Over the past few months, it’s been made clear that the localization team behind Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate had a fairly notable impact on the game’s release. Little suggestions were proposed here and there to improve the overall experience.

Capcom detailed some of these in a new localization blog post today. Thanks to suggestions proposed from the overseas side of the company, we get to see things like the “Instant” text speed, the ability to toggle your partner’s Palico conversation on and off during multiplayer, and the option to turn off a portion of the tutorial messages.

Before we start talking about monsters, I want to write about a couple of nifty features that were introduced into the Japanese version of Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate and of course, are intact for the Western version. The first is an option to change the dialogue text speed from Normal to Instant. If you’ve played a Monster Hunter game before, you know that the text displays one letter at a time and while some players are okay with this, some players are pretty quick readers, so switching the option to Instant will display the dialogue all at once, allowing you to get through the conversation quickly.

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A new 3DS firmware update is now available for download. By grabbing the latest firmware, your system will be brought up to version 9.5.0-22.

It appears that today’s update is on the simpler side of things, as it’s mostly about stability. Nintendo says of the firmware: “Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience”. That’s it!

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Ubisoft has kicked off a new sale on the North American Wii U and eShops today. Consumers can save up to 75 percent on the publisher’s titles.

The full lineup of discounts can be found below.

Wii U

Assassin’s Creed III – $14.99
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag – $22.49
Child of Light – $11.24
Cloudberry Kingdom – $4.99
ESPN Sports Connection – $12.49
Just Dance 2015 – $29.99
Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth – $14.99
Rabbids Land – $12.49
Rayman Legends – $19.99
Splinter Cell: Blacklist – $14.99
The Smurfs 2 – $19.99
Watch Dogs – $44.99
Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2013 – $12.49
ZombiU – $22.49

3DS

Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars – $7.49
Petz Beach – $22.49
Petz Countryside – $22.49
Petz Fantasy 3D – $7.49
Poptropica: Forgotten Islands – $22.49
Rabbids Travel in Time 3D – $7.49
Rayman 3D – $7.49
Rayman Origins – $7.49
Splinter Cell 3D – $7.49
Tetris Ultimate – $14.99

These sale prices are valid through February 16.

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This month’s issue of Game Informer features the magazine’s listing of the top 50 games of 2014. If you’re interested in checking out the results, head past the break.

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Amazon opened up pre-orders for the new Super Mario amiibo series last week. In just a few hours, stock was mostly gone. Yet despite the seemingly high demand for these new amiibo, none will be rare. Apparently.

Destructoid, citing a trusted source from GameStop, says that Nintendo was “confused” by the rush to pick up the latest amiibo. Representatives are telling GameStop and others stores that the figures will be stocked in “abundance,” and that no one should worry about not getting them on the first round of pre-orders. While Toad will allegedly be the “lightest allocation,” he will still not be considered “rare.”

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