This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U Download

FAST Racing NEO – €14.99/£10.99

Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures – €9.99/£8.99

Dinox – €4.99/£4.49

Voxel Maker – €4.49/£3.49

Wii U Virtual Console

Game & Watch Gallery Advance (GBA) – €6.99/£6.29

Polarium Advance (GBA) – €6.99/£6.29

3DS Download

SteamWorld Heist – €16.99/£11.99 (Ends December 31, normally €19.99/£14.99)

Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures – €9.99/£8.99

Terraria – €19.99/£16.99

Petit Novel series – Harvest December – €11.99/£9.19

Rytmik Ultimate (Cinemax) – €17.99/£15.99 (€9.99/£8.99 if you own The Keep on the same Nintendo 3DS)

The Magic Hammer – €4.99/£4.49

3DS Themes

Le Qpiz superoine nella notte! – €0.99

Pedalate Qpiz! – €0.99

Le Qpiz e la neve: bel lancio Liebe! – €0.99

Happy Holidays with Mario & Luigi – €1.99/£1.79

eShop Sales

Wii U

Citizens of Earth- €4.99/£4.00 (Ends December 24, normally  € 11.99/£9.99)

Life of Pixel – €4.99/£4.49 (Ends January 9, normally €9.99/£8.99)

Rock’N’Racing Off Road – €2.99/£2.69 (Ends January 7, normally €5.99/£5.39)

ZaciSa: Defense of the Crayon Dimensions! – €0.99/£0.79 (Ends January 7, normally €2.99/£2.29)

3DS

Citizens of Earth – €4.99/£4.00 (Ends December 24, normally  € 11.99/£9.99)

Adventure Bar Story – €3.99/£3.19 (Ends December 31, normally €4.99/£3.99)

Brunch Panic – €2.99/£2.49 (Ends December 31, normally €3.99/£3.39)

KAMI – €1.99/£1.59 (Ends December 31, normally €2.99/£2.39)

Shin Megami Tensei IV – €9.99/£7.40 (Ends December 24, normally €19.99/£17.99)

Sweet Memories Blackjack – €2.99/£2.39 (Ends December 31, normally €3.99/£3.19)

Zombie Panic in Wonderland DX – €4.99 / £4.49 (Ends January 9, normally €7.00/£6.30)

Source: Nintendo PR

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Today, several new catchers were added to the European version of Nintendo Badge Arcade. They contain Christmas-themed Animal Crosssing badges. Also, if you pay for a total of 10 plays while these badges are available, you will get an Animal Crossing Christmas 3DS home theme.

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Nintendo announced the scheduling of this week’s maintenance which includes a number of major titles. The maintenance rolls out in 5 waves starting December 7 (December 8 in Japan.)

The first wave includes:

• Some Wii U online services  and online play
• All online services for Mario Kart 8
• Some Nintendo 3DS online services and online play

The schedule for this wave is:

– Europe: December 7th (10PM) to December 8th (3AM)
– UK: December 7th (9PM) to December 8th (2AM)
– North America (EDT): December 7th (4PM to 9PM)
– North America (PDT): December 7th (1PM to 6PM)
– Japan: December 8th (6AM to 11AM)

The second wave includes:

• All online services for Super Mario Maker

The schedule for this wave is:

– Europe: December 7th (10PM to 11.30PM)
– UK: December 7th (9PM to 10.30PM)
– North America (EDT): December 7th (4PM to 5.30PM)
– North America (PDT): December 7th (1PM to 2.30PM)
– Japan: December 8th (6AM to 7.30AM)

The third wave includes:

• All online services for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
• All online services for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

The schedule for this wave is:

– Europe: December 7th (11PM) to December 8th (3AM)
– UK: December 7th (10PM) to December 8th(2AM)
– North America (EDT): December 7th (5PM to 9PM)
– North America (PDT): December 7th (2PM to 6PM)
– Japan: December 8th (7AM to 11AM)

The fourth wave includes:

• All online services for Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (Nintendo 3DS)

The schedule for this wave is:

– Europe: December 8th (0.30AM to 3AM)
– UK: December 7th (11.30PM) to December 8th (2AM)
– North America (EDT): December 7th (6.30PM to 9PM)
– North America (PDT): December 7th (3.30PM to 6PM)
– Japan: December 8th (8.30AM to 11AM)

The fifth wave includes:

• All online services for Nintendo Badge Arcade (Nintendo 3DS)

The schedule for this wave is:

– Europe: December 8th (2AM to 3AM)
– UK: December 8th (1AM to 2AM)
– North America (EDT): December 7th (8PM to 9PM)
– North America (PDT): December 7th (5PM to 6PM)
– Japan: December 8th (10AM to 11AM)

Lastly, there is also the weekly maintenance for Devil’s Third on the Wii U which this week works on online play and leaderboards. The schedule for this maintenance is:

– Europe: 1AM to 4AM
– UK: 12AM to 3AM
– North America (EDT): 7PM to 10PM
– North America (PDT): 4PM to 7PM
– Japan: 9AM to 12PM

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Check out some screenshots of this week’s European Nintendo downloads:

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

Wii U

1. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
2. Splatoon – Nintendo
3. Xenoblade Chronicles X – Nintendo
4. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo
5. Yoshi’s Woolly World – Nintendo
6. Just Dance 2016 – Ubisoft
7. Skylanders SuperChargers – Activision
8. Disney Infinity 3.0 – Disney Interactive
9. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo
10. Mario Party 10 – Nintendo

3DS

1. Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – Nintendo
2. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
3. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
4. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
5. Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Bros. – Nintendo
6. Pokemon Y – Nintendo
7. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
8. Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Bros. – Nintendo
9. Pokemon X – Nintendo
10. Mario Golf: World Tour – Nintendo

Source: Chart-Track

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This week’s UK software sales are as follows:

Individual formats

All formats

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Less than two weeks before the debut of Yo-kai Watch: Enma Daioh to Itsutsu no Monogatari da Nyan! TV announcer Sayaka Suguru announced that a third film is on the way for Winter 2016. The announcement was made during a special event for the second film and unfortunately did not include any details about the movie.

Source: ManTan Web via Perfectly Nintendo

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Last week, it was announced that this Thursday a new fighter plus new support Pokemon would be revealed for Pokken Tournament. However, it seems that we already know who that new fighter is going to be. An image was published today which shows Pokemon variety show Pokenchi presenter Shoko Nakagawa playing the game. In the background, a poster is visible which shows that Sceptile is a playable character and that Electrode and probably Farfetch’d (although it’s hard to tell since the poster is so small) are two new support Pokemon.

As always with images like this there’s a chance that it could be photoshopped so don’t take this as a 100% confirmation yet, however it does seem pretty likely. We will know for sure on Thursday.

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Let’s Talk #32: What are you playing? – December 2015

It’s the first weekend of a new month. Specifically, December has now rolled on in! So we want to know: what are you playing? Tell us in the comments below!

As for me, I’ve been a bit quiet with gaming as of late. I did start up Fantasy Life, but I’m just a few hours in. I like what I’ve played thus far though!

Highlights from last week’s topic: Have you tried out Nintendo Badge Arcade?

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It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart! With the release of Monster Hunter X, Dragon Quest XI has now taken over the top spot.

Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between November 19 and November 25.

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