Nintendo has posted the North American boxart for Mario & Sonic at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games on 3DS. Check it out above.

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

Wii U Retail

Brunswick Pro Bowling – $39.99

Wii U Virtual Console

Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 – $7.99

Wii Download for Wii U

Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure – $19.99

Wii U Download

Minecraft: Story Mode – Episode 1: The Order of the Stone – $4.99
SKEASY – $1.49

Wii U Demos

A World of Keflings
Cube Life: Island Survival

3DS Retail

Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam – $39.99 (available Friday)

3DS Download

Pet Inn 3D – $19.99

3DS Themes

SEGA SG-1000
Animal Crossing : Winter Frolicking

eShop Sales

Wii U/3DS

– Winter Warm-Up Sale! – It’s week two of the Winter Warm-Up Sale! Save up to 30 percent off select games, and be sure to check back next week for a lineup of new deals. This week’s deals start Jan. 21 at 9 a.m. PT and end Jan. 28 at 8:59 a.m. PT.
– Adventure Time: Finn & Jake Investigations (Wii U and Nintendo 3DS), Barbie and Her Sisters Puppy Rescue (Wii U and Nintendo 3DS) and more games from Little Orbit are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Feb. 12.

Wii U

– Super Toy Cars is 50 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $3.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 28.
– The Quiet Collection is 20 percent off (reduced from $4.99 to $3.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Feb. 1.
– Toon Tanks is 20 percent off (reduced from $1.99 to $1.59) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Feb. 4.
– Fit Music and Luv Me Buddies Wonderland from O2 Games are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Feb. 22.

3DS

– Luv Me Buddies Wonderland is more than 45 percent off (reduced from $24.90 to $12.90) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Feb. 11.
– Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight and Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl from ATLUS are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Feb. 1.

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Twilight Princess HD isn’t the only Zelda-related game that provides unique functionality when using the Wolf Link amiibo. If you scan the figure in the new 3DS game, players can unlock enhanced weapons for Midna. It’s a neat little bonus that I don’t believe we heard about previously!

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Super Smash Bros. for Wii U will be undergoing a tiny bit of maintenance later today. It won’t last long, as only an hour of downtime is scheduled. All network services for the game will be affected.

Here’s when the maintenance is happening:

– 5 PM PT (Thursday) – 6 PM PT (Thursday)
– 8 PM ET (Thursday) – 9 PM ET (Thursday)
– 1 AM in the UK (Friday) – 2 AM in the UK (Friday)
– 2 AM in Europe (Friday) – 3 AM in Europe (Friday)

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Hyrule Warriors Legends has a new release date in Europe, although it’s only a very minor change. The game is being brought one day forward to March 24. This is due to Good Friday taking place the very next day.

Nintendo posted the news on Twitter a couple of minutes ago, writing:

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Good news for Zelda fans in Europe, as the Hyrule Edition New 3DS XL was announced for the territory today. You’ll be able to pick one up starting on March 24.

Here’s the news from Nintendo’s Twitter account:

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Nintendo of America has sent out a new announcement regarding amiibo. The publisher shared the latest news about upcoming figures and games supporting the functionality in early 2016.

Perhaps the biggest news here is that amiibo support is now official for Star Fox Zero. However, Nintendo will be sharing specifics at a later date.

We also now know that new Animal Crossing amiibo, including characters like Timmy & Tommy, Kapp’n and Rover, are due out in North America on March 18. Digby will also be made available as a stand-alone figure. The next series of Animal Crossing amiibo cards will also arrive in March.

Also in terms of amiibo figures, several Pokemon will be restocked at select retailers. Be on the lookout for Charizard, Jigglypuff, Greninja and Lucario to once again return to shelves right next to Pikachu.

Head past the break for today’s full announcement, which also recaps news about Twilight Princess HD and Mario & Sonic.

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Koei Tecmo published the 5th and final official gameplay video of Hyrule Warriors Legends today. Once again, this features producer Yosuke Hayashi and voice actress Ruriko Aoki playing the game.

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Bandai Namco have opened up for the teaser website for the recently announced 3DS game Dragon Ball: Project Fusion. You can find it here.

Don’t expect too much though – it really is just a teaser at the moment. Virtually the only thing of interest is the image above, which shows off the game’s art style and some of the characters.

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Puzzles and Dragons X is the latest entry in the Puzzle & Dragons series and is due out on 3DS in Japan later this year. Check out the first released footage of the game below

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