A report coming from Sankei indicates that Sharp Corporation is to provide Nintendo with a special Free-Form Display. This LCD screen “can be shaped to meet a wide range of user needs,” Sharp says.

It’s rumored that Nintendo will use the Free-Form Display in a new handheld or its upcoming Quality of Life device that monitors sleep. Sankei posts some speculation – apparently coming from official sources – that the company is considering a design where the LCD screen will feature a hole in the center.

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This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (PS4/XBO) – 9/9/9/9
The Crew (PS4/XBO) – 8/9/9/9
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris (PS4) – 9/8/9/8
Squids Odyssey (3DS) – 6/8/7/9
Toybox Turbos (PS3/360) – 7/7/7/8
Derby Stallion Gold (3DS) – 7/7/7/7
Mahouka Koukou No Rettousei: Out of Order (PSV) – 7/7/7/7
Dooors (3DS) – 7/7/8/6

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Toys vs Monsters launches this week, December 18th on the Nintendo eShop. Check out the official launch trailer below:

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According to a possible leak from Famitsu it looks like the recently announced 3DS game, Rorona Atelier will launch in Japan on March 26, 2015.

It also seems as if the game will have a special unlock-able feature called “Atelier Astrid”. This unlocked feature will take place when Astrid Zexis and Sterkenburg “Sterk” Cranach are younger, and you will be able to see how they lived their lives.

There also seems to be a variable difficulty option in the game.

Although no additional information is available at this time, we are sure to see more updates as the time draws nearer to the release date.

Stay tuned for future updates.

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According to a tweet from Nintendo Japan, the next Jump Festa will see a Super Smash Bros. Wii U amiibo exhibition of sorts.

[???HP]??????????????? for Wii U ?????????? in ???????? 2015??????????????amiibo????????????????????http://t.co/u0ESVtteom

— ??????? (@Nintendo) December 16, 2014

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Not exactly breaking news from the Squid Research Lab! The developers of the upcoming Wii U title, Splatoon, are now sharing official English updates through the game’s Tumblr page. Previously this was only being shared on a Japanese Twitter account so it’s nice to have an official English resource, even if it’s making me feel redundant. You can view the most recent update, including the picture above, there. All of the previous information we’ve posted is also on the Tumblr, which confirms that the one time I had a crack at translating their Twitter post it ended up being accurate. What a fluke!

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Famitsu have revealed a few new details on the upcoming crossover dungeon crawler, Etrian Mystery Dungeon, including the game’s boxart. The game will feature a new character class, the Wanderer (Fuurai), which looks an awful lot like a certain veteran Mystery Dungeon explorer. A pair of new NPC characters were also revealed; One of them handles the usual “Adventurer’s Guild” for creating characters and arranging parties while the other dapper fellow offers missions. Famitsu also teased the massive D.O.E. enemies that will appear during dungeon dives, which will presumably act like Etrian Odyssey’s traditional F.O.E. foes. We’ve included a bunch of the new art and screenshots in a gallery over the break.

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Blok Drop X Twisted Fusion should be up on the North American Wii U eShop later this week.

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