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Final Fantasy Explorers is out today, and so are the reviews. Here’s a roundup of the early verdicts:

IGN – 6.8 / 10
GameSpot – 7 / 10
Destructoid – 7 / 10
Nintendo Life – 7 / 10
Nintendo World Report – 7 / 10
Game Informer – 7.75 / 10

A few new screenshots of Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty running on Wii U were let out on the series’ Twitter account earlier today. You can find them below.

Just to reiterate, Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty’s release on Wii U is very, very close. The developer hopes to nail down a final date this week.

Thanks to Jake for the tip.

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Yet another new tweet has been posted on the Japanese Zelda Twitter account. Today’s message is a little more interesting, as it contains concept art of Midna.

Here’s the translated tweet:

“…It’s Malo. This is Midna, the gal who is profusely well-informed about the Twilight Realm. Seems like there were various kinds of designs until her appearance became like this. Speaking of which, her name seems to come from midnight… “shadow” = “night” is simple, isn’t it.”

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Hyrule Warriors Legends does not currently have an option to reset save data. For some players, they’ve found this to be a problem when they want to sell it to the used games market.

There is good news though! The official Hyrule Warriors Legends Japanese Twitter account acknowledged that you can’t clear save data, but they would like to implement this as soon as possible. It should be added in via an update sometime in the future.

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Update: Updates notes are in, and Nintendo didn’t surprise us! It’s the standard line: “Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience”. There’s been talk about the previous version causing issues with SD card corruption, so perhaps today’s patch addresses that.

Following last week’s firmware release, the 3DS has once again received another update. Version 10.5.0-30 is out now.

Nintendo has yet to share any notes about today’s update. Once they’re available, we’ll add them in here. I’d be surprised if it’s anything beyond improved stability though!

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Next month, a unique Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer event will be held in Japan. Those who connect their games online between February 1 at 9 AM and February 29 at 11:59 PM can receive a request from Maddie. She’ll ask you to make a house with a stationary theme. If you take on this request, original items based on Kokuyo products will be added to the catalog.

Here’s the item list:

– Campus Closet
– Dot Liner
– Neo Critz Chair
– Campus Bed
– Kadokeshi Sofa
– Junior Pencil Partitioning Screen
– Triangles Table
– Hosomi Clock
– Campus Wallpaper
– Campus Carpet
– Campus Rug

Nintendo has not yet said if a similar event will be held overseas.

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PuzzleBox Setup came to 3DS a little over a year ago. Bplus is now working on a “successor” of that title for Steam, which the developer is looking to have on NX as well.

Creator Bernd Geiblinger told one fan on Facebook the following when asked if an update to the 3DS version is planned to bring it in line with the Steam version:

“Not possible, this game is made for NX but modified to be released on Steam earlier, because sadly I’m not able to wait til NX and need to release this game soon.”

Geiblinger added that the Steam version will continue to grow with updates, and it will be possible to create levels that can be shared with NX players. Also, Bplus intends for the NX version to make use of eight colors as opposed to Steam’s limit of four thanks to the controls, “which opens possibilities to completely different pictures and modes for NX version.”

Here’s a look at the new version of PuzzleBox Setup:

Finally, regarding Bplus’ other 3DS game/franchise Bit Boy!!, Geiblinger teased the following for NX:

“You will definitely see Kubi traveling back to the old Bit-Eras on NX. Stay tuned. Cannot talk about something specific before Nintendo announces the new platform.”

It’s unclear how much Bplus actually knows about NX. It’s also unknown whether or not the indie developer currently has access to a development kit for the system.

Thanks to Arison for the tip.

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Last week, RCMADIAX brought Skeasy to the North American Wii U eShop. Check out a few minutes of footage below.

In Japan, Koei Tecmo produced a couple of special Hyrule Warriors Legends packages for Japan. One of these was the Treasure Box. Take a full look at it in the video below.

Today, Choice Provisions announced a final release date for Shutshimi on Wii U. The title will be distributed as an eShop game on February 4.

Shutshimi will support off-TV play. Additionally, the game includes 4-player local co-op.

Here’s the news published on Choice Provisions’ Twitter page:

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