This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlighted games include 7th Dragon III, Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, Dragon Quest VIII, Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma: The Dish of Friendship and Bonds, and Super Robot Wars BX. Scans of each title can be found in the gallery below.

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Square Enix released new screenshots from Dragon Quest VIII showing elements such as the camera mode and Photo Quests. View them in the gallery below.

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Ever since Pokken Tournament’s original announcement, there hasn’t been too much talk about bringing the game west. We’ve heard small rumblings about the possibility, but nothing too concrete. That has since changed thanks to comments from Dave & Busters senior VP Kevin Bachus.

Bachus revealed during a Reddit AMA that Dave & Busters has plans for Pokken Tournament location tests in the United States. He said:

Yes. We will be testing Pokken. Candidly both NAMCO and I are more optimistic about that title and our typical guests than Tekken.

Bachus didn’t reveal any additional information, and specifics haven’t been shared. We do at least have some sort of confirmation that Pokken Tournament is coming overseas!

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This week’s GameStop ad has gone live. You can find the Nintendo-related mentions below, and the full ad with other gaming deals here.

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

PS4 – 24,266
New 3DS LL – 19,432
Vita – 13,190
Wii U – 11,028
New 3DS – 5,437
PS3 – 2,947
3DS – 1,376
3DS LL – 726
Vita TV – 618
Xbox One – 242

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

New 3DS LL – 21,069
PS4 – 15,779
Vita – 13,632
Wii U – 10,780
New 3DS – 5,551
PS3 – 2,979
3DS – 1,184
3DS LL – 899
Vita TV – 613
Xbox One – 149

And here are the software charts:

1. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch Busters – 220,998 / 914,536
2. [PS4] Batman: Arkham Knight – 48,802 / NEW
3. [WIU] Yoshi’s Woolly World – 31,158 / NEW
4. [3DS] The Great Ace Attorney – 23,917 / 159,607
5. [WIU] Splatoon – 22,557 / 430,869
6. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates – 18,499 / 363,752
7. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best Plus – 17,650 / 343,493
8. [PSV] Taiko No Tatsujin V Version – 12,581 / 58,681
9. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 9,878 / 253,306
10. [PS4] Godzilla – 7,729 / NEW
11. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 6,995 / 1,067,437
12. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 5,357 / 2,663,019
13. [3DS] Cho Tousouchuu Atsumare Saikyou no Tousousya Tachi – 4,948 / 18,520
14. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 4,740 / 4,001,701
15. [PSV] I Doll U – 3,615 / NEW
16. [3DS] Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden – 3,094 / 113,181
17. [PS4] The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – 2,919 / 131,333
18. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 2,740 / 2,259,067
19. [3DS] Girls Mode 3 – 2,714 / 167,149
20. [PS4] Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition – 2,445 / 52,462

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Nintendo provided a European release date update for the 8-bit Mario amiibo over on its Twitter account. The Classic Colors Mario variant is reconfirmed for September 11, which we heard about previously. It’s also now known that the Modern Colors edition is due out on October 23.

Nintendo’s official tweet reads:

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Nintendo has revealed a Super Mario Maker Wii U bundle for Europe. It’ll come with a Wii U console, a copy of the game (with the art book), and Classic Colors Mario amiibo. Consumers can purchase the bundle when Super Mario Maker launches – September 11.

On Twitter, Nintendo posted the following message:

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Masahiro Sakurai published a new column in the latest issue of Famitsu. His piece is entirely about Satoru Iwata, who just recently passed away.

Sakurai started out by stating the following when he heard the news: “My mind went white and even now the reality hasn’t sunk in.”

He then remembers the early days, and recalled how Iwata had been one of the interviewers when Sakurai applied for a job at HAL Laboratory Inc. “Our positions and locations changed throughout our long association,” he said. “He was the best superior I ever had and a man who understood me better than anyone.”

Later in his piece, Sakurai described Iwata in the following five ways:

He was a man of virtue. Where a normal person would get annoyed or angry, he would never show such emotions and would instead analyze, organize, and offer ideas. He was someone who could bow his head and apologize for things that weren’t his fault. I often worried about his stress levels, but he always talked with a smile.

He had a brilliant mind. Even when people would talk at length or without focus he was able to quickly say, “so, what you’re trying to say is…” and quickly summarize their point. He was able to see to the heart of people and things and was a master of simplifying them so that anyone could understand their point. He could immediately make a call on changes to improve. I have no doubt that many people were saved by this quality.

He was a man of effort. Even though he didn’t start out in the managing field, he read numerous management books, he would ask for advice from the necessary people that he would take to heart, and managed to become the president of Nintendo. What he gained from his years as a programmer allowed him to take many long-term projects to successful fruition.

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Bandai Namco issued a commercial for Go! Princess PreCure: Sugar Kingdom and the Six Princesses today. Take a look at it below.

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It’s almost that time again! Nintendo has more maintenance planned for next week, and it will be affecting the Wii U and 3DS eShops as well as the Wii Shopping Channel and DSi Shop. The next round of maintenance will be happening on Monday from 4 PM ET to 8 PM ET (1 PM PT to 5 PM PT).

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