Kirby: Planet Robobot can now be pre-loaded from the North American 3DS eShop. To do so, 5,319 blocks (664.88MB) of free space on an SD card is required.

Pre-loading will allow you to download most of Kirby: Planet Robobot’s data. Then at launch, you’ll only need a small update to begin playing.

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Nintendo of America has readied its own overview trailer for Kirby: Planet Robobot. You can give it a look below.

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MixedBag is celebrating the launch of Futuridium EP Deluxe on Wii U today with a new trailer. We have the video below.

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Nintendo has some maintenance lined up for Flipnote Studio 3D next week. Network services will be impacted for a couple of hours in a little less than a week from now.

Here’s when the maintenance is scheduled for:

– 6 PM PT (June 1) – 8 PM PT (June 1)
– 9 PM ET (June 1) – 11 PM ET (June 1)
– 2 AM in the UK (June 2) – 4 AM in the UK (June 2)
– 3 AM in Europe (June 2) – 5 AM in Europe (June 2)

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Courtesy of IGN, we have new footage of the Battle mini-game that will be distributed for free in the console versions of Minecraft. Here’s the gameplay:

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Update: Capcom-Unity has a tiny bit extra:

The new animated Mega Man series will follow Aki Light – a normal, upbeat, and above all optimistic young school-aged robot living in Silicon City. He soon learns that deep within his programming are secret protocols that allow him to transform – giving him nanocore armor, a Mega Buster, and the iconic helmet to turn him into a superhero – Mega Man!

Promising exciting new technologies and new robots, the series will follow the adventures and trials of Aki Light – a.k.a. Mega Man – as he faces off against threats to Silicon City, while trying to keep his superhero identity a secret and maintain a normal robot schoolkid life.

DHX Media and Dentsu Entertainment USA have reached a global deal to develop, co-produce, distribute and jointly manage licensing for the new Mega Man animated series. With today’s announcement, the first piece of promo material (above) has been revealed alongside details.

Here’s the official overview:

Aimed at kids 6 to 9, as well as their parents who grew up loving the videogames, the animated series will feature exciting new technologies and robots, as well as the introduction of Mega Man’s alter-ego, Aki Light, a normal, upbeat, schoolboy robot. When activated, his skin re-forms – in a flurry of computer code and visual pyrotechnics – into a suit of impenetrable nanocore armor, including the iconic Mega Buster arm cannon and helmet. Beloved characters, like Rush, will return – while new characters, like Mega Mini, will make their debut!

The new Mega Man animated series will debut next year to coincide with the series’ 30th anniversary.

Source: Dentsu Entertainment PR

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A few more photos of the Monster Hunter Stories amiibo have emerged. We have them in the gallery below.

Capcom has also confirmed that a second wave of Monster Hunter Stories is planned. We’ll be seeing more figures this winter (2016).

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Update: We now have confirmation on this (thanks immewnity). The email sent out to press does make mention of the “two extended demos” that will let them “step into the wilds of Hyrule and explore some of the grasslands, forests and mountains that they’ve been given mere glimpses of to date.” Media are recommended to set aside 1-1.5 hours.

Zelda Wii U will be the one and only game playable from Nintendo at E3 2016 next month. Outlet finder.com.au now claims to have some information about its appearance.

The site notes, “Nintendo is informing media that there will be two extended demos of the Wii U version to play at the booth and are being asked to set aside 90 minutes to make the most of the gameplay.” I’ve not heard about this personally, though that doesn’t mean that the report from finder.com.au is inaccurate. We’ll go ahead and mark this one as a rumor to be on the safe side.

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Futuridium EP Deluxe is heading to the Wii U eShop today. A New 3DS version is also in the works, and it’ll support cross-buy upon release.

MixedBag shared the first screenshots from Futuridium EP Deluxe on New 3DS today. You can see what the portable version looks like below.

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Monster Hunter Stories received a big blowout today. On top of Capcom announcing things like a release date and amiibo, we have a trailer and plenty of details about the anime, Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On.

First, the video:

Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On will start airing on October 8, every Sunday at 8:30 AM on Fuji TV. It’s also been 10 years since Fuji TV last has a new anime slot. As one would expect, it’s based on the new video game.

The main character is named Ryuto, who rides a Rathalos. He has childhood friends Cheval and Lilia, both of them riding on a Rathian.

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