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GameXplain posted a new video today that gives us another look at the Switch development hardware and shows how the portable device stacks up to the Wii U GamePad. View it below.

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Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World launched in North America and Europe today. With that in mind, Nintendo updated the original Wii U game to support the Poochy amiibo.

Those who own Yoshi’s Woolly World will find version 1.1.0 ready and waiting. Once installed, players “can tap their Yarn Poochy amiibo to the Wii U GamePad while in a course to make Poochy appear in game.”

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Yesterday, Gradius hit the Wii U Virtual Console along with Bomberman ’94. We now have some footage of the classic release below.

Monster Hunter Generations is the latest item to be added to Nintendo’s maintenance schedule. The game’s online services will be impacted for a few hours next week.

The maintenance schedule is as follows:

– 3:50 PM PT (February 7) – 6:30 PM PT (February 7)
– 6:50 PM ET (February 7) – 9:30 PM ET (February 7)
– 11:50 PM in the UK (February 8) – 3:30 AM in the UK (February 8)
– 12:50 AM in Europe (February 8) – 4:30 AM in Europe (February 8)

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A small update was just released for Fire Emblem Heroes, which kicks off the Worldwide Launch Celebration campaign. Until February 20th:

  • The amount of stamina required to play maps in the Training Tower will be cut in half
  • The amount of stamina required to equip skills will be reduced to 0
  • Log in once during the campaign period to receive 10 Stamina Potions

Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World is out today, and to celebrate, Nintendo has created a launch trailer for the game. Give it a watch:

Super Mario Run players are being given a 2,222 coin gift in celebration of Fire Emblem Heroes’ release. Players only need to log in to Super Mario Run to claim their coins, and they do not need to have downloaded Fire Emblem Heroes.

This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:

01./00. [PS4] Resident Evil 7: biohazard # (Capcom) {2017.01.26} (¥7.990) – 187.306 / NEW
02./00. [PSV] Uta no Prince-Sama: Repeat Love #
(Broccoli) {2017.01.26} (¥5.800) – 29.008 / NEW
03./05. [3DS] Pokemon Sun / Moon (Pokemon Co.) {2016.11.18} (¥4.980) – 20.343 / 3.112.620 (-3%)
04./02. [3DS] Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World # (Nintendo) {2017.01.19} (¥4.700) – 17.869 / 57.424 (-55%)
05./01. [PS4] Gravity Rush 2 (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2017.01.19} (¥6.900) – 15.798 / 90.159 (-79%)
06./06. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 3: Sukiyaki (Level 5) {2016.12.15} (¥4.800) – 13.017 / 642.246 (-38%)
07./09. [3DS] Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo) {2016.12.01} (¥4.700) – 12.150 / 941.119 (-15%)
08./04. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts HD II.8 Final Chapter Prologue (Square Enix) {2017.01.12} (¥6.800) – 11.243 / 171.798 (-51%)
09./08. [PSV] Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony # (Spike Chunsoft) {2017.01.12} (¥6.400) – 9.734 / 101.844 (-39%)
10./03. [PS4] Valkyria Revolution (Sega) {2017.01.19} (¥7.990) – 7.411 / 45.608 (-81%)
11./12. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V [New Price Edition] (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2015.10.08} (¥4.990) – 6.447 / 259.321 (-14%)
12./13. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition # (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.03.19} (¥2.400) – 5.808 / 1.096.016 (-15%)
13./10. [3DS] Momotaro Dentetsu 2017: Tachiagare Nippon!! (Nintendo) {2016.12.22} (¥4.980) – 5.621 / 275.348 (-35%)
14./07. [PSV] Valkyria Revolution (Sega) {2017.01.19} (¥6.990) – 5.121 / 23.339 (-72%)
15./00. [PSV] Sousei no Onmyouji (Bandai Namco Games) {2017.01.26} (¥5.700) – 4.681 / NEW
16./15. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo (Nintendo) {2016.11.23} (¥2.700) – 4.607 / 117.404 (-8%)
17./14. [PS4] Final Fantasy XV # (Square Enix) {2016.11.29} (¥8.800) – 4.600 / 928.231 (-21%)
18./11. [PS4] Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony # (Spike Chunsoft) {2017.01.12} (¥7.400) – 4.342 / 52.302 (-45%)
19./16. [3DS] Miitopia (Nintendo) {2016.12.08} (¥4.700) – 4.213 / 161.160 (-12%)
20./00. [PSV] New Game! The Challenge Stage! # (5pb.) {2017.01.26} (¥7.300) – 3.662 / NEW

Square Enix issued a new trailer and commercials for Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 Professional. All of the videos are posted below.

Yesterday, there was some discussion about Nintendo potentially considering a 3DS successor. An article from Kyoto Shimbun suggested that president Tatsumi Kimishima may have pointed in that direction.

Nintendo has now published the full Q&A transcript from its Corporate Management Policy Briefing / financial results breifing (in Japanese). It seems there is less here than initially assumed.

When asked about a next-gen portable, Kimishima starting out by saying that Switch and 3DS can co-exist. After all, the two devices have many differences in terms of elements such as form factor, weight, price, and games. Kimishima believes 3DS can be appealing for parents to purchase as their first gaming system for their children because of those factors. He concluded by saying that there is a different demand and market for 3DS as a portable system from Switch, and for a next handheld, Nintendo will keep considering it as always.

Nintendo’s Shinya Takahashi chimed in as well. About a new portable, he explained that Nintendo is always thinking about its next game device, so the answer is “We are always thinking about it” rather than there is or there isn’t a 3DS successor.

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