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A tweet published on the official Japanese Hyrule Warriors Twitter page earlier today revealed that Koei Tecmo would be supporting the game with “long-term updates and a large-scale mode expansion”. Thanks to a listing on the eShop, we have a few more details as to what’s planned for the future.

The listing states that more characters, weapons, and scenarios are planned. There’s also the word “??” in the listing, which implies that there could be even more things on the way. It’ll be interesting to see what happens in the future!

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At the end of June, we shared a few tidbits about the origins of Super Mario Bros. courtesy of a report from German website Nintendo-Online, with some sources stating that it was originally an arcade game. The site has now done further digging and uncovered the following details:

– Nintendo of America launched the NES and Super Mario Bros. in New York at the end of 1985 and in Los Angeles in early 1986. But the nationwide launch wasn’t until late 1986.
– To promote the NES and its flagship title SMB to people not living in NY or LA, Nintendo launched an exact arcade port of SMB in early 1986.
– This port is NOT identical to the Vs. Super Mario Bros. arcade port.
– It seems that the direct SMB arcade port was also distributed in Europe.
– Most of this info comes from William Audureau: “The History of Mario”, p. 261 ff.

In related news, Nintendo Online shares the following tidbits regarding the European release date of Super Mario Bros.

– It was unknown when exactly Super Mario Bros. was released in Europe. The best date we were originally able to confirm was 1987, but we couldn’t get any closer.
– Nintendo of Europe wasn’t founded until the early 1990’s. Prior to that, most European countries had own companies that distributed the Nintendo products.
– According to William Audureau: “The History of Mario”, p. 267, in some European countries SMB was released on June 1986.
– But in most of the countries the game didn’t release until September 1987. According to Audureau that was the case in the United Kingdom as well as in France. We concluded from our sources that this was also SMB’s release month in Germany.

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Pikmin 3 is one of those games that has managed to hold its value since launch. Thinking about it, there haven’t been any major deals since its original release!

You can at least save a bit on Pikmin 3 at Best Buy today. It’s normally priced at $59.99, but the game has been discounted by $12 as part of the retailer’s “Deal of the Day”.

If interested, you can check out the official product page here.

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