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A few new deals have gone live on the Wii U eShop this week, including Armillo, which is now available for just $4. Here’s a look at the latest sales in full:

Color Zen – $2.79 (was $3.99) until February 2
Spikey Walls – $0.69 (was $0.99) until January 7
Armillo – $3.99 (was $7.99) until January 1
Color Zen Kids – $2.79 (was $3.99) until February 2
Shut the Box – $0.69 (was $0.99) until January 7
Angry Bunnies: Colossal Carrot Crusade – $4.99 (was $8.99) until February 2
Blok Drop U – $0.99 (was $1.99) until January 7
My Style Studio: Hair Salon – $3.99 (was $4.99) until February 2
Poker Dice Solitaire Future – $0.69 (was $0.99) until January 7
Shut The Box – $0.69 (was $0.99) until January 7

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Initial D Perfect Shift Online was a big success for SEGA thanks to over 500,000 downloads. So it shouldn’t come as a major surprise that a follow-up is planned for 3DS.

Here’s what we know about the sequel, which is titled Initial D Perfect Shift Online 2nd Stage:

– Has similar gameplay to the first title
– Customize and tune-up your car for tight-drifting races
– New scenarios and content
– Characters from the series that you’ll get to go head-to-head against
– The new scenario will revolve around a mysterious Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec II driver, among other new rivals
– Can purchase cars driven by other characters
– These include Smiley Sakai’s Integra Type R DC2 and Itsuki Takeuchi’s AE85 Levin
– The cars driven by other characters can also be fully customized to a competitive level
– The cards featuring various characters will also be there to provide players with special skills that can be used for races
– Up to 400 cards
– Cards can also be combined as long as they’re the same names, for added skills
– Out in Japan this winter

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Four more 3DS themes are now available in North America. These include Super Mario: Wooden World, Super Mario: Pastel Pink, and Super Mario: Neon Green for $1.99 each. You can also pick up the Persona Q theme for $0.99.

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amiibo support is coming to One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X. Bandai Namco has revealed that the functionality will be used to unlock special costumes in the game. A Jump scan shows Luffy wearing Mario and Luigi costumes, Sanji wearing a Fox outfit, and Zoro in a Link costume.

Jump also shows how to unlock secret character Sabo. This can be done by entering a special cheat code on the start screen: L+R, BX, Left, Right, AY, Up and Down. View some footage of Sabo below.

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99Moves is due out on the North American Wii U eShop next week, EnjoyUp Games has confirmed. Expect the game out on December 18. 99Moves should be arriving in Europe on the same day.

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Today’s Xenoblade Chronicles X Twitter update introduces another two designers working on the Wii U RPG.

First up is Yoko Tsukamoto. Director Tetsuya Takahashi, who published the tweets, says that by mentioning Tsukamoto’s name, fans will understand that the world isn’t just made up of sci-fi elements. That’s because Tsukamoto is a well-known fantasy illustrator.

Takahashi additionally introduces Takashi Kojo, an enemy designer. The highlight of Kojo’s designs will be huge enemies. He’s also working on designing the strongest unique enemy in the game and the Growth Soldiers.

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