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In addition to RTX Sydney, we also got confirmation today that the Nintendo Switch will be playable at World Hobby Fair 17 Winter early next year in Japan. This convention will take place across four cities in Japan, and Nintendo will hold special events in each of them where visitors will be able to try out the Switch themselves. The exact times and dates are:

• Nagoya: Nagoya Dome, January 22nd, 9AM – 4PM JST
• Tokyo, Makuhari Messe, January 28th & January 29th, 9AM – 4PM JST
• Osaka, Kyocera Dome, February 5th, 9AM – 4PM JST
• Fukuoka, Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome, February 12th, 9AM – 4PM JST

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Maintenance for Minecraft: Wii U Edition has been penciled in for next week. The game’s network services will be impacted on December 21 (December 22 in Europe).

The schedule is as follows:

– 4:50 PM PT (December 21) – 6:30 PM PT (December 21)
– 7:50 PM ET (December 21) – 9:30 PM ET (December 21)
– 12:50 AM in the UK (December 22) – 2:30 AM in the UK (December 22)
– 1:50 AM in Europe (December 22) – 3:30 AM in Europe (December 22)

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Level-5 has released a new trailer for The Snack World, their upcoming cross-media project. A 3DS game is one of the components planned. Watch the trailer below:

Bandai Namco has come out with a few new screenshots of Empoleon in Pokken Tournament. The character is out today in Japanese arcades. Find the images below.

This week’s 3DS eShop charts are as follows:

Software

1. Super Mario Maker for 3DS
2. Pokemon Sun
3. Pokemon Moon
4. Pokemon Yellow
5. Mario Kart 7
6. The Legend of Zelda
7. Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX
8. Super Mario World
10. Dragon Ball Fusions
11. Super Mario Bros. 3
12. Zelda: A Link to the Past
13. Fire Emblem Awakening
14. Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
15. Mega Man Legacy Collection
16. Kirby Fighters Deluxe
17. Monster Hunter Generations
18. Pokemon Blue
19. Super Mario Bros.
20. Super Smash Bros. for 3DS

Videos

1. Super Mario Maker for 3DS – Overview Trailer
2. Pokemon Sun/Moon Special Demo Version Video
3. Dragon Ball Fusions
4. Super Mario Maker for 3DS – Play everywhere
5. Starter Pokemon Z-Moves in Pokemon Sun/Moon
6. First look at Nintendo’s new home gaming system
7. Our Adventure Begins in the Alola Region – Nintendo Minute
8. Nikki’s Tour of Swapnote
9. Pokemon Yellow Trailer
10. Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice Trailer
11. Pokemon Rumble World Trailer
12. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo
13. Pokemon Bank Trailer
14. Super Mario World Trailer
15. Mario Party: Star Rush E3 2016 Trailer
16. Pokemon Sun/Moon – Go Beyond: Legendary Pokemon
17. Zelda: Breath of the Wild E3 2016 Trailer
18. IronFall Trailer
19. Kirby Fighters Deluxe Trailer
20. Super Smash Bros. – Final Video Presentation

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GameStop started to sell the NES Classic Edition online once again today, though only in various bundles. The retailer’s stores across the United States will now be offering the hardware tomorrow. An internal notice indicates that GameStops with units on-hand will be able to sell their stock as of the morning. Keep in mind that it won’t apply to every single location, and customers will be picking up the NES Classic Edition quickly.

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Today, RTX Sydney announced that Switch will be playable at the expo in February. Convention organizers were able to work with Nintendo to make that possible.

The RTX Sydney Twitter account shared the news with the following message and flashy animation:

RTX Sydney 2017 will take place on February 4 and February 5 at the ICC Sydney, Darling Harbour.

Thanks to Arison for the tip.

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Nintendo and HAL Laboratory announced Goodbye! BoxBoy! last week. Now in its latest issue, Famitsu shares first details about the game.

Goodbye! BoxBoy! doesn’t make any radical changes to the series’ core mechanics. Just like the last two games, you’ll need to complete levels by creating boxes.

Qbby will have some new abilities this time around. One of these is the Box Rocket, allowing players to rise above from the ground. HAL Laboratory is also introducing the Box Bomb. Using this lets Qbby destroy objects such as spikes.

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Now until the launch of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, we’ll be exploring the Hyrulian landscape with new screenshots.

Over on Facebook, Nintendo is sharing brand new screenshots from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild that will “be exploring the Hyrulian landscape”. Images will continue to be released up until launch. We have the first one above.

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Wario has some interesting origins that some may be unaware of.

In the Japanese version of Mario Kart 64 and Mario Party 1/2, Thomas Spindler voices the character and speaks one line of German. According to Spindler, Wario’s premise “was that of a German character and those responsible for the voice-overs at Nintendo back then intended him to speak German.”

Spindler actually wrote about this in a YouTube video last year. However, it wasn’t until this week that fans spotted the comment. Glowsquid translated his remarks as follows:

“This is 100% correct. Wario speaks German: he says (or rather, *I* say) ‘So ein Mist!’ The recording was done in a studio of the former Nintendo head office in Kyoto (not the new Nintendo premises in Kamitobaguchi), under the direction of Mr. Takashi Tezuka. Back then, I worked on the script for another Nintendo project with my French friend and colleague Julien Bardakoff (who voiced Toad/Kinopio). My company T.S. Word Co.Ltd. also translated and edited the German script for Star Fox which can be verified in the credits of Star Fox 64. The concept behind Wario was that of a German character and those responsible for the voice-overs at Nintendo back then intended him to speak German. I hope that this resolves the issue once and for all.”

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