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A 3DS puzzle for Kirby Triple Deluxe landed in North America about a week ago. This same download has now reached Europe. If you haven’t already, you should soon be receiving a SpotPass notification along with the first piece.

Thanks to joclo for the tip.

USGamer spoke with “one high-level localization specialist” in light of the controversy surrounding Tomodachi Life. For those unaware, some gamers have taken dissatisfaction in the fact that the game does not support same-sex relationships.

USGamer first asked its source about how much freedom Nintendo of America has in this situation, and whether NCL would have acquiesced to NoA deciding to add in same-sex relationships.

“On the one hand, it’s tempting to say ‘yes,’ because Nintendo of America enjoys one of the healthiest relationships in the business with its parent company when it comes to localization. No one else has the leeway to make sweeping changes like this one. The US version of Animal Crossing has added Western holidays, events, and items; the main character of Rusty’s Big Deal Baseball got a complete makeover for the US version; and even Tomodachi Life already has a number of non-trivial changes to the US release, which Nintendo has boasted about elsewhere. In an industry where it can be almost impossible just to get the original developers to add proper support for plural cases, NOA was in a better position than anyone to push for same-sex relationships in the game.”

Some gamers have expressed continued dissatisfaction about the lack of same-sex relationships in Tomodachi Life. As such, Nintendo issued another statement about the situation today.

The company apologized to those who are disappointed about the lack of same-sex relationships in the 3DS title. This functionality would not be possible if Nintendo were to develop a post-ship patch. If there were to be another Tomodachi entry in the future, “we will strive to design a game-play experience from the ground up that is more inclusive, and better represents all players.”

Head past the break for Nintendo’s full statement.

WayForward and Little Orbit have been answering fan questions about Adventure Time: The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom over on Reddit for a new AMA. You can find details collected from the two companies below.

– Much of the gameplay is like the first Adventure Time
– Will have the look of the second game
– No Wii U version planned, but Little Orbit “always looking at new platforms”
– Original storyline that hasn’t been featured in the show/comics
– New characters
– Plenty of suprises
– Timeline is after getting the Grass Sword but before the events of meeting his father
– Game will have details tying it to a specific point in the timeline
– Collect tools/abilities to solve puzzles and reach new areas
– Enormous overworld with secrets
– DLC not planned at the moment
– Plenty of combat options for Finn and Jake
– Gameplay at E3
– No co-op

Capcom issued a sales forecast for Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate in its latest financial report. By March 31st of next year, the company is looking to ship 3.9 million copies of the game in Japan (and other Asian countries), North America and Europe. Keep in mind this figure includes download sales as well.

As for the original version of Monster Hunter 4, Capcom shipped 4.1 million copies in Japan. The title has seen a high number of downloads, the publisher says.

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