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This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U Retail

Barbie and her Sisters Puppy Rescue – $39.99

Wii U Download

Human Resource Machine – $9.99
Octodad: Dadliest Catch – $14.99
PictoParty – ?

Wii U Virtual Console

Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town – $6.99

3DS Retail

Barbie and her Sisters Puppy Rescue – $29.99

3DS Demo

The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes – Get the free demo and team up with two friends* to tackle a tricky dungeon via local play anytime! Heroes will just need their own Nintendo 3DS system, along with their own demo. (Other modes, such as single-player and Download Play won’t be available.) You’ll even get to try out three costumes: Hero’s Tunic, Kokiri Clothes and Legendary Dress. You can also try online co-op play (with three different dungeons!) at the specific times below:

Oct. 30: 3-5 p.m. PT
Oct. 31: 3-5 p.m. PT
Nov. 1: 3-5 p.m. PT

3DS Themes

Ashley’s Halloween

eShop Sales

Wii U

– Resident Evil Revelations is 75 percent off (reduced from $39.99 to $9.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 2.
– Canvaleon is more than 50 percent off (reduced from $13.95 to $6.95) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 5.
– Shapes of Gray is more than 25 percent off (reduced from $6.99 to $4.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 5.
– Swords & Soldiers II is 20 percent off (reduced from $19.99 to $15.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 5.
– Rock ’N Racing Off Road DX is more than 35 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $4.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 26
– The Letter is 75 percent off (reduced from $1.99 to $.49) starting at 9 a.m. PT on Oct. 31 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 2.

3DS

– Resident Evil Revelations and Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D from Capcom are 75 percent off (reduced from $19.99 to $4.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 2.
– Code of Princess is more than 65 percent off (reduced from $29.99 to $9.99) starting at 9 a.m. PT on Nov. 2 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 16.
– Urban Trial Freestyle is 60 percent off (reduced from $4.99 to $1.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 12.
– Aqua Moto Racing 3D is 50 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $3.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 5.

Activities

Super Spooky StreetPass Weekend – Skip the tricks this Halloween and head straight to the treats with National StreetPass Weekend. Stop by any of the more than 29,000 Nintendo Zone hotspots across North America with your StreetPass-enabled Nintendo 3DS system from Oct. 30 through Nov. 1 – you could get up to six StreetPass tags! Collect more Mii characters to help you battle ghouls and ghosts in Monster Manor and Battleground Z, or pick up enemy tokens for StreetSmash in the Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS game. If you’re playing the Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer game, you might even run into Filly, a special character who is currently only available from Nintendo Zone. And that’s not all! To celebrate the launch of the YO-KAI WATCH game on Nov. 6, a spooky new YO-KAI WATCH panel is coming to the Puzzle Swap game in StreetPass Mii Plaza! So when you’re out and about over the Halloween weekend, be sure to take your Nintendo 3DS system with you – you never know who you might find with the StreetPass feature! Find a hotspot near you here: http://www.nintendo.com/3ds/nintendozone

The Nintendo Holiday Gift Guide – The Nintendo Holiday Gift Guide has arrived! Check it out for the top games from your favorite characters like Mario and Yoshi. Plus, you can browse through fun categories like “Battle” and “Grab a Friend.” Feeling inspired? You can easily make your own Wish List to share with your friends and family. For even more ideas, you’ll also find out which games fans on Miiverse told us would be at the top of their Wish Lists this year. Check out the Holiday Gift Guide by visiting http://happyholidays.nintendo.com/.

Source: Nintendo PR

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Nintendo UK is showing off some of the indie-made courses in Super Mario Maker in a new video series. Get a look at the third video below, which focuses on Sarepta Studio.

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Nintendo published official patch notes for Super Mario Maker version 1.2.0, which goes live next Wednesday. They are as follows:

• Added the functionality to play Event Courses Users can unlock new Mystery Mushroom costumes when they clear certain Event Courses.
• Users will be able to play courses created by Official Makers in Course World.
• Added checkpoint flags.
• Added a small Easter egg in Course Maker.
• Added a hard mode in Gnat Attack minigame.
• Other adjustments for a more pleasant gaming experience.

As for the file size, you’ll need about 314.5MB of storage space.

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Several new titles are coming to the Japanese eShop on November 4. Here’s a look at the upcoming digital downloads:

Wii U Download

N/A

Wii U Virtual Console

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (GBA, 702 yen)
Star Luster (Famicom, 514)

3DS Download

The Legend of Dark Witch Episode 2 (800 yen)

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Nintendo released official videos for Mario Party Advance, Hyper Sports 2, and Stinger on the Japanese Wii U Virtual Console. Watch them below.

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SDK Paint version 3 is releasing next week. That news comes from HullBreach Studios, who shared the news on Twitter today:

The new version of SDK Paint will add UCraft templates and a pixel brush. Additionally, new DLC will be available to purchase. Here’s the full rundown:

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Telltale Games readied a new trailer for Minecraft: Story Mode’s second episode, known as “Assembly Required”. View it below.

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Catles won’t be hitting Wii U until Q1 of next year, but it did launch on Steam earlier this month. Take a look at some footage of the game below.

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GiantBomb has posted another 47 minutes of footage from Human Resource Machine, which is heading to the Wii U eShop this week. View the latest video below.

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Natsume’s new “State of the Farm” update provides the latest information about the company’s Wii U Virtual Console plans.

First up, Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town is slated for this week in North America. It will be launching on the Wii U eShop this Thursday.

Natsume also has more plans for Medabots. Medabots Metabee and Rokusho, already available in Europe, “will be arriving in North America by the end of the year”. Medabots AX is also expected in both regions “in the coming months.”

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