At Gamescom 2016 today, Pokemon Sun/Moon’s Battle Royal was shown during a live stream. Watch the full recording below.

Paper Mario: Color Splash was featured during Nintendo’s Gamescom Twitch stream earlier today. Take a look at the video below for a half hour of footage – specifically from Dark Bloo Inn.

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Some Pokemon GO players have started to receive ban notices from Niantic by email.

As of late, it’s been made known that the use of third-party software or apps won’t be tolerated. Niantic is now taking action against folks using these tools. The company considers it to be cheating when one uses “scripts/apps, applications used to falsify your location, emulators, modified or unofficial software, and/or accessing Pokemon GO clients or backends in an unauthorized manner”.

You can see the full email after the break.

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Image & Form stopped by the Gamescom Twitch stage today to show off the Wii U version of SteamWorld Heist. Check out the recording below.

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Poncho launches today on the Wii U eShop. To download the game, you’ll need about 400MB to spare. You can get it in both North America and Europe.

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FAST Racing Neo’s upcoming DLC was shown during a Twitch stream at Gamescom today. We’ve posted the full recording below.

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New Mario Party: Star Rush footage was shown during a Twitch stream at Gamescom today. Check out the recording below.

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More Nintendo maintenance is now scheduled for next week. In addition to the shop maintenance we posted about earlier, Wii U and 3DS will also be down for four hours on Monday. This will affect online play, rankings, etc.

Here’s when the maintenance period will take place:

– 3 PM PT (August 22) – 7 PM PT (August 22)
– 6 PM ET (August 22) – 10 PM ET (August 22)
– 11 PM in the UK (August 22) – 3 AM in the UK (August 23)
– 12 AM in Europe (August 23) – 4 AM in Europe (August 23)

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This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U Download

Armikrog – $8.99 (available Tuesday)
Adventure Party: Cats and Caverns – $12.99
Blasting Agent: Ultimate Edition – $2.99
Collateral Thinking – $2.99
MikroGame: Rotator – $1.99
Poncho – $9.99
Word Logic by POWGI – $9.99
Ziggurat – $14.99

Wii U Virtual Console

Pokemon Ranger: Guardian Signs – $9.99

3DS Retail

Metroid Prime: Federation Force – $39.99 (available Friday)
Style Savvy: Fashion Forward – $29.99 (available Friday)

3DS Download

Blasting Agent: Ultimate Edition – $2.99
Kingdom’s Item Shop – $5.00
Power Disc Slam – $7.49
Touch Battle Ninja – $4.99
Word Logic by POWGI – $9.99

New 3DS Download

Brick Race – $1.49

3DS Themes

Style Savvy: My Room
Monster Hunter Generations Hunter’s Journey
Monster Hunter Generations The Fated Four
Ashley’s Recipe

eShop Sales

Wii U / 3DS

– Summer Savings! Nintendo fans are invited to celebrate the last days of summer with our Summer Savings event, which offers discounts of up to 30 percent on select games. Shop online at www.nintendo.com/games/sales-and-deals or in Nintendo eShop during the sale, which starts at 9 a.m. PT on Aug. 18 and runs until 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 1.
– 1001 Spikes (Wii U and Nintendo 3DS), Cave Story (Nintendo 3DS) and more games from Nicalis are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Aug. 29.
– 3D Game Collection (Nintendo 3DS), Queen’s Garden (Wii U) and more games from Joindots GmbH are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 1.
– 99Moves (Wii U), Darts Up 3D (Nintendo 3DS) and more from Enjoyup Games are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 15.

Wii U

– U Host is more than 35 percent off (reduced from $12.99 to $7.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Aug. 25.
– Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty is 50 percent off (reduced from $19.99 to $9.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 1.
– Explody Bomb and Hold Your Fire: A Game About Responsibility are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 1.
– Tilelicious: Delicious Tiles is more than 65 percent off (reduced from $5.99 to $1.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Aug. 24.
– Art of Balance is 25 percent off (reduced from $8.99 to $6.70) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 8.
– Inside My Radio is more than 35 percent off (reduced from $14.99 to $9.49) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 1.
– Hot Rod Racer is 50 percent off (reduced from $2.99 to $1.49) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 1.

3DS

– Zombie Panic in Wonderland DX is more than 35 percent off (reduced from $8 to $4.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Sep t.15.
– Carps& Dragons is 50 percent off (reduced from $4.99 to $2.49) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 16.
– Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers and Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked from ATLUS are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Aug. 29.
– Classic Games Overload: Card & Puzzle Edition is 50 percent off (reduced from $29.99 to $14.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 6.

Activities

Nintendo 3DS Summer Gaming List Sweepstakes – What is your favorite Nintendo 3DS game of the summer? Share your pick in the Summer Vacation Sweepstakes community on Miiverse and you could win the digital version of eight games from our Summer Gaming List! Click here for full details.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Purchase will not improve your chances. Open to US residents 13 and older. Void where prohibited. To enter via Miiverse, post to this community before 8/31/16 10PM PT. Or enter by postcard (postcard entries must be postmarked between 8/18/16 and 8/31/16 and received by 9/6/16). Limit one entry per person, regardless of method. 5 randomly selected prize winners will each receive one (1) download code for each of the following games: Kirby: Planet Robobot, Mario Kart 7, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Disney Art Academy, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, New Super Mario Bros. 2 and either Pokémon Omega Ruby or Pokémon Alpha Sapphire (ARV for each prize package: US$279.92). Odds of winning depend on number of eligible entries received. See full rules for details, including how to enter, prize information, and other terms and conditions. By entering the Sweepstakes, you agree to the Rules. Sponsor: Nintendo of America Inc., 4600 150th Ave. NE, Redmond, WA, USA.

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Capcom has posted another Monster Hunter Stories gameplay video with director Satoshi Inoue and series producer Ryozo Tsujimoto. Check it out below.

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