more to it than that, however.

Before the winner was announced, the cast of Nickelodeon’s Game Shakers appeared for a live-action sequence that involved jumping over Goombas and hitting coin blocks. They ultimately needed to finish the level and grab the envelope from the flagpole.

Here’s a low-quality video of the segment:

In other news, viewers chose Just Dance 2016 as their favorite video game. It beat out Super Mario Maker, Disney Infinity 3.0, Minecraft: Story Mode, SpongeBob HeroPants, and Skylanders SuperChargers.

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“MyGamingBoulevard” posted a new video showing a close look at the Roy and Ryu amiibo, both of which are releasing very soon. You can get a look at both figures below.

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Intelligent Systems wrapped up another Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher) live stream earlier today. The company showed cards from the fourth and fifth series, as well as art for the sixth series. You can find all of these images (and more) below.

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Another tease stemming from this month’s issue of CoroCoro concerns the Pokemon movies. Apparently, something known as “Pokemon Elections” are the way. We’ll be seeing a special countdown on the official site, with more details planned for the next edition of CoroCoro. The magazine promises that it’ll be “huge”.

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GameStop has opened up pre-orders for the Zelda: A Link Between Worlds – Link Deluxe Figma. The figure has a tentative release date of October 15 – quite a long ways off. If you’d like to reserve the figure, head on over here.

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This week’s Nintendo Minute is now up on Nintendo’s YouTube channel. This week, Kit and Krysta try out Pokemon Yellow on the 3DS Virtual Console. Check out the full episode below.

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Since September 2014, Nintendo has been filing patent applications in Japan for a handheld device with infrared camera/distance sensor. These are now being published in the west as well.

The first patent is about how objects/user’s hand gets detected, whereas the other ones are more about the concept. The third is also similar to the second patent, but emphasizes how gestures/distance can trigger vibration and sound output. Infrared camera and distance sensor, gesture recognition, and distance measuring are all a part of the patents. One example even includes a projector and GPS receiver.

If you’d like to read more about these recent patents, head on over here.

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Amazon is taking pre-orders for a couple of amiibo. You can reserve Digby here and Lottie here. Both release on March 18 for $12.99. If you have Prime, you’ll get a 10 percent discount.

Previously, Digby was only sold as part of the Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival bundle. Lottie has only been a Target exclusive for several months.

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