The Shovel Knight amiibo has started to reach certain parts of Europe. Check out an unboxing video for the figure below.

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Another round of footage has surfaced for Pokemon Picross. Check out the latest video below.

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Following the stealth launch of Lost Reavers in Japan, developer Bandai Namco has released a launch trailer for the free-to-play game. Check it out below.

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Level-5 has just announced that their popular RPG series, Yokai Watch, has surpassed 10 million units sold worldwide.

The number includes all Yokai Watch related titles, including Busters, Yo-Kai Watch 1 and 2 in Japan as well as the original’s release in the west. This is a huge milestone for the Japanese hit, and we hope to see more success from it in the future.

In Japan, expect to see the Yo-Kai Watch edition of Just Dance releasing on December 5th which comes with a whopping ten songs, with its second animated movie coming out on December 19th, followed by the third installment in the main series coming to 3DS in summer of 2016.

You can check out our review for the North American release of Yo-Kai Watch here

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System: Wii U
Release date: December 4, 2015
Developer: Monolith Soft
Publisher Nintendo

As a JRPG fanatic that’s been craving a first-party AAA open-world experience on the Wii U since its initial launch in 2012, I’m happy to say that the wait is finally over as we’ve been graced with Monolith Soft’s ambitious Xenoblade Chronicles X, the spiritual successor to Wii’s equally ambitious and captivating Xenoblade Chronicles which was recently brought over to the New Nintendo 3DS in an updated fashion. Xenoblade Chronicles X puts players in a rich, vibrant world filled with a myriad of monsters, locations, and a deep story that tells the tale of civilization starting over, but bringing all these great things together in a cohesive way doesn’t go without fault.

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Fans created Project M, a popular Super Smash Bros. Brawl mod, in hopes of changing the Wii title so that it would line up more closely with Melee. Adjustments were made to the overall gameplay, characters, stages, and more. This has been an ongoing effort since 2011.

Sadly, Project M is no more, and development is finished. A final blog post added to the official website acknowledges that the news “will come as a shock to many of our fans.” It goes on to explain: “We’ve spent six years polishing Project M, and rather than let it drag on through another several years of dwindling development and change-fatigue in the competitive circle, we’re going to consider our work complete.”

Project M was most recently updated during the summer. Version 3.6 came out in late June.

Head past the break for the full farewell message.

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Pokemon Picross has been promoted as a free-to-play/start game. Now that the download has arrived in Japan, some notable information has emerged about this aspect.

Serebii writes that after purchasing all 5,000 Picrites, they can be redeemed from time to time in batches of 1,000. If you max out the Energy Gauge’s level by spending Picrites, the free-to-play element is then removed. Players won’t have to worry about the energy gauge as it is at infinity.

Here are some other Pokemon Picross details from Serebii:

– Mega Evolution stages cost Picrites to access
– Micross puzzles can be found by completing various challenges on a variety of Pokémon
– These are larger puzzles that you unlock pieces for gradually and encompass a much larger image
– There’s a password option that will unlock various secret stages in the game
– 02:16: When you have purchased all 5000 Picrites, you can then redeem free Picrites from time to time in batches of 1000. If you max out the Energy Gauge’s level by spending your Picrites, you then remove the free to play aspect. You no longer have to worry about the energy gauge as it is at infinity
– Mega Evolution stages cost Picrites to access
– A special mode mirroring the standard stages is available later in the game
– This mode repeats puzzles but as Mega Picross style puzzles

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Circle Entertainment will soon be bringing The Legend of Dark Witch 3DS themes overseas. In Europe, nine will be released in total. But North America will only have access to four.

Why is this the case? Circle says that Nintendo of America only allows games to receive four themes.

The company told one fan on Twitter:

I’ll mark this as a rumor as we don’t have an official confirmation from Nintendo, but I’d have to think that Circle Entertainment knows what it’s talking about. This is rather interesting!

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During the November Nintendo Direct, a “Splatournament” was announced. The event, as the name implies, is a tournament for Splatoon featuring members from the Nintendo Treehouse.

The Splatournament will be taking place tomorrow at 2 PM ET / 11 AM PT. We’ll put up a live stream post an hour before it goes live.

Here’s a look at the bracket:

You can also head past the break for a look at the different teams.

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Several new 3DS themes are out now in Japan, including a new Mario one for the holidays. Here’s the full lineup:

Mario White Christmas – 200 yen
Kotori Samba – 200 yen
A Clockwork Truffe – 200 yen each
Ciao Illustrations Club – 100 yen
NemuNeko Merry Christmas – 200 yen
Hatsune Miku Project Mirai (x4) – 200 yen each

Have a look at the new Mario theme below.

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