Super Mario Maker’s latest Event Course and costume unlock have gone live. After completing the “Cooooo!” level, players will receive Yamamura as the latest outfit.

Here’s an overview of the course:

“This course was created by Yamamura of ‘Super Mario Maker: Crash Course’ fame! He might look like a humble pigeon, but don’t let that fool you – he’s a master course creator! Here’s what he had to say: ‘Coo! (To please my fans across the world, I had a special Yamamura costume made. I hope you all clear my course and get it!)'”

And here’s a video for the costume:

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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

New 3DS LL – 37,227
PS4 – 36,559
Vita – 31,338
Wii U – 24,722
New 3DS – 11,610
3DS – 9,698
PS3 – 2,784
3DS LL – 1,944
Xbox One – 293

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

New 3DS LL – 73,778
PS4 – 65,427
Vita – 63,811
Wii U – 53,547
3DS – 21,621
New 3DS – 21,501
PS3 – 4,221
3DS LL – 3,205
Xbox One – 765
Vita TV – 670

And here are the software charts:

1. [3DS] Monster Hunter X – 65,227 / 2,587,086
2. [3DS] Monster Strike – 38,795 / 738,231
3. [WIU] Splatoon – 28,945 / 1,182,934
4. [WIU] Super Mario Maker – 25,854 / 752,739
5. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 23,161 / 607,878
6. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters – 22,681 / 2,147,108
7. [PSV] Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs Force – 13,643 / 121,406
8. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – 10,689 / 1,312,374
9. [PS4] Fallout 4 – 10,457 / 188,877
10. [3DS] Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam – 9,497 / 207,812
11. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best Plus – 8,742 / 629,524
12. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops III – 7,819 / 274,277
13. [PS4] Star Wars Battlefront – 6,036 / 198,511
14. [PS4] Rainbow Six Siege – 5,912 / 51,676
15. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V (4,990 Yen Edition) – 5,654 / 54,300
16. [3DS] Disney Magical World 2 – 5,351 / 257,705
17. [PS4] Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition – 5,350 / 38,251
18. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 5,186 / 4,115,727
19. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 – 5,002 / 2,426,042
20. [3DS] Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! Zettai Ni Tsukamatte Ha Ikenai Gasu Kuropikari Land – 4,860 / 27,280

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We’ve already seen the bundle packaging for The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD. But how about the boxart itself? Have a look above, courtesy of Amazon France.

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Shortly after Nintendo stated that the list of fighters will be growing before the Spring release of the game, three more have been revealed today in CoroCoro magazine scans, and apparently all three are different than the one Nintendo plans to reveal on Friday. The three new fighters revealed are:

• Mewtwo
• Garchomp
• Braixen

All three seem like great choices, now we wait and see who’s next to be added to the lineup.

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Dragon Quest XI did not appear during the Dragon Quest 30th Anniversary Project Presentation. Instead, Square Enix opted to give fans a small update on its progress.

Series creator Yuji Horii stated that the story is mostly complete. As Dragon Quest’s anniversary runs through May 27, 2017, it sounds like the plan is to have XI ready by then if possible.

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Square Enix made it known during the Dragon Quest 30th Anniversary Project Presentation today that the company is partnering with Universal Studios Japan on a collaboration for the series. But like many announcements and news coming out of the event, details were practically nonexistent.

Square Enix announced a few other non-gaming things involving Dragon Quest as well. These include the Dragon Quest Live Spectacle Tour, museum, more concerts with composer Koichi Sugiyama, and 30th anniversary books.

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During today’s Dragon Quest 30th Anniversary Project Presentation, Square Enix announced a demo for Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3. Specifics weren’t revealed, though it will be distributed on the eShop in early March. We also have a look at the final boxart – see the image above.

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Xenoblade Chronicles X will be experiencing more maintenance tomorrow. Network services for the RPG may be affected.

Here’s when the maintenance period is scheduled for:

– 5:50 PM PT (Wednesday) – 7:30 PM PT (Wednesday)
– 8:50 PM ET (Wednesday) – 10:30 PM ET (Wednesday)
– 1:50 AM in the UK (Thursday) – 3:30 AM in the UK (Thursday)
– 2:50 AM in Europe (Thursday) – 4:30 AM in Europe (Thursday)

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Update: Right out of the gate, no Dragon Quest XI news. Well, that’s that!

Square Enix will be kicking off its Dragon Quest 30th Anniversary Project Presentation live stream at 12 AM ET / 9 PM PT (30 minutes from now). We’re expecting to at least see/hear more about Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3, and Dragon Quest XI may make an appearance as well.

View the stream as it happens below. We’ll keep an eye out for any Nintendo-related news.

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Last year, we heard about Neko.Works’ Japanese-style RPG known as “Project Light”. The developer has now provided an update, indicating that the project is on track for Q4 of this year. Let’s hope the game continues to progress smoothly!

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