This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Genei Ibun Roku #FE (Wii U) – 8/9/9/8
Runbow (Wii U) – 8/8/8/9
I am Bread (PS4) – 7/8/8/8
Super Science Gear Detective (3DS) – 7/7/8/7
Fat Princess Adventures (PS4) – 7/7/7/7
Alphadia (3DS) – 6/7/8/7
Kamen Rider Ghost: Game de Kaigan!! (3DS) – 6/7/8/7
Dogimegi Inryoku-Chan: Love & Peace (PSV) – 6/7/7/7
Momonga Pinball Adventures (Wii U) – 6/6/7/7

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It’s Tuesday, which means new content for Pokemon Shuffle.

First of all, the Mega Garchomp competition has ended, so make sure to claim your rewards.

New main stages have been added to the game. If you’ve managed to beat the fairly tough Roserade, you can now proceed with stage #251, Inkay.

Completing the Regi trio, Regice is now available as a special stage. You have until December 28th to beat it and catch it.

Another Legendary Pokemon making its return is Shaymin. You have until January 5th to get it. The first time you beat the stage, you will also receive a Jewel, so it’s worth doing it even if you have Shaymin already.

Finally, making its debut in Pokemon Shuffle is Keldeo in its Resolute form. It’s an escalation battle, meaning it will get progressively easier to catch it. You will also receive rewards after beating certain levels of this stage:

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Update: Added in a Miiverse message from Aonuma after the break.

After the big 2.0.0 update earlier this month, another new patch is now available for The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes. Version 2.1.0 mainly features the introduction of hero points.

Below are the full patch notes:

• Adds a new feature, hero points, that helps with progression through the game
• Collecting hero points adds effects to the Bear Minimum Digs outfit, and you can also receive materials to create outfits you don’t have from the Street Merchant
• Hero points can be obtained by:
  • Completing a bonus challenge or a level that you did not select during online play
  • Completing a level (regardless of what level or bonus challenge) in Local Play or Download Play
• Introduces additional enhancements to improve the user’s experience and enjoyment

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This week’s issue of Famitsu is announcing River City Ransom SP, a new title for 3DS. It’s planned as part of Kunio-kun’s 30th anniversary. Aside from new events, actions, areas, combos and systems, more content will be included compared to the original game.

River City Ransom SP will launch in Japan on April 28 for 4,500 yen. Developing is 65 percent complete.

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Three new Mystery Mushroom costumes are heading to Super Mario Maker. Captain Toad will be available on December 25th and Birdo and Excitebike will be available on December 31st. Like with the other costumes, you will need to beat an Event Course to get them.

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Super Mario Maker’s latest update is now available. Version 1.30 can be accessed by booting up the game, or allowing your Wii U system to download it automatically. You can find the full patch notes after the break.

Accompanying today’s update is the introduction of the Bookmark portal site, which can be accessed here. This lets players search for courses by using a computer, tablet or smartphone.

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This week’s Japanese 3DS themes include Medabots 9 and more. Here’s the full lineup:

Pokemon (x3) – 200 yen each
Medabots 9 (x3) – 200 yen each (available 12/24)
SEGA system themes (x5) – 200 yen each (available 12/23)
selector spread WIXOSS (x3) – 200 yen each
Dobu Rockers – 200 yen

And a video for the last theme:

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When Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 originally came out on the Game Boy Advance, it supported Nintendo’s old e-Reader device. Players could scan e-Cards to add in various content, including levels.

Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 is set to launch on the Japanese Wii U Virtual Console next week. Fortunately, it will be possible to access e-Reader levels. It seems that these can be accessed on the data select screen. Of course, the e-Reader device itself is not compatible.

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Nintendo has brought out three new Pokemon 3DS themes, which are pictured above. Each one is priced at 200 yen each. Videos of the different themes are posted below.

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The latest episode of Nintendo’s Japanese show Nyannyan Neko Mario Time has now gone live. We’ve included it below.

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