Club Nintendo Europe has been updated today with a new reward. For 4,000 stars, members can receive the Mario Kart 8 Badge Set. It features three different item badges: the Boomerang Flower, Piranha Plant and Super Horn.

The Mario Kart 8 Badge Set can be ordered here.

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This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:

1. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 1,327,671
2. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire Double Pack – 90,497 / NEW
3. [PS3] Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires – 38,123 / NEW
4. [PS4] Assassin’s Creed Unity – 36,400 / NEW
5. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – 28,728 / 2,173,073
6. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2015 – 20,612 / 91,915
7. [3DS] Youkai Watch 2 – 17,834 / 2,881,810
8. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 16,846 / 1,737,035
9. [PS3] Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – 15,425 / 95,011
10. [WIU] Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – 13,817 / 41,843
11. [WIU] Taiko no Tatsujin Tokumori – 11,769 / NEW
12. [PS4] Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires – 11,725 / NEW
13. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Koko ga Ochitsukundesu – 11,656 / NEW
14. [PS4] Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – 9,400 / 73,459
15. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 8,752 / 721,884
16. [3DS] One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X – 8,045 / 43,143
17. [PS4] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2015 – 6,859 / 33,543
18. [PS3] Dengeki Fighting Climax – 5,798 / 40,469
19. [PSV] Senjou no Enbukyoku – 5,738 / NEW
20. [PSV] Dengeki Fighting Climax – 5,692 / 31,299

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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

New 3DS LL – 42,184
New 3DS – 26,791
PS4 – 12,430
3DS LL – 11,534
Vita – 10,236
Wii U – 9,615
3DS – 8,144
PS3 – 4,324
Xbox One – 776
Vita TV – 621
Xbox 360 – 100
PSP – 11

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

New 3DS LL – 38,457
Vita – 19,301
PS4 – 15,537
Wii U – 14,002
New 3DS – 13,373
3DS LL – 9,172
PS3 – 4,711
3DS – 4,199
Xbox One – 2,245
Vita TV – 675
Xbox 360 – 91
PSP – 25

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Newegg is already running a slight sale on Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. The game is currently being sold for $10 off – $50 rather than $60. Newegg’s deal is available via eBay – check it out here.

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Nintendo is bringing some of its 3DS eShop titles to retail in Europe. Kind of.

Nintendo Pocket Football Club and a combined Mario vs. Donkey Kong offering – comprised of Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move and Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! – will be available to purchase as boxed copies starting on January 16.

There is one catch, however. Neither of the two retail releases come with cards. You’ll receive physical boxes, but they’ll come with download codes instead.

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Yet another photo has landed on the Japanese Splatoon Twitter account. This time around, we learn a bit more about the Octopus Army Corps:

We have obtained a photograph of one of the fighters in the Octopus Army Corps. They control a hovercraft-like vehicle using the end of their tentacle, while shooting ink from the nozzle. Their attacks are strong, but perhaps they are a little dim; when the hero hides in ink, for these soldiers, it is as though they suddenly disappeared.

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A new Streetpass puzzle has arrived today via Spotpass, Ultimate NES Remix puzzle. To accompany that new puzzle panel you will also find a special guest from Nintendo (Koichi Hayashida) has arrived in your Streetpass Mii Plaza as well.

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Update: I’m stupid! Nintendo confirmed last week that Mario Pinball Land will be releasing in North America tomorrow. This was included in the “Coming Soon” section of the most recent Nintendo Download report.

You know how these things work. The ESRB rates a classic GBA game for Wii U, and then Nintendo releases the title soon after in North America.

That’s probably what will be happening with Mario Pinball Land. The game just received its ESRB rating for Wii U, likely signaling its launch on the North American eShop tomorrow. We won’t know for sure until the official press release is published, but I’d say it’s pretty likely at this point!

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A few hours ago, a report from Famitsu revealed that Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire sold more than 1.5 million copies in Japan over the weekend (from Friday through Sunday). We now have a bit of additional news about how the games are performing worldwide.

In a follow-up report from The Pokemon Company, Famitsu reveals that Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire collectively sold 3.04 million copies in North America and Japan. This number indicates that roughly 1.5 million units were sold in North America alone.

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