After nearly a year, Nintendo has finally readied a new episode of The Cat Mario Show for North America. Episode 4 is posted below.

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Last week, Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom came out on the European Wii U Virtual Console. Watch some footage of the download below.

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Circle Entertainment has secured a North American release date for The Legend of Dark Witch 2. The title will be sold on the 3DS eShop starting on December 17. Pricing is set at $6.99.

Circle wrote on Twitter a few minutes ago:

We’ll also be seeing The Legend of Dark Witch 3DS themes on December 17 for $0.99 each.

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If you’re in the UK, you can nab a new 3DS theme by visiting GAME. The retailer is offering a Happy Winter Holidays” theme until January 7. Simply connect to Nintendo Zone and it should be yours!

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Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 was once again featured in the latest issue of Jump. A few things are featured in the magazine.

We now know that Joker 3 will have three new monsters from Dragon Quest Monsters: Super Light, Dragon Quest: Monster Parade and Dragon Quest X. Other than that, Jump shows scouting (from previous Joker titles), accessories that players can equip, and Skill Points (used by monsters to obtain new skills).

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Update: Not quite as good a deal, but Skylanders SuperChargers Dark Edition for Wii U is $75 ($25 off).

Skylanders SuperChargers Racing on 3DS is seeing a rather big discount on Amazon. You can purchase the game for only $24, down from the original $65 asking price.

Place an order here if interested. Note that the deal expires at 3 AM ET / 12 AM PT.

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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:

01./00. [3DS] Monster Hunter X # (Capcom) {2015.11.28} (¥6.264) – 1.488.367 / NEW <91,84%>
02./00. [3DS] Aikatsu! My No.1 Stage! (Bandai Namco Games) {2015.11.26} (¥5.627) – 24.918 / NEW
03./08. [WIU] Splatoon # (Nintendo) {2015.05.28} (¥6.156) – 23.823 / 825.940 (+35%)
04./11. [WIU] Super Mario Maker # (Nintendo) {2015.09.10} (¥6.156) – 18.639 / 410.432 (+41%)
05./01. [PS4] Star Wars: Battlefront (Electronic Arts) {2015.11.19} (¥8.424) – 18.341 / 142.249 (-85%)
06./00. [PSV] Hyperdimension Neptunia Vs. Sega Hard Girls: Yume no Gattai Special # (Compile Heart) {2015.11.26} (¥7.344) – 16.941 / NEW
07./10. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad (Level 5) {2015.07.11} (¥4.968) – 15.748 / 1.760.188 (+7%)
08./00. [PSV] Criminal Girls 2 # (Nippon Ichi Software) {2015.11.26} (¥6.458) – 15.196 / NEW
09./00. [PS3] TV Anime Idolm@ster: Cinderella Girls G4U! Pack Vol.6 (Bandai Namco Games) {2015.11.26} (¥10.778) – 13.613 / NEW
10./06. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops III # (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.11.06} (¥8.532) – 13.608 / 220.408 (-30%)
11./00. [PS4] Blade Arcus from Shining EX # (Sega) {2015.11.26} (¥7.549) – 12.469 / NEW
12./14. [3DS] Disney Magic World 2 # (Bandai Namco Games) {2015.11.05} (¥6.145) – 12.115 / 117.074 (+5%)
13./00. [WIU] Taiko no Tatsujin: Atsumete Tomodachi Daisakusen! # (Bandai Namco Games) {2015.11.26} (¥5.724) – 10.007 / NEW
14./21. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer # (Nintendo) {2015.07.30} (¥4.320) – 10.003 / 1.135.805 (+84%)
15./18. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.03.19} (¥2.592) – 8.859 / 413.188 (+23%)
16./00. [PS3] Blade Arcus from Shining EX # (Sega) {2015.11.26} (¥7.549) – 8.083 / NEW
17./03. [PSV] Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book # (Koei Tecmo) {2015.11.19} (¥6.264) – 6.183 / 31.988 (-76%)
18./16. [3DS] Pokemon Rumble World (Pokemon Co.) {2015.11.19} (¥3.996) – 6.130 / 16.250 (-39%)
19./05. [WIU] Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival (Nintendo) {2015.11.21} (¥6.480) – 6.022 / 26.325 (-70%)
20./04. [PSV] Omega Labyrinth (D3 Publisher) {2015.11.19} (¥7.344) – 5.623 / 30.736 (-78%)

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SEGA has announced that it’s cutting revenue and profit forecast for the fiscal year ending in March 2016. Revenue forecast has been dropped by ¥65 billion to ¥355 billion, resulting in a 15 percent reduction. Operating income will also be reduced from ¥25 billion to ¥10 billion. Net profit is declining by nearly 90 percent from ¥19 billion to just ¥2 billion.

There are a few reasons behind this. First, SEGA’s pachislot machine sales expectations are down from 265,000 units to 154,000 units and its pachinko machine expectations are down from 220,000 units to 203,000 units. The company is also experiencing “intensifying” competition within the Japanese market when it comes to the Entertainment Contents Business (games) and longer development lead times. That means SEGA doesn’t have a whole lot of titles coming up immediately due to delays.

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Media Create’s latest report had Monster Hunter X at nearly 1.5 million unit sold. As it turns out, the game sold through 91.84 percent of its initial shipment. Media Create also says that pre-orders were at 936,000 copies.

How does Monster Hunter X stack up to the previous game in the series? Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (4G) sold 1,446,289 copies with a sell-through of 85.40 percent. Pre-orders were similar, as that title had 929,000 units reservations.

In terms of hardware, Monster Hunter X helped boost 3DS sales by 362.53 percent. 196,000 systems were sold across all platforms during the week, up 206.19 percent from the previous week.

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More footage of FAST Racing Neo has been posted online, this time showing Avalanche Valley gameplay. Check it out below.

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