The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes offers over 30 costumes. Yet there’s one idea that was left on the cutting room floor.

Speaking with USGamer, director Hiromasa Shikata revealed one costume that didn’t make it into the final game. There was talk about adding in “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, but the team couldn’t really think of a proper way to implement it.

According to Shikata:

“I can think of one right off the top of my head. That would be one that was inspired by the folktale “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” which as you know is the story of the emperor who thinks he’s wearing something of the highest fashion, but he’s actually—when other people look at him, he’s not wearing anything. They thought that would be a great idea for an outfit, but they weren’t able to come up with an implementation that would—they weren’t sure how to wrap up that whole thing as one good feature spec, you know, “How could we actually implement that neat idea as something that’s relevant to the game?” They unfortunately weren’t able to come to a conclusion, so that never made the cut.”

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Three more eShop cards based on the Photos with Mario app are due out in North America this fall. The latest designs are based on Luigi, Bowser, and Koopa Troopa. Each one is priced at $10.

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It’s no secret that The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes is heavily focused on multiplayer. Still, if players want, they can complete the entire game solo. Had it not been for Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma though, that wouldn’t have been possible.

Zelda: Tri Force Heroes was originally imagined as a multiplayer-online game. It was only after Aonuma suggested adding in a single-player mode that this was added.

Aonuma and The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes director Hiromasa Shikata shared with TIME:

“When we started, I didn’t have any thoughts of creating a single-player mode, because I was focused on a three-player mode that’s fun. So one day, Aonuma-san steps in and says ‘Can you make a single-player for this?’ And I was thinking ‘Oh no, no, that’s not . . . All of a sudden? Wow, can we?’ And so we went back and forth about it.” – Shikata

“When I created Marvelous [an action-adventure for the Super Nintendo released in Japan in 1996], it was a three-player game, and so I said ‘How about something like that?'” – Aonuma

“Yeah, so we thought maybe it’s not possible, but then we started talking about it, and we said ‘How about one course, can we do it on just one?’ And that led to ‘Can we do it on all courses?’ And it turned out it was doable. So ultimately what happened was, we were able to create a new way of playing the game that was different from the multiplayer experience.”

“I also think that because we have the multiplayer experience, the single-player stands out,” adds Aonuma. “And because we have all of these different ways of experiencing the game, these different design ideas, I think that’s what sets it apart.” – Aonuma

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Nintendo has the North American Zelda: Tri Force Heroes launch trailer up on its YouTube page. You can give it a watch below.

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Splatoon’s seventh Splatfest has been dated for North America. You can either choose to be on Team Pirate or Team Ninja (not the developer!).

The new Splatfest will begin at 12 AM ET on October 31, and 9 PM PT on October 30. Nintendo will hold the event for a full day, with the results coming soon after.

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Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water allows players to unlock Zero Suit Samus and Zelda costumes. We’ve already posted a trailer for the outfits, but additional footage can be found below.

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The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes features three Links based on different colors. Green, red, and blue designs are in the game, all of which were in Four Swords Adventures. But there’s one color from the GameCube title not Tri Force Heroes: purple.

The developers of Tri Force Heroes recently explained why Purple Link isn’t in the game. You can read up on their response above.

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Lightwood Games’ next title, Word Party, has received a release date. The multiplayer mini-game collection will arrive on November 12. We’ve posted a trailer below.

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From the Genei Ibun Roku #FE website comes several additional screenshots of Genei Ibun Roku #FE. Take a look at the latest images below.

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Three amiibo are back in stock over on GameStop. Consumers can once again purchase Shulk, Little Mac, and Fox.

Here’s a link to each:

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Little Mac
Fox