A mix of free and paid DLC for Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker is out now in Japan.

We previously mentioned that the 3DS game would feature characters from the Durarara!! anime series. Izaya Orihara, who has Blade Attack’s Blind Spot as a skill (a physical attack to inflict Shock status on an enemy), can be downloaded for free. Shizuo Heiwajima is due out on February 5.

Also free to download is a survival mission in which players defend a demon to befriend, plus a Beginner’s Map that makes it easier to earn macca and complete the demon compendium.

In terms of paid DLC, players can purchase four maps. One makes it easier to get add-ons, another gives players a great deal macca if they defeat demons running away, the third makes it easier to gain experience, and the fourth is a map with memory cards to learn skills. Maps are priced at 150 yen each.

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Nintendo unexpectedly prepared a new update for Smash Bros. Wii U today, bringing the game to version 1.0.2. This is a very significant patch, as 15 new stages can now be used with 8-Player Smash. Keep in mind that the update takes up 316MB of space.

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This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii Download for Wii U

Metroid Prime Trilogy

Wii U Download

Rock ’N Racing Off Road
Frenchy Bird

Wii U Virtual Console

Shadow of the Ninja

3DS Download

Gunman Clive 2
Sumico
Drop Zone – Under Fire
Jewel Quest The Sapphire Dragon

3DS Virtual Console

Shadow of the Ninja

3DS Demo

Code Name S.T.E.A.M.

New Animal Crossing: New Leaf Items

Between Feb. 1 and Nov. 7, every two weeks Nintendo will release a new item that has only been available in the Japanese version of Animal Crossing: New Leaf. To get them, visit your nearest Nintendo Zone!

eShop Sales

It’s the final week of the Throwback Sale! Save up to 50 percent on select games of past and current Nintendo console generations! Hurry, the sale ends at 8:59 a.m. PT on Feb. 5.

Stealth Inc. 2: A Game of Clones, Thomas Was Alone and more games from Curve Digital are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Feb. 12.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Danger of the Ooze and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Feb. 5.

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The official manual for Pokken Tournament has been uploaded to the arcade game’s official website. It gives us a look at a few things – notably two new support Pokemon. Frogadier and Eevee are now confirmed for Pokken Tournament.

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Xenoblade Chronicles X is a huge game. So much so that it nearly takes up all of the space on the Wii U disk, and the game is extremely close to the storage limit. At one point, Monolith Soft actually considered using more than one disk.

All of that information is from today’s Japanese Xenoblade Chronicles X Twitter update, which was posted by producer Shingo Kawabata. His full comments are posted below.

Xenoblade Chronicles X is using up most of the space on the Wii U disk. It’s really, really close to the storage limit. (To the point that at one stage we were considering using more than one disk for the game). To enjoy playing, the enormous seamless map must load quickly (which was achieved through the hard work of our programming division), but we had help from Nintendo proper implementing a further improvement to what we had. I believe we’re going to reveal the details of that on the official page in the future, but to people considering purchasing the packaged version of the game, as one of the game’s developers, I highly recommend you make use of this improvement.

Just in case you’re wondering, Wii U disks offer 25GB of space. It makes you wonder what Xenoblade Chronicles X’s size will be!

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There wasn’t any sort of prior announcement, but Code Name: S.T.E.A.M’s demo has arrived in Europe. It can be downloaded by visiting the eShop. We don’t know if Code Name: S.T.E.A.M’s will be out in North America today, but we’ll let you know if we hear something.

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LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin, announced for 3DS last year, now has a concrete release date. Warner Bros. Interactive confirmed today that the game will launch on March 24.

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