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Super Mario Run players can begin to obtain special Super Mario Odyssey items. In total, four different ones are being offered.

Items are as follows:

Cappy Statue – 2,000 coins (starts June 13)
Captured Goomba Statue – 1,000 coins (stars June 15)
Captured Hammer Bro Statue – 1,500 coins (starts June 17)
Captured Chain Chomp Statue – 3,000 coins (starts June 19)

All of these items will be available until July 6.

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3DS owners have a new way to view today’s debut trailer for Metroid: Samus Returns. Over on the eShop, Nintendo has put up a downloadable video. Nabbing it will let you view the trailer entirely in 3D. Only 182 blocks of free space is necessary.

Thanks to Paul for the tip.

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This information comes from Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime…

“We want every high-quality game to have an opportunity to be played on Nintendo Switch,” Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America’s president and chief operating officer told IGN in an interview at E3 2017. “Every single one. Fill in the blank of third-party, high-quality game really wanted on Nintendo Switch; the answer is yes.”

“We’ve been very thoughtful in making sure we have a strong cadence of launches that are going to keep our fans engaged, going to drive hardware, and continue to propel us forward. And certainly as we think back to Wii U, that’s one of the things that we didn’t do as effectively.”

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This information comes from Monolith Soft studio head Tetsuya Takahashi…

On how Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is related to the original…

“It’s a completely different world, with completely new characters. It’s a different game.”

“The way I see it. I feel as though Xenoblade 1 and 2 are connected and linked in the sense that they’re linear and story-driven games, whereas Xenoblade Chronicles X was more focused on open world and exploration, and maybe an online aspect. I feel like I’d like to continue to create games separating those two aspects out.”

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– Demo is of the game’s opening
– A few stills open the game’s story shown
– Stereoscopic 3D
– Story is unchanged from the original Metroid II
– After outlining her destination, Samus lands on the planet and departs from her ship
– Hold down left trigger to plant Samus’ feet so she can aim in any direction
– X button performs a melee attack that can counter enemy attacks
– The prompts to counter are clearly broadcasted with audio and visual cues
– New counter/melee attack
– Another new element is the ability to ping out a pulse to discover secrets
– The ability to scan is attached to a meter that can be refilled by defeating enemies and it can help fill out your map and identify breakable rocks
– Demo has health boosts, ability to turn into a ball, and the ability to charge my gun
– Defeat a Metroid to unlock amiibo functionality

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Nintendo’s activities at today’s E3 video game trade show in Los Angeles included the announcement of a remake of a classic Mario & Luigi game and the crowning of the winning team in the 2017 Splatoon 2 World Inkling Invitational.

Following a morning packed with new announcements, the Nintendo Treehouse: Live at E3 show included in-depth play-throughs of a variety of games for both the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS systems. During the show, Nintendo announced that an updated version of the first game in the Mario & Luigi series was in development for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems. Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser’s Minions contains all the fun gameplay and dialogue of the Game Boy Advance original, as well as an optional Easy mode for younger or more inexperienced players.

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GungHo Online Entertainment was included in Nintendo’s lineup of Switch developers a few months ago. Now we can officially say that the company has a project in the works, and it sounds pretty mysterious.

GungHo Online Entertainment CEO Kazuki Morishita told Destructoid that the game will be an “action game for all ages with a lighter, comical tone.” We can also say that it’s a new IP with original gameplay. Morishita teased, “No direct comparison exists. It’s a gameplay style that has not been seen before.”

Whatever GungHo is planning, single-player and multiplayer components are planned. They’ve been kicking around the idea for about “4-5 years” before it came to be as it currently is.

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Several new 3DS themes are out now in Japan. Here’s the lineup:

Puzzle & Dragons X (x2) – 100 yen each
Mochi Mochi Panda – 200 yen
Maison de Maou (x2) – 150 yen each
Solar System Disco feat. Hatsune Miku – 200 yen
Nem feat. Kagamine Len – Dream-Eating Monochrome Baku – 200 yen
Carlos Hakamada: Chigau!!! – 200 yen
n.k: This Messed-Up Wonderful World Exists For Me – 200 yen
Yasuhiro: Dance Orchestra – 200 yen

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