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Thus far, Nintendo has only shown figurines in relation to amiibo. But the company apparently has other plans for the brand with additional products.

During the Q&A for Nintendo’s financial results briefing last week, there was talk about the different amiibo projects the company is working on for 2015 and the advantage of allowing them to be used in multiple games as well as the speediness of their read/write speeds.

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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:

01./01. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate # (Capcom) {2014.10.11} (¥6.264) – 172.348 / 1.945.850 (-47%)
02./00. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2014 (Konami) {2014.10.23} (¥7.538) – 81.981 / NEW
03./00. [PS3] The Evil Within (Bethesda Softworks) {2014.10.23} (¥6.264) – 59.388 / NEW <62,18%>
04./00. [PS4] The Evil Within (Bethesda Softworks) {2014.10.23} (¥7.884) – 59.204 / NEW <54,09%>
05./00. [PSV] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2014 (Konami) {2014.10.23} (¥7.538) – 50.836 / NEW
06./00. [3DS] Tales of the World: Reve Unitia (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.10.23} (¥5.627) – 47.037 / NEW
07./02. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo) {2014.09.13} (¥5.616) – 36.625 / 1.647.529 (-31%)
08./03. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke (Level 5) {2014.07.10} (¥4.937) – 30.497 / 2.786.183 (-29%)
09./00. [PSV] Super Hero Generation # (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.10.23} (¥7.171) – 16.802 / NEW
10./00. [PS3] Super Hero Generation # (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.10.23} (¥8.208) – 12.566 / NEW
11./04. [PSV] Chaos Ring III: Prequel Trilogy (Square Enix) {2014.10.16} (¥5.184) – 6.967 / 19.402 (-44%)
12./05. [PS3] Kingdom Hearts HD II.5 ReMIX # (Square Enix) {2014.10.02} (¥7.179) – 6.238 / 123.546 (-44%)
13./00. [XB1] The Evil Within (Bethesda Softworks) {2014.10.23} (¥7.884) – 3.233 / NEW
14./08. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo) {2014.05.29} (¥6.156) – 2.821 / 693.208 (-22%)
15./10. [3DS] Dragon Quest X Online (Square Enix) {2014.09.04} (¥4.104) – 2.676 / 111.276 (-19%)
16./06. [PS3] FIFA 15 # (Electronic Arts) {2014.10.09} (¥7.884) – 2.451 / 23.062 (-45%)
17./00. [360] The Evil Within (Bethesda Softworks) {2014.10.23} (¥6.264) – 2.419 / NEW
18./16. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (¥4.800) – 2.367 / 3.800.198 (-11%)
19./14. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch (Level 5) {2013.07.11} (¥4.800) – 2.234 / 1.289.968 (-24%)
20./11. [PSV] DanganRonpa: Another Episode (Spike Chunsoft) {2014.09.25} (¥7.020) – 2.132 / 98.528 (-35%)

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Nintendo’s four major digital shops will be undergoing maintenance on Monday. That includes the Wii U and 3DS eShops, the Wii Shop Channel, and DSi Shop.

Maintenance will begin at 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET. Expect it to last until 5 PM PT / 8 PM ET.

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Wii U deals are still appearing regularly these days – even ahead of Black Friday. The latest offer comes from Buy via eBay.

Consumers can purchase the Super Mario 3D World bundle, which includes Nintendo Land, for only $270. Free shipping is also included.

If you’re interested in the deal, you can check out the eBay page here.

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In the most recent issue of Nintendo Force, the magazine interviewed Mariel Cartwright. Cartwright has worked on a number of projects including Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game and Skullgirls.

Nintendo Force ended up asking Cartwright about which of these two titles has a better chance of making it to a Nintendo system. She pointed to Skullgirls as the more likely candidate since work on the game is still ongoing, though “the chances are very low”.

Cartwright said:

“Probably Skullgirls, since we’re still working on it! But the chances are very low for that, I’m afraid. I’m not a programmer, but there are some technical hurdles we’d have to overcome, as well as uncertainty as to whether or not there’s a market for a hardcore fighter on Wii U. The lineup of indies is getting more and more diverse on Nintendo consoles though, so I wouldn’t say it’s impossible.

Thanks to Jake for the tip.