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StarTropics is arriving on the North American Wii U Virtual Console tomorrow, according to Nintendo’s website.

Here’s an overview from the official listing:

Step into the shoes of Mike Jones, a teenage star pitcher from Seattle, who has come to the tropics to visit his famous archeologist uncle, Dr. Jones. After being told that his uncle has been abducted, Mike begins a perilous quest in order to rescue him and figure out the mysterious plot behind his disappearance. Luckily for Mike, he meets helpful villagers and finds more powerful weapons as he explores numerous locations and island hops using his uncle’s submarine.

StarTropics will be priced at $4.99.

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A new Star Fox Guard update is now available. If you have the game, you can now download version 20160525.

Today’s patch makes adjustments to rank-calculation values and abilities of robots deployed in squads. Squad and replay data lifespan has also been extended as well.

Continue on below for the full patch notes.

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Miitomo’s success in terms of downloads has been well documented at this point. However, when it comes to its staying power, the app has been on a decline. That might have been at least somewhat expected, but SurveyMonkey has taken a deeper look at the situation.

SurveyMonkey compared Miitomo to Candy Crush Jelly Saga and Clash Royale, two titles from giant mobile developers King and Supercell respectively. Miitomo stacks up favorably when it came to download performance, but the app “struggled to keep users interested.”

SurveyMonkey writes in its report:

In Miitomo’s case, this lower-than-peers engagement translates into higher churn. The game’s weekly churn more than 50% means that over half of the users of Miitomo on a given week won’t come back and play it again the following week. For some apps that don’t need frequent use this isnt a problem, but for games like Miitomo that are designed for frequent use, churn at this level foreshadows a quick decline.

Low engagement and high churn cause a steady decline in active users for Miitomo. When comparing to the other games it’s not necessarily the lower peak weekly-active users (WAU) that’s of concern, but the fact that Miitomo drops off much more rapidly. Clash Royale’s lowest value is just 22% from its peak, Candy Crush Jelly’s is 32% from its peak, but Miitomo WAU is 74% lower than its peak value in a much shorter timespan.

What has your experience been like with Miitomo? Are you still using the app? Or are you pretty much done with it at this point?

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We have a few more minutes of footage from the new Spider-Man Character Pack in LEGO Marvel’s Avengers, which is out now on Wii U for free. Here’s the latest video with gameplay:

Update: Bumped to the top. Here’s another IGN video:

Original: IGN has joined in on the fun of putting up English gameplay from Kirby: Planet Robobot. Take a look at some footage of a boss fight below.

As we’ve previously mentioned, Dual Core is one of the new titles heading to the North American Wii U eShop tomorrow. View the video below for an hour of footage.

Dragon Fantasy: The Black Tome of Ice will be out on Wii U and 3DS tomorrow. Take a look at the video below for a lengthy look at the RPG.

Gray Fin Studios’ interesting-looking Wii U eShop game Dual Core will be out on the North American Wii U eShop tomorrow. For those that are curious, the download is 188MB. That’s a pretty reasonable amount!

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RCMADIAX has another Wii U eShop title on the way. Next month, the indie developer will be bringing out “Splashy Duck”.

A few screenshots are up on RCMADIAX’s Twitter page. Those images, along with the tweet announcement, is below.

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This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. This week, the only notable Nintendo coverage is Zero Time Dilemma and Pokemon.