Below are the latest titles that can be currently pre-ordered at retailers:

United States

* Save 20 percent on pre-orders with Amazon Prime or Best Buy’s GCU.

Wii U

The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 – Amazon
Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Mighty No. 9 – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Special Edition – GameStop
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Mario & Sonic at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Terraria – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Paper Mario: Color Splash – Amazon, GameStop
The Legend of Zelda – Amazon, Best Buy

3DS

Kirby: Planet Robobot – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Zero Time Dilemma – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
7th Dragon III Code: VFD (pre-order for art book) – Amazon
Monster Hunter Generations – Amazon
Corpse Party: Back to School Edition – Amazon, GameStop
Metroid Prime: Federation Force – Amazon
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse (pre-order for launch edition) – Amazon, GameStop
Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Yo-kai Watch 2: Fleshy Souls (new) – Amazon, GameStop
Yo-kai Watch 2: Bony Spirits (new) – Amazon, GameStop
Disney Magical World 2 – Amazon
Dragon Quest VII – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Dragon Quest VIII – Amazon, Best Buy
Pokemon Sun – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Pokemon Moon – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop

Systems

Monster Hunter Generations New 3DS XL – Best Buy (new), GameStop

amiibo

Kirby – Kirby series – Amazon (new), Best Buy, GameStop
Meta Knight – Kirby series – Amazon (new), Best Buy, GameStop
King Dedede – Kirby series – Amazon (new), Best Buy, GameStop
Waddle Dee – Kirby series – Amazon (new), Best Buy, GameStop
Isabelle Summer Outfit – Amazon (new), Best Buy, GameStop
Isabelle Winter Outfit – Amazon (new), Best Buy, GameStop
Animal Crossing amiibo cards wave 4 (new) – Amazon
Callie and Marie (new) – Best Buy
Inkling Boy/Girl/Squid (new) – Best Buy
Inkling Girl (new) – Best Buy
Inkling Boy (new) – Best Buy

Books

The Art of Fire Emblem: Awakening – Amazon (save $14)
Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 1: Ocarina of Time Parts 1 & 2 – Amazon
Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 2: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages – Amazon
Pokemon Sun/Moon guide: standard (new) – Amazon
Pokemon Sun/Moon guide: collector’s edition (new) – Amazon

Other

Animal Crossing 3DS pouch – Amazon
Pokken Tournament Pikachu controller – GameStop (exclusive)

Canada

Wii U

The Book of Unwritten Tales 2
Minecraft: Wii U Edition
Terraria
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Mighty No. 9

3DS

Kirby: Planet Robobot
7th Dragon III Code: VFD
Monster Hunter Generations
Zero Time Dilemma
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Metroid Prime: Federation Force
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse
Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice
Pokemon Sun
Pokemon Moon

amiibo

Kirby – Kirby series
Meta Knight – Kirby series
Isabelle Winter Outfit
Isabelle Summer Outfit
Animal Crossing amiibo Cards, Series 4

Books

The Art of Fire Emblem: Awakening
Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 1: Ocarina of Time Parts 1 & 2
Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 2: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages
Pokemon Sun/Moon guide: standard (new)
Pokemon Sun/Moon guide: standard collector’s edition (new)

UK

Wii U

The Book of Unwritten Tales 2
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Mighty No. 9

3DS

Kirby: Planet Robobot amiibo bundle
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Disney Art Academy
Monster Hunter Generations (new)
Pokemon Sun (new)
Pokemon Moon (new)

amiibo

Kirby: Planet Robobot amiibo bundle
Meta Knight amiibo
King Dedede amiibo
Waddle Dee amiibo

Books

The Art of Fire Emblem: Awakening
Pokemon Sun/Moon guide: standard (new)
Pokemon Sun/Moon guide: collector’s edition (new)

Gameplay from the English version of Kirby: Planet Robobot is starting to come in. Watch some footage of the game’s world 3 boss below.

Pokken Tournament is experiencing one of its first sales at retail this week. Amazon and Best Buy both have the game on sale for $50. It started out at $60, so that’s $10 in savings.

Update: Added in Sunday’s updates.

Nintendo Badge Arcade has been receiving daily updates since heading to the 3DS eShop. Because it’s continually updated with content, we’re rounding up all of the additions and changes in a weekly post.

Here’s what’s on tap for the week of May 16:

May 16

– 26 Pokemon panels
– 4 Pikmin panels (3 with 2 days left, 1 with 1 day left)
– Thank-you badges for each $1.00 spent, up to a maximum of $4.00 and four badges until 5/25
– 1 free play

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Atlus just wrapped up another live stream for Etrian Odyssey V a short while ago. A new version of the boxart was shown featuring six of the game’s ten classes: Fencer, Dragoon, Warlock, Masurao and Herbalist.

Aside from that, we also have some new Etrian Odyssey V footage showing facilities and FOE battles. Gameplay can be viewed below.

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The official trading card game for the Fire Emblem series – Fire Emblem 0 – is still going strong. During a live stream today, the seventh series was announced. It’ll feature cards Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword as well as more from Fire Emblem Fates: Revelations.

Kirie took a bunch of snapshots from the live stream, which you can view below. In addition to the seventh series, they also show images series 5, series 6, and more.

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One of the bigger releases this week was the new Super Mario Mash-Up Pack in Minecraft: Wii U Edition. Damon Baker, senior manager of licensing at Nintendo, told The Verge that developers Mojang and 4J mostly came up with the idea for the collaboration. It began just as a way to introduce new skins, but the teams wanted to come up with something more.

Baker stated:

“They actually came to us with what their vision was, and the extent of it, and blew us away. It still went through an official approval process through our art department at our head office in Japan, but it was really driven by them as the creative studios behind it.”

Baker also said that the company has no plans to expand the Mario content beyond its own hardware for now, which one would expect. He said: “We’ve just been concentrating on Wii U first and foremost.”

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Some of you may recall that SmileBASIC for Wii U (PetitCom BIG) was confirmed last October. We haven’t heard much since then… so what’s the project’s status?

The Wii U version of SmileBASIC is now planned for release during the summer. Spring was originally targeted, but that window has obviously passed.

SmileBoom said that it will be using the extra time to make a better product. The development team also apologized to those who have been looking forward to its release.

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Dex initially launched earlier this month, with the Wii U version planned for the near future. Take a look at what it has to offer through the following gameplay video:

Taiko Drum Master: Dokodon! Mystery Adventure has a bunch of collaborations with other popular franchises. We previously heard about partnerships with series like Yo-kai Watch and Monster Hunter, and this week Bandai Namco confirmed a few more with the likes of Kirby and Assassination Classroom. Famitsu shares a few extra details in its latest issue.

Here’s the breakdown:

– From Kirby: Kirby and King Dedede. Contrary to their cute looks, they also have powerful performances.
– From Studio Ghibli: Mauchu from the Taiko no Tatsujin 15th anniversary animation.
– From Assassination Classroom: Korosensei. He has a Taiko Magic named “Healing Time” which recovers ally HP.
– From Kanasama Minarai: Himitsu no Kokotama: Rakitama. It can recover ally HP.
– From Ace Attorney: Phoenix Wright – Defense type character who reduces damage taken by other ally characters.

These characters will be specifically available in the game’s RPG-like Mystery Adventure mode. Here, players can travel around different areas and battle various enemies. Bandai Namco is packing in more than 100 monsters.