Play Nintendo is continuing its video series to promote the launch of Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Take a look at the second episode below.

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Wavedashing, a well-known Smash Bros. technique, hasn’t been seen since Melee. However, players are now starting to explore some “bidou” moves in the series’ latest entry that is reminiscent of it in some ways.

To execute these techniques, a Wii U Pro Controller is preferred, and most buttons need to be remapped. For the most part, it relies on pressing and holding the special move button.

Kotaku explains the benefits of bidou in a new post today:

Bidou opens up the possibility to make perfect pivots easier, pull off crouching perfect pivots, sliding spot dodges, standing dash attacks, and achieve frame accuracy on wall jump attacks. It also makes dash dancing much easier and opens up a brand new tech called “quick step,” which is an even smaller movement than the perfect pivot. What that means in short: reduced lag, better momentum control, and being able to get moves out when you need them.

Here’s a look at bidou from My Smash Corner:

A big question here is how useful bidou will be in the end. Will it be patched in the future?

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Update: And here’s a look at Donkey Kong Country 2 (Europe only thus far):

Donkey Kong Country is now available on the New 3DS as a Virtual Console download. Watch some off-screen footage below.

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The Nintendo UK store is hosting a new sale in celebration of Easter. The New 3DS XL, games, and merchandise have been discounted. You can find the hub page here for the full sale.

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More Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 footage has emerged from Denjin Getcha’s most recent episode. Check out the video below.

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Update 6: Fire Emblem Fates Special Edition is now out of stock again.

Update 5 (3/24): Fire Emblem Fates Special Edition back up on Amazon France.

Update 4: Bumped to the top. In related Fire Emblem news, the Fire Emblem Fates New 3DS cover plates are up on Amazon France and Amazon Germany.

Update 3: Star Fox Zero Limited Edition also appears to be gone.

Update 2: Fire Emblem Fates Special Edition gone – only lasted a few minutes. The other two items should still be up.

Update: You can also pre-order the Fire Emblem Fates New 3DS XL from Amazon France as well. Same goes for the Star Fox Zero Limited Edition. If either shows out of stock, refresh!

Original (3/16): Amazon France has started taking pre-orders for the Fire Emblem Fates Special Edition. Get yours here We know what the stock situation was like in North America, so this might end up being tough to find in Europe as well!

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More footage of Star Fox 64 on the Wii U Virtual Console is now available. Check out the latest gameplay below.

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Wreck-It Ralph 2 hasn’t been officially announced, but the original film’s director has once again hinted that it will happen.

IGN asked Rich Moore if a sequel is still in the cards. In response, Moore laughed and said “maybe, maybe” before mouthing the word “yes.”

He also mentioned:

“I think the world of that first film is so big and the characters are very rich and I just think that they have more stories in them. The end of the movie felt like a launching point. It felt like it wouldn’t be straining to tell another story in that world as some films are. To me, I feel like I can definitely see where it would go, and I think the audience kind of felt that way too.”

As for including Mario in a potential sequel, Moore added: “In the first one we didn’t have Mario in that movie, so it would be great to have the great Mario in a second one if we did it.” Thanks to a “good relationship with Nintendo,” this might be possible.

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Update (3/24): Bumped to the top. This My Melody theme is also available starting today:

Original (3/22): A few new 3DS themes are out now in Japan. Here’s the full lineup:

Osomatsu-san (x3) – 250 yen each
Finding Ojipockle + – 100 yen

Reminder: the Fire Emblem 3DS themes that we posted about last week are out now in Japan as well. As a reminder, here’s what those look like:

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Nintendo brought Star Fox 64 to the European Wii U Virtual Console today. Take a look at a few minutes of footage below.

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