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The Nintendo UK store often offers bonuses for those who pre-order games. With Dragon Quest VIII, you’ll receive a free poster by reserving early. You can place an order here.

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Today, the Nintendo UK site issued a new interview with two of Animal Crossing’s primary developers. General producer Katsuya Eguchi and Animal Crossing series producer Hisashi Nogami fielded a number of questions.

The two devs weighed in on the Animal Crossing series as a whole, but more general topics as well. They were asked if they anticipated Animal Crossing becoming so popular, approach to making games, what they aim for when creating titles, and more.

We’ve picked out Eguchi and Nogami’s notable responses below.

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Nintendo has uploaded a new North American episode of The Cat Mario Show focusing specifically on Pokemon. Watch it below.

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Circle Entertainment published Touch Battle Tank – Tag Combat – on the North American 3DS eShop last week, with the European version to follow soon. An introduction trailer can be seen below.

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The Pokemon GO Plus accessory can again be ordered from the Nintendo UK store. To place an over, head on over here. Based on how things have gone previously, it’ll likely sell out at some point.

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Last night, Nintendo added in a “Walkin’ with Undodog” Event Course that provides players with a new costume. We now have footage of the level below.

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Nintendo updated the Japanese Kirby: Planet Robobot website once again today with more art. This time, we have a look at various mechanization gimmicks.

The site also contains some talk about the soundtrack. After initially hearing the Haltmann Works Company theme, director Shinya Kumazaki gave an order to composer Hirokazu Ando to “add more weight to make it feel like an evil giant corporation”, so he made a new version. However, it might have felt a bit too “heavy” when it was redone. From there, Ando received feedback to “make it feel more like a more unknown invader” for the final result.

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Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo is out in Europe today, and for that occasion, Nintendo has released an overview trailer that, well, gives an overview on everything that’s new in this update. Give it a watch:

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Super Mario Maker will be undergoing maintenance on Wednesday, most likely in anticipation of the 3DS version’s release. The maintenance is scheduled for
– 9:50 PM PT (November 30) – 11:30 PM PT (November 30)
– 12:50 AM ET (December 1) – 2:30 AM ET (December 1)
– 5:50 AM in the UK (December 1) – 7:30 AM in the UK (December 1)
– 6:50 AM in Europe (December 1) – 8:30 AM in Europe (December 1)

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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:

01./00. [3DS] Pokemon Sun / Moon (Pokemon Co.) {2016.11.18} (¥4.980) – 1.590.629 / NEW
02./00. [3DS] Pokemon Sun / Moon Dual Pack {Pokemon Sun \ Pokemon Moon} (Pokemon Co.) {2016.11.18} (¥9.960) – 151.379 / NEW
03./05. [PS4] Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare # (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2016.11.04} (¥7.900) – 11.120 / 142.954 (-57%)
04./02. [PS4] Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star # (Marvelous) {2016.11.10} (¥7.980) – 9.276 / 82.295 (-86%)
05./01. [PSV] Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star # (Marvelous) {2016.11.10} (¥6.980) – 8.723 / 76.079 (-88%)
06./09. [PS4] Battlefield 1 (Electronic Arts) {2016.10.21} (¥7.800) – 8.494 / 203.863 (-34%)
07./04. [PS4] The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Special Edition (Bethesda Softworks) {2016.11.10} (¥5.980) – 7.587 / 34.917 (-72%)
08./08. [PS4] Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2 (Bandai Namco Games) {2016.11.02} (¥7.600) – 6.703 / 87.105 (-53%)
09./12. [3DS] Mario Party: Star Rush (Nintendo) {2016.10.20} (¥4.700) – 6.021 / 63.897 (-9%)
10./07. [3DS] Beyblade Burst (FuRyu) {2016.11.10} (¥5.780) – 5.611 / 22.127 (-66%)
11./17. [WIU] Minecraft: Wii U Edition (Microsoft Game Studios) {2016.06.23} (¥3.600) – 4.932 / 176.825 (+5%)
12./13. [3DS] Monster Hunter Stories # (Capcom) {2016.10.08} (¥5.800) – 4.778 / 271.566 (-25%)
13./18. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.03.19} (¥2.400) – 4.727 / 920.327 (+8%)
14./10. [PS4] Titanfall 2 (Electronic Arts) {2016.10.28} (¥7.800) – 4.583 / 46.709 (-35%)
15./03. [3DS] PriPara Mezameyo! Megami no Dress Design # (Takara Tomy) {2016.11.10} (¥5.400) – 4.086 / 32.951 (-86%)
16./15. [PSV] Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization # (Bandai Namco Games) {2016.10.27} (¥6.100) – 3.991 / 95.670 (-37%)
17./11. [PSV] World of Final Fantasy # (Square Enix) {2016.10.27} (¥5.800) – 3.513 / 72.437 (-50%)
18./14. [PS4] Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization # (Bandai Namco Games) {2016.10.27} (¥7.200) – 3.363 / 96.395 (-47%)
19./00. [PSV] Hakuoki: Yuugi Roku – Taishitachi no Daienkai # (Idea Factory) {2016.11.17} (¥6.800) – 3.288 / NEW
20./24. [3DS] Kirby: Planet Robobot (Nintendo) {2016.04.28} (¥4.700) – 3.100 / 469.860

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