Nintendo has more maintenance lined up, as both the Wii U and 3DS will be experiencing some downtime later today. This will affect online play, rankings, and other network services.

Here’s when the maintenance will be taking place:

– 9 PM PT – 11 PM PT
– 12 AM ET – 2 AM ET
– 5 AM in the UK – 7 AM in the UK
– 6 AM in Europe – 8 AM in Europe

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Today, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is bringing out five LEGO Dimensions expansion packs based on Ghostbusters, DC Comics, Doctor Who, Back to the Future, and LEGO Ninjago. Watch a trailer for the new content below.

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Square Enix prepared yet another Final Fantasy Explorers infographic today pertaining to Trance Mode. In battle, players can call upon the power of legendary Final Fantasy characters and use their ultimate attacks. Characters are unlocked by speaking to the local town moogles for rare quests that reward special character magicites, which you can equip at the town’s central crystal.

A new Final Fantasy Explorers trailer is also now available. Check out the video below for a look at Trance Mode in action, along with battle gameplay, characters, and summons.

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This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Sangokushi 13 (PS4/PS3) – 10/8/9/9
Dragon Quest Builders (PS4/PS3/PSV) – 9/9/9/9
BoxBoy! One More Box (3DS) – 8/8/9/9
Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash (Wii U) – 7/7/9/7
Uta no * Prince-Sama: Music 3 (PSV) – 8/7/7/7
The Asterisk War: The Academy City on the Water Houaa Kenran (PSV) – 7/7/7/7
Koihime Enbu (PS4/PS3) – 7/7/7/7
Infinity Runner (PS4) – 6/7/7/8
Alien Panic! (3DS) – 7/6/7/6
Castle Conqueror Defender (3DS) – 6/6/6/6

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The upcoming release of the first generation of Pokemon games on the 3DS Virtual Console is highly anticipated by tons of people. The Japanese digital manual for these games is now online and has revealed some interesting tidbits about these versions.

Interestingly, Pokemon Red, Blue, Green (Japan-only) and Yellow don’t support the Virtual Console’s “restore points” feature. In case you didn’t know, this feature lets you create a save point at any time and load it whenever you wish, regardless of any in-game save features or restrictions. This is a pretty convenient feature since saving your game is usually fairly restrictive in older games. One can only speculate why this feature won’t be available in the Pokemon games, however it seems likely that it is in place to essentially prevent the cloning of Pokemon. When you trade Pokemon the game automatically saves to prevent any shenanigans – with restore points, this could’ve easily been circumvented.

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Koei Tecmo have published the fourth Hyrule Warriors Legends gameplay video featuring producer Yosuke Hayashi and voice actress Ruriko Aoki. This time, the two of them play various levels side-by-side. Check it out below:

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It’s Tuesday, which means that Pokemon Shuffle has once again been updated with new content.

First of all, new main stages have been added, starting with #261, Aron, going all the way up to #300, Mega Rayquaza. This is the first time that so many main stages have been added at once. These stages will unlock for you once you beat stage #260, Deoxys.

Next, Zekrom has been added as a special stage. You have until February 2nd to catch this powerful Pokemon.

Finally, you can once again enter the Safari Zone. This is a repeat run that contains Carvanha, Sharpedo, Cherubi, Cherrim and Spinda. If you missed your chance the first time this Safari Zone was available, you now have another shot at getting those Pokemon. This special stage will be available until February 2nd.

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Update: Bumped to the top. Added in Nintendo’s official patch notes.

Splatoon’s next update has been announced, and it’s due out very shortly. Version 2.5.0 is actually slated for release in roughly 24 hours.

The new update will be accompanied by the latest round of maintenance. This is set between 9:50 AM and 11:30 AM Japan time, which should translate to:

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

Regarding the update itself, players will mainly find stage adjustments and fixes. 124MB of free space is required.

You can find a rough translation of the 2.5.0 patch notes after the break. We’ll add in the official ones when they’re posted.

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

Software

1. Mario Kart 7
2. Super Mario Bros. 3
3. Super Mario 3D Land
4. Terraria
5. Smash Controller
6. Super Smash Bros. for 3DS
7. Super Mario Bros.
8. Shovel Knight
9. Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon
10. The Legend of Zelda
11. Animal Crossing: New Leaf
12. Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
13. Gunman Clive 2
14. Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
15. Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
16. Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX
17. BoxBoy!
18. Pokemon Omega Ruby
19. Yo-kai Watch
20. 3D Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Videos

1. Pokemon Picross – Turn Puzzles into Portraits
2. Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam TV Spot
3. Yo-kai Watch Launch Trailer
4. Yo-kai Watch Episode 1
5. Nintendo Badge Arcade Trailer
6. Mario Kart 7 Video
7. Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Just the Fax Trailer
8. Super Smash Bros. – Final Video Presentation
9. Terraria Announcement Trailer
10. Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam E3 2015 Trailer
11. Yo-kai Watch Panic Commercial
12. Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden Full Trailer
13. Super Smash Bros. – Bayonetta Gets Wicked
14. Yo-kai Watch General Gameplay Trailer
15. Photos with Mario Trailer
16. Pokemon Rumble World Trailer
17. Treehouse Live @ E3 2015 Day 1 Mario & Luigi Paper Jam
18. Final Fantasy Explorers Trailer
19. Yo-kai Watch E3 2015 Trailer
20. Stella Glow Trailer

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Nintendo is finally ready to talk about The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD again in an official capacity. The series’ Japanese Twitter account was updated today with a brief introduction from Eiji Aonuma… as well as Malo, a character in the game.

Nintendo didn’t touch on new features just yet. However, some art was posted (pictured above). We also have this translation of the various tweets:

“Hello, this is Aonuma. This year the world of Twilight returns in HD after 10 years. From today we’d like to introduce information on Twilight Princess for a while.

Twilight Princess is a story about the 2 worlds of ‘Light’ and ‘Darkness’. The game’s scale was getting bigger, and at the early stages of the original [GameCube version], we drew a lot of setting scenes. We also plan to publish [things like] discussions and [hidden] treasured images at times, so please look forward to them!

The introductions from now on will be brought by Malo who appears in this game. Malo, I’m leaving it to you!

…I’m Malo. I may look like this, but I’m the owner of ‘Malo Mart’, the hero of prices. …I won’t forgive you if you think I’m a child and ridicule me [because of that]…”

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