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Amazon has the boxart for Bandai Namco’s Japanese 3DS game Aikatsu Stars! My Special Appeal. You can view it above.

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Update: Added in Sunday’s updates.

Nintendo Badge Arcade has been receiving daily updates since heading to the 3DS eShop. Because it’s continually updated with content, we’re rounding up all of the additions and changes in a weekly post.

Here’s what’s on tap for the week of August 29:

August 29

– 13 amiibo panels
– 7 Animal Crossing panels
– 8 Rhythm Heaven panels
– 2 Mega Man panels (1 day left)
– 1 free play

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The first screenshots from Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World are now online. We’re able to get a look at the gameplay itself, as well as the animated shorts. View the full set of images below.

Thanks to Jake for the tip.

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Mario Sports Superstars is Nintendo’s latest sports title. On 3DS, the game is due out next spring.

Five sports are included in Mario Sports Superstars. Players will be able to take on baseball, tennis, golf, horse racing, and soccer.

We now know that Camelot is handling tennis and golf. As for the rest? Nintendo might be working on baseball, horse racing, and soccer internally.

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Picross 3D: Round 2 had a stealth launch on the North American 3DS eShop a few days ago. Watch 75 minutes of footage from the game below.

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Thanks to Amazon, we have a look at the Animal Crossing: New Leaf Welcome amiibo cards 6-Pack packaging. View the image above.

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Game Informer recently spoke with Mark Pacini from Armature Studio. Although some of the discussion touched on Batman: Arkham Origins – Blackgate and his new game ReCore, he also spoke quite a bit about his days at Retro and directing Metroid Prime.

One interesting anedcote was about when Retro was meeting with Shigeru Miyamoto and other folks from Nintendo’s main headquarters in Japan. After the meeting, Pacini’s boss said that they were upset with him. Why? Pacini didn’t have a pencil and paper at the meeting, so Nintendo felt he wasn’t listening. Pacini called it a “very noobie mistake” on his part, and wanted to make sure that wouldn’t happen again.

Making Metroid Prime was the toughest project for Pacini from a development standpoint and getting it completed. “I think it was just the amount of stuff we were trying to do in the time we were doing it,” he said.

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Zelda: Skyward Sword was added to the Wii U eShop following the latest Nintendo Direct. But in Europe, the region received an extra game: New Play Control! Pikmin. We’ve posted some footage below.

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This past week, the Wii U eShop game 140 made it out in North America. Find a few minutes of footage below.

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Prior to this week’s Nintendo Direct, we had gone several months without a major presentation. March was the last time when we saw a broadcast with new announcements in a prepared video. Most people have been expecting that we’d hear something about NX soon, but Nintendo first decided to share news about the 3DS.

Quite a bit was shown during the Nintendo Direct on Thursday. Not all of the games themselves were new, but it at least showed that the 3DS will continue to receive support into next year. Super Mario Maker is heading to Nintendo’s portable in December, followed by Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World next February (with a Poochy amiibo of course), Mario Sports Superstars in spring, Dragon Quest VIII, and a Pikmin side-scroller. Let’s also not forget about Ever Oasis and Tank Troopers. Nintendo also unveiled new Zelda amiibo, released new Hyrule Warriors DLC, Picross 3D: Round 2 (in North America, December 2 in Europe with a physical option) and Zelda: Skyward Sword digitally, and teased Animal Crossing: New Leaf’s update (with new amiibo cards and a Nintendo Direct to come).

Now that our brief recap is out of the way, what do you think of this week’s Nintendo Direct? Were you pleased with what was shown, or were you let down? Have any thoughts about particular games? Let us know in the comments below.

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