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During the November Nintendo Direct, it was announced that a Smash Bros. presentation would be held sometime this month. Nintendo has now shared a date for the broadcast. You’ll be able to watch the presentation on December 15 at the following times:

– 2 PM PT
– 5 PM ET
– 10 PM in the UK
– 11 PM in Europe

Masahiro Sakurai will be in charge of the proceedings. He’ll talk about Cloud, but we should be hearing about the Fighter Ballot as well.

Xbox boss Phil Spencer tends to be very talkative with fans on Twitter. Yesterday, he made some interesting – if not unexpected – comments pertaining to Nintendo.

First, here’s what was said when asked if there will ever be anything from Nintendo on Xbox:

Spencer’s tweets continued by talking about a couple of other topics. First, he mentioned that he’s happy that Microsoft was able to work with Nintendo to get Minecraft on Wii U. Spencer also said that acquiring the rights to GoldenEye 007 has proven difficult, which had prevented a re-release on the Virtual Console and Xbox Live Arcade in the past.

@PNF4LYFE Thanks. Nice to get to work with Nintendo on this. Great to see Minecraft coming to WiiU.

— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) December 8, 2015

@leflus Goldeneye rights are so challenging, looked at this many times. Lot's of different parties to work with, we've always given up.

— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) December 8, 2015

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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

New 3DS LL – 76,779
PS4 – 35,782
Wii U – 32,604
Vita – 21,860
New 3DS – 17,202
3DS – 7,915
PS3 – 1,916
3DS LL – 1,113
Vita TV – 646
Xbox One – 289

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

New 3DS LL – 105,629
PS4 – 26,598
Wii U – 20,256
New 3DS – 18,052
Vita – 14,765
3DS – 6,095
PS3 – 1,643
3DS LL – 1,247
Vita TV – 625
Xbox One – 591

And here are the software charts:

1. [3DS] Monster Hunter X – 332,478 / 1,820,845
2. [3DS] Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam – 49,266 / NEW
3. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters – 38,434 / 1,798,622
4. [WIU] Splatoon – 35,256 / 861,197
5. [WIU] Super Mario Maker – 32,155 / 442,588
6. [PS4] Bloodborne: The Old Hunters – 20,455 / NEW
7. [3DS] Disney Magical World 2 – 13,906 / 130,980
8. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – 11,734 / 1,147,540
9. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 11,179 / 424,367
10. [PS4] Call of Dut: Black Ops III – 11,092 / 231,500
11. [PS4] Star Wars Battlefront – 9,487 / 151,736
12. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi Omise Hajimerun Desu – 7,654 / 29,447
13. [WIU] Yo-kai Watch Dance: Just Dance Special Version – 7,060 / NEW
14. [3DS] Aikatsu! My No.1 Stage! – 6,298 / 31,217
15. [PSV] Himouto! Umaru-chan Himouto Ikusei Keikaku – 6,063 / NEW
16. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best Plus – 5,743 / 509,822
17. [3DS} Zelda: Tri Force Heroes – 5,305 / 110,757
18. [3DS] Pokemon Rumble World – 5,229 / 21,479
19. [3DS] Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon – 5,107 / 269,781
20. [PS4] Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition – 4,630 / NEW

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Four more Animal Crossing amiibo are arriving in Europe next month. Consumers will be able to purchase Blathers, Celeste, Kicks, and Resetti figures starting on January 29.

Here’s the news from the Animal Crossing Twitter account:

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Today (December 9) Nintendo sent out another update for the Miiverse social network. There are no major changes this time but the update does apply to all platforms (Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, and web). The two main changes for the December 9th update are:

• titles can now be added to Discussion posts to make it easier for users to search through them and find ones that interest them.
• the layout of the Discussion section has been altered slightly to show more Discussions at once.

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Those looking to save on last year’s iteration of Disney Infinity may want to check out a new sale on Best Buy. The retailer has the 2.0 Starter Pack on sale for just $15 for today only. Take advantage of the deal here.

Nintendo has released a new 3DS theme in Japan based on Girls Mode 3. Check out an official video for it below.

Minecraft: Wii U Edition won’t let players manage their inventory by using the GamePad. Instead, the controller simply acts as an alternate screen for off-TV play. So says Mojang’s Owen Hill, who tweeted the following yesterday:

This really feels like something that would make Minecraft much, much better on Wii U. Hopefully the functionality will be considered for a future update.

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A new trailer for Medabots 9 has come online, showing gameplay and more. We’ve posted it below.

Several new 3DS themes are out now in Japan, including a new one based on Girls Mode 3 and more. Here’s the full lineup:

Panda no Tapu Tapu theme – 100 yen
Girls Mode 3 – 200 yen
rerulili feat. Kagamine Len ‘Seisou Bakuretsu Boy’ – 200 yen
Robi ‘Home’, ‘Digital’ and ‘Picture’ themes – 200 yen each or as a set for 500 yen
The Amazing World of Gumball (x4) – 200 yen each

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