The Shovel Knight amiibo won’t be produced alongside Nintendo’s own figures. As it turns out, it’s instead being made at a separate factory that specializes in NFC toys.

It’s also worth mentioning that the Shovel Knight amiibo base will be purple. Currently, the prototype version features a gold base.

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Game Informer has new quotes up from Yacht Club Games’ Sean Velasco and Nintendo’s Damon Baker. Between the two, we learn about how the Shovel Knight amiibo came to be (including how Miyamoto said “no” to one of the pitch documents), third-party amiibo in general, and more.

Continue on below for a roundup of Velasco and Baker’s comments. The original interview is located here.

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More Dragon Quest VIII videos are emerging from Japan now that the game has launched in the region. We have one below that compares the loading times up against the PlayStation 2 version. It seems as though the 3DS takes a bit more time to load things, but it doesn’t seem to be a massive bump up in time.

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Three modes videos for Disney Infinity 3.0 have made their way to the series’ official YouTube page. Each one has been posted below.

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We previously heard that Nintendo will be hosting a panel for Xenoblade Chronicles X at PAX Prime 2015 tomorrow. A reminder was sent out on the company’s Twitter account today, and it seems to reveal an interesting piece of information.

The tweet states that 8-4’s Mark MacDonald will be hosting the Xenoblade Chronicles X panel. That’s important for one big reason. Based on the message, it suggests that 8-4 is involved with the RPG’s localization.

8-4 has worked on a ton of games in the past. On the Nintendo side of things, they helped bring over Fire Emblem: Awakening, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, and Fossil Fighters: Frontier.

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Funky Physics his slated for the North American Wii U eShop on September 10, Petite Games has confirmed.

The indie developer passed along the news on Twitter, writing:

As the name implies, Funky Physics is a physics-based puzzle game. A price point has not yet been announced.

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During a panel at PAX Prime 2015 today, Inti Creates made an announcement about Azure Striker Gunvolt. The company revealed that an update is planned to add Japanese voices to the game.

The Inti Creates Twitter account also shared the news:

At this time, it’s unknown when the update will be made available.

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GameSpot has posted more footage of the Snowball Ravine area in Zelda: Tri Force Heroes. Take a look at the video below.

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With Disney Infinity 3.0, Disney Interactive made a conscious decision to highlight Ahsoka. That’s because, according to the company’s John Vignocchi, have of the people playing are female.

“With Disney’s IP treasure chest of powerful and strong female characters, we actually are seeing a split with Infinity that’s more 50% boys and 50% girls,” Vignocchi told The Wall Street Journal.

Disney Infinity 3.0 is out today in Europe, and North America is following behind on Sunday.

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Today, Telltale Games announced that players will be able to choose their character’s appearance in Minecraft: Story Mode. This marks the first time that a Minecraft game offers such functionality.

It will be possible to choose from a number of options for male and female versions of the game’s hero, Jesse.

Minecraft: Story Mode is due out this fall.

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