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Nintendo has been involved with a legal battle concerning 3DS over the past few years. Tomita Technologies previously claimed that the handheld uses similar glasses-free technology that the company patented. However, on Friday, a United States Appeals Court confirmed that the 3DS features technology that is “significantly different” than what’s covered in in the filing.

The New York Federal Court ruled in April 2016 that Nintendo did not infringe Tomita’s patent. It’s the second win for Nintendo by the Appeals Court, which first reversed a 2013 judgment against Nintendo. Tomita also attempted to enforce a similar patent claim in Japan, but was unable to do so.

Ajay Singh, Nintendo of America’s Director of Litigation and Compliance, said in a statement:

“We are very pleased with the Court’s decision. Nintendo 3DS has never used the technology in Tomita’s patent, and the Court’s ruling confirms Nintendo’s long tradition of using its own innovative technology. This case also proves once again that Nintendo will aggressively defend patent lawsuits when our products do not infringe, even when we must do so over many years, through multiple trials and in multiple countries.”

Source: Nintendo PR

Nintendo has partnered with GameTruck in the past, and now it is doing so once again with Switch. As of today, over 100 GameTruck vehicles will feature playable versions of the 1-2-Switch and Zelda: Breath of the Wild games. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will be added at the end of April.

For those who haven’t heard of GameTruck previously, Nintendo describes the service as follows:

“GameTruck delivers a fun video game experience to major metropolitan areas in 30 states around the country. The trucks bring gaming experiences directly to private consumer events and parties with more than 100 trucks fully equipped with the latest video games. There are even game coaches on board to give tips, tricks and training. The trucks roll right up to the location of the party to provide a no-hassle way for party planners to give their attendees a fun experience they’ll never forget.”

The Switch GameTruck promotion allows party-goers to play together in all three Switch configurations: TV mode, tabletop mode and handheld mode. The promotion will continue through June 20.

Source: Nintendo PR

This week’s Switch/ Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:

Switch

1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
2. 1-2-Switch – Nintendo
3. Super Bomberman R – Konami
4. Just Dance 2017 – Ubisoft
5. Skylanders Imaginators – Activision Blizzard

Wii U

1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
2. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
3. Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Nintendo
4. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. U + Super Luigi U – Nintendo
6. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Feeze – Nintendo
7. Just Dance 2017 – Ubisoft
8. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD – Nintendo
9. Pokken Tournament – Nintendo
10. Mario Party 10 – Nintendo

3DS

1. Pokemon Sun – Nintendo
2. Mario Sports Superstars – Nintendo
3. Pokemon Moon – Nintendo
4. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
5. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
6. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D – Nintendo
7. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo
8. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
9. Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World – Nintendo
10. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo

Source: Chart-Track

This week’s UK software sales are as follows:

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Update: Results of the Michalis preview event: 54,666 players cleared the Hard battle, and 13,415 cleared the Lunatic battle. Everyone gets 10 Orbs, 10 Stamina Potions, and 5,000 Hero Feathers (thanks Brian).

Original: As was previously announced, the second Starter Support bonus map in Fire Emblem Heroes is now live. It’s available in two difficulties, Normal and Hard, and you get 3 orbs each for clearing them.

Also, this next piece of news flew a bit under the radar. The next Grand Hero Battle featuring Michalis will begin on Friday, March 24th, as the in-game notice describes – however, for some reason only the Japanese version of the game announced the following on top of that: on Monday, March 20th from 12:15 PM CET to 1 PM CET (roughly 90 minutes after this post went live), a special early preview of the Michalis Grand Hero Battle will be available. During that time, players can attempt both the Hard and Lunatic versions of the battle to try and get Michalis early. There will also be rewards sent out to all players the more people can beat the map during this limited time frame:

Hard & Lunatic clear rewards:

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With Azure Striker Gunvolt 2’s DLC having been released in the west this month, footage of the content is spreading online. Several videos showing what’s new are posted below.

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Link can’t really go underwater in Zelda: Breath of the Wild. But Twitter user Swiffy22 stumbled upon a glitch that makes it possible, albeit in a very unconventional way. Videos he shared shows Link walking underwater as if he was on solid ground. Check it out for yourself below.

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Towards the end of last week, Bandai Namco published new details about Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission X. We have a better idea about some of the modes.

In Ultimate Heroes Mode, players can enjoy an original story that’s only available in this game. It’s an adventure to rescue two worlds: the Dragon Ball Heroes world which has unusual events, and the real world which has also been affected To solve the unusual events happening in the Dragon Ball Heroes world, players will need to capture the Time-Space Door.

Countless incidents happen beyond the Time-Space Doors. They are split into stages where players have to solve each one.

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The Mana series Twitter showed footage of Seiken Densetsu 3 running on the Nintendo Switch. It’s unclear if this is the Switch’s Virtual Console or another form of port, but it is still pretty exciting to see. Check it out below:

#聖剣伝説 pic.twitter.com/uXD0hey02H

— 聖剣伝説 -公式- (@Seiken_PR) March 20, 2017

We have another couple of videos for Fire Emblem Echoes stemming from its appearance at PAX East last week. View the gameplay below.

Thanks to Tom Z for the tip.