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The 3DS version of Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games will arrive in NOrth America on March 18, Nintendo has announced.

A new tweet just published on the company’s Twitter account reads:


It’s not yet known when Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games will be available for Wii U. However, it should release sometime this year (thanks DJMusicClues).

Mario and Sonic are back for another round of intense competition in Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, launching for Nintendo 3DS on 3/18 and Wii U later this year!

Posted by Nintendo on Monday, January 11, 2016

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Lightwood Games announced today that Word Puzzles by POWGI will be available on the European eShop on January 28 (North America to follow). The title was only previously confirmed for 3DS, but a Wii U version has now been revealed as well. It’ll be launching for both platforms on the same day.

Word Puzzles by POWGI features a collection of six different word games and allows users to generate custom puzzles by tapping an amiibo. This marks the first independent game to support every single amiibo figure and card.

Below are trailers for the two versions:

Source: Lightwood Games PR

Nintendo UK’s store has started taking pre-orders for the Lucas amiibo and second wave of Animal Crossing amiibo. All of the upcoming figures can be reserved here. They’re all due out later this month.

Update (1/11): Bumped to the top. You can finally pre-order the blue version here.


Original (12/28): We don’t post about items from Play-Asia too often, but I thought that some of you might be interested in importing the new Pokemon 2DS bundles from Japan. Most are now live on the website, aside from the blue version.

Below are links to each:

Nintendo 2DS [Pocket Monster Red Limited Pack]
Nintendo 2DS [Pocket Monster Pikachu Limited Pack]
Nintendo 2DS [Pocket Monster Green Limited Pack]

All three of these 2DS bundles launch on February 27.

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Nintendo has opened up the full North American Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam website. If you’d like to give it a look, head on over here. It’ll tell you everything you need to know before the game drops on January 22.

This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U Virtual Console

Megaman Battle Network 6: Cybeast Falzar – €6.99 / £6.29 / CHF 9.80

Megaman Battle Network 6: Cybeast Gregar – €6.99 / £6.29 / CHF 9.80

3DS Download

FINAL FANTASY EXPLORERS (available from January 28th, pre-purchase available from January 14th; Bonus for purchasing on Nintendo eShop until 28/01/2016: Download Code for the for the Nintendo 3DS HOME Menu theme “FINAL FANTASY EXPLORERS Legendary Characters” included with every pre-purchase from Nintendo eShop.) – €39.99 / £29.99 / CHF 51.90

3DS DLC

Nintendo presents: New Style Boutique 2 – Fashion Forward: Peach’s Yukata – free

Nintendo presents: New Style Boutique 2 – Fashion Forward: Rosalina’s Yukata – free

3DS Demo

Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight

3DS Themes

Animal Crossing: Winter Frolics – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF 2.80

eShop Sales

Wii U

Bombing Bastards – €4.99/ £4.49 / CHF 7.49 until January 21st, regular price €6.99 / £5.99 / CHF 9.99

Cubemen 2 – €3.99/ £3.49 / CHF 5.49 until January 28th, regular price €7.99 / £6.99 / CHF 10.99

Family Tennis SP – €3.74/ £2.99 / CHF 4.49 until February 4th, regular price €4.99 / £3.99 / CHF 5.99

FullBlast – €2.99 / £2.69 / CHF 4.20 until February 11th, regular price €5.99 / £5.39 / CHF 8.40

Kung Fu Rabbit – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF 2.80 until January 28th, regular price €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF 7.00

Puddle – €2.99 / £2.83 / CHF 4.41 until January 28th, regular price €6.99 / £6.29 / CHF 9.80

Rock ‘N Racing Off Road DX – €4.95 / £4.45 / CHF 6.94 until February 11th, regular price €7.99 / £7.19 / CHF 11.20

Rock Zombie – €3.99 / £3.59 / CHF 5.60 until February 11th, regular price €6.99 / £6.29/ CHF 9.80

Runbow – €10.49 / £8.24 / CHF 14.24 until January 30th, regular price €13.99 / £10.99/ CHF 18.99

Spot The Differences: Party! – €2.99 / £2.69 / CHF 4.20 until January 21st, regular price €5.00 / £4.49/ CHF 7.00

Tetrobot & Co. – €4.99 / £3.74 / CHF 5.99 until January 28th, regular price €9.99 / £7.49/ CHF 11.99

Unepic – €4.99 / £4.40 / CHF 7.00 until February 11th, regular price €9.99 / £8.99/ CHF 14.00

Wooden Sen’SeY – €3.99 / £3.20 / CHF 4.80 until January 28th, regular price €9.99 / £8.00/ CHF 12.00

3DS

Kung Fu Rabbit – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF 2.80 until January 28th, regular price €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF 7.00

Fantasy Pirates – €0.99 / £0.99 / CHF 1.00 until February 11th, regular price €4.50 / £4.50/ CHF 4.60

TOYS VS MONSTERS – €0.99 / £0.99 / CHF 1.22 until February 11th, regular price €3.99 / £3.99/ CHF 4.99

VAN HELSING SNIPER ZX100 – €2.99 / £2.99 / CHF 4.10 until February 11th, regular price €6.66 / £6.66/ CHF 9.20

Source: Nintendo PR

This week’s Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:

Wii U

1. Splatoon – Nintendo
2. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
3. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo
4. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – Nintendo
5. Yoshi’s Woolly World – Nintendo
6. Mario Party 10 – Nintendo
7. Xenoblade Chronicles X – Nintendo
8. Just Dance 2016 –  Ubisoft
9. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
10. Disney Infinity 3.0 – Disney Interactive Studios

3DS

1. Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – Nintendo
2. Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Bros. – Nintendo
3. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
4. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
5. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Nintendo
6. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
7. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
8. Story of Seasons – Nintendo
9. Pokemon X – Nintendo
10. Pokemon Y – Nintendo

Source: Chart-Track

This week’s UK software sales are as follows:

Individual formats

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It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart! Dragon Quest XI remains the top pick.

Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between December 17 and December 23.


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