Update: Fun didn’t last long sadly. Sold out already!

You can add Fry’s to the list of retailers selling the Majora’s Mask 3DS XL. If interested, you can place an order here. Just be quick about it – stock will likely sell out fast.

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Bandai Namco has quite a bit of new content on the way to One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X. In addition to amiibo support, two new stages are coming soon. Players will be able to battle in “Dressrosa’s Royal Palace Flower Garden” as well as “Slope To The Shore”. Both are due out this winter.

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Fossil Fighters Frontier won’t be a fully-priced 3DS game. Nintendo’s website has it listed for $30 as opposed to $40, and other retailers have followed suit. Amazon as well as GameStop are now listing the new price.

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It’s been a little while since we saw a Wii U game with pre-load functionality. Super Smash Bros. kicked off the feature last year, though two more titles will soon be offering something similar as well.

Kirby and the Rainbow Curse as well as Mario Party 10 can be pre-ordered on Nintendo’s website. Consumers are advised to get their codes now, then pre-load to be ready for their respective launches.

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Le Figaro has reported a few more Nintendo sales figures from France.

First, in terms of software, we know of the following:

Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire: 476,000 units
Tomodachi Life: 439,000 units
Mario Kart 8: 346,000 units
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS: 279,000 units

For 2014, Wii U hardware sales came in at 240,000 units, bringing its overall total up to 515,000 units. Nintendo also sold a total of 4.5 million games in France last year. Of the top twenty best-selling titles in France last year, eight were published by Nintendo.

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Two more themes are now available for purchase in North America. They are as follows:

Mario: Blue-Camouflage Characters
Mario: Green-Camouflage Characters

Each of these themes are priced at $1.99.

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Punch-Out!! is the second Wii game to be released on the North American Wii U eShop. If you plan on picking up the game today, make sure you have 3805 MB of free space available.

You can purchase Punch-Out!! at a launch price of $9.99 for the next week.

Thanks to NintendoTweet for the tip.

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This week’s issue of Famitsu has a listing of the top 100 best-selling games in Japan of last year. You can find the full set of data below.

01. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke (Level 5) {2014.07.10} (¥4.937) – 3.050.178
02. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (Pokemon Co.) {2014.11.21} (¥4.937) – 2.464.850
03. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate # (Capcom) {2014.10.11} (¥6.264) – 2.381.177
04. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo) {2014.09.13} (¥5.616) – 2.066.022
05. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi (Level 5) {2014.12.13} (¥4.968) – 2.007.327
06. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch (Level 5) {2013.07.11} (¥4.800) – 994.346 / 1.280.799
07. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 # (Nintendo) {2014.05.29} (¥6.156) – 842.053
08. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru to Ruka no Fushigi na Fushigi na Kagi # (Square Enix) {2014.02.06} (¥5.490) – 748.139
09. [3DS] Kirby Triple Deluxe (Nintendo) {2014.01.11} (¥4.800) – 687.957
10. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U # (Nintendo) {2014.12.06} (¥7.776) – 478.366

11. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y # (Pokemon Co.) {2013.10.12} (¥4.800) – 477.496 / 4.454.325
12. [3DS] Mario Party: Island Tour (Nintendo) {2014.03.20} (¥4.800) – 467.935
13. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons Z (GungHo Online Entertainment) {2013.12.12} (¥4.400) – 442.780 / 1.448.477
14. [PS4] Knack # (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2014.02.22} (¥5.145) – 400.115
15. [PS3] Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Full Boost # (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.01.30} (¥7.980) – 372.827
16. [PS3] Dark Souls II (From Software) {2014.03.13} (¥7.800) – 339.592
17. [PSV] Freedom Wars (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2014.06.26} (¥6.264) – 287.012
18. [WIU] Wii Party U # (Nintendo) {2013.10.31} (¥4.935) – 281.107 / 799.873
19. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (Konami) {2014.03.20} (¥2.980) – 260.852
20. [PS3] Samurai Warriors 4 # (Koei Tecmo) {2014.03.20} (¥7.560) – 255.938

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The Pokemon Company is kicking off a new distribution for Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire. Over the next few weeks, players can obtain Serperior, Emboar, and Samurott.

The distribution timing and availability are as follows:

Serperior – Available from Pokemon.com starting 1/22/2015 through 11/30/2015, via a special password.
Emboar – Available from Pokemon.com starting 1/29/2015 through 11/30/2015, via special password.
Samurott – Available from the Pokémon Trainer Club newsletter starting 2/5/2015 through 11/30/2015, via special password.

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