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Last week, Nintendo brought out the final DLC characters in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS. Director Masahiro Sakurai gets reflective in his Famitsu column with development having wrapped up. His piece is about exhaustion and stimulation. Based on what’s written, it seems to refer to a cycle with continuous updates, where a game starts being exciting, but over time people may get a little bored (exhausted), and that’s when the development staff have to think about new things (schemes) and implement them into the game so that it becomes exciting again (stimulant).

Sakurai starts off by touching on Smash Bros. DLC just slightly. Aside from Lucas and Roy – who have been represented in Smash before – the DLC characters were made to offer unique gameplay. Sakurai refers to Corrin with his transformation and super range as well as Bayonetta who makes use of special combos, gun shots, and Witch Time.

This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlighted games include Ace Attorney 6, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD, Shin Megami Tensei IV Final, and Story of Seasons: Good Friends of Three Villages. Scans of each title can be found in the gallery below.

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“Malo” is back with his latest Twilight Princess HD on the Japanese Zelda Twitter page. Today, the character talks a bit more about Hero Mode.

Here’s our translation:

“…It’s Malo. In Hero Mode, the world becomes horizontally reversed… You also take twice the damage… You look so glad aren’t you… then stack it up with Ganondorf’s amiibo… You’ll take 4 times more damage then. …You look really glad now. So you have such a hobby eh…”

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Today, Polygon published a massive piece about Sonic’s history. The site chronicled the series’ early times all the way up through Rise of Lyric as well as the future (in general terms).

We highly suggest giving the full article a read here if you’re a fan of Sonic. But after the break, you can find a breakdown of comments from Big Red Button CEO and co-founder Bob Rafei about Rise of Lyric as well as other comments from SEGA about the franchise.

This week’s Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:

Wii U

1. Lego Marvel Avengers – Warner Bros. Interactive
2. Splatoon – Nintendo
3. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo
4. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
5. Yoshi’s Woolly World – Nintendo
6. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – Nintendo
7. Xenoblade Chronicles X – Nintendo
8. Bayonetta 2 – Nintendo
9. Mario Party 10 – Nintendo
10. Just Dance 2016 – Ubisoft

3DS

1. Lego Marvel Avengers – Warner Bros. Interactive
2. Mario Kart 7- Nintendo
3. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Nintendo
4. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
5. Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – Nintendo
6. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo
7. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
8. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
9. The Legend of Legacy – NIS America
10. Mario Party: Island Tour – Nintendo

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Nintendo has uploaded an official version of the Squid Sisters performance at Niconico Tokaigi from January 30th. You can watch the video below:

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It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart! Dragon Quest XI has returned to the top of the list.

Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between January 21 and January 27.

Over the past few days, fans on Smashboards have been compiling unofficial patch notes for the 1.1.4 Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS update. Since it’s been a work-in-progress, we’ve held off on posting them until now.

You can find a breakdown of the patch after the break. It’s mainly for those who are interested in seeing what sort of balances have been made to the roster.

Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash sold fairly well in Japan. Media Create has first week sales at 55,331 units while Dengeki’s figure is slightly higher at 58,000. In any case, that’s probably more than most people were anticipating.

According to Dengeki, Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash sold through about 80 percent of its initial shipment. The title sold favorably compared to the last console release in the series, New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis. That one sold 57,000 copies in its first week, and went on to move 247,000 units in total.

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