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This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlighted games include Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Arms, Goodbye! BoxBoy!, and Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 Professional. Scans of all titles can be found below.

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REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– For the first time ever, Nintendo will run an ad during the Super Bowl. The 30-second spot, which along with an extended 90-second version can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/nintendo, builds on the worldwide excitement for the new Nintendo Switch video game system and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild game, both of which launch March 3. The ad also features a new song by Imagine Dragons called “Believer” that premiered worldwide Jan. 31.

The star of the ad, which is scheduled to run during the game’s fourth quarter on Feb. 5, is Nintendo Switch, which combines the power of a home console with the mobility of a hand-held video game system. People can play on their TVs at home, then grab Nintendo Switch and continue playing seamlessly wherever they go.

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Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima delivered an update on the company’s mobile plans during a financial results today.

According to Kimishima, 2-3 titles will be produced each year. He also said that DeNA’s efforts allows for these games to be possible. However, Kimishima wouldn’t deny the possibility of asking support from other companies in the future.

When Nintendo announced its partnership with DeNA back in 2015, the big N bought a 10 percent stake in DeNA. DeNA meanwhile purchased 1.24 percent of Nintendo. The two sides have been working together exclusively on Nintendo’s mobile efforts since then.

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Cooking Mama: Sweet Shop originally debuted in Japan back in 2014. In just a couple of months, it will finally be releasing in the west.

Rising Star Games is partnering with Office Create on the localization of Cooking Mama: Sweet Shop. It’s coming to USA, Canada, South America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Middle East in April.

We’ve included an overview and trailer for Cooking Mama: Sweet Shop below.

“In Cooking Mama: Sweet Shop players make and create a wide assortment of delicious looking sweets and puddings, and serve customers in the shop to keep them happy! There are 60 different recipes to create by taking part in over 160 different mini-games. Players use the Nintendo 3DS™ stylus and even the microphone to cool, slice, stir, bake and decorate their creations. And just like always, don’t worry if you make a mistake – Mama will fix it for you!

Sweets can be arranged and displayed in the sweet shop, to provide to your customers and to keep them happy. The more sweets you create and complete, the more your shop expands. You may even trigger a special event! Cooking Mama: Sweet Shop also features a competitive multiplayer mode for two to four players – challenge your friends and see who can make the tastiest treats.”

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During the latest episode of Capcom TV, it was announced that a Monster Hunter XX demo is planned for Japan. It will be arriving on February 15 on the 3DS eShop.

Players will be able to experience the Brave and Renkin Hunting Styles. The Felyne Hunter’s Beast Mode is included as well. Four-player local multiplayer is supported.

Three quests will be available:

– Hunting Yian Kut-Ku in the ancient forest (beginner)
– Hunting Barroth in desert (intermediate)
– Hunting Barioth in snowy mountain (advanced)

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Skylanders Imaginators on Switch will play very similarly to other versions of the game. But according to Nintendo’s website, Traps and vehicles won’t be playable.

That may seem like a downer, but he Switch version of Skylanders Imaginators does have a leg up on other versions. It offers “a digital library that allows players to easily load and store their 300+ toys from the Skylanders franchise directly to the new home gaming system.”

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All branches of Nintendo of Europe uploaded a new trailer for Switch today. They’re all the same – except for one major mistake made by Nintendo of Portugal.

That version of the video actually shows what the Switch dev menu looks like. Whereas Nintendo of Europe’s other branches edited that footage out, Nintendo of Portugal left it in. I think it’s safe to say that it probably wasn’t intended.

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The Fire Emblem Heroes “Choose your Legends” vote has come to a close. When the poll was open, Nintendo says that 1.2 million votes were recorded. We should be finding out about how things went shortly.

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New details about Splatoon 2’s online functionality were shared on the game’s Japanese Twitter page today.

The app features online lobbies and voice chat, and works with actual game. You can rendezvous with friends (on your friends list), or friends invited via social media, and you all can directory dive into a game and communicate with voice chat.

This is a general explanation about the app and not limited to Splatoon 2. If you set up a lobby with your friend on the app, it seems as though the game automatically does the matchmaking and you start the fight, race, etc.

For Splatoon 2 private matches, you can communicate with voice chat with everyone before choosing team. After that, you only be able to communicate with your allies. Meanwhile, you can’t speak with strangers.

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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

PS4 – 30,778
New 3DS LL – 17,600
Vita – 10,553
PS4 Pro – 9,893
2DS – 5,806
New 3DS – 1,301
Wii U – 710
PS3 – 579
Xbox One – 231

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

PS4 – 26,243
New 3DS LL – 18,229
Vita – 11,521
PS4 Pro – 7,133
2DS – 6,203
New 3DS – 1,625
Wii U – 794
PS3 – 557
Xbox One – 35

And here are the software charts:

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