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Counting down the days until it’s out in the wild, here’s another look at all the tracks in Mario Kart 8 for those who can’t wait!

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Today’s screenshot touches on another minor detail, this time pertaining to how the amount of damage taken affects character models. Previously as percentage got higher on a character in the Smash Bros. series, their models don’t change but as Sakurai explains:

Characters that have heavy damage slowly start to emit steam. When your opponent starts to get nice and smoky, give ’em a solid attack!

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Square Enix has announced the “Dragon Quest X: All in One Package” for Japan. It will be available on August 7 for 4,800 yen.

As an initial investor incentive, each new copy will come bundled in with 20 lottery tickets and 10 Health Balls. The package contains the original game as well as the expansion released towards the end of last year.

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In total, over 100 million LEGO games have been sold, Warner Bros. has confirmed. The series joins other notable franchises such as Mario, Pokemon, and Final Fantasy to accomplish the same feat.

The latest LEGO game – LEGO Batman 3 – will launch this fall.

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Hyrule Warriors won’t feature any major voice acting, according to the game’s official Twitter account. Players will instead by presented with the standard types of voices that the Zelda series has been known for.

“Each character’s voice is modeled after the Zelda universe,” a message posted on the game’s Japanese Twitter account states. “It will have that ‘Hey! Listen!’ kind of feeling.”

I imagine that most won’t be surprised by this news. Still, I’m curious: how do you guys feel about the lack of expanded voice acting?

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The latest Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:

Wii U

1. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
2. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
3. New Super Luigi U – Nintendo
4. LEGO City Undercover – Nintendo
5. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – Nintendo
6. The LEGO Movie Videogame – Warner Bros. Interactive
7. Rayman Legends – Ubisoft
8. Sports Connection – Ubisoft
9. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker – Nintendo
10. LEGO marvel Super Heroes – Warner Bros. Interactive

3DS

1. Kirby: Triple Deluxe – Nintendo
2. Pokémon X – Nintendo
3. Pokémon Y – Nintendo
4. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
5. Mario Golf: World Tour – Nintendo
6. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
7. Yoshi’s New Island – Nintendo
8. Frozen: Olaf’s Quest – GSP/Avanquest
9. The LEGO Movie Videogame – Warner Bros. Interactive
10. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo

Source: Chart-Track

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