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A new 3DS puzzle is being added to the StreetPass Mii Plaza today. In both North America and Europe, a panel should be arriving for Final Fantasy Explorers. The first piece should show up so long as you have SpotPass enabled.

Thanks to dtsnunes19 for the tip.

Both of Nintendo’s Smash Bros. games will be undergoing maintenance tonight. The game’s network services will be impacted for around 100 minutes.

Here’s the schedule for different regions:

– 6:50 PM PT – 8:30 PM PT
– 9:50 PM ET – 11:30 PM ET
– 1:50 AM in the UK – 3:30 AM in the UK
– 2:50 AM in Europe – 4:30 AM in Europe

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The LEGO Dimensions Midway Arcade Level Pack for LEGO Dimensions is now available. This comes with a buildable Gamer Kid minifigure, G-6155 Spy Hunter vehicle, and Arcade Machine. These are all playable in the game, and the pack unlocks over 20 classic arcade games from Midway Arcade as an exclusive level.

Here’s a trailer for the new Midway Arcade content:

Pokken Tournament will have its first patch upon release later this week. When you purchase the game, version 1.1 will be available. To access elements like online play, this patch will be required.

Pokken Tournament’s 1.1 update needs 370MB of space. The update will begin downloading when you boot up the game, though it can also be downloaded automatically.

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Nintendo UK shared a rather random – and very brief – video involving Shigeru Miyamoto today. Fans are being asked to guess the amiibo Miyamoto tries to impersonate in the video below. So… who’s that amiibo?

It was only a few days ago that we received word about Miitomo, Nintendo’s first mobile application, releasing on March 17 in Japan. Interestingly, My Nintendo will also begin service on this day. eShop purchases (aside from tickets, DLC, and 3DS themes) will be eligible.

It’s still unclear when Miitomo and My Nintendo will be launching in the west. This should be taking place before the end of the month, however.

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Reviews for Pokken Tournament are now starting to come in, as Nintendo has lifted the game’s embargo. We’ve rounded up some of the early verdicts below.

Nintendo Everything – “Thumbs Up”
IGN – 8 / 10
GameSpot – 9 / 10
Game Informer – 7 / 10
GamesBeat – 79 / 100
USgamer – 3 / 5
Shacknews – 6 / 10
GameXplain – “Liked”
Destructoid – 7.5 / 10
Eurogamer – “Recommended”
Kotaku – N/A
Nintendo Life – N/A
Gamereactor – 8 / 10
GamesRadar – 3 / 5

Nintendo has set April 27 as the date for its earnings report on the past fiscal year. While we have no idea what all will be discussed, these reports are often where the company details some of their plans for the coming months or year, so it’s a date to keep on the radar.

Here’s the news as relayed by analyst Dr. Serkan Toto:

Nintendo just scheduled the Fiscal Year Earnings Release for April 27. https://t.co/28i2wlniwn

— Dr. Serkan Toto (@serkantoto) March 15, 2016

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Tuesday brings with it the usual Pokémon Shuffle update, this time adding in a variety of Pokémon to catch for both the mobile and 3DS versions. Two brand new stages have been added: a timed stage for Noivern, and a safari stage that will let you catch Hoothoot, Noctowl, Houndour, Houndoom, Pineco, Forretress, and Noibat. Both of these stages will run until March 29th.

Additionally, there are two returning stages. Landorus will run until March 22nd, with players only able to play once a day, but the catch rate increasing every day. Also, special Rotom stages have returned, with Rotom’s form changing daily. Rotom will not be playable on Saturdays or Sundays.

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One multiplayer option in Pokken Tournament is LAN battle mode. With this functionality, local multiplayer with 60 frames per second is possible.

Below are the different requirements for three different routes that can be taken with LAN battles:

And some extra notes for Route C:

– Routes A and B just need you to set the Internet options on the Wii U to Wired and Wireless respectively
– For Route C, there are some extra steps
– First: set both Wii Us up to connect via Wired Connection
– When the test fails, cancel out but save the connection
– Go into the settings for the connection and change the IP to 192.168.000.001 (or 192.168.000.002 on the second Wii U), Subnet Mask to 255.255.255.000 and Default Gateway to 192.168.000.050
– For the DNS settings, set it as “Do not automatically obtain”
– Set Primary DNS to 1.0.0.0
– Save the settings

Note that to activate LAN battle, you have to hold down L, R & down on the d-pad on the title screen.

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