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Game Informer published the “Smash Bros. Diaries” from director Masahiro Sakurai in its previous two issues. Most of what has been shared thus far is rehash from Sakurai’s Famitsu columns, but this month’s entry does have some very noteworthy quotes.

One of the questions Sakurai addresses: “You’ve talked about how you select characters, but why does the roster continue to expand with each release?”

Sakurai starts out by stating how when he works on Smash Bros. – or any other project for that matter – he puts in his full effort. “I throw my body and soul into every project with the mindset that this is the last one,” he says. This has led to a huge amount of characters and features “where it’s almost an impossible quantity to work with.”

Characters are remade in each Smash Bros. release since there are different development studios working on the games. There is also a higher development cost per character “since it takes work to give characters a wide dynamic range while still sticking to their backstories”.

All in all, Sakurai calls the entire process “relentless.”

If you’re interested in checking out Sakurai’s full comments, head past the break.

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GetClose was one of the new games to have launched on the North American Wii U eShop this week. If you plan on purchasing the game, perhaps you’ll be interested to know that it takes up 106.3 MB. That’s pretty small!

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Yesterday, Kadokawa Games shared a whole bunch of additional information about Rodea: The Sky Soldier. Gematsu posted a translated of the details, which cover the plot, characters, and gameplay.

Head on below for the full overview. And if you missed them, you’ll find a batch of new screenshots here.

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Update: The dream is dead! It’s true that the amiibo interacts with the gate’s locking mechanism and changes its light to green, but the gate itself will still close on when trying to pass through.

Eurogamer was provided with the following explanation from one of its readers:

“The confusion here is that the gates in Moscow metro seem to be opened all the time, but in fact they’re actually closed. You need to place your card on the reader to ‘unlock’ it and go past them. If you don’t, the gates quickly shuts right before you, possibly injuring your private parts. You can see that green light disappear really quickly – it’s supposed to stay green until you’re past the gates.”

amiibos aren’t just for games, guys. They hold some extra abilities as well. Take the Samus amiibo, for instance, which apparently opens the Moscow Metro ticket gate.

I’m playing around a bit here, but it does in fact look like the Samus amiibo worked in this situation. Reddit user “edkisin” posted the photo above and just posted the Vine clip below an hour or so ago to back up his claim. Looks pretty legitimate to me!

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Thanks to John for the tip.

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A few new deals are available on the Wii U eShop. Highlights include LEGO Marvel Super Heroes for $10 and Paper Monsters Recut for $4.

Here’s the full lineup of savings:

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – $10 (was $19.99) until December 1
Paper Monsters Recut – $3.99 (was $7.99) until December 4
Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark – $14.99 (was $39.99) until December 4
Rock Zombie – $5.99 (was $6.99) until December 4
ZaciSa’s Last Stand – $1.49 (was $1.99) until January 7
Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two – $19.99 – permanent
Disney Planes – $19.99 – permanent
How to Train Your Dragon 2 – $29.99 – permanent
Falling Skies: The Game – $29.99 – permanent

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