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Nintendo held a Yo-kai Watch 2 event with Level-5 and Hasbro this past weekend in Toronto. GameSkinny attended the event, and was able to speak with Nintendo of Canada communications manager Andrew Collins. Collins commented on how Yo-kai Watch has become popular in North America, the 3DS versions of Yoshi’s Woolly World and Super Mario Maker, and Nintendo Directs.

You can read up on GameSkinny’s interview here for some other topics. We’ve posted a few excerpts below.

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A survey conducted by GlobalWebIndex provides insight into the amount of time people are playing on consoles each day.

On Wii U, it’s estimated that the average time spent is at around 2.5 hours, while Wii falls at just over 1.5 hours. Wii U is actually just a minute behind the estimate on Xbox One. The full chart can be seen above.

GlobalWebIndex’s data is based on those who responded between the ages of 16 and 64.

Thanks to thieftheodore for the tip.

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Nintendo Life uploaded more footage from Yooka-Laylee based on its appearance at EGX this past weekend. Find a few minutes of gameplay below.

With River City: Tokyo Rumble releasing tomorrow in North America and Thursday in Europe, we now have some direct-feed footage from the English version. You can get a look at the various modes below.

GameMill Entertainment sent out a new batch of screenshots showing off the characters of the side-scrolling action game Cartoon Network: Battle Crashers. Six heroes/hero pairs are included, which can be swapped between instantly in single-player.

The lineup is as follows:

And here are today’s screenshots:

Source: GameMill PR

A couple of outlets posted new gameplay of Skylanders Imaginators today. Videos from both GamesBeat and GameSpot can be seen below.

The Wii U version of SteamWorld Heist arrives later this week. It’ll cost $19.99 / €19.99 / £14.99, but Image & Form has prepared a couple of discounts.

First off, SteamWorld Heist’s launch price is actually $14.99 / €14.99 / £10.99. Alternatively, those who own SteamWorld Heist for 3DS or SteamWorld Dig on Wii U/3DS will receive an extra discount. This will give you Heist for just $13.99 / €13.39 / £9.99 on Wii U.

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Since some folks have the digital version of Paper Mario: Color Splash, they don’t have any restrictions when it comes to the length of streams. YouTube user Crunchii actually ended up showing the game for almost eight hours yesterday. Here’s the full archive:

This week’s Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:

Wii U

1. Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Nintendo
2. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
3. New Super Mario Bros. U + Luigi U – Nintendo
4. Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games – Nintendo
5. Pokken Tournament – Nintendo
6. Splatoon – Nintendo
7. Zelda: Wind Waker HD – Nintendo
8. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – Nintendo
9. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo
10. LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Warner Bros.

3DS

1. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
2. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo
3. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
4. Dragon Quest VII – Nintendo
5. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
6. Pokemon X – Nintendo
7. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Nintendo
8. Pokemon Y – Nintendo
9. Yo-kai Watch – Nintendo
10. Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D – Nintendo

Source: Chart-Track

This week’s UK software sales are as follows:

Individual formats

All formats

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