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After a few delays, Bulb Boy will begin to join the Switch eShop on Thursday starting with North America (and other regions to follow). Watch some early footage below.

More footage is in showing Implosion – Never Lose Hope, one of this week’s Switch eShop titles. You can catch some additional footage below.

Nintendo updated its Japanese blog today with a new entry that reveals that top 25 most downloaded Switch games in Japan since the system’s release. The full results are below.

Snipperclips, one of Switch’s launch titles, secured the top spot. Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition also did very well for itself at the second spot, followed by Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

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Super Mario Maker will be undergoing maintenance on both Wii U and 3DS next week. Roughly three hours of downtime is planned across both versions of the game, affecting all network services.

The maintenance schedule is as follows:

– 5:15 PM PT (July 11) – 8 PM PT (July 11)
– 8:15 PM ET (July 11) – 11 PM ET (July 11)
– 1:15 AM in the UK (July 12) – 4 AM in the UK (July 12)
– 2:15 AM in Europe (July 12) – 5 AM in Europe (July 12)

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Amazon Germany has started pre-orders for the new Metroid and Mario amiibo. These include the figures for Samus Returns, the new additions in the Super Mario series line, and the upcoming Super Mario Odyssey releases.

Everything can be pre-ordered from Amazon Germany here. Peach in her wedding outfit is also here. Note that these should ship to the US.

A few new titles are coming to the Japanese eShop on July 12. Here’s a look at the upcoming digital download schedule:

3DS Download

Elminage III – 2,500 yen
Maldita Castilla EX – 1,200 yen
Pictlogica Final Fantasy – free-to-play

New 3DS Download

Hidden my game by mom – 100 yen

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Last week, Nintendo held its 77th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. The big highlight of the event was the Q&A hosted by president Tatsumi Kimishima, Shigeru Miyamoto, and Shinya Takahashi.

While we covered it a few days ago, the full, official transcript is now available in English. You can give it a look right here.

A couple of new 3DS themes are out now in Japan. Here’s the lineup:

Tewatasanainu – 200 yen
Pro Yakyuu 2016 JACLUB – 150 yen

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Update: Quickly sold out as expected.

Original: Amazon Germany has started taking pre-orders for the Metroid: Samus Returns Legacy Edition. You can try reserving a copy here. Based on what has taken place with other European retailers, it likely won’t be in stock for long.

NintenDaan has uploaded a video of the Switch game, I and Me, you can check out the first look video down below. It’s a little under 6 minutes of footage.