Golf for #WiiSportsClub will be available after this #NintendoDirectEU. Watch the GamePad before you take a swing! pic.twitter.com/04V3X1BRU9
— Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) December 18, 2013

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Sonic Lost World DLC trailer shows Yoshi’s Island Zone

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This DLC is out now for free on Wii U.

More DLC for #Sonic Lost World on #WiiU coming early next year will LINK a certain Nintendo series with the game… #NintendoDirectEU
— Nintendo UK (@NintendoUK) December 18, 2013

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New Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze trailer, hitting Europe on Feb. 21

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Nintendo announces “Hyrule Warriors” for Wii U – collaboration with Tecmo Koei, first trailer

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Hyrule Warriors will launch next year. Note that this is not related to the next core entry in the Zelda franchise – that one remains in development.

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Nintendo Direct live streams (North America, Europe, Japan – 12/18/13)

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Presentation will begin at 9 AM ET / 6 AM PT (about 20 minutes from now). The North American broadcast is said to last about 33 minutes while the Japanese stream is 49 minutes.

Updates will be posted throughout the presentation.

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Super Smash Bros. for Wii U screenshot (12/18/13)

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Along with today’s screenshot, Sakurai passed along the following message on Miiverse:

N-now wait a second, let’s talk this through! We don’t wanna miss today’s Nintendo Direct, right?

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Media Create software sales (12/9 – 12/15)

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This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:

1. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons Z – 543,630 / NEW
2. [3DS] Pokemon X/Y – 159,244 / 3,360,163
3. [WIU] Super Mario 3D World – 57,862 / 241,107
4. [PS3] Nobunaga no Yabou: Souzou – 54,590 / NEW
5. [3DS] Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Mankind – 42,311 / 135,782
6. [PS3] Call of Duty: Ghosts (Dubbed) – 37,519 / NEW
7. [PS3] Gran Turismo 6 – 37,306 / 242,090
8. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go Galaxy – 30,517 / 122,160
9. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 – 27,921 / 3,030,279
10. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 26,409 / 3,522,987
11. [3DS] Tomodachi Collection – 22,189 / 1,545,717
12. [3DS] Aikatsu! Futari no My Princess – 18,415 / 117,675
13. [3DS] One Piece: Unlimited World Red – 17,906 / 141,280
14. [3DS] Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life – 17,628 / 350,022
15. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 – 15,128 / 2,158,254
16. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014 – 15,058 / 243,425
17. [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion 2 – 15,051 / 958,510
18. [PS3] Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII – 14,837 / 373,592
19. [3DS] Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai 2 – 14,566 / 121,499
20. [WIU] Taiko Drum Master – 13,980 / 51,436

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Media Create hardware sales (12/9 – 12/15)

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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

3DS LL – 130,710
Wii U – 74,903
3DS – 50,846
Vita – 30,440
PS3 – 23,959
PSP – 6,475
Vita TV – 5,506
Wii – 1,197
Xbox 360 – 536

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

3DS LL – 92,375
Wii U – 48,762
3DS – 32,894
Vita – 25,594
PS3 – 24,085
PSP – 4,416
Vita TV – 3,772
Wii – 767
Xbox 360 – 473