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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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Update: Bumped to the top. Added in Sunday’s updates.

Nintendo Badge Arcade has been receiving daily updates since heading. 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 March 7:

– 9 Pokemon panels (5 with 1 day left, 2 with 2 days left)
– 4 Super Mario Maker panels
– 2 Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D panels
– 2 Animal Crossing icons panels
– 1 Animal Crossing panel (2 days left)
– 1 Zelda: Wind Waker HD panels
– 1 Zelda: A Link Between Worlds panel
– 1 Game Boy panel
– 1 SNES panel
– 1 Mario icons panel
– 1 Zelda: Tri Force Heroes panel (1 day left)
– 1 Mario Christmas panel (1 day left)
– 2 original Zelda panels
– 4 Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer panels
– 4 Kirby panels
– 2 free plays each day until Thursday to celebrate over 1 million customers
– Animal Crossing theme offer until 3/10

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GameStop is running a special pre-order offer on Star Fox Zero. If you reserved the game, you’ll receive the “Star Fox Fighter Patch” pictured above.

This offer is available both in-store and online. If you’re pursuing the latter option, pre-order Star Fox Zero here.

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As mentioned a few days ago, this week’s issue of Famitsu revealed Taiko Drum Master: Dokodon! Mystery Adventure for 3DS.

One of the big hooks in this release is a RPG-esque mode called “Mystery Adventure Mode.” We now have more information about what to expect from this aspect of the game.

The story background/objective is to protect the world’s OOPArts. There are two main characters in Mystery Adventure Mode: Tia (the girl) and Popokaka (the monkey). Meanwhile, the antagonists are a mysterious group called Hexagria, who stole a Lion Fang Necklace OOPArt at the beginning of story.

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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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Another Star Fox Zero interview with Shigeru Miyamoto has popped up online. This time around, there’s a discussion published by TIME. Miyamoto talked about the switch in approach (now like a movie instead of a TV series), appealing to new players, his approach to difficulty, improvements that have been made, and building interest in dogfighting games.

We’ve posted some excerpts from the interview below. More comments from Miyamoto can be found on TIME here.

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Splatoon’s latest Japanese Splatfest was once again game-themed. Dragon Quest was featured, with the topic being “Let’s keep going” (think being aggressive) as represented by She-slime versus “Cherish your life” (more along the lines of playing it safe), which was represented by Healslime.

This Splatfest has now drawn to a close, and the results are in. In the end, the Healslime side won thanks to an edge in both wins and popularity. The final score was 366 to 334.

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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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Mutant Mudds Super Challenge is finally coming to the eShop next week. On Wii U, the game takes up just 24MB of space. It’s also small on 3DS thanks to the download of just 109 blocks (13.6 MB).

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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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