Nintendo of Japan just announced that an update will be coming to Brain Age for Wii U, adding save states and a Virtual Console menu. It’s possible that this might also tie into the Miiverse closure announcement but at present this is unclear.

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Though the game was just released,  Brain Age’s Miiverse page states that the game will only be available until June 30th. It’s unclear as to why this decision was made but we’ll update the story if anything else surfaces.

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Coming to the eShop in just a couple of weeks, it was revealed that Pokemon Art Academy will cost 3909 yen when it launches. No word on the Western pricing has been revealed as of yet.

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Looking at a new item today, Sakurai explains the new Boomerang item as recently seen in Mario Kart 8:

Here’s a new item that we’ve thrown in–the boomerang. As you’d guess, it’ll fly back into your hands after you throw it, and if you keep catching it, its attack power grows with each throw! However, opponents can nab the boomerang out of the air, so it might be an easier item to use in Smash Run.

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