Fans have come across a new Easter egg of sorts in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. By piecing together results from the first four Shrines, it would seem that the game has a hidden message. We’ve placed the image past the break just to be safe with spoilers.

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Thanks to GameSpot, we have another look at the upcoming Switch eShop game Snake Pass with 34 minutes of footage. We’ve included the video below.

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A few new games out came out this week on the Wii U and 3DS eShops. If you’re interested in checking out what’s new in screenshot form, take a look at the gallery below.

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This week’s Wii U eShop charts are as follows:

Software

1. Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2. Swap Fire
3. Zelda: Ocarina of Time
4. Zelda: Majora’s Mask
5. Super Mario World
6. Mario Kart 64
7. Mario Party 2
8. Super Mario 64
9. Super Mario 3D World
10. Super Mario Bros. 3
11. Brain Age
12. Super Mario Bros.
13. Zelda: Skyward Sword
14. Zelda: Wind Waker HD
15. Bomberman 64
16. The Legend of Zelda
17. Minecraft: Wii U Edition
18. Zelda: A Link to the Past
19. Mario Party 10
20. Pokemon Snap

Videos

1. Zelda: Breath of the Wild Nintendo Switch Presentation TRailer
2. Zelda: Breath of the Wild Expansion Pass
3. Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Life in the Ruins
4. Super Mario Odyssey Nintendo Switch Presentation Trailer
5. Super Mario Mash-Up Pack for Minecraft: Wii U Edition
6. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Nintendo Switch Presentation Trailer
7. Splatoon 2 Nintendo Switch Presentation Trailer
8. Pokken Tournament TV Spot
9. Super Mario Maker Key Update Video
10. Super Mario 3D World Trailer
11. Arms Nintendo Switch Presentation Trailer
12. Super Smash Bros. – Final Video Presentation
13. Zelda: Breath of the Wild E3 2016 Trailer
14. New Super Mario Bros. U Video
15. Super Mario 3D World Trailer 2
16. Switch Hardware Overview
17. Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Accolades Trailer
18. Super Mario 3D World Accolades Trailer
19. Yoshi’s Woolly World Adventure Guide Episode 1
20. Super Play Time – Splatoon – Get Kraken with Pro Tips

Source: Wii U eShop

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To celebrate the launch of Mario Sports Superstars, Nintendo NY held a special tournament for the new release. Photos from the event can be found below, along with their descriptions.

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In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, fans gather at the Nintendo NY store in Rockefeller Plaza to celebrate the launch of the Mario Sports Superstars game and compete in an on-site tournament. Fans played five different sports from the game and had the chance to meet Mario. Mario Sports Superstars is an action-packed Nintendo 3DS game that finds players competing in five full-featured sports: Baseball, Soccer, Golf, Tennis and Horse Racing.

Photo 2

In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, Luke P., Harrison P., Natalie P., and Tristan B. compete in baseball to be named MVP of the Mario Sports Superstars game at the Nintendo NY store in Rockefeller Plaza on Friday, March 24. Mario Sports Superstars is an action-packed Nintendo 3DS game that finds players competing in five full-featured sports: Baseball, Soccer, Golf, Tennis and Horse Racing.

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In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, Simon L., from Jersey City, NJ plays Horse Racing in the Mario Sports Superstars game, which launched for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems on March 24. New to the series, Horse Racing lets players compete for the crown in three races. Mario Sports Superstars is an action-packed game that finds players competing in five full-featured sports: Baseball, Soccer, Golf, Tennis and Horse Racing.

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In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, Gia P. from Bronx, NY and Alyssa P. from Bronx, NY meet with Mario at the Nintendo NY store in Rockefeller Plaza on Friday, March 24. Fans gathered to celebrate the launch of Mario Sports Superstars, an action-packed Nintendo 3DS game that finds players competing in five full-featured sports: Baseball, Soccer, Golf, Tennis and Horse Racing.

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All of Nintendo’s digital shops will be down for several hours of maintenance at the start of April. This includes the Switch, Wii U, and 3DS eShops along with the Wii Shopping Channel and DSi Shop.

Nintendo’s maintenance schedule is as follows:

– 1 PM PT (April 3) – 5 PM PT (April 3)
– 4 PM ET (April 3) – 8 PM ET (April 3)
– 9 PM in the UK (April 3) – 1 AM in the UK (April 4)
– 10 PM in Europe (April 3) – 2 AM in Europe (April 4)

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Switch has all sorts of different ways of playing. With Hamster’s Arcade Archives series, it looks like you can actually have a setup in which the screen is displayed vertically. This was discovered with the latest Neo Geo release, Neo Turf Masters, but it applies to the other titles as well.

The screen option admittedly doesn’t have a tremendous amount of use here. In the future though, it’ll be interesting to see if any other Switch games are made with a vertical format in mind.

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At GDC a few weeks ago, Niantic’s Dennis Hwang hosted a panel relating to Pokemon GO. Hwang touched on “the various UX and visual design choices that were shaped by a focus on real-world gaming, and how they led to a fun and accessible play experience for a diverse set of players across age and gender demographics.”

The full recording for Hwang’s session is now online. You can watch the full talk below.

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Switch isn’t the easiest thing to find at retail right now. Due to that as well as the strong response to Zelda: Breath of the Wild, pre-owned Wii U sales have been “reinvigorated,” according to GameStop senior director of merchandising Eric Bright.

Bright told GameRant that GameStop has been moving many pre-owned Wii U systems and new copies of Zelda. The situation overall “completely racked up the Wii U market.”

Bright said:

“With The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild coming out, we’re seeing great results in our pre-owned Wii U sales. We’re selling a lot of pre-owned Wii U consoles along with brand new Wii U copies of Zelda. Breath of the Wild has reinvigorated sales of the Wii U with Nintendo Switch being sold out at so many retailers. The Switch launching and Zelda launching completely racked up the Wii U market.”

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This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta highlight SteamWorld Dig 2 and chat with Image & Form while taking on challenges. View the full episode below.

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