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Nintendo’s latest Japanese Super Mario Maker gives us a look at the fly swatter mini-game. Check it out below.

Amazon.de is now taking pre-orders for a console of upcoming Nintendo systems. First up, the Xenoblade Chronicles X Wii U bundle can be pre-ordered here. The New Style Boutique 2 New 3DS bundle is also up here..

Splatoon’s latest weapon is due out later tonight. A few hours ago, Nintendo announced that the Mini Splatling will soon be available.

The weapon will be added at the following times:

– 7 PM PT (Friday)
– 10 PM ET (Friday)
– 3 AM in the UK (Saturday)
– 4 AM in Europe (Saturday)

A few photos of the Mini Splatling are posted below.


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Last month, lots of information pertaining to Splatoon was uncovered through data mining. We saw new gear as well as a new set of weapons.

While we did hear about it during the leak, another image has come in showing one of Splatoon’s upcoming weapons. You know how these things go. If you’d like to see what the new weapon is, head past the break!

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Splatoon has been selling very, very well – especially in Japan. The game is also quickly catching up on another one of Nintendo’s releases from late last year, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

Splatoon has actually sold more than Smash Bros. Wii U through their first 14 weeks. You can see a comparison of sales below.

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Of course, it’s important to remember that the latest Smash Bros. had two version: one for Wii U, and another for 3DS.

Splatoon is sitting at nearly 610,000 units in Japan at the moment. As for Smash Bros. Wii U, its lifetime sales are at roughly 670,000 copies.

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Nintendo UK and Yooka-Laylee developer Playtonic Games just wrapped up a stream for Super Mario Maker. The full recording can be found below.

Donkey Kong and Bowser are both included in Skylanders SuperChargers. But interestingly enough, a few other Nintendo characters were considered for the game.

One idea developer Vicarious Visions had was to make a Warrior Princess Peach with a sword. However, Nintendo didn’t approve the idea because that would have been out of character, and all Super Mario Bros. hero characters were off limits.

Kirby was also considered to be a potential character in Skylanders SuperChargers. He would have been able to suck up enemies and bounce around the screen. Since Kirby is partially owned by HAL Laboratory, he couldn’t be licensed out to Activision.

Star Fox was yet another Nintendo character that Vicarious Visions thought about including. He didn’t make it in, however – perhaps so that the Big N could keep the focus on its own title, Star Fox Zero.

Skylanders SuperChargers and its Skylanders SuperChargers Racing equivalent for 3DS and Wii will release on September 20. You’ll find development details about Bowser and Donkey Kong in the game below.

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker has been discounted over on Amazon. It’s now being sold for $28.50, down from the original $39.99 asking price. You’ll save $11.49 with a purchase.

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Nintendo has opened up its official Super Mario Maker website. You can check it out here.

It’s nothing spectacularly new if you’ve been following the game’s coverage in the last couple of months, but it’s a nice overview of the game’s features.

Bandai Namco’s mysterious new free-to-play game formerly known as Project Treasure, which was recently revealed as Lost Reavers, has now released the Beta for players in Japan to try. The free-to-play Wii U exclusive has you and other players attempting to reach the end of dungeons with a specific set of skills dependent on your character while collecting treasures along the way. You can read up more on the various characters and watch its brand new trailer here.

No word yet on when or if we’ll be seeing this Beta make its way over to the west.

 

Thanks Niels for the heads up!


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