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Final Fantasy Tactics Advance hit the Wii U Virtual Console yesterday. For a look at the classic GBA release, view the video below.

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Pre-orders for Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on 3DS are now live at various retailers. The game can be reserved at Amazon, Best Buy, and GameStop. It releases on March 18 in North America.

Thanks to Jake for the tip.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 31 Comments

Wii Street U will soon be discontinued. On March 31, service for the app will no longer be offered.

Nintendo shared the news on its European Twitter pages today:

And here’s the full statement about Wii Street U’s discontinuation:

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The three Pokemon 2DS bundles due out in Europe next month can now be pre-ordered from Amazon UK. Each one can be reserved here. Pricing is set at £85.61.

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Amazon UK has opened up pre-orders for the wave 4 Animal Crossing amiibo. You can reserve them at the following links:

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

01./00. [PS4] Yakuza: Kiwami (Sega) {2016.01.21} (¥6.490) – 103.256 / NEW
02./00. [PS3] Yakuza: Kiwami (Sega) {2016.01.21} (¥6.490) – 60.427 / NEW
03./00. [3DS] Hyrule Warriors Legends # (Koei Tecmo) {2016.01.21} (¥5.800) – 54.479 / NEW
04./00. [PS4] Just Cause 3 (Square Enix) {2016.01.21} (¥7.800) – 33.660 / NEW
05./00. [PS4] Resident Evil: Origins Collection (Capcom) {2016.01.21} (¥5.990) – 21.015 / NEW
06./03. [3DS] Monster Hunter X # (Capcom) {2015.11.28} (¥5.800) – 20.714 / 2.644.499 (-44%)
07./00. [PS3] Resident Evil 0 HD Remaster (Capcom) {2016.01.21} (¥3.990) – 15.639 / NEW
08./06. [WIU] Splatoon # (Nintendo) {2015.05.28} (¥5.700) – 13.764 / 1.215.154 (-25%)
09./05. [3DS] Monster Strike (Mixi) {2015.12.17} (¥4.500) – 11.684 / 769.491 (-40%)
10./07. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad (Level 5) {2015.07.11} (¥4.600) – 10.608 / 2.172.431 (-28%)
11./09. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.03.19} (¥2.400) – 10.431 / 631.491 (-21%)
12./01. [PSV] Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir (Atlus) {2016.01.14} (¥7.980) – 9.379 / 52.774 (-78%)
13./08. [WIU] Super Mario Maker # (Nintendo) {2015.09.10} (¥5.700) – 9.264 / 776.345 (-35%)
14./02. [PS4] Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir (Atlus) {2016.01.14} (¥7.980) – 7.292 / 49.555 (-83%)
15./11. [PS4] Fallout 4 # (Bethesda Softworks) {2015.12.17} (¥7.980) – 5.756 / 203.426 (-35%)
16./00. [PSV] MuvLuv Double Pack {MuvLuv \ MuvLuv Alternative} (5pb.) {2016.01.21} (¥9.800) – 4.366 / NEW
17./17. [PS4] Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege (Ubisoft) {2015.12.10} (¥8.400) – 3.915 / 60.145 (-14%)
18./12. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best+ (Nintendo) {2015.06.11} (¥4.700) – 3.890 / 639.960 (-41%)
19./14. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops III # (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.11.06} (¥7.900) – 3.827 / 283.493 (-29%)
20./34. [3DS] Disney Magic World 2 # (Bandai Namco Games) {2015.11.05} (¥5.690) – 3.742 / 263.358

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 3 Comments

Taito is preparing a new figure based on Super Mario Maker. On February 25, Builder Mario will be sold at Taito Stations in Japan. For this figure, you can move the hands, legs and neck.

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Nintendo has come out with a new Zelda: Twilight Princess HD trailer highlighting the game’s story. Check it out below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in New Nintendo 3DS, News | 5 Comments

During Unite Tokyo, it was announced that Unity would be heading to New 3DS. It’s now been revealed that the engine will be available for use starting today. Just like Wii U, Unity comes free of charge on New 3DS.

Unity has already been working with developers to port some of their games to the New 3DS. You may recall that Wind Up Knight 2 went on sale towards the end of last year in Japan.

Unity actually supports the original 3DS as well, though with a bit of a caveat. It’s possible to “generate ROM images which are compatible with the original 3DS, and there are certainly some types of game which will run perfectly well on it, but for the majority of games we strongly recommend targeting the New Nintendo 3DS for maximum gorgeousness.”

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 157 Comments

Update: In an article this week, Polygon also claims to have received confirmation about the petting removal from Nintendo (thanks for the tip, Jake).

A few days ago, news surfaced about Nintendo removing the petting mini-game from Fire Emblem Fates in the west. That information came from Kotaku, who received the information from the company. Since other well-known outlets were only citing Kotaku as their source, some wondered if the site had been misinformed or shared misinformation. As it turns out, what we heard originally is absolutely true.

A comment is making the rounds from Rich George, a director of Golin for Nintendo. For those that are unaware, Golin handles all PR for the Big N in the United States. George was able to reconfirm that Fire Emblem Fates’ petting mini-game has indeed been removed in the west.

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