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Update: Nintendo’s Japanese Twitter account confirms that the Direct is covering games leading up to Spring 2015.

A new Nintendo Direct presentation will be held tomorrow, Nintendo has announced. The broadcast will go live at 5 PM ET / 2 PM PT.

As of late, most of the Nintendo Directs have been game-specific. But tomorrow’s presentation will provide updates on upcoming games for both Wii U and 3DS.

Nintendo’s European PR states that the presentation will focus on “titles releasing by the end of this year, while looking ahead to 2015.” The European stream will be hosted by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata and Nintendo of Europe president Satoru Shibata.

This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (PS4/PS3/XBO/360) – 10/9/9/10
World Soccer Winning Eleven 2015 (PS4/PS3/XBO) – 9/9/9/10
Sunset Overdrive (XBO) – 9/9/9/9
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Wii U) – 8/9/9/8
Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax (PS3/PSV) – 8/8/9/8
Oukoku no Douguya-San (3DS) – 8/8/8/7
One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X (3DS) – 7/8/8/7
Marginal #4 Idol of Supernova (PSV) – 8/7/7/7
Touch Detective Funghi Rhythm (3DS) – 8/7/6/6
Disk Wars Avengers: Ultimate Heroes (3DS) – 6/7/8/7
@Simple DL Series Vol. 33 The Hot-Blooded! Blazing Ramen Shop (3DS) – 7/6/7/7
50 Pinch Barrage (3DS) – 6/7/7/7
Cocoto Alien Brick Breaker (3DS) – 6/7/6/6

According to this week’s Famitsu, a sequel to the 2012 Ace Combat 3D: Cross Rumble will be hitting Japan on January 29th for 4740 yen. Ace Combat 3D: Cross Rumble + is an enhanced version of the game featuring some additional content such as special Nintendo aircraft and optimization for the New Nintendo 3DS.

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The recently announced Limited Edition Super Smash Bros. Double Pack for 3DS will be released in Japan on December 11.

The double pack will be released in Limited quantities and come with decorative sleeves and stickers, and will be priced at 9800 yen.

Check out the screenshots below:

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Some details about Luigi’s Mansion Arcade have surfaced and been translated over on NeoGAF and while it doesn’t get into the meat of the gameplay too much it does help provide a bit more of an overview on what to expect. Here’s the quote:

-Coming Summer 2015.
-1st person perspective. Luigi does appear in some cutscenes.
-Professor E. Gadd gives the tutorial and some in-game advice.
-Based on LM2 – Gloomy Mansion was the only mansion featured in the location test. More stages in the final game.
-Controller shaped like the Poltergust (including rectangular end), two buttons (trigger + strobe). Shake left and right to suck in ghosts.
-The main unit itself had a start button and a bomb button.

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The folks over at Yacht Club Games are seriously committed to making up for the European and Australian delay of Shovel Knight. Today they announced a cross platform discount for those that are looking to pick the game up, offering a 33% discount on the subsequent purchase of the game until the end of 2014. Still no word on release date but with a promo window like that I’d imagine it’s got to be soon!

A couple of comparisons to the 3DS version today, this time looking at the Fiend’s Scale in Classic mode! Here’s what Sakurai had to say:

The field in Classic mode has five different backgrounds determined by the intensity level. On low intensity, the background looks peaceful, but on high intensity, the atmosphere gets pretty intimidating.