It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart! With the latest chart, Fire Emblem If maintains its spot at the top.

Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between May 28 and June 3.

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Now that EarthBound Beginnings has hit the Wii U Virtual Console, footage is starting to hit YouTube. You can watch 20 minutes from the game below.

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Following today’s announcement at the Nintendo World Championships 2015, EarthBound Beginnings has launched on the Wii U Virtual Console. You won’t need much space for this one. The download only requires 37 MB!

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John Numbers has been crowned the champion of this year’s Nintendo World Championships. Numbers defeated Cosmo in a series of tough Super Mario Maker levels designed by staff at the Nintendo Treehouse. While Cosmo was invited to the tournament, Numbers ended up being in the event from one of Best Buy’s qualifying matches.

Update: Bumped to the top. The game is out now and costs $6.99

EarthBound Beginnings is finally launching in the west, Nintendo announced during the pre-show of today’s Nintendo World Championships 2015.

The game is actually arriving today in both North America and Europe at 9 PM ET / 6 PM PT. It can be purchased via the Wii U Virtual Console.

Take a look at the official trailer below.

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Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime took on Hungrybox at the Nintendo World Championships 2015. You can view the full match below.

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Mario Maker appears to be given a new name, even if it’s not a major change.

At the Nintendo World Championships, the title was played for the final round. The introduction video showed off some new art as well as the updated name: “Super Mario Maker”. Check it out below.

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Nintendo has announced “Blast Blast” for 3DS. This game debuted at the Nintendo World Championships in the short of a short promo, and was then immediately playable. Check it out below.

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Update 3: Photos of Reggie, Miyamoto, and more at the Nintendo World Championships!

Update 2: (6/14): Photos of Nintendo’s E3 lanyard have come in. We also have photos from the Nintendo World Championships 2015. Since more photos are starting to appear online, we’re going to collect everything in the gallery above.

Update (6/13): Bumped to the top. Here’s a picture of Reggie:

There are going to be a whole bunch of photos leading up to E3 2015 over the next few days. We’re not going to make a new post for each new one, but we will collect all of the various images right here.

Shigeru Miyamoto kicks things off, and he’s apparently already in Los Angeles for the big show. It’ll be interesting to see what other photos come in leading up to E3!

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Missed out on the Nintendo World Championships 2015 pre-show? No worries! We’ve posted it in full below. The show featured a level from Yoshi’s Woolly World as well as the announcement of EarthBound Beginnings.

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