In case you haven’t heard, Nintendo will soon cease production of the Aqua Blue 3DS model in Japan. As far as North America is concerned, there don’t appear to be any immediate plans to phase out the color.

Nintendo said in a statement:

“We have nothing to announce about the Aqua Blue Nintendo 3DS in our territory at this time.”

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Cambridge, Mass. – May 11th, 2012– Harmonix today announced that three tracks from Paramore are headed to the Rock Band™ Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™.

Rock Band provides the deepest and best selection of artists, songs and albums through the Rock Band music platform, which features more than 1,400 artists and more than 3,500* tracks via disc and download purchase (complete list of tracks at www.rockband.com/songs). Rock Band’s gigantic music library dwarfs that of any other rhythm video game on the market. More than 100 million songs have been sold through the Rock Band Music Store since its launch on Nov. 20, 2007.

Tracks downloaded from the Rock Band Music Store are compatible with the award-winning full-band Rock Band 3 experience, as well as the upcoming controller-based Rock Band Blitz, coming summer of 2012 for Xbox LIVE® Arcade and PlayStation®Network!

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Nintendo has announced that it will be shutting down the Japanese 3DS app Spot TV. The service will end on June 20, meaning it was up and running for just one year. One million people accessed Spot TV since its launch in 2011.

A reason for its termination was not provided by Nintendo.

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SEGA has shared a number of software sales figures as part of its latest financial report. Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Wii and 3DS) was the best-selling title for the company, moving 3.28 million units in the U.S. and Europe.

Further data includes:

Sonic Generations (PS3/360/PC/3DS) – 1.85 million copies sold (Japan/Europe/U.S.)
Virtua Tennis 4 (PS3/360/Wii/PSV/PC) – 1 million copies sold (Japan/Europe/U.S.)
Football Manager 2012 (PC/PSP) – 710,000 copies sold (Europe)
Yakuza: Dead Souls (PS3) – 550,000 copies sold (Japan/Europe/U.S.)

In total, SEGA sold 17.24 million games worldwide. 6.14 million units came from the U.S., another 8.29 million units were collected from Europe, and 2.8 units resulted from Japanese purchases.

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Nintendo has a countdown running for the return of that “favorite” Club Nintendo reward teased yesterday. You can find it here.

Maybe this is bigger than a 3DS Game Card Case?

The Aqua Blue 3DS color variation will soon be discontinued in Japan. Nintendo is planning to phase out the model in the near future, though the company didn’t say why. Cosmo Black, Flare Red, Misty Pink, Ice White and Cobalt Blue colors will still be available.

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Update: According to Eurogamer’s Twitter account, Uprising sold 83,000 units.

Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir didn’t perform so well in its first month on the U.S. market. To put it simply, it was a relative bomb. NPD sales estimates place the game at less than 6,500 units sold.

Another recent 3DS title from Nintendo, Kid Icarus: Uprising, did quite well. We don’t have exact data for the game, but we do know it was the best-selling handheld release in the U.S. last month. Additionally, it managed to surpass hardware sales of the PlayStation Vita. Sony’s portable moved between 50,000 to 100,000 units last month, so Kid Icarus probably falls toward the higher end of that range.

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