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Pokemon Rumble World’s retail release in Europe is just around the corner – the game, which is also available on the 3DS eShop as a free-to-play title, will be available in stores across Europe on January 22nd. Today, Nintendo published a new trailer for the game – check it out below:

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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Following last week’s reveal in Famitsu, Rocket Company has published an official announcement for Medabots Girl Mission. Find the newest screenshots below. You can also access the site that just opened here.

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:

Nintendo has come out with a new firmware update for Wii U. As of now, version 5.5.1 is available worldwide. No new features have been introduced, but Nintendo says today’s update makes improvements to overall system stability. Other minor adjustments have also been made to improve the user experience.

There are a couple of ways to grab today’s update. You can head to system settings or wait until your console downloads it automatically. Note that 47MB of free space is required.

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Log Games has announced Epic Dumpster Bear as its next game for the Wii U eShop. The action-platformer takes inspiration from the 16-bit era and has players taking on the role of a dumpster bear with a chip on his shoulder. After an evil corporation destroys his forest – forcing him to eat dumpster food to survive – it’s now the bear’s turn to take out the trash.

Log Games promises over 70 levels containing bosses, secret exits, and unlockable puzzle levels. Here’s a rundown of the title’s features:

– Classic platforming action
– Smooth 60fps gameplay and precise control
– 7 worlds and over 70 levels to complete
– Off TV play
– Bonus levels that take advantage of the Wii U GamePad
– Unlockable Miiverse Stamps

Epic Dumpster Bear will be released on the Wii U eShop in North America, Europe, and Oceania this spring. Watch a trailer below.

In a new developer blog, Juicy Beast stated that Toto Temple Deluxe “didn’t sell very well”. The developer shared some potential reasons as to why the game didn’t perform as well as the studio had hoped.

Here’s a notable excerpt from the piece:

There’s a good possibility that the game didn’t have good enough “hooks” to captivate people’s attention. Sure, “fighting your friends to put an egg-laying goat on your head” sounds funny and weird, but it doesn’t really give you a clear idea of what it’s like to play Toto Temple Deluxe.

At the end of the day, we think the biggest factor is because it’s a local-multiplayer game with no online play. The game is aiming at a pretty niche audience by requiring actual human friends to play, and we can’t ignore the impact it has on sales. A quick look at comments on YouTube, Reddit and such, and it’s obvious that a lot of people are simply not buying the game for this very reason (that along a lack of solo experience).

On top of all this, we also think the game came out almost 2 years too late. Back in 2014, when the local-multiplayer boom was happening, Toto Temple Deluxe’s development felt more logical. Today, it feels a bit out of place, as we think a lot of player might have bought popular local-multiplayer games in the past, then realised that they would play them less and less frequently. We definitely can’t blame them, since it’s pretty much the same for us.

There’s plenty more about the creation of Toto Temple Deluxe in Juicy Beast’s post. You can read the full thing right here.

The 3DS version of Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games will arrive in NOrth America on March 18, Nintendo has announced.

A new tweet just published on the company’s Twitter account reads:


It’s not yet known when Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games will be available for Wii U. However, it should release sometime this year (thanks DJMusicClues).

Mario and Sonic are back for another round of intense competition in Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, launching for Nintendo 3DS on 3/18 and Wii U later this year!

Posted by Nintendo on Monday, January 11, 2016

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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


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