Since Metroid: Zero Mission finally arrived on the North American Wii U Virtual Console today, we’re posting more footage from the game. You can watch 44 minutes of gameplay below.

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Super Mario Maker’s latest Event Course and costume have gone live. You can now tackle the Adventure in Sarasaland level. Once finished, you’ll receive the Daisy outfit.

Here’s an overview of Adventure in Sarasaland:

“Start in the land of Super Mario Bros. and cross the water into the land of… Super Mario Land! That’s the idea behind this course. Transform into Princess Daisy and explore Sarasaland!”

And here’s a complete look at the course:

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From a Nintendo perspective, there’s not too much to report on from the latest NPD sales. Wii U and 3DS games were completely absent from the December chart as well as overall top 10 sales in 2015. However, GamesBeat did manage to obtain an interesting piece of information from analyst Liam Callahan.

Callahan said that Wii U experienced its second-best month “in terms of new physical software unit sales.” The holiday season likely played a big role in that, as well as games such as Super Mario Maker.

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NeoGAF’s hiska-kun has put together a huge list of the top 100 best-selling games in Japan during 2015. The results are based on data collected by Famitsu between December 29, 2014 and December 27, 2015.

Here’s the full lineup:

01. [3DS] Monster Hunter X # (Capcom) {2015.11.28} (¥6.264) – 2.441.977
02. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad (Level 5) {2015.07.11} (¥4.968) – 1.965.202
03. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer # (Nintendo) {2015.07.30} (¥4.320) – 1.282.880
04. [WIU] Splatoon (Nintendo) {2015.05.28} (¥6.156) – 1.064.897
05. [3DS] Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (Square Enix) {2015.08.27} (¥6.458) – 864.865
06. [WIU] Super Mario Maker # (Nintendo) {2015.09.10} (¥6.156) – 674.194
07. [3DS] Monster Strike (Mixi) {2015.12.17} (¥4.860) – 636.709
08. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi (Level 5) {2014.12.13} (¥4.968) – 625.223 / 2.632.550
09. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best+ (Nintendo) {2015.06.11} (¥5.076) – 607.343
10. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: Black Kingdom / White Kingdom # (Nintendo) {2015.06.25} (¥5.076) – 538.669

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Update: No separate post for the top 10 in December. No Wii U/3DS game (including third-parties) made the list unfortunately. Same goes for the full 2015 year top 10.

Super Mario Maker has sold over one million copies in the United States alone, Nintendo has announced. That news comes as part of the December 2015 NPD report, which we should be hearing more about shortly.

Five other Wii U games have also reached Super Mario Maker’s milestone. Mario Kart 8, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Super Mario 3D World, New Super Mario Bros. U, and Splatoon have all sold more than one million copies in the United States.

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The “React” channel on YouTube is back with another video. This time around though, instead of having teenagers react to a particular game, their knowledge is put to the test to see if they’ve heard of classic game themes. Check out the results below.

Earlier this week, Nintendo of Europe announced the latest two cover plates for the New 3DS. The first is based on Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon while the other features art of classic Pokemon.

Pre-orders for the pair of cover plates are now live on Amazon Germany. Reserve #30 here and #31 here. Both should ship to other territories, including the United States.

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A pair of notable deals are currently running on Amazon. For today only, you can pick up Guitar Hero Live for $50 (and save $50). Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson has also been discounted from $40 to $30.

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Hyrule Warriors Legends was featured on a Denjin Getcha stream earlier today. We captured the segment with gameplay, which you can view below.

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Today, Natsume brought out Harvest Moon: Seeds of Memories on iOS platforms. The company also released a new trailer – see below – in celebration of its launch. We’re still waiting on the Wii U version, but the video gives us an idea as to what we can expect from the game.

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