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Nintendo has just announced Mini Mario & Friends amiibo Challenge, which is coming to Wii U and 3DS in Japan this month. You can watch a video promoting the title below.

Those who purchase an amiibo figure starting on January 28 can download (with codes) Mini Mario & Friends at no extra cost. Nintendo is making it so consumers can obtain the game for both of its platforms. There are also plans to distribute Mini Mario & Friends on the eShop for free at some point in the future.

Mini Mario & Friends amiibo Challenge takes up 322MB on Wii U. The 3DS download is 2,400 blocks.

Here are some concrete details:

– Touch an amiibo and characters from the toys will appear
– Use the touchscreen to lead them to the goal
– Can use any amiibo
– If you use anything other than Mario and Donkey Kong series (Kid Icarus, Link, etc.) the toy character will default into a generic robot named “Mini Spec”
– Using amiibos from Mario and Donkey Kong series will generate unique toy characters
– The toy character will automatically move forward in courses riddled with traps like pitfalls and enemies
– Draw bridges, add/remove pipes and blocks, etc. to help toys reach the goal
– Some amiibo have special abilities
– There are also special stages that can only be accessed with these special abilities
– Ex: there’s a special goal in a stage that is only reachable with Mini Mario’s wall jump
– When you reach this goal, you’ll go through a special stage exclusive to Mini Mario
– The total number of stages here is over 60
– Mini Mario: Can wall jump
– Mini Luigi: Can jump higher than other toy characters
– Mini Peach: Can float for a short distance
– Mini Toad: Can shrink himself, allowing to pass through small gaps
– Mini Donkey Kong: Can climb steep hills
– Mini Diddy Kong: Can cling on platforms when falling then climb back to it (Note: does not apply to platforms of the same height before falling)
– Mini Bowser: When falling from a cliff, will do a stomping jump (which seems to destroy fragile bricks)
– Mini Bowser Jr: Can walk on spikes
– Mini Yoshi: Can eat some enemies
– Mini Rosalina: Can do a super jump next to a wall

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Update: Bumped to the top Some notes from the review:

– Clear time: 15 hours until Legend Mode is cleared
– Over 500 hours with replay value
– Most of the reviewers were surprised that the 3DS can show this much of Warriors series’ sense of bustling
– More enemies than they expected on screen
– The game has more volume (content)


This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Hyrule Warriors Legends (3DS) – 9/9/8/10
Yakuza: Kiwami (PS4/PS3) – 8/9/9/8
Just Cause 3 (PS4/XBO) – 8/8/9/8
FAST Racing Neo (Wii U) – 7/7/7/9
Escape Adventure 7 (3DS) – 7/7/8/8
Seisen Chronicle (3DS) – 7/7/8/7
Drop Zone Under Fire (3DS) – 6/7/6/5

The latest episode of the 8-4 Play podcast contains an interview with Yacht Club Games’ Sean Velasco and David D’Angelo. While speaking about Shovel Knight, the two developers mentioned that they’re still developing more content for the game. Once that’s done though, the team would be “silly” not to make a sequel. It was also reiterated that a follow-up title could be another NES-style game or something more in line with the SNES or Nintendo 64.

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It’s Tuesday, which means Pokemon Shuffle gets a new update today. First of all, the Mega Swampert competition ended last night, so make sure to check in to claim your prizes.

Infernape got added as a new special stage and will be available until January 26th.

Also, two Pokemon are getting repeat runs – Dusknoir will be available until January 19th and Arceus will be available until January 26th.

This week’s 3DS eShop charts are as follows:

Software

1. Mario Kart 7
2. Super Mario 3D Land
3. Super Mario Bros. 3
4. Terraria
5. Shovel Knight
6. Smash Controller
7. Super Smash Bros. for 3DS
8. Super Mario Bros.
9. Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon
10. Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition
11. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
12. Animal Crossing: New Leaf
13. The Legend of Zelda
14. Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
15. Persona Q
16. 3D Sonic the Hedgehog 2
17. Yo-kai Watch
18. SteamWorld Heist
19. Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX
20. Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse

Videos

1. Nintendo Badge Arcade Trailer
2. Yo-kai Watch Launch Trailer
3. Yo-kai Watch Episode 1
4. Super Smash Bros. – Final Video Presentation
5. Mario Kart 7 Video
6. Pokemon Picross – Turn Puzzles Into Portraits
7. Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam TV Spot
8. Terraria Announcement Trailer
9. Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Just the Fax Trailer
10. Yo-kai Watch Panic Commercial
11. Super Smash Bros. – Bayonetta Gets Wicked
12. Yo-kai Watch General Gameplay Trailer
13. Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam E3 2015 Trailer
14. Stella Glow Trailer
15. Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden Full Trailer
16. Photos with Mario Trailer
17. Yo-kai Watch E3 2015 Trailer
18. Pokemon Rumble World Trailer
19. Super Smash Bros. – Corrin Chooses to Smash
20. Final Fantasy Explorers Trailer

Source: 3DS eShop

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Midora has gone through its fair share of financial issues since it achieved funding on Kickstarter back in July 2014. That’s all culminated with Epic Minds essentially cancelling the project for the time being and offering refunds to those who pledged to the original campaign. The developer felt this would be the best way to go about the situation after being unable to strike a deal with investors or publishers last month.

Epic Minds wrote in a Kickstarter update:

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

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

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 January 4:

– 4 Animal Crossing panels
– 3 Japanese Mario New Year’s panels
– 3 Splatoon panels (final day)
– 2 WarioWare panels (final day)
– 3 bug panels
– 1 bird panel
– 6 Zelda panels
– 2 Famicom panels
– 6 Kirby panels

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